Fleas : (Siphonaptera)

Cover Title Copyright Contents Abstract Acknowledgements Introduction Biology Morphology Distribution Epidemiological significance Systematics/classification Fossil fleas Collection Preservation Amendments to 1957 Handbook Guidelines to using the Key Figures Checklist Glossary Key to Families Key to Pulicidae Key to Leptopsyllidae Key to Ischnopsyllidae Key to Ceratophyllidae Key to Hystrichopsyllidae Key to Ctenophthalmidae Key to Vermipsyllidae References Indexes Distribution References Index of Flea Species Index of Host Species Index of Counties and Islands Blank Page Blank Page Blank Page Blank Page Since the first edition of this Handbook was published by F. G. A. M. Smit in 1957, six new species of Siphonaptera have been recorded in Britain, and one new family. An updated checklist of species found in the British Isles is given in this revised Handbook, which includes 62 species in 7 families. Keys to all families, genera and species, together with diagnostic illustrations, are provided to facilitate identification. 577 published distribution references are also listed, detailing the species of flea, and the host and county from which each was recorded