Tunga penetrans (English spelling)

Japanese: Tunga penetrans(英語表記)Tungapenetrans
Tunga penetrans (English spelling)

…Other fleas that penetrate the tissues of their hosts include the long-legged flea Neotunga euloidea , which infests pangolins in Zimbabwe, and the long-legged flea Vermipsylla alacuri , which infests sheep and horses in the Tian Shan and Mongolia. Female sand fleas Tunga penetrans (chigoe, sand flea), found in Africa and tropical America, are known as burrowing fleas because they burrow under the skin of animals with their powerful mouthparts before laying eggs. The tip of the abdomen is open to the outside of the skin, and they breathe, mate, and lay eggs through the opening. …

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Japanese:

…そのほかにも宿主の組織にくいこむノミとして,ジンバブウェのセンザンコウに寄生するナガスナノミNeotunga euloideaや,天山,モンゴルのヒツジやウマに寄生するアラクトケナガノミVermipsylla alacuriなどがある。アフリカや熱帯アメリカに多いスナノミTunga penetrans(英名chigoe,sand flea)の雌は,産卵前強力な口器によって動物の皮下に穿入するため隠れノミ(英名burrowing flea)として知られる。腹部先端は皮膚の外に開かれており,開口部を通じて呼吸,交尾,産卵を行う。…

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