Arakutokenaganomi - Arakutokenaganomi

Japanese: アラクトケナガノミ - あらくとけながのみ
Arakutokenaganomi - Arakutokenaganomi

...The Chinese sand flea, Tunga caecigena , takes this parasitism a step further; the female buries herself in the host's ear by simply peeking out her tail, and although she starts out about 1mm long, she grows to the size of a bean and continues to suck blood and lay eggs until she dies. Other fleas that burrow into the host's tissue 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 Tianshan 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.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Alactokenaganomi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このような寄生の仕方をさらに進めたものが中国産のネズミスナノミTunga caecigenaで,雌は宿主の耳にしりをのぞかせるだけですっぽりうまりこみ,はじめ体長1mmほどだったものが豆粒大に肥大し死ぬまで吸血と産卵を続ける。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。…

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