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Also known as: '''''Chigger Jigger Chigoe Sand flea
| '''Chigger<br>Jigger<br>Chigoe<br>Sand flea
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{{Taxobox
 
{{Taxobox
 
|name              = ''Tunga penetrans
 
|name              = ''Tunga penetrans
 
|kingdom            =
 
|kingdom            =
 
|phylum            =
 
|phylum            =
|class              = ''Insecta
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|class              = [[Insecta]]
 
|sub-class          =
 
|sub-class          =
|order              = ''Siphonaptera
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|order              = [[Siphonaptera]]
 
|super-family      =
 
|super-family      =
|family            = ''Hectopsyllidae
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|family            = Hectopsyllidae
 
|sub-family        =
 
|sub-family        =
 
|genus              =
 
|genus              =
|species            =
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|species            = ''Tunga penetrans
 
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[[Image:Chigger.jpg|150px|thumb|right|'''Chiggers''' <br> Pearson Scott Foresman 2007, Wikimedia Commons]]
 
[[Image:Chigger.jpg|150px|thumb|right|'''Chiggers''' <br> Pearson Scott Foresman 2007, Wikimedia Commons]]
   
==Hosts==  
 
==Hosts==  
 
Humans and Pigs are the primary hosts.  '''Reservoir hosts''' include: cattle, sheep, horses, mules, rats, mice, dogs and some wild animals.
 
Humans and Pigs are the primary hosts.  '''Reservoir hosts''' include: cattle, sheep, horses, mules, rats, mice, dogs and some wild animals.
    
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
The female is around 1mm, and the male is smaller at around 0.5mm in length.  The thorax is rather short, and a reddy-brown in colour.
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''T. penetrans'' is a parasite of the family ''Hectopsyllidae''.  The female is around 1mm, and the male is smaller at around 0.5mm in length.  The thorax is rather short, and a reddy-brown in colour.
    
See [[Flea Structure|general flea structure]].
 
See [[Flea Structure|general flea structure]].
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See [[Flea Life Cycle|general flea life cycle]].
 
See [[Flea Life Cycle|general flea life cycle]].
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|literature search = [http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?q=title:(%22Tunga+penetrans%22)+ ''Tunga penetrans'' publications]
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[[Category:Fleas]]
 
[[Category:Fleas]]
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