The little-known relationship between class insecta and rodents
Rodents are one of the largest order of mammals and they are ubiquitous worldwide. Research has been done over the past years globally to understand the function and ecological role of rodents. However little has been done to unravel the type of relationships which exist between rodents and insects...
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| description | Rodents are one of the largest order of mammals and they are ubiquitous worldwide. Research has been done over the past years globally to understand the function and ecological role of rodents. However little has been done to unravel the type of relationships which exist between rodents and insects across the taxa. In this article a description of rodents relationship with some insect species and some diseases was reviewed. The information was got from reviewing previous studies using online databases like PubMed, Hinari and google scholar. Insects in particular of the following orders: Coleoptera, Diptera and Siphonaptera have been found to associate more with rodents as a source of food, act as biological vectors for microorganisms, hosts for sucking insects and important in the obligatory ectoparasitism point for rodents. The mutual relationship which exists between rodents and fleas for instance is of great concern and attracts global attention from researchers, ecologists and medical practitioners.
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| spelling | doaj.art-e44ef5c794964a5b9d7f4c88c9f328ee2022-12-22T00:29:34ZengInternational Academy of Ecology and Environmental SciencesArthropods2224-42552022-06-01112120126The little-known relationship between class insecta and rodentsHakan Bozdogan0Annabel Banda1Tapiwa Gumbo2Department of Plant and Animal Production, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Kirsehir Ahi Evran University, 40100, Kirsehir, TurkeyDepartment of Crop Science, Gwanda State University, Epochmine Campus, Filabusi, ZimbabweDepartment of Animal Science, Gwanda State University, Epochmine Campus, Filabusi, ZimbabweRodents are one of the largest order of mammals and they are ubiquitous worldwide. Research has been done over the past years globally to understand the function and ecological role of rodents. However little has been done to unravel the type of relationships which exist between rodents and insects across the taxa. In this article a description of rodents relationship with some insect species and some diseases was reviewed. The information was got from reviewing previous studies using online databases like PubMed, Hinari and google scholar. Insects in particular of the following orders: Coleoptera, Diptera and Siphonaptera have been found to associate more with rodents as a source of food, act as biological vectors for microorganisms, hosts for sucking insects and important in the obligatory ectoparasitism point for rodents. The mutual relationship which exists between rodents and fleas for instance is of great concern and attracts global attention from researchers, ecologists and medical practitioners. http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/arthropods/articles/2022-11(2)/relationship-between-class-insecta-and-rodents.pdfbiodiversityectoparasiteinsectrodentia |
| spellingShingle | Hakan Bozdogan Annabel Banda Tapiwa Gumbo The little-known relationship between class insecta and rodents Arthropods biodiversity ectoparasite insect rodentia |
| title | The little-known relationship between class insecta and rodents |
| title_full | The little-known relationship between class insecta and rodents |
| title_fullStr | The little-known relationship between class insecta and rodents |
| title_full_unstemmed | The little-known relationship between class insecta and rodents |
| title_short | The little-known relationship between class insecta and rodents |
| title_sort | little known relationship between class insecta and rodents |
| topic | biodiversity ectoparasite insect rodentia |
| url | http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/arthropods/articles/2022-11(2)/relationship-between-class-insecta-and-rodents.pdf |
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