Pulicidae

Pulicidae
Xenopsylla cheopis, the Oriental rat flea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Pulicidae
Billberg, 1820
Subfamilies[1] / tribes

Archaeopsyllinae / Archaeopsyllini
Moeopsyllini
Pulicinae / Pulicini
Spilopsyllinae / Spilopsyllini
Xenopsyllinae / Xenopsyllini

Pulicidae is a flea family in the order Siphonaptera. Pulicidae is a family in the order Siphonaptera. Currently this family in the world fauna has 181 species in 27 genera. Of these, 16 are known from North America.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Pulicidae on www.faunaeur.org
  2. ↑ Triplehorn, Charles A. (2005). Borror and Delong's introduction to the Study of Insects. Brooks/Cole.

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