Pulex
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| Pulex | |
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| Pulex irritans (human flea) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Siphonaptera |
| Family: | Pulicidae |
| Subfamily: | Pulicinae |
| Genus: | Pulex Linnaeus, 1758 |
Pulex is a genus of fleas. It comprises six species. One is the human flea (P. irritans), and the other five are confined to the Nearctic and Neotropical regions.[1]
Species[edit]
Encyclopedia of Life lists seven species:[2]
- Pulex alvarezi Barrera, 1955
- Pulex echidnophagoides (Wagner, 1933)
- Pulex irritans Linnaeus, 1758
- Pulex larimerius Lewis et Grimaldi, 1997
- Pulex porcinus Jordan et Rothschild, 1923
- Pulex simulans Baker, 1895
- Pulex sinoculus Traub, 1950
References[edit]
- ^ Michael F. Whiting, Alison S. Whiting, Michael W. Hastriter & Katharina Dittmar (2008). "A molecular phylogeny of fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera): origins and host associations" (PDF). Cladistics 24: 1–31. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00211.x.
- ^ "Pulex". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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