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Pulex
Pulex irritans (human flea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Siphonaptera
Family:
Pulicidae
Subfamily:
Pulicinae
Genus:
Pulex

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

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

  1. ^ 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Pulex". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 8 March 2015.


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