Ctenocephalides

Ctenocephalides is a flea genus[2] in the tribe Archaeopsyllini which includes the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis and the dog flea, C canis. Species and subspecies in the genus infest a wide variety of hosts, including sheep and goats, wild carnivores (such as foxes, civets and jackals), hares, hyraxes, ground squirrels and hedgehogs.[3]

Ctenocephalides
Ctenocephalides canis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Pulicidae
Subfamily: Archaeopsyllinae
Genus: Ctenocephalides
Stiles & Collins, 1930
Species and subspecies[1]

References

  1. "Ctenocephalides" (HTML). NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  2. Beaucournu, J.C.; Ménier, K. (1998). "Le genre Ctenocephalides Stiles et Collins, 1930 (Siphonaptera, Pulicidae)". Parasite. 5 (1): 3–16. doi:10.1051/parasite/1998051003. ISSN 1252-607X. PMID 9754292.
  3. International Journal for Parasitology: Volume 49, Issue 5, April 2019, Pages 321-336: Out-of-Africa, human-mediated dispersal of the common cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis: The hitchhiker’s guide to world domination


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