Leptopsyllidae

Leptopsyllidae is a family of fleas in the order Siphonaptera. There are at least 30 genera and 250 described species in Leptopsyllidae.[1][2][3][4]

Leptopsyllidae
Ctenopsylla musculi, mouse flea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Leptopsyllidae

Genera
  • Aconothobius
  • Acropsylla
  • Amphipsylla
  • Brachyctenonotus
  • Caenopsylla
  • Calceopsylla
  • Chinghaipsylla
  • Conothobius
  • Cratynius
  • Ctenophyllus
  • Desertopsylla
  • Dolichopsyllus
  • Frontopsylla
  • Geusibia
  • Hopkinsipsylla
  • Leptopsylla
  • Leptosylla
  • Mesopsylla
  • Minyctenopsyllus
  • Ochotonobius
  • Odontopsyllus
  • Ophthalmopsylla
  • Ornithophaga
  • Paractenopsyllus
  • Paradoxopsyllus
  • Pectinoctenus
  • Peromyscopsylla
  • Phaenopsylla
  • Sigmactenus
  • Tsaractenus
  • Typhlomyopsyllus

References
  1. "Leptopsyllidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  2. "Leptopsyllidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  3. "Leptopsyllidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  4. "Browse Leptopsyllidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.

Further reading
  • Kellogg, Vernon L. (1905). American insects. H. Holt.
  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
  • Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology. Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-40366-8.
  • Donald J. Borror; Roger Tory Peterson; Richard E. White (1998). A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin.


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