Xenopsylla brasiliensis

Xenopsylla brasiliensis
	Female rat flea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Siphonaptera
Family:	Pulicidae
Genus:	Xenopsylla
Species:	X. brasiliensis
Binomial name
	Xenopsylla brasiliensis; (Baker, 1904)

Xenopsylla brasiliensis is a species of flea found on rats.[1] It is a vector of bubonic plague, and is found in South America, Africa, and India.[2]

References

Whitaker, Amoret (2007). Fleas (Siphonaptera) (2 ed.). St Albans: Royal Entomological Society. p. 37. ISBN 9780901546852.
M. W. Service; R. W. Ashford (2001). Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections of Man and Domesticated Animals. CABI. pp. 405–. ISBN 978-0-85199-473-4.

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[whitaker-1] Whitaker, Amoret (2007). Fleas (Siphonaptera) (2 ed.). St Albans: Royal Entomological Society. p. 37. ISBN 9780901546852.

[ServiceAshford2001-2] M. W. Service; R. W. Ashford (2001). Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections of Man and Domesticated Animals. CABI. pp. 405–. ISBN 978-0-85199-473-4.