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Checklist for Family Pulicidae Billberg, 1820 (Cat fleas)
and region Botswana (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
315
2340
4567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
313
2338
4562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
297
2276
4408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
205
1928
3874
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
4
8
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Siphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
3
7
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pulicomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
1
5
19
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pulicoidea
Billberg, 1820
1
5
19
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPulicidae
Billberg, 1820
Cat fleas, Common fleas
5
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Botswana
5 Genera with 19 Species
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1925Cat and Dog Fleas3SpeciesTaxom
Echidnophaga Olliff, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Phacopsylla Beaucournu &..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Synosternus Jordan, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz, 192513SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Botswana
19 Species and 2 Subspecies
Ctenocephalides connatus Jordan, 1925
Ctenocephalides felis damarensis Jordan, 1936
Ctenocephalides felis strongylus Jordan, 1925
Echidnophaga gallinacea Westwood, 1875A stick-tight flea
Echidnophaga larina Jordan & Rot..., 1906
Phacopsylla inexpecta
Synosternus caffer Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Xenopsylla bechuanae De Meillon, 1947
Xenopsylla brasiliensis Baker, 1904A mammal flea
Xenopsylla cryptonella De Meillon &..., 1954
Xenopsylla erilli Rothschild, 1904
Xenopsylla hipponax De Meillon, 1942
Xenopsylla mulleri De Meillon, 1947
Xenopsylla nubica Rothschild, 1903
Xenopsylla philoxera Hopkins, 1949
Xenopsylla phyllomae De Meillon, 1934
Xenopsylla piriei Ingram, 1928
Xenopsylla scopulifer Rothschild, 1905
Xenopsylla trispinis Waterston, 1911
Xenopsylla versuta Jordan, 1925

Subnodes of Pulicidae with occurrences in Botswana
SubfamilyPulicinae
Billberg, 1820
4
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyXenopsyllinae
Glinkiewicz, 1907
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pulicidae at artfakta.se
Pulicidae at dyntaxa.se
Pulicidae at gbif.org
Pulicidae at irmng.org
Pulicidae at itis.gov