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Checklist of Superfamily Pulicoidea Billberg, 1820
for Central America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
710
16581
69850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
706
16571
69836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
676
16352
68957
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
409
13007
57703
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
11
37
134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Siphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
8
28
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pulicomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
2
8
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pulicoidea
Billberg, 1820
1
5
8
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central America
1 Family width 8 Species and 1 Subspecies
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas8SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Central America
5 Genera with 8 Species
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1826Cat and Dog Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Euchoplopsyllus Ewing, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Hectopsylla Frauenfeld, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Pulex Linnaeus, 1895Human Fleas4SpeciesTaxom
Tunga Jarocki, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central America
8 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ctenocephalides canis Curtis, 1826Dog flea
Euchoplopsyllus glacialis Taschenberg, 1880
Euchoplopsyllus glacialis exoticus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Hectopsylla cypha Jordan, 1942
Pulex (Juxtapulex) alvarezi Barrera, 1955
Pulex (Juxtapulex) echidnophagoides Wagner, 1933
Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus, 1758Human Flea
Pulex (Pulex) simulans (Baker, 1895)⇒ Pulex irritans Linnaeus, 1758
Tunga (Tunga) penetrans Linnaeus, 1758Chigoe

Subnodes of Pulicoidea with occurrences in Central America
FamilyPulicidae
Billberg, 1820
Cat fleas, Common fleas
5
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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