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Checklist of Superfamily Pulicoidea Billberg, 1820
for Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
494
4980
11122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
493
4974
11111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
473
4901
10973
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
317
4100
9627
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
6
14
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Siphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
4
11
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pulicomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
2
7
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pulicoidea
Billberg, 1820
1
6
17
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Cape
1 Family width 17 Species and 3 Subspecies
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas17SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Western Cape
6 Genera with 17 Species
Atopopsyllus Poinar, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1925Cat and Dog Fleas3SpeciesTaxom
Echidnophaga Olliff, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Procaviopsylla Jordan, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Pulex Linnaeus, 1758Human Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz, 193010SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
17 Species and 3 Subspecies
Atopopsyllus cionus Poinar, 2015
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
Procaviopsylla creusae Rothschild, 1904
Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus, 1758Human Flea
Xenopsylla brasiliensis Baker, 1904A mammal flea
Xenopsylla cheopis Rothschild, 1903Indian rat flea
Xenopsylla davisi De Meillon, 1940
Xenopsylla demeilloni Haeselbarth, 1964
Xenopsylla eridos (Rothschild, 1904)⇒ Xenopsylla piriei Ingram, 1928
Xenopsylla hirsuta hirsuta Ingram, 1928
Xenopsylla lobengulai De Meillon, 1930
Xenopsylla piriei Ingram, 1928
Xenopsylla sulcata Ingram, 1928
Xenopsylla trifaria De Meillon, 1930

Subnodes of Pulicoidea with occurrences in Western Cape
FamilyPulicidae
Billberg, 1820
Cat fleas, Common fleas
6
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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