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Checklist for Infraorder Pulicomorpha Medvedev, 1998
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
928
21139
104473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
924
21108
104403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
874
20837
103684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
530
15898
85805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
29
93
201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Siphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
11
43
102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Pulicomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
2
7
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Australia
2 Families width 26 Species and 4 Subspecies
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas20SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Australia
7 Genera with 26 Species
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1885Cat and Dog Fleas3SpeciesTaxom
Echidnophaga Olliff, 192513SpeciesTaxom
Parapsyllus Enderlein, 19424SpeciesTaxom
Polygenis Jordan, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Pulex Linnaeus, 1758Human Fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Spilopsyllus Baker, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz, 19255SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
26 Species and 4 Subspecies
Ctenocephalides canis Curtis, 1826Dog flea
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835Cat Flea
Ctenocephalides felis felis Bouche, 1885Cat Flea
Echidnophaga ambulans Olliff, 1886
Echidnophaga ambulans ambulans Olliff, 1886
Echidnophaga ambulans inepta M.Rothschild, 1936
Echidnophaga aranka M.Rothschild, 1936
Echidnophaga calabyi Mardon & Dunnet, 1971
Echidnophaga cornuta Wagner, 1936
Echidnophaga eyrei Mardon & Dunnet, 1971
Echidnophaga gallinacea Westwood, 1875A stick-tight flea
Echidnophaga liopus Jordan & Rot..., 1906
Echidnophaga macronychia Jordan & Rot..., 1906
Echidnophaga myrmecobii Rothschild, 1909Rabbit stickfast flea
Echidnophaga octotricha Mardon & Dunnet, 1971
Echidnophaga perilis Jordan, 1925Rabbit Stickfast Flea
Parapsyllus australiacus Rothschild, 1909
Parapsyllus cardinis Dunnet, 1961
Parapsyllus magellanicus Jordan, 1938
Parapsyllus taylori Jordan, 1942
Polygenis axius axius Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis (Polygenis) litargus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus, 1758Human Flea
Spilopsyllus cuniculi Dale, 1878European rabbit flea
Xenopsylla australiaca Mardon & Dunnet, 1971
Xenopsylla cheopis Rothschild, 1903Indian rat flea
Xenopsylla cunicularis Smit, 1957Spanish rabbit flea
Xenopsylla nesiotes Jordan & Rot..., 1908
Xenopsylla vexabilis Jordan, 1925Australian rat flea

Subnodes of Pulicomorpha with occurrences in Australia
SuperfamilyMalacopsylloidea
Baker, 1905
1
2
6
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPulicoidea
Billberg, 1820
1
5
20
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom