Checklist of Suborder Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 (Flea)
for Africa (Continents)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 938
35674
239642 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 934
35600
239346 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 891
35179
237293 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 522
27201
202489 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies | 22
100
507 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Siphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas | 12
77
372 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Africa
12 Families width 372 Species and 99 Subspecies | Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908 | Bird Fleas | 36 | Species | Taxom | | Chimaeropsyllidae Ewing & Fox, 1943 | | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Coptopsyllidae Wagner, 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 1915 | | 62 | Species | Taxom | | Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904 | Insectivore fleas | 39 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907 | Bat fleas | 35 | Species | Taxom | | Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915 | Bird fleas | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Pulicidae Billberg, 1820 | Cat fleas | 110 | Species | Taxom | | Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 1939 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909 | Marsupial fleas | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Stivaliidae Mardon, 1978 | | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Xiphiopsyllidae Wagner, 1939 | | 8 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Siphonaptera with occurrences in Africa
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