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Checklist of Suborder Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 (Flea)
for Canada (North America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
692
10933
46220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
689
10923
46205
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
660
10729
45350
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
447
9059
39510
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
18
82
237
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Siphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
9
67
193
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Canada
9 Families width 193 Species and 84 Subspecies
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas100SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas15SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 191543SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas10SpeciesTaxom
Vermipsyllidae Wagner, 1889Carnivore fleas4SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas11SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas4SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas5SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19391SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Canada
67 Genera with 193 Species
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Aetheca thamba. Jordan, 19043SpeciesTaxom
Amalaraeus Ioff, 18515SpeciesTaxom
Amaradix Smith, 19054SpeciesTaxom
Amphalius Jordan, 19253SpeciesTaxom
Amphipsylla Wagner, 19548SpeciesTaxom
Anomiopsyllus Baker, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Atyphlocera1SpeciesTaxom
Atyphloceras Jordan & Rot..., 19093SpeciesTaxom
Callistopsyllus Jordan & Rot..., 19053SpeciesTaxom
Catallagia Rothschild, 194010SpeciesTaxom
Cediopsylla Jnrdall, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllus Curtis, 031SpeciesTaxom
Ceratopsyllus Curtis, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Chaetopsylla Kohaul, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Corrodopsylla J.N.Wagner, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Corypsylla Fox, 19084SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1835Cat and Dog Fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalus Kolenati, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmus Kolenati, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophyllus Wagner, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Dactylopsylla Jordan, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Dasypsyllus Baker, 19294SpeciesTaxom
Delotelis Jordan, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopsyllus Baker, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Doratopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19141SpeciesTaxom
Ectinorus Jordan, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Epitedia Jordan, 19045SpeciesTaxom
Euchoplopsyllus Ewing, 19043SpeciesTaxom
Euhophopsyllus1SpeciesTaxom
Eumolpianus Smit, 19503SpeciesTaxom
Foxella Wagner, 18957SpeciesTaxom
Hectopsylla Frauenfeld, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsylla Taschenherg, 19299SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 18111SpeciesTaxom
Malaraeus Jordan, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Margopsylla Smit, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Megabothris Jordan, 192916SpeciesTaxom
Megarthroglossus Jordan & Rot..., 19735SpeciesTaxom
Meringis Jordan, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Mioctenopsylla Rothschild, 19524SpeciesTaxom
Monopsyllus Kolenati, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Myodopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19044SpeciesTaxom
Nearctopsylla Rothschild, 19549SpeciesTaxom
Neopsylla Wagner, 19712SpeciesTaxom
Nosopsyllus Jordan, 18001SpeciesTaxom
Nycteridopsylla Oudemans, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Odontopsyllus Baker, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Opisodasys Jordan, 19294SpeciesTaxom
Orchopeas Jordan, 190414SpeciesTaxom
Orophyslla3SpeciesTaxom
Oropsylla Wagner & Ioff, 19049SpeciesTaxom
Paraceras Wagner, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxopsyllus Miyajima & K..., 19861SpeciesTaxom
Paratyphloceras Ewing, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Peromyscopsylla Fox, 190610SpeciesTaxom
Phalacropsylla Rothschild, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Polygenis Jordan, 19503SpeciesTaxom
Pulex Linnaeus, 1896Human Fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsylla Rothschild, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Rhadinopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 197911SpeciesTaxom
Spicata Fox, 19437SpeciesTaxom
Stenoponia Jordan & Rot..., 18991SpeciesTaxom
Tamiophila Jordan, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Tarsopsylla Wagner, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Thrassis Jordan, 193620SpeciesTaxom
Trichopsylloides Ewing, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz, 19031SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Canada
193 Species and 84 Subspecies
Aetheca thamba Jordan, 1929
Aetheca thambus Jordan, 1929
Aetheca wagneri Baker, 1904
Amalaraeus dissimilis Jordan, 1938
Amalaraeus dissimilis athabascae Holland, 1952
Amalaraeus dissimilis dissimilis Jordan, 1938
Amalaraeus penicilliger Grube, 1851
Amalaraeus penicilliger penicilliger Grube, 1851
Amaradix bitterrootensis Dunn, 1923
Amaradix bitterrootensis bitterrootensis Dunn, 1923
Amaradix euphorbae Rothschild, 1905
Amaradix euphorbi Rothschild, 1905
Amphalius necopinus Jordan, 1925
Amphalius runatus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Amphalius runatus necopinus Jordan, 1925
Amphipsylla marikovskii Ioff & Tiflov, 1939
Amphipsylla marikovskii ewingi I.Fox, 1940
Amphipsylla phaiomydis limonia Smit, 1977
Amphipsylla pollionis Rothschild, 1905
Amphipsylla sibirica Wagner, 1898
Amphipsylla sibirica pollionis Rothschild, 1905
Amphipsylla tuta tuta Wagner, 1928
Amphipsylla washingtona Hubbard, 1954
Anomiopsyllus montanus Collins, 1936
Atyphlocera multidentatus
Atyphloceras bishopi Jordan, 1933
Atyphloceras multidentatus C.Fox, 1909
Atyphloceras multidentatus multidentatus C.Fox, 1909
Callistopsyllus terinus Rothschild, 1905
Callistopsyllus terinus campestris Holland, 1949
Callistopsyllus terinus terinus Rothschild, 1905
Catallagia borealis Ewing, 1929
Catallagia chamberlini Hubbard, 1940
Catallagia charlottensis Baker, 1898
Catallagia dacenkoi Ioff, 1940
Catallagia decipiens Rothschild, 1915
Catallagia jellisoni Holland, 1954
Catallagia mathesoni Jameson, 1950
Catallagia sculleni Hubbard, 1940
Catallagia sculleni chamberlini Hubbard, 1940
Cediopsylla inaequalis Baker, 1895
Cediopsylla inaequalis inaequalis Baker, 1895
Cediopsylla simplex Baker, 1895
Ceratophyllus (Amonopsyllus) ciliatus Baker, 1904
Ceratophyllus ciliatus ciliatus Baker, 1904
Ceratophyllus ciliatus kincaidi Hubbard, 1947
Ceratophyllus ciliatus mononis Jordan, 1929
Ceratophyllus ciliatus protinus Jordan, 1929
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) adustus Jordan, 1932
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) celsus Jordan, 1926
Ceratophyllus celsus celsus Jordan, 1926
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) gallinae Schrank, 1803A bird flea
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) idius Jordan & Rot..., 1922
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) lari Holland, 1951
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) niger Fox, 1908Black hen flea
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) petrochelidoni Wagner, 1936
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) rossittensis Dampff, 1913A bird flea
Ceratophyllus rossittensis swansoni Liu Chiying, 1935
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) scopulorum Holland, 1952
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) styx Rothschild, 1900A Sand Martin flea
Ceratophyllus styx riparius Jordan & Rot..., 1920
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) vagabundus Jordan, 1926A bird flea
Ceratophyllus vagabundus vagabundus Boheman, 1866
Ceratophyllus (Emmareus) diffinis Jordan, 1925
Ceratophyllus (Emmareus) garei Rothschild, 1902A bird flea
Ceratophyllus (Monopsyllus) vison (Hubbard, 1954)⇒ Monopsyllus vison Baker, 1904
Ceratophyllus (Rosickyiana) lunatus Jordan & Rot..., 1920
Ceratophyllus lunatus tundrensis Holland, 1945
Ceratophyllus calderwoodi Holland, 1979
Ceratophyllus gibsoni C.Fox, 1914
Ceratophyllus perpinnatus
Ceratophyllus rauschi Holland, 1960
Ceratophyllus riparius Jordan & Rot..., 1920
Ceratophyllus vision
Ceratopsyllus gibsoni (Fox, 1914)⇒ Ceratophyllus gallinae Schrank, 1803
Ceratopsyllus quebecensis (Fox, 1940)⇒ Ceratophyllus garei Rothschild, 1902
Chaetopsylla (Arctopsylla) tuberculaticeps Bezzi, 1890
Chaetopsylla (Chaetopsylla) floridensis I.Fox, 1939
Chaetopsylla (Chaetopsylla) setosa Rothschild, 1906
Chaetopsylla setosus Rothschild, 1906
Corrodopsylla curvata Rothschild, 1915
Corrodopsylla curvata curvata Rothschild, 1915
Corrodopsylla curvata obtusata Wagner, 1929
Corypsylla jordani Hubbard, 1940
Corypsylla kohlsi Hubbard, 1940
Corypsylla ornata C.Fox, 1908
Corypsylla ornatus Fox, 1908
Ctenocephalides canis Curtis, 1826Dog flea
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835Cat Flea
Ctenophthalmus (Nearctoctenophthalmus) pseudagyrtes Baker, 1904
Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes pseudagyrtes Baker, 1904
Ctenophyllus armatus Wagner, 1901
Ctenophyllus armatus armatus Wagner, 1901
Dactylopsylla bluei psila Prince & Stark, 1951
Dasypsyllus (Dasypsyllus) gallinulae Dale, 1878A bird flea
Dasypsyllus gallinulae perpinnatus Baker, 1904
Dasypsyllus perpinnatus Baker, 1904
Dasypsyllus stejnegeri Jordan, 1929
Delotelis hollandi Smit, 1952
Delotelis telegoni Rothschild, 1905
Dolichopsyllus stylosus Baker, 1904
Doratopsylla blarinae C.Fox, 1914
Ectinorus polymerus Jordan, 1942
Epitedia scapani Wagner, 1936
Epitedia stewarti Hubbard, 1940
Epitedia wenmanni Rothschild, 1904
Epitedia wenmanni testor Rothschild, 1915
Epitedia wenmanni wenmanni Rothschild, 1904
Euchoplopsyllus glacialis Taschenberg, 1880
Euchoplopsyllus glacialis glacialis Taschenberg, 1880
Euchoplopsyllus glacialis lynx Baker, 1904
Euhophopsyllus lynx
Eumolpianus eumolpi Rothschild, 1905
Eumolpianus orarius Johnson, 1961
Eumolpianus wallowensis Hubbard, 1950
Foxella (Foxella) ignota Baker, 1895
Foxella ignota albertensis Jordan & Rot..., 1915
Foxella ignota clantoni Hubbard, 1949
Foxella ignota franciscana Rothschild, 1910
Foxella ignota ignota Baker, 1895
Foxella ignota recula Jordan & Rot..., 1915
Foxella ignotus Baker, 1895
Hectopsylla cypha Jordan, 1942
Hystrichopsylla dippiei Rothschild, 1902
Hystrichopsylla dippiei dippiei Rothschild, 1902
Hystrichopsylla dippiei spinata Holland, 1949
Hystrichopsylla dippiei truncata Holland, 1957
Hystrichopsylla occidentalis Holland, 1949
Hystrichopsylla occidentalis occidentalis Holland, 1949
Hystrichopsylla schefferi Chapin, 1919Giant mountain beaver flea
Hystrichopsylla spinata Holland, 1949
Hystrichopsylla tahavuana Jordan, 1929
Leptopsylla (Leptopsylla) segnis Schonherr, 1811A House Mouse flea
Malaraeus telchinum Rothschild, 1905
Malaraeus telchinus Rothschild, 1905
Margopsylla tolli Wagner, 1901
Megabothris (Amegabothris) abantis Rothschild, 1905
Megabothris (Amegabothris) groenlandicus Wahlgren, 1903
Megabothris (Amegabothris) lucifer Rothschild, 1905
Megabothris (Amegabothris) quirini Rothschild, 1905
Megabothris (Kueichenlipsylla) atrox Jordan, 1925
Megabothris (Megabothris) acerbus Jordan, 1925
Megabothris (Megabothris) asio Baker, 1904
Megabothris asio asio Baker, 1904
Megabothris asio gregsoni Holland, 1950
Megabothris asio megacolpus Jordan, 1929
Megabothris (Megabothris) calcarifer Wagner, 1913
Megabothris clantoni clantoni Hubbard, 1949
Megabothris clantoni johnsoni (Hubbard, 1949)⇒ Megabothris clantoni clantoni Hubbard, 1949
Megabothris clantoni princei (Hubbard, 1949)⇒ Megabothris clantoni clantoni Hubbard, 1949
Megabothris megacolpus Jordan, 1929
Megarthroglossus divisus Baker, 1898
Megarthroglossus procus Jordan & Rot..., 1915
Megarthroglossus sicamus Jordan & Rot..., 1915
Megarthroglossus spenceri Wagner, 1936
Megarthroglossus wilsoni Mendez & Haas, 1973
Meringis shannoni Jordan, 1929
Mioctenopsylla arctica Rothschild, 1922
Mioctenopsylla arctica hadweni Ewing, 1927
Mioctenopsylla traubi Holland & Je..., 1952
Mioctenopsylla traubi traubi Holland & Je..., 1952
Monopsyllus vison Baker, 1904
Myodopsylla gentilis Jordan & Rot..., 1921
Myodopsylla insignis Rothschild, 1903
Myodopsylla palposa Rothschild, 1904
Myodopsylla palposus Rothschild, 1904
Nearctopsylla (Beringopsylla) genalis Baker, 1904
Nearctopsylla genalis genalis Baker, 1904
Nearctopsylla genalis hygini Rothschild, 1904
Nearctopsylla (Beringopsylla) hyrtaci Rothschild, 1904
Nearctopsylla (Beringopsylla) traubi Hubbard, 1949
Nearctopsylla (Nearctopsylla) brooksi Rothschild, 1904
Nearctopsylla grahami Holland, 1979
Nearctopsylla jordani Hubbard, 1940
Nearctopsylla martyoungi Hubbard, 1954
Neopsylla inopina Rothschild, 1915
Neopsylla pagea Lewis, 1971
Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) fasciatus Bosc, 1800European rat flea
Nycteridopsylla vancouverensis Wagner, 1936
Odontopsyllus dentatus Baker, 1904
Opisodasys keeni Baker, 1896
Opisodasys pseudarctomys Baker, 1904
Opisodasys vesperalis Jordan, 1929
Orchopeas agilis Rothschild, 1905
Orchopeas caedens Jordan, 1925
Orchopeas caedens caedens Jordan, 1925
Orchopeas caedens durus Jordan, 1929
Orchopeas howardi Baker, 1895Grey squirrel flea
Orchopeas howardi howardi Baker, 1895Grey Squirrel Flea
Orchopeas howardi texensis Eads, 1950
Orchopeas leucopus Baker, 1904
Orchopeas nepos Rothschild, 1905
Orchopeas sexdentatus Baker, 1904
Orchopeas sexdentatus agilis Rothschild, 1905
Orchopeas sexdentatus intermedius Hubbard, 1943
Orchopeas sexdentatus sexdentatus Baker, 1904
Orophyslla arctomys
Orophyslla idahoensis
Orophyslla tuberculatus
Oropsylla (Opisocrostis) bruneri Baker, 1895
Oropsylla (Opisocrostis) labis Jordan & Rot..., 1922
Oropsylla (Opisocrostis) tuberculata Baker, 1904
Oropsylla tuberculata tuberculata Baker, 1904
Oropsylla (Oropsylla) alaskensis Baker, 1904
Oropsylla (Oropsylla) arctomys Baker, 1904
Oropsylla (Oropsylla) rupestris Jordan, 1929
Oropsylla (Oropsylla) silantiewi Wagner, 1898
Oropsylla idahoensis Baker, 1904
Paraceras menetus Xie Baoqui, ..., 1980
Paradoxopsyllus stenotus Liu Chiying,..., 1986
Paratyphloceras oregonensis Ewing, 1940
Peromyscopsylla catatina Jordan, 1928
Peromyscopsylla hamifer Rothschild, 1906
Peromyscopsylla hamifer hamifer Rothschild, 1906
Peromyscopsylla hesperomys Baker, 1904
Peromyscopsylla hesperomys adelpha Rothschild, 1915
Peromyscopsylla hesperomys pacifica Holland, 1949
Peromyscopsylla hesperomys ravalliensis Dunn, 1923
Peromyscopsylla ostsibirica Scalon, 1936
Peromyscopsylla ravalliensis Dunn, 1923
Peromyscopsylla selenis Rothschild, 1906
Phalacropsylla allos Wagner, 1936
Polygenis (Polygenis) byturus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis (Polygenis) litargus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis brachinus Jordan, 1950
Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus, 1758Human Flea
Pulex keeni Baker, 1896
Pygiopsylla hoplia Jordan & Rot..., 1922Southern kiore flea
Rhadinopsylla (Actenophthalmus) fraterna Baker, 1895
Rhadinopsylla (Micropsylla) sectilis Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Rhadinopsylla sectilis goodi Hubbard, 1941
Rhadinopsylla sectilis sectilis Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Rhadinopsylla arborea Smit, 1957
Rhadinopsylla difficilis Smit, 1957
Rhadinopsylla goodi Hubbard, 1941
Rhadinopsylla linta Smit, 1957
Rhadinopsylla media Smit, 1957
Rhadinopsylla rauschi Holland, 1979
Spicata comis Jordan, 1929
Spicata comis comis Jordan, 1929
Spicata comis scapoosei Hubbard, 1954
Spicata comis walkeri Hubbard, 1954
Spicata moorei moorei Hubbard, 1949
Spicata moorei oregona Hubbard, 1954
Spicata pacifica Hubbard, 1943
Stenoponia americana Baker, 1899
Tamiophila grandis Rothschild, 1902
Tarsopsylla coloradensis Baker, 1895
Tarsopsylla octodecimdentata Kolenati, 1863A mammal flea
Tarsopsylla octodecimdentata coloradensis Baker, 1895
Thrassis acamantis Rothschild, 1905
Thrassis acamantis acamantis Rothschild, 1905
Thrassis acamantis howelli Jordan, 1925
Thrassis acamantis media Stark, 1970
Thrassis acamantis pristinus Stark, 1957
Thrassis aridis Prince, 1944
Thrassis aridis arcuatus Stark, 1957
Thrassis aridis aridis Prince, 1944
Thrassis aridis campestris Prince, 1944
Thrassis bacchi Rothschild, 1905
Thrassis bacchi bacchi Rothschild, 1905
Thrassis fotas Jordan, 1925
Thrassis francisi C.Fox, 1927
Thrassis francisi francisi C.Fox, 1927
Thrassis pandorae Jellison, 1937
Thrassis pandorae jellisoni Hubbard, 1940
Thrassis pandorae pandorae Jellison, 1937
Thrassis petiolatus Baker, 1904
Thrassis spenceri Wagner, 1936
Thrassis spenceri spenceri Wagner, 1936
Trichopsylloides oregonensis Ewing, 1938
Xenopsylla cheopis Rothschild, 1903Indian rat flea

Subnodes of Siphonaptera with occurrences in Canada
InfraorderCeratophyllomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
3
33
116
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
InfraorderHystrichopsyllomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
2
22
58
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
InfraorderPulicomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
3
11
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
InfraorderPygiopsyllomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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