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Checklist for Suborder Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 (Flea)
and region Continents


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
2110
116133
1222976
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
2101
115931
1221959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1812
113780
1210168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
929
84484
1007160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
63
580
4082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Siphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
19
286
2332
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Continents
19 Families width 2332 Species and 905 Subspecies
Ancistropsyllidae Toumanoff & ..., 19473SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas574SpeciesTaxom
Chimaeropsyllidae Ewing & Fox, 194329SpeciesTaxom
Coptopsyllidae Wagner, 192819SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 1915540SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas138SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas132SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas218SpeciesTaxom
Macropsyllidae Oudemans, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Malacopsyllidae Baker, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopulicidae Gao, Shih & Ren, 20126SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas233SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 193980SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas133SpeciesTaxom
Saurophthiridae Ponomarenko, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Stephanocircidae Wagner, 192852SpeciesTaxom
Stivaliidae Mardon, 1978109SpeciesTaxom
Vermipsyllidae Wagner, 1889Carnivore fleas43SpeciesTaxom
Xiphiopsyllidae Wagner, 19398SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Siphonaptera with occurrences in Continents
InfraorderCeratophyllomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
4
108
932
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderHystrichopsyllomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
5
71
762
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPulicomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
6
55
433
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPygiopsyllomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
2
41
189
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPseudopulicidae
Gao, Shih & Ren in Gao & al, 2012
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySaurophthiridae
Ponomarenko, 1986
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Siphonaptera at artfakta.se
Siphonaptera at dyntaxa.se
Siphonaptera at gbif.org
Siphonaptera at irmng.org
Siphonaptera at itis.gov