Checklist of Suborder Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 (Flea)
for Costa Rica (Central America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 609
11807
34482 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 606
11803
34480 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 577
11648
34014 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 378
9725
29913 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies | 9
22
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Siphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas | 7
17
21 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Costa Rica
7 Families width 21 Species and 9 Subspecies
Genera for Costa Rica
17 Genera with 21 Species | Adoratopsylla Ewing, 1926 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Amphipsylla Wagner, 1977 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1826 | Cat and Dog Fleas | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenophthalmus Kolenati, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasypsyllus Baker, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hectopsylla Frauenfeld, 1942 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Listronius Jordan, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nycteridopsylla Oudemans, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palaeopsylla Hopkins & Ro..., 1965 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Peromyscopsylla Fox, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plusaetis Smit, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polygenis Jordan, 1950 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pulex Linnaeus, 1933 | Human Fleas | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pygiopsylla Rothschild, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalopsyllus Baker, 1912 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Stivalius Jordan & Rot..., 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tunga Jarocki, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Costa Rica
21 Species and 9 Subspecies | Adoratopsylla (Tritopsylla) intermedia Wagner, 1901 | | | Adoratopsylla intermedia copha Jordan, 1926 | | | Amphipsylla phaiomydis limonia Smit, 1977 | | | Ctenocephalides canis Curtis, 1826 | Dog flea | | Ctenophthalmus adetus (Jordan & Rot..., 1920) | ⇒ Ctenophthalmus bisoctodentatus Kolenati, 1863 | | Hectopsylla cypha Jordan, 1942 | | | Listronius ulus Jordan & Rot..., 1923 | | | Nycteridopsylla (Nycteridopsylla) eusarca Dampf, 1908 | A bat flea | | Palaeopsylla soricis scobina Smit & Rosicky, 1965 | | | Peromyscopsylla hesperomys adelpha Rothschild, 1915 | | | Plusaetis equatoris Jordan, 1933 | | | Polygenis klagesi samuelis Jordan & Rot..., 1923 | | | Polygenis (Polygenis) litargus Jordan & Rot..., 1923 | | | Polygenis (Polygenis) roberti Rothschild, 1905 | | | Polygenis roberti beebei I.Fox, 1947 | | | Polygenis brachinus Jordan, 1950 | | | Pulex (Juxtapulex) alvarezi Barrera, 1955 | | | Pulex (Juxtapulex) echidnophagoides Wagner, 1933 | | | Pygiopsylla hoplia Jordan & Rot..., 1922 | Southern kiore flea | | Rhopalopsyllus australis Rothschild, 1904 | | | Rhopalopsyllus australis mesus Wagner, 1933 | | | Rhopalopsyllus lugubris Jordan & Rot..., 1908 | | | Rhopalopsyllus lugubris cryptoctenes Enderlein, 1912 | | | Stivalius aporus aporus Jordan & Rot..., 1922 | | | Tunga (Tunga) penetrans Linnaeus, 1758 | Chigoe |
Subnodes of Siphonaptera with occurrences in Costa Rica
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