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Checklist for Suborder Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 (Flea)
and region Rio de Janeiro (Southeast Brazil, Brazil)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
409
4319
8071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
409
4319
8071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
397
4275
7998
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
254
3394
6433
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
7
13
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Siphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
6
12
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Rio de Janeiro
6 Families width 21 Species and 3 Subspecies
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Stephanocircidae Wagner, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas5SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas11SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Rio de Janeiro
11 Genera with 21 Species
Adoratopsylla Ewing, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Amphipsylla Wagner, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Craneopsylla Rothschild, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1835Cat and Dog Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 18111SpeciesTaxom
Peromyscopsylla Fox, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Polygenis Jordan, 195710SpeciesTaxom
Pulex Linnaeus, 1758Human Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllus Baker, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Tunga Jarocki, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz, 19032SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Rio de Janeiro
21 Species and 3 Subspecies
Adoratopsylla (Tritopsylla) intermedia Wagner, 1901
Amphipsylla phaiomydis limonia Smit, 1977
Craneopsylla minerva Rothschild, 1903
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835Cat Flea
Leptopsylla (Leptopsylla) segnis Schonherr, 1811A House Mouse flea
Peromyscopsylla hesperomys adelpha Rothschild, 1915
Polygenis puelche puelche (Del Ponte & ..., 1939)⇒ Polygenis puelche Del Ponte, 1963
Polygenis (Polygenis) atopus Jordan & Rot..., 1922
Polygenis (Polygenis) occidentalis Cunha, 1914
Polygenis (Polygenis) pygaerus Wagner, 1937
Polygenis (Polygenis) rimatus Jordan, 1932
Polygenis (Polygenis) roberti Rothschild, 1905
Polygenis (Polygenis) tripus Jordan, 1933
Polygenis brachinus Jordan, 1950
Polygenis pradoi Wagner, 1937
Polygenis thurmani Johnson, 1957
Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus, 1758Human Flea
Rhopalopsyllus australis Rothschild, 1904
Tunga (Tunga) penetrans Linnaeus, 1758Chigoe
Xenopsylla brasiliensis Baker, 1904A mammal flea
Xenopsylla cheopis Rothschild, 1903Indian rat flea

Subnodes of Siphonaptera with occurrences in Rio de Janeiro
InfraorderCeratophyllomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
2
3
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderHystrichopsyllomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPulicomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
2
6
16
Families
Genera
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