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Checklist for Suborder Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 (Flea)
and region Saudi Arabia (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
278
2042
4455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
277
2041
4453
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
271
2029
4437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
188
1652
3788
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
5
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Siphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
5
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Saudi Arabia
5 Families width 10 Species and 5 Subspecies
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Coptopsyllidae Wagner, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas5SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 19150SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Saudi Arabia
9 Genera with 10 Species
Caenopsylla Rothschild, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Coptopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19641SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1835Cat and Dog Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmus Kolenati, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Nosopsyllus Jordan, 19563SpeciesTaxom
Ophthalmopsylla Wagner & Ioff, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Pulex Linnaeus, 1895Human Fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Synosternus Jordan, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz, 19041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Saudi Arabia
10 Species and 5 Subspecies
Caenopsylla laptevi Mikulin & Za..., 1958
Caenopsylla laptevi laptevi Mikulin & Za..., 1958
Coptopsylla joannae Lewis, 1964
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835Cat Flea
Nosopsyllus (Gerbillophilus) iranus Wagner & Arg..., 1934
Nosopsyllus iranus theodori Smit, 1960
Nosopsyllus (Gerbillophilus) pringlei Hubbard, 1956
Ophthalmopsylla (Ophthalmopsylla) volgensis Wagner & Ioff, 1926
Ophthalmopsylla volgensis palestinica Smit, 1960
Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus, 1758Human Flea
Pulex (Pulex) simulans (Baker, 1895)⇒ Pulex irritans Linnaeus, 1758
Synosternus cleopatrae Rothschild, 1903
Synosternus cleopatrae cleopatrae Rothschild, 1903
Xenopsylla conformis mycerini Rothschild, 1904

Subnodes of Siphonaptera with occurrences in Saudi Arabia
InfraorderCeratophyllomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderHystrichopsyllomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
1
1
0
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPulicomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
2
5
6
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