Checklist of Suborder Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 (Flea)
for South America (America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 1002
31782
192121 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 999
31760
192069 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 919
31232
189614 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 538
24032
155049 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies | 21
98
386 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Siphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas | 10
75
298 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for South America
10 Families width 298 Species and 71 Subspecies | Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908 | Bird Fleas | 42 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 1915 | | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904 | Insectivore fleas | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907 | Bat fleas | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915 | Bird fleas | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Malacopsyllidae Baker, 1905 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pulicidae Billberg, 1820 | Cat fleas | 35 | Species | Taxom | | Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 1939 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909 | Marsupial fleas | 115 | Species | Taxom | | Stephanocircidae Wagner, 1928 | | 43 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Siphonaptera with occurrences in South America
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