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Checklist of Suborder Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 (Flea)
for Southern South America (South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
758
13339
45595
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
756
13332
45586
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
712
13148
45139
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
439
10414
38116
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
19
55
184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Siphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
10
41
151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southern South America
10 Families width 151 Species and 37 Subspecies
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 19157SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas5SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas7SpeciesTaxom
Stephanocircidae Wagner, 192824SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas17SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas5SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas81SpeciesTaxom
Malacopsyllidae Baker, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southern South America
40 Genera with 151 Species
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Adoratopsylla Ewing, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Agastopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19845SpeciesTaxom
Alectopsylla Mahnert, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Amphipsylla Wagner, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Barreropsylla Jordan, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Chiliopsylla Rothschild, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Cleopsylla Rothschild, 19912SpeciesTaxom
Craneopsylla Rothschild, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1835Cat and Dog Fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Ctenoparia Rothschild, 19635SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmus Kolenati, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Dasypsyllus Baker, 19297SpeciesTaxom
Delostichus Jordan, 19365SpeciesTaxom
Dysmicus Jordan, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Ectinorus Jordan, 194226SpeciesTaxom
Eritranis Jordan, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Hectopsylla Frauenfeld, 19299SpeciesTaxom
Hormopsylla Rothschild, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Listronius Jordan, 19234SpeciesTaxom
Malacopsylla Weyenbergh, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Maxilliopsylla Schreiter & ..., 19271SpeciesTaxom
Myodopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19033SpeciesTaxom
Neotyphloceras Rothschild, 19364SpeciesTaxom
Nonnapsylla Wagner, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Notiopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 18802SpeciesTaxom
Nycteridopsylla Oudemans, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Palaeopsylla Hopkins & Ro..., 19651SpeciesTaxom
Parapsyllus Enderlein, 19386SpeciesTaxom
Peromyscopsylla Fox, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Phthiropsylla Wagner, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Plocopsylla Jordan, 190916SpeciesTaxom
Polygenis Jordan, 198731SpeciesTaxom
Pulex Linnaeus, 0Human Fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllus Baker, 19047SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchopsyllus Haller, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Sphinctopsylla Jordan, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Tetrapsyllus Jordan, 19239SpeciesTaxom
Tiamastus Jordan, 20039SpeciesTaxom
Tiarapsylla Wagner, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Tunga Jarocki, 19622SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern South America
151 Species and 37 Subspecies
Adoratopsylla (Tritopsylla) intermedia Wagner, 1901
Adoratopsylla intermedia intermedia Wagner, 1901
Agastopsylla boxi Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Agastopsylla boxi boxi Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Agastopsylla boxi gibbosa Beaucournu &..., 1990
Agastopsylla nylota Traub, 1952
Agastopsylla nylota euneomys Lewis, 1984
Alectopsylla unisetosa Mahnert, 1976
Amphipsylla phaiomydis limonia Smit, 1977
Barreropsylla excelsa Jordan, 1953
Chiliopsylla allophyla Beaucournu &..., 1990
Chiliopsylla allophyla allophyla Rothschild, 1908
Chiliopsylla allophyla tonnii Beaucournu &..., 1990
Cleopsylla townsendi Rothschild, 1914
Cleopsylla vidua Beaucournu &..., 1991
Craneopsylla minerva Rothschild, 1903
Craneopsylla minerva minerva Rothschild, 1903
Craneopsylla minerva wolffhuegeli Rothschild, 1909
Ctenocephalides canis Curtis, 1826Dog flea
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835Cat Flea
Ctenoparia inopinata Rothschild, 1909
Ctenoparia intermedia Beaucournu &..., 1990
Ctenoparia jordani Smit, 1955
Ctenoparia propinqua Beaucournu &..., 1988
Ctenoparia topali Smit, 1963
Ctenophthalmus adetus (Jordan & Rot..., 1920)⇒ Ctenophthalmus bisoctodentatus Kolenati, 1863
Dasypsyllus (Avesopsylla) lasius Rothschild, 1909
Dasypsyllus lasius lasius Rothschild, 1909
Dasypsyllus aemulus Jordan, 1933
Dasypsyllus araucanus Jordan & Rot..., 1920
Dasypsyllus comatus Jordan, 1933
Dasypsyllus cteniopus Jordan & Rot..., 1920
Dasypsyllus stejnegeri Jordan, 1929
Delostichus coxalis Rothschild, 1909
Delostichus incisus Beaucournu &..., 1988
Delostichus octomyos Jordan, 1942
Delostichus smiti Jameson & Fulk, 1977
Delostichus talis Jordan, 1936
Dysmicus ixanus (Jordan, 1942)⇒ Ectinorus ixanus Jordan, 1942
Ectinorus (Dysmicus) ixanus Jordan, 1942
Ectinorus (Ectinorus) chilensis Lewis, 1976
Ectinorus (Ectinorus) cocyti Rothschild, 1904
Ectinorus (Ectinorus) curvatus Beaucournu &..., 1990
Ectinorus (Ectinorus) gallardoi Hastriter, 2001
Ectinorus (Ectinorus) hapalus Jordan, 1942
Ectinorus (Ectinorus) insignis Beaucournu &..., 2013
Ectinorus (Ectinorus) levipes Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Ectinorus (Ectinorus) martini Lewis, 1976
Ectinorus (Ectinorus) mondacai Hastriter, 2001
Ectinorus (Ectinorus) nomisis Smit, 1987
Ectinorus (Ectinorus) pearsoni Johnson, 1957
Ectinorus (Ectinorus) simonsi Rothschild, 1904
Ectinorus (Ectinorus) splendidus Smit, 1968
Ectinorus (Ectinorus) uncinatus Beaucournu &..., 1991
Ectinorus onychius angularis Smit & Rosicky, 1972
Ectinorus onychius deplexus Smit, 1987
Ectinorus onychius fueginus Jordan, 1942
Ectinorus onychius onychius Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Ectinorus (Panallius) galeanus Jordan, 1939
Ectinorus barrerai Jordan, 1939
Ectinorus budini Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Ectinorus disjugis Jordan, 1942
Ectinorus polymerus Jordan, 1942
Ectinorus setosicornis Jordan, 1942
Ectinorus trionyx Jordan, 1942
Eritranis andricus Jordan, 1939
Hectopsylla broscus Jordan & Rot..., 1906
Hectopsylla coniger Jordan & Rot..., 1906
Hectopsylla cypha Jordan, 1942
Hectopsylla gemina Jordan, 1939
Hectopsylla gracilis Mahnert, 1982
Hectopsylla pascuali Beaucournu &..., 1990
Hectopsylla psittaci Von Frauenfeld, 1860Flea
Hectopsylla stomis Jordan, 1925
Hectopsylla suarezi C.Fox, 1929
Hormopsylla fosteri Rothschild, 1903
Listronius fortis Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Listronius plesiomorphus Beaucournu &..., 1991
Listronius robertsianus Jordan, 1938
Listronius ulus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Malacopsylla grossiventris Weyenbergh, 1879
Maxilliopsylla lilloi (Schreiter & ..., 1927)⇒ Rhynchopsyllus pulex Haller, 1880
Myodopsylla isidori Weyenbergh, 1881
Myodopsylla wolffsohni Rothschild, 1903
Myodopsylla wolffsohni wolffsohni Rothschild, 1903
Neotyphloceras crassispina Rothschild, 1914
Neotyphloceras crassispina chilensis Jordan, 1936
Neotyphloceras crassispina crassispina Rothschild, 1914
Neotyphloceras crassispina hemisus Jordan, 1936
Nonnapsylla rothschildi rothschildi Wagner, 1938
Nonnapsylla rothschildi wagneri Johnson, 1957
Notiopsylla kerguelensis Taschenberg, 1880Kerguelen bird flea
Notiopsylla kerguelensis kerguelensis Taschenberg, 1880
Nycteridopsylla (Nycteridopsylla) eusarca Dampf, 1908A bat flea
Palaeopsylla soricis scobina Smit & Rosicky, 1965
Parapsyllus ambrosius Smit, 1987
Parapsyllus dacunhai De Meillon, 1952
Parapsyllus humboldti Jordan, 1942
Parapsyllus longicornis Enderlein, 1901
Parapsyllus magellanicus Jordan, 1938
Parapsyllus magellanicus magellanicus Jordan, 1938
Peromyscopsylla hesperomys adelpha Rothschild, 1915
Phthiropsylla agenoris Rothschild, 1904
Plocopsylla angusticeps Mahnert, 1982
Plocopsylla athena Schramm & Lewis, 1987
Plocopsylla chiris Jordan, 1931
Plocopsylla consobrina Beaucournu &..., 1990
Plocopsylla crypta Beaucournu &..., 1989
Plocopsylla diana Beaucournu, ..., 1986
Plocopsylla enderleini Wagner, 1933
Plocopsylla fuegina Beaucournu &..., 1978
Plocopsylla kasogonaga Schramm & Lewis, 1988
Plocopsylla lewisi Beaucournu &..., 1988
Plocopsylla reigi Beaucournu &..., 1978
Plocopsylla silewi Beaucournu &..., 1990
Plocopsylla traubi Del Ponte, 1968
Plocopsylla viracocha Schramm & Lewis, 1987
Plocopsylla wilesi Beaucournu &..., 1990
Plocopsylla wolffsohni Rothschild, 1909
Polygenis (Gephyropsylla) klagesi Rothschild, 1904
Polygenis klagesi samuelis Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis (Neopolygenis) puelche Del Ponte, 1963
Polygenis (Polygenis) acodontis Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis (Polygenis) atopus Jordan & Rot..., 1922
Polygenis (Polygenis) axius Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis axius axius Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis axius proximus Guimaraes, 1948
Polygenis (Polygenis) bohlsi Wagner, 1901
Polygenis bohlsi bohlsi Wagner, 1901
Polygenis (Polygenis) byturus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis (Polygenis) litargus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis (Polygenis) occidentalis Cunha, 1914
Polygenis occidentalis occidentalis Cunha, 1914
Polygenis (Polygenis) platensis Jordan & Rot..., 1908
Polygenis platensis cisandinus Jordan, 1939
Polygenis platensis platensis Jordan & Rot..., 1908
Polygenis (Polygenis) pygaerus Wagner, 1937
Polygenis (Polygenis) rimatus Jordan, 1932
Polygenis (Polygenis) roberti Rothschild, 1905
Polygenis roberti beebei I.Fox, 1947
Polygenis roberti tripopsis Guimaraes, 1948
Polygenis (Polygenis) tripus Jordan, 1933
Polygenis brachinus Jordan, 1950
Polygenis dendrobius Wagner, 1939
Polygenis frustratus Johnson, 1957
Polygenis massoiai Del Ponte, 1967
Polygenis pradoi Wagner, 1937
Polygenis trapidoi Mendez, 1977
Polygenis trapidoi mendezi Smit, 1987
Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus, 1758Human Flea
Pulex grossiventris
Rhopalopsyllus australis Rothschild, 1904
Rhopalopsyllus australis tamoyus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Rhopalopsyllus australis tupinus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Rhopalopsyllus cacicus Jordan & Rot..., 1908
Rhopalopsyllus crypturi Wagner, 1939
Rhopalopsyllus lutzi Baker, 1904
Rhopalopsyllus lutzi cleophontis Rothschild, 1904
Rhynchopsyllus pulex Haller, 1880
Sphinctopsylla ares Rothschild, 1911
Sphinctopsylla mars Rothschild, 1898
Tetrapsyllus (Tetrapsyllus) corfidii Rothschild, 1904
Tetrapsyllus amplus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Tetrapsyllus bleptus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Tetrapsyllus contortix Jameson & Fulk, 1977
Tetrapsyllus maulinus Beaucournu &..., 1978
Tetrapsyllus rhombus Smit, 1955
Tetrapsyllus satyrus Beaucournu &..., 1986
Tetrapsyllus simulans Jameson & Fulk, 1977
Tetrapsyllus tantillus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Tiamastus callens Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Tiamastus cavicola Weyenbergh, 1881
Tiamastus deflatus Smit, 1987
Tiamastus gallardoi Beaucournu &..., 1990
Tiamastus helicis Beaucournu &..., 2003
Tiamastus palpalis Rothschild, 1911
Tiamastus plesius Jordan, 1942
Tiamastus subtilis Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Tiamastus tortuosus Beaucournu &..., 2003
Tiarapsylla argentina Jordan, 1942
Tunga (Tunga) penetrans Linnaeus, 1758Chigoe
Tunga libis Smit, 1962

Subnodes of Siphonaptera with occurrences in Southern South America
InfraorderCeratophyllomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
3
7
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
InfraorderHystrichopsyllomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
3
14
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
InfraorderPulicomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
3
18
100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
InfraorderPygiopsyllomorpha
Medvedev, 1998
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


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