Checklist of Suborder Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 (Flea)
for Sri Lanka (South Asia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 526
6183
14457 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 523
6178
14450 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 501
6074
14217 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 315
4618
11439 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies | 7
14
21 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Siphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas | 6
13
19 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Sri Lanka
6 Families width 19 Species and 4 Subspecies
Genera for Sri Lanka
13 Genera with 19 Species | Araeopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1936 | Cat and Dog Fleas | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnopsyllus Westwood, 1931 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lentistivalius Traub, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrostylophora Ewing, 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesopsylla Becker-Migdi..., 1946 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nosopsyllus Jordan, 1921 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Orthopsylloides Holland, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paradoxopsyllus Miyajima & K..., 1986 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pulex Linnaeus, 1758 | Human Fleas | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stivalius Jordan & Rot..., 1922 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Thaumapsylla Hastriter, 1954 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz, 1903 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Sri Lanka
19 Species and 4 Subspecies | Araeopsylla gestroi Rothschild, 1906 | | | Ctenocephalides canis Curtis, 1826 | Dog flea | | Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835 | Cat Flea | | Ctenocephalides orientis Jordan, 1925 | | | Ctenocephalides paradoxuri Wagner, 1936 | | | Ischnopsyllus indicus Jordan, 1931 | | | Lentistivalius (Lentistivalius) ferinus Rothschild, 1908 | | | Macrostylophora phillipsi Jordan, 1925 | | | Mesopsylla tuschkan mesa Argyropulo, 1946 | | | Nosopsyllus ceylonensis Smit, 1953 | | | Nosopsyllus tamilanus Jordan & Rot..., 1921 | | | Orthopsylloides abacetus abacetus Jordan & Rot..., 1922 | | | Paradoxopsyllus stenotus Liu Chiying,..., 1986 | | | Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus, 1758 | Human Flea | | Stivalius aporus Jordan & Rot..., 1922 | | | Stivalius aporus aporus Jordan & Rot..., 1922 | | | Stivalius phoberus Jordan & Rot..., 1922 | | | Thaumapsylla breviceps Rothschild, 1907 | | | Thaumapsylla breviceps orientalis Smit, 1954 | | | Xenopsylla astia Rothschild, 1911 | | | Xenopsylla cheopis Rothschild, 1903 | Indian rat flea |
Subnodes of Siphonaptera with occurrences in Sri Lanka
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