Hectopsylla pulex

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pulicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Siphonaptera Infraordo: Pulicomorpha Superfamilia: Pulicoidea

Familia: Tungidae
Genus: Hectopsylla
Species: Hectopsylla pulex

Name

• Hectopsylla pulex (Haller, 1880)
  • Original combination: Rhynchopsyllus pulex

References

• Hastriter, M.W., Meyer, M.D., Sherwin, R.E. & Dittmar, K. 2014. New distribution and host records for Hectopsylla pulex Haller (Siphonaptera, Tungidae) with notes on biology and morphology. ZooKeys 389: 1–7. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.389.7042 . Reference page. 
• Luz, J.L. et al. 2009: The chiggerflea Hectopsylla pulex (Siphonaptera: Tungidae) as an ectoparasite of free-tailed bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 104(4): 567–569. DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000400005