Tungidae

Tunga: Heads of some species

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
Tribus: Hectopsyllini – Tungini

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Genera overview: Hectopsylla – Tunga – Neotunga

Name

• Tungidae Fox, 1925

Synonyms

• Sarcopsyllinae Taschenberg, 1880
• Hectopsyllinae Baker, 1904

References

Additional references

• Beaucournu, J.-C.; Degeilh, B.; Mergey, T.; Muñoz-Leal, S.; González-Acuña, D. 2012. Le genre Tunga Jarocki, 1838 (Siphonaptera: Tungidae). I – Taxonomie, phylogénie, écologie, rôle pathogène. Parasite, 19(4): 297–308. doi:10.1051/parasite/2012194297. ISSN 1252-607X. 
• Linardi, Pedro Marcos; Beaucournu, Jean-Claude; de Avelar, Daniel Moreira; Belaz, Sorya 2014. Notes on the genus Tunga (Siphonaptera: Tungidae) II – neosomes, morphology, classification, and other taxonomic notes. Parasite, 21: 68. doi:10.1051/parasite/2014067. ISSN 1776-1042. PMID 25514594. 
• Whiting, M.F.; Whiting, A.S.; Hastriter, M.W.; Dittmar, K. 2008: A molecular phylogeny of fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera): origins and host associations. Cladistics, 24(5): 677–707. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00211.x PDF PDF