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CLASSIFICATION OF SIPHONAPTERA

(Contacts)

Families in Green color Siphonaptera Details

Insecta: Holometabola SIPHONAPTERA Infraorder: Pulicomorpha Superfamily: Pulicoidea Hectopsyllidae – sticktight and chigoe fleas Pulicidae – common fleas Superfamily: Malacopsylloidea Malacopsyllidae Rhopalopsyllidae – hosts Vermipsyllidae – hosts: carnivores Superfamily: Coptopsylloidea Coptopsyllidae Superfamily: Ancistropsylloidea Ancistropsyllidae

Infraorder: Pygiopsyllomorpha Superfamily: Pygiopsylloidea Lycopsyllidae Pygiopsyllidae Stivaliidae Infraorder: Hystrichopsyllomorpha Superfamily: Hystrichopsylloidea Hystrichopsyllidae – hosts: rats and mice. Incl. Ctenopsyllidae, Amphipsyllidae Chimaeropsyllidae Superfamily: Macropsylloidea Macropsyllidae Superfamily: Stephanocircidoidea Stephanocircidae References Citations Sample Examinations

Details of Insect Taxonomic Groups

Examples of beneficial species occur in almost every insect order, and considerable information on morphology and habits has been assembled. Therefore, the principal groups of insect parasitoids and predators provide details that refer to the entire class Insecta. These details are available at <taxnames.htm>.