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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>. |