Siphonaptera ● Home ● advanced ● Browse Siphonaptera ● Help ● FeaturesTemporary Page Content ● Siphonaptera ● Page Learning articles & notes ● Fleas Contribute collections ● About people options Explore Other Groups other Endopterygota containing groups random page ● Tungidae ● Pulicidae ● Rhopalopsyllidae ● Malacopsyllidae ● Vermipsyllidae ● Hystrichopsyllidae ● Coptopsyllidae ● Pygiopsyllidae ● Stephanocircidae ● Macropsyllidae ● Xyphiopsyllidae ● Ancistropsyllidae ● Chimaeropsyllidae ● Ischnopsyllidae ● Leptopsyllidae ● Ceratopsyllidae Containing group: Endopterygota Characteristics Laterally flattened. Here is the head of Ctenocephalides: http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Siphonaptera&contgroup=Endopterygota (1 of 3) [10/24/2007 12:22:13 PM] Siphonaptera References Dallai, R., P. Lupetti, B.A. Afzelius, et al. 2003. Sperm structure of Mecoptera and Siphonaptera (Insecta) and the phylogenetic position of Boreus hyemalis. Zoomorphology 122(4): 211-220. Whiting, M.F. 2002. Mecoptera is paraphyletic: multiple genes and phylogeny of Mecoptera and Siphonaptera. Zoologica Scripta 31(1): 93-104. Information on the Internet ● Flea News ● Fleas Home Page of the Zoological Institute, St.Petersburg ● Checklist of South African Fleas Title Illustrations Scientific Name Xenopsylla cheopis Comments Oriental rat flea. This flea is responsible for transmitting the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague. Sex Female Life Cycle Stage adult Source Collection Public Health Image Library (Centers for Disease Control) Scientific Name Ctenocephalides felis Copyright © 1995 David R. Maddison About This Page Page copyright © 1995 David R. Maddison Citing this page: Maddison, David R. 1995. Siphonaptera. Fleas. Version 01 January 1995 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Siphonaptera/8228/1995.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/ edit this page Home Browse Help Features Learning Contribute About Search Privacy Policy — Copyright Policies http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Siphonaptera&contgroup=Endopterygota (2 of 3) [10/24/2007 12:22:13 PM] Siphonaptera Tree of Life design and icons copyright © 1995-2004 Tree of Life Project. All rights reserved. top http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Siphonaptera&contgroup=Endopterygota (3 of 3) [10/24/2007 12:22:13 PM].