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Dasypsyllus

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Dasypsyllus is a widespread genus of fleas. Some of its members are found in bird nests, including the moorhen flea, D. gallinulae.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderSiphonaptera
  5. FamilyCeratophyllidae

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Specimen records
3
Family
Ceratophyllidae
Collections
USNM
Recorded in
Mexico, India

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Ceratophyllidae
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taxon name
Dasypsyllus
taxon rank
genus
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Dasypsyllus is a widespread genus of fleas. Some of its members are found in bird nests, including the moorhen flea, D. gallinulae.

==Species== Species include: Dasypsyllus aemulus (Jordan, 1933) Dasypsyllus araucanus (Jordan et Rothschild, 1920) Dasypsyllus comatus (Jordan, 1933) Dasypsyllus cteniopus (Jordan et Rothschild, 1920) Dasypsyllus gallinulae (Dale, 1878) Dasypsyllus lasius (Rothschild, 1909) Dasypsyllus plumosissimus (Smit, 1976) Dasypsyllus stejnegeri (Jordan, 1929)

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