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Pulex
Sign in to savePulex is a genus of fleas. It comprises seven species. One is the human flea (P. irritans), and five of the others are confined to the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderSiphonaptera
- FamilyPulicidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 62
- With media
- 15
- Family
- Pulicidae
- Collections
- INDRE-SSA, FCB-UANL, INHS, USNM, BYU, LACM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Argentina, Brazil
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- Pulex
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- topic's main category
- Category:Pulex
- taxon common name
- Human Fleas
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- Pulex
- taxon author citation
- Linnaeus 1758
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Pulex is a genus of fleas. It comprises seven species. One is the human flea (P. irritans), and five of the others are confined to the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.
==Species== Encyclopedia of Life lists seven species: Pulex alvarezi Barrera, 1955 Pulex echidnophagoides (Wagner, 1933) Pulex irritans Linnaeus, 1758 Pulex larimerius Lewis et Grimaldi, 1997 Pulex porcinus Jordan et Rothschild, 1923 Pulex simulans Baker, 1895 Pulex sinoculus Traub, 1950
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