Biology:Ceratophyllus rusticus

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Short description: Species of flea

Ceratophyllus rusticus
Male housemartin flea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Ceratophyllidae
Genus: Ceratophyllus
Species:
C. rusticus
Binomial name
Ceratophyllus rusticus
Wagner, 1903

Ceratophyllus rusticus[1] is a species of flea in the family Ceratophyllidae. It was described by Wagner in 1903. It is known to feed on house martins. [2]

References

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  2. ↑ Dillane, Eileen; Kelly, Thomas C.; Smiddy, Patrick (2002). "New Records of Fleas (Siphonaptera) from the Nests of House Martins". The Irish Naturalists' Journal (Irish Naturalists' Journal Ltd.) 27 (4): 159–163. ISSN 00211311. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25536437. Retrieved 2026-05-19. 

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