Biology:Ctenocephalides
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Short description: Genus of fleas
| Ctenocephalides | |
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| Ctenocephalides canis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Siphonaptera |
| Family: | Pulicidae |
| Subfamily: | Archaeopsyllinae |
| Genus: | Ctenocephalides Stiles & Collins, 1930 |
| Species and subspecies[1] | |
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Ctenocephalides is a flea genus[2] in the tribe Archaeopsyllini which includes the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis and the dog flea, C canis. Species and subspecies in the genus infest a wide variety of hosts, including sheep and goats, wild carnivores (such as foxes, civets and jackals), hares, hyraxes, ground squirrels and hedgehogs.[3]
References
- ↑ "Ctenocephalides" (in English). Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Undef&id=7514&lvl=3&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock.
- ↑ Beaucournu, J.C.; Ménier, K. (1998). "Le genre Ctenocephalides Stiles et Collins, 1930 (Siphonaptera, Pulicidae)". Parasite 5 (1): 3–16. doi:10.1051/parasite/1998051003. ISSN 1252-607X. PMID 9754292. http://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/abs/1998/01/parasite1998051p3/parasite1998051p3.html.
- ↑ International Journal for Parasitology: Volume 49, Issue 5, April 2019, Pages 321-336: Out-of-Africa, human-mediated dispersal of the common cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis: The hitchhiker’s guide to world domination [1]
Wikidata ☰ Q3006405 entry
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