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Family Leptopsyllidae

Hystrichopsylla schefferi - Dolichopsyllus stylosus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Siphonaptera (Fleas)

Family Leptopsyllidae

Explanation of Names

Leptopsyllidae Rothschild & Jordan 1915

Numbers

17 species in 7 genera in our area, 235 spp. in 30 genera total

Range

primarily Palaearctic (90% of world spp.), with some representation in NA and the Old World tropics

Food

hosts: This family appears to have been initially associated, besides Aplodontidae, also with Ctenodactylidae and Dipodidae, which have existed since Early Eocene. The subsequent distribution of the family resulted from their coevolution with Cricetidae (which appeared early in Oligocene) and later with Muridae (since Pleistocene).

Contributed by v belov on 2 June, 2015 - 1:05pm

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