Species Echidnophaga gallinacea - Sticktight Flea

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Sticktight Flea, Echidnophaga gallinacea - Echidnophaga gallinacea - female

Sticktight fleas on my leg - Echidnophaga gallinacea

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Siphonaptera (Fleas)

Family Pulicidae

Genus Echidnophaga

Species gallinacea (Sticktight Flea)

Explanation of Names

Echidnophaga gallinacea (Westwood 1875)

Size

1.5-4 mm

Range

Cosmopolitan, accidentally introduced in North America with poultry.

Food

Blood of poultry and many other birds and mammals

Print References

(1)

Internet References

Fact sheet (Koehler et al. 2009)(2)

Works Cited

1.	Fleas of Western North America Hubbard, Clarence Andresen . 1947. The Iowa State College Press.

2.	EDIS -- Electronic Data Information Source of UF/IFAS Extension

Contributed by Mike Boone on 29 August, 2008 - 12:10pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 2 October, 2019 - 11:21pm

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