Ctenophthalmus
| Ctenophthalmus | |
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| Ctenophthalmus agyrtes through a microscope | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Siphonaptera |
| Family: | Ctenophthalmidae |
| Subfamily: | Ctenophthalminae |
| Tribe: | Ctenophthalmini |
| Genus: | Ctenophthalmus Kolenati, 1856[1] |
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Ctenophthalmus is a genus of fleas in the family Hystrichopsyllidae.
Multiple species in this genus are responsible for transmission of Yersinia pestis in Russia and north Asia.[4]
References
- ↑ Die Parasiten der Chiroptern. Friedrich August Kolenati, Brunn : R. R. Erben, 1856
- ↑ "Taxonomy browser (Ctenophthalmus)".
- ↑ Traub, Robert (1947). Siphonaptera from Central America and Mexico a Morphological Study of the Aedeagus, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species (Thesis). OCLC 1895690. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ↑ Durden, Lance A.; Hinkle, Nancy C. (2019). "Fleas (Siphonaptera)". Medical and Veterinary Entomology. Elsevier. pp. 145–169. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-814043-7.00010-8. ISBN 978-0-12-814043-7.
External links
Media related to Ctenophthalmus at Wikimedia Commons- "Genus Ctenophthalmus (Kolenati, 1856), Taxonomy". Archived from the original on 7 February 2017.
