Ceratophyllidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Siphonaptera
Infraordo: Ceratophyllomorpha
Superfamilia: Ceratophylloidea

Familia: Ceratophyllidae
Subfamiliae: Ceratophyllinae - Dactylopsyllinae
Name

Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908
References

Lewis, R.E.; Eckerlin, R.P. 2013: A review of the mustelid-infesting fleas in the family Ceratophyllidae (Insecta: Siphonaptera). Annals of Carnegie Museum 81(2): 119–134. DOI: 10.2992/007.081.0201 Reference page.

Ceratophyllidae is a family of fleas. Its members are parasites of mainly rodents and birds. It contains two subfamilies, one containing over 40 genera, and the other just three.

Subfamily Ceratophyllinae

Aenigmopsylla
Aetheca
Amalaraeus
Amaradix
Amphalius
Baculomeris
Brevictenidia
Callopsylla
Ceratophyllus
Citellophilus
Dasypsyllus
Eumolpianus
Glaciopsyllus
Hollandipsylla
Igioffius
Jellisonia
Kohlsia
Libyastus
Macrostylophora [1]
Malaraeus
Margopsylla
Megabothris
Megathoracipsylla

Subfamily Ceratophyllinae (continued)

Mioctenopsylla
Myoxopsylla
Nosopsyllus
Opisodasys
Orchopeas
Oropsylla
Paraceras
Paramonopsyllus
Pleochaetis
Plusaetis
Rostropsylla
Rowleyella
Smitipsylla
Spuropsylla
Syngenopsyllus
Tarsopsylla
Thrassis
Traubella
Psittopsylla

Subfamily Dactylopsyllinae

Dactylopsylla
Foxella
Spicata

References

Beaucournu, J.-C.; Wells, K. (2009). "Macrostylophora durdeni n. sp. de Sabah (Île de Bornéo) et autres espèces sympatriques (Siphonaptera : Ceratophyllidae, Pygiopsyllidae)". Parasite. 16 (4): 283–287. doi:10.1051/parasite/2009164283. ISSN 1252-607X. PMID 20092059. open access