Dasypsyllus

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
Subfamilia: Ceratophyllinae
Genus: Dasypsyllus
References

Hastriter, M.W.; Schlatter, R.P. 2006: Revision of the fleas in the subgenus Dasypsyllus (Neornipsyllus) (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 75: 247–257.

Dasypsyllus is a widespread genus of fleas.[1] Some of its members are found in bird nests, including the moorhen flea, D. gallinulae.[2]
Species

Species include:

Dasypsyllus aemulus (Jordan, 1933)
Dasypsyllus araucanus (Jordan et Rothschild, 1920)
Dasypsyllus comatus (Jordan, 1933)
Dasypsyllus cteniopus (Jordan et Rothschild, 1920)
Dasypsyllus gallinulae (Dale, 1878)
Dasypsyllus lasius (Rothschild, 1909)
Dasypsyllus plumosissimus (Smit, 1976)
Dasypsyllus stejnegeri (Jordan, 1929)

References

Beaucournu, J.-C.; Ardiles, K.; Gonzalez-Acunã, D.A. (2009). "Deux nouvelles espèces de Dasypsyllus (Siphonaptera : Ceratophyllidae) au Chili". Parasite. 16 (2): 107–110. doi:10.1051/parasite/2009162107. ISSN 1252-607X. PMID 19585888. open access
Rothschild, Miriam; Clay, Theresa (1957). Fleas, Flukes and Cuckoos. A study of bird parasites. New York: Macmillan. p. 113.