Ctenophthalmus

Ctenophthalmus
Ctenophthalmus agyrtes through a microscope
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Ctenophthalmidae
Subfamily: Ctenophthalminae
Tribe: Ctenophthalmini
Genus:
Kolenati, 1856[1]
Species[3]
  • Ctenophthalmus agyrtes
  • Ctenophthalmus andorrensis
    • Ctenophthalmus andorrensis catalaniensis
  • Ctenophthalmus apertus
    • Ctenophthalmus apertus allani
  • Ctenophthalmus assimilis
  • Ctenophthalmus baeticus
    • Ctenophthalmus baeticus arvernus
    • Ctenophthalmus baeticus boisseauorum
  • Ctenophthalmus breviprojiciens
  • Ctenophthalmus caballeroi
  • Ctenophthalmus calceatus
    • Ctenophthalmus calceatus cabirus
  • Ctenophthalmus congener
  • Ctenophthalmus congeneroides
    • Ctenophthalmus congeneroides congeneroides
  • Ctenophthalmus cryptotis
  • Ctenophthalmus dolichus
    • Ctenophthalmus dolichus dolichus
  • Ctenophthalmus formosanus
  • Ctenophthalmus nobilis
    • Ctenophthalmus nobilis dobyi
  • Ctenophthalmus obtusus
  • Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes
    • Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes micropus Traub, 1950[2]
    • Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes pseudagyrtes Baker, 1904
  • Ctenophthalmus quadratus
  • Ctenophthalmus rettigi
    • Ctenophthalmus rettigi smiti
  • Ctenophthalmus sanborni
  • Ctenophthalmus tecpin
  • Ctenophthalmus uncinatus
  • Ctenophthalmus yunnanus
Synonyms
  • Spalacopsylla (Pimo, 1930)
  • Spalacropsylla

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

  1. ^ Die Parasiten der Chiroptern. Friedrich August Kolenati, Brunn : R. R. Erben, 1856
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Taxonomy browser (Ctenophthalmus)".
  4. ^ 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.