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| Oropsylla | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Siphonaptera |
| Family: | Ceratophyllidae |
| Subfamily: | Ceratophyllinae |
| Genus: | Oropsylla Wagner & Ioff, 1926 |
Oropsylla is a genus of fleas, most of which are ectoparasites of rodents and other mammals.[1][2]
Species
[edit]- Oropsylla alaskensis
- Oropsylla arctomys
- Oropsylla bruneri
- Oropsylla eatoni
- Oropsylla hirsuta
- Oropsylla idahoensis
- Oropsylla ilovaiskii
- Oropsylla labis
- Oropsylla montana, this flea is of note for its role in transmitting Yersinia pestis to native rodents.[3]
- Oropsylla oregonensis
- Oropsylla rupestris
- Oropsylla silantiewi
- Oropsylla tapina
- Oropsylla tuberculata
- Oropsylla washingtonensis
References
[edit]- ↑ Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; et al., eds. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ↑ Jellison, W. L. (April 1945). "Siphonaptera: The Genus Oropsylla in North America". The Journal of Parasitology. 31 (2): 83–97. doi:10.2307/3272931. JSTOR 3272931.
- ↑ 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.
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