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Siphonaptera  
Taxonomic Serial No.: 152732

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): fleas [English]
  
    pulga [Portuguese]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial    
  Latest Record Review: 2004    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumArthropoda  -- arthropodes, arthropods, Artrópode  
       SubphylumHexapoda  -- hexapods  
          ClassInsecta  -- hexapoda, insectes, insects, inseto  
             SubclassPterygota  -- insects ailés, winged insects  
                InfraclassNeoptera  -- modern, wing-folding insects  
                   OrderSiphonaptera  -- fleas, pulga  
    Direct Children:  
                      Family Ceratophyllidae  -- rodent fleas 
                      Family Hystrichopsyllidae  -- insectivore fleas 
                      Family Ischnopsyllidae  -- bat fleas 
                      Family Leptopsyllidae  -- bird fleas, rabbit fleas 
                      Family Pulicidae  -- common fleas 
                      Family Rhopalopsyllidae  -- marsupial fleas, rodent fleas 
                      Family Vermipsyllidae  -- carnivore fleas 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Richard C. Brusca  
  Notes: Adjunct Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721   
  Reference for: Siphonaptera   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: pulga [Portuguese]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Siphonaptera   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Second Edition   
  Page(s): xx + 936   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87893-097-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Siphonaptera   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Apparently a 'parahomonym' of (different kingdom, same name as) 'protozoan' genus Siphonaptera (TSN 44848)  
 

 

    

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Thu Feb 5 2009 10:27:35 MST