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Si·pho·nap·te·ra

(sī'fō-nap'tĕ-ră),
The fleas, an order of wingless insect ectoparasites highly adapted for survival in mammalian fur; they are flattened laterally, spined, and equipped with well-developed metathoracic legs for jumping.
[G. siphōn, tube, + G. a- priv. + pteron, wing]
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Siphonaptera

see APHANIPTERA.
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Patterson, "Effect of methoprene and diflubenzuron on larval development of the cat flea (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae).," Journal of Economic Entomology, vol.
Gage, "Early-phase transmission of Yersinia pestis by unblocked Xenopsylla cheopis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) is as efficient as transmission by blocked fleas," Journal of Medical Entomology, vol.
Notes on the geographical distribution and host preferences in the order Siphonaptera. Journal of Medical Entomology 9, 511-520.
Repetitive sequences in the ITS1 region of the ribosomal DNA of Tunga penetrans and other flea species (Insecta: Siphonaptera).
cheriway was identified as sticktight flea Echidnophaga gallinacea (Siphonaptera, Pulicidae).
Guillen 2003 Techniques of DNA-studies on prehispanic ectoparasites (Pulex sp., Pulicidae, Siphonaptera) from animal mummies of the Chiribaya culture, Southern Peru.
Hennig accepted the Holometabola as a monophyletic group, and provided evidence that supported many of the groupings recognized by earlier (Carmean et al., 1992; Pashley et al., 1993; Chalwatzis et al., 1996) and more recent (Whiting, 2002, 2004; Beutel and Pohl, 2006; Wiegmann et al., 2009) molecular phylogenies, especially the clades Neuropteroidea, Coleopteroidea (possibly including the Strepsiptera), Hymenoptera, Mecopteroidea, Antliophora (possibly including the Siphonaptera), and Amphiesmenoptera.
The subfamily Anomiopsyllinae (Hystrichopsyllidae: Siphonaptera).
The Ectoparasites (Ixodides, Anoplura and Siphonaptera) of Indiana Mammals.
Ultrastructural comparison of the midgut epithelia of fleas with different feeding behavior pattern (Xenopsylla cheopis, Echidnophaga gallinacea, Tunga penetrans, Siphonaptera, Pulicidae).
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