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:	Ctenophthalmus Kolenati, 1856 [1]
Species [2]
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 [3] Ctenophthalmus pseudagyrtes pseudagyrtesBaker, 1904 Ctenophthalmus quadratus Ctenophthalmus rettigi Ctenophthalmus rettigi smiti Ctenophthalmus sanborni Ctenophthalmus tecpin Ctenophthalmus uncinatus Ctenophthalmus yunnanus
Synonyms [ citation needed ]
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. "Taxonomy browser (Ctenophthalmus)".
3. 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.
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.

External links

• Media related to Ctenophthalmus at Wikimedia Commons
• "Genus Ctenophthalmus (Kolenati, 1856), Taxonomy". Archived from the original on 7 February 2017.