| Xenopsylla | |
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| Xenopsylla cheopis , the Oriental rat flea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Siphonaptera |
| Family: | Pulicidae |
| Subfamily: | Xenopsyllinae |
| Genus: | Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz 1907 [1] |
| Species | |
X. acomydis | |
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The Xenopsyllinae form a flea subfamily in the family Pulicidae.
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