Rodent and Bird Fleas
Ceratophyllidae
Ceratophyllidae is a family of fleas. Its members are parasites of mainly rodents and birds. It contains two subfamilies, one containing over 40 genera, and the other just three.
34 branches of this family, most-observed first
Ceratophyllus
genusCeratophyllus
Orchopeas
genusOrchopeas
Nosopsyllus
genusNosopsyllus
Oropsylla
genusOropsylla
Foxella
genusFoxella
Paraceras
genusParaceras
Megabothris
genusMegabothris
Monopsyllus
genusMonopsyllus
Dactylopsylla
genusDactylopsylla
Opisodasys
genusOpisodasys
Glaciopsyllus
genusGlaciopsyllus
Macrostylophora
genusMacrostylophora
Tarsopsylla
genusTarsopsylla
Amaradix
genusAmaradix
Baculomeris
genusBaculomeris
Eumolpianus
genusEumolpianus
Plusaetis
genusPlusaetis
Pleochaetis
genusPleochaetis
Psittopsylla
genusPsittopsylla
Thrassis
genusThrassis
Myoxopsylla
genusMyoxopsylla
Traubella
genusTraubella
Callopsylla
genusCallopsylla
Amalaraeus
genusAmalaraeus
Jellisonia
genusJellisonia
Kohlsia
genusKohlsia
Malaraeus
genusMalaraeus
Libyastus
genusLibyastus
Citellophilus
genusCitellophilus
Mioctenopsylla
genusMioctenopsylla
Dasypsyllus
genusDasypsyllus
Aetheca
genusAetheca
Spicata
genusSpicata
Amphalius
genusAmphalius
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 245153.