Bat Fleas
Ischnopsyllidae
Ischnopsyllidae (Sometimes called a bat flea) is a family of fleas belonging to the order Siphonaptera. They have primarily parasitized bats, and have evolved to live in the fur of various bat species.
16 branches of this family, most-observed first
Lagaropsylla
genusLagaropsylla
Ischnopsyllus
genusIschnopsyllus
Myodopsylla
genusMyodopsylla
Thaumapsylla
genusThaumapsylla
Sternopsylla
genusSternopsylla
Ptilopsylla
genusPtilopsylla
Porribius
genusPorribius
Nycteridopsylla
genusNycteridopsylla
Rothschildopsylla
genusRothschildopsylla
Hormopsylla
genusHormopsylla
Chiropteropsylla
genusChiropteropsylla
Thusmapsylla
genusThusmapsylla
Dampfia
genusDampfia
Oxyparius
genusOxyparius
Rhinolophopsylla
genusRhinolophopsylla
Araeopsylla
genusAraeopsylla
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 245161.