Fleas

Siphonaptera

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Siphonaptera (Fleas) is a group of insects. There are 2047 species of fleas, in 241 genera and 18 families. This group has been around since the Callovian Age.

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EOL has data for 17 attributes, including:

first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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166.1 million years ago
habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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terrestrial habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002009
- Definition: A habitat that is on or at the boundary of the surface of the Earth.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Sorex (Sorex) tundrensis Merriam 1900 (TUNDRA SHREW)
has pathogen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002557
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Wuhan insect virus 14
is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Lycengraulis grossidens (Spix & Agassiz 1829) (Anchovy)
is vector for
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002459
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Trypanosoma evotomys
number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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25
parasite of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444
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Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout 1769) (Brown rat)
parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Definition: automatically added during harvest
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Dipylidium caninum
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002458
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Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl 1817) (Common Bentwing Bat)

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of fleas. View this species on GBIF

fleas Habitats

The environments in which many fleas species are known to live. Select an environment to see its fleas species checklist.

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Flea Habitats

The environments in which many fleas species are known to live. Select an environment to see its fleas species checklist.

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