Siphonaptera

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Translingual

Ctenocephalides canis (dog flea)
(infraorder Pulicomorpha) of the Siphonaptera

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “pipe, tube”) and ἄπτερος (ápteros, “wingless”).

Proper noun

Siphonaptera

A taxonomic order within the subdivision Endopterygota – fleas.

Synonyms

(order): Aphaniptera

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Antliophora - clade

Hyponyms

(order): Ceratophyllomorpha, Hystrichopsyllomorpha, Pulicomorpha, Pygiopsyllomorpha (infraorders)

References

Flea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Siphonaptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Siphonaptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Siphonaptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Siphonaptera at Paleobiology Database
“Siphonaptera”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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