Dasypsyllus

Dasypsyllus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Siphonaptera
Family:	Ceratophyllidae
Subfamily:	Ceratophyllinae
Genus:	Dasypsyllus Baker, 1905

Dasypsyllus is a widespread genus of fleas.[1] Some of its members are found in bird nests, including the moorhen flea, D. gallinulae.[2]

Species

Species include:

• Dasypsyllus aemulus (Jordan, 1933)
• Dasypsyllus araucanus (Jordan et Rothschild, 1920)
• Dasypsyllus comatus (Jordan, 1933)
• Dasypsyllus cteniopus (Jordan et Rothschild, 1920)
• Dasypsyllus gallinulae (Dale, 1878)
• Dasypsyllus lasius (Rothschild, 1909)
• Dasypsyllus plumosissimus (Smit, 1976)
• Dasypsyllus stejnegeri (Jordan, 1929)

References

1. Beaucournu, J.-C.; Ardiles, K.; Gonzalez-Acunã, D.A. (2009). "Deux nouvelles espèces de Dasypsyllus (Siphonaptera : Ceratophyllidae) au Chili". Parasite. 16 (2): 107–110. doi:10.1051/parasite/2009162107. ISSN 1252-607X. PMID 19585888.
2. Rothschild, Miriam; Clay, Theresa (1957). Fleas, Flukes and Cuckoos. A study of bird parasites. New York: Macmillan. p. 113.