Leptopsyllidae

Leptopsyllidae
Ctenopsylla musculi, mouse flea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Siphonaptera
Family:	Leptopsyllidae Rothschild & Jordan, 1915

Leptopsyllidae is a family of fleas in the order Siphonaptera.[1] There are at least 30 genera and 250 described species in Leptopsyllidae.[2][3][4][5]

Genera

• Aconothobius
• Acropsylla
• Amphipsylla
• Brachyctenonotus
• Caenopsylla
• Calceopsylla
• Chinghaipsylla
• Conothobius
• Cratynius
• Ctenophyllus
• Desertopsylla
• Dolichopsyllus
• Frontopsylla
• Geusibia
• Hopkinsipsylla
• Leptopsylla
• Leptosylla
• Mesopsylla
• Minyctenopsyllus
• Ochotonobius
• Odontopsyllus
• Ophthalmopsylla
• Ornithophaga
• Paractenopsyllus
• Paradoxopsyllus
• Pectinoctenus
• Peromyscopsylla
• Phaenopsylla
• Sigmactenus
• Tsaractenus
• Typhlomyopsyllus

References

1. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Dennis P. Gordon. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. 2009–2012. pp. 308–309. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8. OCLC 340800193.
2. "Leptopsyllidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
3. "Leptopsyllidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
4. "Leptopsyllidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
5. "Browse Leptopsyllidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.

Further reading

• Kellogg, Vernon L. (1905). American insects. H. Holt.
• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
• Gillott, Cedric (1980). Entomology. Plenum Press. ISBN 0-306-40366-8.
• Donald J. Borror; Roger Tory Peterson; Richard E. White (1998). A Field Guide to Insects. Houghton Mifflin.