Directory of Siphonaptera Resources

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Fleas are small, wingless, laterally compressed blood sucking insects. Most fleas are mammalian ectoparasites but a few parasitize birds. About 2400 species are known. Like most parasites, fleas are highly derived and specialized. The mouthparts are adapted for piercing and sucking and mandibles are lacking. The cuticle is sclerotized and hard and the entire body surface is protected by sclerites.

Resources in This Category

• Cat Flea

  http://crawford.tardigrade.net/bugs/BugofMonth25.html
  Popular article about fleas, their evolution and life cycle, and the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis, its host finding and control.

• Ctenocephalides canis

  http://www.icb.usp.br/~marcelcp/Ctenocephalidescanis.htm
  Photographs of the dog flea. Click to enlarge.

• Ctenocephalides felis

  http://www.icb.usp.br/~marcelcp/Ctenocephalidesfelis.htm
  Several photographs of the cat flea, its larvae and pupae. Click to enlarge.

• Ctenocephalides felis and Pulex irritans: Cat Flea and Human Flea

  http://entoplp.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/fleas.htm
  Photograph of a flea, with information on its hosts, life cycle and description.

• Ctenocephalides felis: Cat Flea

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/occas/catflea.htm
  Photographs and a description of this flea, its distribution, life cycle, medical and economic significance and management.

• Ctenocephalides felis: Cat Fleas

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/kwong_hoi/
  Research project by Hoi King Kwong on these parasites including their classification, morphology, habitat, reproduction, adaptations, nutrition and interactions with other species.

• Flea

  http://www.mta.ca/dmf/flea.html
  Scanning digital micrograph.

• Flea Circus Research Library

  http://www.fleacircus.co.uk/
  Flea Circuses and performing fleas in history, film and fiction. Including a directory of real and "humbug" flea circus performers.

• Fleas

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IG087
  This article describes these pests, their biology, importance and control measures.

• Fleas

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/document_ig087
  Article by P.G. Koehler about flea biology with photographs and information on their control.

• Fleas (Siphonaptera)

  http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Siphonaptera
  Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences (St.Petersburg, Russia) presents information on morphology, biology, distribution and importance of fleas (Class Insecta: Order Siphonaptera).

• Insect Insights: Flea Circus

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun98/insecin2.html
  Photographic study by Dave Walker of these insects.

• Introduction to the Siphonaptera

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/uniramia/siphonaptera.html
  A brief introduction to fleas by UCMP Berkeley, with photograph.

• Pulex irritans

  http://www.icb.usp.br/~marcelcp/pulex.htm
  Photograph of the human flea with its identifying features. Click to enlarge.

• Siphonaptera: Fleas

  http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/siphonaptera.html
  The characteristics of these wingless insects, their life cycle, feeding and habitat, with illustrations.

• Tunga penetrans

  http://www.icb.usp.br/~marcelcp/Tungapenetrans.htm
  Photograph of the sand flea or chigger, with its identifying features. Click to enlarge.

• Xenopsylla brasiliensis

  http://www.icb.usp.br/~marcelcp/Xenopsyllabrasiliensis.htm
  Photograph of this flea. Click to enlarge.

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