Siphonaptera

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 – the 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
Siphonaptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Siphonaptera on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Siphonaptera at Fossilworks
Siphonaptera in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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