Difference between revisions of "Pulex irritans"

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===Scientific Classification===
  
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*Commonly called the 'human flea'
 
*Commonly called the 'human flea'

Revision as of 19:01, 17 July 2010

Pulex irritans (Image sourced from Zsoldos Márton, Wikimedia Commons)
Also known as: Human flea

Scientific Classification

Class Insecta
Order Siphonaptera
Family Pulcidae
  • Commonly called the 'human flea'
  • No combs
  • Head rounded anteriorly