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Also known as: '''''Human flea
 
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|name              =''Pulex irritans
 
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|family            = Pulicidae
 
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[[Image:Pulex irritans.jpg|200px|thumb|right|'''Pulex irritans''' <br> Zsoldos Márton 2004, Wikimedia Commons]]
 
[[Image:Pulex irritans.jpg|200px|thumb|right|'''Pulex irritans''' <br> Zsoldos Márton 2004, Wikimedia Commons]]
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==Hosts==
 
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Humans and pigs
 
  
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==Identification==
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''P. irritans'' is a flea of the class [[Insecta]]. There are no genal, or pronotal ctenidia.
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See [[Flea Structure|general flea structure]].
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===Scientific Classification===
  
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==Life Cycle==
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The egss are laid in the host faeces.  The eggs then hatch, and undergo three larval stages.  The larvae then pupate before becoming adults.
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See [[Flea Life Cycle|general flea life cycle]].
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*Commonly called the 'human flea'
  
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*No combs
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|literature search =[http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?rowId=1&options1=AND&q1=%22Pulex+irritans%22&occuring1=title&rowId=2&options2=AND&q2=&occuring2=freetext&rowId=3&options3=AND&q3=&occuring3=freetext&x=42&y=14&publishedstart=yyyy&publishedend=yyyy&calendarInput=yyyy-mm-dd&la=any&it=any&show=all ''Pulex irritans'' publications]
 
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*Head rounded anteriorly
  
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See [[Flea Life Cycle|general flea life cycle]].
  
 
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Revision as of 11:34, 27 July 2010

Pulex irritans
Zsoldos Márton 2004, 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

See general flea life cycle.

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