Difference between revisions of "Ctenocephalides felis"
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[[Image:Cat flea.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Cat Flea - Andy Brookes BS - Wikimedia Commons]] | [[Image:Cat flea.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Cat Flea - Andy Brookes BS - Wikimedia Commons]] | ||
| − | ''Ctenocephalides felis'' is the most commonly seen flea on both cats and dogs, it is also an important intermediate host in the parasite | + | ''Ctenocephalides felis'' is the most commonly seen flea on both cats and dogs, it is also an important intermediate host in the parasite [[Dipylidium|Dipylidium caninum]] |
*Most important flea in veterinary medicine | *Most important flea in veterinary medicine | ||
Revision as of 11:24, 19 July 2010
Ctenocephalides felis is the most commonly seen flea on both cats and dogs, it is also an important intermediate host in the parasite Dipylidium caninum
- Most important flea in veterinary medicine
- Commonly called the 'cat flea'
- Can bite humans and other animals
- Both genal and pronotal commbs present
- Similar length genal combs
- The first genal spine is 0.75 times the length of the second
- Sloping nose
- 6 notches bearing setae on the dorsal border of the hind tibia