Ctenocephalides felis

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• Most common flea on both cats and dogs

• 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