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==Species of veterinary importance==

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~~===~~''Ctenocephalides felis''~~===~~

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~~[[Image:Cat flea.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Cat Flea - Andy Brookes BS - Wikimedia Commons~~]]

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'''[[''Ctenocephalides felis'']]

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*Most common flea on both cats and dogs

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*Most important flea in veterinary medicine

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*Commonly called the 'cat flea'

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*Can bite humans and other animals

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*Both genal and pronotal commbs present

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*Similar length genal combs

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*The first genal spine is 0.75 times the length of the second

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*Sloping nose

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*6 notches bearing setae on the dorsal border of the hind tibia

===''Ctenocephalides canis''===

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