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Pulex irritans Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Siphonaptera
family
Pulicidae
genus
Pulex
species
Pulex irritans

Name

Synonyms
Pulex conepati Cunha, 1914
Pulex fulvus Ioff, 1929
Pulex irritans bahiensis Cunha, 1914
Pulex irritans fulvus Ioff, 1929
Pulex orientalis Kishida, 1939
Pulex vulgaris De Geer, 1778
Homonyms
Pulex irritans Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Human flea in English
Human flea in English
Menneskeloppe in Danish
Menschenfloh in German
Menschenfloh in German
blokha in Russian
human flea in English
mensenvlo in Dutch
puce de l'homme in French
Human Flea in English
Mensenvlo in Dutch
människoloppa in Swedish
flea in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Brinck-Lindroth, G. & Smit, F.G.A.M. (2012-11-21 23:00:00) The fleas (Siphonaptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark.
  2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 64 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (a) of the specific names of nineteen species belonging to the class Insecta, each of which is the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936 and (B) of the specific names of three species belonging to the same class which are currently treated as senior Subjective synonyms of the names of such species.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1E, 61-74 (1957)
  3. Nishida (2002), http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pdf/tr22.pdf
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