Xenopsylla brasiliensis
Appearance
Xenopsylla brasiliensis | |
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Female rat flea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Siphonaptera |
Family: | Pulicidae |
Genus: | Xenopsylla |
Species: | X. brasiliensis
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Binomial name | |
Xenopsylla brasiliensis (Baker, 1904)
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Xenopsylla brasiliensis is a species of flea found on rats.[1] It is a vector of bubonic plague, and is found in South America, Africa, and India.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Whitaker, Amoret (2007). Fleas (Siphonaptera) (2 ed.). St Albans: Royal Entomological Society. p. 37. ISBN 9780901546852.
- ^ M. W. Service; R. W. Ashford (2001). Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections of Man and Domesticated Animals. CABI. pp. 405–. ISBN 978-0-85199-473-4.