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Xenopsylla brasiliensis

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Xenopsylla brasiliensis
Female rat flea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Pulicidae
Genus: Xenopsylla
Species:
X. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Xenopsylla brasiliensis
(Baker, 1904)

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

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  1. ^ Whitaker, Amoret (2007). Fleas (Siphonaptera) (2 ed.). St Albans: Royal Entomological Society. p. 37. ISBN 9780901546852.
  2. ^ 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.