Pulicidae
Translingual
Pulex irritans (human flea), model made by Alfred Keller, 1930
Etymology
Pulex + -idae
Proper noun
Pulicidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Siphonaptera – some fleas, including the human flea.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Antliophora - clade; Siphonaptera - order; Pulicomorpha - infraorder; Pulicoidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Archaeopsyllini, Moeopsyllini, Pulicini, Spilopsyllini, Xenopsyllini (tribes)
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