Xenopsylla
Translingual
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Xenopsylla cheopis
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, alien, strange”) + ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”).
Proper noun
Xenopsylla f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pulicidae – fleas including several (as the oriental rat flea) that are important as vectors of plague.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Siphonaptera - order; Pulicomorpha - infraorder; Pulicoidea - superfamily; Pulicidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Xenopsylla cheopis - species
References
Xenopsylla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Xenopsylla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Xenopsylla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Xenopsylla at the Catalogue of Life