Ceratophyllus Diffinis
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''Ceratophyllus diffinis'' is a species of
flea Flea, the common name for the order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that live as external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas live by ingesting the blood of their hosts. Adult fleas grow to about long, a ...
in the family
Ceratophyllidae Ceratophyllidae is a family (biology), family of fleas. Its members are Parasitism, parasites of mainly rodents and birds. It contains two subfamilies, one containing over 40 genera, and the other just three. Subfamily Ceratophyllinae *''Aenigm ...
. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1925.


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Ceratophyllidae Insects described in 1925 {{Flea-stub