''Dasypsyllus'' is a widespread genus 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 ...
s.
[ ] Some of its members are found in bird nests, including the
moorhen flea
The moorhen flea (''Dasypsyllus gallinulae'') is a flea originating from South America. It is now globally widespread. It is a large flea, easily identified because the male has two heavy horn-like spines on one of the genital flaps, and the fema ...
, ''D. gallinulae''.
Species
Species include:
* ''
Dasypsyllus aemulus''
(Jordan, 1933)
* ''
Dasypsyllus araucanus''
(Jordan et Rothschild, 1920)
* ''
Dasypsyllus comatus''
(Jordan, 1933)
* ''
Dasypsyllus cteniopus''
(Jordan et Rothschild, 1920)
* ''
Dasypsyllus gallinulae''
(Dale, 1878)
* ''
Dasypsyllus lasius''
(Rothschild, 1909)
* ''
Dasypsyllus plumosissimus''
(Smit, 1976)
* ''
Dasypsyllus stejnegeri''
(Jordan, 1929)
References
Ceratophyllidae
Parasites of birds
Siphonaptera genera
Taxa named by Charles Fuller Baker
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