''Megabothris'' is a 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 belonging to 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
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.
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America.
Species:
* ''
Megabothris abantis
''Megabothris'' is a genus of fleas belonging to 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 o ...
''
(Rothschild, 1905)
* ''
Megabothris acerbus
''Megabothris'' is a genus of fleas belonging to the family Ceratophyllidae.
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America.
Species:
* ''Megabothris abantis
''Megabothris'' is a genus of fleas belonging to the family Ce ...
''
(Jordan, 1925)
References
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Ceratophyllidae
Siphonaptera genera