Pulex Linnaeus 1758 (flea)
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Insecta - Siphonaptera - Pulicidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Pulicidae according to R. E. Lewis and D. Grimaldi 1997
See also Fabricius 1775, Geoffroy 1762, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Müller 1764, Müller 1776, Schaeffer 1766 and Scopoli 1763
Sister taxon: Spilopsyllinae
Subtaxa: Pulex larimerius
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)
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