†family Pseudopulicidae Gao et al. 2012 (flea)

Insecta - Siphonaptera - Pseudopulicidae

Full reference: T. P. Gao, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2012. Taxonomic names, in Mid-Mesozoic flea-like ectoparasites of feathered or haired vertebrates. Current Biology 22:732-735

Parent taxon: Saurophthiroidea according to A. P. Rasnitsyn and O. D. Strelnikova 2017

See also Gao et al. 2012 and Huang et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Saurophthiridae, Tarwiniidae

Subtaxa: Hadropsylla Pseudopulex Tyrannopsylla

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (3 collections)

• Jurassic of China (2)

Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences

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