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Siphonaptera (flea)
Taxonomy
Siphonaptera was named by Latreille (1825). It is extant.
It was assigned to Endopterygota by Carpenter (1992); and to Antliophora by Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence (2004), Minet et al. (2010), Beutel et al. (2011), Peters et al. (2014), Misof et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Endopterygota by Carpenter (1992); and to Antliophora by Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence (2004), Minet et al. (2010), Beutel et al. (2011), Peters et al. (2014), Misof et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Siphonaptera Latreille p. 334 |
| 1992 | Siphonaptera Carpenter |
| 2004 | Siphonaptera Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence |
| 2010 | Siphonaptera Minet et al. |
| 2011 | Siphonaptera Beutel et al. |
| 2014 | Siphonaptera Misof et al. |
| 2014 | Siphonaptera Peters et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Or. Siphonaptera Latreille 1825 [flea]
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Fm. Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild 1915
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Subfm. Ctenophthalminae Rothschild 1915
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G. Palaeopsylla Wagner 1903
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Subg. Palaeopsylla (Peusianapsylla) Beaucournu and Wunderlich 2001
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†Palaeopsylla (Peusianapsylla) baltica Beaucournu and Wunderlich 2001
†Palaeopsylla dissimilis Peus 1968
†Palaeopsylla groehni Beaucournu 2003
†Palaeopsylla klebsiana Dampf 1911
Fm. Pulicidae
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Subfm. Spilopsyllinae Oudemans 1909
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Tr. Spilopsyllini Oudemans 1909
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G. †Eospilopsyllus Beaucournu and Perrichot 2012
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†Eospilopsyllus kobberti Beaucournu and Perrichot 2012
Superfm. †Saurophthiroidea Ponomarenko 1986
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Fm. †Pseudopulicidae Gao et al. 2012
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G. †Pseudopulex Gao et al. 2012
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†Pseudopulex jurassicus Gao et al. 2012
†Pseudopulex magnus Gao et al. 2012
†Pseudopulex tanlan Gao et al. 2014
†Pseudopulex wangi Huang et al. 2013
Fm. †Saurophthiridae Ponomarenko 1986
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G. †Saurophthirus Ponomarenko 1976
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†Saurophthirus exquisitus Gao et al. 2013
†Saurophthirus laevigatus Zhang et al. 2020
†Saurophthirus longipes Ponomarenko 1976
Invalid names: Saurophthiridae Gao et al. 2013 [objective synonym]
Fm. †Tarwiniidae Huang et al. 2013
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Invalid names: Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi 1904 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Langhian or 165.30000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 154.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 154.8 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Callovian - Oxfordian | China (Nei Mongol) | Pseudopulex jurassicus (113366) Pseudopulex wangi, Hadropsylla sinica (113371) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Liaoning) | Saurophthirus exquisitus (111716) Saurophthirus exquisitus, Pseudopulex tanlan, Saurophthirus laevigatus (140491) Tyrannopsylla beipiaoensis (111725) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Nei Mongol) | Pseudopulex magnus (127184) | |
| Aptian | Russian Federation (Buryatia) | Saurophthirus longipes (105969 118216) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Australia (Victoria) | Pulicidae indet. 2, Niwratia elongata, Pulicidae indet., Siphonaptera indet. (77192) | |
| Priabonian | Germany (Halle) | Palaeopsylla dissimilis (168811) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Palaeopsylla baltica (124318) Palaeopsylla groehni (110735) Palaeopsylla klebsiana (123771 124073) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Eospilopsyllus kobberti (122474) Pulex larimerius (122982) Rhopalopsyllus sp. (122472) |