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Pulicidae

Insecta - Siphonaptera - Pulicidae

Taxonomy
Pulicidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Siphonaptera by Lewis and Grimaldi (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Pulicidae Lewis and Grimaldi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Panorpida
superorderAntliophora
orderSiphonapteraLatreille 1825
familyPulicidae
familyPulicidae

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.

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G. Pulex Linnaeus 1758
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†Pulex larimerius Lewis and Grimaldi 1997
Subfm. Spilopsyllinae Oudemans 1909
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Tr. †Atopopsyllini Poinar 2015
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G. †Atopopsyllus Poinar 2015
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†Atopopsyllus cionus Poinar 2015
Tr. Spilopsyllini Oudemans 1909
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G. †Eospilopsyllus Beaucournu and Perrichot 2012
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†Eospilopsyllus kobberti Beaucournu and Perrichot 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Langhian or 122.46000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Australia (Victoria) Pulicidae indet. 2, Pulicidae indet. (77192)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Eospilopsyllus kobberti (122474) Pulex larimerius (122982) Rhopalopsyllus sp. (122472)