human flea

Also known as Pulex irritans, house flea

species of flea

Species

二名法 Pulex irritansL., 1758 人蚤（Pulex irritans）是蚤屬下的一種跳蚤，雖然叫做人蚤，但實際也會寄生在其他動物身上。[1] 人蚤可能起源於南美，原始宿主可能是豚鼠或西猯科生物。[2] 除去人、狗、家貓等哺乳動物外，人蚤也會叮咬鳥類。它也是犬复孔绦虫的中間寄主。參考文獻 ^ Michael F. Whiting, Alison S. Whiting, Michael W. Hastriter & Katharina Dittmar. A molecular phylogeny of fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera): origins and host associations (PDF). Cladistics. 2008, 24 (5): 1–31. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00211.x. ^ Paul C. Buckland & Jon P. Sadler. A biogeography of the human flea, Pulex irritans L. (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae). Journal of Biogeography. 1989, 16 (2): 115–120. JSTOR 2845085. doi:10.2307/2845085. 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=人蚤&oldid=32313651” 分类：跳蚤隐藏分类： TaxoboxLatinName 本地相关图片与维基数据相同

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Commons category: Pulex irritans
taxon name: Pulex irritans
Commons gallery: Pulex irritans
taxon common name: 사람벼룩
short name: P. irritans
taxon author citation: Linnaeus, 1758

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The human flea (Pulex irritans) – once also called the house flea – is a cosmopolitan flea species that has, in spite of the common name, a wide host spectrum. It is one of six species in the genus Pulex; the other five are all confined to the Nearctic and Neotropical realms. The species is thought to have originated in South America, where its original host may have been the guinea pig or peccary.

Morphology and behavior