Fleas

Siphonaptera

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Fleas is a group of insects. There are 2047 species of fleas, in 241 genera and 18 families. This group has been around since the Callovian Age.

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EOL has data for 16 attributes, including:

first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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166.1 million years ago
habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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terrestrial habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002009
- Definition: A habitat that is on or at the boundary of the surface of the Earth.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Sorex (Otisorex) cinereus Kerr 1792 (Cinereus Shrew)
has pathogen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002557
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Wuhan insect virus 14
is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Lycengraulis grossidens (Spix & Agassiz 1829)
is vector for
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002459
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Trypanosoma grosi
motility
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
- Definition: ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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actively mobile
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
- Definition: Organisms that move habitually, of their own volition.
- Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html
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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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25
parasite of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444
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Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout 1769) (Brown rat)
parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Definition: automatically added during harvest
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Acariformes (mites and ticks)
skeleton contains
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_1000106
- Definition: The composition of a skeletal tissue.
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chitin
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_17029
- Definition: An aminoglycan consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of fleas

fleas Habitats

The environments in which many fleas species are known to live. Select an environment to see its fleas species checklist.

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fleas Habitats

The environments in which many fleas species are known to live. Select an environment to see its fleas species checklist.

fleas includes 10 children: