Ceratophyllidae

Ceratophyllidae is a family of fleas. Its members are parasites of mainly rodents and birds. It contains two subfamilies, one containing over 40 genera, and the other just three.

Subfamily Ceratophyllinae Aenigmopsylla Aetheca Amalaraeus Amaradix Amphalius Baculomeris Brevictenidia Callopsylla Ceratophyllus Citellophilus Dasypsyllus Eumolpianus Glaciopsyllus Hollandipsylla Igioffius Jellisonia Kohlsia Libyastus Macrostylophora [1] Malaraeus Margopsylla Megabothris Megathoracipsylla

Subfamily Ceratophyllinae (continued) Mioctenopsylla Myoxopsylla Nosopsyllus Opisodasys Orchopeas Oropsylla Paraceras Paramonopsyllus Pleochaetis Plusaetis Rostropsylla Rowleyella Smitipsylla Spuropsylla Syngenopsyllus Tarsopsylla Thrassis Traubella Psittopsylla Subfamily Dactylopsyllinae Dactylopsylla Foxella Spicata

Ceratophyllidae
Ceratophyllidae fleas, likely Ceratophyllus sp. or Dasypsyllus gallinulae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Siphonaptera
Infraorder:	Ceratophyllomorpha
Superfamily:	Ceratophylloidea
Family:	Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908
Genera
About 45, see text
Synonyms
Dolichopsyllidae

References

1. Beaucournu, J.-C.; Wells, K. (2009). "Macrostylophora durdeni n. sp. de Sabah (Île de Bornéo) et autres espèces sympatriques (Siphonaptera : Ceratophyllidae, Pygiopsyllidae)". Parasite. 16 (4): 283–287. doi:10.1051/parasite/2009164283. ISSN 1252-607X. PMID 20092059.