Siphonaptera
Translingual edit
(infraorder Pulicomorpha) of the Siphonaptera
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “pipe, tube”) and ἄπτερος (ápteros, “wingless”).
Proper noun edit
Siphonaptera
- A taxonomic order within the subdivision Endopterygota – fleas.
Synonyms edit
- (order): Aphaniptera
Hypernyms edit
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Antliophora - clade
Hyponyms edit
- (order): Ceratophyllomorpha, Hystrichopsyllomorpha, Pulicomorpha, Pygiopsyllomorpha (infraorders)
References edit
Flea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Siphonaptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Siphonaptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Siphonaptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Siphonaptera at Paleobiology Database
- “Siphonaptera”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
