Xenopsylla
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, alien, strange”) + ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”).
Proper noun edit
Xenopsylla f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pulicidae – fleas including several (as the oriental rat flea) that are important as vectors of plague.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Siphonaptera - order; Pulicomorpha - infraorder; Pulicoidea - superfamily; Pulicidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Xenopsylla cheopis - species
References edit
- Xenopsylla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Xenopsylla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Xenopsylla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Xenopsylla at the Catalogue of Life