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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Life History
Morphology
Fleas and Disease
Literature
A Note on the Illustrations
Glossary of Abbreviations
Distribution Map
Comments Concerning Flea Nomenclature and Collections

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Key to the Families:
Family:  Pulicidae
Genus:  Hectopsylla

    Echidnophaga
    Pulex
    Ctenocephalides
    Cediopsylla
    Hoplopsyllus
    Euhoplopsyllus
    Actenopsylla
    Xenopsylla

Family:  Vermipsyllidae
Genus:  Chaetopsylla

Family:  Ischnopsyllidae

Genus:  Nycteridopsylla

    Myodopsylla

Family:  Hystrichopsyllidae
Subfamily:  Hystrichopsyllinae
Genus:  Hystrichopsylla

    Atyphloceras

Subfamily:  Neopsyllinae
Genus:  Neopsylla

    Epitedia
    Catallagia
    Delotelis
    Phalacropsylla
    Meringis

Subfamily:  Anomiopsyllinae
Genus:  Stenistomera

    Callistopsyllus
    Megarthroglossus
    Anomiopsyllus

Subfamily:  Rhadinopsyllinae
Genus:  Corypsylla

    Nearctopsylla
    Paratyphloceras
    Trichopsylloides
    Rhadinopsylla

Subfamily:  Doratopsyllinae
Genus:  Corrodopsylla

Subfamily:  Ctenophthalminae

Family:  Leptopsyllidae
Subfamily:  Leptopsyllinae
Genus:  Peromyscopsylla

    Leptopsylla

Subfamily:  Amphipsyllinae
Tribe:  Dolichopsyllini
Genus:  Dolichopsyllus

Tribe:  Amphipsyllini
Genus:  Odontopsyllus
             Ctenophyllus
             Amphipsylla

Family:  Ceratophyllidae
Genus:  Aetheca

    Amalaraeus
    Amaradix
    Ceratophyllus
    Dasypsyllus
    Eumolpianus
    Malaraeus
    Megabothris
    Nosopsyllus
    Opisodasys
    Orchopeas
    Oropsylla
    Pleochaetis
    Tarsopsylla
    Amphalius
    Dactylopsylla
    Foxella
    Spicata

LITERATURE CITED

APPENDIX I. HOST/FLEA INDEX

APPENDIX II. THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF FLEAS

INDEX

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Joanne and Robert Lewis

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