Human flea

Human flea

Taxobox
name = "Pulex irritans"


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Siphonaptera
familia = Pulicidae
subfamilia = Pulicinae
tribus =
genus = "Pulex"
genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
type_species = "Pulex irritans"
type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Pulex irritans" L., 1758
range_

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The so-called Human flea ("Pulex irritans" L., 1758) is a cosmopolitan flea species that has, in spite of the common name, a wide host spectrum.

This species bites many species of mammals and birds, including domesticated ones. It has been found on dogs and wild canids, monkeys in captivity, opossums, domestic cats, wild felids in captivity, chickens, black and Norwegian rats, wild rodents, pigs, free-tail bats, and other species.

WHO reported that this species has developed resistance to DDT, dieldrin, and lindane.They bite and leave swollen itchy bumps on their human host.


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