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The name Siphonaptera is derived from the Greek words "siphon" meaning a tube or pipe and "aptera" meaning wingless. This is an appropriate appellation for these secondarily wingless insects whose mouthparts are adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood.
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www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/fleas.html
www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/fleas.html
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Ctenocephalides felis, the cat flea shown here, is a typical member of the Siphonaptera ("sucking-wingless"), the fleas. Although known to be related to the true flies (the Diptera) by details of internal structure, the Siphonaptera are highly modified for a parasitic existence;
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www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/uniramia/siphonaptera....
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Flea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Flea is the common name for insects of the order Siphonaptera which are wingless insects whose mouthparts are adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood. (Some authorities use the name Aphanipter...
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Other Names for Siphonaptera ... Page: Tree of Life Siphonaptera. Fleas. The TEXT of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0. Note that images and other media featured on this page are each governed by their own license, and they may or may not be available for reuse.
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Since 1979, for the more than 20 years the Laboratory of Parasitology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, has been conducting studies This collection now contains approximately 50,000 specimens of adults and larvae of 542 flea species of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. ... Dr. Sergei Medvedev,
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www.zin.ru/Animalia/Siphonaptera/index.htm
www.zin.ru/Animalia/Siphonaptera/index.htm
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Adult: body dark, laterally flattened, wingless; hind legs adapted for jumping; mouthparts adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood; row of large bristles ... SIPHONAPTERA: from the Greek "siphon" (hollow tube) + "a" (without) + "pteron" (wing); fleas are wingless and have tube-like mouthparts for sucking blood...
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Characteristics; Fleas are small, wingless insects ranging in size from approximately 1-10 millimetres in length depending on the species. Almost everybody, especially those with cats or dogs will be familiar with these small biting insects ... Fleas can be recognised by the following features: ... Laterally compressed bodies...
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www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/siphonaptera.html
www.ento.csiro.au/education/insects/siphonaptera.html
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Order: SIPHONAPTERA ... Common Name: Fleas. ... Description: Small wingless insects with bodies flattened vertically. They are jumping insects with blood-sucking mouth parts made up of three piercing stylets.
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www.longview.k12.wa.us/mmhs/science/Bio_Byman/Biology_P...
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Discover Life's encyclopedia page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification and distribution of Insecta: Siphonaptera - Fleas ... Siphonaptera, commonly known as fleas, are parasitic insects that reside on their hosts for as long as they can. Fleas only preside on mammals or birds as they depend on...
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www.discoverlife.org/mp/20o?search=Siphonaptera
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