The Ceratophyllid Fleas (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Joyce Segerman

Department of Medical Entomology, South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg, 2001 South Africa

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Family: CERATOPHYLLIDAE

Subfamily: CERATOPHYLLINAE

1. Genus: NOSOPSYLLUS Jordan
   1. N. fasciatus (Bosc)

      Pulex fasciatus Bosc 1800: 156.
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Lesotho, Free State and Mpumalanga; hosted by Rattus rattus .

      
      
   2. N. londiniensis (Rothschild)

      Ceratophyllus londinensis Rothschild 1903: 64.
      Western Cape and Gauteng (introduced exotic); hosted by Rattus rattus and Mus musculus .

      
      
   
   
2. Genus: LIBYASTUS Jordan
   1. L. selindae DeMeillon

      Libyastus infestus selindae DeMeillon 1940: 146.
      Zimbabwe (endemic); hosted by Paraxerus palliatus .