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{{short description|Genus of fleas}}
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| image = Infestation Echidnophaga gillinacea.JPG
| image = Infestation Echidnophaga gillinacea.JPG
| image_caption = ''Echidnophaga gillinacea'' infesting a chicken's head
| image_caption = ''Echidnophaga gillinacea'' infesting a chicken's head
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| taxon = Echidnophaga
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| authority = [[Arthur Sidney Olliff|Olliff]], 1886
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Flea|Siphonaptera]]
| familia = [[Pulicidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Pulicinae]]
| genus = '''''Echidnophaga'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Arthur Sidney Olliff|Olliff]], 1886
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'''''Echidnophaga''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flea]]s. It includes species which are found in the [[Palaearctic ecozone|Palaearctic]], [[Afrotropic ecozone|Afrotropic]] and [[Australasia ecozone|Australasian]] regions.<ref name="Schmidts 2016">{{cite book|last1=Schmidts|first1=G|title=Foundations of Parasitology|date=2016|publisher=Cram101 Textbook Reviews|isbn=9781467280884|edition=8th|chapter=Chapter 38. Parasitic insects: Fleas, order Siphonaptera}}</ref> Fleas in this genus remain attached to their host in a single location for long periods of time, causing swelling and ulceration of tissue.<ref name="Gosling 2005">{{cite book|last1=Gosling|first1=Peter J.|title=Dictionary of parasitology|date=2005|publisher=Taylor & Francis|location=Boca Raton|isbn=9781420019629|page=99}}</ref>
'''''Echidnophaga''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flea]]s. It includes species which are found in Africa, parts of Asia, southern Europe, and Australia.<ref name="Brinck-Lindroth 2007">{{cite book|last1=Brinck-Lindroth|first1=G|last2=Smit|first2=FGAM|title=The fleas (Siphonaptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark|date=2007|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden, the Netherlands|isbn=978-90-04-15151-2|pages=5–7|chapter=Life history}}</ref> Fleas in this genus remain attached to their host in a single location for long periods of time, causing swelling and ulceration of tissue.<ref name="Gosling 2005">{{cite book|last1=Gosling|first1=Peter J.|title=Dictionary of parasitology|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryparasi00gosl|url-access=limited|date=2005|publisher=Taylor & Francis|location=Boca Raton|isbn=9781420019629|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryparasi00gosl/page/n111 99]}}</ref> To remain attach for long periods they use specialized mouthparts,<ref name="Lehane 1991">{{cite book|last1=Lehane|first1=M. J.|title=Biology of Blood-Sucking Insects|date=1991|publisher=Springer Netherlands|location=Dordrecht|isbn=978-94-011-7953-9|pages=116–121|chapter=7.2 Morphological specializations for life on the host}}</ref> which, compared to other fleas, are relatively much longer.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Russell|first1=R|last2=Otranto|first2=D|last3=Wall|first3=RL|title=The encyclopedia of medical and veterinary entomology|date=2013|publisher=CABI|location=Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK|isbn=9781780640372|page=123|chapter=4.4 Fleas (Sipohonaptera): Adult}}</ref>


==Species==
==Species==
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* ''[[Echidnophaga tarda]]'' <small>Jordan, 1925</small>
* ''[[Echidnophaga tarda]]'' <small>Jordan, 1925</small>
* ''[[Echidnophaga tenerifensis]]'' <small>Gil Collado, Rodrigues et Zapatero, 1982</small>
* ''[[Echidnophaga tenerifensis]]'' <small>Gil Collado, Rodrigues et Zapatero, 1982</small>
* ''[[Echidnophaga tiscadaea]]'' <small>Smit, 1967</small>
* ''[[Echidnophaga tiscadaea]]'' <small>[[F.G.A.M. Smit|Smit]], 1967</small>


==References==
==References==
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Echidnophaga
Echidnophaga gillinacea infesting a chicken's head
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Pulicidae
Subfamily: Pulicinae
Genus: Echidnophaga
Olliff, 1886

Echidnophaga is a genus of fleas. It includes species which are found in Africa, parts of Asia, southern Europe, and Australia.[1] Fleas in this genus remain attached to their host in a single location for long periods of time, causing swelling and ulceration of tissue.[2] To remain attach for long periods they use specialized mouthparts,[3] which, compared to other fleas, are relatively much longer.[4]

Species[edit]

Encyclopedia of Life lists the following species:[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brinck-Lindroth, G; Smit, FGAM (2007). "Life history". The fleas (Siphonaptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill. pp. 5–7. ISBN 978-90-04-15151-2.
  2. ^ a b c Gosling, Peter J. (2005). Dictionary of parasitology. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis. p. 99. ISBN 9781420019629.
  3. ^ Lehane, M. J. (1991). "7.2 Morphological specializations for life on the host". Biology of Blood-Sucking Insects. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. pp. 116–121. ISBN 978-94-011-7953-9.
  4. ^ Russell, R; Otranto, D; Wall, RL (2013). "4.4 Fleas (Sipohonaptera): Adult". The encyclopedia of medical and veterinary entomology. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI. p. 123. ISBN 9781780640372.
  5. ^ "Echidnophaga - Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  6. ^ Taylor, MA; Coop, RL; Wall, RL, eds. (2015). Veterinary parasitology (4 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 215. ISBN 9781119073697.


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