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Xenopsylla brasiliensis

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Species of flea

Xenopsylla brasiliensis

Female rat flea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Siphonaptera
Family:	Pulicidae
Genus:	Xenopsylla
Species:	X. brasiliensis
Binomial name
*Xenopsylla brasiliensis* (Baker, 1904)

Xenopsylla brasiliensis is a species of flea found on rats. It is a vector of bubonic plague, and is found in South America, Africa, and India.

References

Whitaker, Amoret (2007). Fleas (Siphonaptera) (2 ed.). St Albans: Royal Entomological Society. p. 37. ISBN 9780901546852.
M. W. Service; R. W. Ashford (2001). Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections of Man and Domesticated Animals. CABI. pp. 405–. ISBN 978-0-85199-473-4.

Taxon identifiers
Xenopsylla brasiliensis	Wikidata: Q10722073 BOLD: 645600 CoL: 5CB95 EoL: 704443 EUNIS: 216741 Fauna Europaea: 170077 Fauna Europaea (new): df855a14-1e1a-48c1-a1eb-44e343197530 GBIF: 1419396 iNaturalist: 424342 IRMNG: 10161094 NBN: NBNSYS0000013087 NCBI: 1225568 Open Tree of Life: 3322115

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