Echidnophaga

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]

Echidnophaga
Echidnophaga gillinacea infesting a chicken's head
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Siphonaptera
Family:
Pulicidae
Subfamily:
Pulicinae
Genus:
Echidnophaga

Olliff, 1886

Species

Encyclopedia of Life lists the following species:[5]

  • Echidnophaga aethiops Jordan et Rothschild, 1906
  • Echidnophaga ambulans Olliff, 1886
  • Echidnophaga aranka M. Rothschild, 1936
  • Echidnophaga bradyta Jordan et Rothschild, 1906
  • Echidnophaga calabyi Mardon et Dunnet, 1971
  • Echidnophaga cornuta Wagner, 1936
  • Echidnophaga eyrei Mardon et Dunnet, 1971
  • Echidnophaga gallinacea Westwood, 1875 Found mainly on poultry, but also on a variety of birds and mammals.[6]
  • Echidnophaga iberica Ribeiro, Lucientes, Osacar et Calvete, 1994
  • Echidnophaga larina Jordan et Rothschild, 1906
  • Echidnophaga liopus Jordan et Rothschild, 1906
  • Echidnophaga macronychia Jordan et Rothschild, 1906
  • Echidnophaga murina Tiraboschi, 1903
  • Echidnophaga myrmecobii Rothschild, 1909 Found on rabbits.[2]
  • Echidnophaga ochotona Li Kuei-chen, 1957
  • Echidnophaga octotricha Mardon et Dunnet, 1971
  • Echidnophaga oschanini Wagner, 1930
  • Echidnophaga perilis Jordan, 1925 Principally found on rabbits.[2]
  • Echidnophaga popovi Ioff et Argyropulo, 1934
  • Echidnophaga suricatta Hastriter, 2000
  • Echidnophaga tarda Jordan, 1925
  • Echidnophaga tenerifensis Gil Collado, Rodrigues et Zapatero, 1982
  • Echidnophaga tiscadaea Smit, 1967

References
  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. 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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