Xenopsylla
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Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Xenopsylla_cheopis_ZSM.jpg/220px-Xenopsylla_cheopis_ZSM.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]New Latin, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, alien, strange”) + ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”).
Proper noun
[edit]Xenopsylla f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pulicidae – fleas including several (as the oriental rat flea) that are important as vectors of plague.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Siphonaptera - order; Pulicomorpha - infraorder; Pulicoidea - superfamily; Pulicidae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Xenopsylla cheopis - species
References
[edit]Xenopsylla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Xenopsylla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Xenopsylla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Xenopsylla at the Catalogue of Life