Ceratophyllus gallinae: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Siphonaptera
Family
Ceratophyllidae
Genus
Ceratophyllus
Species
Ceratophyllus gallinae
Scientific Name
Ceratophyllus gallinae

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Ceratophyllus gallinae

Ceratophyllus gallinae, known as the hen flea in Europe or the European chicken flea elsewhere, is an ectoparasite of birds. This flea was first described by the German botanist and entomologist Franz von Paula Schrank in 1803.

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Ceratophyllus gallinae in languages:

Bokmål
hønseloppe
Czech
blecha slepičí
Danish
Hønseloppe
Dutch
Kippenvlo
English
European Chicken Flea
Finnish
kanankirppu
Swedish
hönsloppa

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