Pulicoidea

Translingual

Pulex irritans (human flea), model made by Alfred Keller, 1930

Tunga penetrans (chigoe flea)

Etymology

Pulex +‎ -oidea

Proper noun

Pulicoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Siphonaptera – numerous fleas, including the human flea and chigoe flea.

Hypernyms

(superfamily): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Antliophora - clade; Siphonaptera - order; Pulicomorpha - infraorder

Hyponyms

(superfamily): Pulicidae, Tungidae (families)

References

Pulicoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pulicoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pulicoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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