Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Main Groups of Insects   Siphonaptera - fleas

After parker, 1982

<==o Siphonaptera (fleas; kirput)
   |--o Stephanocircidae (helmet fleas)
   |  |-- Craneopsyllinae
   |  `-- Stephanocircinae
   `--+--o Ctenophthalmidae
      |  `--o Palaeopsylla
      |     |-- †P. klebsiana
      |     |-- †P. dissimilis
      |     |-- †P. baltica
      |     `== 52 Recent species
      |-- Tungidae
      |--o Pulicidae
      |  `--o Pulex
      |     `-- †P. larimerius
      |--o Rhopalopsyllidae 
      |  `-- Rhopalopsyllus
      |-- Malacopsyllidae 
      |-- Vermipsyllidae 
      |-- Hystrichopsyllidae 
      |-- Coptopsyllidae 
      |-- Pygiopsyllidae 
      |-- Macropsyllidae 
      |-- Xyphiopsyllidae 
      |-- Ancistropsyllidae 
      |-- Chimaeropsyllidae 
      |-- Ischnopsyllidae 
      |-- Leptopsyllidae 
      `-- Ceratopsyllidae 

Reference(s):

Parker, S. P. (ed.), 1982: Synopsis and classification of living organisms. Vols. 1 & 2
–McGrew-Hill Book Company

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