Flea Morphotypes (Insecta, Siphonaptera)
- 1 August 2023
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Pleiades Publishing Ltd in Entomological Review
- Vol. 103 (5) , 506-523
Abstract
The combinations of structural characters previously used to substantiate various classifications of the order Siphonaptera are analyzed. The adaptive and phyletic morphotypes marking assemblages or phylogenetically close groups of flea families are considered.Keywords
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