- 1.
Eurasia
Amalaraeus
Amphalius
Amphipsylla
Ceratophyllus
Citellophilus
Coptopsylla
Ctenocephalides
Ctenophthalmus
Echidnophaga
Frontopsylla
Megabothris
Mesopsylla
Neopsylla
Nosopsyllus
Ophthalmopsylla
Oropsylla
Paradoxopsyllus
Pulex
Rhadinopsylla
Stenoponia
Stivalius
Xenopsylla
- 2.
Afrotropical region
Dinopsyllus
Chiastopsyllus
Ctenophtalmus
Leptospylla
Listropsylla
Pulex
Synopsyllus
Synosternus
Tunga
Xenopsylla
Xiphiopsylla
- 3.
North America
Anomiopsyllus
Catallagia
Ceratophyllus
Ctenocephalides
Foxella
Hoplopsyllus
Hystrichopsylla
Malareus
Meringis
Opisodasys
Orchopeus
Oropsylla
Polygenis
Pulex
Stenistomera
- 4.
Central and South America
Adoratopsylla
Craneopsylla
Cediopsylla
Delostichus
Hectopsylla
Hoplopsyllus
Neotyphloceras
Plocopsylla
Plusaetis
Polygenis
Pulex
Rhopalopsyllus
Sphinctopsylla
Tiamastus
Tunga
- 5.
Australia
Ctenocephalides
Pulex
Stivalius
Xenopsylla
Further Reading
Lewis RE (1993) Fleas. In: Lane RP, Crosskey RW (eds) Medical insects and arachnids. Chapman & Hall, London
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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Fleas: Medical Important Flea Genera. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_4648-1
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