Pseudopulex

Pseudopulex tanlan

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Saurophthiroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Siphonaptera Superfamilia: †Saurophthiroidea

Familia: †Pseudopulicidae
Genus: †Pseudopulex
Species (4): †P. jurassicus – †P. magnus – †P. tantan – †P. wangi

Name

Pseudopulex Gao, Shih & Ren in Gao et al, 2012: 732

Type species: Pseudopulex jurassicus Gao, Shih & Ren in Gao et al, 2012, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Gao, T.-p., Shih, C.-k., Xu, X., Wang, S. & Ren, D. 2012. Mid-Mesozoic flea-like ectoparasites of feathered or haired vertebrates. Current Biology 22(8): 732–735. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.012 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gao, T., Shih, C., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Xu, X., Wang, S. & Ren, D. 2014. The first flea with fully distended abdomen from the Early Cretaceous of China. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 168. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-014-0168-1 . Reference page. 
• Huang, D.Y., Engel, M.S., Cai, C.Y. & Nel, A. 2013. Mesozoic giant fleas from northeastern China (Siphonaptera): Taxonomy and implications for palaeodiversity. Chinese Science Bulletin 58(14): 1682–1690. DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-5769-3 . Reference page.