Tunga penetrans

Tunga penetrans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pulicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Siphonaptera Infraordo: Pulicomorpha Superfamilia: Pulicoidea

Familia: Tungidae
Genus: Tunga
Species: Tunga penetrans

Name

Tunga penetrans (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

• Pulex penetrans Linnaeus, 1758

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• cpa: Chi³guiuh³
• English: Chigoe flea
• français: Puce chique
• Kiswahili: Funza

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