Pulicoidea

Translingual

Pulex irritans (human flea), model made by Alfred Keller, 1930

Tunga penetrans (chigoe flea)

Etymology

Pulex +‎ -oidea

Proper noun

Pulicoidea

1. A taxonomic superfamily within the order Siphonaptera – numerous fleas, including the human flea and chigoe flea.

Hypernyms

• (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Antliophora - clade; Siphonaptera - order; Pulicomorpha - infraorder

Hyponyms

• (superfamily): Pulicidae, Hectopsyllidae (syn. Tungidae) (families)

References

• Flea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pulicoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Siphonaptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons