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    Fleas are classified in the order Siphonaptera. They feed on blood from hosts using a tube that pierces the skin. Common flea species include the cat flea, dog flea, mouse flea, and rabbit flea. Flea species are often identified by combs on the head made of spines. The cat flea and dog flea both belong to the family Pulicidae and genus Ctenocephalides. A dichotomous key can be used to identify flea species based on comb characteristics.

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    Fleas are classified in the order Siphonaptera. They feed on blood from hosts using a tube that pierces the skin. Common flea species include the cat flea, dog flea, mouse flea, and rabbit flea. Flea species are often identified by combs on the head made of spines. The cat flea and dog flea both belong to the family Pulicidae and genus Ctenocephalides. A dichotomous key can be used to identify flea species based on comb characteristics.

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    Fleas are classified in the order Siphonaptera. They feed on blood from hosts using a tube that pierces the skin. Common flea species include the cat flea, dog flea, mouse flea, and rabbit flea. Flea species are often identified by combs on the head made of spines. The cat flea and dog flea both belong to the family Pulicidae and genus Ctenocephalides. A dichotomous key can be used to identify flea species based on comb characteristics.

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    Fleas are classified in the order Siphonaptera. They feed on blood from hosts using a tube that pierces the skin. Common flea species include the cat flea, dog flea, mouse flea, and rabbit flea. Flea species are often identified by combs on the head made of spines. The cat flea and dog flea both belong to the family Pulicidae and genus Ctenocephalides. A dichotomous key can be used to identify flea species based on comb characteristics.

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    Fleas are a type of wingless insect which feed of the blood of their hosts using a tube which pierces
    the skin. They are classified in the order “Siphonaptera” (Siphon – tube, a-ptera – wingless)

    Flea species include:

    • Cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis)


    • Dog flea (Ctenocephalides canis)
    • Mouse flea (Leptosylla segnis)
    • Rabbit flea (Cediopsylla simplex)

    Species of flea are often identified by the


    presence or absence of combs made of spines
    found in two places on the head.

    Scientific classification of the Dog Flea Scientific classification of the Cat flea
    Ctenocephalides canis Ctenocephalides felis
    Kingdom: Animalia Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta Class: Insecta
    Order: Siphonaptera Order: Siphonaptera
    Family: Pulicidae Family: Pulicidae
    Genus: Ctenocephalides Genus: Ctenocephalides
    Species: C. canis Species: C. felis

    Questions
    1. Which statement most accurately describes the fleas Ctenocephalides felis and
    Ctenocephalides canis

    A. Both belong to the same species.


    B. Each belongs to a different group.
    C. Both belong to the same family.
    D. Each belongs to a different genus.
    (1)
    2. What is thought to be true about the members of a Genus?
    A. They belong to a closed gene pool.
    B. Members could breed freely with one another.
    C. They share a common ancestral species.
    D. They are only found in a particular geographic areas.
    (1)

    3. In the hierarchy of taxa, what is in a family?


    A. A group of classes
    B. A group of genera
    C. A group of orders
    D. A group of phyla
    (1)

    © David Faure, InThinking http://www.thinkib.net/biology 1


    4. The following is a dichotomous key for four species of fleas.

    1. Comb under the head of 5 or more spines 2


    Comb under the head of 4 spines (eye absent) Mouse flea

    2. Comb under the head is horizontal 3


    Comb under the head almost vertical Rabbit flea

    3. Spine 1 of comb under head shorter than spine 2 Dog flea


    Spine 1 & 2 of comb under head are same length Cat flea

    (a) Using the key above, identify the four fleas whose heads are shown in the
    diagrams below

    A : ............................................................................................................

    B : ............................................................................................................

    C : .............................................................................................................

    D : .............................................................................................................

    (4)

    5. Which of the following phyla could an animal belong to if, like fleas, it has bilateral
    symmetry a mouth and an anus?

    I. Annelida
    II. Cnidaria
    III. Porifera
    IV. Chordata

    A. I & II

    B. I & III

    C. I & IV

    D. II & III
    (1)

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