Pulicomorpha

Translingual

Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea)
(superfamily Pulicoidea)

Etymology

New Latin stem pulic- of pulex (“flea”) +‎ -morpha

Proper noun

Pulicomorpha

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Siphonaptera – many fleas.
(Pulicopmorpha (f)) A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae – certain rove beetles.

Hypernyms

(infraorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Siphonaptera - order

Hyponyms

(infraorder): Ancistropsylloidea, Coptopsylloidea, Malacopsylloidea, Pulicoidea, Vermipsylloidea (superfamilies)
(genus): Pulicomorpha coeca - type species

References

fleas

Flea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

rove beetlea

Pulicomorpha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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