Xenopsylla brasiliensis
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| Xenopsylla brasiliensis | |
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| Female rat flea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Siphonaptera |
| Family: | Pulicidae |
| Genus: | Xenopsylla |
| Species: | X. brasiliensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Xenopsylla brasiliensis (Baker, 1904) | |
Xenopsylla brasiliensis is a species of flea found on rats.[1] It is a vector of bubonic plague, and is found in South America, Africa, and India.[2]
