Oriental or black flea

ORIENTAL OR BLACK FLEA

  • This flea is associated with the transmission of Bubonic plague (by Yersinia pestis)

Morphology

  • Presence of vertical thickening in Mesopleuron
  • Ocular bristle in front of the eye
  • 9th sternite club shaped
  • Thorax is foreshortened
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