Oriental Rat Flea

A female Xenopsylla cheopis.

This diagram shows some of the identifying morphologic characteristics of the Oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis.Created: 1976

This illustration of a flea shows two features, which distinguish this disease vector from other insects.Created: 1976

This illustration depicts a flea of the order Siphonaptera, derived from the Greek words siphon, and aptera or wingless.Created: 1976

An illustration depicting the anatomical characteristics of the Oriental Rat Flea, Xenopsylla cheopis.Created: 1976

Description: English: A whole slide image of the plague flea - Xenopsylla cheopis cheopis (Rothschild, 1903). A paralectotype female. Country of collection: Sudan. Year of collection: 1901. Photographed by Louise Allan using a Canon EOS 5DS R/Tamron 90mm. Edited by Laurence Livermore. Permanent URL: http://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cd03d03a-c427-43b2-92cd-1d50ce0fdda3. Date: 12 January 2017, 15:57:46. Source: http://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cd03d03a-c427-43b2-92cd-1d50ce0fdda3. Author: Louise Allan / The Natural History Museum.

Description: English: Male Xenopsylla cheopis (oriental rat flea) engorged with blood. This flea is the primary vector of plague in most large plague epidemics in Asia, Africa, and South America. Both male and female fleas can transmit the infection. Date: 24 November 2011. Source: https://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/cheob6x4.htm. Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Description: English: Xenopsylla cheopis, female, stored in ZSM collection. Date: 12 March 2015. Source: Own work. Author: Katja ZSM.

Description: English: Xenopsylla cheopis https://archive.org/details/medicalveterinar00herm The Internet Archive notes it as out of copyright. Date: 1915. Source: Medical and Veterinary Entomology (1915). Author: Herms, William Brodbeck (1876-1949).

Description: Xenopsylla cheopis (puce du rat) larve - domaine public - source http://phil.cdc.gov/ (image id 2741) Image recadrée et pivotée à 90°. Date: 27 July 2004 (original upload date). Source: Transferred from fr.wikipedia to Commons. Author: The original uploader was Ske at French Wikipedia.

Description: English: A slide image of the plague flea - Xenopsylla cheopis cheopis (Rothschild, 1903). A non-type male. Country of collection: Morocco. Year of collection: Not Specified. Date: 14 December 2016. Source: http://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c11c05ab-189f-4a19-826f-873bbd04b3c6. Author: Olha Schedrina / The Natural History Museum. Do not crop: These images are used on one or more sister projects (where their entire contents are wanted), or have archival significance. If you crop it, please save the new image separately, and do not overwrite this one.العربية | বাংলা | čeština | Deutsch | English | español | français | magyar | македонски | മലയാളം | português | svenska | українська | +/−. Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 truetrue.

Description: Català: es tracta de la descripció taxonòmica de la puça Xenopsylla cheopis. Date: 6 February 2016. Source: Own work. Author: Xavier sistach.

Description: English: Rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis. Date: 30 July 2005, 13:45:07. Source: Own work. Author: Netha Hussain.

Description: Français : Xenopsylla cheopis femelle (puce du rat) adulte - domaine public - source http://phil.cdc.gov/ (image id 2741). Date:. Source: This file is lacking source information. Please edit this file's description and provide a source. Author: This file is lacking author information. Other versions: Derivative works of this file: Puce rat adulte mono.png.

Description: English: Xenopsylla cheopis, female, stored in ZSM collection. Date: 12 March 2015. Source: Own work. Author: Katja ZSM.