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Tunga (flea)

Tunga is a genus of fleas belonging to the family Hectopsyllidae.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Hectopsyllidae
Genus: Tunga
Jarocki, 1838

Tunga is a genus of fleas belonging to the family Hectopsyllidae.12

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.3

Species:3

  • Tunga bondari Wagner, 1932
  • Tunga caecata (Enderlein, 1901)
  • Tunga penetrans Linnaeus, 1758
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