CLASS INSECTA

ORDO:SIPHONAPTERA
THE FLEAS
 CHRACTERISTICS
1500 species
Small size, flattened body, wingless
Life cycle: Holometabola
Immature stages free living
Adult parasitic as vector of diseases:
 Plaque (pes bubo)
 Typhus
 Cestodes
 Morphology
Flattened body: 1-8 mm
Head :Triangular, 1 ps antenae
Border of head-thorax-abdomen: not distinct
Genal & pronatal combs (ctenedium)
Wings rudimented
Legs long and strongto leap
 FLEAS
COMBED COMBLESS
 Ctenocephalides  Pulex irritans
canis ,and Ct. felis  Tunga penetrans
 Nosopsyllus  Echidnophaga sp
fasciatus (galinacea)
 Leptopsylla segnis  Xenopsylla sp
 Senoponia
americana
 Xenopsylla cheopis

Clasper
spermateca

female
Male
Xenopsylla cheopis
2.0 – 2.5 mm
Flatened laterolateral
Brown color, wingless
Pronatal & genal comb(-)
Meral rod on the 2nd
sternal plate
Morphology of Abdomen
Consisits of 10 segments S-9 and S-10
modified as sex purpose
9th tergite male and female pygidium
(sensilium): sensoral organ
9th. MALE: A pair of clasper, adeagus with
chitinous support
7th: FEMALE:
 antepygidial bristle
 ductus spermaticus, spermatheca identification
 Pulex irritans
Combless
No meral rod
Blood-human/animal

Male

female
Pulex irritans
Combless
No meral rod
Sucks blood: human
and domestic animal
 COMBED FLEA
Ctenocephalides canis (dog)
Ctenocephalides felis (cat):
 Pronotal comb +
 Genal comb +

 Attack human also

 Ctenocephalides

Ctenocephalides canis Ctenocephalides felis

pronotal comb

Genal comb
Ct. canis Ct. felis

2.0-2.5mm 2.0-2.5mm
Flatened body Flatened body
Brown color Brown color
Wingless Wingless
Genal comb > 5 Genal comb > 5
Thickening meral rod Thickening meral rod
Caput anterior: rounded Caput anterior: not-
Genal comb 1<2 rounded
Genal comb 1=2
Distribusi : Tersebar
Bentuk, Ukuran : Bervariasi
Siklus Hidup : Hemimetabola
Proboscis : - menghisap
- Terlipat di bwh tubuh
- Labium besar, 3 /4 segmen
Sayap : + / -
Famili : - Cimicidae
: - Reduviidae
Morfologi

-Oval, P: 2-6 mm
-Pipih Dorsoventral
-Kepala pendek&lebar
-1ps mata majemuk
-Antena 4 seg.
-Proboscis di kepala &
prothorax
-Thorax seg.1> 2 & 3
-Kaki 3 ps,sama besar
-Abd.8 segmen
L :ujung runcing dg penis
P :lobang di seg-4 ke org.
Berlese.
Telur :
Oval, Putih, 1 mm
Agak melengkung
Operkulum : +
Saling melekat dg cemen
 Famili Reduviidae

Sinonim :- kissing bugs

- assasin bugs
- cone nose bugs
Bentuk : memanjang
Warna : buram dg.garis-garis
Predator artropoda lain
 : hisap darah malam hari
Vektor : - Triatoma
- Rhodnius
- Panstrongylus
Morfologi

Kepala:
-Memanjang
-Proboscis langsing,lurus
-Antena 4 seg.di samping
kepala,depan mata
Thorax:
-Pronotum jelas,triangular
-Meso&meta th.di balik sayap
-sayap 2 ps: I.hemilitra
II.membran
Kaki: 3 ps, berakhir sbg.1 ps
cakar.
Rhodnius sp Panstrongylus sp

Telur:
-Panjang: 1,5-2,5mm
-Operculum
-Warna tgt.species:kuning,pink,putih
-Berkelompok/sendiri: Rhodnius/Triatoma