Echidna flea
Echidna flea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Siphonaptera |
Family: | Pygiopsyllidae |
Genus: | Bradiopsylla |
Species: | B. echidnae |
Binomial name | |
Bradiopsylla echidnae (Denny, 1843) | |
The echidna flea (Bradiopsylla echidnae) is thought to be the world's largest flea and it parasitises the short-beaked echidna. It reaches 4 millimetres in length.
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