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Siphonaptera
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Siphonaptera [‚sī·fə′näp·trə]
(invertebrate zoology)
The fleas, an order of insects characterized by a small, laterally compressed, oval body armed with spines and setae, three pairs of legs modified for jumping, and sucking mouthparts.


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Identification was confirmed by sequencing regions of siphonapteran 18S rDNA, as previously described (6).
 
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