Checklist: Order SIPHONAPTERA in British Columbia
(NB: Arranged alphabetically)

Order SIPHONAPTERA
Family CERATOPHYLLIDAE
Genus Aetheca Smith
A. thambus (Jordan)
A. wagneri (Baker)

Genus Amalaraeus Ioff
A. dissimilis (Jordan)

Genus Amaradix Smith
A. euphorbae (Rothschild)

Genus Amphalius Jordan
A. necopinus (Jordan)

Genus Ceratophyllus Curtis
C. adustus Jordan
C. celsus Jordan
C. ciliatus Baker
C. diffinis Jordan
C. garei Rothschild
C. idius Jordan & Rothschild
C. niger Fox
C. petrochelidoni Wagner
C. rauschi Holland
C. riparius Jordan & Rothschild
C. vision Baker

Genus Dasypsyllus Baker
D. perpinnatus (Baker)
D. stejnegeri (Jordan)

Genus Eumolpianus Smit
E. eumolpi (Rothschild)

Genus Foxella Wagner
F. ignotus (Baker)

Genus Malaraeus Jordan
M. telchinum (Rothschild)

Genus Megabothris Jordan
M. abantis (Rothschild)
M. lucifer (Rothschild)
M. megacolpus (Jordan)
M. quirini (Rothschild)

Genus Mioctenopsylla Rothschild
M. traubi Holland & Jellison

Genus Nosopsyllus Jordan
N. fasciatus (Bosc)

Genus Opisodasys Jordan
O. keeni (Baker)
O. pseudarctomys (Baker)
O. vesperalis (Jordan)

Genus Orchopeas Jordan
O. agilis (Rothschild)
O. caedens (Jordan)
O. leucopus (Baker)
O. nepos (Rothschild)

Genus Orophyslla Wagner & Ioff
O. arctomys (Baker)
O. idahoensis (Baker)
O. tuberculatus (Baker)

Genus Spicata Fox
S. comis (Jordan)

Genus Tarsopsylla Wagner
T. coloradensis (Baker)

Genus Thrassis Jordan
T. acamantis (Rothschild)
T. petiolatus (Baker)
T. spenceri Wagner

Family CTENOPHTHALMIDAE
Genus Callistopsyllus Jordan & Rothschild
C. terinus (Rothschild)

Genus Catallagia Rothschild
C. chamberlini Hubbard
C. charlottensis (Baker)
C. dacenkoi Ioff
C. decipiens Rothschild
C. jellisoni Holland
C. mathesoni Jameson
C. sculleni Hubbard

Genus Corrodopsylla Wagner
C. curvata (Rothschild)

Genus Corypsylla Fox
C. jordani Hubbard
C. kohlsi Hubbard
C. ornatus Fox

Genus Delotelis Jordan
D. hollandi Smit
D. telegoni (Rothschild)

Genus Epitedia Jordan
E. scapani (Wagner)
E. stewarti Hubbard
E. wenmanni (Rothschild)

Genus Megarthroglossus Jordan & Rothschild
M. divisus (Baker)
M. procus Jordan & Rothschild
M. sicamus Jordan & Rothschild
M. spenceri Wagner

Genus Meringis Jordan
M. shannoni (Jordan)

Genus Nearctopsylla Rothschild
N. brooksi (Rothschild)
N. hyrtaci (Rothschild
N. jordani Hubbard

Genus Neopsylla Wagner
N. inopina Rothschild

Genus Phalacropsylla Rothschild
P. allos Wagner

Genus Rhadinopsylla Jordan & Rothschild
R. arborea Smit
R. difficilis Smit
R. goodi (Hubbard)
R. linta Smit
R. media Smit
R. sectilis Jordan & Rothschild

Genus Trichopsylloides Ewing
T. oregonensis Ewing

Family HYSTRICHOPSYLLIDAE
Genus Atyphlocera Jordan & Rothschild
A. multidentatus (Fox)

Genus Hystrichopsylla Taschenberg
H. dippiei Rothschild
H. occidentalis Holland
H. schefferi Chapin
H. spinata Holland

Family ISCHNOPSYLLIDAE
Genus Myodopsylla Jordan & Rothschild
M. gentilis Jordan & Rothschild
M. insignis (Rothschild)
M. palposus (Rothschild)

Genus Nycteridopsylla Oudemans
N. vancouverensis Wagner

Family LEPTOPSYLLIDAE
Genus Amphipsylla Wagner
A. pollionis (Rothschild)

Genus Ctenophyllus Wagner
C. armatus Wagner

Genus Dolichopsyllus Baker
D. stylosus (Baker)

Genus Leptopsylla Jordan & Rothschild
L. segnis (Schönherr)

Genus Peromyscopsylla Fox
P. hamifer (Rothschild)
P. hesperomys pacifica Holland
P. ravalliensis (Dunn)
P. selenis (Rothschild)

Family PULICIDAE
Genus Ctenocephalides Stiles & Collins
C. canis (Curtis)
C. felis (Bouche)

Genus Euhophopsyllus Ewing
E. lynx (Baker)

Genus Pulex Linnaeus
P. irritans Linnaeus

Genus Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz
X. cheopis Rothschild

Family VERMIPSYLLIDAE
Genus Chaetopsylla Kohaut
C. setosus Rothschild
C. tuberculaticeps (Bezzi)

Reference
Holland, G.P. 1985. The Fleas of Canada, Alaska and Greenland (Siphonaptera). Mem. Entomol. Soc. Can. 130:631 pp.

Note: Nomenclature updated by G.G.E. Scudder 14 March 2007, according to Lewis, R.E. 1996. Siphonaptera pp. 1123-1143 (in) Nomina Insecta Nearctica Volume 3: Diptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera. Entomological Information Services, Rockville, MD.