Pulex

Pulex is a genus of fleas. It comprises seven species. One is the human flea (P. irritans), and five of the others are confined to the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.^[1]

Pulex
Pulex irritans (human flea)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Siphonaptera
Family:	Pulicidae
Subfamily:	Pulicinae
Genus:	Pulex Linnaeus, 1758

Species

Encyclopedia of Life lists seven species:^[2]

• Pulex alvarezi Barrera, 1955
• Pulex echidnophagoides (Wagner, 1933)
• Pulex irritans Linnaeus, 1758
• Pulex larimerius Lewis et Grimaldi, 1997
• Pulex porcinus Jordan et Rothschild, 1923
• Pulex simulans Baker, 1895
• Pulex sinoculus Traub, 1950