Abstract
The order Siphonaptera includes approximately 246 genera and about 2600 species of fleas distributed across the world (Whiting et al. 2008). They have been studied from a medical point of view, mainly as vectors of plague, as well as from a zoological perspective to analyze the relationships between ectoparasites and their hosts.Fleas are holometabolous (complete transformation during metamorphosis), wingless insects, adapted to jump, and adults of both sexes are hematophagous (blood-feeding). The female lays eggs on the ground or on the host, where the detritiphagous larvae develop, feeding on detritus from host fur or feathers or on dried fecal...