Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Ceratophyllidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Siphonaptera Genus Ceratophyllus | |
Similar Ceratophyllus, Ceratophyllus gallinae, Echidnophaga gallinacea, Ceratophyllidae, Leptopsylla segnis | ||
Ceratophyllus niger, also known as the western chicken flea or the black hen flea, is an ectoparasite of birds. It is a member of the family Ceratophyllidae and was described by Fox in 1908.
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