{"id":778,"date":"2022-06-19T11:28:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T15:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=778"},"modified":"2022-06-19T11:34:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T15:34:10","slug":"siphonaptera","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/chapter\/siphonaptera\/","title":{"raw":"Siphonaptera","rendered":"Siphonaptera"},"content":{"raw":"<strong>Siphonaptera<\/strong>\r\n\r\nSiphonaptera (\u201csiphon\u201d = \u201ctube\u201d), or fleas, consists of about 2400 species worldwide, with approximately 325 species found in North America. Adults all have sucking mouthparts and are parasitic on vertebrates. They are also laterally flattened and wingless to assist with moving through the hair or feathers of their hosts. Their hematophagous habits, and ability to feed on several hosts in sequence, make them important vectors of diseases for humans and other hosts. The larvae of fleas are vermiform, and do not live on the host. Most are detritivores, and are often found in or near nests, dens, and bedding areas.\r\n\r\nAdult fleas have a very distinctive body shape, and are relatively easy to identify to order.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-791\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1654\/2022\/06\/Specimen11a-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"922\" \/>","rendered":"<p><strong>Siphonaptera<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Siphonaptera (\u201csiphon\u201d = \u201ctube\u201d), or fleas, consists of about 2400 species worldwide, with approximately 325 species found in North America. Adults all have sucking mouthparts and are parasitic on vertebrates. They are also laterally flattened and wingless to assist with moving through the hair or feathers of their hosts. Their hematophagous habits, and ability to feed on several hosts in sequence, make them important vectors of diseases for humans and other hosts. The larvae of fleas are vermiform, and do not live on the host. Most are detritivores, and are often found in or near nests, dens, and bedding areas.<\/p>\n<p>Adult fleas have a very distinctive body shape, and are relatively easy to identify to order.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-791\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1654\/2022\/06\/Specimen11a-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1654\/2022\/06\/Specimen11a-scaled.jpg 1671w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1654\/2022\/06\/Specimen11a-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1654\/2022\/06\/Specimen11a-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1654\/2022\/06\/Specimen11a-768x1177.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1654\/2022\/06\/Specimen11a-1003x1536.jpg 1003w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1654\/2022\/06\/Specimen11a-1337x2048.jpg 1337w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1654\/2022\/06\/Specimen11a-65x100.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1654\/2022\/06\/Specimen11a-225x345.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1654\/2022\/06\/Specimen11a-350x536.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":799,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-778","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":188,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/799"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":792,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/778\/revisions\/792"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/188"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/778\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=778"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=778"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}