Ctenocephalides canis Hundeloppe (Dog flea)
Order: Siphonaptera: Fleas.
Specific morphology: : Adult specimen (length: 1.5-2.5 mm). Head: Small, triangular and short with a strongly convex ‘forehead’. Genal ctenidia are not equally long, the first spine being clearly shorter than the following ones.
Hosts: Dog
Intermediate host for Dipylidium caninum and Dipetalonema reconditum.
General morphology of adult fleas: Wingless, laterally compressed insects, 1.5-3 mm long. Head: Small, triangular with thin biting-sucking mouthparts, with/without genal ctenidia, and with club-shaped antennae visible in grooves posterior to the eye spots. Thorax: Small, with strong legs and with/without pronotal cteni-dia on the first segement. Abdomen: Large segments, each with a central spiracle and dorsal row of bristles.