Ctenocephalides felis Katteloppe (Cat flea)
Order: Siphonaptera: Fleas.
Specific morphology: Adult female (length: 2-3 mm). Head: Distinctly elongate (“flat forehead”), particularly in the female. Strongly developed genal ctenidia, the first and second spines being close to equally long.
Hosts: Cat, dogs and several other domestic mammal species.
Intermediate host for Dipylidium caninum.
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 ctenidia on the first segment. Abdomen: Large segments, each with a central spiracle and dorsal row of bristles.