Xenopsylla brasiliensis

Xenopsylla brasiliensis
Female rat flea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Siphonaptera
Family: Pulicidae
Genus: Xenopsylla
Species:
X. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Xenopsylla brasiliensis
(Baker, 1904)

Xenopsylla brasiliensis is a species of flea found on rats. It is a vector of bubonic plague, and is found in South America, Africa, and India.