Database details
| Full name: | Parhost: World Database of Fleas |
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| Short name: | Parhost |
| Version: | 2, Nov 2005 |
| Release date: | 2005-11-14 |
| Authors/editors: | Medvedev S., Lobanov A. & Lyangouzov I. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Siphonaptera |
| English name of the group: | Fleas |
| Number of species: | 2,047 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 847 |
| Number of synonyms: | 478 |
| Number of common names: | 2,901 |
| Total number of names: | 6,273 |
| Abstract: | The Parhost World Database of Fleas is a complete electronic taxonomic checklist of order Siphonaptera. This is part of the original analytical system PARHOST, which contains extensive data on flea morphology, parasite–host associations, and geographical distribution. |
| Organization: | Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, Russia |
| Website: |
http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Siphonaptera |