Les puces (Insecta : Siphonaptera) parasites d’oiseaux : diversité taxonomique et dispersion biogéographique

Abstract

If Mammals are the primary hosts of Siphonaptera, 6 % of them have changed their trophic appetency for Birds. What are the reasons, what are the adaptations to be adopted by Fleas, what are the families or species groups of fleas concerned, and at last what are the host-families? As to this last question, it is clear that deviation was ecological but not phyletical.