Ctenophthalmus baeticus boisseauorum (Beaucournu, 1968) and Ctenophthalmus apertus allani (Smit, 1955) (Siphonaptera: Ctenophthalmidae) as synonymous taxa: morphometric, phylogenetic, and molecular characterization.
Family Ctenophthalmidae (Order Siphonaptera) has been regarded as a ‘catchall’ for a variety of divergent taxa shows paraphyletic origin. In turn, Ctenophthalmus sp. (Ctenophthalmidae) including 300 valid taxa described. In …