Ceratophyllidae


Cer·a·to·phyl·li·dae

(ser'ă-tō-fil'i-dē), A family of mammalian and axian fleas, many of which have a wide host range and serve as important vectors of plague, sustaining the infection among wild and domestic rodent hosts. Important genera include Nosopsyllus and Ceratophyllus. [G. keras, horn, + phyllōdēs, like leaves]