Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus, 1758

Type depository. NHM (neotype).

Hosts. Carnivora— Canis aureus, Canis familiaris, Felis sylvestris catus (domestic cats), Mustela putorius, Vulpes vulpes; Chiroptera—unknown; Lagomorpha— Lepus europaeus (as capensis); Primates— Homo sapiens; Rodentia— Spermophilus xanthophrymnus (as Citellus citellus).

Distribution in Turkey. Adana (Saimbeyli) (Hopkins & Rothschild 1953); Amasya (Lewis & Lewis 1965); Ankara (Dinçer 1971); Ankara (Keçiören, Kızılcahamam, Nallıhan), Antalya, Elazığ, Eskişehir, Van (Çatak, Gürpınar) (Aktaş & Dinçer 1991); İstanbul (Gülanber et al. 2002); Konya (Uslu et al. 2008).