Pulex
(pyōō′lĕks′)- A genus of fleas including Pulex irritans, the common flea that infests humans.
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There is no mistake as to the meaning and identity of pulex irritans, confound him!
The Poet at the Breakfast TableOliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The male palpi are smaller than in pulex, though the males are larger.
The Common Spiders of the United StatesJames Henry Emerton
The indigenous fleas of America are only distant relatives of Pulex irritans.
The FleaHarold Russell
The human flea (Pulex irritans) appears to occupy an isolated position.
The FleaHarold Russell
He also found that Pulex irritans was capable of acting as the carrier.
Handbook of Medical EntomologyWilliam Albert Riley