Nosopsyllus

Nosopsyllus

(nos'ō-sil'ŭs), A flea genus commonly found on rodents. Nosopsyllus fasciatus, the northern rat flea, is a species that infrequently transmits the plague bacillus to humans. [noso- + G. psylla, flea]

Nosopsyllus

(nŏs″ō-sĭl′ŭs) [″ + psylla, flea] A genus of fleas belonging to the order Siphonaptera.

Nosopsyllus fasciatus

A species of rat fleas responsible for transmission of murine typhus and possibly plague.