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What is the orgin of a flea?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Apparently, fleas are related to scorpionflies, winged insects with very good eyesight, and the snow flea with rudimentary wings. These two seem to be close to the common ancestor of the 2000 or so currently known varieties of flea, which split off in many directions around 160 million years ago. These different "breeds" of fleas continued to evolve adapting to their environment and different hosts; they now have no wings and have their eyes covered over.

Compared to many other insect groups, fleas have been studied and classified fairly thoroughly. Details still remain to be discovered regarding the evolutionary relationships among the different flea lineages, though.

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14y ago

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