{{Short description|Genus of fleas}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon=Ectinorus |authority=Jordan, 1942 |type_species = ''Pulex cocyti''<ref name=Jordan1942 /> |type_species_authority = Rothschild, 1904 }} '''''Ectinorus''''' is a genus of fleas in the family Rhopalopsyllidae (marsupial fleas), erected by Karl Jordan in 1942.<ref name=Jordan1942>{{cite journal| last=Jordan| first=Karl| title=On ''Parapsyllus'' and some closely related genera of Siphonaptera|journal=Eos: Revista Española de Entomología| year=1942| volume=18| issue=1| pages=7–29 [11]| hdl=10261/148031| hdl-access=free| url=https://hdl.handle.net/10261/148031}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|chapter=''Ectinorus'' Jordan, 1942 |title=The Catalogue of Life Partnership: Robert E. Lewis World Species Flea (Siphonaptera) List |doi=10.48580/dfvll-48fy |date=2024-02-21 |editor-last1=Hastriter |editor-first1=Michael W. |last1=Hastriter |first1=Michael W. |last2=Bossard |first2=Robert L. |publisher=ChecklistBank }}</ref> It is endemic to South America, specifically the Andes and surrounding regions, especially Chile.<ref name="Parasite">{{Cite journal |last1=Beaucournu |first1=Jean-Claude |last2=Belaz |first2=Sorya |last3=Muñoz-Léal |first3=Sebastián |last4=González-Acuña |first4=Daniel |date=2013 |title=A new flea, ''Ectinorus (Ectinorus) insignis'' n. sp. (Siphonaptera, Rhopalopsyllidae, Parapsyllinae), with notes on the subgenus ''Ectinorus'' in Chile and comments on unciform sclerotization in the superfamily Malacopsylloidea |url=https://www.parasite-journal.org/articles/parasite/full_html/2013/01/parasite130017/parasite130017.html |journal=Parasite |language=en |volume=20 |page=35 |doi=10.1051/parasite/2013033 |doi-access=free|issn=1776-1042 |pmc=3796371 |pmid=24125080}}</ref> The genus includes species that are parasitic to rodents<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=López-Berrizbeitia |first1=M. Fernanda |last2=Pérez |first2=M. Julieta |last3=Barquez |first3=Rubén M. |date=2020-11-01 |title=Description of two new species of ''Ectinorus'' (''Ectinorus'') (Siphonaptera, Rhopalopsyllidae) from Argentina, including a morphometric approach |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0001706X20305908 |journal=Acta Tropica |volume=211 |article-number=105612 |doi=10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105612 |pmid=32621934 |issn=0001-706X|url-access=subscription |hdl=11336/111664 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> and are a vector for the bubonic plague.<ref name="Parasite" /> At least one species within ''Ectinorus'' is viable at altitudes above {{convert|3000|m|ft}}.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hastriter |first1=Michael |last2=Sage |first2=Richard |date=2011-08-18 |title=Description of a new species of ''Ectinorus'' (''E. spiculatus'') (Siphonaptera, Rhopalopsyllidae) from Argentina and a review of the subgenus ''Ichyonus'' Smit, 1987 |journal=ZooKeys |language=en |issue=124 |pages=1–18 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.124.1688 |doi-access=free |issn=1313-2970 |pmc=3175116 |pmid=21998530|bibcode=2011ZooK..124....1H }}</ref>
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Category:Fleas Category:Insects of South America Category:Flea genera Category:Taxa named by Karl Jordan
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