{{Short description|Extinct genus of flea}} {{Speciesbox | name = ''Tarwinia'' | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Aptian}} | image = Fossil-flea-292224-large.jpg | grandparent_authority = Huang et al. 2013 | genus = Tarwinia | parent_authority = P. A. Jell and P. M. Duncan. 1986 | species = australis | authority = P. A. Jell and P. M. Duncan. 1986 }} '''''Tarwinia''''' is an extinct genus of stem-group flea known from a single species, '''''T. australis''''', from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Koonwarra Fossil Bed of Victoria, Australia, it is the only member of the family '''Tarwiniidae''', and the only stem-group flea known from the Southern Hemisphere.<ref>P. A. Jell and P. M. Duncan. 1986. Invertebrates, mainly insects, from the freshwater, Lower Cretaceous, Koonwarra Fossil Bed (Korumburra Group), South Gippsland, Victoria. ''Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists'' '''3''':111-205</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Huang|first=Diying|date=January 2015|title=Tarwinia australis (Siphonaptera: Tarwiniidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Koonwarra fossil bed: Morphological revision and analysis of its evolutionary relationship|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0195667114000585|journal=Cretaceous Research|language=en|volume=52|pages=507–515|doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.018|bibcode=2015CrRes..52..507H |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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{{Taxonbar|from1=Q21315090|from2=Q21334053|from3=Q35082361}} Category:Prehistoric invertebrates of Australia Category:Fleas Category:Monotypic prehistoric insect genera Category:Early Cretaceous insects