Belongs within: Siphonaptera.
The Pygiopsyllidae are a group of fleas that is most diverse in Australasia, with further representatives in tropical Asia and South America. The majority of species feed on marsupials and rodents with a smaller number found on birds (Dunnet & Mardon 1991). Lycopsylla species are parasites of wombats that differ from other genera in the presence of only a single row of setae on each abdominal tergum (Dunnet & Mardon 1991).
Characters (Dunnet 1970): Antennal fossa closed; frontal tubercle usually absent; fourth link-plate present between basal abdominal sternum and metepimeron; terga 2–7 usually with more than one rose of setae; sensilium usually exceptionally convex.
<==PygiopsyllidaeDM91
| i. s.: AustropsyllaDM91
|--LycopsyllinaeDM91
| |--Lycopsylla novaDM91
| |--Uropsylla tasmanicaDM91
| |--Bradiopsylla echidnaeDM91
| `--Choristopsylla ochiDM91
|--StivaliinaeDM91
| |--Parastivalius novaeguineaeDM91
| |--Stivalius rectusD70
| `--MetastivaliusDM91
| |--M. molestusDM91
| `--M. rectusDM91
`--PygiopsyllinaeDM91
|--Notiopsylla kerguelensisDM91
|--Geohollandia solidaDM91
|--Wurunjerria warnekeiDM91
|--Hoogstraalia vandiemeniDM91
|--AcanthopsyllaDM91
| |--A. aiyurensisH71
| |--A. bellaH71
| |--A. bisinuataH71
| |--A. divergensH71
| |--A. dunneti Holland 1971H71
| |--A. enderleiniH71
| |--A. eudromiciaeH71
| |--A. franklinensisH71
| |--A. incerta Holland 1971H71
| |--A. jordaniDM91
| |--A. monticolaH71
| |--A. pavida (Rothschild 1916) [=Pygiopsylla pavida]H71
| |--A. rothschildi (Rainbow 1905) [=Ceratophyllus rothschildi]H71
| | |--A. r. rothschildi [incl. A. rothschildi victoriana Jordan & Rothschild 1922]H71
| | |--A. r. multidentata Holland 1971H71
| | `--A. r. nereisH71
| `--A. scintilla (Rothschild 1936) [=Glauertia scintilla, Glauertidos scintilla]H71
| |--A. s. scintillaH71
| |--A. s. rectangulata Holland 1971H71
| `--A. s. tasmanica Holland 1971H71
|--BibikovanaDM91
| |--B. rainbowiDM91
| `--B. tiptoniDM91
`--PygiopsyllaDM91
|--P. hopliaDM91
|--P. phiolaDM91
`--P. rainbowiD70
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[D70] Dunnet, G. M. 1970. Siphonaptera (fleas). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 647–655. Melbourne University Press.
[DM91] Dunnet, G. M., & D. K. Mardon. 1991. Siphonaptera (fleas). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 705–716. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).
[H71] Holland, G. P. 1971. Two new species and three new subspecies of Acanthopsylla from Australia, with some notes on the genus (Siphonaptera: Pygiopsyllidae). Canadian Entomologist 103: 213–234.