title: Pulex
text: # Pulex
  
  Pulex is a genus of fleas. It comprises seven species. One is the human flea (P. irritans), and five of the others are confined to the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.
  
  ## Species
  
  Encyclopedia of Life lists seven species:
  
  * Pulex alvarezi Barrera, 1955
  * Pulex echidnophagoides (Wagner, 1933)
  * Pulex irritans Linnaeus, 1758
  * Pulex larimerius Lewis et Grimaldi, 1997
  * Pulex porcinus Jordan et Rothschild, 1923
  * Pulex simulans Baker, 1895
  * Pulex sinoculus Traub, 1950
  