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The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Mar., 1971), pp. 35-51 (17 pages) Nineteen species of fleas are presently known from Florida. Pulex simulans, Corrodopsylla hamiltoni, and Orchopeas leucopus ...