NOMEN: Aphaniptera Kirby & Spence 1815 [W. Kirby, W. Spence. An introduction to entomology]
«From αφανης (inconspicuous); so named because something like elytra appeaer» (Kirby & Spense 1826: vol.14: 382)
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Kirby & Spence 1815): "the Flea genus"
SENIOR
CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL
SYNONYMS:
= Saltatoria Retzius 1783 (non
Saltatoria Latreille
1817)
= Suctoria Retzius
1783
= Rophoteira Clairville
1798
= Siphonata Illiger 1807 (non Siphonata Retzius
1783)
= Medamoptera Leach 1815
JUNIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL
SYNONYMS:
= Rhynchota Billberg 1820 (non Rhynchota
Burmeister 1835)
= Siphonaptera Latreille
1825
= Suctoridea Walker 1851
= Psyllomorpha Eysell 1913
= Siphonapterida Pearce 1936
= Aphanipteroidea
Jeannel 1945
= Siphonapteroidea Jeannel
1949
= Siphonapteroida Müller 1978
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Pulex/fg
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Pulex (sensu Linnaeus 1758), Pulicides, Pulicidae, Pulicina, Pulicites, Pulicarii, Pulicina, Pulicida, Pulicidi
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid (while not the oldest), widely accepted name of
a
generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.
Systematic position of Aphaniptera:
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modern phylogenetic classification: |
older classification: |
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Enteracantha (Panorpa/fg1) |
pm.Mecaptera
(Panorpa/fg1) Nannomecoptera (Nannochorista/fg1) Metamecoptera (Bittacus/fg1)
Raphioptera (Boreus/fg1) |
COMMENT: In modern literature this taxon has two equally widely used correct circumscriptional names – Aphaniptera and Siphonaptera; among them, Aphaniptera is preferable, being older.