Xenopsylla brasiliensis

{{short description|Species of flea}}

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| image = NHMUK010177266 A rat flea - Xenopsylla brasiliensis (Baker, 1904).jpg

| image_caption = Female rat flea

| genus = Xenopsylla

| species = brasiliensis

| authority = (Baker, 1904)

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Xenopsylla brasiliensis is a species of flea found on rats.{{cite book|last1=Whitaker|first1=Amoret|title=Fleas (Siphonaptera)|date=2007|publisher=Royal Entomological Society|location=St Albans|isbn=9780901546852|page=37|edition=2}} It is a vector of bubonic plague, and is found in South America, Africa, and India.{{cite book|author1=M. W. Service|author2=R. W. Ashford|title=Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections of Man and Domesticated Animals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fX-PvR86gD8C&pg=PA405|year=2001|publisher=CABI|isbn=978-0-85199-473-4|pages=405–}}