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Therefore, this study is aimed at assessing flea vector composition, diversity, prevalence, abundance, and phylogeny in selected villages of Lushoto, Mbulu, and Morogoro Rural districts in Tanzania. Small mammals were captured from households and different habitats, and flea ectoparasites were collected, processed, and identified morphologically. Furthermore, seven specimens of the most collected flea species\n                    <jats:italic>Ctenophthalmu<\/jats:italic>\n                    s sp. and\n                    <jats:italic>Xenopsylla cheopis<\/jats:italic>\n                    were submitted for advanced molecular identification and phylogenetic relatedness. The prevalence between predictors such as habitat type, host species, host sex, and locality was compared using chi\u2010square tests, and also, generalized linear models (GLMs) were used to check the variation between flea abundance and different predictors. A total of 302 small mammals were captured with\n                    <jats:italic>Mastomys natalensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 163, 54.0%),\n                    <jats:italic>Rattus rattus<\/jats:italic>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 41, 13.6%), and\n                    <jats:italic>Crocidura<\/jats:italic>\n                    spp. (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 31, 10.3%) dominating the total capture. The collected fleas belonged to nine species, and the most prevalent and abundant species were\n                    <jats:italic>Ctenophthalmus<\/jats:italic>\n                    spp. (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 84, 31.0%),\n                    <jats:italic>Pulex irritans<\/jats:italic>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 82, 30.3%),\n                    <jats:italic>Dinopsylla lypusus<\/jats:italic>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 78, 28.8%), and\n                    <jats:italic>Nosopsyllus incisus<\/jats:italic>\n                    (\n                    <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 11, 4.1%) from rodents, and more so on males than females. The highest flea diversity was in crop fields (\n                    <jats:italic>H<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>\u2032<\/jats:sup>\n                    = 1.05) followed by near\u2010natural forests (\n                    <jats:italic>H<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>\u2032<\/jats:sup>\n                    = 1.03) and fallow land (\n                    <jats:italic>H<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>\u2032<\/jats:sup>\n                    = 0.7). Phylogenetic analysis of ITS1 sequences for\n                    <jats:italic>Ctenophthalmus<\/jats:italic>\n                    sp. and\n                    <jats:italic>Xenopsylla cheopis<\/jats:italic>\n                    from Lushoto and Mbulu districts showed strong nucleotide identity. 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