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This study sequenced the complete mitochondrial genomes of\n                    <jats:italic>Ctenophthalmus yunnanus<\/jats:italic>\n                    (first mitogenome reported) and\n                    <jats:italic>Frontopsylla diqingensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    from Yunnan, China, using Illumina sequencing. Comparative analyses with existing flea mitogenomes available in NCBI included nucleotide diversity and selective pressure assessments. Phylogenetic trees were reconstructed based on the PCG123 and PCG12 datasets using the Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Bayesian Inference (BI) methods, respectively. The mitogenomes of\n                    <jats:italic>C. yunnanus<\/jats:italic>\n                    (15,801 bp) and\n                    <jats:italic>F. diqingensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    (15,878 bp) were circular double-stranded molecules. Both genomes comprised 37 genes. Analysis of the comparative genomic data revealed that most fleas examined possessed mitochondrial genomes approximately 16,000 bp in length, with an average AT content nearing 78%. Additionally, most species exhibited negative AT and GC skews. Among the 13 PCGs, the codons UUA, UUU, and AUU were used most frequently. Analysis of nucleotide diversity and selection pressure indicated that the\n                    <jats:italic>cox1<\/jats:italic>\n                    gene exhibited the lowest values for both Pi and Ka\/Ks. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the families Ctenophthalmidae and Leptopsyllidae were paraphyletic. Divergence time estimation indicated that the most recent common ancestor of crown-group fleas diverged during the Cretaceous period, while the majority of extant lineages within Siphonaptera underwent diversification following the K-Pg boundary. 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