As time passes and knowledge accumulates, it becomes more and more difficult and tedious to know whether a certain insect has been recorded from a particular region or country. The present note is an attempt to save other people's time and to set down what is recorded about the geographical distribution of five species of flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, astia and brasiliensis, Nosopsyllus (Ceratophyllus) fasciatus and Pulex irritans.