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Amaradix Bitterrootensis
''Amaradix bitterrootensis'' is a species of flea in the family Ceratophyllidae. It was described by Emmett Reid Dunn Emmett Reid Dunn (November 21, 1894 – February 13, 1956) was an American herpetologist and educator who worked in Panama and studied salamanders in the Eastern United States. Early life and education Emmett Reid Dunn was born on November 21, ... in 1923. References Ceratophyllidae Insects described in 1923 {{Flea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flea
Flea, the common name for the order (biology), order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that live as external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas live by hematophagy, ingesting the blood of their hosts. Adult fleas grow to about long, are usually dark in color, and have bodies that are "flattened" sideways or narrow, enabling them to move through their hosts' fur or feathers. They lack wings; their hind legs are extremely well adapted for jumping. Their claws keep them from being dislodged, and their mouthparts are adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood. Some species can leap 50 times their body length, a feat second only to jumps made by another group of insects, the superfamily (taxonomy), superfamily of froghoppers. Flea larvae are worm-like, with no limbs; they have chewing mouthparts and feed on organic debris left on their hosts' skin. Genetic evidence indicates that fleas are a specialised lineage of parasitic scorpionflies (Mecopte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceratophyllidae
Ceratophyllidae is a family of fleas. Its members are parasites of mainly rodents and birds. It contains two subfamilies, one containing over 40 genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ..., and the other just three. Subfamily Ceratophyllinae *'' Aenigmopsylla'' *'' Aetheca'' *'' Amalaraeus'' *'' Amaradix'' *'' Amphalius'' *'' Baculomeris'' *'' Brevictenidia'' *'' Callopsylla'' *'' Ceratophyllus'' *'' Citellophilus'' *'' Dasypsyllus'' *'' Eumolpianus'' *'' Glaciopsyllus'' *'' Hollandipsylla'' *'' Igioffius'' *'' Jellisonia'' *'' Kohlsia'' *'' Libyastus'' *'' Macrostylophora'' *'' Malaraeus'' *'' Margopsylla'' *'' Megabothris'' *'' Megathoracipsylla'' Subfamily Ceratophyllinae (continued) *'' Mioctenopsylla'' *'' Myoxopsylla'' *'' Nosopsyllus'' *'' Opisodasys'' *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmett Reid Dunn
Emmett Reid Dunn (November 21, 1894 – February 13, 1956) was an American herpetologist and educator who worked in Panama and studied salamanders in the Eastern United States. Early life and education Emmett Reid Dunn was born on November 21, 1894, in Arlington, Virginia, to Emmett Clark Dunn, a civil engineer, and Mary Reid. He spent much of his childhood at a family farm near the James River in Nelson County. He attended Haverford College in Philadelphia, receiving his B.A. and M.A. in 1915 and 1916, respectively. His childhood connection to Arlington allowed him to connect with his first professional mentor, Leonhard Stejneger, the Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians at the Smithsonian Institution, who in 1913 suggested he study salamanders. Henry Sherring Pratt, his professor at Haverford, also guided him. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 1921. Career In 1915, Dunn began publishing scientific papers on snakes and herpetofauna, based on field research he cond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
