Dasypsyllus Comatus
''Dasypsyllus comatus'' is a species of flea in the family Ceratophyllidae Ceratophyllidae is a family (biology), family of fleas. Its members are Parasitism, parasites of mainly rodents and birds. It contains two subfamilies, one containing over 40 genera, and the other just three. Subfamily Ceratophyllinae *''Aenigm .... It was described by Karl Jordan in 1933. References Ceratophyllidae Insects described in 1933 {{Flea-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Karl Jordan (zoologist, Born 1861)
Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan (7 December 1861 – 12 January 1959) was a German-British entomologist. He took a special interest in the taxonomy and classification of butterflies, beetles and fleas. Jordan was a founder of the International Congress of Entomology. Jordan was born in a farming family in Almstedt, raised by an uncle after the death of his father in 1855, finished school in Hildesheim and educated at Göttingen University. After a year of military service, he taught at Münden Grammar School for five years and came in contact with zoologist August Metzger and Count Berlepsch that led to a growth in his natural history interest. Through their recommendation he received an invitation to joined Ernst Hartert at Rotschild's museum. In 1893 he began work at Walter Rothschild's Natural History Museum at Tring, specialising in Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Siphonaptera. Jordan published over 400 papers, many jointly with Charles and Walter Rothschild. He described 2,575 ne ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Flea
Flea, the common name for the order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that live as external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas live by ingesting the blood of their hosts. Adult fleas grow to about long, are usually brown, 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. They can leap 50 times their body length, a feat second only to jumps made by another group of insects, the 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 (Mecoptera) ''sensu lato'', most closely related to the family Nannochor ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ceratophyllidae
Ceratophyllidae is a family (biology), family of fleas. Its members are Parasitism, parasites of mainly rodents and birds. It contains two subfamilies, one containing over 40 genera, 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'' *''Orchopeas'' *''Oropsylla'' *''Paraceras'' *''Paramonopsyllus'' *''Pleochaetis'' *''Plusaetis'' *''Rostropsylla'' *''Rowleyella'' *''Smitipsylla'' *''Spuropsylla'' *''Syngenopsyllus'' *''Tarsopsylla'' *''Thrassis'' *''Traubella'' *''Psittopsylla'' Subf ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |