Echidnophaga
Translingual
Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “echidna”) + Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “eating”).
Noun
Echidnophaga f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pulicidae – sticktight fleas, that typically burrow into and remain on the skin of hosts.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Siphonaptera – order; Pulicomorpha – infraorder; Pulicoidea – superfamily; Pulicidae – family; Pulicinae – subfamily; Pulicini – tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Echidnophaga gallinacea (hen flea) – selected species
References
- Echidnophaga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Echidnophaga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Echidnophaga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Echidnophaga at the Catalogue of Life
- Echidnophaga at iNaturalist
- Echidnophaga available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
- Echidnophaga at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Echidnophaga at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Echidnophaga at the Open Tree of Life Web Project