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Definition of Echidnophaga
1. Noun. A genus of Siphonaptera.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Order Siphonaptera, Siphonaptera
Member holonyms: Echidnophaga Gallinacea, Sticktight, Sticktight Flea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Echidnophaga
Literary usage of Echidnophaga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Economic Biology by Walter Edward Collinge, A. H. Reginald Buller, George Herbert Carpenter, Robert Newstead, Arthur Everett Shipley (1908)
"echidnophaga murina, Rothschild.' This flea, which Dr. Tiraboschi found on Mus
rattus in Italy, usually upon the heads and snout, is interesting because it, ..."
2. Handbook of Medical Entomology by William Albert Riley, Oskar Augustus Johannsen (1915)
"... should be carefully examined every morning to see if any black 6 ' i * V *
f • \ - L" " I, 07. echidnophaga gallinacea infesting head of chicken. ..."
3. Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard by Ezra Dwight Sanderson (1921)
"... Flea (echidnophaga gallinacea West wood). This flea is occasionally found on
dogs and cats, and on other animals, but is known for the most part as a ..."
4. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"echidnophaga gallinacea Westw. " This species has the body almost as broad as
long, and of a red-brown color; one bristle in front of eye and six on each ..."
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