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The Identity of the Snow—Flea ( Achorutes Nivicola Fitch)

1902; Cambridge Entomological Club; Volume: 9; Issue: 311 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1155/1902/47871

ISSN

1687-7438

Autores

Justus Watson Folsom,

Tópico(s)

Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Resumo

Under the term "snow-flea," several species of Achorutes have been badly mixed.The original description of A. nivicola Fitch is apparently broad enough to entitle three distinct species to the name of "snow-flea," and to make it rather difficult to determine which species Fitch meant.Considerable attention to the subject, however, has enabled me to identify his species to my own satisfac- tion, and, I hope, to that of other stu- dents, because the synonymy of the snow-flea concerns not only our Ameri- can forms, but also involves certain European species.

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