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'''Ephraim Porter Felt''' (7 January 1868 [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]] |
'''Ephraim Porter Felt''' (7 January 1868 [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]] – 14 December 1943) was an American [[entomologist]] who specialised in [[Diptera]] |
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Ephraim Felt worked mostly [[Nematocera]] and particularly [[Cecidomyiidae]].However he was the State Entomologist [[New York State]] and so worked with all insects of [[economic entomology|economic]] or medical significance. He wrote ''Insects affecting park and woodland trees''. New York State Museum Memoir 8 (1905-1906) and ''Plant galls and gall makers'' Ithaca, N.Y., Comstock Pub. Co. (1940) as well as describing over 1,000 [[species]] in scientific journals. The [[holotype]]s of the Felt named insect species are in the [[National Museum of Natural History]]. |
Ephraim Felt worked mostly [[Nematocera]] and particularly [[Cecidomyiidae]].However he was the State Entomologist [[New York State]] and so worked with all insects of [[economic entomology|economic]] or medical significance. He wrote ''Insects affecting park and woodland trees''. New York State Museum Memoir 8 (1905-1906) and ''Plant galls and gall makers'' Ithaca, N.Y., Comstock Pub. Co. (1940) as well as describing over 1,000 [[species]] in scientific journals. The [[holotype]]s of the Felt named insect species are in the [[National Museum of Natural History]]. |
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Revision as of 16:55, 27 May 2018
Ephraim Porter Felt (7 January 1868 Salem – 14 December 1943) was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera
Ephraim Felt worked mostly Nematocera and particularly Cecidomyiidae.However he was the State Entomologist New York State and so worked with all insects of economic or medical significance. He wrote Insects affecting park and woodland trees. New York State Museum Memoir 8 (1905-1906) and Plant galls and gall makers Ithaca, N.Y., Comstock Pub. Co. (1940) as well as describing over 1,000 species in scientific journals. The holotypes of the Felt named insect species are in the National Museum of Natural History. Felt was the author of the mosquito genus Culiseta.
He was the great grandfather of Edward P. Felt (1959-2001), a victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks aboard United Airlines Flight 93.
References
- Howard, L. O. 1930 History of applied Entomology (Somewhat Anecdotal). Smiths. Miscell. Coll. 84.
- Mallis, A. 1971 American Entomologists. Rutgers Univ. Press New Brunswick 399-402, Portr.
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