Pulex irritans is the Latin name for which creature?
Human flea Human flea The human flea ("Pulex irritans") – once also called the house flea – is a cosmopolitan flea species that has, in spite of the common name, a wide host spectrum. It is one of six species in the genus "Pulex"; the other five are all confined to the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. The species is thought to have originated in South America, where its original host may have been the guinea pig or peccary. "Pulex irritans" is a holometabolous insect with a four-part lifecycle consisting of eggs, larvae, pupae, and adults. Eggs are shed by the female in
Gammarus pulex of the name was settled in 1970 by the redescription of the species and the selection of a neotype from a stream on the Swedish island of Öland. The name "Rivulogammarus" has been used for a part of the genus "Gammarus" when it is split into smaller genera, and "G. pulex" has sometimes been called "Rivulogammarus pulex". This name is, however, invalid under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, since "G. pulex" is the type species of the genus "Gammarus", and the genus that contains it must therefore be named "Gammarus". Gammarus pulex Gammarus pulex is a species of amphipod