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  • adjective Schneider (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Schneider's ..."

Etymologies

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Schneider.

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Examples

  • They are not a special caste of Tetramorium ant but a different species altogether: Teleutomyrmex schneideri.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • They are not a special caste of Tetramorium ant but a different species altogether: Teleutomyrmex schneideri.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • They are not a special caste of Tetramorium ant but a different species altogether: Teleutomyrmex schneideri.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Some 8,500 species of insects are recorded including the beetles Carabus menetriesi, Orthothomicus longicollis, Pytho kolwensis and Boros schneideri (Okolow,1994; Reklamowo & Grzegorczyk,1997).

    Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, Belarus 2009

  • Strict endemic species include Schneider's banana frog (Afrixalus schneideri), Dizangue reed frog (Hyperolius bopeleti), and Werner's river frog (Phrynobatrachus werneri).

    Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests 2008

  • Approximately 8,500 species of insects have been recorded including the beetles: Carabus menetriesi, Orthothomicus longicollis, Pytho kolwensis, Boros schneideri.

    Bialowieza Forest, Poland 2008

  • While moose populations diminish, infestations by the fly-borne, microscopic Elaeophora schneideri worm are on the rise, said John Henningsen, wildlife biologist for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • One of several suspected culprits in the deaths is a carotid artery worm, Elaephora schneideri, isolated three years ago in the Wyoming moose.

    All Today's News - Sightline Daily 2010

  • A carotid artery worm, Elaephora schneideri, was isolated three years ago in the Wyoming moose and is among the suspected culprits in the deaths.

    News Review - Top Stories 2010

  • Bitis schneideri, approximately 11 in., and some can be as large as 10 ft.,

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

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