Alfons Alexis Ernst Michael Dampf, German-born Mexican entomologist (Dagö Island, Kerthell Village, Estonia 03 December 1884 – Ciudad de Mexico 17 March 1948)
DESCRIBED SIPHONAPTERA TAXA
Family
Ceratophyllidae 1908
Genera
Archaeopsylla 1908
Mesopsylla 1910
Sciuropsylla 1942
Species
At least 15 new species
Described Palaeopsylla klebsiana, the first fossil flea (1910)
Others
At least 10 new species of Diptera and a new species of Acari
HONORS
Genera
Dampfia Smit 1954 (Siphonaptera)
Dampfiella Sellnick 1931 (Acari)
Dampfaria Verhoeff 1932 (Myriapoda)
Dampfius Pacheco 1964 (Coleoptera)
Dampfiana DeLong & Hershberger 1948 & Alfonsiella Waterston 1920 (Hemiptera)
Subgenera
Dampfomyia Adis 1945 (Diptera)
Dampfitrichia Mosely 1937 (Trichoptera)