Ephraim Porter Felt
Ephraim Porter Felt was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera.
Felt worked mostly with Nematocera, particularly Cecidomyiidae. However, as State Entomologist for New York, the scope of his work included all insects of economic or medical significance. He wrote Insects Affecting Park and Woodland Trees and Plant Galls and Gall Makers, and described over 1,000 species in scientific journals. He described the mosquito genus Culiseta. The holotypes of the Felt-named insect species are in the National Museum of Natural History.
He was the great grandfather of Edward P. Felt, a victim aboard United Airlines Flight 93 during the attacks on September 11, 2001.
