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Actia Autumnalis
''Actia autumnalis'' is a species of tachinid flies in the genus ''Actia'' of the family Tachinidae. Distribution Ontario to New Brunswick, to Missouri and North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So .... References Diptera of North America autumnalis Insects described in 1917 {{Actia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Henry Tyler Townsend
Charles Henry Tyler Townsend (5 December 1863 – 17 March 1944) was an American entomologist specializing in the study of tachinids (Tachinidae), a large and diverse family of flies (Diptera) with larvae that are parasitoids of other insects. He was perhaps the most prolific publisher of new tachinids, naming and describing some 3000 species and genera. He made important contributions to the biological control of insect pests and he was the first to identify the insect vector of a debilitating disease in Peru. Townsend was also a controversial figure and criticism of his approach to insect taxonomy continues to this day. Biography Townsend was born in Oberlin, Ohio, in 1863. He attended high school in Constantine, Michigan and graduated in 1882. From 1887 to 1891 he studied medicine at Columbian University (now George Washington University) in Washington, D.C. At the same time he worked in the United States Department of Agriculture as an assistant entomologist for Charles V. Ril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachinidae
The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in this family commonly are called tachinid flies or simply tachinids. As far as is known, they all are protelean parasitoids, or occasionally parasites, of arthropods, usually other insects. The family is known from many habitats in all zoogeographical regions and is especially diverse in South America. Life cycle Reproductive strategies vary greatly between Tachinid species, largely, but not always clearly, according to their respective life cycles. This means that they tend to be generalists rather than specialists. Comparatively few are restricted to a single host species, so there is little tendency towards the close co-evolution one finds in the adaptations of many specialist species to their hosts, such as are typical of protelean parasito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actia (fly)
''Actia'' is a genus of large fly, flies in the family Tachinidae. Species *''Actia ampla'' Tachi & Shima, 1998 *''Actia antiqua'' (Mesnil, 1954) *''Actia autumnalis'' (Charles Henry Tyler Townsend, Townsend, 1917) *''Actia brevis'' John Russell Malloch, Malloch, 1930 *''Actia brunnea'' John Russell Malloch, Malloch, 1930 *''Actia chrysocera'' Mario Bezzi, Bezzi, 1923 *''Actia ciligera'' (Mesnil, 1954) *''Actia clavula'' Tachi & Shima, 1998 *''Actia completa'' John Russell Malloch, Malloch, 1930 *''Actia crassicornis'' (Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1824) *''Actia cuthbertsoni'' Charles Howard Curran, Curran, 1933 *''Actia darwini'' John Russell Malloch, Malloch, 1929 *''Actia dasymyia'' O'Hara, 1991 *''Actia deferens'' John Russell Malloch, Malloch, 1930 *''Actia destituta'' Tachi & Shima, 1998 *''Actia diffidens'' Charles Howard Curran, Curran, 1933 *''Actia dimorpha'' O'Hara, 1991 *''Actia dubitata'' Herting, 1971 *''Actia eucosmae'' Mario Bezzi, Bezzi, 1926 *''Actia exsecta' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Canada, it is Canada's most populous province, with 38.3 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec). Ontario is Canada's fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto, which is Ontario's provincial capital. Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast, and to the south by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Almost all of Ontario's border with the United States f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and French as its official languages. New Brunswick is bordered by Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to the west. New Brunswick is about 83% forested and its northern half is occupied by the Appalachians. The province's climate is continental with snowy winters and temperate summers. New Brunswick has a surface area of and 775,610 inhabitants (2021 census). Atypically for Canada, only about half of the population lives in urban areas. New Brunswick's largest cities are Moncton and Saint John, while its capital is Fredericton. In 1969, New Brunswick passed the Official Languages Act which began recognizing French as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska to the west. In the south are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center into the Mississippi River, which makes up the eastern border. With more than six million residents, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 19th-most populous state of the country. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Springfield, Missouri, Springfield and Columbia, Missouri, Columbia; the Capital city, capital is Jefferson City, Missouri, Jefferson City. Humans have inhabited w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and South Carolina to the south, and Tennessee to the west. In the 2020 census, the state had a population of 10,439,388. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its largest city. The Charlotte metropolitan area, with a population of 2,595,027 in 2020, is the most-populous metropolitan area in North Carolina, the 21st-most populous in the United States, and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. The Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area is the second-largest metropolitan area in the state and 32nd-most populous in the United States, with a population of 2,043,867 in 2020, and is home to the largest research park in the United States, Research Triangle Park. The earliest evidence of human occupation i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diptera Of North America
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as halteres, which act as high-speed sensors of rotational movement and allow dipterans to perform advanced aerobatics. Diptera is a large order containing an estimated 1,000,000 species including horse-flies, crane flies, hoverflies and others, although only about 125,000 species have been described. Flies have a mobile head, with a pair of large compound eyes, and mouthparts designed for piercing and sucking (mosquitoes, black flies and robber flies), or for lapping and sucking in the other groups. Their wing arrangement gives them great maneuverability in flight, and claws and pads on their feet enable them to cling to smooth surfaces. Flies undergo complete metamorphosis; the eggs are often laid on the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actia (genus)
''Actia'' is a genus of large flies in the family Tachinidae. Species *''Actia ampla'' Tachi & Shima, 1998 *''Actia antiqua'' (Mesnil, 1954) *'' Actia autumnalis'' ( Townsend, 1917) *'' Actia brevis'' Malloch, 1930 *''Actia brunnea'' Malloch, 1930 *''Actia chrysocera'' Bezzi, 1923 *''Actia ciligera'' (Mesnil, 1954) *''Actia clavula'' Tachi & Shima, 1998 *''Actia completa'' Malloch, 1930 *''Actia crassicornis'' ( Meigen, 1824) *''Actia cuthbertsoni'' Curran, 1933 *''Actia darwini'' Malloch, 1929 *'' Actia dasymyia'' O'Hara, 1991 *'' Actia deferens'' Malloch, 1930 *'' Actia destituta'' Tachi & Shima, 1998 *'' Actia diffidens'' Curran, 1933 *'' Actia dimorpha'' O'Hara, 1991 *'' Actia dubitata'' Herting, 1971 *'' Actia eucosmae'' Bezzi, 1926 *'' Actia exsecta'' Villeneuve, 1936 *''Actia fallax'' (Mesnil, 1954) *'' Actia fulvicauda'' Malloch, 1930 *'' Actia gratiosa'' (Mesnil, 1954) *'' Actia hargreavesi'' Curran, 1933 *'' Actia infantula'' (Zetterstedt, 1844) *'' Actia inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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