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Allen Confluence Gravels
__NOTOC__ The Allen Confluence Gravels is the name given to a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Northumberland, England. The site, listed since 1968, has an 'outstanding assemblage of river margin invertebrates.' Location and natural features The Allen Confluence Gravels site is situated in the north-east of England, at the confluence of the River West Allen and River East Allen as they transition into the River Allen, some north-west of the village of Allendale in the south-west of the Northumberland. The site is listed for its outstandingly diverse habitat for river-margin invertebrates. The site has a number of distinct habitat areas, including consolidated sand and shingle, well vegetated and rarely flooded; unstable shingle and sand banks subject to regular flooding; and damp woodland. Two species of rare ground beetles ('' Bembidion schueppeli'' and '' B. litorale'') are found in areas having partially vegetated sandy banks. The water beetle '' Helophorus a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Site Of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man. SSSI/ASSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in the United Kingdom are based upon them, including national nature reserves, Ramsar sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Areas of Conservation. The acronym "SSSI" is often pronounced "triple-S I". Selection and conservation Sites notified for their biological interest are known as Biological SSSIs (or ASSIs), and those notified for geological or physiographic interest are Geological SSSIs (or ASSIs). Sites may be divided into management units, with some areas including units that are noted for both biological and geological interest. Biological Biological SSSI/ASSIs may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplocephalus Protuberans
''Diplocephalus'' is a genus of sheet weavers first described by Philipp Bertkau in 1883. Species , it contains 49 widely distributed species and one subspecies. *'' Diplocephalus algericus'' Bosmans, 1996 *'' Diplocephalus alpinus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) *''Diplocephalus altimontanus'' Deltshev, 1984 *''Diplocephalus arnoi'' Isaia, 2005 *'' Diplocephalus arvernus'' Denis, 1948 *'' Diplocephalus barbiger'' (Roewer, 1955) *''Diplocephalus bicephalus'' (Simon, 1884) *'' Diplocephalus bicurvatus'' Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 *'' Diplocephalus bifurcatus'' Tanasevitch, 1989 *'' Diplocephalus caecus'' Denis, 1952 *'' Diplocephalus caucasicus'' Tanasevitch, 1987 *'' Diplocephalus connatus'' Bertkau, 1889 **'' Diplocephalus c. jacksoni'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 *'' Diplocephalus crassilobus'' (Simon, 1884) *''Diplocephalus cristatus'' (Blackwall, 1833) *''Diplocephalus culminicola'' Simon, 1884 *'' Diplocephalus dentatus'' Tullgren, 1955 *'' Diplocephalus graecus'' (O. Pickard- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centromerus Persimilis
''Centromerus'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by David B. Hirst in 1886. Species it contains eighty-eight species and two subspecies: *'' C. abditus'' Gnelitsa, 2007 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe) *'' C. acutidentatus'' Deltshev, 2002 – Balkans *'' C. albidus'' Simon, 1929 – Europe, Turkey *'' C. amurensis'' Eskov & Marusik, 1992 – Russia (South Siberia to Far East) *'' C. andrei'' Dresco, 1952 – Spain *'' C. andriescui'' Weiss, 1987 – Romania *'' C. anoculus'' Wunderlich, 1995 – Madeira *'' C. arcanus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – Greenland, Europe, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia) *'' C. balazuci'' Dresco, 1952 – France *'' C. bonaeviae'' Brignoli, 1979 – Italy (Sardinia) *'' C. brevipalpus'' (Menge, 1866) (type) – Europe, Kazakhstan *'' C. bulgarianus'' (Drensky, 1931) – Bulgaria *'' C. capucinus'' (Simon, 1884) – Europe, Caucasus *'' C. cavernarum'' ( L. Koch, 1872) – Europe *'' C. chappuisi'' Fage, 1931 – Romania *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterostichus Cristatus
''Pterostichus'' is a very large genus of ground beetles with a Holarctic distribution in the subfamily Harpalinae. It has over 1,100 species. The beetles are predatory, but sometimes feed on strawberries. They can be found under rocks and prefer slightly moist, sandy soil although preferences differ between species. Species ''Pterostichus'' contains the following species: * '' Pterostichus aanistschenkoi'' O. Berlov & E. Berlov, 1999 * '' Pterostichus aapsorum'' Belousov, 1991 * '' Pterostichus abaciformis'' Straneo, 1955 * '' Pterostichus abagonensis'' Reitter, 1896 * '' Pterostichus abasarukini'' O. Berlov & E. Berlov, 1996 * '' Pterostichus abasinus'' Belousov, 1991 * '' Pterostichus abaxoides'' Dejean, 1828 * '' Pterostichus abensis'' Morita, 2010 * ''Pterostichus abishirensis'' Belousov, 1991 * '' Pterostichus abnormis'' (J.Sahlberg, 1880) * '' Pterostichus abrogatus'' Scudder, 1890 * ''Pterostichus abudarini'' O. Berlov & E. Berlov, 1997 * '' Pterostichus acrog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idaea Straminata
''Idaea straminata'', the plain wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Europe including West Russia and Balkans. The species has a wingspan of 28–33 mm. The ground colour is pale greyish ochreous with scattered black speckles. Both wings have a conspicuous though small black discal dot. The postmedian line is often rather well-developed, marked with darker dots on the veins, on the hindwing it is not only sinuate inwards between the radials and again posteriorly, but is also more or less strongly angled on the first radial; the two lines or shades which edge the subterminal are usually (especially the distal) very ill developed or wanting. On the hindwing the median shade crosses or follows the discal dot. On the under surface the forewing is a little darker, the hindwing a little whiter, the postmedian line and usually the median more strongly developed than above.Prout , L.B. 1912–16. Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) ''The Macrolepidoptera of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aporophyla Nigra
''Aporophyla nigra'', the black rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found from North Africa, through southern and central Europe to Anatolia, in the north it is found up to Scotland and southern Norway. It is also found in the Caucasus, Israel and Lebanon. Description The wingspan is 40–48 mm. Forewing deep black, the outer area beyond outer line often appearing brown; the inner and outer lines and the edges of stigmata deeper black; outer edge of reniform marked with yellowish spots; subterminal line rarely visible; hindwing in male white, sometimes with veins and termen clouded with fuscous, in female smoky grey brown, more whitish towards base; — ab. ''seileri'' Fuchs includes the intenser black forms without any trace of brown. Biology Adults are on wing in September and October and sometimes also in December and January. Larva yellow green, with three well-marked red dorsal lines and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acasis Viretata
''Acasis viretata'', the yellow-barred brindle, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was Species description, first described by Jacob Hübner in 1799. It is found from most of Europe and across the Palearctic to Korea. In northern India it is represented by ''Acacis viretata himalayica'' (Prout, 1958). It is also present in North America. It occurs in many different habitats, including deciduous and mixed forests, rocky slopes and valleys, as well as bushy meadows, bogs and taiga areas. In the Alps it can still be found at an altitude of 1700 meters The wingspan is 25–29 mm. The base colour of the forewing is olive green, but soon fades to yellowish. There is a black and green cross band running across the forewing.The wavy cross lines are blackish, dotted with black, and sometimes there are whitish lines between them. Not infrequently the basal area is also blackish marked. The hindwing is white. The caterpillar is green, more or less tinged with pinkish; thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplocephalus Connatus
''Diplocephalus'' is a genus of sheet weavers first described by Philipp Bertkau in 1883. Species , it contains 49 widely distributed species and one subspecies. *'' Diplocephalus algericus'' Bosmans, 1996 *'' Diplocephalus alpinus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) *''Diplocephalus altimontanus'' Deltshev, 1984 *''Diplocephalus arnoi'' Isaia, 2005 *'' Diplocephalus arvernus'' Denis, 1948 *'' Diplocephalus barbiger'' (Roewer, 1955) *''Diplocephalus bicephalus'' (Simon, 1884) *'' Diplocephalus bicurvatus'' Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 *'' Diplocephalus bifurcatus'' Tanasevitch, 1989 *'' Diplocephalus caecus'' Denis, 1952 *'' Diplocephalus caucasicus'' Tanasevitch, 1987 *'' Diplocephalus connatus'' Bertkau, 1889 **'' Diplocephalus c. jacksoni'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 *'' Diplocephalus crassilobus'' (Simon, 1884) *''Diplocephalus cristatus'' (Blackwall, 1833) *''Diplocephalus culminicola'' Simon, 1884 *'' Diplocephalus dentatus'' Tullgren, 1955 *'' Diplocephalus graecus'' (O. Pickard- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolf Spider
Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae (). They are robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and do not spin webs. Some are opportunistic hunters, pouncing upon prey as they find it or chasing it over short distances; others wait for passing prey in or near the mouth of a burrow. Wolf spiders resemble nursery web spiders (family Pisauridae), but wolf spiders carry their egg sacs by attaching them to their spinnerets, while the Pisauridae carry their egg sacs with their chelicerae and pedipalps. Two of the wolf spider's eight eyes are large and prominent; this distinguishes them from nursery web spiders, whose eyes are all of roughly equal size. This can also help distinguish them from the similar-looking grass spiders. Description The many genera of wolf spiders range in body size (legs not included) from less than . They have eight eyes arranged in three rows. The bottom row consists of four small eyes, the middle ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arctosa Cinerea
''Arctosa cinerea'' is one of the most conspicuous wolf spider of central Europe, with a palearctic distribution and also found in Congo. The spider reaches a length of 17 mm (males only 14 mm), and occurs only on sandy beaches of rivers, lakes and oceans. Its grey-brown color makes for a good camouflage, and so it is not often seen, even if it wanders around during daylight. They dig holes in the ground, which they cover with silk, or hide under rocks. Name The species name ''cinereus'' is derived from Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ... ''cinis'' ash, meaning "ashen". References cinerea Spiders of Europe Palearctic spiders Spiders of Africa Spiders described in 1777 {{Lycosidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Click Beetle
Elateridae or click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them from the related families Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae, which are also capable of clicking) are a family of beetles. Other names include elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or skipjacks. This family was defined by William Elford Leach (1790–1836) in 1815. They are a cosmopolitan beetle family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess. There are a few other families of Elateroidea in which a few members have the same mechanism, but most elaterid subfamilies can click. A spine on the prosternum can be snapped into a corresponding notch on the mesosternum, producing a violent "click" that can bounce the beetle into the air. Clicking is mainly used to avoid predation, although it is also useful when the beetle is on its back and needs to right itself. There are about 9300 known species worldwide, and 965 valid species in North America. Etymology Leach took the family name from the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
