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Ancyridris
''Ancyridris'' is a small genus of myrmicine ants, with only two described species from New Guinea. Description The eyes are well developed. The long and narrow mesosoma is shaped somewhat as in ''Aphaenogaster''. The propodeum bears two long, flattened, hooked spines resembling those of ''Polyrhachis bihamata''. On the pronotum there are long hairs. The worker of ''A. polyrhachioides'' is almost 6 mm long. Apart from the curious anchor-like spines on its propodeum, ''Ancyridris'' bears a general resemblance to ''Aphaenogaster'' or certain worker forms of ''Pheidole''. Wheeler suspected some aberrant or archaic group, "another of the living fossils which are continually turning up in the Papuan and Australian Regions". ''Ancyridris'' in fact seems close to ''Lordomyrma''. It is the only ant genus currently thought to be endemic to the island of New Guinea. ''A. rupicapra'' was originally described in the genus ''Pheidole ( Pheidolacanthinus)''. Its workers are 4 mm l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancyridris Polyrhachioides
''Ancyridris'' is a small genus of myrmicine ants, with only two described species from New Guinea. Description The eyes are well developed. The long and narrow mesosoma is shaped somewhat as in ''Aphaenogaster''. The propodeum bears two long, flattened, hooked spines resembling those of ''Polyrhachis bihamata''. On the pronotum there are long hairs. The worker of ''A. polyrhachioides'' is almost 6 mm long. Apart from the curious anchor-like spines on its propodeum, ''Ancyridris'' bears a general resemblance to ''Aphaenogaster'' or certain worker forms of '' Pheidole''. Wheeler suspected some aberrant or archaic group, "another of the living fossils which are continually turning up in the Papuan and Australian Regions". ''Ancyridris'' in fact seems close to '' Lordomyrma''. It is the only ant genus currently thought to be endemic to the island of New Guinea. ''A. rupicapra'' was originally described in the genus ''Pheidole ( Pheidolacanthinus)''. Its workers are 4&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancyridris Rupicapra
''Ancyridris'' is a small genus of myrmicine ants, with only two described species from New Guinea. Description The eyes are well developed. The long and narrow mesosoma is shaped somewhat as in ''Aphaenogaster''. The propodeum bears two long, flattened, hooked spines resembling those of ''Polyrhachis bihamata''. On the pronotum there are long hairs. The worker of ''A. polyrhachioides'' is almost 6 mm long. Apart from the curious anchor-like spines on its propodeum, ''Ancyridris'' bears a general resemblance to ''Aphaenogaster'' or certain worker forms of '' Pheidole''. Wheeler suspected some aberrant or archaic group, "another of the living fossils which are continually turning up in the Papuan and Australian Regions". ''Ancyridris'' in fact seems close to '' Lordomyrma''. It is the only ant genus currently thought to be endemic to the island of New Guinea. ''A. rupicapra'' was originally described in the genus ''Pheidole ( Pheidolacanthinus)''. Its workers are 4&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancyridris
''Ancyridris'' is a small genus of myrmicine ants, with only two described species from New Guinea. Description The eyes are well developed. The long and narrow mesosoma is shaped somewhat as in ''Aphaenogaster''. The propodeum bears two long, flattened, hooked spines resembling those of ''Polyrhachis bihamata''. On the pronotum there are long hairs. The worker of ''A. polyrhachioides'' is almost 6 mm long. Apart from the curious anchor-like spines on its propodeum, ''Ancyridris'' bears a general resemblance to ''Aphaenogaster'' or certain worker forms of ''Pheidole''. Wheeler suspected some aberrant or archaic group, "another of the living fossils which are continually turning up in the Papuan and Australian Regions". ''Ancyridris'' in fact seems close to ''Lordomyrma''. It is the only ant genus currently thought to be endemic to the island of New Guinea. ''A. rupicapra'' was originally described in the genus ''Pheidole ( Pheidolacanthinus)''. Its workers are 4 mm l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrmicinae
Myrmicinae is a subfamily of ants, with about 140 extant genera; their distribution is cosmopolitan. The pupae lack cocoons. Some species retain a functional sting. The petioles of Myrmicinae consist of two nodes. The nests are permanent and in soil, rotting wood, under stones, or in trees.Goulet, H & Huber, JT (eds.) (1993) Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families. Agriculture Canada. p. 224 Identification Myrmicine worker ants have a distinct postpetiole, i.e., abdominal segment III is notably smaller than segment IV and set off from it by a well-developed constriction; the pronotum is inflexibly fused to the rest of the mesosoma, such that the promesonotal suture is weakly impressed or absent, and a functional sting is usually present. The clypeus is well-developed; as a result, the antennal sockets are well separated from the anterior margin of the head. Most myrmicine genera possess well-developed eyes and frontal lobes that partly conceal the an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crematogastrini
Crematogastrini is a tribe of myrmicine ants Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,00 ... with 64 genera and 8 fossil genera. Genera References Myrmicinae Ant tribes {{myrmicinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Specific Name (zoology)
In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet or species epithet) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen). The first part of the name of a species is the name of the genus or the generic name. The rules and regulations governing the giving of a new species name are explained in the article species description. For example, the scientific name for humans is ''Homo sapiens'', which is the species name, consisting of two names: ''Homo'' is the " generic name" (the name of the genus) and ''sapiens'' is the "specific name". Historically, ''specific name'' referred to the combination of what are now called the generic and specific names. Carl Linnaeus, who formalized binomial nomenclature, made explicit distinctions between specific, generic, and trivial names. The generic name was that of the genus, the first in the binomial, the trivial name was the second name in the binomial, and the specific the proper term for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue-grey Robin
The slaty robin (''Peneothello cyanus''), also known as the blue-grey robin, is a species of bird in the family Petroicidae, present in the New Guinea Highlands and sparsely in the island's northern areas. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Described by Italian naturalist, Tommaso Salvadori, in 1874, the slaty robin is a member of the Australasian robin family Petroicidae The bird family Petroicidae includes 51 species in 19 genera. All are endemic to Australasia: New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and numerous Pacific Islands as far east as Samoa. For want of an accurate common name, the family is often called th ....* Sibley and Ahlquist's DNA-DNA hybridisation studies placed this group in a Corvida parvorder comprising many tropical and Australian passerines including pardalotes, fairy-wrens, honeyeaters, and crows. However, subsequent molecular research (and current consensus) places the robins as a very early offshoot of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapsus
In philology, a lapsus (Latin for "lapse, slip, error") is an involuntary mistake made while writing or speaking. Investigations In 1895 an investigation into verbal slips was undertaken by a philologist and a psychologist, Rudolf Meringer and Karl Mayer, who collected many examples and divided them into separate types. Psychoanalysis Freud was to become interested in such mistakes from 1897 onwards, developing an interpretation of slips in terms of their unconscious meaning. Subsequently followers of his like Ernest Jones developed the theme of lapsus in connection with writing, typing, and misprints. According to Freud's early psychoanalytic theory, a lapsus represents a bungled act that hides an unconscious desire: “the phenomena can be traced back to incompletely suppressed psychical material...pushed away by consciousness”. Jacques Lacan would thoroughly endorse the Freudian interpretation of unconscious motivation in the slip, arguing that “in the ''lapsus'' it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poecilodryas
''Poecilodryas'' is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. The genus was erected by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould in 1865. The type species was subsequently designated as the buff-sided robin (''Poecilodryas cerviniventris''). The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ''poikilos'' "variegated" with ''dryad'' "tree-nymph". Species The genus contains four species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...: Formerly, some authorities also placed the following species (or subspecies) in the genus ''Poecilodryas'': * Brown-backed whistler (now ''Pachycephala modesta'' in the family Pachycephalidae) * Golden monarch (nitidus) (now ''Carterornis nitida'' in the family Monarchidae) * Black-throated robin (now ''Plesio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morobe Province
Morobe Province is a province on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital and largest city is Lae. The province covers 33,705 km2, with a population of 674,810 (2011 census), and since the division of Southern Highlands Province in May 2012 it is the most populous province. It includes the Huon Peninsula, the Markham River, and delta, and coastal territories along the Huon Gulf. The province has nine administrative districts. At least 101 languages are spoken, including Kâte and Yabem language. English language, English and Tok Pisin are common languages in the urban areas, and in some areas pidgin forms of German are mixed with the native language. History Nomenclature The Morobe Province takes its name from former German administration center of ''Morobe'' southeast of the Lae. Under German administration, Morobe (meaning post) was named Adolfhafen for the German Deutsch Neuguinea-Kompagnie's Adolf von Hansemann and German word ''hafen'' (''heɪfən' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Misim
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England * Mounts, Indiana, a community in Gibson County, Indiana, United States People * Mount (surname) * William L. Mounts (1862–1929), American lawyer and politician Computing and software * Mount (computing), the process of making a file system accessible * Mount (Unix), the utility in Unix-like operating systems which mounts file systems Displays and equipment * Mount, a fixed point for attaching equipment, such as a hardpoint on an airframe * Mounting board, in picture framing * Mount, a hanging scroll for mounting paintings * Mount, to display an item on a heavy backing such as foamcore, e.g.: ** To pin a biological specimen, on a heavy backing in a stretched stable position for ease of dissection or displa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lordomyrma
''Lordomyrma'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Distribution and habitat The genus is known principally from Melanesia and Australia, with the one exception to this otherwise circumscribed distribution being the single species '' L. azumai'' from Japan. Most species are denizens of the leaf litter in wet forest habitat, but some are known to nest and forage arboreally. Description Members of the genus are small and inconspicuous, maintain colonies In modern parlance, a colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, colonies remain separate from the administration of the original country of the colonizers, the '' metropolitan state'' ... of modest size and tend to be shy and retiring when disturbed. Species *'' Lordomyrma accuminata'' Stitz, 1912 *'' Lordomyrma azumai'' (Santschi, 1941) *'' Lordomyrma bhutanensis'' (Baroni Urbani, 1977) *'' Lordomyrma caledonica'' (André, 1889) *'' Lordomyrma crawleyi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
