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Anostostoma Australasiae
''Anostostoma'' is the type genus of the family Anostostomatidae and consists of five species of insect, endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ... to Australia. Included species * '' Anostostoma australasiae'' Gray, 1837 * '' Anostostoma erinaceum'' (Burmeister, 1838) * '' Anostostoma femorale'' Walker, 1869 * '' Anostostoma opacum'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 * '' Anostostoma spinosum'' Karny, 1930 Formerly included * '' Stenopelmatus toltecus'' (Saussure, 1861) References {{Anostostomatidae-stub Weta Ensifera genera Anostostomatidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anostostomatidae
Anostostomatidae is a family of insects in the order Orthoptera, widely distributed in the southern hemisphere. It is named Mimnermidae or Henicidae in some taxonomies, and common names include ''king crickets'' in South Africa and ''wētā'' in New Zealand (although not all wētā are in Anostostomatidae). Prominent members include the Parktown prawn of South Africa, and the giant wētā of New Zealand. The distribution of this family reflects a common ancestry before the fragmenting of Gondwana. General characteristics By virtue of their ability to cope with variations in temperature, members of the family Anostostomatidae can be found in a variety of environments including alpine, forests, grasslands, shrub lands and urban gardens. The family is widely distributed across southern hemisphere lands including South America, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. They are nocturnal and many are flightless although several flying species exist in Australia. The diet is divers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic (ecology)
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anostostoma Australasiae
''Anostostoma'' is the type genus of the family Anostostomatidae and consists of five species of insect, endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ... to Australia. Included species * '' Anostostoma australasiae'' Gray, 1837 * '' Anostostoma erinaceum'' (Burmeister, 1838) * '' Anostostoma femorale'' Walker, 1869 * '' Anostostoma opacum'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 * '' Anostostoma spinosum'' Karny, 1930 Formerly included * '' Stenopelmatus toltecus'' (Saussure, 1861) References {{Anostostomatidae-stub Weta Ensifera genera Anostostomatidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anostostoma Erinaceum
''Anostostoma'' is the type genus of the family Anostostomatidae and consists of five species of insect, endemic to Australia. Included species * ''Anostostoma australasiae ''Anostostoma'' is the type genus of the family Anostostomatidae and consists of five species of insect, endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, count ...'' Gray, 1837 * '' Anostostoma erinaceum'' (Burmeister, 1838) * '' Anostostoma femorale'' Walker, 1869 * '' Anostostoma opacum'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 * '' Anostostoma spinosum'' Karny, 1930 Formerly included * '' Stenopelmatus toltecus'' (Saussure, 1861) References {{Anostostomatidae-stub Weta Ensifera genera Anostostomatidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anostostoma Femorale
''Anostostoma'' is the type genus of the family Anostostomatidae and consists of five species of insect, endemic to Australia. Included species * ''Anostostoma australasiae'' Gray, 1837 * ''Anostostoma erinaceum ''Anostostoma'' is the type genus of the family Anostostomatidae and consists of five species of insect, endemic to Australia. Included species * ''Anostostoma australasiae ''Anostostoma'' is the type genus of the family Anostostomatidae a ...'' (Burmeister, 1838) * '' Anostostoma femorale'' Walker, 1869 * '' Anostostoma opacum'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 * '' Anostostoma spinosum'' Karny, 1930 Formerly included * '' Stenopelmatus toltecus'' (Saussure, 1861) References {{Anostostomatidae-stub Weta Ensifera genera Anostostomatidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anostostoma Opacum
''Anostostoma'' is the type genus of the family Anostostomatidae and consists of five species of insect, endemic to Australia. Included species * ''Anostostoma australasiae'' Gray, 1837 * ''Anostostoma erinaceum'' (Burmeister, 1838) * ''Anostostoma femorale ''Anostostoma'' is the type genus of the family Anostostomatidae and consists of five species of insect, endemic to Australia. Included species * ''Anostostoma australasiae'' Gray, 1837 * ''Anostostoma erinaceum ''Anostostoma'' is the type ...'' Walker, 1869 * '' Anostostoma opacum'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 * '' Anostostoma spinosum'' Karny, 1930 Formerly included * '' Stenopelmatus toltecus'' (Saussure, 1861) References {{Anostostomatidae-stub Weta Ensifera genera Anostostomatidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anostostoma Spinosum
''Anostostoma'' is the type genus of the family Anostostomatidae and consists of five species of insect, endemic to Australia. Included species * ''Anostostoma australasiae'' Gray, 1837 * ''Anostostoma erinaceum'' (Burmeister, 1838) * ''Anostostoma femorale'' Walker, 1869 * ''Anostostoma opacum ''Anostostoma'' is the type genus of the family Anostostomatidae and consists of five species of insect, endemic to Australia. Included species * ''Anostostoma australasiae'' Gray, 1837 * ''Anostostoma erinaceum'' (Burmeister, 1838) * ''Anost ...'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 * '' Anostostoma spinosum'' Karny, 1930 Formerly included * '' Stenopelmatus toltecus'' (Saussure, 1861) References {{Anostostomatidae-stub Weta Ensifera genera Anostostomatidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stenopelmatus Toltecus
''Stenopelmatus'' is one of two genera of large, flightless insects referred to commonly as Jerusalem crickets (or "potato bugs"). They are primarily native to Central America, and one species is known from Ecuador.D.B. Weissman, A.G. Vandergast, H. Song, S. Shin, D.D. McKenna, N. Ueshima (2021) Generic relationships of New World Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea: Stenopelmatinae), including all known species of Stenopelmatus. ''Zootaxa'' 4917. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4917.1.1 Classification There are 19 species recognized as valid in the genus ''Stenopelmatus'', as presently recognized (with 13 more of uncertain status and potentially not valid), though the genus was formerly much larger, including most of the species now placed in the genus ''Ammopelmatus''. The family Stenopelmatidae contains several Old World genera, but only the genera in the subfamily Stenopelmatinae (all New World) are referred to as Jerusalem crickets. Valid species *'' Stenopelmatus ate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ensifera Genera
Ensifera is a suborder of insects that includes the various types of crickets and their allies including: true crickets, camel crickets, bush crickets or katydids, grigs, weta and Cooloola monsters. This and the suborder Caelifera (grasshoppers and their allies) make up the order Orthoptera. Ensifera is believed to be a more ancient group than Caelifera, with its origins in the Carboniferous period, the split having occurred at the end of the Permian period. Unlike the Caelifera, the Ensifera contain numerous members that are partially carnivorous, feeding on other insects, as well as plants. ''Ensifer'' is Latin for "sword bearer", and refers to the typically elongated and blade-like ovipositor of the females. Characteristics Characteristics shared by the two orthopteran suborders, Caelifera and Ensifera, are the mouthparts adapted for biting and chewing, the modified prothorax, the hind legs modified for jumping, the wing shape and venation, and the sound-producing stridu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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