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Anthene Amarah
''Anthene amarah'', the black-striped hairtail, leaden hairtail or leaden ciliate blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in tropical Africa and Arabia (up to Aqaba). The habitat consists of savanna and occasionally open areas in the forest zone. The wingspan is 21–26 mm for males and 23–29 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, with a peak in summer. The larvae feed on ''Acacia'' species, including and ''Acacia karroo'', ''Acacia sieberana'', and '' Acacia gerrardii''. They are associated with a number of ants, including ''Crematogaster bequaerti'' var. ''saga'', ''Lepisiota affinis ''Lepisiota'' is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas. Species *''Lepisiota acuta'' Xu, 1994 *''Lepisiota affinis'' (Santschi, 19 ...'', '' Camponotus'', and '' Myrmicaria'' species. References External links Butterflies described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville
Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, also known as F. E. Guerin, (12 October 1799, in Toulon – 26 January 1874, in Paris) was a French entomologist. Life and work Guérin-Méneville changed his surname from Guérin in 1836. He was the author of the illustrated work ''Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier 1829–1844'', a complement to the work of the zoologists Georges Cuvier and Pierre André Latreille, ''Le Règne Animal'', which illustrated only a selection of the animals covered. Cuvier was delighted with the work, saying that it would be very useful to readers, and that the illustrations were "as accurate as they were elegant". He also introduced silkworms to France, so they could be bred for the production of silk. Guérin-Méneville founded several journals: ''Magasin de zoologie, d’anatomie comparée et de paléontologie'' (1830), ''Revue zoologique par la Société cuviérienne'' (1838), ''Revue et Magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée'' (1849), and ''Revue de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Karroo
''Vachellia karroo'', commonly known as the sweet thorn, common acacia, Karoo thorn, Cape gum or cockspur thorn, is a species of ''Vachellia'', native to southern Africa from southern Angola east to Mozambique, and south to South Africa. It is a shrub or small to medium-sized tree which grows to height of 12m. It is difficult to tell apart from ''Vachellia nilotica'' subsp. ''adstringens'' without examining the seed pods. The Botanical Society of South Africa has accepted a name change to ''Vachellia karroo''. Common names in various languages include ''doringboom'', ''soetdoring'', ''cassie'', ''piquants blancs'', ''cassie piquants blancs'', ''deo-babool'', ''doorn boom'', ''kaludai'', ''kikar'', ''mormati'', ''pahari kikar'', ''umga'' and ''udai vel''. Identification It is a shrub or small to medium-sized tree which grows to height of 12m. ''Vachellia karroo'' has a rounded crown, branching fairly low down on the trunk. It is variable in shape and size, reaching a maximu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrmicaria
''Myrmicaria'' is an ant genus within the subfamily Myrmicinae. Description ''Myrmicaria'' can be discerned from related ant genera by a postpetiole with a complete tergosternal fusion, a postpetiole-gaster articulation shifted ventrally on the gaster, and an antenna with seven segments. Biochemistry Myrmicarin 430A, a heptacyclic alkaloid, was isolated from the poison glands of African ''Myrmicaria''. The structure of its carbon skeleton was previously unknown.Schröder, F.; Baumann, H.; Kaib, M. & Sinnwell, V. (1996): Myrmicarin 430A: a new heptacyclic alkaloid from ''Myrmicaria'' ants. ''Chem. Commun.'' 1996: 2139-2140. Species * '' Myrmicaria anomala'' Arnold, 1960 * '' Myrmicaria arachnoides'' (Smith, 1857) * '' Myrmicaria arnoldi'' Santschi, 1925 * '' Myrmicaria basutorum'' Arnold, 1960 * '' Myrmicaria baumi'' Forel, 1901 * '' Myrmicaria birmana'' Forel, 1902 * '' Myrmicaria brunnea'' Saunders, 1842 * '' Myrmicaria carinata'' (Smith, 1857) * '' Myrmicaria castanea'' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepisiota Affinis
''Lepisiota'' is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas. Species *''Lepisiota acuta'' Xu, 1994 *''Lepisiota affinis'' (Santschi, 1937) *''Lepisiota ajjer'' (Bernard, 1953) *'' Lepisiota albata'' (Santschi, 1935) *''Lepisiota alexis'' (Santschi, 1937) *''Lepisiota ambigua'' (Santschi, 1935) *''Lepisiota angolensis'' (Santschi, 1937) *''Lepisiota annandalei'' (Mukerjee, 1930) *''Lepisiota arabica'' (Collingwood, 1985) *''Lepisiota arenaria'' (Arnold, 1920) *''Lepisiota arnoldi'' (Forel, 1913) *''Lepisiota aurea'' (Karavaiev, 1933) *''Lepisiota bipartita'' (Smith, 1861) *''Lepisiota cacozela'' (Stitz, 1916) *''Lepisiota canescens'' (Emery, 1897) *''Lepisiota capensis'' (Mayr, 1862) *''Lepisiota capitata'' (Forel, 1913) *''Lepisiota carbonaria'' (Emery, 1892) *''Lepisiota chapmani'' (Wheeler, 1935) *'' Lepisiota crinita'' (Mayr, 1895) *'' Lepisiota curta'' (Emery, 1897) *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crematogaster Bequaerti
''Crematogaster bequaerti'' is a species of ant in tribe 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. .... It was described by Forel in 1913. References bequaerti Insects described in 1913 {{Crematogaster-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Gerrardii
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus name is New Latin, borrowed from the Greek (), a term used by Dioscorides for a preparation extracted from the leaves and fruit pods of '' Vachellia nilotica'', the original type of the genus. In his ''Pinax'' (1623), Gaspard Bauhin mentioned the Greek from Dioscorides as the origin of the Latin name. In the early 2000s it had become evident that the genus as it stood was not monophyletic and that several divergent lineages needed to be placed in separate genera. It turned out that one lineage comprising over 900 species mainly native to Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia was not closely related to the much smaller group of African lineage that contained ''A. nilotica''—the type species. This meant that the Australasian lineag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Sieberana
''Vachellia sieberiana'', until recently known as ''Acacia sieberiana'' and commonly known as the paperbark thorn or paperbark acacia, is a tree native to southern Africa and introduced into Pakistan. It is used in many areas for various purposes. The tree varies from 3 to 25 m in height, with a trunk diameter of 0.6 to 1.8 m.World Agroforestry Centre It is not listed as being a . Uses ''Vachellia sieberiana'' is valued largely as a source of forage, medicine and wood. The inner bark is a source of fibre purposes such as stringing |
Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus name is New Latin, borrowed from the Greek (), a term used by Dioscorides for a preparation extracted from the leaves and fruit pods of ''Vachellia nilotica'', the original type of the genus. In his ''Pinax'' (1623), Gaspard Bauhin mentioned the Greek from Dioscorides as the origin of the Latin name. In the early 2000s it had become evident that the genus as it stood was not monophyletic and that several divergent lineages needed to be placed in separate genera. It turned out that one lineage comprising over 900 species mainly native to Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia was not closely related to the much smaller group of African lineage that contained ''A. nilotica''—the type species. This meant that the Australasian lineage (by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the large superfamily (zoology), superfamily Papilionoidea, which contains at least one former group, the skippers (formerly the superfamily "Hesperioidea"), and the most recent analyses suggest it also contains the moth-butterflies (formerly the superfamily "Hedyloidea"). Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago. Butterflies have a four-stage life cycle, as like most insects they undergo Holometabolism, complete metamorphosis. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird. The term wingspan, more technically extent, is also used for other winged animals such as pterosaurs, bats, insects, etc., and other aircraft such as ornithopters. In humans, the term wingspan also refers to the arm span, which is distance between the length from one end of an individual's arms (measured at the fingertips) to the other when raised parallel to the ground at shoulder height at a 90º angle. Former professional basketball player Manute Bol stood at and owned one of the largest wingspans at . Wingspan of aircraft The wingspan of an aircraft is always measured in a straight line, from wingtip to wingtip, independently of wing shape or sweep. Implications for aircraft design and anima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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