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Bibio Imitator
Bibio imitator, common name garden maggot,Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A garden fly maggot. (Bibio imitator, Walker). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales Misc. Pub. 2: 338, 362-363 is a species of fly from the genus Bibio (fly), Bibio, first described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in The Entomological Magazine vol 2, 1835. It occurs in Australia and New Zealand. Description Grows to length of 6. 5–7. 5 mm, with wings measuring 6.5 mm. Has an all-black coloring, with brown smokey wings. Features a dense yellow pile on the body of the males. A rufous head, thorax, and abdomen. Dark reddish-brown to black legs (excluding the coxae) of the females References Bibionidae Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist) {{Bibionomorpha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Walker (entomologist)
Francis Walker (31 July 1809 – 5 October 1874) was an English entomologist. He was born in Southgate, London, on 31 July 1809 and died at Wanstead, England on 5 October 1874. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms. However, his assiduous work on the collections of the British Museum had great significance. Between June 1848 and late 1873 Walker was contracted by John Edward Gray Director of the British Museum to catalogue their insects (except Coleoptera) that is Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Hemiptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera. Walker largely accomplished this and (Edwards, 1870) wrote of the plan and by implication those who implemented it “It is to him raythat the Public owe the admirable helps to the study of natural history which have been afforded by the series of inventories, guides, and nomenclatures, the publication of which beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibio (fly)
''Bibio'', March flies or St. Mark's flies, is a genus of flies (Diptera). Biology ''Bibio'' larvae live in grassy areas and are herbivores and scavengers feeding on dead vegetation or living plant roots. Some species are found in compost. In some areas, ''Bibio'' flies are regular flower visitors and they are suggested to be pollinators of several plant species, such as hogweed (''Heracleum sphondylium'') and mouse-ear hawkweed (''Hieracium pilosella''). ''Bibio'' flies also show strong sexual dichotomy, with males and females having significant differences in body morphology. Species *'' B. abbreviatus'' Loew, 1864 *'' B. acaptus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. acerbus'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. acutifidis'' Yang & Luo, 1989 *'' B. albagulus'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. albipennis'' Say, 1823 *'' B. alexanderi'' James, 1936 *'' B. alienus'' McAtee, 1923 *'' B. anasiformis'' Durrenfeldt, 1968 *'' B. anglicus'' Verrall, 1869 *'' B. anposis'' Hardy, 1968 *'' B. articulatus'' Say, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entomological Magazine
The ''Entomological Magazine'' is a publication devoted to entomology. The ''Entomological Magazine'' was published between September 1832 and October 1838 by the Society of Entomologists of London. The editor was Edward Newman aided by Francis Walker.The work includes reviews of entomological literature, articles and systematic papers in which new species are described. Contributors include John Curtis, Edward Doubleday ("Communications on the Natural History of North America."), Alexander Henry Haliday (notably An essay on the classification of the parasitic Hymenoptera... of Britain which correspond with the Ichneumones minuti of Linnaeus), George Robert Waterhouse, John Obadiah Westwood, William John Swainson, Francis Walker ( notably Monographia Chalciditum ), George Thomas Rudd, William Edward Shuckard, James Charles Dale, James Francis Stephens and Frederick William Hope The ''Entomological Magazine'' was discontinued following controversy. Newman writes a "Valedict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibionidae
Bibionidae (March flies) is a family of flies (Diptera) containing approximately 650–700 species worldwide. Adults are nectar feeders and emerge in numbers in spring. Because of the likelihood of adults flies being found ''in copula'', they have earned colloquial names such as "love bugs" or "honeymoon flies". Description Bibionidae are medium-sized flies with a body length from 4.0 to 10.0 mm. The body is black, brown, or rusty, and thickset, with thick legs. The antennae are moniliform. The front tibiae bear large strong spurs or a circlet of spines. The tarsi are five-segmented and bear tarsal claws, pulvilli, and a well developed empodium. The wings have two basal cells (posterior basal wing cell and basal wing cell), but are without a discoidal wing cell. R4+5 is simple or branched; at most, only three branches of R developed. The leading edge wing veins are stronger than the weak veins of the trailing edge. Biology Bibionid larvae grow up in grassy areas and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
