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Blephariceridae
The Blephariceridae, commonly known as net-winged midges, are a nematoceran family (biology), family in the order Fly, Diptera. The adults resemble tipulidae, crane flies except with a projecting anal angle in the wings, and different head shape, absence of the V on the mesonotum, and more laterally outstretched, forward-facing legs. They are uncommon, but dozens of genera occur worldwide, and over 200 species. They are found near fast-flowing streams where the larvae live. Blepharicerid larvae are filter feeders and have suckers on their abdominal sternites, used to adhere to rocks in the torrents in which they live. These suckers are sometimes called creeping welts. These are of unique evolutionary origin within the Diptera. One recent classification based largely on fossils treats this family as the sole member of its infraorder, but this has not gained wide acceptance. Selected Genera and Species *Subfamily Blepharicerinae **Tribe Blepharicerini ***''Agathon (genus), Agatho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agathon Comstocki
''Agathon comstocki'' is a species of net-winged midges in the family Blephariceridae. References Blephariceridae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1903 {{Blephariceromorpha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibiocephala
''Bibiocephala'' is a genus of net-winged midges in the family Blephariceridae The Blephariceridae, commonly known as net-winged midges, are a nematoceran family (biology), family in the order Fly, Diptera. The adults resemble tipulidae, crane flies except with a projecting anal angle in the wings, and different head shape, .... There are about five described species in ''Bibiocephala''. Species These five species belong to the genus ''Bibiocephala'': * '' Bibiocephala grandis'' Osten Sacken, 1874 * '' Bibiocephala infuscata'' (Matsumura, 1916) * '' Bibiocephala komaensis'' (Kitakami, 1950) * '' Bibiocephala maxima'' Brodskij, 1954 * '' Bibiocephala minor'' Kitakami, 1931 References Further reading * Blephariceridae Articles created by Qbugbot nematocera genera {{Blephariceromorpha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agathon (genus)
''Agathon'' is a genus of net-winged midges in the family Blephariceridae. There are about 19 described species in ''Agathon''. Species These 19 species belong to the genus ''Agathon'': * '' Agathon arizonicus'' (Alexander, 1958) * '' Agathon aylmeri'' (Garrett, 1923) * '' Agathon bilobatoides'' (Kitakami, 1931) * '' Agathon bispinus'' (Kitakami, 1931) * ''Agathon comstocki'' (Kellogg, 1903) * '' Agathon decorilarva'' (Brodskij, 1954) * '' Agathon dismalea'' (Hogue, 1970) * '' Agathon doanei'' (Kellogg, 1900) * '' Agathon elegantulus'' Roder, 1890 * '' Agathon eoasiaticus'' (Brodskij, 1954) * '' Agathon ezoensis'' (Kitakami, 1950) * '' Agathon iyaensis'' (Kitakami, 1931) * '' Agathon japonicus'' (Alexander, 1922) * '' Agathon kawamurai'' (Kitakami, 1950) * '' Agathon longispinus'' (Kitakami, 1931) * '' Agathon markii'' (Garrett, 1925) * '' Agathon montanus'' (Kitakami, 1931) * '' Agathon sequoiarum'' (Alexander, 1952) * '' Agathon setosus'' Zwick & Arefina, 2005 c g Data sources: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibiocephala Grandis
''Bibiocephala grandis'' is a species of net-winged midges in the family Blephariceridae The Blephariceridae, commonly known as net-winged midges, are a nematoceran family (biology), family in the order Fly, Diptera. The adults resemble tipulidae, crane flies except with a projecting anal angle in the wings, and different head shape, .... References Blephariceridae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1874 {{Blephariceromorpha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nematocera
The Nematocera (the name means "thread-horns") are a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae. This group is paraphyletic and contains all flies but species from suborder Brachycera (the name means "short-horns"), which includes more commonly known species as housefly or the common fruit fly. Families in Nematocera include mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, black flies, and a multiple groups of families described as midges. The Nematocera typically have fairly long, fine, finely-jointed antennae. In many species, such as most mosquitoes, the female antennae are more or less threadlike, but the males have spectacularly plumose antennae. The larvae of most families of Nematocera are aquatic, either free-swimming, rock-dwelling, plant-dwelling, or luticolous. Some families however, are not aquatic; for instance the Tipulidae tend to be soil-dwelling and the Mycetophilidae feed on fungi such as mushrooms. Unlike most of the Brachycera, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Loew
Friedrich Hermann Loew (19 July 1807 – 21 April 1879) was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges. He described many world species and was the first specialist to work on the Diptera of the United States. Biography Early years Hermann Loew was born in Weissenfels, Saxony a short distance south of Halle (Germany). The Loew family, though not wealthy, was well-placed. Loew's father was a functionary for the Department of Justice of the Duchy of Saxony who later became a ''Geheimer Regierungsrath'' of Prussia. Between 1817 and 1829 Loew attended first the Convent school of Rossleben, then the University of Halle-Wittenberg, graduating in mathematics, philology and natural history. Teacher, tutor and husband Recognizing his abilities as a mathematician, the university, on his graduation, appointed him as a lecturer in the same subjects. In 1830 he went to Berlin and gave lessons in differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agathon Sequoiarum
Agathon (; grc, Ἀγάθων; ) was an Athenian tragic poet whose works have been lost. He is best known for his appearance in Plato's ''Symposium,'' which describes the banquet given to celebrate his obtaining a prize for his first tragedy at the Lenaia in 416. He is also a prominent character in Aristophanes' comedy the ''Thesmophoriazusae''. Life and career Agathon was the son of Tisamenus, and the lover of Pausanias, with whom he appears in both the ''Symposium'' and Plato's ''Protagoras''. Together with Pausanias, he later moved to the court of Archelaus, king of Macedon, who was recruiting playwrights; it is here that he probably died around 401 BC. Agathon introduced certain innovations into the Greek theater: Aristotle tells us in the ''Poetics'' (1456a) that the characters and plot of his '' Anthos'' were original and not, following Athenian dramatic orthodoxy, borrowed from mythological or historical subjects. Agathon was also the first playwright to write choral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agathon Elegantulus
Agathon (; grc, Ἀγάθων; ) was an Athenian tragic poet whose works have been lost. He is best known for his appearance in Plato's ''Symposium,'' which describes the banquet given to celebrate his obtaining a prize for his first tragedy at the Lenaia in 416. He is also a prominent character in Aristophanes' comedy the ''Thesmophoriazusae''. Life and career Agathon was the son of Tisamenus, and the lover of Pausanias, with whom he appears in both the ''Symposium'' and Plato's ''Protagoras''. Together with Pausanias, he later moved to the court of Archelaus, king of Macedon, who was recruiting playwrights; it is here that he probably died around 401 BC. Agathon introduced certain innovations into the Greek theater: Aristotle tells us in the ''Poetics'' (1456a) that the characters and plot of his '' Anthos'' were original and not, following Athenian dramatic orthodoxy, borrowed from mythological or historical subjects. Agathon was also the first playwright to write choral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
