|
Calomela Testacea
''Calomela'' is a genus of beetles commonly called leaf beetles and in the family Chrysomelidae. They are specialist feeders on various species of ''Acacia'' and are not reported as a problem species. The beetles are cylindrical when compared with other leaf beetles and their larvae are globose. ''Calomela'' includes about 45 species which are found in all states of Australia. List of species The genus includes the following species: * ''Calomela acaciae'' (Lea, 1916) * ''Calomela acervata'' (Blackburn, 1889) * ''Calomela aeneonitens'' (Clark, 1865) * ''Calomela apicalis'' Blackburn, 1889 * '' Calomela australica'' (Blackburn, 1893) * ''Calomela bartoni'' (Baly, 1856) * ''Calomela cingulata'' (Baly, 1856) * ''Calomela colorata'' (Germar, 1848) * ''Calomela crassicornis'' (Fabricius, 1775) * ''Calomela curtisi'' (Kirby, 1818) * ''Calomela distinguenda'' Blackburn, 1889 * ''Calomela eyrei'' Blackburn, 1890 * ''Calomela foveicollis ''Calomela'' is a genus of beetles commonly c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick William Hope
Frederick William Hope (3 January 1797 – 15 April 1862) was an English clergyman, naturalist, collector, and entomologist, who founded a professorship at the University of Oxford to which he gave his entire collections of insects in 1849 (now known as the Hope Collection or in expanded form the Hope Entomological Collections, with around 3.5 million specimens). He described numerous species and was a founder of the Entomological Society of London in 1833 along with John Obadiah Westwood. Biography Frederick was the second son of John Thomas Hope of Netley Hall, Shrewsbury, and Ellen Hester Mary, only child and heiress of Sir Thomas Edwardes, and was born at their home in 37 Upper Seymour Street, London. He studied under the private tutor Reverend Delafosse and joined Christ Church, Oxford in 1817 and graduated with a BA in 1820. Presented to the curacy of Frodesley in Shropshire, he quickly retired as a result of ill health. Hope married, in 1835, the wealthy Ellen Meredith, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
