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Cybister Zimmermanni
''Cybister'' ('kybistētēr' = diver, tumbler), is a genus of beetle in family Dytiscidae. They are found in much of the world, including all continents except Antarctica. As of 2021 there are 96 species and 9 additional subspecies among four subgenera in the genus. List of species Subgenus ''Cybister'' Curtis, 1827 * ''Cybister alluaudi'' Guignot, 1936 * ''Cybister bengalensis'' Aubé, 1838 * ''Cybister buqueti'' Aubé, 1838 * ''Cybister cardoni'' Severin, 1890 * ''Cybister celebensis'' Sharp, 1882 * ''Cybister cephalotes'' Sharp, 1882 * ''Cybister chinensis'' Motschulsky, 1854 * ''Cybister cinctus'' Sharp, 1882 * ''Cybister cognatus'' Sharp, 1882 * ''Cybister concessor'' Guignot, 1947 * ''Cybister confusus'' Sharp, 1882 * ''Cybister crassipes'' Sharp, 1882 * ''Cybister crassiusculus'' Régimbart, 1895 * ''Cybister dejeanii'' Aubé, 1838 * ''Cybister dytiscoides'' Sharp, 1882 * ''Cybister ellipticus'' LeConte, 1852 * ''Cybister explanatus'' LeConte, 1852 * ''Cybister extenuans'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curtis (entomologist)
John Curtis (3 September 1791 – 6 October 1862) was an English entomologist and illustrator. Biography Curtis was born in Norwich to Frances and Charles Morgan Curtis. Charles Morgan died before his son had reached the age of 4 years. His mother, Frances, had a passion for flowers and was a professional flower grower. She encouraged her son to study natural history with a young local naturalist, Richard Walker (1791–1870). At the age of 16 John became an apprentice at a local lawyer's office in Norwich but devoted his spare time to studying and drawing insects and, with insect collecting becoming a growing craze, he found he could make a living selling the specimens he found. At this time he became a friend of Simon Wilkin (1790–1862) a wealthy landowner in Norfolk, eventually leaving his job to live with Wilkin at Cossey Hall where the extensive natural history library and specimen collection afforded him the opportunity to study his emerging over-riding passion, entomo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
