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Dasypogoninae
Dasypogoninae is a subfamily of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are more than 60 genera and 520 described species in Dasypogoninae. Genera These 62 genera belong to the subfamily Dasypogoninae: *'' Aczelia'' Carrera, 1955 *'' Allopogon'' Schiner, 1866 *'' Alvarenga'' Carrera, 1960 *'' Amorimius'' Papavero, 2009 *'' Annamyia'' Pritchard, 1941 *'' Aphamartania'' Schiner, 1866 *'' Apolastauroides'' Artigas and Papavero, 1988 *'' Apothechyla'' Hull, 1962 *'' Araripogon'' Grimaldi, 1990 *'' Araucopogon'' Artigas and Papavero, 1988 *'' Archilaphria'' Enderlein, 1914 *'' Archilestris'' Loew, 1874 *'' Aspidopyga'' Carrera, 1949 *'' Aterpogon'' Hardy, 1930 *'' Austenmyia'' Carrera, 1955 *'' Bamwardaria'' Hradsky, 1983 *'' Blepharepium'' Rondani, 1848 *'' Brevirostrum'' Londt, 1980 *'' Caroncoma'' Londt, 1980 *'' Chryseutria'' Hardy, 1928 *'' Chylophaga'' Hull, 1962 *'' Cleptomyia'' Carrera, 1949 *'' Comantella'' Curran, 1923 *'' Cyrtophrys'' Loew, 1851 *'' Dakinomy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diogmites Neoternatus Top
''Diogmites'' is a genus of mainly neotropical flies in the family Asilidae or robber flies. Description Medium to large-sized robber flies (17–48 mm) with mostly minute body hair, thoracal bristles are mostly confined to a row on the mesonotum and two bristles on the scutellum. The mystax is of relatively modest size and is made up of comparatively few bristles, which do not or barely overlap the beak in side view. The antennae have a relatively slender third article that forms over half of the antennal length and carries a single, minute apical hair. Face narrower than the width of one eye. Abdomen slender and sometimes slightly constricted, its posterior end reaches the wing tips or extends past these. Wings are usually clear or only slightly tinted. Body coloration often predominantly straw-yellowish to orange-reddish, in some species darker brown to black. Eye coloration of live animals often includes iridescent green. Legs comparatively long with prominen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asilidae
The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects their notoriously aggressive predatory habits; they feed mainly or exclusively on other insects and, as a rule, they wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight. Overview The Asilidae are a family in the order Diptera, the true flies. The common name for members of the family is the robber flies. The Asilidae are cosmopolitan, with over 7000 described species. Latreille was the authority for establishing the family in 1802. The Asilidae, together with Bombyliidae and Therevidae, are the most representative families of the superfamily of Asiloidea and they form one of the most characteristic groups of the lower Brachycera. Robber flies have stout, spiny legs and three simple eyes (ocelli) in a characteristic depression on the tops of their head between their two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robber Fly
The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects their notoriously aggressive predatory habits; they feed mainly or exclusively on other insects and, as a rule, they wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight. Overview The Asilidae are a family in the order Diptera, the true flies. The common name for members of the family is the robber flies. The Asilidae are cosmopolitan, with over 7000 described species. Latreille was the authority for establishing the family in 1802. The Asilidae, together with Bombyliidae and Therevidae, are the most representative families of the superfamily of Asiloidea and they form one of the most characteristic groups of the lower Brachycera. Robber flies have stout, spiny legs and three simple eyes (ocelli) in a characteristic depression on the tops of their head between their two la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pegesimallus
''Pegesimallus'' is a genus of robber flies. Distribution Africa and Eurasia. Biology These species spend much of their time perched in the shade on shrubs or grass, where they lie in wait for flying insects. Their prey includes a wide variety of arthropods; Hymenoptera and Diptera predominate. Females oviposit in the surface layer of the soil. Pegesimallus_2016_11_19_5521.jpg, Female with fly prey Pegesimallus 2016 11 19 5813.jpg, Mating pair; female with wasp prey Pegesimallus_2016_11_19_5672.jpg, Mating pair Taxonomy The classification of the species in this genus is difficult for two main reasons: Firstly, many are sexually dimorphic to the extent that females and males of the same species were, for some time, placed in different genera; and secondly, some of the species are so similar that they can only be separated by considering details of the male genitalia. The genus has been placed in the tribe Megapodini of the subfamily Dasypogoninae. It contains about 54 speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Montgomery Hull
Frank Montgomery Hull (November 3, 1901 – 1982) was an American naturalist who specialized in entomology, especially Diptera. Works * * * * References American entomologists 1982 deaths 1901 births People from Coahoma, Mississippi Dipterists Mississippi State University alumni University of Mississippi faculty Texas A&M University faculty New Mexico State University faculty Ohio State University alumni Harvard University alumni Scientists from Mississippi 20th-century American zoologists {{US-entomologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvarenga (fly)
''Alvarenga'' is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least two described species in ''Alvarenga''. Species These two species belong to the genus ''Alvarenga'': * '' Alvarenga icarius'' Carrera, 1960 * '' Alvarenga matilei'' Papavero, 1971 c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References Further reading * * * * * * External links * * Asilidae genera {{Asilidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Grimaldi (entomologist)
David A. Grimaldi (born September 22, 1957) is an entomologist and Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. He received his graduate training at Cornell University, where he earned his doctorate in Entomology in 1986. Dr. Grimaldi is an authority in many fields of insect systematics, paleontology, and evolutionary biology. Dr. Grimaldi is also an adjunct professor at Cornell University, Columbia University, and the City University of New York. Aside from numerous papers in scientific journals, Grimaldi is author of ''Amber: Window to the Past'', and of ''Evolution of the Insects'' (2005) with co-author Michael S. Engel. Honors and awards Some of Dr. Grimaldi's scientific honors include: * Thomas Say Award, Entomological Society of America, 2007 Eponymy The following is a selection of taxa that have been named for Grimaldi: *''Afrarchaea grimaldii'' Penney (a fossil archaeid spider in Burmese amber) *''Ambradolon grimaldii'' Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
