Edwardsina Imperatrix
''Edwardsina'' is a genus of flies in family Blephariceridae. Species *''Edwardsina chilensis'' Alexander, 1920 *''Edwardsina fimbrata'' Zwick, 2006 *''Edwardsina fuscipes'' Edwards, 1929 *'' Edwardsina gigantea'' Zwick, 1977 *'' Edwardsina imperatrix'' Alexander, 1962 *''Edwardsina tasmaniensis ''Edwardsina tasmaniensis'', the Tasmanian torrent midge, is a species of fly in family Blephariceridae. It is endemic to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprisi ...'' Tonnoir, 1924 References Blephariceridae Nematocera genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Blephariceromorpha-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Johann Wilhelm Meigen
Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera. Life Early years Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. They ran a small shop in Solingen. His paternal grandparents, however, owned an estate and hamlet with twenty houses. Adding to the rental income, Meigen's grandfather was a farmer and a guild mastercutler in Solingen. Two years after Meigen was born, his grandparents died and his parents moved to the family estate. This was already heavily indebted by the Seven Years' War, then bad crops and rash speculations forced the sale of the farm and the family moved back to Solingen. Meigen attended the town school but only for a short time. He had learned to read and write on his grandfather's estate and he read widely at home as well as taking an interest in natural history. A lodge ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edwardsina Chilensis
''Edwardsina'' is a genus of flies in family Blephariceridae. Species *'' Edwardsina chilensis'' Alexander, 1920 *'' Edwardsina fimbrata'' Zwick, 2006 *'' Edwardsina fuscipes'' Edwards, 1929 *'' Edwardsina gigantea'' Zwick, 1977 *'' Edwardsina imperatrix'' Alexander, 1962 *''Edwardsina tasmaniensis ''Edwardsina tasmaniensis'', the Tasmanian torrent midge, is a species of fly in family Blephariceridae. It is endemic to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprisi ...'' Tonnoir, 1924 References Blephariceridae Nematocera genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Blephariceromorpha-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Charles Paul Alexander
Charles Paul Alexander (September 25, 1889, Gloversville, New York - December 3, 1981) was an American entomologist who specialized in the craneflies, Tipulidae. Charles Paul Alexander was the son of Emil Alexander and Jane Alexander (née Parker). Emil (the father) immigrated to the United States in 1873 and changed his surname from Schlandensky to Alexander. Charles entered Cornell University in 1909, earning a Bachelor of Science in 1913 and a Ph.D. in 1918. Between 1917 and 1919, he was entomologist at the University of Kansas, then from 1919 to 1922, at the University of Illinois. He then became professor of entomology at Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst. He studied Diptera, especially in the family Tipulidae. He described over 11,000 species and genera of flies, which translates to approximately a species description a day for his entire career. In 1920, C.P. Alexander became a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America. Works Partial list A synopsis of pa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Edwardsina Fimbrata
''Edwardsina'' is a genus of flies in family Blephariceridae. Species *''Edwardsina chilensis'' Alexander, 1920 *'' Edwardsina fimbrata'' Zwick, 2006 *'' Edwardsina fuscipes'' Edwards, 1929 *'' Edwardsina gigantea'' Zwick, 1977 *'' Edwardsina imperatrix'' Alexander, 1962 *''Edwardsina tasmaniensis ''Edwardsina tasmaniensis'', the Tasmanian torrent midge, is a species of fly in family Blephariceridae. It is endemic to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprisi ...'' Tonnoir, 1924 References Blephariceridae Nematocera genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Blephariceromorpha-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edwardsina Fuscipes
''Edwardsina'' is a genus of flies in family Blephariceridae. Species *''Edwardsina chilensis'' Alexander, 1920 *''Edwardsina fimbrata'' Zwick, 2006 *'' Edwardsina fuscipes'' Edwards, 1929 *'' Edwardsina gigantea'' Zwick, 1977 *'' Edwardsina imperatrix'' Alexander, 1962 *''Edwardsina tasmaniensis ''Edwardsina tasmaniensis'', the Tasmanian torrent midge, is a species of fly in family Blephariceridae. It is endemic to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprisi ...'' Tonnoir, 1924 References Blephariceridae Nematocera genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Blephariceromorpha-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Frederick Wallace Edwards
Frederick Wallace Edwards FRS (28 November 1888 in Fletton, Peterborough – 15 November 1940 in London), was an English entomologist. Edwards was known in the field of entomology for his work on Diptera. Edwards worked in the British Museum (Natural History) which contains his collections made on his expeditions to Norway and Sweden (1923), Switzerland and Austria (1925), Argentina and Chile (1926/27), with Raymond Corbett Shannon, Corsica and USA (1928), the Baltic (1933), Kenya and Uganda (1934), with Ernest Gibbins, and the Pyrenees (1935). He was able to oversee publication of Alwyn M. Evan's monograph on ''The Mosquitoes of the Ethiopian Region'' after her death in 1937. Among the unusual insects that he described was the flightless marine midge ''Pontomyia''. The mosquito genus ''Fredwardsius'' is named to honor his work establishing the generic and subgeneric framework which forms the basis for modern day systematics of the Culicidae Mosquitoes (or mosquitos) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edwardsina Gigantea
''Edwardsina gigantea'', the giant torrent midge, is a species of fly in family Blephariceridae. It is endemic to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... References Endangered fauna of Australia Blephariceridae Insects of Australia Insects described in 1977 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Blephariceromorpha-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edwardsina Imperatrix
''Edwardsina'' is a genus of flies in family Blephariceridae. Species *''Edwardsina chilensis'' Alexander, 1920 *''Edwardsina fimbrata'' Zwick, 2006 *''Edwardsina fuscipes'' Edwards, 1929 *'' Edwardsina gigantea'' Zwick, 1977 *'' Edwardsina imperatrix'' Alexander, 1962 *''Edwardsina tasmaniensis ''Edwardsina tasmaniensis'', the Tasmanian torrent midge, is a species of fly in family Blephariceridae. It is endemic to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprisi ...'' Tonnoir, 1924 References Blephariceridae Nematocera genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Blephariceromorpha-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edwardsina Tasmaniensis
''Edwardsina tasmaniensis'', the Tasmanian torrent midge, is a species of fly in family Blephariceridae. It is endemic to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... As the name suggests, they make their homes in the fastest-flowing parts of rivers and streams of Tasmania. References Blephariceridae Insects of Australia Critically endangered fauna of Australia Critically endangered insects Insects described in 1924 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Blephariceromorpha-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nematocera Genera
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 l ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |