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Epipompilus Insularis
''Epipompilus insularis'' is a species of spider wasp which is endemic to New Zealand and it is the only species of the genus ''Epipompilus'' found in New Zealand. Description A relatively small, mainly black spider wasp with yellowish tinged wings, which have a variable amount of dark colour at the tips. Females are around 6.0-8.8mm in length, males 3.5 -5.6mm. In females there is an orange-red band on the pronotum and this reduces in extent as one move southwards in New Zealand, until it is barely visible in specimens from latitude 42°S, other coloured parts of the female such as the antennae bases also reduce in coloration the further south the specimen is obtained. Males are far less variable. This pattern appears to be an example of Allen's rule and is seen in other New Zealand Pompilids but is less marked in ''E. insularis'' due to its greater extent of sexual dimorphism with the males always being more uniformly dark. Biology ''E. insularis'' females hunt, usual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Friedrich Kohl
Franz Friedrich Kohl (13 January 1851, in St. Valentin auf der Haide – 15 December 1924, in Traismauer) was an Austrian entomologist and folksong researcher. Kohl was initially a middle school professor in Bolzano and then Innsbruck. He next worked in the Entomology Department, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. He specialised in ''Hymenoptera'', especially ''Sphecidae The Sphecidae are a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps. The name Sphecidae was formerly given to a much larger grouping of wasps. This was found to be p ...''. He is best known for his monograph ''Die Crabronen der paläarktischen Region monographisch bearbeitet''. Ann. Hofmus. Wien. 29: 1-453 (1915). References * Maidl, F. (1887 - 1951) 1925. ohl, F. F.''Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien'' 38 174-179 * Musgrave, A. 1932. ''Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775 - 1930''. Sydney 180 * Nonveiller, G. 1999. ''The Pion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider Wasp
Wasps in the family Pompilidae are commonly called spider wasps, spider-hunting wasps, or pompilid wasps. The family is cosmopolitan, with some 5,000 species in six subfamilies. Nearly all species are solitary (with the exception of some group-nesting Ageniellini), and most capture and paralyze prey, though members of the subfamily Ceropalinae are kleptoparasites of other pompilids, or ectoparasitoids of living spiders. In South America, species may be referred to colloquially as or , though these names can be generally applied to any very large stinging wasps. Furthermore, in some parts of Venezuela and Colombia, it is called , or "horse killers", while in Brazil some particular bigger and brighter species of the general kind might be called /, or "throat locker". Morphology Like other strong fliers, pompilids have a thorax modified for efficient flight. The metathorax is solidly fused to the pronotum and mesothorax; moreover, the prothorax is best developed in Pompilidae a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epipompilus
''Epipompilus'' is a genus of spider wasps in the subfamily Pepsinae, part of the widespread family Pompilidae. Representatives of ''Epipompilus'' can be found in Australasia and North and South America. This distribution may indicate that ''Epipompilus'' evolved in Gondwana and is similar to other Gondwanan taxa such as the southern beech ''Nothofagus'' and '' Auracaria''. ''Epipompilus'' is found in North and South America, ranging from Argentina to extreme southern United States, with around a dozen known species. One species, '' E. insularis'' is endemic to New Zealand. In Australia, the genus reaches its greatest diversity, with a greater number of species and a more varied spectrum of morphological features than among the American species. The ''Epipompilus'' species in New Guinea are notably brilliantly coloured and apparently highly evolved species. The genus is restricted to these areas but several Tertiary fossils from the northern hemisphere should probably be pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pronotum
The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on each side. The prothorax never bears wings in extant insects (except in some cases of atavism), though some fossil groups possessed wing-like projections. All adult insects possess legs on the prothorax, though in a few groups (e.g., the butterfly family Nymphalidae) the forelegs are greatly reduced. In many groups of insects, the pronotum is reduced in size, but in a few it is hypertrophied, such as in all beetles (Coleoptera). In most treehoppers (family Membracidae, order Hemiptera), the pronotum is expanded into often fantastic shapes that enhance their camouflage or mimicry. Similarly, in the Tetrigidae, the pronotum is extended backward to cover the flight wings, supplanting the function of the tegmina. See also *Glossary of entomolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen's Rule
Allen's rule is an ecogeographical rule formulated by Joel Asaph Allen in 1877, broadly stating that animals adapted to cold climates have thicker limbs and bodily appendages than animals adapted to warm climates. More specifically, it states that the body surface-area-to-volume ratio for homeothermic animals varies with the average temperature of the habitat to which they are adapted (i.e. the ratio is low in cold climates and high in hot climates). Explanation Allen's rule predicts that endothermic animals with the same body volume should have different surface areas that will either aid or impede their heat dissipation. Because animals living in cold climates need to conserve as much heat as possible, Allen's rule predicts that they should have evolved comparatively low surface area-to-volume ratios to minimize the surface area by which they dissipate heat, allowing them to retain more heat. For animals living in warm climates, Allen's rule predicts the opposite: that they shou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liothula Omnivora
''Liothula omnivora'', the common bag moth, is a psychid moth endemic to New Zealand. It is also known by several Māori vernacular names like the tūngou ngou,< ''whare atua'' ('house of the spirit') or ''kopi'' ('shut'). There are over 50 species of Psychidae and at least two species of ''Liothula'' in New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was described by Richard William Fereday in 1878. In 1928 placed this species within the ''Oeceticus'' genus and amended its epithet to ''omnivorous''. However this was not accepted by other taxonomists. Caterpillar and ...
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Morova Subfasciata
''Morova subfasciata'', also known as the Muehlenbeckia stem gall moth, is a species of moth in the family Thyrididae The Thyrididae comprise the family of picture-winged leaf moths. They are the only family in the superfamily Thyridoidea, which sometimes has been included in the Pyraloidea, but this isn't supported by cladistic analysis. Most species live in t ... first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is endemic to New Zealand. References Thyrididae Moths described in 1865 Moths of New Zealand Endemic fauna of New Zealand Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist) Endemic moths of New Zealand {{Thyrididae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muehlenbeckia Australis
''Muehlenbeckia australis'', the large-leaved muehlenbeckia or pohuehue, is a prostrate or climbing plant native to New Zealand. Description The species grows up to tall with grey bark. The leaves are on stiff petioles and are long. Lamina is by long. It has juvenile and adult leaf forms and loses its leaves in winter. The flowers are greenish and the fruits are juicy with black shiny seeds covered by a white, succulent cup of sepals, which are fed on by various birds and lizards. Flowers bloom from late spring to autumn, with it panicles occur usually in spring and summer. Fruits are present from November to April, sometimes till June. Taxonomy The species was first described in 1786 by Georg Forster, as ''Coccoloba australis''. It was transferred to the genus ''Muehlenbeckia'' in 1841 by Carl Meissner. Some sources, including Plants of the World Online, regard ''Muehlenbeckia adpressa'' as a synonym of this species. Others treat them as separate species. Ecology ''M. aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trite
''Trite'' is a genus of jumping spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885. Most of the 18 described species occur in Australia and New Zealand, with several spread over islands of Oceania, one species even reaching Rapa in French Polynesia. Species According to the World Spider Catalog in October 2018, there were twenty one recognised species: * '' Trite albopilosa'' ( Keyserling, 1883) – New South Wales, Victoria * '' Trite auricoma'' (Urquhart, 1886) – New Zealand * '' Trite caledoniensis'' Patoleta, 2014 – New Caledonia * ''Trite concinna'' Rainbow, 1920 – Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island * '' Trite gracilipalpis'' Berland, 1929 – Loyalty Islands * ''Trite grayi'' Richardson, 2016 – Lord Howe Islands * ''Trite guilberti'' Patoleta, 2014 – New Caledonia * ''Trite herbigrada'' (Urquhart, 1889) – New Zealand * ''Trite ignipilosa'' Berland, 1924 – New Caledonia * ''Trite lineata'' Simon, 1885 – New Caledonia * ''Trite longipalpis'' Marples, 1955 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clubiona
''Clubiona'' is a genus of sac spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. Species the genus contains 493 species and seven subspecies. These species and subspecies are found in Oceania, Africa, North America, the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, South America, Panama, and on Saint Helena: *'' C. abbajensis'' Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia, Somalia, Central, East Africa **'' Clubiona a. karisimbiensis'' Strand, 1916 – East Africa **'' Clubiona a. kibonotensis'' Lessert, 1921 – East Africa **'' Clubiona a. maxima'' Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia, East Africa *'' C. abboti'' L. Koch, 1866 – USA, Canada **'' Clubiona a. abbotoides'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1946 – USA *'' C. aberrans'' Dankittipakul, 2012 – Thailand *'' C. abnormis'' Dankittipakul, 2008 – Thailand, Laos *'' C. acanthocnemis'' Simon, 1906 – India *'' C. achilles'' Hogg, 1896 – Australia (Central) *'' C. acies'' Nicolet, 1849 – Chile *'' C. aciformis'' Zhang & Hu, 1991 – China *'' C. acule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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