Epithalassius Corsicanus
''Epithalassius'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, with eight known species. They are generally found in the Palaearctic, occurring on sand beaches near the coast. An exception to this is ''E. africus'', which was described from a damaged female specimen collected near Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo. The generic assignment of this African species has been doubted. ''E. corsicanus'' has also been recorded from Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean, and is probably an introduced species to the island. Species The following eight species are included in the genus: *''Epithalassius africus'' Parent, 1930 – Congo (near Brazzaville) *'' Epithalassius caucasicus'' Becker, 1918 – Bulgaria, " Black Sea coast of the Caucasus" *'' Epithalassius corsicanus'' Becker, 1910 – France (Corsica), Israel, Saint Helena (introduced?) *'' Epithalassius elegantula'' Villeneuve, 1920 – France ( Royan, Finistère) *''Epithalassius gloagueni'' Grichanov, 2021 – ...
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Josef Mik
Josef Mik, also Joseph Mik (23 March 1839 in Zábřeh – 13 October 1900 in Vienna) was a Bohemian entomologist mainly interested in Diptera. He described many new species and made contributions to knowledge of the Diptera of Central Europe. Mik was the first dipterist to clarify the chaetotaxy of the legs. " On the legs I distinguish a front haeta and a hind-side ; an upper- and an under-side. When we imagine the leg stretched out horizontally and perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the body, the front-side is that which is turned towards the head, and the hind-sidethat turned towards the end of the body ; the upper- and under-side, in such a case, are self-understood."Mik, J. 1878 Dipterologische Untersuchungen Jahresber K.K. Akad. Gymnasium Vienna Mik was born in Zábřeh, Moravia. From 1871 to 1889 he was teacher at the Academic Gymnasium in Vienna. In 1889 he was given the Knight's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph; he died in Vienna. Works * 1866 Beitrag zur Dip ...
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