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Eulonchus
''Eulonchus'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. There are six described species in ''Eulonchus''. The genus is found in North America. Adults have a metallic blue, green or sometimes purple coloration, giving them a jewel-like appearance. A common name for flies in the genus is the North American jewelled spider flies. Adults are also known as "sapphires" or "emeralds". Species These six species belong to the genus ''Eulonchus'': *'' Eulonchus halli'' Schlinger, 1960 (Hall's sapphire) *'' Eulonchus marginatus'' Osten-Sacken, 1877 (Sombre Sapphire or Emerald) *'' Eulonchus marialiciae'' Brimley, 1925 (Mary-Alice’s Emerald, Mary Alice's small-headed fly) *'' Eulonchus sapphirinus'' Osten Sacken, 1877 (Northern Sapphire or Emerald) *'' Eulonchus smaragdinus'' Gerstaecker, 1856 (Synonym: ''E. smaragdinus pilosus'' Schlinger, 1960) (Southern Emerald or Sapphire) *'' Eulonchus tristis'' Loew, 1872 (Dusky Sapphire) Distribution Most species of ''Eulonchus' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulonchus Smaragdinus
''Eulonchus'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. There are six described species in ''Eulonchus''. The genus is found in North America. Adults have a metallic blue, green or sometimes purple coloration, giving them a jewel-like appearance. A common name for flies in the genus is the North American jewelled spider flies. Adults are also known as "sapphires" or "emeralds". Species These six species belong to the genus ''Eulonchus'': *'' Eulonchus halli'' Schlinger, 1960 (Hall's sapphire) *'' Eulonchus marginatus'' Osten-Sacken, 1877 (Sombre Sapphire or Emerald) *'' Eulonchus marialiciae'' Brimley, 1925 (Mary-Alice’s Emerald, Mary Alice's small-headed fly) *'' Eulonchus sapphirinus'' Osten Sacken, 1877 (Northern Sapphire or Emerald) *'' Eulonchus smaragdinus'' Gerstaecker, 1856 (Synonym: ''E. smaragdinus pilosus'' Schlinger, 1960) (Southern Emerald or Sapphire) *'' Eulonchus tristis'' Loew, 1872 (Dusky Sapphire) Distribution Most species of ''Eulonchus' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulonchus Marialiciae
''Eulonchus'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. There are six described species in ''Eulonchus''. The genus is found in North America. Adults have a metallic blue, green or sometimes purple coloration, giving them a jewel-like appearance. A common name for flies in the genus is the North American jewelled spider flies. Adults are also known as "sapphires" or "emeralds". Species These six species belong to the genus ''Eulonchus'': *'' Eulonchus halli'' Schlinger, 1960 (Hall's sapphire) *'' Eulonchus marginatus'' Osten-Sacken, 1877 (Sombre Sapphire or Emerald) *'' Eulonchus marialiciae'' Brimley, 1925 (Mary-Alice’s Emerald, Mary Alice's small-headed fly) *'' Eulonchus sapphirinus'' Osten Sacken, 1877 (Northern Sapphire or Emerald) *''Eulonchus smaragdinus'' Gerstaecker, 1856 (Synonym: ''E. smaragdinus pilosus'' Schlinger, 1960) (Southern Emerald or Sapphire) *'' Eulonchus tristis'' Loew, 1872 (Dusky Sapphire) Distribution Most species of ''Eulonchus'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulonchus Sapphirinus
''Eulonchus sapphirinus'' is a species of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. A study in 2008 found that the species is a potentially important pollinator in certain habitats. Individuals of the species were found to form the majority of insect visitors to ''Geranium robertianum ''Geranium robertianum'', commonly known as herb-Robert, or (in North America) Roberts geranium, is a common species of cranesbill native to Europe and parts of Asia, and North Africa. The plant has many vernacular names, including red robin, de ...'' flowers. Males and females were found to differ in their flower-visiting behaviour, which appears to relate to mating behaviour. Gallery Clintonia uniflora 4918.JPG References Further reading * External links * Acroceridae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1877 Taxa named by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken {{Nemestrinoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulonchus Halli
''Eulonchus halli'' is a species of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It was named after one of its original collectors, Jack C. Hall, who was also a colleague of the species's author, Evert I. Schlinger, at the University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, .... References Further reading * Acroceridae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1960 {{Nemestrinoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulonchus Tristis
''Eulonchus tristis'' is a species of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. A study in 2008 found that individuals of the species visiting flowers of ''Brodiaea elegans'' and ''Iris douglasiana'' in California carried large pollen loads, with no differences in amount or diversity with respect to sex. The species may be an important pollinator A pollinator is an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower. This helps to bring about fertilization of the ovules in the flower by the male gametes from the pollen grains. Insects are the maj ..., particularly of ''Brodiaea elegans'' and '' Iris bracteata''. References Further reading * Acroceridae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1872 {{Nemestrinoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulonchus Marginatus
''Eulonchus marginatus'' is a species of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. References Further reading * Acroceridae Articles created by Qbugbot Taxa named by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken Insects described in 1877 {{Nemestrinoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acroceridae
The Acroceridae are a small family (biology), family of odd-looking flies. They have a hump-backed appearance with a strikingly small head, generally with a long proboscis for accessing nectar. They are rare and not widely known. The most frequently applied common names are small-headed flies or hunch-back flies. Many are bee or wasp mimicry, mimics. Because they are parasitoids of spiders, they also are sometimes known as spider flies. Description The Acroceridae vary in size from small to fairly large, about the size of large bees, with a wingspan over 25 mm in some species. As a rule, both sexes have tiny heads and a characteristic hump-backed appearance because of the large, rounded thorax. In appearance, they are compact flies without major bristles, but many species have a bee-like hairiness on their bodies, and some are bee or wasp mimicry, mimics. In most species, the eyes are holoptic in both sexes, the heads seemingly composed mainly of the large ommatidia, facete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemestrinoidea Genera
Nemestrinoidea is a small, monophyletic superfamily of flies, whose relationship to the other Brachycera is uncertain; they are sometimes grouped with the Tabanomorpha rather than the Asilomorpha. They are presently considered to be the sister taxon to the Asiloidea. The group contains two very small extant families, the Acroceridae and Nemestrinidae, both of which occur worldwide but contain only small numbers of rare species. One extinct family, Rhagionemestriidae, is also included in Nemestrinoidea. These insects are parasitoids, with Acroceridae attacking spiders, and Nemestrinidae typically attacking Orthoptera Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grassho .... Both families have unusual and distinctive wing venation by which they can be easily recognized, in addition to othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ZooKeys
''ZooKeys'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering zoological taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography. It was established in 2008 and the editor-in-chief is Terry Erwin (Smithsonian Institution). It is published by Pensoft Publishers. ''ZooKeys'' provides all new taxa to the Encyclopedia of Life on the day of publication. See also * ''Zootaxa ''Zootaxa'' is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists. It is published by Magnolia Press (Auckland, New Zealand). The journal was established by Zhi-Qiang Zhang in 2001 and new issues are published multiple times a week. ...'' References External links * * * Creative Commons Attribution-licensed journals English-language journals Open access journals Publications established in 2008 Zoology journals Pensoft Publishers academic journals Continuous journals {{zoo-journal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antrodiaetidae
Antrodiaetidae, also known as folding trapdoor spiders or folding-door spiders, is a small spider family related to atypical tarantulas. They are found almost exclusively in the western and midwestern United States, from California to Washington and east to the Appalachian mountains. Exceptions include '' Antrodiaetus roretzi'' and '' Antrodiaetus yesoensis'', which are endemic to Japan and are considered relict species. It is likely that two separate vicariance events led to the evolution of these two species. Genera , the World Spider Catalog The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ... accepted the following genera: *'' Aliatypus'' Smith, 1908 — United States *'' Antrodiaetus'' Ausserer, 1871 — United States, Japan *'' Atypoides'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883 — United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euctenizidae
The Euctenizidae (formerly Cyrtaucheniidae subfamily Euctenizinae) are a family of mygalomorph spiders. They are now considered to be more closely related to Idiopidae. Etymology The name comes from the Greek prefix (''eu-''), meaning "valuable" or "good", which had been thought that the family Ctenizidae possess these traits.Bond, J. E., B. E. Hendrixson, C. A. Hamilton & M. Hedin. (Bond et al., 2012b) - ''A reconsideration of the classification of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Arachnida: Araneae) based on three nuclear genes and morphology'' Biology Many, but not all, make wafer-like doors to their burrows, while others build the cork-like doors found commonly in the true trapdoor spiders. The biology of nearly all of the species is poorly known. Distribution The family occurs almost exclusively in the United States and Mexico. Common U.S. genera include ''Myrmekiaphila'', ''Aptostichus'' and '' Promyrmekiaphila''. Genera , the World Spider Catalog accepts the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
