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Forcipomyia
''Forcipomyia'' is a genus of biting midges in the subfamily Forcipomyiinae. Species of the subgenus '' Lasiohelea'' suck vertebrate blood. Some species are ectoparasites on larger insects. Other species in the genus are important pollinators of the cacao tree (''Theobroma cacao ''Theobroma cacao'' (cacao tree or cocoa tree) is a small ( tall) evergreen tree in the Malvaceae family. Its seedscocoa beansare used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa solids, cocoa butter and chocolate. Although the tree is native to the tropi ...''). There are at least 1,000 described species in ''Forcipomyia''. It is often repeated that a species of ''Forcipomyia'' has the highest recorded wing-beat frequency at 1046 Hz, citing a paper by Finnish entomologist Olavi Sotavalta published in 1953. The actual wing-beat frequency given for an unmanipulated individual in Sotavalta's 1953 paper is 800–950 Hz, and the figure of 1046 Hz instead appears in Sotavalta's 1947 PhD thesis. Sotavalta was abl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forcipomyia (Schizoforcipomyia)
''Forcipomyia'' is a genus of biting midges in the subfamily Forcipomyiinae. Species of the subgenus ''Forcipomyia (Lasiohelea), Lasiohelea'' suck vertebrate blood. Some species are ectoparasites on larger insects. Other species in the genus are important pollinators of the cacao tree (''Theobroma cacao''). There are at least 1,000 described species in ''Forcipomyia''. It is often repeated that a species of ''Forcipomyia'' has the highest recorded wing-beat frequency at 1046 Hz, citing a paper by Finnish entomologist Olavi Sotavalta published in 1953. The actual wing-beat frequency given for an unmanipulated individual in Sotavalta's 1953 paper is 800–950 Hz, and the figure of 1046 Hz instead appears in Sotavalta's 1947 PhD thesis. Sotavalta was able to induce a wing-beat frequency as high as 2218 Hz by clipping the midge's wings close to the base and heating it to 37° C, shortly after which the midge died. Subgenera See also * List of Forcipomyia species, List of ''Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |