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Fumontana
''Fumontana'' is a genus of harvestman that occurs in the United States (North Carolina and Tennessee) with one described species, ''F. deprehendor''. Biogeography While members of the family Triaenochychidae are well represented in western North America, Chile, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Korea, and Japan, ''F. deprehendor'' is the first species found in the eastern United States. The Appalachian millipede genus '' Choctella'' shows a similar distribution, suggesting they both stem from the same Gondwanan fauna. Certain aspects of its anatomy (such as position and form of the eye tubercle, and the male genitalia) make it likely that it is most closely related to genera in other parts of the world, such as '' Monomontia'' in South Africa or '' Hendea'' in New Zealand. ''F. deprehendor'' is thus likely an ancient relict, suggesting a wide distribution of the family before the current distribution of continents. Habitat It was first discovered in forest litter of Green ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triaenonychidae
The Triaenonychidae are a family of harvestmen with about 120 genera and more than 440 described species. Description Most Triaenonychidae are from three to five millimeters long, although some species from South Africa can be only long. Some species in the subfamily Adaeinae are almost long. Legs are almost always short, measuring . The armed pedipalps are large, and much stronger than the legs. Distribution Triaenonychidae are found in North and South America, Japan and Korea, Australia and New Zealand, and Madagascar. Relationships The Triaenonychidae should probably split into at least two families. The genera from the Australian region are considered Triaenonychidae ''sensu stricto'', and may include the strange Synthetonychiidae; the northern species should be grouped with Travuniidae. Name The name of the type genus ''Triaenonyx'' is combined from Ancient Greek (', "trident, fish spear") and (', "claw"). Genera The following genera are included in the family:Joel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendea
{{Short description, none This is a list of the described species of the harvestman family Triaenonychidae. The data is taken from Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Triaenonychinae Triaenonychinae Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886 * ''Acumontia'' Loman, 1898 :* '' Acumontia alluaudi'' (Roewer, 1914) — Madagascar :* '' Acumontia armata'' Loman, 1898 — Madagascar :* '' Acumontia capitata'' (Lawrence, 1959) :* '' Acumontia cowani'' Pocock, 1903 — Madagascar :* '' Acumontia draconensis'' Lawrence, 1939 — South Africa :* '' Acumontia echinata'' Pocock, 1903 — Madagascar :* '' Acumontia flavispinus'' (Lawrence, 1959) :* '' Acumontia hystrix'' (Lawrence, 1959) :* '' Acumontia lomani'' (Roewer, 1914) — Madagascar :* '' Acumontia lomani'' (Roewer, 1914) — Madagascar (''preoccupied'') :* '' Acumontia longipes'' Lawrence, 1959 :* ''Acumontia majori'' Pocock, 1902 :* ''Acumontia milloti'' (Lawrence, 1959) :* ''Acumontia natalensis'' Lawrence, 1931 — South Africa :* ''Acumontia pococki'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monomontia
{{Short description, none This is a list of the described species of the harvestman family Triaenonychidae. The data is taken from Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Triaenonychinae Triaenonychinae Sørensen, in L. Koch 1886 * ''Acumontia'' Loman, 1898 :* '' Acumontia alluaudi'' (Roewer, 1914) — Madagascar :* '' Acumontia armata'' Loman, 1898 — Madagascar :* '' Acumontia capitata'' (Lawrence, 1959) :* '' Acumontia cowani'' Pocock, 1903 — Madagascar :* '' Acumontia draconensis'' Lawrence, 1939 — South Africa :* '' Acumontia echinata'' Pocock, 1903 — Madagascar :* '' Acumontia flavispinus'' (Lawrence, 1959) :* '' Acumontia hystrix'' (Lawrence, 1959) :* '' Acumontia lomani'' (Roewer, 1914) — Madagascar :* '' Acumontia lomani'' (Roewer, 1914) — Madagascar (''preoccupied'') :* '' Acumontia longipes'' Lawrence, 1959 :* ''Acumontia majori'' Pocock, 1902 :* ''Acumontia milloti'' (Lawrence, 1959) :* ''Acumontia natalensis'' Lawrence, 1931 — South Africa :* ''Acumontia pococki'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the Kingdom (biology), biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals Heterotroph, consume organic material, Cellular respiration#Aerobic respiration, breathe oxygen, are Motility, able to move, can Sexual reproduction, reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of Cell (biology), cells, the blastula, during Embryogenesis, embryonic development. Over 1.5 million Extant taxon, living animal species have been Species description, described—of which around 1 million are Insecta, insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have Ecology, complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a Symmetry in biology#Bilate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. From 2001 to 2020, more than 60,000 new species have been described in the journal accounting for around 25% of all new taxa indexed in The Zoological Record in the last few years. Print and online versions are available. Temporary suspension from JCR The journal exhibited high levels of self-citation and its journal impact factor of 2019 was suspended from ''Journal Citation Reports'' in 2020, a sanction which hit 34 journals in total. Biologist Ross Mounce noted that high levels of self-citation may be inevitable for a journal which publishes a large share of new species classification. Later that year this decision was reversed and it was admitted that levels of self-citation are appropriate considering the large proportion of papers f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fauna Of The Eastern United States
Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is ''funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as '' biota''. Zoologists and paleontologists use ''fauna'' to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess Shale fauna". Paleontologists sometimes refer to a sequence of faunal stages, which is a series of rocks all containing similar fossils. The study of animals of a particular region is called faunistics. Etymology ''Fauna'' comes from the name Fauna, a Roman goddess of earth and fertility, the Roman god Faunus, and the related forest spirits called Fauns. All three words are cognates of the name of the Greek god Pan, and ''panis'' is the Greek equivalent of fauna. ''Fauna'' is also the word for a book that catalogues the animals in such a manner. The term was first used by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arachnids Of North America
Arachnida () is a class of joint-legged invertebrate animals (arthropods), in the subphylum Chelicerata. Arachnida includes, among others, spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, camel spiders, whip spiders and vinegaroons. Almost all adult arachnids have eight legs, although the front pair of legs in some species has converted to a sensory function, while in other species, different appendages can grow large enough to take on the appearance of extra pairs of legs. The term is derived from the Greek word (''aráchnē'', 'spider'), from the myth of the hubristic human weaver Arachne, who was turned into a spider. Almost all extant arachnids are terrestrial, living mainly on land. However, some inhabit freshwater environments and, with the exception of the pelagic zone, marine environments as well. They comprise over 100,000 named species, of which 47,000 are species of spiders. Morphology Almost all adult arachnids have eight legs, unlike adult insects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvestmen
The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs. , over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, although the total number of extant species may exceed 10,000. The order Opiliones includes five suborders: Cyphophthalmi, Eupnoi, Dyspnoi, Laniatores, and Tetrophthalmi, which were named in 2014. Representatives of each extant suborder can be found on all continents except Antarctica. Well-preserved fossils have been found in the 400-million-year-old Rhynie cherts of Scotland, and 305-million-year-old rocks in France. These fossils look surprisingly modern, indicating that their basic body shape developed very early on, and, at least in some taxa, has changed little since that time. Their phylogenetic position within the Arachnida is disputed; their closest relatives may be the mites (Acari) or the Novogenuata (the Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, and Solifugae). Altho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, Texas A&M has the largest student body in the United States, and is the only university in Texas to hold simultaneous designations as a land, sea, and space grant institution. In 2001, it was inducted into the Association of American Universities. The university's students, alumni, and sports teams are known as Aggies, and its athletes compete in eighteen varsity sports as a member of the Southeastern Conference. The university was the first public higher-education institution in Texas; it opened for classes on October 4, 1876, as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (A.M.C.) under the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Land-Grant Act. In the following decades, the college grew in size and scope, expanding to its largest enrol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuga
''Tsuga'' (, from Japanese (), the name of ''Tsuga sieboldii'') is a genus of conifers in the subfamily Abietoideae of Pinaceae, the pine family. The common name hemlock is derived from a perceived similarity in the smell of its crushed foliage to that of the unrelated plant poison hemlock. Unlike the latter, ''Tsuga'' species are not poisonous. The genus comprises eight to ten species (depending on the authority), with four species occurring in North America and four to six in eastern Asia. Description They are medium-sized to large evergreen trees, ranging from tall, with a conical to irregular crown, the latter occurring especially in some of the Asian species. The leading shoots generally droop. The bark is scaly and commonly deeply furrowed, with the colour ranging from grey to brown. The branches stem horizontally from the trunk and are usually arranged in flattened sprays that bend downward towards their tips. Short spur shoots, which are present in many gymnosperms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham County, North Carolina
Graham County (locally ) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,030, making it the third-least populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Robbinsville. History The county was formed January 30, 1872, from the northeastern part of Cherokee County. It was named for William A. Graham, United States Senator from North Carolina (1840–1843) and Governor of North Carolina (1845–1849). Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.2%) is water. The terrain of the county is mountainous, with elevations ranging from to . Two-thirds of the county is the Nantahala National Forest. The soil of the valleys is fertile. Fontana Lake, an impoundment of the Little Tennessee River, forms most of the northern border of the county, with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the other side of the lake. Fontana Lake is formed by Fontana Dam, the tall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbinsville, North Carolina
Robbinsville is a town in Graham County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 620 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Graham County, county population 8,861. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. Climate Robbinsville is categorized as being within the 7a USDA hardiness zone, meaning temperatures can get as low as 0 to 5 °F. The climate is humid subtropical (''Cfa''). Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 597 people, 317 households, and 156 families residing in the town. 2010 census As of the 2010 Census, there were 411 people, 283 households and 157 families. The population density was 135 people per square mile. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 747 people, 346 households, and 207 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,663.4 people per square mile (640.9/km2). There were 393 housing units at an average densi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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