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John Blackwall
John Blackwall (20 January 1790 – 11 May 1881) was an English naturalist with a particular interest in spiders. Life Blackwall was born in Manchester on 20 January 1790. He lived at Hendre House near Llanrwst in north Wales from 1833 until his death. He was interested in nature from an early age, first in birds and then spiders, on which he published his first article in 1827. He published ''A History of the Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland'' (2 volumes, 1861–1864, Ray Society), which included accounts of 304 species and gave the first adequate descriptions of British spiders. Ten of the plates included were by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge and twelve were by the Irish naturalist Robert Templeton. He died 11 May 1881. Correspondence with Charles Darwin Blackwall wrote four letters on the subject of spiders to Charles Darwin, dated 12 February 1868, 18 February 1868, 10 August 1869 and 8 September 1869. They survive in the Darwin Archive at Cambridge University Library. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walckenaeria
''Walckenaeria'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by John Blackwall in 1833. It is a senior synonym of ''Paragonatium'', as well as ''Wideria'', ''Cornicularia'', ''Prosopotheca'', ''Tigellinus'', and ''Trachynella''. Some males in this group have eyes set up on mounds or turrets. In extreme cases, several eyes are on a stalk taller than the carapace itself. Species it contains 195 species and two subspecies: *'' W. abantensis'' Wunderlich, 1995 – Albania, Greece, Turkey *'' W. aberdarensis'' (Holm, 1962) – Kenya *'' W. acuminata'' Blackwall, 1833 ( type) – Europe, Caucasus, Iran *'' W. aenea'' Millidge, 1983 – Mexico *'' W. afur'' Thaler, 1984 – Canary Is. *'' W. aksoyi'' Seyyar, Demir & Türkes, 2008 – Turkey *'' W. alba'' Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is. *'' W. allopatriae'' Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania *'' W. alticeps'' (Denis, 1952) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia), Iran *'' W. anceps'' Millidge, 1983 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neriene
''Neriene'' is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by John Blackwall in 1833. Species it contains sixty species, found in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and on Greenland: *'' N. albolimbata'' ( Karsch, 1879) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan *'' N. amiculata'' (Simon, 1905) – Indonesia (Java) *'' N. angulifera'' (Schenkel, 1953) – Russia (Far East), China, Japan *'' N. aquilirostralis'' Chen & Zhu, 1989 – China *'' N. baywanga'' (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines *'' N. beccarii'' ( Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra) *'' N. birmanica'' (Thorell, 1887) – India, Myanmar, Laos, China, Indonesia (Bali) *'' N. brongersmai'' van Helsdingen, 1969 – Japan *'' N. calozonata'' Chen & Zhu, 1989 – China *'' N. cavaleriei'' (Schenkel, 1963) – China, Vietnam *'' N. chunan'' Yin, 2012 – China *'' N. circifolia'' Zhao & Li, 2014 – China *'' N. clathrata'' (Sundevall, 1830) ( type) – North America, Europe, North Africa, Caucas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort ('' castra'') of ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Historically part of Lancashire, areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated into Manchester in the 20th century, including Wythenshawe in 1931. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township, but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1790 Births
Year 179 ( CLXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Veru (or, less frequently, year 932 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 179 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman empire * The Roman fort Castra Regina ("fortress by the Regen river") is built at Regensburg, on the right bank of the Danube in Germany. * Roman legionaries of Legio II ''Adiutrix'' engrave on the rock of the Trenčín Castle (Slovakia) the name of the town ''Laugaritio'', marking the northernmost point of Roman presence in that part of Europe. * Marcus Aurelius drives the Marcomanni over the Danube and reinforces the border. To repopulate and rebuild a devastated Pannonia, Rome allows the first German colonists to enter territory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fellows Of The Linnean Society Of London
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Fellows may refer to Fellow, in plural form. Fellows or Fellowes may also refer to: Places *Fellows, California, USA *Fellows, Wisconsin, ghost town, USA Other uses *Fellows Auctioneers, established in 1876. *Fellowes, Inc., manufacturer of workspace products *Fellows, a partner in the firm of English canal carriers, Fellows Morton & Clayton *Fellows (surname) See also *North Fellows Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wapello County, Iowa *Justice Fellows (other) Justice Fellows may refer to: * Grant Fellows (1865–1929), associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court * Raymond Fellows (1885–1957), associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court {{disambiguation, tndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Arachnologists
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Entomologists
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiobunum Blackwalli
''Leiobunum blackwalli'' is a species of harvestman. It is found in Europe. ''Leiobunum blackwalli'' grows to 6 mm in females and 4 mm in males.Jones, Dick (1989) ''A Guide to Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe'' (revised edition), Hamlyn, , p. 314 The second pair of legs grow to 50mm. Similar in appearance to '' L. rotundum'', the abdomen is broader at the rear and the dark marking broader at the rear than the front with a sharper cutoff than ''L. rotundum'', and the palps Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the second pair of appendages of chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the chelicerae ("jaws") and ... are pale. This harvestman is widespread throughout Britain and Europe, though less common than ''L. rotundum''.Savory, Theodore (1945) ''The Spiders & Allied Orders of the British Isles'', Warne, p. 163 It is usually found in woods or damp places, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvestman
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). Althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotophaeus Blackwalli
''Scotophaeus blackwalli'', also known as the mouse spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Gnaphosidae. Description The adult males of these spiders reach 9mm in length, maturing in the early summer, while females reach 12mm, and can be found until autumn.Roberts, Michael J. (1996) ''Collins Field Guide - Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe'', Collins, , pp. 108-9 The carapace is dark brown while the abdomen is brown/grey with hairs resembling the body of a mouse, hence the common name of 'mouse spider'. The legs are brown with thick pubescence. The male has a small scutum on the dorsum of the abdomen. Distribution and habitat ''Scotophaeus blackwalli'' is native to Europe, the Caucasus, Turkey and Iran. It has been introduced to North America, Peru, and Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salticus Blackwallii
''Salticus'' (from Latin “''saltus''” – leap or jump) is a genus of the family Salticidae (the jumping spiders). ''Salticus'' is the type genus for the family Salticidae. Description Coloration is determined by various scales (modified setae) covering a brown or black integument. Narrow scales (or hairs) may be black or red/rust colored, while broad scales are either iridescent (often magenta or green) or opaque granular white or yellow. Several common species have a dorsal pattern of black narrow scales and white granular scales arranged in transverse stripes, especially on the abdomen, from which the common name “zebra spiders” originates, e.g. Holarctic ''Salticus scenicus'' (Clerck, 1757). Some ''Salticus'' species in the Southwestern US and Mexico have red and white transverse stripes on the abdomen, e.g. ''Salticus palpalis'' (Banks, 1904). Some lack the “zebra” stripes completely and have both dorsal abdomen and cephalothorax covered with iridescent scales, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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