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Leschenault Peninsula Conservation Park - species of fly
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Leschenault may refer to: * Jean-Baptiste Leschenault de La Tour (1773–1826), French botanist and ornithologist * Leschenault, Western Australia, an outer suburb of Bunbury * Leschenault Estuary, an estuarine lagoon to the north of Bunbury, Western Australia * Leschenault, a former name of the Electoral district of Mitchell (Western Australia) See also * Lechenaultia - genus of flowering plants * Leschenault's leaf-toed gecko * Leschenault's rousette - species of fruit bat * Leschenaultia - genus of flies, with 32 identified species * Mallophora leschenaulti ''Mallophora leschenaulti'', known generally as the belzebul bee-eater or black bee killer, is a species of robber fly in the family Asilidae, Seen in northern Nevada, and Tahoe area. References Asilidae Articles created by Qbugbot Insec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Leschenault De La Tour
Jean-Baptiste Louis Claude Théodore Leschenault de La Tour (13 November 1773 – 14 March 1826) was a French botanist and ornithologist. Born at the family seat (since 1718), Le Villard, near Chalon-sur-Saône, Leschenault de la Tour arrived in Paris after the death of his father, a judge at Lyon. Leschenault de La Tour was chief botanist on Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australia between 1800 and 1803. He collected a great many new specimens in 1801 and 1802, though Baudin's journal suggests that he did not work particularly hard; apparently the poorly educated gardener's boy Antoine Guichenot collected more plant specimens than Leschenault did, and gave them more useful labels. In April 1803 he was so ill that he had to be put ashore at Timor. Forced to spend the next three years on Java he used the time to make the first thorough botanical investigation of the island, which had not previously been visited by naturalists except briefly by Carl Peter Thunberg. He arrived back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leschenault, Western Australia
Leschenault is an outer suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia 16 km to the north-east. Its local government area is the Shire of Harvey The Shire of Harvey is a Local Government Areas of Western Australia, local government area of Western Australia. Harvey, Western Australia, Harvey is located in the state's South West (Western Australia), South West region, approximately 140&n .... Leschenault is generally considered to be a higher socioeconomic area, with higher than average real estate prices. History The name ''Leschenault'' honours botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour, who was part of Nicolas Baudin's 1802–1803 voyage which visited the coast and explored the estuary and nearby rivers. However, the first reported sighting of the coast was by Captain A.P. Jonk in the VOC ''Emeloort'', who sighted land at 33°12' (most likely opposite the estuary from Australind) on 24 February 1658 while looking for the Vergulde Draeck but did not land. Until the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leschenault Estuary
Leschenault Estuary is an estuarine lagoon that lies to the north of Bunbury, Western Australia. It had in the past met the Indian Ocean at the Leschenault Inlet, but that has been altered by harbour works for Bunbury, and the creation of The Cut north of the historical inlet location. The estuary is approximately in length and has a maximum width of approximately . The total area of the estuary is The lagoon is separated from the ocean by a thin peninsula of sand dunes called the Leschenault Peninsula. Catchment The catchment area below Wellington Dam for the estuary covers . The catchment includes part of the Swan Coastal Plain, the Darling Scarp and the Darling Plateau. The Collie and Preston Rivers are the main catchment rivers and enter the estuary from the southern end and with the catchment runoff discharging into the Indian ocean via the cut in the peninsula. Other rivers in the catchment area include the Brunswick River, Ferguson and Wellesley as well as num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Mitchell (Western Australia)
Mitchell was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. It existed from 1983 to 2005 and, under the name Leschenault, continued until 2008. History Mitchell was created at the 1982 redistribution and was named for Sir James Mitchell GCMG, former Premier (1919–1924; 1930–1933) and Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia (1933–1951), who was born in Dardanup within the original boundaries of the electorate. It was first contested at the 1983 election. The district was initially a reasonably safe Labor seat based in the eastern and southern suburbs of the regional city of Bunbury, but as Bunbury grew, the seat contracted in size and moved northwards, centring on Australind. The seat then switched to the Liberal Party's Dan Sullivan, who held it until its abolishment. At the 2003 redistribution, the seat was renamed as the Commissioners believed the name "Mitchell" had no connection to the seat as it now stood, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechenaultia
''Lechenaultia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Goodeniaceae, the species native to Australia with one species ('' L. filiformis'') also occurring in New Guinea. Plants in the genus ''Lechenaultia'' are glabrous shrubs or herbs with needle-shaped leaves, more or less sessile flowers with five sepals and five blue, white, or yellow and red petals in two unequal lobes, the fruit an elongated capsule. Description Plants in the genus ''Lechenaultia'' are glabrous shrubs or herbs with spreading branches, linear or cylindrical leaves, the leaves sometimes reduced to scales. The flowers are more or less sessile with five sepals that are free from each other, and five glabrous blue, white or yellow and red petals. The petals are glabrous, the two at the back of the flower shorter with narrow wings near the tip, and the lower three longer with broad wings. The fruit is a cylindrical capsule with four valves. Taxonomy The genus ''Lechenaultia'' was first formally described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leschenault's Leaf-toed Gecko
Leschenault's leaf-toed gecko (''Hemidactylus leschenaultii'') is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Asia and parts of West Asia. It is often found inside homes. Its scientific name commemorates French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("''Hemidactylus leschenaulti'' ic, p. 156). Description ''H. leschenaultii'' has the following characters. Snout longer than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, 1.33 to 1.40 times the diameter of the orbit; forehead concave, the supraorbital ridges prominent in full-grown specimens; ear-opening rather large, oval, vertical. Body and limbs moderate. A slight fold of the skin on the side of the belly, from axilla to groin. Digits free, strongly dilated, inner well developed; 6 or 7 (rarely 5) lamellae under the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leschenault's Rousette
Leschenault's rousette (''Rousettus leschenaultii'') is a species of fruit bat. The scientific name of the species was first published by Desmarest in 1820. Description Leschenault's rousette is brown to grey-brown in colour with lighter underparts. It has long pale hairs under the chin, an elongated muzzle and large dark eyes. The head and body length measures , the tail length measures and the forearm length is about . Habits and habitat This bat species is found in a variety of habitats ranging from tropical forests to urban environments. It roosts in caves, old abandoned buildings and tunnels, and other such structures. A colony of this animal can contain up to several thousand individuals. It feeds on fruits, nectar and flowers. Leschenault's rousette is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia from Iran to Bali, Java and Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leschenaultia
''Leschenaultia'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. It may be synonymous with the genus '' Harrisia'', but the type material of ''Harrisia'' has been lost, hindering comparisons. ''Leschenaultia'' comprises 32 species, distributed across the Americas: Species *'' L. adusta'' ( Loew, 1872) – United States ( California, Arizona, New Mexico), Mexico (Sonora, Durango) *'' L. aldrichi'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Brazil ( São Paulo, Santa Catarina) *'' L. americana'' (Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1893) – Canada ( British Columbia, Alberta), United States ( Oregon, Montana, Idaho, California, Arizona) *'' L. arnaudi'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Haiti *'' L. barbarae'' Toma, 2008 – Venezuela *'' L. bergenstammi'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Brazil ( Santa Catarina), Peru (San Martín) *'' L. bessi'' Toma & Guimarães, 2002 – Brazil ( São Paulo, Santa Catarina) *'' L. bicolor'' ( Macquart, 1846) – Canada, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Arge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
