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Linyphia Tenuipalpis
''Linyphia'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. The name is Greek, and means "thread-weaver" or "linen maker". Species it contains seventy-eight species, found in Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Panama, Peru, Russia, Samoa, Sweden, Switzerland, São Tomé and Príncipe, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States: *'' L. adstricta'' (Keyserling, 1886) – Utah, Baja California *'' L. albipunctata'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – China (Yarkand) *'' L. alpicola'' van Helsdingen, 1969 – Alps (France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria) *'' L. armata'' (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil *'' L. bicuspis'' ( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico *'' L. bifasciata'' (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare beetle species he found in the prison, ''Necrobia ruficollis''. He published his first important work in 1796 (), and was eventually employed by the . His foresighted work on arthropod systematics and taxonomy gained him respect and accolades, including being asked to write the volume on arthropods for George Cuvier's monumental work, , the only part not by Cuvier himself. Latreille was considered the foremost entomologist of his time, and was described by one of his pupils as "the prince of entomologists". Biography Early life Pierre André Latreille was born on 29 November 1762 in the town of Brive, then in the province of Limousin, as the illegitimate child of Jean Joseph Sahuguet d'Amarzit, général ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east and northeast, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia has a total area of . As of 2022, it is home to around 113.5 million inhabitants, making it the 13th-most populous country in the world and the 2nd-most populous in Africa after Nigeria. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African and Somali tectonic plates. Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out to the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithic period. Southwestern Ethiopia has been proposed as a possible homeland of the Afroasiatic langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
