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List Of Platystomatidae Genera
These 127 genera belong to the family Platystomatidae, signal flies. There are at least 1,100 described species in Platystomatidae. Platystomatidae genera * '' Achias'' Fabricius, 1805 * '' Aetha'' McAlpine, 2001 * '' Agadasys'' Whittington, 2000 * '' Aglaioptera'' Frey, 1964 * '' Agrochira'' Enderlein, 1911 * '' Amphicnephes'' Loew, 1873 * '' Angelopteromyia'' Korneyev, 2001 * '' Angitula'' Walker, 1859 * '' Antineura'' Osten Sacken, 1881 * '' Apactoneura'' Malloch, 1930 * '' Apiola'' McAlpine, 1973 * '' Asyntona'' Osten Sacken, 1881 * '' Atopocnema'' Enderlein, 1922 * '' Atopognathus'' Bigot, 1881 * ''Bama'' McAlpine, 2001 * '' Boisduvalia'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 * '' Brea'' Walker, 1859 * '' Bromophila'' Loew, 1873 * '' Carolimyia'' Malloch, 1931 * '' Chaetorivellia'' de Meijere, 1913 * '' Cladoderris'' Bezzi, 1914 * '' Cleitamia'' Macquart, 1835 * '' Cleitamoides'' Malloch, 1939 * '' Clitodoca'' Loew, 1873 * '' Coelocephala'' Karsch, 1888 * '' Conicipithea'' H ...
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Platystomatidae
The Platystomatidae (signal flies) are a distinctive family of flies (Diptera) in the superfamily Tephritoidea. Signal flies are worldwide in distribution, found in all the biogeographic realms, but predominate in the tropics. It is one of the larger families of acalyptrate Diptera with around 1200 species in 127 genera. Biology Adults are found on tree trunks and foliage and are attracted to flowers, decaying fruit, excrement, sweat, and decomposing snails. Larvae are found on fresh and decaying vegetation, carrion, human corpses, and root nodules, particularly in the genus ''Rivellia'', which has economic implications for legume crops. Larvae from the remaining genera are either phytophagous (eating plant material) or saprophagous (eating decomposing organic matter). Some are predatory on other insects and others have been found in human lesions, while others are of minor agricultural significance. Family description For terms see Morphology of Diptera Signal flies are very ...
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John Russell Malloch
John Russell Malloch (16 November 1875 – 1963) was a Scottish entomologist who specialised in Diptera and Hymenoptera. Malloch was born at Milton of Campsie in Stirlingshire, Scotland. His widowed father had one son, James Malloch (born 1873) when he married John Russell's mother, Margaret Stirling, on 30 August 1875. He and several others of his family worked at a textile factory in the area, but he spent his spare time collecting insects in the fields. His first published paper (1897) describes a type of migrating butterfly. In 1903 Malloch sold his extensive collection to the Glasgow Museum. He continued to collect, but began to concentrate on Diptera from that time forward. Before emigrating in 1910, he donated the remainder of his collection (13,000 flies) to the Royal Scottish Museum. Little is known about Malloch's education. He listed a university degree from Glasgow on his job applications in the USA, but this has not been verified by university records from that area ...
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Brea (fly)
Brea may refer to: Mythology * Brea (mythology), an Irish mythological god People * Anthony José Brea Salazar, a Venezuelan professional racing cyclist * Armando Bréa, a Brazilian middle-distance runner * Benjamín Brea, a Venezuelan musician * Brea Grant, an American actress * Cirilo de Alameda y Brea O.F.M. Obs. (1781-1872), Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Diego de Brea, Slovenian theatre director * Jennifer Brea, an American documentary filmmaker and activist * Julián Brea, Argentine professional football forward * Lesli Brea, a former Major League Baseball player * Ludovico Brea, a Renaissance painter * Luigi Bernabò Brea, Italian archaeologist * María Isabel Soldevila Brea, Dominican journalist, academician, and television presenter * Teodosio César Brea, Argentine lawyer Places * Brea, California, United States * Brea, Cornwall, United Kingdom * Brea (Chalcidice), a town of ancient Macedonia, Greece * Brea (Thrace), an ancient Greek colony f ...
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Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy
André Jean Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy (1 January 1799 in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye – 25 June 1857 in Paris) was a French physician and entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera (flies) and to some extent of the Coleoptera (beetles). Achievements Because he worked on difficult to identify flies (specifically the Schizophora), the existing descriptions of which were poor, and because he had few contacts, many of the new species he described were already named. Also he was over reliant on colour and pattern as characters, and this led to his improperly defining species. He also worked on too many species. Much later criticism ensued but it must be remembered that he was an early worker and, in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, French scientists were unduly criticised for nationalistic reasons. Very many of his generic and species names survive. In all these respects, as well as his genuine love of entomology and boundless enthusiasm, Robineau-Desvoidy is remini ...
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Boisduvalia (fly)
''Epilobium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Onagraceae, containing about 197 species. The genus has a worldwide distribution. It is most prevalent in the subarctic, temperate and subantarctic regions, whereas in the subtropics and tropics ''Epilobium'' species are restricted to the cool montane biomes, such as the New Guinea Highlands. The taxonomy of the genus has varied between different botanists, but the modern trend is to include the previously recognised genera ''Boisduvalia, Pyrogennema'' and ''Zauschneria'' within ''Epilobium''. '' Chamaenerion'', (previously ''Chamerion''), is considered distinct, however,Wagner & Hoch 009a,b/ref> according to Peter H. Raven, who has extensively studied the willowherbs and merges the other segregate genera into ''Epilobium''. Fringed willowherb ('' Epilobium ciliatum'') is likely a cryptic species complex; apparently these plants also commonly hybridize with their congeners. Most species are known by the common name ...
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Bama (fly)
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Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot
Jacques Marie Frangile Bigot (1818–1893) was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Bigot was born in Paris, France, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne. He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844, and his first paper was published in its Annals in 1845, as was most of his later work. Bigot was a prolific author, and, like Francis Walker, his work was the subject of much later criticism. Bigot's collection of exotic (extra-European) Tabanidae and Syrphidae was purchased by George Henry Verrall, who gave it to the Natural History Museum in London. The exotic Asilidae and all his European Diptera were presented to the Hope Department of Entomology of Oxford University. The Coleoptera and Hemiptera were presented to the Entomological Society of France by A. P. Mauppin in 1899. Selected works *1845?- 18—Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus long series in ''Ann Soc ...
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