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Microlynchia Galapagoensis
''Microlynchia'' is a genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are four known species. All species are parasites of birds. ''Microlynchia'' differs from ''Pseudolynchia'' in the presence of minute ocelli and a differently shaped scutellum. Distribution Found throughout North and Central America, and parts of South America, Galápagos Islands. Systematics *Genus ''Microlynchia'' Lutz, 1915 :*Species group 'a' ::*'' Microlynchia crypturelli'' Bequaert, 1938 ::*'' Microlynchia furtiva'' Bequaert, 1955 ::*'' Microlynchia pusilla'' (Speiser, 1902) :*Species group 'b' ::*'' Microlynchia galapagoensis'' Bequaert Joseph Charles Bequaert was an American naturalist of Belgian origin, born 24 May 1886 in Torhout (Belgium) and died on 12 January 1982 in Amherst, Massachusetts. Clench WJ (1982). "Joseph Charles Bequaert". '' The Nautilus'' 96(2)page 35 Career ..., 1955 References Hippoboscidae Parasites of birds Parasitic flies Hippobosco ... [...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] |
Pseudolynchia
''Pseudolynchia'' are genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are 5 known species. One of the more well known species is the pigeon louse fly ''Pseudolynchia canariensis''. All species are parasites of birds. Systematics *Genus ''Pseudolynchia'' Bequaert Joseph Charles Bequaert was an American naturalist of Belgian origin, born 24 May 1886 in Torhout (Belgium) and died on 12 January 1982 in Amherst, Massachusetts. Clench WJ (1982). "Joseph Charles Bequaert". '' The Nautilus'' 96(2)page 35 Career ..., 1926 :*Species group 'a' ::*'' P. serratipes'' Maa, 1966 :*Species group 'b' ::*'' P. brunnea'' ( Latreille, 1812) ::*'' P. canariensis'' ( Macquart, 1840) ::*'' P. garzettae'' ( Rondani, 1879) ::*'' P. mistula'' Maa, 1969 References Parasites of birds Hippoboscidae Hippoboscoidea genera Taxa named by Joseph Charles Bequaert {{Parasite-insect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parasites Of Birds
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has characterised parasites as "predators that eat prey in units of less than one". Parasites include single-celled protozoans such as the agents of malaria, sleeping sickness, and amoebic dysentery; animals such as hookworms, lice, mosquitoes, and vampire bats; fungi such as honey fungus and the agents of ringworm; and plants such as mistletoe, dodder, and the broomrapes. There are six major parasitic strategies of exploitation of animal hosts, namely parasitic castration, directly transmitted parasitism (by contact), trophicallytransmitted parasitism (by being eaten), vector-transmitted parasitism, parasitoidism, and micropredation. One major axis of classification concerns invasiveness: an endoparasite lives inside the host's body; an ect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microlynchia Galapagoensis
''Microlynchia'' is a genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are four known species. All species are parasites of birds. ''Microlynchia'' differs from ''Pseudolynchia'' in the presence of minute ocelli and a differently shaped scutellum. Distribution Found throughout North and Central America, and parts of South America, Galápagos Islands. Systematics *Genus ''Microlynchia'' Lutz, 1915 :*Species group 'a' ::*'' Microlynchia crypturelli'' Bequaert, 1938 ::*'' Microlynchia furtiva'' Bequaert, 1955 ::*'' Microlynchia pusilla'' (Speiser, 1902) :*Species group 'b' ::*'' Microlynchia galapagoensis'' Bequaert Joseph Charles Bequaert was an American naturalist of Belgian origin, born 24 May 1886 in Torhout (Belgium) and died on 12 January 1982 in Amherst, Massachusetts. Clench WJ (1982). "Joseph Charles Bequaert". '' The Nautilus'' 96(2)page 35 Career ..., 1955 References Hippoboscidae Parasites of birds Parasitic flies Hippobosco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microlynchia Furtiva
''Microlynchia'' is a genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are four known species. All species are parasites of birds. ''Microlynchia'' differs from ''Pseudolynchia'' in the presence of minute ocelli and a differently shaped scutellum. Distribution Found throughout North and Central America, and parts of South America, Galápagos Islands. Systematics *Genus ''Microlynchia'' Lutz, 1915 :*Species group 'a' ::*'' Microlynchia crypturelli'' Bequaert, 1938 ::*'' Microlynchia furtiva'' Bequaert, 1955 ::*''Microlynchia pusilla'' (Speiser, 1902) :*Species group 'b' ::*''Microlynchia galapagoensis'' Bequaert Joseph Charles Bequaert was an American naturalist of Belgian origin, born 24 May 1886 in Torhout (Belgium) and died on 12 January 1982 in Amherst, Massachusetts. Clench WJ (1982). "Joseph Charles Bequaert". '' The Nautilus'' 96(2)page 35 Career ..., 1955 References Hippoboscidae Parasites of birds Parasitic flies Hippoboscoid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Charles Bequaert
Joseph Charles Bequaert was an American naturalist of Belgian origin, born 24 May 1886 in Torhout (Belgium) and died on 12 January 1982 in Amherst, Massachusetts. Clench WJ (1982). "Joseph Charles Bequaert". '' The Nautilus'' 96(2)page 35 Career Bequaert obtained a doctorate in botany at the University of Ghent in 1908. He was an entomologist, and from 1910 to 1912 he was part of ''la commission Belge sur la maladie du sommeil'' (Belgian Committee on sleeping sickness). From 1913 to 1915 he worked as a botanist in the Belgian Congo and also collected mollusks. In 1916 he emigrated to the United States and was an associate researcher from 1917 to 1922 at the American Museum of Natural History. He became an American citizen in 1921, and taught Entomology at the Harvard Medical School. From 1929 to 1956 he was Curator of Insects at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, and was Professor of Zoology from 1951 to 1956 within the same institution. Bequaert became president ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microlynchia Crypturelli
''Microlynchia'' is a genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are four known species. All species are parasites of birds. ''Microlynchia'' differs from ''Pseudolynchia'' in the presence of minute ocelli and a differently shaped scutellum. Distribution Found throughout North and Central America, and parts of South America, Galápagos Islands. Systematics *Genus ''Microlynchia'' Lutz, 1915 :*Species group 'a' ::*'' Microlynchia crypturelli'' Bequaert, 1938 ::*''Microlynchia furtiva'' Bequaert, 1955 ::*''Microlynchia pusilla'' (Speiser, 1902) :*Species group 'b' ::*''Microlynchia galapagoensis'' Bequaert Joseph Charles Bequaert was an American naturalist of Belgian origin, born 24 May 1886 in Torhout (Belgium) and died on 12 January 1982 in Amherst, Massachusetts. Clench WJ (1982). "Joseph Charles Bequaert". '' The Nautilus'' 96(2)page 35 Career ..., 1955 References Hippoboscidae Parasites of birds Parasitic flies Hippoboscoide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands (Spanish: , , ) are an archipelago of volcanic islands. They are distributed on each side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean, surrounding the centre of the Western Hemisphere, and are part of the Republic of Ecuador. Located west of continental Ecuador, the islands are known for their large number of endemic species that were studied by Charles Darwin during the second voyage of HMS ''Beagle''. His observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by means of natural selection. The Galápagos Islands and their surrounding waters form the Galápagos Province of Ecuador, the Galápagos National Park, and the Galápagos Marine Reserve. The principal language on the islands is Spanish. The islands have a population of slightly over 25,000. The first recorded visit to the islands happened by chance in 1535, when Fray Tomás de Berlanga, the Bishop of Panamá, was surprised to find this undiscovered land on a vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psyche (entomological Journal)
''Psyche'' is a scientific journal of entomology which was established in 1874 by the Cambridge Entomological Club as a "journal for the publication of biological contributions upon Arthropoda from any competent person". The name of the journal is derived from the Ancient Greek word for butterfly. The journal has been published since 1874 (with gaps from 1886 to 1887, 1995 to 1999, and 2000 to 2007). In 2007 the Club transferred the journal to the Hindawi Publishing Corporation, and it became an open-access journal in 2008, with articles distributed online under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Almost all back issues were scanned and are available online as PDF files. History Samuel Hubbard Scudder proposed to start an "Organ of the Cambridge Entomological Club" at its fourth meeting. When ''Psyche'' began publication, its first editor was B. P. Mann. Its articles concentrated on general anatomy, biological entomology, and to set up a Bibliographic Record of all writin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scutellum (insect)
The scutellum is the posterior portion of either the mesonotum or the metanotum of an insect thorax; however, it is used almost exclusively in the former context, as the metanotum is rather reduced in most insect groups. In the Hemiptera, and some Coleoptera, the scutellum is a small triangular plate behind the pronotum and between the forewing bases. In Diptera and Hymenoptera the scutellum is nearly always distinct, but much smaller than (and immediately posterior to) the mesoscutum. File:Heteroptera morphology-d.svg, 26 = Heteroptera scutellum File:Housefly anatomy-key.svg, 6 = Diptera scutellum File:Coléoptère schématique.jpg, 9 = Coleoptera scutellum File:Scheme ant worker anatomy-numbered.svg, 10 = Formicidae scutellum See also * Scutoid A scutoid is a particular type of geometric solid between two parallel surfaces. The boundary of each of the surfaces (and of all the other parallel surfaces between them) either is a polygon or resembles a polygon, but is not nec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocelli
A simple eye (sometimes called a pigment pit) refers to a form of eye or an optical arrangement composed of a single lens and without an elaborate retina such as occurs in most vertebrates. In this sense "simple eye" is distinct from a multi-lensed "compound eye", and is not necessarily at all simple in the usual sense of the word. The structure of an animal's eye is determined by the environment in which it lives, and the behavioural tasks it must fulfill to survive. Arthropods differ widely in the habitats in which they live, as well as their visual requirements for finding food or conspecifics, and avoiding predators. Consequently, an enormous variety of eye types are found in arthropods. They possess a wide variety of novel solutions to overcome visual problems or limitations. Use of the term ''simple eye'' is flexible, and must be interpreted in proper context; for example, the eyes of humans and of other large animals such as most cephalopods, are ''camera eyes'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Insects Monograph
''Pacific Insects Monographs'' was a scientific journal published by the Entomology Department, Bishop Museum The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, designated the Hawaii State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a museum of history and science in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. Founded in 1889, it is the lar ..., between 1961 and 1986. References External links * Publications established in 1961 Publications disestablished in 1986 Entomology journals and magazines English-language journals Academic journals published by museums Bishop Museum academic journals {{zoo-journal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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