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Molophilus Ater
''Molophilus ater'' is a Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ... species of craneflies in the family Limoniidae.It is found in a wide range of habitats and micro habitats: in earth rich in humus, in swamps and marshes, in leaf litter and in wet spots in woods. R. L. Coe, Paul Freeman & P. F. Mattingly Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae (Tipulidae). '' Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects'' Vol 9 Part 2 ipdf download manual Out of date but online at no cost References External links Limoniidae {{Limoniidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Entomology
''British Entomology'' is a classic work of entomology by John Curtis, FLS. It is subtitled ''Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: Containing Coloured Figures from Nature of the Most Rare and Beautiful Species, and in Many Instances of the Plants Upon Which they are Found''. The work comprises 770 hand-coloured, copper-plate engravings, each 8 by inches (20×14 cm), together with two or more pages of text. The work was issued in monthly parts over 16 years, each part comprising three or more (usually four) plates. Plates were initially printed on James Whatman's Turkey Mill paper and then (circa 1832) on Rye Mill paper. It was a masterpiece of the engraver's and colourist's art, described by the eminent French naturalist Georges Cuvier as the "paragon of perfection". Close examination of a proof set of plates (see below) reveals an obsessive attention to detail. The shading of the foliage is typically achie ... [...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] |
Arthropod
Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a Segmentation (biology), segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and Arthropod cuticle, cuticle made of chitin, often Mineralization (biology), mineralised with calcium carbonate. The arthropod body plan consists of segments, each with a pair of appendages. Arthropods are bilaterally symmetrical and their body possesses an exoskeleton, external skeleton. In order to keep growing, they must go through stages of moulting, a process by which they shed their exoskeleton to reveal a new one. Some species have wings. They are an extremely diverse group, with up to 10 million species. The haemocoel, an arthropod's internal cavity, through which its haemolymph – analogue of blood – circulates, accommodates its interior Organ (anatomy), organs; it has an open circulatory system. Like their exteriors, the internal or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. Their blood is not totally contained in vessels; some circulates in an open cavity known as the haemocoel. Insects are the most diverse group of animals; they include more than a million described species and represent more than half of all known living organisms. The total number of extant species is estimated at between six and ten million; In: potentially over 90% of the animal life forms on Earth are insects. Insects may be found in nearly all environments, although only a small number of species reside in the oceans, which are dominated by another arthropod group, crustaceans, which recent research has indicated insects are nested within. Nearly all insects hatch from eggs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diptera
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as halteres, which act as high-speed sensors of rotational movement and allow dipterans to perform advanced aerobatics. Diptera is a large order containing an estimated 1,000,000 species including horse-flies, crane flies, hoverflies and others, although only about 125,000 species have been described. Flies have a mobile head, with a pair of large compound eyes, and mouthparts designed for piercing and sucking (mosquitoes, black flies and robber flies), or for lapping and sucking in the other groups. Their wing arrangement gives them great maneuverability in flight, and claws and pads on their feet enable them to cling to smooth surfaces. Flies undergo complete metamorphosis; the eggs are often laid on the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nematocera
The Nematocera (the name means "thread-horns") are a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae. This group is paraphyletic and contains all flies but species from suborder Brachycera (the name means "short-horns"), which includes more commonly known species as housefly or the common fruit fly. Families in Nematocera include mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, black flies, and a multiple groups of families described as midges. The Nematocera typically have fairly long, fine, finely-jointed antennae. In many species, such as most mosquitoes, the female antennae are more or less threadlike, but the males have spectacularly plumose antennae. The larvae of most families of Nematocera are aquatic, either free-swimming, rock-dwelling, plant-dwelling, or luticolous. Some families however, are not aquatic; for instance the Tipulidae tend to be soil-dwelling and the Mycetophilidae feed on fungi such as mushrooms. Unlike most of the Brachycera, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipulomorpha
The Tipulomorpha are an infraorder of Nematocera, containing the crane flies, a very large group, and allied families. One recent classification based largely on fossils splits this group into a series of extinct superfamilies (below), and includes members of other infraorders, but this has not gained wide acceptance. Extinct ranks *Superfamily Eopolyneuroidea **Family Eopolyneuridae - (Upper Triassic) **Family Musidoromimidae - (Upper Triassic) *Superfamily Tipulodictyoidea extinct **Family Tipulodictyidae - (Upper Triassic) *Superfamily Tanyderophryneoidea extinct **Family Tanyderophryneidae - (Middle Jurassic) *Superfamily Tipuloidea Tipuloidea is a superfamily of flies containing the living families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae, and the extinct family Architipulidae.Petersen, M.J.; Bertone, M.A.; Wiegmann, B.M.; Courtney, G.W. 2010: Phylogenetic sy ... **Family Architipulidae extinct (Upper Triassic)-(Pan Jurassic) *Superfamily Eoptychop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipuloidea
Tipuloidea is a superfamily of flies containing the living families Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae, and the extinct family Architipulidae.Petersen, M.J.; Bertone, M.A.; Wiegmann, B.M.; Courtney, G.W. 2010: Phylogenetic synthesis of morphological and molecular data reveals new insights into the higher-level classification of Tipuloidea (Diptera). Systematic entomology, 35: 526-545. A common name for it is crane flies, which is also applied specifically to family Tipulidae. At least 15,300 species of crane flies have been described, most of them (75%) by the specialist Charles Paul Alexander Charles Paul Alexander (September 25, 1889, Gloversville, New York - December 3, 1981) was an American entomologist who specialized in the craneflies, Tipulidae. Charles Paul Alexander was the son of Emil Alexander and Jane Alexander (née Parke .... Description Adult crane flies are typically slender-bodied and have long legs. Like other insects, their wings are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eriopterinae
The Chioneinae are a subfamily of limoniid crane flies. This subfamily was known as Eriopterinae until 1992. Systematics : ''This list is adapted from the (January 2007). However, tribe affiliation is taken froFauna Europaea thus genera that include no European species are given below''. then refined from Savchenko, Oosterbroek & Stary *Tribe Cladurini Mendl, 1979 **''Chionea'' Dalman, 1816 **'' Cladura'' Osten-Sacken, 1860 **'' Crypteria'' Bergroth, 1913 **'' Franckomyia'' Alexander, 1936 **'' Neolimnophila'' Alexander, 1920 *Tribe Eriopterini **'' Arctoconopa'' Alexander, 1955 **'' Baeoura'' Alexander, 1924 **'' Beringomyia'' Savchenko, 1980 **'' Erioptera'' Meigen, 1803 **'' Gonempeda'' Alexander, 1924 **'' Gonomyodes'' Alexander, 1948 **'' Gonomyopsis'' Alexander, 1966 **'' Hesperoconopa'' Alexander, 1948 **'' Scleroprocta'' Edwards, 1938 **'' Styringomyia'' Loew, 1845 **''Symplecta'' Meigen, 1830 *Tribe Gonomyiini **'' Dasymallomyia'' Brunetti, 1911 **'' El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molophilus
''Molophilus'' is a very large genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae. Species *Subgenus '' Austromolophilus'' Theischinger, 1988 :*'' M. acutistylus'' Alexander, 1929 :*'' M. aplectus'' Alexander, 1929 :*'' M. asthenes'' Theischinger, 1992 :*'' M. benesignatus'' Theischinger, 1988 :*'' M. binyana'' Theischinger, 1992 :*'' M. burraganee'' Theischinger, 1992 :*'' M. cassisi'' Theischinger, 1988 :*'' M. chrysopterus'' Alexander, 1930 :*'' M. commoni'' Theischinger, 1988 :*'' M. coraperena'' Theischinger, 1992 :*'' M. cranstoni'' Theischinger, 1992 :*'' M. declinatus'' Theischinger, 1999 :*'' M. denise'' Theischinger, 1988 :*'' M. dindi'' Theischinger, 1992 :*'' M. diversistylus'' Alexander, 1927 :*'' M. echidna'' Theischinger, 1992 :*'' M. eugonius'' Alexander, 1927 :*'' M. expansistylus'' Alexander, 1929 :*'' M. exquisitus'' Alexander, 1929 :*'' M. flexilis'' Alexander, 1927 :*'' M. fragillimus'' Theischinger, 1988 :*'' M. gracillimus'' Alexander, 1927 :*'' M. gura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Wilhelm Meigen
Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera. Life Early years Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. They ran a small shop in Solingen. His paternal grandparents, however, owned an estate and hamlet with twenty houses. Adding to the rental income, Meigen's grandfather was a farmer and a guild mastercutler in Solingen. Two years after Meigen was born, his grandparents died and his parents moved to the family estate. This was already heavily indebted by the Seven Years' War, then bad crops and rash speculations forced the sale of the farm and the family moved back to Solingen. Meigen attended the town school but only for a short time. He had learned to read and write on his grandfather's estate and he read widely at home as well as taking an interest in natural history. A lodge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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