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Orthonecroscia Festinabunda
''Orthonecroscia'' is a genus of stick insect first described by William Forsell Kirby in 1904. Taxonomy ''Orthonecroscia'' contains the following species: * ''Orthonecroscia fastidiosa'' * ''Orthonecroscia festinabunda'' * ''Orthonecroscia longicornis'' * ''Orthonecroscia rahimi'' * ''Orthonecroscia speciosa'' * ''Orthonecroscia dux'' * ''Orthonecroscia chaperi'' * ''Orthonecroscia filum'' * ''Orthonecroscia fumata'' * ''Orthonecroscia laetissima'' * ''Orthonecroscia mjoebergi'' * ''Orthonecroscia ruficeps'' * ''Orthonecroscia coeruleomaculata'' * ''Orthonecroscia oreibates'' * ''Orthonecroscia nieuwenhuisi'' * ''Orthonecroscia laeta'' * ''Orthonecroscia felix'' * ''Orthonecroscia errans'' * ''Orthonecroscia deflorata'' * ''Orthonecroscia conlei'' * ''Orthonecroscia violascens'' * ''Orthonecroscia serena'' * ''Orthonecroscia fuscoannulata'' * ''Orthonecroscia keatsooni'' * ''Orthonecroscia mjobergi'' * ''Orthonecroscia pulcherrima'' References Lonchodidae Phasmatodea g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Forsell Kirby
William Forsell Kirby (14 January 1844 – 20 November 1912) was an English entomologist and folklorist. Life He was born in Leicester. He was the eldest son of Samuel Kirby, who was a banker. He was educated privately, and became interested in butterflies and moths at an early age. The family moved to Brighton, where he became acquainted with Henry Cooke, Frederick Merrifield and J. N. Winter. He published the ''Manual of European Butterflies'' in 1862. In 1867 he became a curator in the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society, and produced a ''Synonymic Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera'' (1871; Supplement 1877). In 1879 Kirby joined the staff of the British Museum (Natural History) as an assistant, after the death of Frederick Smith. He published a number of catalogues, as well as ''Rhopalocera Exotica'' (1887–1897) and an ''Elementary Text-book of Entomology''. He also did important work on orthopteroid insects including a three volume Catalogue of all known species (1904, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
