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Ornithophila
''Ornithophila'' are a genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are two known species. Both species are parasites of birds. Distribution ''Ornithophila'' are found worldwide with the exception of the Americas and Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont .... Systematics *Genus ''Ornithophila'' Rondani, 1879 :*'' O. gestroi'' ( Rondani, 1878) :*'' O. metallica'' ( Schiner, 1864) References Parasites of birds Hippoboscidae Hippoboscoidea genera Taxa named by Camillo Rondani {{parasitic animal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornithophila Gestroi
''Ornithophila'' are a genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are two known species. Both species are parasites of birds. Distribution ''Ornithophila'' are found worldwide with the exception of the Americas and Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine .... Systematics *Genus ''Ornithophila'' Rondani, 1879 :*'' O. gestroi'' ( Rondani, 1878) :*'' O. metallica'' ( Schiner, 1864) References Parasites of birds Hippoboscidae Hippoboscoidea genera Taxa named by Camillo Rondani {{parasitic animal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornithophila Metallica
''Ornithophila'' are a genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. There are two known species. Both species are parasites of birds. Distribution ''Ornithophila'' are found worldwide with the exception of the Americas and Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine .... Systematics *Genus ''Ornithophila'' Rondani, 1879 :*'' O. gestroi'' ( Rondani, 1878) :*'' O. metallica'' ( Schiner, 1864) References Parasites of birds Hippoboscidae Hippoboscoidea genera Taxa named by Camillo Rondani {{parasitic animal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hippoboscidae
__NOTOC__ Hippoboscidae, the louse flies or keds, are obligate parasites of mammals and birds. In this family, the winged species can fly at least reasonably well, though others with vestigial or no wings are flightless and highly apomorphic. As usual in their superfamily Hippoboscoidea, most of the larval development takes place within the mother's body, and pupation occurs almost immediately. The sheep ked, ''Melophagus ovinus'', is a wingless, reddish-brown fly that parasitizes sheep. The Neotropical deer ked, ''Lipoptena mazamae'', is a common ectoparasite of white-tailed deer (''Odocoileus virginianus'') in the southeastern United States. Both winged and wingless forms may be seen. A common winged species is ''Hippobosca equina'', called "the louse fly" among riders. Species in other genera are found on birds; for example, ''Ornithomya bequaerti'' has been collected from birds in Alaska. Two species of the Hippoboscidae – '' Ornithoica (Ornithoica) podargi'' and ''Ornit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornithomyinae
Ornithomyinae is a subfamily of the fly family Hippoboscidae. All are blood feeding parasites, for the most part on birds, though some have mammals as hosts. Systematics *Subfamily Ornithomyinae Bigot, 1853 :*Genus ''Allobosca'' Speiser, 1899 (1 species) :*Genus '' Austrolfersia'' Bequaert, 1953 (1 species) :*Genus ''Crataerina'' von Olfers, 1816 (8 species) :*Genus ''Icosta'' Speiser, 1905 (52 species) :*Genus ''Microlynchia'' Lutz, 1915 (4 species) :*Genus ''Myophthiria'' Rondani, 1875 (13 species) :*Genus '' Olfersia'' Leach, 1817 (7 species) :*Genus ''Ornithoctona'' Speiser, 1902 (12 species) :*Genus ''Ornithoica'' Rondani, 1878 (24 species) :*Genus '' Ornithomya'' Latreille, 1802 (29 species) :*Genus ''Ornithophila'' Rondani, 1879 (2 species) :*Genus ''Ortholfersia'' Speiser, 1902 (4 species) :*Genus ''Phthona'' Maa, 1969 (3 species) :*Genus ''Proparabosca'' Theodor & Oldroyd 1965 (1 species) :*Genus ''Pseudolynchia'' Bequaert, 1926 (5 species) :*Genus ''Stilbometo ... [...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] |
Parasitism
Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, 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 Armillaria mellea, honey fungus and the agents of ringworm; and plants such as mistletoe, dodder, and the Orobanchaceae, broomrapes. There are six major parasitic Behavioral ecology#Evolutionarily stable strategy, strategies of exploitation of animal hosts, namely parasitic castration, directly transmitted parasitism (by contact), wikt:trophic, trophicallytransmitted parasitism (by being eaten), Disease vector, vector-transmitted paras ... [...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] |
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of . Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of . Antarctica is, on average, the coldest, driest, and windiest of the continents, and it has the highest average elevation. It is mainly a polar desert, with annual precipitation of over along the coast and far less inland. About 70% of the world's freshwater reserves are frozen in Antarctica, which, if melted, would raise global sea levels by almost . Antarctica holds the record for the lowest measured temperature on Earth, . The coastal regions can reach temperatures over in summer. Native species of animals include mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades. Where vegetation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with their associated islands, the Americas cover 8% of Earth's total surface area and 28.4% of its land area. The topography is dominated by the American Cordillera, a long chain of mountains that runs the length of the west coast. The flatter eastern side of the Americas is dominated by large river basins, such as the Amazon, St. Lawrence River–Great Lakes basin, Mississippi, and La Plata. Since the Americas extend from north to south, the climate and ecology vary widely, from the arctic tundra of Northern Canada, Greenland, and Alaska, to the tropical rain forests in Central America and South America. Humans first settled the Americas from Asia between 42,000 and 17,000 years ago. A second migration of Na-Dene speakers followed later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the bee hummingbird to the ostrich. There are about ten thousand living species, more than half of which are passerine, or "perching" birds. Birds have whose development varies according to species; the only known groups without wings are the extinct moa and elephant birds. Wings, which are modified forelimbs, gave birds the ability to fly, although further evolution has led to the loss of flight in some birds, including ratites, penguins, and diverse endemic island species. The digestive and respiratory systems of birds are also uniquely adapted for flight. Some bird species of aquatic environments, particularly seabirds and some waterbirds, have further evolved for swimming. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser
Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser (1877–1945) was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera. Speiser was first a physician, then a ''Medizinalrat'', a medical adviser to a district. He worked on world Diptera, especially Nycteribiidae, and was an eminent medical entomologist. Works (Partial list) *1900. Venti Specie di Zanzare (Culicidae) Italiane Classate e Descritte e Indicate Secondo la Loro Distribuzione corologica. ''Centralblatt Bact. Parasit und Infektioskrankheiten'' 28: 297–402. *1901. Ueber die Nycteribiiden, Fledermausparasiten aus der Gruppe der pupiparen Dipteren. ''Archiv für Naturgeschichte'' 66: 31–70. *1902. Studien Uber Diptera Pupipara. ''Z. Syst. Hym. Dipt.'' 2: 145–180. *1902. Diptera (Supplement). Diptera Pupipara. ''Fauna Hawaiiensis'' 3(2): 86–92. *1908. Dipteren aus Deutschlands afrikanischen Kolonien. ''Berl. Ent. Z.'' 52: 127–149. *1910. Orthorhapha. Orthorhapha Brachycera. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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