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Philoliche Rondani
''Philoliche'' is a genus of long-tongued Horse-fly, Horse-flies found in the Old World. It appears to be the sole member of tribe Philolichini. The species ''Philoliche longirostris'' is noted for having the longest extension of the labium, used by males and females to obtain nectar. Females obtain blood from vertebrates using the shorter feeding tube (or syntrophium) that is hidden at the base of the labium. Species *''Philoliche acutipalpis'' (Günther Enderlein, Enderlein, 1925) *''Philoliche adjuncta'' (Francis Walker (entomologist), Walker, 1848) *''Philoliche aethiopica'' (Carl Peter Thunberg, Thunberg, 1789) *''Philoliche alternans'' (Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart, Macquart, 1855) *''Philoliche amboinensis'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1805) *''Philoliche andrenoides'' Usher, 1965 *''Philoliche angolensis'' Dias & Serrano, 1967 *''Philoliche angulata'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1805) *''Philoliche armigera'' Harold Oldroyd, Oldroyd, 1957 *''Philoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann
Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (7 December 1770 in Brunswick – 31 December 1840 in Kiel) was a German physician, historian, naturalist and entomologist. He is best known for his studies of world Diptera, but he also studied Hymenoptera and Coleoptera, although far less expertly. Biography Wiedemann’s father, Conrad Eberhard Wiedemann (1722–1804) was an art dealer and his mother, Dorothea Frederike (née Raspe) (1741–1804) was the daughter of an accountant in the Royal Mining Service and also interested in the arts. After his education in Brunswick, he matriculated in 1790 to the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Jena where he was a contemporary of the poet Friedrich von Hardenberg. While attending university, Wiedemann, was one of the many pupils of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, and travelled to Saxony and Bohemia. He obtained his doctoral degree in 1792 with a thesis entitled ''Dissertatio inauguralis sistens vitia gennus humanum debilitantia''. He then w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |