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Philopotinae
Philopotinae is a subfamily of small-headed flies. Their larvae are endoparasites of araneomorph spiders in the subgroup Entelegynae. Genera The subfamily includes twelve extant genera and four extinct: * '' Africaterphis'' Schlinger, 1968 * †'' Archaeterphis'' Hauser & Winterton, 2007 * '' Dimacrocolus'' Schlinger, 1961 * †'' Eulonchiella'' Meunier, 1912 * '' Helle'' Osten Sacken, 1896 * †'' Hoffeinsomyia'' Gillung & Winterton, 2017 * '' Megalybus'' Philippi, 1865 * '' Neophilopota'' Schlinger ''in'' Schlinger, Gillung & Borkent, 2013 * '' Oligoneura'' Bigot, 1878 * '' Parahelle'' Schlinger, 1961 * '' Philopota'' Wiedemann, 1830 * †'' Prophilopota'' Hennig, 1966 * ''Quasi Quasi (phonetics 'kwa - zee') is an American indie rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1993 by former spouses Sam Coomes ( vocals, guitar, rocksichord, various keyboards, bass) and Janet Weiss (vocals and drums). Joanna Bolme performe ...'' Gillung & Winterton, 2011 * '' Schlingeriell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philopota
''Philopota'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is the type genus of the subfamily Philopotinae. Species * ''Philopota amazonensis'' Gillung & Nihei, 2016 * ''Philopota castanea'' Gillung & Nihei, 2016 * ''Philopota conica'' Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann, Wiedemann, 1830 * ''Philopota costaricensis'' Gillung & Nihei, 2016 * ''Philopota dissimilis'' Gillung & Nihei, 2016 * ''Philopota flavimaculata'' Gillung & Nihei, 2016 * ''Philopota flavolateralis'' Enrico Brunetti, Brunetti, 1926 * ''Philopota fuscofemorata'' Gillung & Nihei, 2016 * ''Philopota grossii'' Gillung & Nihei, 2016 * ''Philopota histrio'' Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Erichson, 1840 * ''Philopota liturata'' John O. Westwood, Westwood, 1848 * ''Philopota longirostris'' Gillung & Nihei, 2016 * ''Philopota lugubris'' Williston, 1901 * ''Philopota minuta'' Gillung & Nihei, 2016 * ''Philopota multivenata'' Gillung & Nihei, 2016 * ''Philopota schlingeri'' Gillung & Nihei, 2016 * ''Philopota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acroceridae
The Acroceridae are a small family (biology), family of odd-looking flies. They have a hump-backed appearance with a strikingly small head, generally with a long proboscis for accessing nectar. They are rare and not widely known. The most frequently applied common names are small-headed flies or hunch-back flies. Many are bee or wasp mimicry, mimics. Because they are parasitoids of spiders, they also are sometimes known as spider flies. Description The Acroceridae vary in size from small to fairly large, about the size of large bees, with a wingspan over 25 mm in some species. As a rule, both sexes have tiny heads and a characteristic hump-backed appearance because of the large, rounded thorax. In appearance, they are compact flies without major bristles, but many species have a bee-like hairiness on their bodies, and some are bee or wasp mimicry, mimics. In most species, the eyes are holoptic in both sexes, the heads seemingly composed mainly of the large ommatidia, facete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archaeterphis
''Archaeterphis'' is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is known from Baltic amber from the Eocene, though the locality is unknown (possibly Russia). It contains only one species, ''Archaeterphis hennigi''. The generic name is a combination of the Greek word ''Arche'' (beginning) and ''Terphis'', referring to the possible close relationship of ''Archaeterphis'' with the extant genera '' Africaterphis'' and '' Terphis''. The species is named in honor of Willi Hennig Emil Hans Willi Hennig (20 April 1913 – 5 November 1976) was a Germans, German biologist and zoologist who is considered the founder of Phylogenesis, phylogenetic systematics, otherwise known as cladistics. In 1945 as a POWs in World War II, p .... References † Prehistoric Diptera genera † † Baltic amber Eocene insects {{Nemestrinoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignaz Rudolph Schiner
Ignaz Rudolf Schiner (April 17, 1813 – July 6, 1873) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera. Schiner was born in , Horn and died in Vienna. He was a ministerial secretary in Vienna His most significant publications are: * ''Fauna Austriaca. Die Fliegen (Diptera). Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet'' 1862–1864. *As editor ''Catalogus systematicus dipterorum Europae. W.M.W. Impensis: Societatis Zoologico-Botanicae'' 1864. Schiner's collections are in the Naturhistorisches Museum The Natural History Museum Vienna (german: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) is a large natural history museum located in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the most important natural history museums worldwide. The NHM Vienna is one of the largest museum ... in Vienna. References *Frauenfeld, von 1873 chiner, I. R. ''Verh. k.-k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien'', Sitzungsber., Wien 23: 465-468. *Musgrave, A. 1932 ''Bibliography of Australian Entomology'' 1775–1930. Sydney, 280 *Osten-Sacken, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neophilopota
''Neophilopota'' is a genus of small-headed flies. It contains only a single species, ''Neophilopota brevirostris'', described by Schlinger in 2013. It is endemic to Mexico. The generic name is a combination of the Latin prefix ''neo'' ("new") and ''Philopota'', the name of a genus that ''Neophilopota'' resembles. The specific name is said to be derived from the Latin ''brevis'' ("short") and ''rostris'' ("beak"), referring to the short length of the proboscis A proboscis () is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate. In invertebrates, the term usually refers to tubular mouthparts used for feeding and sucking. In vertebrates, a proboscis is an elong ... in comparison to species of ''Philopota''. The proper word for "beak" in Latin is however ''rostrum''.Lewis, C.T. & Short, C. (1879). ''A Latin dictionary founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary.'' Oxford: Clarendon Press. References Acroceridae Nemest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson
Dr Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (26 November 1809 in Stralsund – 18 December 1848 in Berlin) was a trained medical doctor and a German entomologist. He was the author of many articles about insects mainly in ''Archiv für Naturgeschichte''. When writing in Latin, he latinised ''Wilhelm'' to ''Guillelmus'' becoming either ''Guil. F. Erichson'' or ''G.F. Erichson.'' He wrote a paper in 1842 on insect species collected at Woolnorth in Tasmania, Australia, which was the first detailed research published on the biogeography of Australian animals and was very influential in raising scientific interest in Australian fauna. Erichson was the curator of the Coleoptera collections at the ''Museum fur Naturkunde'' in Berlin from 1834 to 1848. Erichson's Scarabaeidae classification is nearly identical to the modern one. Works *''Genera Dytiscorum''. Berlin (1832) *''Die Käfer der Mark Brandenburg''. Two volumes Berlin (1837-1839) Click for pd*''Genera et species Staphylinorum insectorum'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schlingeriella
''Schlingeriella'' is a genus of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae). It contains only one species, ''Schlingeriella irwini'', endemic to New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of New Caledonia , map_caption = Location of New Caledonia , mapsize = 290px , subdivision_type = Sovereign st .... The genus is named in honor of Evert I. Schlinger, who collected specimens of the species and was also an expert on Acroceridae. The species is named in honor of the entomologist Michael E. Irwin. References Acroceridae Nemestrinoidea genera Monotypic Brachycera genera Insects of New Caledonia {{Nemestrinoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quasi (fly)
''Quasi'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It contains only one species, ''Quasi fisheri'', known only from Veracruz, Mexico. The generic name is from the Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ... word , referring to the likeness of the species to members of '' Terphis'', a closely related genus. The species is named in honor of Eric Fisher, the collector of the only known specimen of the species. References Acroceridae Insects of Mexico Insects described in 2011 Diptera of North America {{Nemestrinoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willi Hennig
Emil Hans Willi Hennig (20 April 1913 – 5 November 1976) was a Germans, German biologist and zoologist who is considered the founder of Phylogenesis, phylogenetic systematics, otherwise known as cladistics. In 1945 as a POWs in World War II, prisoner of war, Hennig began work on his theory of cladistics, which he published in German in 1950, with a substantially revised English translation published in 1966. With his works on evolution and systematics he revolutionised the view of the natural order of beings. As a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist, he specialised in dipterans (true flies). Hennig coined the key terms synapomorphy, Plesiomorphy and symplesiomorphy, symplesiomorphy, and paraphyly. He also asserted, in his "auxiliary principle", that "the presence of apomorphous characters in different species 'is always reason for suspecting kinship [i.e., that species belong to a monophyletic group], and that their origin by convergence should not be presumed a priori' (Hennig, 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prophilopota
''Prophilopota'' is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is known from Baltic amber from the Eocene. Species The genus contains two species: * †'' Prophilopota succinea'' Hennig, 1966 – unknown locality (possibly Denmark) * †'' Prophilopota variegata'' Gillung & Winterton, 2017 – Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast (russian: Калинингра́дская о́бласть, translit=Kaliningradskaya oblast') is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and administr ..., Russia References Acroceridae † Prehistoric Diptera genera Taxa named by Willi Hennig Baltic amber Eocene insects {{Nemestrinoidea-stub ... [...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] |
