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Platycheirus Tarsalis
''Platycheirus tarsalis'' is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Britain and Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia .... References Syrphinae Diptera of Europe Insects described in 1837 Taxa named by Theodor Emil Schummel {{Syrphidae-stub ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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Hoverfly
Hover flies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects. Insects such as aphids are considered a crop pest, and therefore the aphid-eating larvae of some hover flies serve as an economically (as well as ecologically) important predator and even potential agents for use in biological control, while the adults may be pollinators. About 6,000 species in 200 genera have been described. Hover flies are common throughout the world and can be found on all continents except Antarctica. Hover flies are harmless to most mammals, ...
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Syrphinae
The Syrphinae constitute one of the three subfamilies of the fly family Syrphidae. Most larvae of this subfamily feed on aphids. It is a monophyletic group with more than 1,600 species. Gallery File:Melanostoma sp. (scalare^) Female. - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg, '' Melanostoma'' sp. File:Platycheirus albimanus (male) - Flickr - S. Rae (3).jpg, '' Platycheirus albimanus'' (male) File:Skinny Flower Fly - Flickr - treegrow.jpg, '' Ocyptamus fuscipennis'' File:Sphaerophoria sp. (female) - Spain - Flickr - S. Rae.jpg, '' Sphaerophoria'' sp. (female) File:Syrphus sp. (male) - Flickr - S. Rae.jpg, ''Syrphus'' sp. (male) File:Toxomerus.marginatus02.jpg, ''Toxomerus marginatus'' File:Syrphid.maggot3554.5.13.08cw.jpg, Larva of ''Syrphus ''Syrphus'' is a genus of hoverflies. It can be distinguished from other genera of the tribe Syrphini because it is the only genus that has long hairs on the upper surface of the lower lobe of the calypter (as well as hairs on the rear margin o ... ...
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Bacchini
The Bacchini are a tribe of hoverflies. List of genera *'' Argentinomyia'' Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891 *''Baccha'' Fabricius, 1805 *''Leucopodella'' Hull, 1949 *''Melanostoma'' Schiner, 1860 *''Platycheirus'' Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 *''Rohdendorfia'' Smirnov, 1924 *''Spazigaster'' Rondani, 1843 *''Syrphocheilosia'' Stackelberg, 1864 *''Talahua'' Fluke, 1945 *''Tuberculanostoma'' Fluke, 1943 *''Xanthandrus ''Xanthandrus '' is a small genus of hoverflies. Species *'' X. azorensis'' Frey, 1945 *'' X. bucephalus'' (Wiedemann), 1830 *'' X. comtus'' (Harris, 1780) *'' X. congensis'' Curran, 1938 *'' X. cubanus'' Fluke, 1936 *'' X. flavomaculatus'' S ...'' Verrall, 1901 References Syrphinae Brachycera tribes {{Syrphidae-stub ...
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Platycheirus
''Platycheirus '' is a large genus of hoverflies. They are also called sedgesitters. Species Subgenus: ''Carposcalis'' Enderlein, 1938 *'' P. bertrandi'' (Kolenati, 1913) *'' P. confusus'' ( Curran, 1925) *'' P. fenestratum'' ( Macquart, 1842)Revista chilena de entomología vol.4 (1951) https://archive.org/details/revistachilenade41955soci *'' P. longigena'' ( Enderlein, 1912) *'' P. lundbecki'' ( Collin, 1931) *'' P. lundbladi'' Enderlein, 1940 - Juan Fernández Islands *'' P. stegnus'' (Say, 1829) *'' P. trichopus'' (Thomson, 1869) *'' P. willistoni'' (Goot, 1964) Subgenus: ''Eocheilosia'' Hull, 1949 *'' P. antipodus'' ( Hull, 949b) *'' P. captalis'' (Miller, 1924) *'' P. clarkei'' Miller, 1921 *'' P. cunninghami'' (Miller, 1921) *'' P. fulvipes'' (Miller, 1924) *'' P. harrisi'' (Miller, 1921) *'' P. howesii'' (Miller, 1921) *'' P. huttoni'' Thompson in Thompson & Vockeroth, 1989 *'' P. leptospermi'' (Miller, 1921) *'' P. lignudus'' Miller, 1921 *'' P. myersii'' (Miller, 19 ...
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Theodor Emil Schummel
Theodor Emil Schummel (23 May 1786, Breslau—24 February 1848) was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera. Schummel was a private tutor in Breslau. He was a member of Schlesische Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur (Silesian Society for Patriotic Culture) a largely scientific society which received royal ratification in 1809 after the draft of its constitution was sent to the government in Königsberg and published many of his shorter scientific papers on insects in the society's journal ''Übersicht der Arbeiten und Veränderungen der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Kultur'', abbreviated ''Übers Arb. Ver. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Kult. '' Works Partial list *1829. Beschreibung der in Schlesien einheimischen Arten einiger Dipteren-Gattungen. 1. Limnobia. Meigen. ''Beitrage zur Entomologie, Breslau'' 1: 97-201 Monograph on Limoniidae. * 1832. ''Versuch einer genauen Beschreibung der in Schlesien einheimischen Arten der Familie der Ruderwanzen Ploteres'' ...
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Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. However, only about 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a two-part name, a "binomial". The first part of a binomial is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name or the specific epithet (in botanical nomenclature, also sometimes i ...
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Hoverfly
Hover flies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects. Insects such as aphids are considered a crop pest, and therefore the aphid-eating larvae of some hover flies serve as an economically (as well as ecologically) important predator and even potential agents for use in biological control, while the adults may be pollinators. About 6,000 species in 200 genera have been described. Hover flies are common throughout the world and can be found on all continents except Antarctica. Hover flies are harmless to most mammals, ...
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Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons. The 60% smaller island of Ireland is to the west—these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands and named substantial rocks, form the British Isles archipelago. Connected to mainland Europe until 9,000 years ago by a landbridge now known as Doggerland, Great Britain has been inhabited by modern humans for around 30,000 years. In 2011, it had a population of about , making it the world's third-most-populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The term "Great Britain" is often used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales, including their component adjoining islands. Great Britain and Northern Ireland now constitute the ...
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Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. Comprising the westernmost peninsulas of Eurasia, it shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and Asia to the east. Europe is commonly considered to be Boundaries between the continents of Earth#Asia and Europe, separated from Asia by the drainage divide, watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural (river), Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea and the waterways of the Turkish Straits. "Europe" (pp. 68–69); "Asia" (pp. 90–91): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and E ...
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