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Sepulki
Sepulkas, also renditioned as sepulcas, and called scrupts in English translation,"Scrupts" at the FAQ page of Lem's official website are unclearly defined fictional objects found in works of Polish writer , '''' and '' Observation on the Spot''. A fictional encyclopedia lists them as "objects used for sepuling". < ...
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Polish Language
Polish (Polish: ''język polski'', , ''polszczyzna'' or simply ''polski'', ) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group written in the Latin script. It is spoken primarily in Poland and serves as the native language of the Poles. In addition to being the official language of Poland, it is also used by the Polish diaspora. There are over 50 million Polish speakers around the world. It ranks as the sixth most-spoken among languages of the European Union. Polish is subdivided into regional dialects and maintains strict T–V distinction pronouns, honorifics, and various forms of formalities when addressing individuals. The traditional 32-letter Polish alphabet has nine additions (''ą'', ''ć'', ''ę'', ''ł'', ''ń'', ''ó'', ''ś'', ''ź'', ''ż'') to the letters of the basic 26-letter Latin alphabet, while removing three (x, q, v). Those three letters are at times included in an extended 35-letter alphabet, although they are not used in native words. The traditional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepulkomys Eboretus
''Tsaganomys altaicus'' is an extinct species of rodent from Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ..., and the only species in the genus ''Tsaganomys''. Junior synonyms and likely junior synonyms: ''American Museum Novitates'', Number 3156, December 29, 1995 *Cyclomylus lohensis *Cyclomylus minutus *Sepulkomys eboretus *Beatomus bisus *Pseu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepulenia
''Sepulenia'' is an extinct genus of stem sawflies in the family Sepulcidae. There is one described species in ''Sepulenia'', ''S. syricta''. The genus was identified by Alexandr Pavlovich Rasnitsyn. It was named after fictional things called '' sepulki'', found in Stanisław Lem's ''The Star Diaries , image = File:TheStarDiaries.jpg , caption = First edition , author = Stanisław Lem , translator = ''English:'' Michael Kandel , illustrator = Stanisław Lem , cover_artist = Marian Stachurski , country = Poland , language = Polish, Engl ...'' and '' Observation on the Spot'' The name of the species is literally translated as "sepuling with whistle". Каракоз Роман. Где живут сепульки: двух видах палеонтологических перепончатокрылых — Sepulka mirabilis и Sepulenia syricta// Новая интересная газета (Киев). — 2004. — № 1. — С. 5. — (Блок Z: Просто ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepulca
''Sepulca'' is an extinct genus of stem sawflies in the family Sepulcidae. The genus ''Sepulca'' was identified by Alexandr Pavlovich Rasnitsyn. It was named by his colleague and a science-fiction author Kirill Eskov after fictional entities called '' sepulki'', found in Stanisław Lem's ''The Star Diaries , image = File:TheStarDiaries.jpg , caption = First edition , author = Stanisław Lem , translator = ''English:'' Michael Kandel , illustrator = Stanisław Lem , cover_artist = Marian Stachurski , country = Poland , language = Polish, Engl ...'' and '' Observation on the Spot''. The relation to Lem's ''sepulki'' is understandable in both Polish and Russian, but their English translation obscures their association with ancient insects as they are translated as ''Scrupts'' in English editions of Lem's novels. ''Sepulca'' includes two species, as well as a number of subspecies. Rasnitsyn A.P. Sepulcidae and origin of Cephidae (Hymenoptera: Cephoidea). In: Tobias V.I. (e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirill Eskov
Kirill Yuryevich Eskov (russian: Кири́лл Ю́рьевич Есько́в; born 16 September 1956) is a Russian writer, biologist and paleontologist. As an author he is known for '' The Gospel of Afranius'' in which he presents an atheistic interpretation of the events of the Gospel, and ''The Last Ringbearer'' in which he retells J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'' from a Mordorian point of view. Career In biology Eskov graduated from the Department of Biology of Moscow State University in 1979. In 1986 he defended a dissertation for the Candidate of Biological Sciences at the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Animal Evolutionary Morphology and Ecology of the USSR Academy of Sciences, the theme being "Spiders of Northern Siberia (horology analysis)". His main scientific interests as a biologist focus on the spiders of Siberia and the Russian Far East and, as a paleontologist, on the Paleozoic and Cenozoic eras. he is the Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Arthro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandr Pavlovich Rasnitsyn
Alexandr Pavlovich Rasnitsyn (Russian: Александр Павлович Расницын) is a Russian entomologist, expert in palaeoentomology, and Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation (2001). His scientific interests are centered on the palaeontology, phylogeny, and taxonomy of hymenopteran insects and insects in general. He has also studied broader biological problems such as evolutionary theory, the principles of phylogenetics, taxonomy, nomenclature, and palaeoecology. He has published over 300 articles and books in several languages. In August 2008 he was awarded the Distinguished Research Medal of the International Society of Hymenopterists. Biography Alexandr Rasnitsyn was born on 24 September 1936 in Moscow. As a schoolboy Alex was active in the Society of Young Biologists at the Moscow Zoo. In 1955 he became a student at the Biological Faculty of the Moscow State University and in 1960 he graduated with honors from the Department of Entomology. His Master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transbaikal
Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia ( rus, Забайка́лье, r=Zabaykalye, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲjɪ), or Dauria (, ''Dauriya'') is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal in Far Eastern Russia. The steppe and wetland landscapes of Dauria are protected by the Daurian Nature Reserve, which forms part of a World Heritage Site named "The Landscapes of Dauria". Etymology The alternative name of the Transbaikal, ''Dauria'', derives from the ethnonym of the former inhabitants, the Daur people, whom Russian explorers first encountered in 1640. Geography Dauria stretches for almost 1,000 km from north to south from the Patom Plateau and North Baikal Plateau to the Russian state borders with Mongolia and China. The Transbaikal region covers more than 1,000 km from west to east from Lake Baikal to the meridian of the confluence of the Shilka and Argun Rivers. To the west and north lies the Irkutsk Oblast; to the north the Republic of Sak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is a large order (biology), order of insects, comprising the sawfly, sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are Parasitoid wasp, parasitic. Females typically have a special ovipositor for inserting eggs into hosts or places that are otherwise inaccessible. This ovipositor is often modified into a stinger. The young develop through holometabolism (complete metamorphosis (biology), metamorphosis)—that is, they have a wormlike larval stage and an inactive pupal stage before they mature. Etymology The name Hymenoptera refers to the wings of the insects, but the original derivation is ambiguous. All references agree that the derivation involves the Ancient Greek language, Ancient Greek wikt:πτερόν, πτερόν (''pteron'') for wing. The Ancient Greek wikt:ὑμήν, ὑμήν (''hymen'') for membrane provides a plausible etymology for the term bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepulcidae
Sepulcidae is an extinct family of stem sawflies in the order Hymenoptera. The family is known primarily from late Mesozoic fossils found in 1968 in Transbaikalia. The insects were distant relatives of modern sawflies and are part of the living superfamily Cephoidea. The genus '' Sepulca'' was identified by Alexandr Pavlovich Rasnitsyn. It was named by his colleague and a science-fiction author Kirill Eskov after fictional entities called '' sepulki'', found in Stanisław Lem's ''The Star Diaries'' and '' Observation on the Spot''. The relation to Lem's ''sepulki'' is understandable in both Polish and Russian, but their English translation obscures their association with ancient insects as they are translated as ''Scrupts'' in English editions of Lem's novels. Genera These 17 genera belong to the family Sepulcidae: * Subfamily Sepulcinae Rasnitsyn, 1968 ** † '' Sepulca'' Rasnitsyn, 1968 ** † '' Sepulenia'' Rasnitsyn, 1968 * Subfamily Parapamphiliinae Rasnitsyn, 1968 ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarantoga
Professor Tarantoga (full name: Astral Sternu Tarantoga), an eccentric xenozoologist, traveller, and inventor, is a fictional character from science fiction works, mostly humorous, by Polish writer Stanislaw Lem. Wojciech Orliński, "Co to są sepulki? Wszystko o Lemie". Kraków: Znak, 2007, Section "Tarantoga", pp. 226–227. . **1992: TV play, Poland, first aired September 5, 1992, director Maciej Wojtyszko, Tarantoga: **: Lem spoke favorably about both the play and the director. *1963: ''Czarna komnata profesora Tarantogi'', scenario, first print: collection ''Noc księżycowa'' **1964: Polish TV film *1963: ''Dziwny gość profesora Tarantogi'', scenario, first print: collection ''Noc księżycowa'' **1971: Polish TV film **1979: ''Professor Tarantoga und sein seltsamer Gast'', TV film, 21 April 1979, East Germany, director Jens-Peter Proll *1975: ''Godzina przyjęć profesora Tarantogi'', radio play **1977: ''Professor Tarantogas Sprechstunde'' (:de:Professor Tarantogas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
