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Telmatogeton Torrenticola
''Telmatogeton torrenticola'', the Hawaii torrent midge, is a species of seaweed midge endemic to the Hawaiian islands. Unlike other seaweed midges which are typically found in intertidal environments, the Hawaii torrent midge is native to moderate elevation streams and rivers near fast rapids, where it inhabits wet rock faces. Description ''T. torrenticola'' is a small gray midge with a body length and wing length both about 5mm. The larvae are much larger, reaching lengths of 18-20mm. Distribution ''T. torrenticola'' is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Hawaii, Maui, and Molokai, where is inhabits montane streams and rivers above 400ft in elevation. It requires rapids for habitat, inhabiting adjacent slick-faced rocks. Evolution Despite originating from a parent species that would've inhabited the coastal intertidal zone like most seaweed midges, ''T. torrenticola'' is not found at sea level. This invasion of freshwater waterways from an ancestral coastal ''Telmatogeton'' s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telmatogeton
''Telmatogeton'' is a genus of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae). Species *'' T. abnormis'' (Terry, 1913) *'' T. alaskensis'' Coquillett, 1900 *'' T. atlanticum'' Oliveira, 1950 *'' T. australicus'' Womersley, 1936 *'' T. fluviatilis'' Wirth, 1947 *'' T. goughi'' Sæther & Andersen, 2011Sæther, O.A. & Andersen, T. (2011). "Chironomidae from Gough, Nightingale and Tristan da Cunha islands." ''Zootaxa'' 2915: 1-19. *'' T. hirtus'' Wirth, 1947 *'' T. japonicus'' Tokunaga, 1933 *'' T. latipennis'' Wirth, 1949 *'' T. macswaini'' Wirth, 1949 *'' T. minor'' Kieffer, 1914 *'' T. murrayi'' Sæther, 2009 *'' T. namum'' Oliveira, 1950 *'' T. pacificus'' Tokunaga, 1935 *'' T. pectinatus'' (Deby, 1889) *'' T. pusillum'' Edwards, 1933 *'' T. sanctipauli'' Schiner, 1866 *'' T. torrenticola'' (Terry, 1913) *'' T. trilobatus'' (Kieffer, 1911) *'' T. trochanteratum'' Edwards Edwards may refer to: People * Edwards (surname) * Edwards family, a prominent family from Chile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands ( haw, Nā Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll. Formerly the group was known to Europeans and Americans as the Sandwich Islands, a name that James Cook chose in honor of the 4th Earl of Sandwich, the then First Lord of the Admiralty. Cook came across the islands by chance when crossing the Pacific Ocean on his Third Voyage in 1778, on board HMS ''Resolution''; he was later killed on the islands on a return visit. The contemporary name of the islands, dating from the 1840s, is derived from the name of the largest island, Hawaii Island. Hawaii sits on the Pacific Plate and is the only U.S. state that is not geographically connected to North America. It is part of the Polynesia subregion of Oceania. The state of Hawaii occupies the archipelago almost in its entirety (includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaii (island)
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii ) is the List of islands of the United States by area, largest island in the United States, located in the U.S. state, state of Hawaii. It is the southeasternmost of the Hawaiian Islands, a chain of High island, volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean. With an area of , it has 63% of the Hawaiian archipelago's combined landmass. However, it has only 13% of Hawaiʻi's population. The island of Hawaiʻi is the third largest island in Polynesia, behind the two main List of islands of New Zealand, islands of New Zealand. The island is often referred to as the Island of Hawaii or Hawaii Island to distinguish it from the state. It is also referred to as the Big Island. Administratively, the island is coextensive with Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaii County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 200,629. The county seat and largest town is Hilo, Hawaii, Hilo. There are no Municipal corporation, incorporated cities i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maui
The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which also includes Molokai, Lānai, and unpopulated Kahoolawe. In 2020, Maui had a population of 168,307, the third-highest of the Hawaiian Islands, behind that of Oahu and Hawaii Island. Kahului is the largest census-designated place (CDP) on the island with a population of 26,337 , and is the commercial and financial hub of the island. Wailuku is the seat of Maui County and is the third-largest CDP . Other significant places include Kīhei (including Wailea and Makena in the Kihei Town CDP, the island's second-most-populated CDP), Lāhainā (including Kāanapali and Kapalua in the Lāhainā Town CDP), Makawao, Pukalani, Pāia, Kula, Haikū, and Hāna. Etymology Native Hawaiian tradition gives the origin of the island's name in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molokai
Molokai , or Molokai (), is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) at its greatest length and width with a usable land area of , making it the fifth-largest in size of the main Hawaiian Islands and the List of islands of the United States by area, 27th largest island in the United States. It lies southeast of Oahu, Oahu across the wide Hawaiian islands channels, Kaʻiwi Channel and north of Lanai, Lānai, separated from it by the Hawaiian islands channels, Kalohi Channel. The island's agrarian economy has been driven primarily by cattle ranching, pineapple production, sugarcane production and small-scale farming. Tourism comprises a small fraction of the island's economy, and much of the infrastructure related to tourism was closed and barricaded in the early 2000s when the primary landowner, Molokai Ranch, ceased operations due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chironomidae
The Chironomidae (informally known as chironomids, nonbiting midges, or lake flies) comprise a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. Many species superficially resemble mosquitoes, but they lack the wing scales and elongated mouthparts of the Culicidae. The name Chironomidae stems from the Ancient Greek word ''kheironómos'', "a pantomimist". Common names and biodiversity This is a large taxon of insects; some estimates of the species numbers suggest well over 10,000 world-wide. Males are easily recognized by their plumose antennae. Adults are known by a variety of vague and inconsistent common names, largely by confusion with other insects. For example, chironomids are known as "lake flies" in parts of Canada and Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin, but "bay flies" in the areas near the bay of Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are called "sand flies", "muckleheads", "muffleheads", "Canadian so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insects Described In 1913
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. Insect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insects Of Hawaii
The Insects of Hawaii series, now under the editorship of James K. Liebherr James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambigua ... of Cornell University, aims to provide a collaborative, comprehensive, taxonomy of all known Hawaiian insect fauna. So far, more than 5,000 native arthropod species have been described. Only vols. 1, 16, and 17 are still in print,{{cite web , url=http://uhpress.wordpress.com/books-in-series/insects-of-hawaii/ , title=University of Hawaii Press: Insects of Hawaii , accessdate=2009-02-24 but the out-of-print volumes are being scanned and added to the University of Hawaii's digital repository. * 1. Reissue of the ''Introduction.'' Elwood C. Zimmerman, with new Foreword by James K. Liebherr and short biography of the author by James O. Juvik. (2001) - Geologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
