Thrypticus
''Thrypticus'' is a genus of long-legged flies in the family Dolichopodidae. There are about 90 described species in ''Thrypticus''. All known larvae of the genus are phytophagous stem-miners of plants in the families Cyperaceae, Poaceae, Juncaceae, and Pontederiaceae. Female adults have a strong, pointed ovipositor The ovipositor is a tube-like organ used by some animals, especially insects, for the laying of eggs. In insects, an ovipositor consists of a maximum of three pairs of appendages. The details and morphology of the ovipositor vary, but typical ... used to pierce and insert eggs in the stems of the plants. See also * List of Thrypticus species References Medeterinae Dolichopodidae genera Diptera of Australasia Taxa named by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker {{Dolichopodidae-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Thrypticus Species
This is a list of 95 species in ''Thrypticus'', a genus of long-legged flies in the family Dolichopodidae. ''Thrypticus'' species * '' Thrypticus abditus'' Becker, 1922 * '' Thrypticus abdominalis'' (Say, 1829) * '' Thrypticus acuticauda'' Van Duzee, 1929 * '' Thrypticus adauctus'' Parent, 1933 * '' Thrypticus aequalis'' Robinson, 1975 * '' Thrypticus afer'' Vanschuytbroeck, 1951 * '' Thrypticus altaicus'' Negrobov ''in'' Negrobov & Stackelberg, 1971 * '' Thrypticus amoenus'' Becker, 1922 * '' Thrypticus analis'' Becker, 1922 * '' Thrypticus aphroditus'' Negrobov & Tsurikov, 1986 * '' Thrypticus arahakiensis'' Bickel, 1992 * '' Thrypticus armatus'' Robinson, 1975 * '' Thrypticus atomus'' Frey, 1915 * '' Thrypticus aurinotatus'' Van Duzee, 1915 * '' Thrypticus australis'' Bickel, 1986 * '' Thrypticus azuricola'' Bickel & Hernández, 2004 * '' Thrypticus basalis'' Van Duzee, 1930 * '' Thrypticus bellus'' Loew, 1869 * '' Thrypticus bolevensis'' Kejval & Pollet, 2024 * '' T ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thrypticus Smaragdinus
''Thrypticus'' is a genus of long-legged flies in the family Dolichopodidae. There are about 90 described species in ''Thrypticus''. All known larvae of the genus are phytophagous stem-miners of plants in the families Cyperaceae, Poaceae, Juncaceae, and Pontederiaceae. Female adults have a strong, pointed ovipositor used to pierce and insert eggs in the stems of the plants. See also * List of Thrypticus species This is a list of 95 species in ''Thrypticus'', a genus of long-legged flies in the family Dolichopodidae. ''Thrypticus'' species * '' Thrypticus abditus'' Becker, 1922 * '' Thrypticus abdominalis'' (Say, 1829) * '' Thrypticus acuticauda'' Van ... References Medeterinae Dolichopodidae genera Diptera of Australasia Taxa named by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker {{Dolichopodidae-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dolichopodidae Genera
Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera. The genus ''Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species. Dolichopodidae generally are small flies with large, prominent eyes and a metallic cast to their appearance, though there is considerable variation among the species. Most have long legs, though some do not. In many species, the males have unusually large genitalia which are taxonomically useful in identifying species. Most adults are predatory on other small animals, though some may scavenge or act as kleptoparasites of spiders or other predators. An expanded concept of the family (Dolichopodidae ''sensu lato'') includes the subfamilies Parathalassiinae and Microphorinae. The latter of these was formerly placed in the Empididae, and was at one time considered a separate family (Microphoridae). However, some authors propose instead that Dolichopodidae ''s.l.'' shou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Medeterinae
Medeterinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Genera *'' Atlatlia'' Bickel, 1986 *'' Cryptopygiella'' Robinson, 1975 *'' Dominicomyia'' Robinson, 1975 *'' Grootaertia'' Grichanov, 1999 *'' Hurleyella'' Runyon & Robinson, 2010 (subfamily ''incertae sedis'') *†'' Medeterites'' Grichanov, 2010 *'' Microchrysotus'' Robinson, 1964 *'' Microcyrtura'' Robinson, 1964 *'' Micromedetera'' Robinson, 1975 *†'' Paleothrypticus'' Ngô-Muller, Garrouste & Nel, 2020 *''Papallacta'' Bickel, 2006 *'' Pharcoura'' Bickel, 2007 *'' Pindaia'' Bickel, 2014 *'' Protomedetera'' Tang, Grootaert & Yang, 2018 *†'' Salishomyia'' Bickel, 2019 * Tribe Medeterini Lioy, 1864 **'' Asioligochaetus'' Negrobov, 1966 **'' Craterophorus'' Lamb, 1921 **'' Cyrturella'' Collin, 1952 **'' Demetera'' Grichanov, 2011 **'' Dolichophorus'' Lichtwardt, 1902 **'' Medetera'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1819 **'' Medeterella'' Grichanov, 2011 **'' Nikitella'' Grichanov, 2011 **'' Paramedetera'' Grootaert ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera. The genus ''Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species. Dolichopodidae generally are small flies with large, prominent eyes and a metallic cast to their appearance, though there is considerable variation among the species. Most have long legs, though some do not. In many species, the males have unusually large genitalia which are taxonomically useful in identifying species. Most adults are predatory on other small animals, though some may scavenge or act as kleptoparasites of spiders or other predators. An expanded concept of the family (Dolichopodidae ''sensu lato'') includes the subfamilies Parathalassiinae and Microphorinae. The latter of these was formerly placed in the Empididae, and was at one time considered a separate family (Microphoridae). However, some authors propose instead that Dolichopodidae ''s.l.'' shou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker
Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker (30 August 1828 – 20 June 1895) was a German zoologist, entomologist and professor at the University of Berlin and then the University of Greifswald. Biography Gerstaecker was born in Berlin, where he studied medicine and natural sciences, receiving his PhD in 1855 as a student of Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug. In 1856 he obtained his habilitation for zoology, and soon afterwards, became a curator at the Zoological Museum of Humboldt University. In 1864 he began work as a lecturer at the Landwirtschaftlichen Lehranstalt (Agricultural Educational Facility) in Berlin. In 1874 he became an associate professor for zoology at the University of Berlin, and in 1876, a professor of zoology at the University of Greifswald. He died in Greifswald. Works * ''Monographie der Endomychiden'' (1858) – Monograph on Endomychidae. * ''Handbuch der Zoologie'' (with Wilhelm Peters und Julius Victor Carus), Leipzig (1863-1875). * (Arthropoda) * Arthropod ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Juncaceae
Juncaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the rush family. It consists of 8 genera and about 464 known species of slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous monocotyledonous plants that may superficially resemble grasses and sedges. They often grow on infertile soils in a wide range of moisture conditions. The best-known and largest genus is ''Juncus''. Most of the ''Juncus'' species grow exclusively in wetland habitats. A few rushes, such as '' Juncus bufonius'' are annuals, but most are perennials. Description The leaves are evergreen and well-developed in a basal aggregation on an erect stem. They are alternate and tristichous (i.e., with three rows of leaves up the stem, each row of leaves arising one-third of the way around the stem from the previous leaf). Only in the genus '' Distichia'' are the leaves distichous. The rushes of the genus ''Juncus'' have flat, hairless leaves or cylindrical leaves. The leaves of the wood-rushes of the genus ''Luzula' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Records Of The Western Australian Museum
The Western Australian Museum is a statutory authority within the Culture and the Arts Portfolio, established under the ''Museum Act 1969''. The museum has six main sites. The state museum, now known as WA Museum Boola Bardip, officially re-opened on 21 November 2020 in the Perth Cultural Centre. The other sites are: the WA Maritime Museum and WA Shipwrecks Museum in Fremantle, the Museum of the Great Southern in Albany, the Museum of Geraldton in Geraldton, and the Museum of the Goldfields in Kalgoorlie-Boulder. History Established in 1891 in the Old Perth Gaol, it was known as the Geological Museum and consisted of geological collections. In 1892, ethnological and biological exhibits were added, and in 1897, the museum officially became the Western Australian Museum and Art Gallery. The museum employed collectors to obtain series of specimens; Tunney ventured across the state from 1895 to 1909 obtaining animals and, later, the tools and artefacts of the indigenous inhabi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ovipositor
The ovipositor is a tube-like organ used by some animals, especially insects, for the laying of eggs. In insects, an ovipositor consists of a maximum of three pairs of appendages. The details and morphology of the ovipositor vary, but typically its form is adapted to functions such as preparing a place for the egg, transmitting the egg, and then placing it properly. For most insects, the organ is used merely to attach the egg to some surface, but for many parasitic species (primarily in wasps and other Hymenoptera), it is a piercing organ as well. Some ovipositors only retract partly when not in use, and the basal part that sticks out is known as the scape, or more specifically oviscape, the word ''scape'' deriving from the Latin word '' scāpus'', meaning "stalk" or "shaft". In insects Grasshoppers use their ovipositors to force a burrow into the earth to receive the eggs. Cicadas pierce the wood of twigs with their ovipositors to insert the eggs. Sawflies slit the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pontederiaceae
Pontederiaceae is a family of flowering plants. The APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the APG III system of 2009, the APG II system of 2003 and the APG system of 1998) places the family in the order Commelinales, in the commelinid clade, in the monocots. It is a small family of heterostylous aquatic plants, occurring in tropical and subtropical waters. Charles Darwin was interested in the specialized form of heterostyly found in the family, known as tristyly. Not all of the species are heterostylous. The family contains two genera with around 40 known species. It is best known for the water hyacinth ('' Pontederia crassipes''), which is an invasive species in many waterways. The highly modified '' Heteranthera gardneri'' is a submerged aquatic with a two-flowered pseudanthium. Taxonomy The two genera within this family are: *'' Heteranthera'' Ruiz & Pav. (including '' Eurystemon'', '' Hydrothrix'', '' Scholleropsis'', and '' Zosterella'') *''Pontederia'' L. (including '' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' with over 2,000 species. These species are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group occurring in tropical Asia and tropical South America. While sedges may be found growing in almost all environments, many are associated with wetlands, or with poor soils. Ecological communities dominated by sedges are known as sedgelands or sedge meadows. Some species superficially resemble the closely related rushes and the more distantly related grasses. Features distinguishing members of the sedge family from grasses or rushes are stems with triangular cross-sections (with occasional exceptions, a notable example being the tule which has a round cross-section) and leaves that are spirally arranged in three ranks. In comparison, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Poaceae
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and pasture. The latter are commonly referred to collectively as grass. With around 780 genera and around 12,000 species, the Poaceae is the fifth-largest plant family, following the Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, Fabaceae and Rubiaceae. The Poaceae are the most economically important plant family, providing staple foods from domesticated cereal crops such as maize, wheat, rice, barley, and millet as well as feed for meat-producing animals. They provide, through direct human consumption, just over one-half (51%) of all dietary energy; rice provides 20%, wheat supplies 20%, maize (corn) 5.5%, and other grains 6%. Some members of the Poaceae are used as building materials (bamboo, thatch, and straw); others can provide a source of biofuel, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |