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Thienemannimyia
''Thienemannimyia'' is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Tanypodinae of the bloodworm family 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 specie .... Tanypodinae {{Chironomidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentaneurini
Pentaneurini is a tribe of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae). Genera & Species * Genus '' Ablabesmyia'' Johannsen, 1905 :*'' A. longistyla'' Fittkau, 1962 :*'' A. monilis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) :*'' A. phatta'' (Egger, 1863) * Genus '' Arctopelopia'' Fittkau, 1962 :*'' A. barbitarsis'' (Zetterstedt, 1850) :*'' A. griseipennis'' (van der Wulp, 1858) :*'' A. melanosoma'' (Goetghebuer, 1933) * Genus ''Coffmania'' Hazra & Chaudhuri, 2000 :*'' C. adiecta'' Hazra & Chaudhuri, 2000 :*'' C. animispina'' Hazra & Chaudhuri, 2000 * Genus '' Conchapelopia'' Fittkau, 1957 :*'' C. aagardi'' Murray, 1987 :*'' C. melanops'' ( Meigen, 1818) :*'' C. pallidula'' ( Meigen, 1818) :*'' C. viator'' (Kieffer, 1911) * Genus '' Guttipelopia'' Fittkau, 1962 :*'' G. guttipennis'' (van der Wulp, 1861) * Genus '' Hayesomyia'' Murray & Fittkau, 1985 :*'' H. tripunctata'' (Goetghebuer, 1922) * Genus '' Helopelopia'' Roback, 1971 :*'' H. cornuticaudata'' (Walley, 1925) :*'' H. pilicaudata'' (W ... [...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] |
Tanypodinae
Tanypodinae is a subfamily of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae). The larvae are generally carnivorous and their mouthparts are adapted for predation on small invertebrates (including other chironomid larvae) although 1st and 2nd instar larvae also feed on algae. Tribes & genera *Tribe Anatopyniini :*'' Anatopynia'' Johannsen, 1905 *Tribe Clinotanypodini :*'' Coelotanypus'' Kieffer, 1913 :*'' Clinotanypus'' Kieffer, 1913 *Tribe Macropelopiini :*'' Apsectrotanypus'' Fittkau, 1962 :*'' Macropelopia'' Thienemann, 1916 :*'' Psectrotanypus'' Kieffer, 1909 *Tribe Natarsiini :*''Natarsia'' Fittkau, 1962 *Tribe Pentaneurini :*'' Ablabesmyia'' Johannsen, 1905 :*'' Arctopelopia'' Fittkau, 1962 :*''Coffmania'' Hazra & Chaudhuri, 2000 :*'' Conchapelopia'' Fittkau, 1957 :*'' Guttipelopia'' Fittkau, 1962 :*'' Hayesomyia'' Murray & Fittkau, 1985 :*'' Helopelopia'' Roback, 1971 :*'' Hudsonimyia'' Roback, 1979 :*'' Krenopelopia'' Fittkau, 1962 :*'' Labrundinia'' Fittk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nematocera
The Nematocera (the name means "thread-horns") are a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae. This group is paraphyletic and contains all flies but species from suborder Brachycera (the name means "short-horns"), which includes more commonly known species as housefly or the common fruit fly. Families in Nematocera include mosquitoes, crane flies, gnats, black flies, and a multiple groups of families described as midges. The Nematocera typically have fairly long, fine, finely-jointed antennae. In many species, such as most mosquitoes, the female antennae are more or less threadlike, but the males have spectacularly plumose antennae. The larvae of most families of Nematocera are aquatic, either free-swimming, rock-dwelling, plant-dwelling, or luticolous. Some families however, are not aquatic; for instance the Tipulidae tend to be soil-dwelling and the Mycetophilidae feed on fungi such as mushrooms. Unlike most of the Brachycera, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culicomorpha
The Culicomorpha are an infraorder of Nematocera, including mosquitoes, black flies, and several extant and extinct families of insects. They originated 176 million years ago, in the Triassic period. There are phylogenetic patterns that are used to interpret bionomic features such as differences in the nature of blood-feeding by adult females, daytime or nighttime feeding by adult females, and occurrence of immature stages in aquatic habitats. Most adult, females lay their eggs on bodies of water. Some are restricted to very clean waters, but others can tolerate highly polluted environments. Many adults transmit parasites or diseases that can be debilitating or fatal to humans, such as malaria and West Nile virus. Biting midges can transmit an extensive range of pathogens of veterinary importance, including Akabane virus, bovine ephemeral fever virus, Schmallenberg virus, African horse sickness virus, epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus, and bluetongue virus. Classification Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chironomoidea
The Chironomoidea are a superfamily within the order Diptera, suborder Nematocera, infraorder Culicomorpha. This superfamily contains the families Chironomidae, Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. Description Chironomoidea have four life stages: the egg, the worm-like larva, the pupa and the winged adult. Ecology Chironomoidea show a range of habitats and diets. Using the family Chironomidae as an example, larvae occur most commonly in aquatic vegetation and benthic debris, but also in sand covered in fine organic material, pools on granite outcrops, wood snags, muddy lake beds and hygropetric seepages. Pupae may occur near the surface of water, in submerged substrata or amongst benthic debris. Larvae may feed on deposits of organic detritus (gathering collectors), filter diatoms and fine particles of detritus from the water column (filtering collectors), chew or bore into live or dead plant matter (shredders), scrape algae, bacteria and diatoms from surfaces (scr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Josef Fittkau
Ernst Josef Fittkau (22 July 1927 – 12 May 2012) was a German entomologist and herpetologist. Career In entomology he specialized in the Diptera, especially the family Chironomidae. In herpetology he specialized in crocodiles. He collected natural history specimens on every continent except Antarctica, beginning with South America in 1960. He was Director of the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology in Munich (''Zoologische Staatssammlung München'') from 1976 to 1992. Legacy Fittkau is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of South American lizard, '' Liolaemus fittkaui''. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Fittkau", p. 90). Publications *Fittkau EJ (1995). '' Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix. Rundgespräche der Kommission für Ökologie. Tropenforschung''. ''Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
