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Vizcaya (planthopper)
''Vizcaya''Muir FAG (1917) A new Philippine genus of Delphacidae. ''Philippine Journal of Science. Manila'' 12: 351-352. is a genus of planthoppers in the family Delphacidae. It is the type genus of the subfamily Vizcayinae Asche, 1990; species have been found in southern India, Indo-China and Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. The .... Species ''Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web'' includes the following: * '' Vizcaya adornata'' Asche, 1990 * '' Vizcaya aschei'' Liang, 2002 * '' Vizcaya bakeri'' Muir, 1917 – type species (locality Philippines) * '' Vizcaya latifrons'' Liang, 2002 * '' Vizcaya lombokensis'' Liang, 2002 * '' Vizcaya longispinosa'' Liang, 2002 * '' Vizcaya orea'' Asche, 1990 * '' Vizcaya piccola'' Asche, 1990 * '' Vizcaya vindaloa'' Asche, 1990 Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Arthur Godfrey Muir
Frederick Arthur Godfrey Muir (24 April 1873 – 13 May 1931) was an English entomologist who worked in Africa and Hawaii. He wrote extensively describing many new species of insect and establishing the family Kinnaridae. He was also a pioneer of biological control. Muir was born in Clapham, London to Joseph Alexander and Annie Marie (Lempriere) Muir. He studied in private schools and worked for ten years in Africa with the Eastern Telegraph Company from 1886 to 1905. He took an interest in insects and was encouraged by David Sharp and joined the experimental station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association at Honolulu in 1905 and worked extensively on insects, especially those that suck sap in the superfamily Fulgoroidea. He initially worked under Robert Cyril Layton Perkins where he continued the work of Albert Koebele on the destructive '' Perkinsiella saccharicida''. Work included travel to Southeast Asia to seek parasites to control the pests of cane in Hawaii. In 1913 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |