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Ibis Flies
Athericidae is a small family of flies known as water snipe flies or ibis flies. They used to be placed in the family Rhagionidae, but were removed by Stuckenberg in 1973. They are now known to be more closely related to Tabanidae. Species of Athericidae are found worldwide. Ecology The adults mostly feed on nectar but some species feed on mammal blood. Hematophagy has been demonstrated in adult ''Suragina'' and ''Suraginella'' and is suspected in other genera. Larvae do not feed in the first instar; after first molting, they become predatory. Larvae typically prey on invertebrates or are saprophagous. The larvae have distinctive morphology. Their head capsule is well developed dorsally, and they have long abdominal prolegs with crocheted hooks. These structures help the larvae move without being washed away in their preferred larval habitat, fast-flowing montane streams and torrents. The larvae are predators of other aquatic invertebrates such as caddisflies. Adults have stout, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atherix Marginata
''Atherix marginata'', the black-legged water-snipefly, is a species of ibis flies belonging to the family Athericidae, a small family very similar to the Rhagionidae (snipe flies). Distribution This species is present in most of Europe (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Islands, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and The Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...). Description The body is quite slender, eyes are rounded and well separated, antennae are trisegmented, costae are extended around the whole wings, and the abdomen has several dark and clear stripes. The legs are entirely black (hence the common name). Biology Adults ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atrichops
''Atrichops'' is a genus of flies in the family Athericidae Athericidae is a small family of flies known as water snipe flies or ibis flies. They used to be placed in the family Rhagionidae, but were removed by Stuckenberg in 1973. They are now known to be more closely related to Tabanidae. Species of At .... Species *'' Atrichops apollinis'' Lindner, 1923 *'' Atrichops basiflava'' Yang, Dong & Zhang, 2016 *'' Atrichops chakratongi'' Nagatomi, 1979 *'' Atrichops chotei'' Nagatomi, 1979 *'' Atrichops crassipes'' ( Meigen, 1820) *'' Atrichops fontinalis'' (Nagatomi, 1958) *'' Atrichops fulvithorax'' Nagatomi, 1984 *'' Atrichops hesperius'' Cockerell, 1914 *'' Atrichops morimotoi'' (Nagatomi, 1953) *'' Atrichops numidicus'' Thomas & Gagnéur, 1982 *'' Atrichops singularis'' Yang, Dong & Zhang, 2016 *'' Atrichops stuckenbergi'' Nagatomi, 1984 *'' Atrichops zhangae'' Yang, Dong & Zhang, 2016 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q14674585 Athericidae Brachycera genera Taxa named by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltic Amber
The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber or succinite. It was produced sometime during the Eocene epoch, but exactly when is controversial. It has been estimated that these forests created more than 100,000 tons of amber. Today, more than 90% of the world's amber comes from Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It is a major source of income for the region; the local Kaliningrad Amber Combine extracted 250 tonnes of it in 2014, 400 tonnes in 2015. "Baltic amber" was formerly thought to include amber from the Bitterfeld Lignite, brown coal mines in Saxony (Eastern Germany). Bitterfeld amber was previously believed to be only 20–22 million years old (Miocene), but a comparison of the animal inclusions in 2003 suggested that it was possibly Baltic amber that was redeposited in a Miocene deposit. Further study of insect taxa in the ambers has shown Bitterfeld amber to be from the same forest as the Baltic amber forest, but separately deposited f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xeritha
''Xeritha'' is a genus of flies in the family Athericidae Athericidae is a small family of flies known as water snipe flies or ibis flies. They used to be placed in the family Rhagionidae, but were removed by Stuckenberg in 1973. They are now known to be more closely related to Tabanidae. Species of At .... Species *'' Xeritha plaumanni'' Stuckenberg, 1966 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18112360 Athericidae Brachycera genera Taxa named by Brian Roy Stuckenberg Diptera of South America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trichacantha
''Trichacantha'' is a genus of flies in the family Athericidae Athericidae is a small family of flies known as water snipe flies or ibis flies. They used to be placed in the family Rhagionidae, but were removed by Stuckenberg in 1973. They are now known to be more closely related to Tabanidae. Species of At .... Species *'' Trichacantha atranupta'' Stuckenberg, 1955 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18523783 Athericidae Brachycera genera Taxa named by Brian Roy Stuckenberg Diptera of Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suraginella
''Suraginella'' is a genus of flies in the family Athericidae Athericidae is a small family of flies known as water snipe flies or ibis flies. They used to be placed in the family Rhagionidae, but were removed by Stuckenberg in 1973. They are now known to be more closely related to Tabanidae. Species of At .... Species *'' Suraginella macalpinei'' Stuckenberg, 2000 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q18109787 Athericidae Brachycera genera Taxa named by Brian Roy Stuckenberg Diptera of Australasia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Walker (entomologist)
Francis Walker (31 July 1809 – 5 October 1874) was an English entomologist. He was born in Southgate, London, on 31 July 1809 and died at Wanstead, England on 5 October 1874. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms. However, his assiduous work on the collections of the British Museum had great significance. Between June 1848 and late 1873 Walker was contracted by John Edward Gray Director of the British Museum to catalogue their insects (except Coleoptera) that is Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Hemiptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera. Walker largely accomplished this and (Edwards, 1870) wrote of the plan and by implication those who implemented it “It is to him raythat the Public owe the admirable helps to the study of natural history which have been afforded by the series of inventories, guides, and nomenclatures, the publication of which beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suragina
''Suragina'' is a genus of flies in the family Athericidae. Species *'' Suragina agramma'' ( Bezzi, 1926) *'' Suragina bezzii'' ( Curran, 1928) *'' Suragina bimaculata'' Yang, Dong & Zhang, 2016 *'' Suragina bivittata'' ( Bezzi, 1926) *'' Suragina brevis'' Yang, Dong & Zhang, 2016 *'' Suragina brunetti'' Malloch, 1932 *'' Suragina caerulescens'' ( Brunetti, 1912) *'' Suragina calopa'' ( Brunetti, 1909) *'' Suragina cincta'' ( Brunetti, 1909) *'' Suragina concinna'' ( Williston, 1901) *'' Suragina coomani'' ( Séguy, 1946) *'' Suragina decorata'' Brunetti, 1927 *'' Suragina dimidiatipennis'' ( Brunetti, 1929) *'' Suragina disciclara'' (Speiser, 1914) *'' Suragina elegans'' Karsch, 1884 *'' Suragina falsa'' Oldroyd, 1939 *'' Suragina fascipennis'' ( Bezzi, 1916) *'' Suragina flavifemur'' Yang, Dong & Zhang, 2016 *'' Suragina flaviscutellum'' Yang & Nagatomi, 1991 *'' Suragina fujianensis'' Yang, 2003 *'' Suragina furcata'' ( Meijere, 1911) *'' Suragina guangxiensis'' Yang & Naga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Bezzi
Mario Bezzi (1 August 1868, in Milan – 14 January 1927, in Turin) was an Italian professor of zoology at the University of Turin. He was also director of the Turin Museum of Natural History (Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali (Regional Museum of Natural Sciences), Torino). He was a Doctor of Science. Bezzi worked with Paul Stein, Theodor Becker and Kálmán Kertész on ''Katalog der Paläarktischen dipteren'' published in Budapest from 1903. Works ''(partial list)'' * Diptera Brachycera and Athericera of the Fiji islands based on material in the British Museum atural History British Museum at. Hist. London: viii + 220 pp. (1928). * Einige neue paläarrktische Empis-Arten. Pt. 1 18pp. (1909) * Report on a collection of Bombyliidae from Central Africa 52 p. 1 pl (1911) * Riduzione e scomparsa delle ali negli insetti ditteri 98 p. 11 figs (1916) * Voyage Alluaud en Afrique Orientale. Bombyliidae & Syrphidae 35 p (1923) * Ulteriori notizie sulla ditterofauna delle cav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pachybates
''Pachybates'' is a genus of flies in the family Athericidae Athericidae is a small family of flies known as water snipe flies or ibis flies. They used to be placed in the family Rhagionidae, but were removed by Stuckenberg in 1973. They are now known to be more closely related to Tabanidae. Species of At .... Species *'' Pachybates adeps'' Stuckenberg, 1961 *'' Pachybates braunsi'' ( Bequaert, 1921) *'' Pachybates incompletus'' ( Bezzi, 1926) References {{Taxonbar, from=Q14674575 Athericidae Brachycera genera Taxa named by Mario Bezzi Diptera of Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
