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Zorapteran
The insect order Zoraptera, commonly known as angel insects, contains small and soft bodied insects with two forms: winged with wings sheddable as in termites, dark and with eyes (compound) and ocelli (simple); or wingless, pale and without eyes or ocelli. They have a characteristic nine-segmented beaded (moniliform) antenna. They have mouthparts adapted for chewing and are mostly found under bark, in dry wood or in leaf litter. Description The name Zoraptera, given by Filippo Silvestri in 1913, is misnamed and potentially misleading: "zor" is Greek for pure and "aptera" means wingless. "Pure wingless" clearly does not fit the winged alate forms, which were discovered several years after the wingless forms had been described. The members of this order are small insects, or less in length, that resemble termites in appearance and in their gregarious behavior. They are short and swollen in appearance. They belong to the hemimetabolous insects. They possess mandibulated biting m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorotypus
''Zorotypus''Silvestri F (1913) ''Boll. Lab. Zool. gen. agr. Portici'' 7: 196. is a genus of angel insects in the family Zorotypidae. Species The type species is '' Zorotypus guineensis'' from West Africa. Other species are found worldwide, mainly in tropical and subtropical regions. Four species occur north of the Tropic of Cancer, two in the Americas and others in Asia and Africa. ;Genus ''Zorotypus'' Silvestri, 1913 :; Subgenus ''Zorotypus'' Silvestri, 1913 :: Species ''Zorotypus amazonensis'' Rafael & Engel, 2006 - Brazil (Amazonas) :: Species '' Zorotypus asymmetristernum'' Mashimo, 2018 - Kenya :: Species '' Zorotypus caxiuana'' Rafael, Godoi & Engel, 2008 - Brazil (Para) :: Species '' Zorotypus delamarei'' Paulian, 1949 - Madagascar :: Species '' Zorotypus guineensis'' Silvestri, 1913 - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast :: Species '' Zorotypus shannoni'' Gurney, 1938 - Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso) :: Species '' Zorotypus vinsoni'' Paulian, 1951 - Mauritius :: Species †' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocelli
A simple eye (sometimes called a pigment pit) refers to a form of eye or an optical arrangement composed of a single lens and without an elaborate retina such as occurs in most vertebrates. In this sense "simple eye" is distinct from a multi-lensed "compound eye", and is not necessarily at all simple in the usual sense of the word. The structure of an animal's eye is determined by the environment in which it lives, and the behavioural tasks it must fulfill to survive. Arthropods differ widely in the habitats in which they live, as well as their visual requirements for finding food or conspecifics, and avoiding predators. Consequently, an enormous variety of eye types are found in arthropods. They possess a wide variety of novel solutions to overcome visual problems or limitations. Use of the term ''simple eye'' is flexible, and must be interpreted in proper context; for example, the eyes of humans and of other large animals such as most cephalopods, are ''camera eyes'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spermozoros
''Spermozoros'' is a genus of angel insects in the family Zorotypidae. There are six described species in ''Spermozoros'', transferred to ''Spermozoros'' from the genus ''Zorotypus ''Zorotypus''Silvestri F (1913) ''Boll. Lab. Zool. gen. agr. Portici'' 7: 196. is a genus of angel insects in the family Zorotypidae. Species The type species is '' Zorotypus guineensis'' from West Africa. Other species are found worldwide ...'' as a result of research published in 2020. Species These species belong to the genus ''Spermozoros'': * '' Spermozoros asymmetricus'' (Kocarek, 2017) * '' Spermozoros huangi'' (Yin & Li, 2017) * '' Spermozoros impolitus'' (Mashimo, Engel, Dallai, Beutel & Machida, 2013) * '' Spermozoros medoensis'' (Huang, 1976) * '' Spermozoros sinensis'' (Huang, 1974) * '' Spermozoros weiweii'' (Wang, Li & Cai, 2016) References Zoraptera {{insect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiralizoros
''Spiralizoros'' is a genus of zorapterans in the family Spiralizoridae. There are about eight described species in ''Spiralizoros''. The species of this genus were transferred from the genus ''Zorotypus ''Zorotypus''Silvestri F (1913) ''Boll. Lab. Zool. gen. agr. Portici'' 7: 196. is a genus of angel insects in the family Zorotypidae. Species The type species is '' Zorotypus guineensis'' from West Africa. Other species are found worldwide ...'' as a result of research published in 2020. Species These species belong to the genus ''Spiralizoros'': * '' Spiralizoros buxtoni'' (Karny, 1932) * '' Spiralizoros caudelli'' (Karny, 1923) * '' Spiralizoros cervicornis'' (Mashimo, Yoshizawa & Engel, 2013) * '' Spiralizoros ceylonicus'' (Silvestri, 1913) * '' Spiralizoros hainanensis'' (Yin & Li, 2015) * '' Spiralizoros magnicaudelli'' (Mashimo, Engel, Dallai, Beutel & Machida, 2013) * '' Spiralizoros philippinensis'' (Gurney, 1938) * '' Spiralizoros silvestrii'' (Karny, 1927) Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Paleobiology Database
The Paleobiology Database is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms. History The Paleobiology Database (PBDB) originated in the NCEAS-funded Phanerozoic Marine Paleofaunal Database initiative, which operated from August 1998 through August 2000. From 2000 to 2015, PBDB received funding from the National Science Foundation. PBDB also received support form the Australian Research Council. From 2000 to 2010 it was housed at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, a cross-disciplinary research center within the University of California, Santa Barbara. It is currently housed at University of Wisconsin-Madison and overseen by an international committee of major data contributors. The Paleobiology Database works closely with the Neotoma Paleoecology Database, which has a similar intellectual history, but has focused on the Quaternary (with an emphasis on the late Pleistocene and Holoce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
