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Sturmiopsis
''Sturmiopsis'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true fly, flies within the insect order Fly, Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in t .... Species *'' Sturmiopsis emdeni'' Mesnil, 1952 *'' Sturmiopsis inferens'' Townsend, 1916 *'' Sturmiopsis parasitica'' ( Curran, 1939) *'' Sturmiopsis setifrons'' Mesnil, 1977 References Exoristinae Tachinidae genera Taxa named by Charles Henry Tyler Townsend Diptera of Africa Diptera of Asia {{eryciini-stub ...
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Sturmiopsis Parasitica
''Sturmiopsis'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. Species *''Sturmiopsis emdeni'' Mesnil, 1952 *''Sturmiopsis inferens'' Townsend, 1916 *'' Sturmiopsis parasitica'' ( Curran, 1939) *''Sturmiopsis setifrons ''Sturmiopsis'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true fly, flies within the insect order Fly, Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 ...'' Mesnil, 1977 References Exoristinae Tachinidae genera Taxa named by Charles Henry Tyler Townsend Diptera of Africa Diptera of Asia {{eryciini-stub ...
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Sturmiopsis Emdeni
''Sturmiopsis'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true fly, flies within the insect order Fly, Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in t .... Species *'' Sturmiopsis emdeni'' Mesnil, 1952 *'' Sturmiopsis inferens'' Townsend, 1916 *'' Sturmiopsis parasitica'' ( Curran, 1939) *'' Sturmiopsis setifrons'' Mesnil, 1977 References Exoristinae Tachinidae genera Taxa named by Charles Henry Tyler Townsend Diptera of Africa Diptera of Asia {{eryciini-stub ...
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Sturmiopsis Inferens
''Sturmiopsis inferens'' is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae. It is native to Asia and is a parasitoid of various moth species whose larvae feed inside the stems of sugarcane, rice and other large grasses, including the Gurdaspur borer (''Bissetia steniellus'') and the sugarcane shoot borer (''Chilo infuscatellus''). Description ''Sturmiopsis inferens'' is a stout fly with a silvery-white head, dark brown forehead, hairy parafacial area, densely hairy eyes, yellowish-brown antennae, silvery-white abdomen and brownish-black legs. Distribution Madagascar, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines. Host species In Haryana, this fly parasitises the Gurdaspur borer (''Bissetia steniellus'') and the gold-fringed rice stemborer (''Chilo auricilius''), in Karnataka it concentrates on the ragi stem borer (''Sesamia inferens'') and in Odisha, the main host species is the sugarcane shoot borer (''Chilo infuscatellus''). It also targets other ...
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Exoristinae
Exoristinae is a family (biology), subfamily of fly, flies in the family Tachinidae. Most species are parasitoids of caterpillars. Tribes & genera *Tribe Acemyini Friedrich Moritz Brauer, Brauer & Julius von Berganstamm, von Bergenstamm, 1889 **''Acemya'' Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy, Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 **''Atlantomyia'' Roger Ward Crosskey, Crosskey, 1977 **''Ceracia'' Camillo Rondani, Rondani, 1865 **''Charitella'' Mesnil, 1957 **''Eoacemyia'' Charles Henry Tyler Townsend, Townsend, 1926 **''Hygiella'' Mesnil, 1957 **''Metacemyia'' Herting, 1969 *Tribe Anacamptomyiini **''Anacamptomyia'' Bischof, 1904 **''Euvespivora'' Baranov, 1942 **''Isochaetina'' Mesnil, 1950 **''Koralliomyia'' Mesnil, 1950 **''Leucocarcelia'' Joseph Villeneuve de Janti, Villeneuve, 1921 **''Parapales'' Mesnil, 1950 *Tribe Blondeliini **''Actinodoria'' Charles Henry Tyler Townsend, Townsend, 1927 **''Admontia'' Friedrich Moritz Brauer, Brauer & Julius von Bergenstamm, von Bergenstamm, 1889 **''Aesi ...
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Charles Henry Tyler Townsend
Charles Henry Tyler Townsend (December 5, 1863 – March 17, 1944) was an American entomologist specializing in the study of tachinids (Tachinidae), a large and diverse family of flies (Diptera) with larvae that are parasitoids of other insects. He was perhaps the most prolific publisher of new tachinids, naming and describing some 3000 species and genera. He made important contributions to the biological control of insect pests and he was the first to identify the insect vector of a debilitating disease in Peru. Townsend was also a controversial figure and criticism of his approach to insect taxonomy continues to this day. Biography Townsend was born in Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell">T.D.A. Cockerell, and became curator of the Public Museum in Kingston, Jamaica. Townsend focused on educating the local farmers about insect pests and how to control them. In 1894 he was rehired by the USDA to study the appearance of a new pest, the cotton boll weevil in Texas and northern Mexico. He ...
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Proceedings Of The United States National Museum
The Smithsonian Contributions and Studies Series is a collection of serial periodical publications produced by the Smithsonian Institution, detailing advances in various scientific and societal fields to which the Smithsonian Institution has made contributions. History The Smithsonian Institution began publishing consolidated compilations of quarto-sized papers in 1848, under the name ''Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge''.History of Scholarly Publishing
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Charles Howard Curran
Charles Howard Curran (20 March 189423 January 1972) was a Canadian entomologist who specialized in Diptera. Curran's main taxonomic interests were in brachyceran flies, particularly the flower flies Syrphidae, in which he described 723 species. He described 2,648 species over his career. He was active in the study of insect control. His 1934 work ''The Families and Genera of North American Diptera'' was an important and comprehensive work on the topic of North American fly genera. Biography Charles Howard Curran was born in Orillia, Ontario, in 1894. He was one of seven children, and preferred to go by his middle name Howard or his initials C. H. rather than Charles. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was sent to France to fight in World War I, serving from 1916 to 1918 as a machine gunner. Upon his return to Canada, he studied at the Ontario Agricultural College, gaining his bachelors degree in 1922. Continuing his story of entomology, he earned a Master ...
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Tachinidae
The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true fly, flies within the insect order Fly, Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in this family commonly are called tachinid flies or simply tachinids. As far as is known, they all are protelean parasitoids, or occasionally parasites, of arthropods, usually other insects. The family is known from many habitats in all Zoogeography, zoogeographical regions and is especially diverse in South America. Taxonomy Just like that of all Diptera, the taxonomy of Tachinidae is complex. The name Tachinidae was first validly proposed by Robineau-Desvoidy in 1830, but in the form "Tachinariae." Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 thus has priority despite the name correction, and this applies to Tachinidae (for the family) and to Tachininae (for the subfamily), in accordance with the ICZN rules on the formation of group names (Article 36.1). ...
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Tachinidae Genera
The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in this family commonly are called tachinid flies or simply tachinids. As far as is known, they all are protelean parasitoids, or occasionally parasites, of arthropods, usually other insects. The family is known from many habitats in all zoogeographical regions and is especially diverse in South America. Taxonomy Just like that of all Diptera, the taxonomy of Tachinidae is complex. The name Tachinidae was first validly proposed by Robineau-Desvoidy in 1830, but in the form "Tachinariae." Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 thus has priority despite the name correction, and this applies to Tachinidae (for the family) and to Tachininae (for the subfamily), in accordance with the ICZN rules on the formation of group names (Article 36.1). The valid full name (w ...
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Taxa Named By Charles Henry Tyler Townsend
In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and given a particular ranking, especially if and when it is accepted or becomes established. It is very common, however, for taxonomists to remain at odds over what belongs to a taxon and the criteria used for inclusion, especially in the context of rank-based (" Linnaean") nomenclature (much less so under phylogenetic nomenclature). If a taxon is given a formal scientific name, its use is then governed by one of the nomenclature codes specifying which scientific name is correct for a particular grouping. Initial attempts at classifying and ordering organisms (plants and animals) were presumably set forth in prehistoric times by hunter-gatherers, as suggested by the fairly sophisticated folk taxonomies. Much later, Aristotle, and later still ...
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Diptera Of Africa
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced mechanosensory organs known as halteres, which act as high-speed sensors of rotational movement and allow dipterans to perform advanced aerobatics. Diptera is a large order containing more than 150,000 species including horse-flies, crane flies, hoverflies, mosquitoes and others. Flies have a mobile head, with a pair of large compound eyes, and mouthparts designed for piercing and sucking (mosquitoes, black flies and robber flies), or for lapping and sucking in the other groups. Their wing arrangement gives them great manoeuvrability in flight, and claws and pads on their feet enable them to cling to smooth surfaces. Flies undergo complete metamorphosis; the eggs are often laid on the larval food-source and ...
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