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Calinda (bug)
''Calinda'' is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Triozidae. The species of this genus are found in America. Species: * ''Calinda aguilari'' * ''Calinda albonigra'' * ''Calinda ambigua'' * ''Calinda antucana'' * ''Calinda araucana'' * ''Calinda baccharidis'' * '' Calinda beingoleai'' * '' Calinda boldti'' * ''Calinda brevicauda'' * ''Calinda broomfieldi'' * '' Calinda chionophili'' * ''Calinda collaris'' * '' Calinda falciforceps'' * '' Calinda fumipennis'' * ''Calinda gibbosa'' * '' Calinda gladiformis'' * ''Calinda graciliforceps'' * '' Calinda hodkinsoni'' * '' Calinda hollisi'' * '' Calinda huggerti'' * '' Calinda inca'' * '' Calinda jibara'' * '' Calinda lineata'' * '' Calinda longicaudata'' * '' Calinda longicollis'' * '' Calinda longistylus'' * '' Calinda magniforceps'' * '' Calinda mendocina'' * '' Calinda microcephala'' * ''Calinda muiscas'' * '' Calinda osorii'' * ''Calinda otavalo'' * ''Calinda panamensis'' * '' Calinda parvic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True Bugs
Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from to around , and share a common arrangement of piercing-sucking mouthparts. The name "true bugs" is often limited to the suborder Heteroptera. Entomologists reserve the term ''bug'' for Hemiptera or Heteroptera,Gilbert Waldbauer. ''The Handy Bug Answer Book.'' Visible Ink, 1998p. 1. which does not include other arthropods or insects of other orders such as ants, bees, beetles, or butterflies. In some variations of English, all terrestrial arthropods (including non-insect arachnids, and myriapods) also fall under the colloquial understanding of ''bug''. Many insects with "bug" in their common name, especially in American English, belong to other orders; for example, the lovebug is a fly and the Maybug and ladybug are beetles. The ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calinda Gladiformis
Calinda (also spelled kalinda or kalenda) is a martial art, as well as kind of folk music and war dance in the Caribbean which arose in the 1720s. It was brought to the Caribbean by Africans In the transatlantic slave trade and is based on native African combat dances. Calinda is the French spelling; the Spanish equivalent is ''calenda''. History Calinda is a kind of stick-fighting commonly seen practiced during Trinidad and Tobago Carnival.Shane K. Bernard and Julia Girouard, "'Colinda': Mysterious Origins of a Cajun Folksong," ''Journal of Folklore Research'' 29 (January–April 1992: 37–52. It is the national martial art of Trinidad and Tobago. French planters with their slaves, free coloureds and mulattos from neighboring islands of Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Dominica migrated to Trinidad during the Cedula of Population in 1783. Carnival had arrived with the French, and slaves who could not participate formed a parallel celebration (which eventually became kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
