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Ceriomydas Fraudulentus
''Ceriomydas'' is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae. Species *''Ceriomydas darlingtoni'' Papavero & Wilcox, 1974 *'' Ceriomydas fraudulentus'' ( Williston, 1898) *'' Ceriomydas fraudulentus'' Williston, 1898 *''Ceriomydas vespoides ''Ceriomydas'' is a genus of Fly, flies in the family Mydidae. Species *''Ceriomydas darlingtoni'' Papavero & Wilcox, 1974 *''Ceriomydas fraudulentus'' (Samuel Wendell Williston, Williston, 1898) *''Ceriomydas fraudulentus'' Samuel Wendell Willi ...'' Papavero & Wilcox, 1974 References Mydidae Brachycera genera Taxa named by Samuel Wendell Williston Diptera of South America Diptera of North America {{Asiloidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Wendell Williston
Samuel Wendell Williston (July 10, 1852 – August 30, 1918) was an American educator, entomologist, and Paleontology, paleontologist who was the first to propose that birds developed flight Origin of birds#Origin of bird flight, cursorially (by running), rather than arboreally (by leaping from tree to tree). He was a specialist on the flies, Diptera. He is remembered for Williston's law, which states that parts in an organism, such as arthropod limbs, become reduced in number and specialized in function through evolutionary history. Early life Williston was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Samuel Williston and Jane A. Williston née Turner. As a young child, Williston's family travelled to Kansas Territory in 1857 under the auspices of the New England Emigrant Aid Company to help fight the extension of slavery. He was raised in Manhattan, Kansas, attended public Manhattan High School, high school there, and graduated from Kansas State Agricultural College (now Kansas State Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceriomydas Fraudulentus
''Ceriomydas'' is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae. Species *''Ceriomydas darlingtoni'' Papavero & Wilcox, 1974 *'' Ceriomydas fraudulentus'' ( Williston, 1898) *'' Ceriomydas fraudulentus'' Williston, 1898 *''Ceriomydas vespoides ''Ceriomydas'' is a genus of Fly, flies in the family Mydidae. Species *''Ceriomydas darlingtoni'' Papavero & Wilcox, 1974 *''Ceriomydas fraudulentus'' (Samuel Wendell Williston, Williston, 1898) *''Ceriomydas fraudulentus'' Samuel Wendell Willi ...'' Papavero & Wilcox, 1974 References Mydidae Brachycera genera Taxa named by Samuel Wendell Williston Diptera of South America Diptera of North America {{Asiloidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mydidae
The Mydidae (sometimes misspelled as "Mydaidae"), or Mydas flies, are a cosmopolitan family of flies. It is a small family, with about 471 species described. They are generally large in size, including the largest known fly, '' Gauromydas heros'' ( syn. ''Mydas heros''). Many of the species, in addition to their large size, are mimics of stinging hymenopterans, especially wasps. Most mydids are found in arid and semiarid regions of the world, but they are also found in other habitats. Mydidae are most diverse in southern Africa, but many species have also been described from North America, Chile, and Australia. Biology Little is known about their biology, though Zikan reported the larvae of ''Gauromydas heros'' live in the subterranean detritus "pans" of '' Atta'' ants in southern Brazil, where they appear to be feeding on detritivorous Dynastinae ('' Coelosis'' spp.) larvae. In the U.S., '' Mydas brunneus, Mydas clavatus'', and '' Mydas tibialis'' larvae are predatory on de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceriomydas Darlingtoni
''Ceriomydas'' is a genus of Fly, flies in the family Mydidae. Species *''Ceriomydas darlingtoni'' Papavero & Wilcox, 1974 *''Ceriomydas fraudulentus'' (Samuel Wendell Williston, Williston, 1898) *''Ceriomydas fraudulentus'' Samuel Wendell Williston, Williston, 1898 *''Ceriomydas vespoides'' Papavero & Wilcox, 1974 References Mydidae Brachycera genera Taxa named by Samuel Wendell Williston Diptera of South America Diptera of North America {{Asiloidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brachycera Genera
The Brachycera are a suborder of the order Diptera. It is a major suborder consisting of around 120 families. Their most distinguishing characteristic is reduced antenna segmentation. Description A summary of the main physical characteristics is: * Antenna size (with eight or fewer flagellomeres) is reduced. In many species the third segment, the flagellum, is fused, except from a bristle called the arista that is sticking out from the fused flagellum. The arista consist of no more than three segments called aristomeres. * The maxillary palp (an elongated appendage near the mouth) has two segments or fewer. * The back portions of the larval head capsule extend into the prothorax (the anterior part of the thorax, which bears the first pair of legs). * Two distinct parts make up of the larval mandible (lower jaw). * The epandrium and hypandrium of the genitalia are separated in males. * No premandible is present on the lower surface of the labrum (the roof of the mout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxa Named By Samuel Wendell Williston
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diptera Of South America
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the 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 the larvae, which lack true ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
