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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 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] |
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] |
