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Criorhina Kurilensis
''Criorhina '' is a genus of hoverflies Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphids, make up the insect family (biology), family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen Hover (behaviour), hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed main .... Medium to large sized species, black or greenish black, with or without light ground markings mimicking bumblebees. The head is much flattened and broader than the thorax. The antennae are situated upon a prominent conical frontal process, The face is moderately produced below the eyes, downward or forward, in profile. The eyes are bare. The abdomen is elliptical or very short oval. Larvae found in rot holes or decaying hardwoods Gallery Criorhina floccosa.jpg, '' Criorhina floccosa'' Criorhina berberina (fem).jpg, '' Criorhina berberina'' Criorhina ranunculi5.JPG, '' Criorhina ranunculi'' Criorhina pachymera, Forêt indivise de Stambruges (Beloeil; Saint-Ghislain), Hainaut, Belgique (283 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criorhina Berberina
''Criorhina berberina'' is a species of hoverfly. It is found in the Palaearctic from Fennoscandia South to Iberia and Italy. Ireland eastwards through Europe into Turkey and European Russia . ''C. berberina'' is a bumblebee Mimicry, mimic. The body has uniformly long dense pubescence, obscuring the ground-colour. There are two forms one with the pubescence more or less extensively blackish (typical ''berberina''), one in which it is entirely yellow or tawny (''berberina'' var. ''oxyacanthae'' Meigen). ''Criorhina'' differ from other bumblebee mimics - ''Mallota'', ''Arctophila (fly), Arctophila'', ''Pocota'' and ''Brachypalpus'' by the form of their antennae: the first segments are thin and form a stalk, the third segment is shorter than it is wide. In ''Criorhina'', the face projects downwards, in contrast to ''Pocota'' and ''Brachypalpus''. Larvae of ''C. berberina'' are associated with rotting deciduous wood. The larva is figured by Hartley (1961) and Rotheray (1993) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criorhina Alexandri
''Criorhina alexandri'' is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. Distribution Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders .... References Milesiini Diptera of Asia Insects described in 1999 {{Milesiini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criorhina Caudata
''Criorhina caudata'' is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. Distribution Canada, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 .... References Milesiini Insects described in 1925 Diptera of North America Hoverflies of North America Taxa named by Charles Howard Curran {{Milesiini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criorhina Bubulcus
''Criorhina bubulcus'' is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae. Distribution Canada, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 .... References Milesiini Insects described in 1849 Diptera of North America Hoverflies of North America Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist) {{Milesiini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Loew
Friedrich Hermann Loew (19 July 1807 – 21 April 1879) was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including Fly, flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges. He described many world species and was the first specialist to work on the Diptera of the United States. Biography Early years Hermann Loew was born in Weissenfels, Saxony a short distance south of Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Germany). The Loew family, though not wealthy, was well-placed. Loew's father was a functionary for the Department of Justice of the Duchy of Saxony who later became a ''Geheimer Regierungsrath'' of Prussia. Between 1817 and 1829 Loew attended first the Convent School of Rossleben, then the University of Halle-Wittenberg, graduating in mathematics, philology and natural history. Teacher, tutor and husband Recognizing his abilities as a mathematician, the university, on his graduation, appointed him as a lecturer in the same subjects. In 1830 he went to Berlin and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criorhina Brevipila
''Criorhina brevipila'' is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. Distribution Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders .... References Milesiini Diptera of Asia Insects described in 1871 Taxa named by Hermann Loew {{Milesiini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Montgomery Hull
Frank Montgomery Hull (November 3, 1901 – July 19, 1982) was an American naturalist who specialized in entomology, especially Diptera 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 advance .... Works * * * * See also * :Taxa named by Frank Montgomery Hull References American entomologists 1982 deaths 1901 births People from Coahoma, Mississippi Dipterists Mississippi State University alumni University of Mississippi faculty Texas A&M University faculty New Mexico State University faculty Ohio State University alumni Harvard University alumni Scientists from Mississippi 20th-century American zoologists {{US-entomologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criorhina Bomboides
''Criorhina bomboides'' is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. Distribution India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since .... References Milesiini Diptera of Asia Insects described in 1944 Taxa named by Frank Montgomery Hull {{Milesiini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johann Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, having named nearly 10,000 species of animals, and established the basis for the modern insect classification. Biography Johann Christian Fabricius was born on 7 January 1745 at Tønder in the Duchy of Schleswig, where his father was a doctor. He studied at the gymnasium at Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762. Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zoëga to Uppsala, where he studied under Carl Linnaeus for two years. On his return, he started work on his , which was finally published in 1775. Throughout this time, he remained dependent on subsidies from his father, who worked as a consultant at Frederiks H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criorhina Aurea
''Criorhina aurea'' is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae. Distribution Canada, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 .... References Milesiini Diptera of North America Hoverflies of North America Insects described in 1919 {{Milesiini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ermanno Giglio-Tos
Ermanno Giglio-Tos (25 March 1865 – 18 August 1926) was an Italian entomologist. Giglio-Tos was born at Chiaverano, Turin, and studied at the University of Turin from 1886 until 1896 under Michele Lessona. Later he was a professor at the University of Cagliari. He specialised in Diptera, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera and Blattodea. His collections are in the Turin Museum of Natural History. He died, aged 61, in his home city of Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main .... Publications Partial list *''Ditteri del Messico'', 4 Volumes, Turin 1892–1895 *''Les problèmes de la vie. Essai d'une interprétation scientifique des phénomènes vitaux'', 4 Bände, Turin 1900–1910 *Publisher of the magazine ''Biologica'': Raccolta di scritti di Biologia, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
