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Ctenophorinae
The Ctenophorinae are a subfamily of Tipulidae, the true crane flies. Most species are large, colourful crane flies. Genera *''Ctenophora Ctenophora (; ctenophore ; ) comprise a phylum of marine invertebrates, commonly known as comb jellies, that inhabit sea waters worldwide. They are notable for the groups of cilia they use for swimming (commonly referred to as "combs"), and ...'' Meigen, 1803 *'' Dictenidia'' Brulle, 1833 *'' Phoroctenia'' Coquillett, 1910 *'' Pselliophora'' Osten Sacken, 1887 *'' Tanyptera'' Latreille, 1804 References * {{Taxonbar, from=Q5191692 Tipulidae Nematocera subfamilies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipulidae
Crane fly is a common name referring to any member of the insect family Tipulidae. Cylindrotominae, Limoniinae, and Pediciinae have been ranked as subfamilies of Tipulidae by most authors, though occasionally elevated to family rank. In the most recent classifications, only Pediciidae is now ranked as a separate family, due to considerations of paraphyly. In colloquial speech, crane flies are sometimes known as "mosquito hawks", "skeeter-eater", or "daddy longlegs", (a term also used to describe opiliones (harvestmen) and members of the spider family Pholcidae, both of which are arachnids). The larvae of crane flies are known commonly as leatherjackets. Crown group crane flies have existed since at least the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous and are found worldwide, though individual species usually have limited ranges. They are most diverse in the tropics but are also common in northern latitudes and high elevations. Tipulidae is one of the largest groups of f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ctenophora (genus)
''Ctenophora'' is a genus of true crane flies. The species are large (about 20 mm long, with 25-mm wingspans), shiny black craneflies with large yellow, orange, or red markings to mimic wasps. Males have comb-like antennae. The larvae are saproxylic. The species are confined to old deciduous forests, orchards, and other habitats with continuity of the presence of dying and fallen trees. ''Ctenophora'' species are important bioindicators. ''Ctenophora'' is distinguished from related genera (''Dictenidia'' Brulle, ''Phoroctenia'' Coquillett) by these characteristic combinations. The segments of the antennae of the males have two pairs of outgrowths, the lower pair longer than upper pair. The antennae of the female are distinctly 13-segmented, and often indistinctly serrated. The sides of the mesothorax bear long bristles. Sternite 8 of the female is without dentate protuberances. Species *Subgenus '' Cnemoncosis'' Enderlein, 1921 **'' C. fastuosa'' Loew, 1871 **'' C. f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dictenidia
''Dictenidia'' is a genus of true crane flies. Species *'' D. bimaculata'' (Linnaeus, 1760) *'' D. formosana'' Alexander, 1920 *'' D. glabrata'' Alexander, 1938 *'' D. inaequipectinata'' Alexander, 1934 *'' D. knutsoni'' Yang & Yang, 1989 *'' D. luteicostalis'' Alexander, 1936 *'' D. manipurana'' (Alexander, 1970) *'' D. miyatakei'' Alexander, 1953 *'' D. partialis'' Yang & Yang, 1989 *'' D. pictipennis'' ( Portschinsky, 1887) *'' D. rhadinoclada'' (Alexander, 1970) *'' D. sauteri'' Enderlein, 1921 *'' D. sichuanensis'' Yang & Yang, 1989 *'' D. stalactitica'' Alexander Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ..., 1941 *'' D. subpartialis'' Yang & Yang, 1989 References * {{Taxonbar, from=Q5273945 Tipulidae Tipuloidea genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoroctenia
''Phoroctenia'' is a genus of true crane flies found in northern Europe, eastern Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ..., and western North America. The only currently described species is '' P. vittata'' ( Meigen, 1830) References * {{Taxonbar, from=Q18107666 Tipulidae Diptera of Europe Diptera of North America Diptera of Asia Taxa named by Daniel William Coquillett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanyptera
''Tanyptera'' is a genus of true crane flies; its species are lustrous and black and yellow or red in color. They resemble some Ichneumonidae. Segments of the flagella of males have three outgrowths each (two lower paired and the upper one unpaired). The antennae of the females are distinctly 13-segmented. The sides of the mesothorax are glabrous. The ovipositor of the female is unusually long, the valves being only slightly shorter than the cerci. ''Tanyptera'' spp. exhibit extreme polymorphism in the body colour and body size of the sexes. The wing colors also vary from smoky-black, brown, or brownish-yellow, to transparent. Their habitat is deciduous and mixed forests. The larvae live in dead but still hard wood. ''Tanyptera'' species are a minor pest in Russia where they are sometimes harmful to forest products. They are found in Europe and Asia. Species *Subgenus '' Mesodictenidia'' Matsumura, 1931 :*'' T. angustistylus'' Alexander, 1925 :*'' T. antica'' Alexander, 1938 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ctenophora Pectinicornis
Ctenophora (; ctenophore ; ) comprise a phylum of marine invertebrates, commonly known as comb jellies, that inhabit sea waters worldwide. They are notable for the groups of cilia they use for swimming (commonly referred to as "combs"), and they are the largest animals to swim with the help of cilia. Depending on the species, adult ctenophores range from a few millimeters to in size. Only 100 to 150 species have been validated, and possibly another 25 have not been fully described and named. The textbook examples are cydippids with egg-shaped bodies and a pair of retractable tentacles fringed with tentilla ("little tentacles") that are covered with colloblasts, sticky cells that capture prey. Their bodies consist of a mass of jelly, with a layer two cells thick on the outside, and another lining the internal cavity. The phylum has a wide range of body forms, including the egg-shaped cydippids with retractable tentacles that capture prey, the flat generally combless platyct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family ( la, familia, plural ') is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as the "walnut family". What belongs to a family—or if a described family should be recognized at all—are proposed and determined by practicing taxonomists. There are no hard rules for describing or recognizing a family, but in plants, they can be characterized on the basis of both vegetative and reproductive features of plant species. Taxonomists often take different positions about descriptions, and there may be no broad consensus across the scientific community for some time. The publishing of new data and opi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Wilhelm Meigen
Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera. Life Early years Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. They ran a small shop in Solingen. His paternal grandparents, however, owned an estate and hamlet with twenty houses. Adding to the rental income, Meigen's grandfather was a farmer and a guild mastercutler in Solingen. Two years after Meigen was born, his grandparents died and his parents moved to the family estate. This was already heavily indebted by the Seven Years' War, then bad crops and rash speculations forced the sale of the farm and the family moved back to Solingen. Meigen attended the town school but only for a short time. He had learned to read and write on his grandfather's estate and he read widely at home as well as taking an interest in natural history. A lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel William Coquillett
Daniel William Coquillett (23 January 1856, Pleasant Valley, Ill. – 7 July 1911 Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He wrote a revision of the dipterous family Therevidae and many other scientific papers in which he described many new species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ... and genera of Diptera. Coquillett was also the first to attempt fumigation with hydrocyanic acid as a means for controlling citrus scale insects. He experimented in the Wolfskill orange groves where he was supported by the foreman and later quarantine entomologist Alexander Craw in 1888–89. References External linksArchiveDigitised Coquillett, D. W. ''Report on the locusts of the San Joaquin valley, Cal.'' Anaheim, Calif.Date 1886A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pselliophora
''Pselliophora'' is a genus of true crane fly. Species *'' P. annulipes'' Enderlein, 1921 *'' P. annulosa'' (van der Wulp, 1884) *'' P. approximata'' Brunetti, 1918 *'' P. ardens'' ( Wiedemann, 1821) *'' P. aurantia'' Brunetti, 1918 *'' P. bakeri'' Alexander, 1925 *'' P. biaurantia'' Alexander, 1938 *'' P. bicinctifer'' Alexander, 1922 *'' P. bicolor'' Edwards, 1925 *'' P. bifascipennis'' Brunetti, 1911 *'' P. binghami'' Edwards, 1921 *'' P. brunnipennis'' Edwards, 1926 *'' P. cavaleriei'' Alexander, 1923 *'' P. chaseni'' Edwards, 1932 *'' P. chrysophila'' (Walker, 1856) *'' P. compedita'' ( Wiedemann, 1821) *'' P. ctenophorina'' Riedel, 1913 *'' P. curvipes'' van der Wulp, 1884 *'' P. dendrobia'' Edwards, 1932 *'' P. divisa'' Brunetti, 1911 *'' P. dolens'' (Osten Sacken, 1882) *'' P. enderleini'' (Alexander & Alexander, 1973) *'' P. fasciipennis'' Enderlein, 1921 *'' P. flammipes'' Edwards, 1926 *'' P. flavibasis'' Edwards, 1916 *'' P. flavifemur'' Enderlein, 1921 *'' P. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Robert Osten-Sacken
Carl Robert Osten-Sacken or Carl-Robert Romanovich, Baron von der Osten-Sacken, Baron Osten Sacken (21 August 1828, – 20 May 1906) was a Russian diplomat and entomologist. He served as the Russian consul general in New York City during the American Civil War, living in the United States from 1856 to 1877. He worked on the taxonomy of flies in general and particularly of the family Tipulidae (crane flies). Early life Carl Robert Osten-Sacken was born on 21 August 1828 in St. Petersburg as the son of Baltic German Baron Reinhold Friedrich von der Osten-Sacken (1791-1864) and his wife, Elisabeth von Engelhardt (1805-1873). Biography He took an interest in insects at the age of eleven through the influence of Joseph N. Schatiloff, a Russian coleopterist. In 1849 he joined the Imperial Foreign Office and while still in Russia he published his first entomological papers, including an account of the species found in the suburbs of St. Petersburg. In 1856, he was sent to Wash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoology, zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare beetle species he found in the prison, ''Necrobia ruficollis''. He published his first important work in 1796 (), and was eventually employed by the . His foresighted work on arthropod systematics and Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy gained him respect and accolades, including being asked to write the volume on arthropods for George Cuvier's monumental work, , the only part not by Cuvier himself. Latreille was considered the foremost entomology, entomologist of his time, and was described by one of his pupils as "the prince of entomologists". Biography Early life Pierre André Latreille was born on 29 November 1762 in the town of Brive-la-Gaillarde, Brive, then in the Limousin (province), province of Limo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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