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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 ) is 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 ...'' 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] |
Phoroctenia
''Phoroctenia'' is a genus of true crane flies found in northern Europe, eastern Russia, and western North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri .... 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] |
Tipulidae
Tipulidae is a family of large Crane fly, crane flies in the order Diptera. There are more than 30 genera and 4,200 described species in Tipulidae, common and widespread throughout the world. A crane fly can be identified as a member of Tipulidae by its maxillary palps, which is the pair of appendages that hang down from the front of its head. If the fourth segment (the furthest from the body) of the maxillary palp is longer than the other three combined, then it is likely to be a member of Tipulidae. There are also usually 13 segments in the antennae of large crane flies, compared to 14 or 16 in the common Limoniidae, limoniid crane flies. The oldest fossils that can be assigned confidently to Tipulidae ''sensu stricto'' are those of the genus ''Tipunia,'' which date to the Late Jurassic. Genera These 39 genera belong to the family Tipulidae: * ''Acracantha'' Skuse, 1890 * ''Angarotipula'' Savchenko, 1961 * ''Austrotipula'' Alexander, 1920 * ''Brachypremna'' Osten Sacken, 1 ... [...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 ) is a phylum of marine invertebrates, commonly known as comb jellies, that marine habitats, 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. 186 living species are recognised. 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 Cydippida, cydippids with a pair of retractable tentacles that capture prey, the flat, generally combless Platyctenida, platyctenids, and the large-mouthed Beroidae, beroids, which prey on other ctenophores. Almost all ctenophores function as predators, taking prey ranging from microscopic larvae and rotifers to the adults of small crustaceans; the excepti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family (biology)
Family (, : ) 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". The delineation of what constitutes a family—or whether a described family should be acknowledged—is established and decided upon by active taxonomists. There are not strict regulations for outlining or acknowledging a family, yet in the realm of plants, these classifications often rely on both the vegetative and reproductive characteristics of plant species. Taxonomists frequently hold varying perspectives on these descriptions, leading to a lack of widespread consensus within the scientific community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ctenophora (fly)
''Ctenophora'' is a genus of Tipulidae, 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 Mimicry, mimic wasps. Males have comb-like antennae. The larvae are Detritivore, 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'' Günther Enderlein, Enderle ... [...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 l ... [...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 name of Greek origin. 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 ar ..., 1941 *'' D. subpartialis'' Yang & Yang, 1989 References * {{Taxonbar, from=Q5273945 Tipulidae Tipuloidea genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel William Coquillett
Daniel William Coquillett (23 January 1856 – 7 July 1911) was an American entomologist who specialised in flies Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin .... He wrote a revision of the dipterous family Therevidae and many other scientific papers in which he described many new species and genus (biology), genera of flies. Coquillett was also the first to attempt fumigation with hydrocyanic acid as a means for controlling citrus scale insects. He experimented in the William Wolfskill, 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 1886ArchiveDigitised Coquille ... [...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, 1 ... [...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 German-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 Germans, Baltic German Baron Reinhold Friedrich von der Osten-Sacken (1791-1864) and his wife, Elisabeth von Engelhardt family, 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. ... [...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 insects 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 Limousi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
