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Diopsidae
Stalk-eyed flies are insects of the fly family Diopsidae. The family is distinguished from most other flies by most members of the family possessing "eyestalks": projections from the sides of the head with the eyes at the end. Some fly species from other families such as Drosophilidae, Platystomatidae, Richardiidae, and Tephritidae have similar heads, but the unique character of the Diopsidae is that their Antenna (biology), antennae are located on the stalk, rather than in the middle of the head as in all other flies. Stalked eyes are present in all members of the subfamily Diopsinae, but are absent in the Centrioncinae, which retain unstalked eyes similar to those of other flies. The stalked eyes are usually sexually dimorphic, with eyestalks present but shorter in females. The stalk-eyed flies are up to a centimeter long, and they feed on both decaying plants and animals. Their unique morphology (biology), morphology has inspired research into how the attribute may have arisen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diopsinae
Stalk-eyed flies are insects of the fly family Diopsidae. The family is distinguished from most other flies by most members of the family possessing "eyestalks": projections from the sides of the head with the eyes at the end. Some fly species from other families such as Drosophilidae, Platystomatidae, Richardiidae, and Tephritidae have similar heads, but the unique character of the Diopsidae is that their antennae are located on the stalk, rather than in the middle of the head as in all other flies. Stalked eyes are present in all members of the subfamily Diopsinae, but are absent in the Centrioncinae, which retain unstalked eyes similar to those of other flies. The stalked eyes are usually sexually dimorphic, with eyestalks present but shorter in females. The stalk-eyed flies are up to a centimeter long, and they feed on both decaying plants and animals. Their unique morphology has inspired research into how the attribute may have arisen through forces of sexual selection and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Stalk-eyed flies are insects of the fly family Diopsidae. The family is distinguished from most other flies by most members of the family possessing "eyestalks": projections from the sides of the head with the eyes at the end. Some fly species from other families such as Drosophilidae, Platystomatidae, Richardiidae, and Tephritidae have similar heads, but the unique character of the Diopsidae is that their antennae are located on the stalk, rather than in the middle of the head as in all other flies. Stalked eyes are present in all members of the subfamily Diopsinae, but are absent in the Centrioncinae, which retain unstalked eyes similar to those of other flies. The stalked eyes are usually sexually dimorphic, with eyestalks present but shorter in females. The stalk-eyed flies are up to a centimeter long, and they feed on both decaying plants and animals. Their unique morphology has inspired research into how the attribute may have arisen through forces of sexual selection and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centrioncus
''Centrioncus'' is a genus of African stalk-eyed flies in the family Diopsidae Stalk-eyed flies are insects of the fly family Diopsidae. The family is distinguished from most other flies by most members of the family possessing "eyestalks": projections from the sides of the head with the eyes at the end. Some fly species fr .... Species *'' C. aberrans'' Feijen, 1983 *'' C. angusticercus'' Feijen, 1983 *'' C. bytebieri'' De Meyer, 2004 *'' C. decellei'' Feijen, 1983 *'' C. decoronotus'' Feijen, 1983 *'' C. jacobae'' Feijen, 1983 *'' C. prodiopsis'' Speiser, 1910 References Diopsidae Diopsoidea genera {{Diopsoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centrioncinae
Centrioncinae is a subfamily of stalk-eyed flies in the family Diopsidae. Species *Genus ''Centrioncus ''Centrioncus'' is a genus of African stalk-eyed flies in the family Diopsidae Stalk-eyed flies are insects of the fly family Diopsidae. The family is distinguished from most other flies by most members of the family possessing "eyestalks": pro ...'' Speiser, 1910 **'' C. aberrans'' Feijen, 1983 **'' C. angusticercus'' Feijen, 1983 **'' C. bytebieri'' De Meyer, 2004 **'' C. decellei'' Feijen, 1983 **'' C. decoronotus'' Feijen, 1983 **'' C. jacobae'' Feijen, 1983 **'' C. prodiopsis'' Speiser, 1910 *Genus'' Teloglabrus'' Feijen, 1983 **'' T. australis'' Feijen, 1983 **'' T. curvipes'' Feijen, 1983 **'' T. duplospinosus'' Feijen, 1983 **'' T. entabensis'' Feijen, 1983 **'' T. lebombensis'' Feijen, 1983 **'' T. londti'' Feijen, 1983 **'' T. milleri'' Feijen, 1983 **'' T. pelecyformis'' Feijen, 1983 **'' T. prolongatus'' Feijen, 1983 **'' T. sabiensis'' Feijen, 1983 **'' T. san ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prosphyracephala
''Prosphyracephala'' is a genus of flies in the family Diopsidae. The genus is presumed to be extinct, and is known from specimens in Baltic amber. Among extant taxa, ''Prosphyracephala'' most closely resembles the genus ''Sphyracephala''. It was originally described as a species of the latter genus, but was recognized as distinct by Willi Hennig in 1965.Kotrba, M. (2009): ''Prosphyracephala kerneggeri'' spec. nov. (Diptera, Diopsidae) – a new stalk-eyed fly from Baltic amber. – Spixiana 32/2: 187-192/ref> References Diopsidae † A dagger, obelisk, or obelus is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. The symbol is also used to indicate death (of people) or extinction (of species or languages). It is one of the mo ... Prehistoric Diptera genera {{Diopsoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platystomatidae
The Platystomatidae (signal flies) are a distinctive family of Fly, flies (Diptera) in the superfamily Tephritoidea. Signal flies are worldwide in distribution, found in all the biogeographic realms, but predominantly in the tropics. It is one of several families of Acalyptratae, acalyptrate Diptera with over 1000 species, comprising around 1200 species in 127 genus, genera. Biology Adults are found on tree trunks and foliage and are attracted to flowers, decaying fruit, excrement, sweat, and decomposing snails. Larvae are found on fresh and decaying vegetation, carrion, human corpses, and root nodules, particularly in the genus ''Rivellia'', which has economic implications for legume crops. Larvae from the remaining genera are either phytophagous (eating plant material) or saprophagous (eating decomposing organic matter). Some are predatory on other insects and others have been found in human lesions, while others are of minor agricultural significance. Family description For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teloglabrus
''Teloglabrus'' is a genus of African stalk-eyed flies in the family Diopsidae Stalk-eyed flies are insects of the fly family Diopsidae. The family is distinguished from most other flies by most members of the family possessing "eyestalks": projections from the sides of the head with the eyes at the end. Some fly species fr .... Species *'' T. australis'' Feijen, 1983 *'' T. curvipes'' Feijen, 1983 *'' T. duplospinosus'' Feijen, 1983 *'' T. entabensis'' Feijen, 1983 *'' T. lebombensis'' Feijen, 1983 *'' T. londti'' Feijen, 1983 *'' T. milleri'' Feijen, 1983 *'' T. pelecyformis'' Feijen, 1983 *'' T. prolongatus'' Feijen, 1983 *'' T. sabiensis'' Feijen, 1983 *'' T. sanorum'' Feijen, 1983 *'' T. stuckenbergi'' Feijen, 1983 *'' T. trituberculatus'' Feijen, 1983 *'' T. tsitsikamensis'' Feijen, 1983 *'' T. vumbensis'' Feijen, 1983 References Diopsidae Diptera of Africa Diopsoidea genera {{Diopsoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltic Amber
Baltic amber or succinite is amber from the Baltic region, home of its largest known deposits. It was produced sometime during the Eocene epoch, but exactly when is controversial. It has been estimated that this forested region provided the resin for more than 100,000 tons of amber. Today, more than 90% of the world's amber comes from Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It is a major source of income for the region; the local Kaliningrad Amber Combine extracted 250 tonnes of it in 2014 and 400 tonnes in 2015. Baltic amber is also found in Poland, as well as the Baltic states. Bitterfeld amber from the brown coal mines near Bitterfeld in Germany was previously thought to be redeposited Baltic amber, but is now known to be chemically distinct, though like with Ukrainian Rovno amber, it is thought to have been deposited around the same time as Baltic amber. Because Baltic amber contains from 3 to 8% succinic acid, it is also termed succinite. Geologic context ''In situ'' Balt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''Ēṓs'', 'Eos, Dawn') and (''kainós'', "new") and refers to the "dawn" of modern ('new') fauna that appeared during the epoch.See: *Letter from William Whewell to Charles Lyell dated 31 January 1831 in: * From p. 55: "The period next antecedent we shall call Eocene, from ήως, aurora, and χαινος, recens, because the extremely small proportion of living species contained in these strata, indicates what may be considered the first commencement, or ''dawn'', of the existing state of the animate creation." The Eocene spans the time from the end of the Paleocene Epoch to the beginning of the Oligocene Epoch. The start of the Eocene is marked by a brief period in which the concentration of the carbon isoto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folia Entomologica Hungarica
''La Folía'' (Spanish), or ''Follies'' (English), also known as ''folies d'Espagne'' (French), ''La Follia'' (Italian), and ''Folia'' (Portuguese), is one of the oldest remembered European musical themes, or primary material, generally melodic, of a composition, on record. The theme exists in two versions, referred to as early and late ''folias'', the earlier being faster. History Due to its musical form, style and etymology of the name, it has been suggested that the melody arose as a dance in the mid or late fifteenth century throughout the Iberian Peninsula, either in Portugal or in the area of the old Kingdom of León, or maybe in the Kingdom of Valencia. The epithet "Folia" has several meanings in music. Western classical music features both "early Folia", which can take different shapes, and the better-known "later Folia" (also known as "Follia" with double l in Italy, "Folies d'Espagne" in France, and "'s Ground" in England). Recent research suggests that the origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber
Amber is fossilized tree resin. Examples of it have been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since the Neolithic times, and worked as a gemstone since antiquity."Amber" (2004). In Maxine N. Lurie and Marc Mappen (eds.) ''Encyclopedia of New Jersey'', Rutgers University Press, . Amber is used in jewelry and as a healing agent in Traditional medicine, folk medicine. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents. Because it originates as a soft, sticky tree resin, amber sometimes contains animal and plant material as Inclusion (mineral), inclusions. Amber occurring in coal seams is also called resinite, and the term ''ambrite'' is applied to that found specifically within New Zealand coal seams. Etymology The English word ''amber'' derives from Arabic from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (''ʾnbl'' /ambar/, “ambergris”) via Medieval Latin, Middle Latin ''ambar'' and Middle French ''ambre''. The word referred to what is n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in amber, hair, petrified wood and DNA remnants. The totality of fossils is known as the ''fossil record''. Though the fossil record is incomplete, numerous studies have demonstrated that there is enough information available to give a good understanding of the pattern of diversification of life on Earth. In addition, the record can predict and fill gaps such as the discovery of '' Tiktaalik'' in the arctic of Canada. Paleontology includes the study of fossils: their age, method of formation, and evolutionary significance. Specimens are sometimes considered to be fossils if they are over 10,000 years old. The oldest fossils are around 3.48 billion years to 4.1 billion years old. Early edition, published online before prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
