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E. C. M. D'Assis-Fonseca
Evelyn Cecil Muschamp d’Assis Fonseca (1899 – 1993) was a British dipterist. He was responsible for formally naming a number of fly species, including: * ''Dolichopus subpennatus'' * ''Fannia collini'' * '' Fannia pseudonorvegica'' * ''Fannia subatripes'' * ''Alliopsis similaris'' * '' Heterostylodes caledonicus'' He authored two volumes in the Royal Entomological Society of London's Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects series: * Handbooks for the Ident. of British Insects. Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata section (b) Muscidae (1968) * Handbooks for the Ident. of British Insects. Brachycera : Dolichopodidae (1978) His extensive Diptera collection is now in the Hope Entomological Collections of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, sometimes known simply as the Oxford University Museum or OUMNH, is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipterist
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 advanced mechanosensory organs known as halteres, which act as high-speed sensors of rotational movement and allow dipterans to perform advanced aerobatics. Diptera is a large order containing an estimated 1,000,000 species including horse-flies, crane flies, hoverflies and others, although only about 125,000 species have been described. Flies have a mobile head, with a pair of large compound eyes, and mouthparts designed for piercing and sucking (mosquitoes, black flies and robber flies), or for lapping and sucking in the other groups. Their wing arrangement gives them great maneuverability in flight, and claws and pads on their feet enable them to cling to smooth surfaces. Flies undergo complete metamorphosis; the eggs are often laid on the larv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolichopus Subpennatus
''Dolichopus'' is a large cosmopolitan genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Adults are small flies, typically less than 8 mm in length. Nearly all species are metallic greenish-blue to greenish-bronze. It is the largest genus of Dolichopodidae with more than 600 species worldwide. The name of the genus (''δολιχός'', long, and ''ποὺς'', foot) refers to the length of the feet of its species. Gallery File:Dolichopus spec. with prey.ogv, ''Dolichopus sp.'' female with prey (video, 1m 23s) File:Dolichopus P1070821a.jpg File:Dolichopus P1070659a.jpg Species groups and subgenera The following species groups exist in ''Dolichopus'': * ''Dolichopus latipennis'' species group (= ''Hygroceleuthus'' Loew, 1857) * ''Dolichopus lonchophorus'' species group * ''Dolichopus longisetus'' species group * ''Dolichopus planitarsis'' species group (8 species) – Palaearctic * ''Dolichopus plumipes'' species group (11 species) – Palaearctic * ''Dolichopus sagittarius' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fannia Collini
Fannia (fl. around 100 AD) was a woman of ancient Rome, notable as the granddaughter of Arria Major. Life Fannia is recorded in the writings of Pliny the Younger as a woman of fortitude and respectability. As with her grandmother, Fannia is described as a political rebel in her own right. She was married to Helvidius Priscus and followed him twice into exile, once by Nero for sympathising with two outcasts (Brutus and Cassius), then by Vespasian for opposing his reign. Eventually, Fannia herself was exiled in 93 AD for instigating the creation and publication of a biographical book about her husband under the rule of Domitian. The execution of Herennius Senecio for his own involvement gives us insight into this "mild" sentence of hers. During the trial of Senecio, he blamed the book on Fannia as she had asked him to write it, a statement that Fannia confirmed. She was asked if, and confirmed that, she had given Senecio her husband's diaries. Pliny writes that "she did not utter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fannia Pseudonorvegica
Fannia (fl. around 100 AD) was a woman of ancient Rome, notable as the granddaughter of Arria Major. Life Fannia is recorded in the writings of Pliny the Younger as a woman of fortitude and respectability. As with her grandmother, Fannia is described as a political rebel in her own right. She was married to Helvidius Priscus and followed him twice into exile, once by Nero for sympathising with two outcasts (Brutus and Cassius), then by Vespasian for opposing his reign. Eventually, Fannia herself was exiled in 93 AD for instigating the creation and publication of a biographical book about her husband under the rule of Domitian. The execution of Herennius Senecio for his own involvement gives us insight into this "mild" sentence of hers. During the trial of Senecio, he blamed the book on Fannia as she had asked him to write it, a statement that Fannia confirmed. She was asked if, and confirmed that, she had given Senecio her husband's diaries. Pliny writes that "she did not utter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fannia Subatripes
Fannia (fl. around 100 AD) was a woman of ancient Rome, notable as the granddaughter of Arria Major. Life Fannia is recorded in the writings of Pliny the Younger as a woman of fortitude and respectability. As with her grandmother, Fannia is described as a political rebel in her own right. She was married to Helvidius Priscus and followed him twice into exile, once by Nero for sympathising with two outcasts (Brutus and Cassius), then by Vespasian for opposing his reign. Eventually, Fannia herself was exiled in 93 AD for instigating the creation and publication of a biographical book about her husband under the rule of Domitian. The execution of Herennius Senecio for his own involvement gives us insight into this "mild" sentence of hers. During the trial of Senecio, he blamed the book on Fannia as she had asked him to write it, a statement that Fannia confirmed. She was asked if, and confirmed that, she had given Senecio her husband's diaries. Pliny writes that "she did not u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliopsis Similaris
''Alliopsis'' is a genus of root-maggot flies in the family Anthomyiidae. There are at least 70 described species in ''Alliopsis''. Species These 76 species belong to the genus ''Alliopsis'': *''Alliopsis aertaica'' (Qian & Fan, 1981) *''Alliopsis albipennis'' ( Ringdahl, 1928) *''Alliopsis aldrichi'' ( Ringdahl, 1934) *''Alliopsis angustitarsis'' ( Malloch, 1920) *''Alliopsis arelate'' ( Walker, 1849) *''Alliopsis arnaudi'' Griffiths, 1987 *''Alliopsis atrifimbriae'' (Fan & Chen, 1983) *''Alliopsis atronitens'' ( Strobl, 1893) *'' Alliopsis attenuata'' Griffiths, 1987 *''Alliopsis austriaca'' ( Hennig, 1976) *''Alliopsis badia'' ( Walker, 1849) *''Alliopsis benanderi'' ( Ringdahl, 1926) *''Alliopsis billbergi'' (Zetterstedt, 1838) *''Alliopsis brevior'' Huckett, 1965 *''Alliopsis brevitarsis'' ( Malloch, 1918) *''Alliopsis brunetta'' (Huckett, 1929) *''Alliopsis brunneigena'' ( Schnabl, 1915) *''Alliopsis conifrons'' (Zetterstedt, 1845) *''Alliopsis constrictor'' ( Malloch, 1920 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Entomological Society Of London
The Royal Entomological Society is devoted to the study of insects. Its aims are to disseminate information about insects and improving communication between entomologists. The society was founded in 1833 as the Entomological Society of London. It had many antecedents beginning as the Society of Entomologists of London. History The foundation of the society began with a meeting of "gentlemen and friends of entomological science", held on 3 May 1833 in the British Museum convened by Nicholas Aylward Vigors with the presidency of John George Children. Those present were the Reverend Frederick William Hope, Cardale Babington, William Yarrell, John Edward Gray, James Francis Stephens, Thomas Horsfield, George Thomas Rudd and George Robert Gray. Letters of Adrian Hardy Haworth, George Bennett and John Curtis were read where they expressed their regrets to be unable to attend the meeting. They decided that a society should be created for the promotion of the science of e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hope Entomological Collections
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, sometimes known simply as the Oxford University Museum or OUMNH, is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England. It also contains a lecture theatre which is used by the university's chemistry, zoology and mathematics departments. The museum provides the only public access into the adjoining Pitt Rivers Museum. History The university's Honour School of Natural Science started in 1850, but the facilities for teaching were scattered around the city of Oxford in the various colleges. The university's collection of anatomical and natural history specimens were similarly spread around the city. Regius Professor of Medicine, Sir Henry Acland, initiated the construction of the museum between 1855 and 1860, to bring together all the aspects of science around a central display area. In 1858, Acland gave a lecture on the museum, setting forth the reason for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botanophila Fonsecai
''Botanophila fonsecai'', also known as Fonseca's seed fly, is a small fly endemic only to an approximately 100 m stretch of coastal dune system of north-eastern Scotland. The fly is named after British entomologist Evelyn d’Assis-Fonseca. It is classified as an endangered species by the IUCN Red List due to its small habitat range and constant threats to these limited environments. The fly is probably the rarest endemic insect species in the UK. The species was initially described in 1965 during a survey of Dornoch Firth, with the type specimen caught by d'Assis-Fonseca in 1971. However it was first described as a novel species in 1989 by Michael Ackland. The type specimen is housed at the Natural History Museum, London. This fly is endemic to the county of Sutherland in northeastern Scotland. Its range extends for a length of about along the coast of the Dornoch Firth, and it has a total area of occupancy of about at four known locations. Its habitat is the dune syste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Entomologists
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