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Elassogaster Metallica
''Elassogaster'' is a genus of scavenger flies (Diptera) belonging to the family Platystomatidae. They are native to warm regions of Africa, Madagascar, Asia and Australia. They have rounded heads with red eyes, a shiny green thorax and a dark stigma on the wing tips. Adults frequent the vicinity of dung or carcasses, where they walk while constantly waving their wings. The larvae develop in dung. Species *''Elassogaster aerea, E. aerea'' Friedrich Georg Hendel, Hendel, 1914 *''Elassogaster anteapicalis, E. anteapicalis'' Friedrich Georg Hendel, Hendel, 1914 *''Elassogaster arcuata, E. arcuata'' Friedrich Georg Hendel, Hendel, 1914 *''Elassogaster brachialis, E. brachialis'' (Camillo Rondani, Rondani, 1873) *''Elassogaster calida, E. calida'' (Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann, Wiedemann, 1830) *''Elassogaster didyma, E. didyma'' (Carl Robert Osten-Sacken, Osten Sacken, 1881) *''Elassogaster didymoides, E. didymoides'' Friedrich Georg Hendel, Hendel, 1914 *''Elassogaster flavip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot
Jacques Marie François Bigot (14 October 1818 – 14 April 1893) was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. He was one of two sons of physician Jacques Bigot (1757–1842) and Marie Françoise Euphrosine (née Luxure-Luxeuil) Bigot (1791–1845). Bigot was born in Paris, France, where he lived all his life, though he had a property in Quincy-sous-Sénart near Brumoy acquired in 1874, and where he died after an attack of influenza. He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844, and his first paper was published in its Annals in 1845, as was most of his later work. Bigot was a prolific author, describing more than 1,500 species of Diptera in more than 400 scientific publications and, like Francis Walker, his work was the subject of much later criticism. R.A. Senior-White, in his 1927 eulogy of Enrico Brunetti, stated about Bigot “The death of Bigot in 1893 had put a term to the endless flow of description, insufficien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |