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Helius (fly)
''Helius'' is a genus of Tipuloidea, crane fly in the family Limoniidae, distributed worldwide with most species in Australia and East Asia. Species *Subgenus ''Eurhamphidia'' Charles Paul Alexander, Alexander, 1915 :*''Helius abnormalis, H. abnormalis'' (Enrico Adelelmo Brunetti, Brunetti, 1918) :*''Helius ata, H. ata'' Charles Paul Alexander, Alexander, 1931 :*''Helius atroapicalis, H. atroapicalis'' Charles Paul Alexander, Alexander, 1978 :*''Helius auranticolor, H. auranticolor'' Charles Paul Alexander, Alexander, 1936 :*''Helius connectus, H. connectus'' Frederick Wallace Edwards, Edwards, 1928 :*''Helius diacanthus, H. diacanthus'' Charles Paul Alexander, Alexander, 1931 :*''Helius fuscofemoratus, H. fuscofemoratus'' Charles Paul Alexander, Alexander, 1931 :*''Helius glabristylatus, H. glabristylatus'' Charles Paul Alexander, Alexander, 1931 :*''Helius indivisus, H. indivisus'' Charles Paul Alexander, Alexander, 1931 :*''Helius inelegans, H. inelegans'' (Charles Paul Alexand ... [...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] |
Helius Ata
In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, Helios (; ; Homeric Greek: ) is the god who personification, personifies the Sun. His name is also Latinized as Helius, and he is often given the epithets Hyperion ("the one above") and Phaethon ("the shining"). Helios is often depicted in art with a radiant crown and driving a horse-drawn chariot through the sky. He was a guardian of oaths and also the god of sight. Though Helios was a relatively minor deity in Classical Greece, his worship grew more prominent in late antiquity thanks to his identification with several major solar divinities of the Roman period, particularly Apollo and Sol (Roman mythology), Sol. The Roman Emperor Julian (emperor), Julian made Helios the central divinity of his short-lived revival of Religion in ancient Rome, traditional Roman religious practices in the 4th century AD. Helios figures prominently in several works of Greek mythology, poetry, and literature, in which he is often described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
