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Marleyimyia
''Marleyimyia'' is a genus of bee fly The Bombyliidae are a family (biology), family of fly, flies, commonly known as bee flies. Some are colloquially known as bomber flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae are mostly parasitoids o .... It was named by Albert John Hesse in 1956; the name is in honor of Harold Walter Bell-Marley. it consists of three species: * '' M. goliath'' — Peninsular Malaysia * '' M. natalensis'' — Southern Africa * '' M. xylocopae'' — Southern Africa References Bombyliidae genera {{Bombyliidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombyliidae
The Bombyliidae are a family of flies, commonly known as bee flies. Some are colloquially known as bomber flies. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators. Larvae are mostly parasitoids of other insects. Overview The Bombyliidae are a large family of flies comprising hundreds of genera, but the life cycles of most species are poorly known, or not at all. Their size varies between species ranging from 2 mm long to a 40 mm wingspan making them some of the largest flies. When at rest, many species hold their wings at a characteristic "swept back" angle. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, some being important pollinators, often with spectacularly long proboscises adapted to plants such as '' Lapeirousia'' species with very long, narrow floral tubes. Unlike butterflies, bee flies hold their proboscis straight, and cannot retract it. Many Bombyliidae superficially resemble bees and accordingly the prevalent common name for a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert John Hesse
Albert John Hesse (1895–1987) was a South African entomologist. He was a curator at the Iziko South African Museum for fifty one years. Hesse worked primarily on Bombyliidae and Mydidae. He wrote the monumental'' A revision of the Bombyliidae (Diptera) of Southern Africa''. ''Annals of the South African Museum'' 34:1-1053 (1938) Life and career Hesse was born on 4 November 1895 in Potchefstroom, South African Republic where he attended school from 1904 to 1909. He attended high school in Wellington (1909-1913), went to the South African College Schools in Cape Town (1914) and matriculated from Boys' High School in Stellenbosch in 1915. He started his university education at the South African College in Cape Town in 1916 but moved to the Transvaal University College in Pretoria in 1917 where he majored in Chemistry, Zoology and Geology. He obtained a BSc.Hons degree in 1918 and completed his PhD in Zoology and Parasitology at the University of Edinburgh in 1922. He conduct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
