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Mesembrina Mystacea
''Mesembrina mystacea'' is a fly belonging to the family Muscidae. Distribution This species is present in the Palaearctic realm, from Fennoscandia south to Turkey and from the Atlantic seaboard across Eurasia to as far as Mongolia. Description ''Mesembrina mystacea'' can reach a length of . These large, distinctive flies are beautifully colored in black, yellow-brown and white. They have a stout body. The long body hairs are mostly black, but they show a band of fine yellow-brown short hairs anteriorly across the thoracic dorsum and dense brown hairs on the abdomen, with white hairs at the edge. Metathorax and abdomen are shiny black. Eyes are bare. A large orange colouration is present on the base of the wings. The species exhibits a certain sexual dimorphism. In fact the anterior yellow-brown thoracic band of hairs is much narrower in the male than in the female. Moreover in the male the mid tibiae are curved with longer hairs, while in the females they are straight and wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Von Linné
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Mesembrina'' is a genus from the fly family Muscidae. Species These 16 species belong to the genus ''Mesembrina'': * ''Mesembrina asternopleuris'' Fan, 1992 * ''Mesembrina aurocaudata'' Emden, 1965 * ''Mesembrina ciliimaculata'' Fan & Zheng, 1992 * ''Mesembrina decipiens'' Loew, 1873 * ''Mesembrina intermedia'' (Zetterstedt, 1849) * ''Mesembrina latreillii'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 * ''Mesembrina magnifica'' Aldrich, 1925 * ''Mesembrina meridiana'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Mesembrina montana'' Zimin, 1951 * ''Mesembrina mystacea'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Mesembrina nigribasis'' Kuchta & Savage, 2008 * ''Mesembrina pallida'' (Say, 1829) * ''Mesembrina resplendens'' Wahlberg, 1844 * ''Mesembrina respondens'' Wahlberg, 1844 * ''Mesembrina solitaria'' (Knab, 1914) * ''Mesembrina tristis'' Aldrich, 1926 c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References Muscidae Diptera of Europe Brachycera genera Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fagus
Beech (''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia, and North America. Recent classifications recognize 10 to 13 species in two distinct subgenera, ''Engleriana'' and ''Fagus''. The ''Engleriana'' subgenus is found only in East Asia, distinctive for its low branches, often made up of several major trunks with yellowish bark. The better known ''Fagus'' subgenus beeches are high-branching with tall, stout trunks and smooth silver-grey bark. The European beech (''Fagus sylvatica'') is the most commonly cultivated. Beeches are monoecious, bearing both male and female flowers on the same plant. The small flowers are unisexual, the female flowers borne in pairs, the male flowers wind-pollinating catkins. They are produced in spring shortly after the new leaves appear. The fruit of the beech tree, known as beechnuts or mast, is found in small burrs that drop from the tree in autumn. They are small, roughly triangular, and edible, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quercus
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably '' Lithocarpus'' (stone oaks), as well as in those of unrelated species such as '' Grevillea robusta'' (silky oaks) and the Casuarinaceae (she-oaks). The genus ''Quercus'' is native to the Northern Hemisphere, and includes deciduous and evergreen species extending from cool temperate to tropical latitudes in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and North Africa. North America has the largest number of oak species, with approximately 160 species in Mexico of which 109 are endemic and about 90 in the United States. The second greatest area of oak diversity is China, with approximately 100 species. Description Oaks have spirally arranged leaves, with lobate margins in many species; some have serrated leaves or entire leaves with smooth mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesembrina
''Mesembrina'' is a genus from the fly family Muscidae. Species These 16 species belong to the genus ''Mesembrina'': * '' Mesembrina asternopleuris'' Fan, 1992 * '' Mesembrina aurocaudata'' Emden, 1965 * '' Mesembrina ciliimaculata'' Fan & Zheng, 1992 * '' Mesembrina decipiens'' Loew, 1873 * ''Mesembrina intermedia'' ( Zetterstedt, 1849) * '' Mesembrina latreillii'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 * '' Mesembrina magnifica'' Aldrich, 1925 * ''Mesembrina meridiana'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Mesembrina montana'' Zimin, 1951 * '' Mesembrina mystacea'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Mesembrina nigribasis'' Kuchta & Savage, 2008 * '' Mesembrina pallida'' (Say, 1829) * '' Mesembrina resplendens'' Wahlberg, 1844 * '' Mesembrina respondens'' Wahlberg, 1844 * '' Mesembrina solitaria'' (Knab, 1914) * '' Mesembrina tristis'' Aldrich, 1926 c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References Muscidae Diptera of Europe Brachycera genera Taxa named by Johann Wilhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volucella Bombylans
''Volucella bombylans'' is a large species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae. Distribution This species is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic realm, in the Near East and in the Nearctic realm. Habitat These hoverflies can be found in forest edges and clearings, woodland margins, hedgerows, wet meadows, spruce forest edge and urban wasteland or gardens, usually sunning on leaves. Description ''Volucella bombylans'' is larger than most hoverflies, reaching a body length of 11 to 17 mm. and a wingspan length of 8–14 mm. They look something like a bumblebee with a furry black, yellow and/or white body, but they are given away by their heads, plumed antennae, large eyes and the particular wing venation, which make them quite easy to identify as a true fly, like a blowfly. The mesonotum bears black or yellow hairs on the sides, while the scutellum is brownish or yellowish. The wings are milky white with a dark cross-bands in the anterior half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pocota Personata
''Pocota personata'' is a species of European hover fly. Distribution England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe .... References Diptera of Europe Milesiini Insects described in 1780 Taxa named by Moses Harris {{Milesiini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criorhina Berberina
''Criorhina berberina'' is a species of hoverfly. It is found in the Palaearctic from Fennoscandia South to Iberia and Italy. Ireland eastwards through Europe into Turkey and European Russia . ''C. berberina'' is a bumblebee mimic. The body has uniformly long dense pubescence, obscuring the ground-colour. There are two forms one with the pubescence more or less extensively blackish (typical ''berberina''), one in which it is entirely yellow or tawny (''berberina'' var. ''oxyacanthae'' Meigen). ''Criorhina'' differ from other bumblebee mimics - '' Mallota'', '' Arctophila'', '' Pocota'' and '' Brachypalpus'' by the form of their antennae: the first segments are thin and form a stalk, the third segment is shorter than it is wide. In ''Criorhina'', the face projects downwards, in contrast to ''Pocota'' and ''Brachypalpus''. Larvae of ''C. berberina'' are associated with rotting deciduous wood. The larva is figured by Hartley (1961) and Rotheray (1993) Adults are arboreal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apidae
Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for honey production), carpenter bees, orchid bees, cuckoo bees, and a number of other less widely known groups. Taxonomy In addition to its historical classification (honey bees, bumble bees, stingless bees and orchid bees), the family Apidae presently includes all the genera formerly placed in the families Anthophoridae and Ctenoplectridae. Although the most visible members of Apidae are social, the vast majority of apid bees are solitary, including a number of cleptoparasitic species. The old family Apidae contained four tribes (Apinae: Apini, Euglossini and Bombinae: Bombini, Meliponini) which have been reclassified as tribes of the subfamily Apinae, along with all of the former tribes and subfamilies of Anthophoridae and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombus
A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus ''Bombus'', part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct related genera (e.g., '' Calyptapis'') are known from fossils. They are found primarily in higher altitudes or latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, although they are also found in South America, where a few lowland tropical species have been identified. European bumblebees have also been introduced to New Zealand and Tasmania. Female bumblebees can sting repeatedly, but generally ignore humans and other animals. Most bumblebees are social insects that form colonies with a single queen. The colonies are smaller than those of honey bees, growing to as few as 50 individuals in a nest. Cuckoo bumblebees are brood parasitic and do not make nests or form colonies; their queens aggressively invade the nests of other bumblebee species, kill the resident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mongolia
Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, making it the world's most sparsely populated sovereign nation. Mongolia is the world's largest landlocked country that does not border a closed sea, and much of its area is covered by grassy steppe, with mountains to the north and west and the Gobi Desert to the south. Ulaanbaatar, the capital and largest city, is home to roughly half of the country's population. The territory of modern-day Mongolia has been ruled by various nomadic empires, including the Xiongnu, the Xianbei, the Rouran, the First Turkic Khaganate, and others. In 1206, Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous land empire in history. His grandson Kublai Khan conquered China proper and established the Yuan dynasty. After the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
