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Nephrotoma Scalaris
''Nephrotoma scalaris'' is a species of crane fly Crane fly is a common name referring to any member of the insect family Tipulidae. Cylindrotominae, Limoniinae, and Pediciinae have been ranked as subfamilies of Tipulidae by most authors, though occasionally elevated to family rank. In the mo ... in the genus '' Nephrotoma''. It was described in 1818. Taxonomy ''Nephrotoma scalaris'' contains the following subspecies: * '' Nephrotoma scalaris parvinotata'' References {{Insect-stub Tipulidae ... [...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 lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crane Fly
Crane fly is a common name referring to any member of the insect family Tipulidae. Cylindrotominae, Limoniinae, and Pediciinae have been ranked as subfamilies of Tipulidae by most authors, though occasionally elevated to family rank. In the most recent classifications, only Pediciidae is now ranked as a separate family, due to considerations of paraphyly. In colloquial speech, crane flies are sometimes known as "mosquito hawks", "skeeter-eater", or "daddy longlegs", (a term also used to describe opiliones (harvestmen) and members of the spider family Pholcidae, both of which are arachnids). The larvae of crane flies are known commonly as leatherjackets. Crown group crane flies have existed since at least the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous and are found worldwide, though individual species usually have limited ranges. They are most diverse in the tropics but are also common in northern latitudes and high elevations. Tipulidae is one of the largest groups of flies, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephrotoma
''Nephrotoma'' is a genus of crane fly, crane flies. For terms see Morphology of Diptera. ''Nephrotoma'' species have a lustrous body, which is yellow with black or brown stripes and spots. If the body is black there are coloured bands on the abdomen. The prescutum has three stripes. The proboscis (rostrum) is short and the antennae are verticillate. Sc2 fuses with radial vein R slightly distal to the base of the radial sector vein Rs an this is not longer than mcu. m1 is sessile, only rarely short and petiolate. mcu is located before the base of the discal cell (d). Tergite 9 of male has microscopic black streaks at the apex. The species are found in deciduous and mixed forests, shrubland and moist meadows. The larvae live in soil and are sometimes harmful to agricultural crops and ornamental plants. Species *''Nephrotoma abbreviata, N. abbreviata'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1863) *''Nephrotoma aberdarensis, N. aberdarensis'' Charles Paul Alexander, Alexander, 1956 *''Nephroto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephrotoma Scalaris Parvinotata
''Nephrotoma'' is a genus of crane flies. For terms see Morphology of Diptera. ''Nephrotoma'' species have a lustrous body, which is yellow with black or brown stripes and spots. If the body is black there are coloured bands on the abdomen. The prescutum has three stripes. The proboscis (rostrum) is short and the antennae are verticillate. Sc2 fuses with radial vein R slightly distal to the base of the radial sector vein Rs an this is not longer than mcu. m1 is sessile, only rarely short and petiolate. mcu is located before the base of the discal cell (d). Tergite 9 of male has microscopic black streaks at the apex. The species are found in deciduous and mixed forests, shrubland and moist meadows. The larvae live in soil and are sometimes harmful to agricultural crops and ornamental plants. Species *'' N. abbreviata'' ( Loew, 1863) *'' N. aberdarensis'' Alexander, 1956 *'' N. aculeata'' ( Loew, 1871) *'' N. affinis'' ( Bellardi, 1859) *'' N. albonigra'' Alexander, 1921 *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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