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Orthonevra Unicolor
''Orthonevra'' is a genus of flies in the family ''Syrphidae'' They are worldwide in distribution with at least 59 species identified concentrated mainly in eastern North America and Europe. Species of the genus ''Orthonevra'' are commonly called mucksuckers after the larvae which have been found in organic rich mud, i.e. muck. This genus belongs to the tribe Brachyopini that includes the prominent genera ''Melanogaster (fly), Melanogaster'', ''Brachyopa'', ''Neoascia'' and ''Sphegina''. Description Species of the genus ''Orthonevra'' have black heads with blue to purple reflections. Many species have distinctive eye stripes. The antennae are somewhat elongate. (see image) The frons is wrinkled with silvery spots at sides of antennae. The thorax with small punctures dorsally and in several species the body is covered with scale-like pile. Wing vein M1 curves away from the wing tip.(see images) file:Orthonevra head diagram.png, head diagram file:Orthonevra wing diagram.png, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart
Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart (8 April 1778 – 25 November 1855) was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Fly, flies. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species. Biography Early life Macquart was born in Hazebrouck, on 8 April 1778. He was interested in natural history from an early age due to his older brother who was an ornithologist and a Fellow of the Société de Sciences de l’Agriculture et des Arts de la Ville de Lille and whose bird collection became the foundation of the societies museum, the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Lille. A second brother founded a botanic garden with a collection of over 3000 species of plants. Macquart, too became interested in natural history. In 1796, he joined the staff of General Armand Samuel then campaigning in the French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1796, Revolutionary Wars. He was a secretary and draftsman. The general staff was stationed in Schwetzingen, then Heidelberg, Mainz, Aa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Brèthes
Juan (Jean) Brèthes, also known as Frère Judulien Marie or Juan Brethes (24 February 1871 in Saint-Sever, Landes – 2 July 1928 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine scientist, naturalist, entomologist, ornithologist, zoologist and geologist. He was the first entomologist of the National Museum, today known as the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences. He was a close collaborator of Florentino Ameghino Florentino Ameghino (born Giovanni Battista Fiorino Giuseppe Ameghino; September 19, 1853 – August 6, 1911) was an Argentine naturalist, paleontologist, anthropologist and zoologist, whose fossil discoveries on the Argentine Pampas, especial ..., and translated several of his works into French. Thanks to his intense activity, he systematized a large number of Latin American insect species. He was a precursor in the fight against agricultural pests at a time when insecticides had not been developed to combat them. His arrival in Buenos Aires Juan Brèthes was born on Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthonevra Frontalis
''Orthonevra'' is a genus of flies in the family '' Syrphidae'' They are worldwide in distribution with at least 59 species identified concentrated mainly in eastern North America and Europe. Species of the genus ''Orthonevra'' are commonly called mucksuckers after the larvae which have been found in organic rich mud, i.e. muck. This genus belongs to the tribe Brachyopini that includes the prominent genera ''Melanogaster'', '' Brachyopa'', '' Neoascia'' and '' Sphegina''. Description Species of the genus ''Orthonevra'' have black heads with blue to purple reflections. Many species have distinctive eye stripes. The antennae are somewhat elongate. (see image) The frons is wrinkled with silvery spots at sides of antennae. The thorax with small punctures dorsally and in several species the body is covered with scale-like pile. Wing vein M1 curves away from the wing tip.(see images) head diagram wing eye markings and scales Guides Seman reviewed North American species as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthonevra Flukei
''Orthonevra flukei ''(Sedman, 1966), Fluke's Mucksucker, is an uncommon species of syrphid fly It has been observed in the Western United States. Hoverflies get their names from the ability to remain nearly motionless while in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies for they are commonly found around and on flowers from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich pollen Pollen is a powdery substance produced by most types of flowers of seed plants for the purpose of sexual reproduction. It consists of pollen grains (highly reduced Gametophyte#Heterospory, microgametophytes), which produce male gametes (sperm .... Larvae for this genus are of the rat-tailed type. ''O. flukei'' larvae have been described. Description For terminology seSpeight key to genera and glossary;Size: Male,, female ;Head The front of the head is a metallic purplish color. There is white hair present on the upper corners of the front, along with abundant white s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthonevra Feei
''Orthonevra feei'', Fee's mucksucker, is a rare species of syrphid fly. It has been observed only in New Hampshire, United States. Hoverflies get their names from the ability to remain nearly motionless while in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies, for they are commonly found around and on flowers from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich pollen Pollen is a powdery substance produced by most types of flowers of seed plants for the purpose of sexual reproduction. It consists of pollen grains (highly reduced Gametophyte#Heterospory, microgametophytes), which produce male gametes (sperm .... Larvae for this genus are of the rat-tailed type. ''O. feei'' larvae have not been described. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q112481770 Brachyopini Insects described in 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Wilhelm Malm
August Wilhelm Malm (23 July 1821 – 5 March 1882) was a Swedish zoologist, entomologist and malacologist. He was the first Director of the Gothenburg Natural History Museum. Biography August Wilhelm Malm was born in Lund, Sweden. Malm was generally self-taught without an academic degree. In the years 1838–1839, he was student and assistant of Sven Nilsson (1787–1883), professor of Natural History at Lund University. He worked from 1840 as an assistant of Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801–1875) at the Swedish Museum of Natural History The Swedish Museum of Natural History (), in Stockholm, is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden, the other one being located in Gothenburg. The museum was founded in 1819 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, but goes bac ..., zoological department in Stockholm. He studied zoology in Copenhagen during 1843–44. From 1848, he was curator of the Gothenburg Natural History Museum (''Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthonevra Erythrogona
''Orthonevra'' is a genus of flies in the family '' Syrphidae'' They are worldwide in distribution with at least 59 species identified concentrated mainly in eastern North America and Europe. Species of the genus ''Orthonevra'' are commonly called mucksuckers after the larvae which have been found in organic rich mud, i.e. muck. This genus belongs to the tribe Brachyopini that includes the prominent genera ''Melanogaster'', '' Brachyopa'', '' Neoascia'' and '' Sphegina''. Description Species of the genus ''Orthonevra'' have black heads with blue to purple reflections. Many species have distinctive eye stripes. The antennae are somewhat elongate. (see image) The frons is wrinkled with silvery spots at sides of antennae. The thorax with small punctures dorsally and in several species the body is covered with scale-like pile. Wing vein M1 curves away from the wing tip.(see images) head diagram wing eye markings and scales Guides Seman reviewed North American species as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthonevra Chilensis
''Orthonevra chilensis'' is a species of hoverfly Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphids, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the l ... first found in Chile.Thompson, F. Christian. "A key to the genera of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Neotropical Region including descriptions of new genera and species and a glossary of taxonomic terms used." (1999). References External links *ADW entry Brachyopini Diptera of South America Insects described in 1999 Endemic fauna of Chile Taxa named by F. Christian Thompson {{Brachyopini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Stackelberg
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Stackelberg (sometimes Shtakel'berg; ; 1897–1975) was a Russian entomologist. Stackelberg was born in St. Petersburg and specialised on Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advance ..., notably Syrphidae. He joined the staff of the Zoological Museum of the Academy of Sciences in 1920, and in 1929 he was made the director of the Diptera Division. From 1942 he was the head of the Department of Entomology. He taught entomology to I. A. Rubtsov, B. B. Rohdendorf, Ye. N. Savchenko, and N. A. Violovitch. He wrote over 160 scientific papers. Selected works Fauna USSR series *1970 Family Milichiidae. ''Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR; Diptera and Siphonaptera''. [In Russian; English translation published in 1988 by the Smithsonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthonevra Ceratura
''Orthonevra'' is a genus of flies in the family '' Syrphidae'' They are worldwide in distribution with at least 59 species identified concentrated mainly in eastern North America and Europe. Species of the genus ''Orthonevra'' are commonly called mucksuckers after the larvae which have been found in organic rich mud, i.e. muck. This genus belongs to the tribe Brachyopini that includes the prominent genera ''Melanogaster'', '' Brachyopa'', '' Neoascia'' and '' Sphegina''. Description Species of the genus ''Orthonevra'' have black heads with blue to purple reflections. Many species have distinctive eye stripes. The antennae are somewhat elongate. (see image) The frons is wrinkled with silvery spots at sides of antennae. The thorax with small punctures dorsally and in several species the body is covered with scale-like pile. Wing vein M1 curves away from the wing tip.(see images) head diagram wing eye markings and scales Guides Seman reviewed North American species as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthonevra Brevicornis
''Orthonevra brevicornis'' is a species of hoverfly Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphids, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the l .... References Diptera of Europe Brachyopini Insects described in 1843 Taxa named by Hermann Loew {{Brachyopini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Wendell Williston
Samuel Wendell Williston (July 10, 1852 – August 30, 1918) was an American educator, entomologist, and Paleontology, paleontologist who was the first to propose that birds developed flight Origin of birds#Origin of bird flight, cursorially (by running), rather than arboreally (by leaping from tree to tree). He was a specialist on the flies, Diptera. He is remembered for Williston's law, which states that parts in an organism, such as arthropod limbs, become reduced in number and specialized in function through evolutionary history. Early life Williston was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Samuel Williston and Jane A. Williston née Turner. As a young child, Williston's family travelled to Kansas Territory in 1857 under the auspices of the New England Emigrant Aid Company to help fight the extension of slavery. He was raised in Manhattan, Kansas, attended public Manhattan High School, high school there, and graduated from Kansas State Agricultural College (now Kansas State Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
