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Osca (fly)
''Osca'' is a genus of horse-flies in the tribe Scionini. Species *'' Osca abdominosa'' (Philip, 1968) *'' Osca albithorax'' ( Macquart, 1838) *'' Osca aureonigra'' Kröber, 1931 *'' Osca aureopygia'' (Philip, 1968) *'' Osca collaris'' (Philippi Philippi (; grc-gre, Φίλιπποι, ''Philippoi'') was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides ( grc-gre, Κρηνῖδες, ''Krenides'' "Fountains") after its establishment by Thasian colon ..., 1865) *'' Osca lata'' ( Guerin, 1835) *'' Osca nigribella'' (Wilkerson, 1984) *'' Osca rubriventris'' Kröber, 1930 *'' Osca rufa'' ( Macquart, 1838) *'' Osca sublata'' (Philip, 1968) *'' Osca varia'' ( Walker, 1848) References Tabanidae Tabanoidea genera Diptera of South America Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist) {{Tabanoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scaptia Lata
''Osca lata'', the coliguacho or black horse fly, is a large horse fly whose range includes southern Chile and southern Argentina. The fly has a striking reddish-orange coloration on the side of its Thorax (insect anatomy), thorax and abdomen. It is generally around 2 cm. in adult size. Like most species of horse flies, the females of ''Scaptia lata'' need to feed on mammalian blood before they can produce eggs. References Tabanidae Diptera of South America Insects described in 1835 Taxa named by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville {{Tabanoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabanoidea Genera
Superfamily Tabanoidea are insects in the order Diptera. Systematics Tabanoidea *Family Athericidae :*Sunfamily Dasyommatinae ::*Genus ''Dasyomma'' Macquart, 1840 :*Sunfamily Dasyommatinae ::*Genus ''Asuragina'' Yang & Nagatomi, 1992 ::*Genus ''Atherix'' Meigen, 1803 ::*Genus ''Atrichops'' Verrall, 1909 ::*Genus ''Microphora'' Krober, 1840 ::*Genus ''Pachybates'' Bezzi, 1926 ::*Genus ''Suragina'' Walker, 1858 ::*Genus ''Suraginella'' Stuckenberg, 2000 ::*Genus ''Trichacantha'' Stuckenberg, 1955 ::*Genus ''Xeritha'' Stuckenberg, 1966 ::*Genus '' Athericites'' Mostovski, Jarzembowski & Coram, 2003 ::*Genus '' Succinatherix'' Stuckenberg, 1974 Baltic amber, Eocene *Family Oreoleptidae :*Genus ''Oreoleptis'' Zloty, Sinclair, & Pritchard, 2005 *Family Pelecorhynchidae :*Genus ''Pelecorhynchus'' Macquart, 1850 :*Genus ''Glutops'' Burgess, 1878 :*Genus ''Pseudoerinna'' , 1932 *Family Tabanidae :*Subfamily Adersiinae ::*Genus ''Adersia'' Austen, 1912 :*Subfamily Chrysopsinae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabanidae
Horse-flies or horseflies are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect order Diptera. They are often large and agile in flight, and only the female horseflies bite animals, including humans, to obtain blood. They prefer to fly in sunlight, avoiding dark and shady areas, and are inactive at night. They are found all over the world except for some islands and the polar regions (Hawaii, Greenland, Iceland). Both horse-flies and botflies (Oestridae) are sometimes referred to as gadflies. Adult horse-flies feed on nectar and plant exudates; the males have weak mouthparts and only the females bite animals to obtain enough protein from blood to produce eggs. The mouthparts of females are formed into a stout stabbing organ with two pairs of sharp cutting blades, and a spongelike part used to lap up the blood that flows from the wound. The larvae are predaceous and grow in semiaquatic habitats. Female horse-flies can transfer blood-borne diseases from one animal to anoth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville
Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, also known as F. E. Guerin, (12 October 1799, in Toulon – 26 January 1874, in Paris) was a French entomologist. Life and work Guérin-Méneville changed his surname from Guérin in 1836. He was the author of the illustrated work ''Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier 1829–1844'', a complement to the work of the zoologists Georges Cuvier and Pierre André Latreille, '' Le Règne Animal'', which illustrated only a selection of the animals covered. Cuvier was delighted with the work, saying that it would be very useful to readers, and that the illustrations were "as accurate as they were elegant". He also introduced silkworm The domestic silk moth (''Bombyx mori''), is an insect from the moth family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of ''Bombyx mandarina'', the wild silk moth. The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of a silk moth. It is an economically imp ...s to France, so they could be bred for the production of silk. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodolfo Amando Philippi
Rodolfo Amando (or Rudolph Amandus) Philippi (14 September 1808 – 23 July 1904) was a German–Chilean paleontologist and zoologist. Philippi contributed primarily to malacology and paleontology. His grandson, Rodulfo Amando Philippi Bañados (1905-1969), was also a zoologist and in order to avoid confusion in zoological nomenclature, the elder is referred to as "Philippi rumwiede to distinguish him from his grandson "Philippi añados. Early life Philippi was born in Charlottenburg, Berlin to Johann Wilhelm Eberhard Philippi, a Prussian government auditor, and his third wife Maria Anna Krumwiede (m. 1806). The father had five children from two earlier marriages and Philippi was the eldest from the third marriage. In 1818, Philippi, his younger brother Bernhard Eunom (1811–1852) and their mother went to Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, where they were educated at the Pestalozzian Institute founded by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827). The teaching included the use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
