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Paleologus (bug)
''Paleologus'' is a genus of stilt bugs in the family Berytidae. There are at least two described species in ''Paleologus''. Species These two species belong to the genus ''Paleologus'': * '' Paleologus achitophel'' Fernando, 1960 * '' Paleologus feanus'' Distant, W.L., 1902 c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References Further reading * * * * Berytidae {{pentatomomorpha-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berytidae
Berytidae is a family of the order Hemiptera ("true bugs"), commonly called stilt bugs or thread bugs. Most berytids are brown to yellow, with species that are plant sap feeders, a few being predaceous. About 200 species are known from all around the world and they are classified into three subfamilies. Description The Berytidae are extremely gracile insects with legs so long and slender as to suggest common names such as "thread bugs" and "stilt bugs". In this they resemble the Emesinae, with which they are easily confused, though they are in different families. They may be distinguished most readily by the forelegs, that in the Emesinae are raptorial in a way resembling those of the Mantodea, Mantispidae and certain other invertebrate predators. In form and function the forelegs of the Berytidae are roughly similar to those of their other legs. Other differences are subtler and not fully consistent. For one thing, the antennae of most Berytidae though long, geniculate, and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paleologus Achitophel
The House of Palaiologos ( Palaiologoi; grc-gre, Παλαιολόγος, pl. , female version Palaiologina; grc-gre, Παλαιολογίνα), also found in English-language literature as Palaeologus or Palaeologue, was a Byzantine Greek Medieval Greek (also known as Middle Greek, Byzantine Greek, or Romaic) is the stage of the Greek language between the end of classical antiquity in the 5th–6th centuries and the end of the Middle Ages, conventionally dated to the Ottoman c ... family that rose to nobility and produced the last and longest-ruling dynasty in the history of the Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty, Their rule as Emperor and Autocrat of the Romans, Emperors and Autocrats of the Romans lasted almost two hundred years, from 1259 to the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. The origins of the family are unclear. Their own medieval origin stories ascribed them an ancient and prestigious origin in ancient Roman Italy, descended from s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
