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Paraplatypeza Atra
''Paraplatypeza atra'' is a species of fly in the genus ''Paraplatypeza ''Paraplatypeza'' is a genus of flat-footed flies in the family Platypezidae. Species *''Paraplatypeza angustifrons, P. angustifrons'' Shatalkin, 1985 *''Paraplatypeza atra, P. atra'' (Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1804) *''Paraplatypeza bicinc ...''. References Platypezidae Insects described in 1804 {{Platypezoidea-stub ... [...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] |
Pietro Rossi (scientist)
Pietro Rossi (23 January 1738 in Florence – 21 December 1804 in Pisa) was an Italian scientist and entomologist. Career Rossi's academic career was conducted at the University of Pisa, where he attained a doctorate in philosophy and medicine in 1759. He was then made a professor of logic in 1763, a position he held until 1801, when he finally received the chair for natural history with the special field "insectology", making him the world's first professor of entomology. His publications, particularly ''Fauna etrusca'' (1790) and ''Mantissa insectorum'' (1792), are considered pioneer achievements of entomology and still possess scientific validity in the fields of taxonomy and biological nomenclature. Parts of his collection were once in the possession of Johann Christian Ludwig Hellwig in Braunschweig; these are now in the Natural History Museum of Berlin. In 1793, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. After his death, the ''Museo en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraplatypeza
''Paraplatypeza'' is a genus of flat-footed flies in the family Platypezidae. Species *''Paraplatypeza angustifrons, P. angustifrons'' Shatalkin, 1985 *''Paraplatypeza atra, P. atra'' (Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1804) *''Paraplatypeza bicincta, P. bicincta'' (Zoltán Szilády, Szilády, 1941) *''Paraplatypeza celaena, P. celaena'' Bowden, 1973 *''Paraplatypeza chandleri, P. chandleri'' (Vanhara, 1981) *''Paraplatypeza congoensis, P. congoensis'' Edward L. Kessel, Kessel & Clopton, 1970 *''Paraplatypeza coraxa, P. coraxa'' (Edward L. Kessel, Kessel, 1950) *''Paraplatypeza ikekeba, P. ikekeba'' Edward L. Kessel, Kessel & Clopton, 1970 *''Paraplatypeza nudifrons, P. nudifrons'' Shatalkin, 1985 *''Paraplatypeza rara, P. rara'' Shatalkin, 1982 *''Paraplatypeza triangulata, P. triangulata'' Shatalkin, 1982 *''Paraplatypeza velutina, P. velutina'' (Hermann Loew, Loew, 1866) *''Paraplatypeza zaitzevi, P. zaitzevi'' Shatalkin, 1985 References Platypezidae Platypezoidea genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platypezidae
Platypezidae is a family of true flies of the superfamily Platypezoidea. The more than 250 species are found worldwide primarily in woodland habitats. A common name is flat-footed flies, but this is also used for the closely related Opetiidae which were included in the Platypezidae in former times. Some other genera formerly included here have been recognized as quite more distant and are nowadays placed in the asilomorph family Atelestidae. Description For terms see Morphology of Diptera. Platypezidae are minute to medium sized (1.5–6 mm) slender or robust flies. The male and female usually differ in colour. Males in particular are often all black, one or both sexes may be in part or all grey or yellow. Markings may be orange, grey or silver. The abdomen may have two colours. Males have holoptic eyes. The antenna has three segments, the third is the largest and bears a long, apical arista. The wing is clear or tinged (the area along the wing margin, around veins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
