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Rhagioninae
Rhagioninae is a worldwide subfamily of predatory snipe flies. Genera *'' Arthroteles'' Bezzi, 1926 - Afrotropic *'' Atherimorpha'' White, 1914 - Australasia, Neotropic, Afrotropic *'' Desmomyia'' Brunetti, 1912 - Palearctic, Oriental *''Rhagio'' Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia: **Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome * Johann Goldsmid (1587� ..., 1775 - Nearctic, Palearctic *'' Sierramyia'' Kerr, 2010 - Nearctic/Neotropic References Biolib Rhagionidae Brachycera subfamilies Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille {{Rhagionoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhagionidae
Rhagionidae or snipe flies are a small family of flies. They get their name from the similarity of their often prominent proboscis that looks like the beak of a snipe. Description Rhagionidae are medium-sized to large flies with slender bodies and stilt-like legs. The mouthparts are adapted for piercing and many species are haematophagous as adults, while others are predatory on other insects. They are typically brown and yellow flies, and lack bristles. The larvae are also predatory and are mostly terrestrial, although some are aquatic.Watson & Dallwitz Snipe flies in the genus '' Rhagio'' are sometimes called "down-looker" flies after their habit of perching head-downward on tree trunks. Classification The family is contained in Brachycera infraorder Tabanomorpha, and several of its constituent groups have been recently elevated to family rank. '' Atherix'' (and related genera) now comprise the Athericidae, '' Vermileo'' (and related genera) now comprise the Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhagio
''Rhagio'' is a worldwide genus of Predation, predatory Rhagionidae, snipe flies. Several species in this genus are referred to as downlooker or down-looker flies because they sometimes perch on tree trunks in a head-down position. There are approximately 170 species. They can be distinguished from other rhagionids by the open anal cell on the wings and the lack of a kidney-shaped Arista (biology), arista. ''Furia (fungus), Furia ithacensis'' is a species of the pathogenic fungus in America that causes a fatal disease in flies, specifically snipe flies. Species *''Rhagio acutatus'' Yang, Dong & Zhang, 2016 *''Rhagio albibarbis'' (Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot, Bigot, 1887) *''Rhagio albicornis'' (Thomas Say, Say, 1823) *''Rhagio albipilosus'' Theodor Becker, Becker, 1921 *''Rhagio albus'' Yang, Yang & Nagatomi, 1997 *''Rhagio algericus'' (Theodor Becker, Becker, 1906) *''Rhagio alumnus'' Francis Walker (entomologist), Walker, 1852 *''Rhagio amurensis'' Makarkin, 1992 *''Rhagio ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoology, zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare beetle species he found in the prison, ''Necrobia ruficollis''. He published his first important work in 1796 (), and was eventually employed by the . His foresighted work on arthropod systematics and Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy gained him respect and accolades, including being asked to write the volume on arthropods for George Cuvier's monumental work, , the only part not by Cuvier himself. Latreille was considered the foremost entomology, entomologist of his time, and was described by one of his pupils as "the prince of entomologists". Biography Early life Pierre André Latreille was born on 29 November 1762 in the town of Brive-la-Gaillarde, Brive, then in the Limousin (province), province of Limo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily ( Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoological names with "-inae". See also * International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants The ''International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants'' (ICN) is the set of rules and recommendations dealing with the formal botanical names that are given to plants, fungi and a few other groups of organisms, all those "trad ... * International Code of Zoological Nomenclature * Rank (botany) * Rank (zoology) Sources {{biology-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predation
Predation is a biological interaction In ecology, a biological interaction is the effect that a pair of organisms living together in a community have on each other. They can be either of the same species (intraspecific interactions), or of different species ( interspecific interactio ... where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill the host) and parasitoidism (which always does, eventually). It is distinct from scavenging on dead prey, though many predators also scavenge; it overlaps with herbivory, as seed predators and destructive frugivores are predators. Predators may actively search for or pursue prey or wait for it, often concealed. When prey is detected, the predator assesses whether to attack it. This may involve ambush predation, ambush or pursuit predation, sometimes after stalking the prey. If the attack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthroteles
''Arthroteles'' is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae. Species of ''Arthroteles'' are moderately sized, from 5 to 7.5 mm. They are gray to dark gray in colour. Their antenna bears seven to eight tapering flagellomeres, the first much larger than all others. They are only known from South Africa. Species *'' Arthroteles bombyliiformis'' Bezzi Bezzi is an Italian last name. Notable people with this last name include: *Bartolomeo Bezzi (1851–1923), Italian painter *Cristian Bezzi (born 1975), Italian former rugby union player *Giovanni Francesco Bezzi (active circa 1549–1571), ..., 1926 *'' Arthroteles cinerea'' Stuckenberg, 1956 *'' Arthroteles longipalpis'' Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990 *'' Arthroteles orophila'' Stuckenberg, 1956 References {{taxonbar, from1=Q4797700 Rhagionidae Diptera of Africa Taxa named by Mario Bezzi Brachycera genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Bezzi
Mario Bezzi (1 August 1868, in Milan – 14 January 1927, in Turin) was an Italian professor of zoology at the University of Turin. He was also director of the Turin Museum of Natural History (Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali (Regional Museum of Natural Sciences), Torino). He was a Doctor of Science. Bezzi worked with Paul Stein (entomologist), Paul Stein, Theodor Becker and Kálmán Kertész on ''Katalog der Paläarktischen dipteren'' published in Budapest from 1903. Works ''(partial list)'' * Diptera Brachycera and Athericera of the Fiji, Fiji islands based on material in the British Museum [Natural History]. British Museum [Nat. Hist.], London: viii + 220 pp. (1928). * Einige neue paläarrktische Empis-Arten. Pt. 1 18pp. (1909) * Report on a collection of Bombyliidae from Central Africa 52 p. 1 pl (1911) * Riduzione e scomparsa delle ali negli insetti ditteri 98 p. 11 figs (1916) * Voyage Alluaud en Afrique Orientale. Bombyliidae & Syrphidae 35 p (1923) * Ulterior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrotropical Realm
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopian Zone or Ethiopian Region. Major ecological regions Most of the Afrotropic, with the exception of Africa's southern tip, has a tropical climate. A broad belt of deserts, including the Atlantic and Sahara deserts of northern Africa and the Arabian Desert of the Arabian Peninsula, separate the Afrotropic from the Palearctic realm, which includes northern Africa and temperate Eurasia. Sahel and Sudan South of the Sahara, two belts of tropical grassland and savanna run east and west across the continent, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ethiopian Highlands. Immediately south of the Sahara lies the Sahel belt, a transitional zone of semi-arid short grassland and vach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atherimorpha
''Atherimorpha'' is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae. Species *'' Atherimorpha agathae'' Paramonov, 1962 *'' Atherimorpha albipennis'' Bezzi, 1926 *'' Atherimorpha albohirta'' Malloch, 1932 *'' Atherimorpha alisae'' Paramonov, 1962 *'' Atherimorpha angustifrons'' Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990 *'' Atherimorpha atrifemur'' Malloch, 1932 *'' Atherimorpha bevisi'' Stuckenberg, 1956 *'' Atherimorpha claripennis'' (Philippi, 1865) *'' Atherimorpha commoni'' Paramonov, 1962 *'' Atherimorpha corpulenta'' Paramonov, 1962 *'' Atherimorpha crassitibia'' Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990 *'' Atherimorpha edgari'' Paramonov, 1962 *'' Atherimorpha edwardsi'' Malloch, 1932 *†'' Atherimorpha festuca'' Jell & Duncan, 1986 *'' Atherimorpha flavicorpus'' Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990 *'' Atherimorpha flavofasciata'' Paramonov, 1962 *'' Atherimorpha flavolateralis'' Malloch, 1932 *'' Atherimorpha fulva'' Hardy, 1920 *'' Atherimorpha fusca'' Malloch, 1932 *'' Atherimorpha fuscicoxa'' Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australasian Realm
The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian province of Papua), and the eastern part of the Indonesian archipelago, including the island of Sulawesi, the Moluccan islands (the Indonesian provinces of Maluku and North Maluku), and the islands of Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, and Timor, often known as the Lesser Sundas. The Australasian realm also includes several Pacific island groups, including the Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and New Caledonia. New Zealand and its surrounding islands are a distinctive sub-region of the Australasian realm. The rest of Indonesia is part of the Indomalayan realm. In the classification scheme developed by Miklos Udvardy, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and New Zealand are placed in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neotropical Realm
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeography, the Neotropic or Neotropical realm is one of the eight terrestrial realms. This realm includes South America, Central America, the Caribbean islands, and southern North America. In Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula and southern lowlands, and most of the east and west coastlines, including the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula are Neotropical. In the United States southern Florida and coastal Central Florida are considered Neotropical. The realm also includes temperate southern South America. In contrast, the Neotropical Floristic Kingdom excludes southernmost South America, which instead is placed in the Antarctic kingdom. The Neotropic is delimited by similarities in fauna or flora. Its fauna and flora are di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmomyia
''Desmomyia'' is a genus of snipe flies of the family Rhagionidae. They have the antennal scape elongated, longer than the pedicel, and the male hind first tarsomere enlarged. ''Desmomyia'' are mid-sized flies of about 5 to 7 mm and of grey, black, or brownish colour and the legs have some yellow or dark brown to black. Species *'' D. sinensis'' Yang & Yang, 1997 - China *'' D. thereviformis'' Brunetti, 1912 - India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5264647 Rhagionidae Brachycera genera Taxa named by Enrico Adelelmo Brunetti Diptera of Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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