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Tachydromia
''Tachydromia'' is a genus of hybotid flies. It is widespread around the world, with species found essentially everywhere except the polar regions and some remote islands. They are not very diverse in East and Southeast Asia, or in AfricaShamshev, I. & Grootaert, P. 2010. The genus ''Tachydromia'' Meigen (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Afrotropics. ''African Invertebrates'' 51 (1): 207-218. Description ''Tachydromia'' are minute, slender flies of shining jet-black color, that are almost devoid of hairs and bristles. The globular head bears large eyes with large facets. Three ocelli are present. The two-jointed antennae are short. The vertical, rigid proboscis is shorter than the head. The thorax is longer than broad. The slender legs bear microscopic hairs, but no bristles. The front femora are somewhat thickened. The males of some species have small spines on the middle femora or tibiae beneath. The wings are narrow, with the costa ending at the fourth vein and sometimes thick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachydromiinae
Tachydromiinae is a subfamily of hybotid flies widespread in the world. Tribes and Genera * Tribe Symballophthalmini Bradley, Sinclair & Cumming, 2006 ** ''Symballophthalmus'' Becker'', 1889'' * Tribe Drapetini Collin, 1961 ** '' Allodromia'' Smith, 1962 ** '' Atodrapetis'' Plant, 1997 ** '' Austrodrapetis'' Smith, 1964 ** '' Austrodromia'' Collin, 1961 ** '' Chaetodromia'' Chillcott & Teskey, 1983 ** ''Chersodromia'' Haliday in Walker, 1851 ** '' Crossopalpus'' Bigot, 1857 ** ''Drapetis'' Meigen, 1822 ** '' Dusmetina'' Gil Collado, 1930 ** '' Elaphropeza'' Macquart, 1827 ** '' Isodrapetis'' Collin, 1961 ** '' Megagrapha'' Melander, 1928 ** '' Micrempis'' Melander, 1928 ** '' Nanodromia'' Grootaert, 1994 ** '' Ngaheremyia'' Plant & Didham, 2006 ** '' Pontodromia'' Grootaert, 1994 ** '' Sinodrapetis'' Yang, Gaimari & Grootaert, 2004 ** '' Stilpon'' Loew, 1859 *Tribe Tachydromiini ** ''Charadrodromia'' Melander, 1928 ** ''Dysaletria'' Loew, 1864 ** ''Pieltainia'' Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hybotidae
Hybotidae, the typical dance flies, are a family of true flies. They belong to the superfamily Empidoidea and were formerly included in the Empididae as a subfamily. Some, such as '' Tachydromia'', are predators that run around on the bark of trees in complex patterns, hence the common name. ''Tachydromia'' species are only about three millimeters long. Description Hybotidae share some similarities with the family Dolichopodidae, when looking at rotation of genitalia and wing characteristics. Male terminalia are rotated dextrally between 45° and 90°, excluding segment 7. Hybotidae wings always have a simple R4+5 vein, where the costa either ends near or at M1/M1+2, or near or at R4+5/R5. Furthermore, it can be distinguished from Dolichopodidae by the point of vein Rs, which it at a distance from the humeral crossvein (h) equal to or longer than the length of h. Systematics The Hybotidae clearly form a lineage quite distinct from the Empididae. Among the Empidoidea, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polar Region
The polar regions, also called the frigid zones or polar zones, of Earth are the regions of the planet that surround its geographical poles (the North and South Poles), lying within the polar circles. These high latitudes are dominated by floating sea ice covering much of the Arctic Ocean in the north, and by the Antarctic ice sheet on the continent of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in the south. Definitions The Arctic has various definitions, including the region north of the Arctic Circle (currently Epoch 2010 at 66°33'44" N), or just the region north of 60° north latitude, or the region from the North Pole north to the timberline. The Antarctic is usually defined simply as south of 60° south latitude, or the continent of Antarctica. The 1959 Antarctic Treaty uses the former definition. The two polar regions are distinguished from the other two climatic and biometric belts of Earth, a tropics belt near the equator, and two middle latitude regions located betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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