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Tisamenus Draconina
''Tisamenus draconinus'' is a species of stick insect in the family Heteropterygidae native to the Philippines. Description The species is elongated and is described as the spiniest of the genus. Females reach a length of and vary in color between dark and light brown. Dark brown specimens sometimes only have a light median line on the thorax. Males are long and are not quite as variable in color. The triangle on the mesonotum typical of the genus is flat and ends, as in '' Tisamenus lachesis'', with interposterior mesonotal spines. The two front angles of the triangle in compound spines forming a toothed crest, the largest element of which is slightly removed from the actual angles. A pair of median metanotals, that is, middle spines on the metanotum, are present. The side edges of the meso- and metanotum are reinforced with long spines. There are only four spines on each side of the mesonatal margins, while there are usually five in similar species. On each side of the met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palaui Island Protected Landscape And Seascape
The Palaui Island Protected Landscape and Seascape is an island that is a protected area and national park in the municipality of Santa Ana in Cagayan, Philippines. It is located off the northeastern extremity of Luzon Island. Geography Palaui Island lies off the northwestern part of a large promontory in San Vicente, in the municipality of Santa Ana, Cagayan province. It is at its longest and about at its widest and moderately high. The western shore of the island appears bold, but on the eastern side, a reef projects from its side for , the edge of it being from and extending around the small islet of Escucha, east of Palaui. The Dos Hermanos rocky islets lie off Cape Engaño, in the northern point of Palaui, and there are some rocks off the northeast point of the island, about eastward of the cape. Gran Laja island, a low rock islet surrounded by breakers, is one of the rocks located northeast off Palaui.U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. "United States Coast Pilot, Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luzon
Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as well as Quezon City, the country's most populous city. With a population of 64 million , it contains 52.5% of the country's total population and is the fourth most populous island in the world. It is the 15th largest island in the world by land area. ''Luzon'' may also refer to one of the three primary island groups in the country. In this usage, it includes the Luzon mainland, the Batanes and Babuyan groups of islands to the north, Polillo Islands to the east, and the outlying islands of Catanduanes, Marinduque and Mindoro, among others, to the south. The islands of Masbate, Palawan and Romblon are also included, although these three are sometimes grouped with another of the island groups, the Visayas. Etymology The n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Forsell Kirby
William Forsell Kirby (14 January 1844 – 20 November 1912) was an English entomologist and folklorist. Life He was born in Leicester. He was the eldest son of Samuel Kirby, who was a banker. He was educated privately, and became interested in butterflies and moths at an early age. The family moved to Brighton, where he became acquainted with Henry Cooke, Frederick Merrifield and J. N. Winter. He published the ''Manual of European Butterflies'' in 1862. In 1867 he became a curator in the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society, and produced a ''Synonymic Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera'' (1871; Supplement 1877). In 1879 Kirby joined the staff of the British Museum (Natural History) as an assistant, after the death of Frederick Smith. He published a number of catalogues, as well as ''Rhopalocera Exotica'' (1887–1897) and an ''Elementary Text-book of Entomology''. He also did important work on orthopteroid insects including a three volume Catalogue of all known species ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tisamenus Deplanatus
''Tisamenus deplanatus'' is a stick insect species native to the Philippine islands Luzon and Mindanao occurs. Taxonomy In 1845 John Obadiah Westwood first described the species as ''Phasma'' (''Pachymorpha'') ''deplanatum'' and transferred it to the genus ''Acanthoderus'' in 1859. A female is deposited as holotype in the Natural History Museum, London. In 1875 Carl Stål transferred the species as ''Tisamenus deplanatus'' to the genus he established '' Tisamenus''. In 1939 the genus ''Tisamenus'' was synonymized with the genus ''Hoploclonia'', whereby the species as ''Hoploclonia deplanata''. At the same time the genus ''Hoploclonia'' was divided into different groups according to morphological aspects. In the so-called Deplanata group, they placed with ''Hoploclonia deplanata'', ''Hoploclonia cervicornis'' (today '' Tisamenus cervicornis''), ''Hoploclonia armadillo'' (today '' Tisamenus armadillo''), ''Hoploclonia spadix'' (today '' Tisamenus spadix''), ''Hoploclonia tagal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tisamenus Serratorius
''Tisamenus serratorius'' is a Phasmatodea, stick insect species that occurs on the Philippines, Philippine island Luzon. Taxonomy In 1875, Carl Stål described ''Tisamenus serratorius'' in the genus ''Tisamenus (insect), Tisamenus'', which he also described, using a female from the collection of Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl. This is today the holotype of the species and is deposited in the Natural History Museum, Vienna. The species name derives from Latin en "serrato "for sawn off and refers to the sawtooth-like reinforced side edges of the thorax. In 1904, William Forsell Kirby established ''Tisamenus serratorius'' as the type species of the genus. In 1939 the genus ''Tisamenus'' was Synonym (taxonomy), synonymized with the genus ''Hoploclonia'', whereby the species initially named as ''Hoploclonia serratoria'' and later as ''Hoploclonia serratorius''. At the same time the genus ''Hoploclonia'' was divided into different groups according to morphology (biology), morphological a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Stål
Carl Stål (21 March 1833 – 13 June 1878) was a Swedish entomologist specialising in Hemiptera. He was born at Karlberg Castle, Stockholm on 21 March 1833 and died at Frösundavik near Stockholm on 13 June 1878. He was the son of architect, author and officer Carl Stål then Colonel, Swedish Corps of Engineers. He matriculated at Uppsala University in 1853, studying medicine and passing the medico-philosophical examination in 1857. He then turned to entomology and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Jena in 1859. The same year he became assistant to Carl Henrik Boheman in the Zoological department of the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, where, in 1867, he was appointed keeper with the title of professor. He made collecting trips in Sweden and throughout Europe and visited other museums including the collection of Johan Christian Fabricius in Kiel. His study of the Fabrician types resulted in his "Hemiptera Fabriciana". A significant part of Stål's work w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Robert Gray
George Robert Gray FRS (8 July 1808 – 6 May 1872) was an English zoologist and author, and head of the ornithological section of the British Museum, now the Natural History Museum, in London for forty-one years. He was the younger brother of the zoologist John Edward Gray and the son of the botanist Samuel Frederick Gray. George Gray's most important publication was his ''Genera of Birds'' (1844–49), illustrated by David William Mitchell and Joseph Wolf, which included 46,000 references. Biography He was born in Little Chelsea, London, to Samuel Frederick Gray, naturalist and pharmacologist, and Elizabeth (née Forfeit), his wife. He was educated at Merchant Taylor's School. Gray started at the British Museum as Assistant Keeper of the Zoology Branch in 1831. He began by cataloguing insects, and published an ''Entomology of Australia'' (1833) and contributed the entomogical section to an English edition of Georges Cuvier's ''Animal Kingdom''. Gray describe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthoderus
''Acanthoderus''Gray GR (1835) ''Synopsis of the species of insects belonging to the family of Phasmidae'' 14. is a monotypic genus of stick insects in the tribe Pachymorphini Pachymorphinae is a subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. Genera are primarily found in Africa, Asia and Australia. Tribes and genera The ''Phasmida Species File'' lists two tribes ( Gratidiini has been moved): Hemipachymorphi .... The single species ''Acanthoderus spinosus'' has a known distribution in Australia. From 1859 until 1875 the similar but unrelated '' Hoploclonia gecko'' was placed in the genus ''Acanthoderus''. References External Links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q104626457 Phasmatodea genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pachymorpha
''Pachymorpha'' is a genus of phasmids belonging to the family Diapheromeridae. The species of this genus are found in Australasia, Africa, Madagascar and tropical Asia up to southern China. Species The ''Phasmida Species File'' lists: *''Pachymorpha arguta'' *''Pachymorpha belocerca'' *''Pachymorpha carli'' *''Pachymorpha congensis'' *''Pachymorpha darnis'' *''Pachymorpha epidicus'' *''Pachymorpha madagassa'' *''Pachymorpha meruensis'' *''Pachymorpha sansibarica'' *''Pachymorpha simplicipes ''Pachymorpha'' is a genus of phasmids belonging to the family Diapheromeridae Diapheromeridae is a family of stick insects ( order Phasmatodea). They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea. The family contains so ...'' *'' Pachymorpha spinosa'' *'' Pachymorpha squalida'' = type species (as ''Bacillus squalidus'' Gray; locality Australia) *'' Pachymorpha staeli'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q10614702 Diapheromeridae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phasma
''Phasma'' is an Australasian genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae, subfamily Phasmatinae and tribe Phasmatini. Species The Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomic Info ... lists: * '' Phasma gigas'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as ''Phasma empusa'' Lichtenstein) * '' Phasma marosense'' Hennemann, 1998 * '' Phasma reinwardtii'' Haan, 1842 Additional images File:Phasma-reinwardtii-female.jpg, Adult female '' Phasma reinwardtii'' specimen References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q10626677 Phasmatodea genera Phasmatodea of Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basionym
In the scientific name of organisms, basionym or basyonym means the original name on which a new name is based; the author citation of the new name should include the authors of the basionym in parentheses. The term "basionym" is used in both botany and zoology. In zoology, alternate terms such as original combination or protonym are sometimes used instead. Bacteriology uses a similar term, basonym, spelled without an ''i''. Although "basionym" and "protonym" are often used interchangeably, they have slightly different technical definitions. A basionym is the ''correct'' spelling of the original name (according to the applicable nomenclature rules), while a protonym is the ''original'' spelling of the original name. These are typically the same, but in rare cases may differ. Use in botany The term "basionym" is used in botany only for the circumstances where a previous name exists with a useful description, and the ''International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tisamenus Draconina - Female Westwood 1848
Tisamenus (Ancient Greek: Τισαμενός) is the name of several people in classical history and mythology: * ''Mythology'' ** Tisamenus (son of Orestes), mythological king of Argos, and son of Orestes and Hermione. **Tisamenus (King of Thebes), a king of Thebes, son of Thersander and Demonassa. Pausanias9.5.15/ref> *''History'' ** Tisamenus of Elis, son of Antiochus, an ancient Greek seer and grandfather of the seer Agias of Sparta **Tisamenus, a descendant apparently of the above, who took part in the conspiracy of Cinadon, and was put to death for it in 397 BC. Namesake Tisamenus (insect), a genus of stick insects in the family Heteropterygidae Notes References * Apollodorus Apollodorus (Ancient Greek, Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ''Apollodoros'') was a popular name in ancient Greece. It is the masculine gender of a noun compounded from Apollo, the deity, and doron, "gift"; that is, "Gift of Apollo." It may refer to: ..., ''The Library'' with an English Transla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
