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Trachythorax Illaesa
''Trachythorax illaesa'' is a species of stick-insect from in the Western Ghats of India and in Sri Lanka. Males are much smaller than females and they are both winged and capable of strong flight. They lay eggs in clusters with ornate architecture and a flower-like radiating collar that is thought to provide protection from parasitoid wasps. It was described by Redtenbacher on the basis of single male specimen but synonymized in 2005 under ''T. maculicollis''. It was restored as a valid species in 2021. The yellow membrane between the head and the pronotum and the black markings on the mesonotum are characteristic. Like all members of ''Trachythorax'', they have males that are almost half the length of the females. They lay eggs in clusters which are glued onto the substrate, often a twig.They have an opercular collar which expands upon drying and forms a skirt around the egg. The toothed lateral margins are thought to provide defense against parasitoid wasps by reducing the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Redtenbacher
Ludwig Redtenbacher (June 10, 1814, in Kirchdorf an der Krems, Austria – February 8, 1876, in Vienna) was an Austrian medical doctor and entomologist mainly interested in beetles. Life Ludwig Redtenbacher was the brother of the chemist Josef Redtenbacher (1810–1870). From 1833 to 1838, Ludwig Redtenbacher studied medicine at the University of Vienna, becoming a salaried trainee in 1840. In 1843, he earned his medical doctorate, afterwards working as an assistant with the entomological collection of the ''Hofnaturalienkabinett'' (from 1847). In 1851, he became a professor of zoology in Prague and, from 1860, he was director of the Vienna Natural History Museum. Although Redtenbacher worked mainly on the beetles of Austria, his new approach to classification or, in German, "''analytischen''" was widely adopted. He is also significant for his work involving beetles collected on the voyage of the ''Novara'', an Austrian frigate that went on a round-the-world scientific exped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonchodidae
LonchodidaeBrunner von Wattenwyl (1893) ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, Genova'' (2)13(33): 80. is a family of Phasmatodea, stick insects, with more than 150 genera and 1,000 described species. The subfamilies Necrosciinae and Lonchodinae, formerly part of Diapheromeridae, were determined to make up a separate family and were transferred to the re-established family Lonchodidae in 2018. Subfamilies and tribes * Lonchodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 ** tribe Eurycanthini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 ** tribe Lonchodini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 ** tribe not determined *** genus ''Megalophasma'' Bi, 1995 *** genus ''Papuacocelus'' Hennemann & Conle, 2006 * Necrosciinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 ** tribe Necrosciini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q65085119 Phasmatodea families Lonchodidae, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
