Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 7

· Members Online: 1
Double A

· Total Members: 1,530
· Newest Member: ulf
Paul Beuk's Book Reviews
Newest books:
· The European fami...
· De Nederlandse zw...
· The Diptera of th...
Most popular books:
· The Diptera of th...
· De Nederlandse zw...
· The European fami...

Looking for something in particular?
Use search!
Forum Threads
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· Double AOnline
· LordV< 5 mins
· Paul Beuk< 5 mins
· rvanderweele00:12:25
· Smoggycb00:14:09
· andrzej grzy...00:20:21
· KWQ00:21:41
· Cranefly00:29:11
· AlexP00:59:36
· phil withers01:01:08
Lastest Photo Additions
Terms Infusion (Glossary) - v3.10
Select Category:
Show Synonyms:
Number of displayed Terms:

Show all Show all


A
ac
acrostichal setae (synonym)
Acalyptratae
Acalyptratae is a subsection of Schizophora, commonly referred to as the acalyptrate muscoids (or simply acalpytrates). It is a very large assemblage, exhibiting very diverse habits. The name refers to the lack of calypters in the members of this group of flies.
Links: Diptera classification

acalyptrate
Acalyptratae (synonym)
acalyptrates
Acalyptratae (synonym)
acr
acrostichal setae (synonym)
acrostichal setae
One or more longitudinal rows of smaller to larger setae in the median part of the scutum, the rows being either regular or irregular (with setae more or less scattered).
acrostichals
acrostichal setae (synonym)
ad
anterodorsal (synonym)
Ad
anterodorsal (synonym)
adventive species
A species that has arrived in the geographical area specified from somewhere else by any means (for instance with cargo). Compare with invasive species.

allotype
From the ICZN: 'The term "allotype" may be used to indicate a specimen of opposite sex to the holotype; an "allotype" has no name-bearing function.'
alpha taxonomy
The first stage in taxonomy, viz. the descriptive stage which is concerned with the characterisation and naming of species. An example of a taxonomic exercise at the alpha level is:
Hines, J.S., 1911. New species of Diptera of the genus Erax. - The Ohio Naturalist 11(6): 307-311.
The next two stages in taxonomy are systematising (beta taxonomy) and evolutionary studies (gamma taxonomy).
anal cell
posterior cubital cell (synonym)
anterior
Located in the direction of the head when considering a position along the longitudinal axis. Even a structure near the apex of the abdomen has a side that is directed towards the head end and another that is directed towards the apex of the abdomen. Likewise, every structure perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body (leg, wing) has a side that is directed towards the head.

anterodorsal
Located in the plane between anterior and dorsal.
anteroventral
Located in the plane between anterior and ventral.
anthropogenic
Originating from the activity of humans.
Example 1: The most serious historic anthropogenic stress on robber fly (Asilidae) populations has been the destruction of grassland habitat.' Robert A. Cannings Analysis of trends in species occurrence and abundance.
Example 2: 'Musca domestica has an anthropogenic distribution', meaning it has a distibution that is mainly determined by the spreading of the species by man.
apex
Plural: apices. The end of something 'protruding from' or 'attached to' the (imaginary) center of the body or the end removed from the center of the body. For example, the end of the wing (apex of the wing), the abdomen (apex of the abdomen), the tibia (apex of the tibia), etc.
apical
The adjective of apex. Example: 'Arista commonly bare on apical half' means that the second half of the arista (starting from the third antennal segment) is bare. Opposite of basal.
apple maggot
Vernacular name for the pest Rhagoletis pomonella of the Tephritidae (fruit flies).
Links: http://en.wikiped...ple_maggot.

Page 1 of 14 1 2 > >>
Date and time
11 March 2010 12:07
Login
Username

Password



Not a member yet?
Click here to register.

Forgotten your password?
Request a new one here.
Donate
attentionattention
Please help to make
Diptera.info
possible and enable
further improvements!
Alternative to donation
...or support Diptera.info by opening a hosting account at
Latest Articles
Shoutbox
You must login to post a message.

11.03.10 11:31
@Giovanna: Hugo Chaves?

11.03.10 11:18
Giovanna: sounds like the beginning of a joke. No, tell me!

10.03.10 22:24
Click on the Gallery Links + in the left column. Change was mentioned in NEWS at the bottom of this page under GALLERY

10.03.10 22:15
I can't see the submit photo link. Has it been removed?

10.03.10 12:46
Do someone knows what's the biggest mosquito of south America?

10.03.10 09:17
Will do, when I get back home (next week)

09.03.10 21:20
Excellent! Can you scan it and send me a copy? Cheers.

09.03.10 12:14
LoooooooooooooL, but actually... CoooooooooooooL <Crying out Loud>

09.03.10 11:48
Full page ad in the Lodon Times with headline "genetically modified mosquitoes are being bred to destroy malaria". Illustrated with a large picture of...a sciarid.

08.03.10 18:43
Thanks !

Render time: 3.54 seconds | 14,319,704 unique visits