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 What means eremoneura?
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| Ralph Sipple |
Posted on 23-07-2007 07:37
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Member Location: Ehingen (Danube), Germany Posts: 95 Joined: 21.07.07 |
Hi, Could anybody explain the origin of this term? Neither my books nor Google give any information about. As far I know "eremo-" means "lonely", but this doesn?t help me to understand. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 24-07-2007 22:45
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7232 Joined: 19.11.04 |
The Eremoneura includes the Empioidea and Cyclorrhapha - all of which have reduced wing venation, compared to the Nematocera and Asiloidea, for instance. I suggest that the term Eremoneura reflects this reduced venation - "lonely veined". Eremo can also mean a waste-land or barren area, and this again can refer to the lack of wing veins in this group.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Ralph Sipple |
Posted on 25-07-2007 07:12
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Member Location: Ehingen (Danube), Germany Posts: 95 Joined: 21.07.07 |
Hello Tony, thank you for your comprehensible interpretation! Ralph Ralph |
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