Belongs within: Crinocheta. The Philosciidae are a family of woodlice in which the pleon is narrower than the pereion, resulting in a more or less apparent discontinuity in the body outline (Vandel 1973). <==Philosciidae |–AphilosciaV73 |–OreadesV73 |–IschiosciaV73 |–ProischiosciaV73 |–Paraphiloscia hammeniV73, H83 |–Rennelloscia cycloopiV73, H83 |–SetaphoraV73 |–PseudophilosciaV73 |–ZebrasciaV73 |–ColombophilosciaV73 |–NesophilosciaV73 |–DidimaV73 |–NahiaV73 |–HelenosciaV73 |–DekanosciaV73 |–HeroldiaV73 |–Metriogastor Vandel… Continue reading Philosciidae
Category: Arthropoda
Porcellio
Belongs within: Crinocheta. Porcellio is a cosmopolitan genus of woodlice with a two-segmented flagellum and tracheae in only the first two or three pleopods (Hatch 1947). Characters (Hatch 1947): Body not at all contractile into a ball; median lobe of head rounded, median line below not carinate; front of head without obtusely angulate carina in front of frontal… Continue reading Porcellio
Cubaris
Belongs within: Armadillidae. Cubaris is a cosmopolitan genus of woodlice with poorly differentiated volvation structures (Vandel 1973). Characters (Vandel 1973): Head with face extending upwards into low, slightly projecting frontal blade; frontal shield recognizable though poorly defined; secondary marginal line continuous, on each side, with frontal margin. Pronotum large, surface area equal to one-fifth, or even one-quarter, of… Continue reading Cubaris
Microtrombidium
Belongs within: Microtrombidiidae. Microtrombidium is a cosmopolitan genus of predatory mites, primarily recognised from adults with the larva of M. nitidum only described in 1994. Though numerous species have been assigned to the genus historically, the position of many requires further assessment (Southcott 1994). The European effective type species M. pusillum is characterised by as… Continue reading Microtrombidium
Microtrombidiidae
Belongs within: Trombidioidea.Contains: Enemothrombium, Eutrombidium, Camerotrombidium, Manriquia, Trombiculidae, Microtrombidium, Platytrombidium. The Microtrombidiidae are a cosmopolitan group of predatory mites with the palptibia of adults bearing multiple spinose setae alongside the terminal claw, and with larvae parasitic on Diptera. A large plate is present posteriorly on the idionotum in adults of the subfamily Eutrombidiinae but absent… Continue reading Microtrombidiidae
Platytrombidium
Belongs within: Microtrombidiidae. Platytrombidium is a genus of predatory mites known from adults only. The larva is as yet unidentified unless, as is quite possible, this genus is synonymous with the related Atractothrombium. Body hairs are short and thick, covered with short, fine setules (Southcott 1994). Mites in red velvet Published 22 December 2015 Mites… Continue reading Platytrombidium
Chrysomelidae
Belongs within: Phytophaga.Contains: Donaciinae, Hispinae, Criocerinae, Sagrinae, Bruchidae, Cassidinae, Eumolpinae, Lamprosomatinae, Cryptocephalini, Clytrini, Chlamisini, Galerucinae, Chrysomelini. The Chrysomelidae, leaf beetles, are a cosmopolitan family of beetles that mostly feed on living plant tissue. Adults feed externally whereas larvae may feed either externally or internally. Chrysomelids are highly varied in external appearance but are united by… Continue reading Chrysomelidae
Scionini
Belongs within: Tabanidae. The Scionini are a group of horse flies characterised by the presence of apical spurs on the hind tibia, an undivided tergite 9, and male terminalia with a simple gonostylus (Pechuman & Teskey 1981). Sciones of a blood-sucking line Published 6 July 2026 Anybody who has been subject to the gentle attentions… Continue reading Scionini
Olenellus
Belongs within: Trilobita. Olenellus is a genus of trilobites known from the Lower Cambrian. It is recognised as characterising a distinct zone in the stratigraphy of North America. Characters (Harrington et al. 1959): Glabella long, with rounded frontal lobe. usually reaching anterior border furrow; palpebral lobes mostly long, terminating opposite occipital furrow or further back.… Continue reading Olenellus
Agnostinae
Belongs within: Agnostina. The Agnostinae are a group of agnostids known from the Middle Cambrian to Early Ordovician, characterised by a simple, axiolobate pygidium (Shergold et al. 1990). The type genus Agnostus has three lobes in the axis of the pygidium, the posterior one being only a little expanded at the rear and not approaching the border… Continue reading Agnostinae