. Diptera Nematocera (excluding Chironomidæ and Culicidæ). Diptera. Fig. 22.âSinuilmm. â generally " squat" appearance the SimuliidjE are more unlike the rest of the Nematoceba than any other group.* Their peculiar venation, however, which is totally unlike that of any other family of Diptera, with the exception of the in the BRACHycEiiA, will at once separate them, even to the â beginner's eye. Genus SIMULIUM, Latr. Simulium, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Ins. Crust, iii, p. 426 (1802). Simulla, auctt. Atractocera, Meigen, Klass. i, p. 94 (1804). Genotype, according to Zettersted
. Diptera Nematocera (excluding Chironomidæ and Culicidæ). Diptera. Fig. 22.âSinuilmm. â generally " squat" appearance the SimuliidjE are more unlike the rest of the Nematoceba than any other group.* Their peculiar venation, however, which is totally unlike that of any other family of Diptera, with the exception of the in the BRACHycEiiA, will at once separate them, even to the â beginner's eye. Genus SIMULIUM, Latr. Simulium, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Ins. Crust, iii, p. 426 (1802). Simulla, auctt. Atractocera, Meigen, Klass. i, p. 94 (1804). Genotype, according to Zetterstedt, S. rejjtans, Mg., but â Coquillet gives liliagio colombaczensis, Schcinb. Head semicircular. Eyes usually reniform,t sometimes rounded, bare, in life generally of a red colour; contiguous above in the * Excepting , which are not Oriental. t Zetterstedt (Dipt. Scancl. ix, p. Ml 5) says the eyes in the male are rounded, reniform in the female. Insufficiency of material prevents my confirming or disputing this ; most authors speak of the eyes as " rounded or reniform," the inference being that the shape is not dependent on the sex. As regards their colour Schiner says " generally red in life " ; Zetterstedt says "often red in male, obscure in ; The latter author also notes sexual differences in both antennte and palpi which are uot recorded by subsequent Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brunetti, Enrico. London, Taylor and Francis; [etc. , etc. ]
Size: 2282px × 1095px
Photo credit: © Paul Fearn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectdiptera, bookyear1912
