The black swan is a large waterbird, a species of swan which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. Within Australia, the black swan is nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent on climatic conditions. It is a large bird with black plumage and a red bill. It is a monogamous breeder, with both partners sharing incubation and cygnet-rearing duties.
The New Zealand swan is an extinct indigenous swan from the Chatham Islands and the South Island of New Zealand. Discovered as archaeological remains in 1889, it was originally considered a separate species from the Australian black swan because of its slightly larger bones, and swans not having been introduced to New Zealand until 1864. From 1998 until 2017, it was considered to be simply a New Zealand population of Cygnus atratus, until DNA recovered from fossil bones determined that it was indeed a separate species, much larger and heavier than its Australian relative.
Lasiurus atratus, the greater red bat, is a species of vesper bat. It is found in Guyana, Venezuela, French Guiana and Suriname.
The white-crowned tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Hemigomphus atratus is a species of dragonfly of the family Gomphidae, known as the black vicetail. It is endemic to north-eastern Queensland, Australia, where it inhabits rainforest streams.
Johann Melchior Goeze was a Lutheran pastor and theologian during the period of Late Orthodoxy. From 1760 to 1770 he served as senior of Hamburg presiding as spiritual leader over the Lutheran state church of the city-state.
Osilinus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Tropidothorax is a genus of seed bugs or ground bugs belonging to the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Lygaeinae.There are about 11 described species in Tropidothorax.
Oncotylus viridiflavus is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Phylinae. It is found in every country of Central, south Europe and Scandinavia.
Gonocerus acuteangulatus is a herbivorous species of true bug in the family Coreidae. It is commonly known as the box bug in the UK as it once only occurred in Box Hill in Surrey where it fed on box trees.
Cicada is a genus of old world cicadas in the family Cicadidae, and the tribe Cicadini. There are at least 60 described species in Cicada.
Raglius is a genus of dirt-colored seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae. There are about 11 described species in Raglius.
Platycleis albopunctata is a species of European bush cricket in the tribe Platycleidini.
Raglius alboacuminatus is a species of dirt-colored seed bug in the family Rhyparochromidae. It is found in Africa, Europe and Northern Asia, and North America.
Oncotylus is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are at least 20 described species in Oncotylus.
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus is a species of insect in the sub-order of true bugs, Heteroptera.
Melanocoryphus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Lygaeidae. There are about eight described species in Melanocoryphus.
Antheminia is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Pentatomidae.
Anchiale is a genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and tribe Phasmatini. Species have a known distribution from Australasia. The type species, A. maculata, was originally thought to be a Mantis.
Hadrodemus is a genus of mostly European capsid bugs in the tribe Mirini, discovered by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1858. The type species Hadrodemus m-flavum is recorded from northern Europe including the British Isles.
