Benjamin August Gimmerthal (1779, Zittau- 1848, Riga (then Russian Empire)) was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera. His collection of Chloropidae is held by the Museum of Systematic Zoology, University of Latvia, Riga. The remaining Diptera and other insects by the Natural History Museum of Latvia (Homepage)
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Alexander Eduard Friedrich Eversmann was a Prussian biologist and explorer.
1850
Cluster flies are flies of the genus Pollenia in the family Polleniidae. Unlike the more familiar blow flies, such as the bluebottle genus Phormia, they are completely harmless to human health because they do not lay eggs in human food. They are parasitic on earthworms; the females lay their eggs near earthworm burrows, and the larvae then feed on the worms. But the biology of this group is relatively poorly known and a few have been recorded from other hosts including caterpillars and bees.
Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky was a Russian entomologist mainly interested in beetles.
Theodor Becker was a Danish-born German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for studies on the taxonomy of flies.
Count Carl Gustaf Mannerheim was a Finnish entomologist and governor of the Viipuri province in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
Sarcophaga is a genus of true flies and the type genus of the flesh-fly family (Sarcophagidae). The members of this cosmopolitan genus are frequently known as common flesh flies.
Xylota is a Holarctic genus of hoverflies similar in structure to the related genera Chalcosyrphus and Brachypalpoides. As the larvae are saprophytic they're usually found in rotting wood. The adult flies are generally associated with woodland and woodland edges and can often be seen running over the upper sides of leaves. Unlike other syrphids the adults of many species rarely visit flowers preferring instead to gather pollen from leaf surfaces. There are over 100 described species of which 12 can be found in Europe. Seven species have been recorded in Britain.
Franz Faldermann was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.
Gymnosoma is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Chrysotimus is a genus of longlegged flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is cosmopolitan in distribution, but it is probably paraphyletic with respect to several genera of limited distribution.
Paraclius is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Dexia is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae. Most larvae are parasitoids of beetles (Scarabaeidae).
Carlos Berg or Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Berg was an Argentinian naturalist and entomologist of Latvian and Baltic German origin.
Peloropeodinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. According to Germann et al. (2011), the subfamily is polyphyletic.
Gymnopternus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It was formerly placed as a subgenus of Hercostomus, but is now accepted as a separate genus.
Sympycninae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Copromyza nigrina is a species of fly in the family Sphaeroceridae. It is found in the Palearctic.
Copromyza is a genus of flies belonging to the family lesser dung flies.
Lyroneurus is a genus or subgenus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Its rank is not currently certain; it has variously been placed as its own genus or as a subgenus of Diaphorus. More recently, it has been suggested by Pollet et al. (2004) to be a synonym of Chrysotus, but some authors maintain generic rank noting that Chrysotus is possibly paraphyletic.