| Diogmites platypterus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Genus: | Diogmites |
| Species: | D. platypterus |
| Binomial name | |
| Diogmites platypterus Loew, 1866 | |
Diogmites platypterus is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The broad-winged hawk is a medium-sized hawk of the genus Buteo. During the summer, some subspecies are distributed over eastern North America, as far west as British Columbia and Texas; they then migrate south to winter in the Neotropics from Mexico south to southern Brazil. Other subspecies are all-year residents on Caribbean islands. As in most raptors, females are slightly larger than males. Broad-winged hawks' wings are relatively short and broad with a tapered, somewhat pointed appearance. The two types of coloration are a dark morph with fewer white areas and a light morph that is more pale overall. Although the broad-winged hawk's numbers are relatively stable, populations are declining in some parts of its breeding range because of forest fragmentation.
A sailfish is a fish of the genus Istiophorus of billfish living in colder areas of all the seas of the earth, and holds the record for the fastest speed of any of Earth's marine animals. They are predominantly blue to gray in colour and have a characteristic dorsal fin known as a sail, which often stretches the entire length of the back. Another notable characteristic is the elongated bill, resembling that of the swordfish and other marlins. They are, therefore, described as billfish in sport-fishing circles.
The term billfish refers to a group of predatory fish characterised by prominent bills, or rostra, and by their large size; some are longer than 4 m (13 ft). Billfish include sailfish and marlin, which make up the family Istiophoridae, and swordfish, sole member of the family Xiphiidae. They are apex predators which feed on a wide variety of smaller fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods. These two families are sometimes classified as belonging to the order Istiophoriformes, a group with origins in the Late Cretaceous around 71 million years ago with the two families diverging from one and another in the Late Miocene around 15 million years ago. However, they are also classified as being closely related to the mackerels and tuna within the suborder Scombroidei of the order Perciformes. However, the 5th edition of the Fishes of the World does recognise the Istiophoriformes as a valid order, albeit including the Sphyraenidae, the barracudas.
The Indo-Pacific sailfish is a sailfish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, as well naturalized in the Atlantic. Where it has entered the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal as a Lessepsian migrant. It is dark blue on top, brown-blue laterally, silvery white underbelly; upper jaw elongated in the form of a spear; first dorsal fin greatly enlarged in the form of a sail, with many black cones, its front squared off, highest at its midpoint; pelvic fins very narrow, reaching almost to the anus; body covered with embedded scales, blunt at end; lateral line curved above pectoral fin, then straight to base of tail. They have a large and sharp bill, which they use for hunting. They feed on tuna and mackerel, some of the fastest fish in the Ocean. Some authorities only recognise a single species of sailfish, I. platyperus.
The Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk is an endangered subspecies of the broad-winged hawk. It is a small hawk that occurs in Puerto Rico, inhabiting the Toro Negro State Forest. Its Spanish common name is guaragüao de bosque.
Diogmites is a genus of mainly neotropical flies in the family Asilidae or robber flies.
Diogmites missouriensis is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites discolor is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites ternatus is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites crudelis is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites texanus is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites misellus is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites sallei is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites basalis, the New York bee killer, is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites angustipennis, the prairie robber fly, is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites neoternatus is a species of robber fly in the family Asilidae. Its genus name, Diogmites, refers to the peculiar habit of hanging by its foreleg while consuming prey.
Diogmites esuriens is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites salutans is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites properans is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
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