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Oswald Duda, full name Pavel Theodor Friedrich Oswald Duda was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.
Agrilochyseus borgmeieri is a species of beetle in the family Buprestidae, the only species in the genus Agrilochyseus.
Pseudaptinus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Cephalotes borgmeieri is a species of arboreal ant of the genus Cephalotes, characterized by an odd shaped head and the ability to "parachute" by steering their fall if they drop off of the tree they're on. Giving their name also as gliding ants.
Iapir is a genus of beetles in the family Torridincolidae, containing these species:
Dioridium is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:
Neocoridolon borgmeieri is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Neocoridolon.
Praxithea is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:
Dioridium borgmeieri is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.
Praxithea borgmeieri is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Lane in 1938.
Hemilophini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae.
Adesmus is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Gagarinia is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Adesmus borgmeieri is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Lane in 1976. It is known from Brazil.
Gagarinia aureolata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Lane in 1950. It is known from Brazil.
Gagarinia melasma is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 2004. It is known from Bolivia.
Gagarinia mniszechii is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Chabrillac in 1857. It is known from Brazil.
Pseudacteon is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae. There are over 70 described species of Pseudacteon fly. They are also known as ant-decapitating flies due to their parasitic larval stage. An egg is injected by the female fly into the shoulder joint of an ant worker. Soon after, the egg undergoes rapid inflation as it appears to absorb ant hemolymph. This first instar larva migrates into the ant head and consumes the jaw muscle and other tissues, leaving the mandibles hanging and preparing a future exit space. After about two weeks, the ant worker is termed a "zombie" because the fly larva has effectively taken control. The worker leaves the nest and dies in the leaf litter or in a crack in the soil. As it dies, the ant's head falls off, apparently because the fly larva releases an enzyme that dissolves the membrane attaching the ant's head to its body. The fly pupates in the detached head capsule, requiring a further two weeks before emerging through the ant's mouth. In tropical, subtropical areas the flies are active all year round, but in temperate regions they are active during all months except the winter months. Several Pseudacteon species were deliberately introduced to the United States to combat via biological control the invasive fire ant species Solenopsis invicta.
Diplacothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae.
Tropothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae.
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- ↑ BioLib.cz - Gagarinia borgmeieri. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.