Caenorhabditis elegans is a free-living, transparent nematode, about 1 mm in length, that lives in temperate soil environments. It is the type species of its genus. The name is a blend of the Greek caeno- (recent), rhabditis (rod-like) and Latin elegans (elegant). In 1900, Maupas initially named it Rhabditides elegans, Osche placed it in the subgenus Caenorhabditis in 1952, and in 1955, Dougherty raised Caenorhabditis to the status of genus.
In Greek mythology, Meleager was a hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia. He was already famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt in the epic tradition that was reworked by Homer. Meleager is also mentioned as one of the Argonauts.
Howard Robert Horvitz is an American biologist best known for his research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Sydney Brenner and John E. Sulston.
The elegant water shrew is a species of mammal in the subfamily Soricinae of the family Soricidae. It is monotypic within the genus Nectogale. It lives in Sikkim and China.
Thyreus is an Old World genus of bees, one of many that are commonly known as cuckoo bees, and are cleptoparasites of other species of bees, mostly in the genus Amegilla. They all have strongly contrasting patterns of coloration - three species from the Sydney region, Thyreus nitidulus, T. lugubris, and T. caeruleopunctatus are bright blue and black.
Thyreus nitidulus, commonly known as the neon cuckoo bee, is a parasitic bee of the genus Thyreus, called cuckoo bees. It is a stocky bee, notable for its brilliant metallic blue- and black-banded colors.
Thyreus caeruleopunctatus, commonly known as the chequered cuckoo bee, is a parasitic bee of the genus Thyreus, also called cuckoo bees. It is a stocky bee, notable for its brilliant metallic blue and black banded colors.
T. insignis may refer to:
Eurema sari, the chocolate grass yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Southeast Asia.
Thyreus ceylonicus is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae in subfamily Apinae. The subspecies are:
Thyreus histrio, is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Apinae.
Thyreus insignis, is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Apinae.
Thyreus ramosellus, is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Apinae.
Thyreus surniculus, is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Apinae. It is found in India, and Sri Lanka.
Thyreus takaonis, is a species of bee belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Apinae.
Thyreus shebicus is a species of cleptoparisitic bee belonging to the genus Thyreus and the family Apidae. It is found in northern Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia
Thyreus garouensis is a cleptoparasitic species of bee from Northern Cameroon in Central Africa. It belongs to the genus of Thyreus, whose members are often referred to as cuckoo bees, and to the family Apidae.
Thyreus abdominalis is a species of bee belonging to the genus Thyreus, the members of which are often referred to as cuckoo bees. Like all bees in this genus, it is cleptoparasitic. It is found throughout southern and eastern Asia.
Thyreus denolli is an African species of kleptoparisitic bee. It belongs to the tribe Melectini and to the genus Thyreus, the members of which are often referred to as 'Cuckoo bees', due to their parisitic behaviour.
