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Porphyrio is the swamphen or swamp hen bird genus in the rail family. It includes some smaller species of gallinules which are sometimes separated as genus Porphyrula or united with the gallinules proper (or "moorhens") in Gallinula .
Sphenophorus is a genus of weevils, often known as billbugs, in the family Curculionidae, [1] [2] [3] and tribe Sphenophorini. Eleven species of billbugs infest managed turfgrass in North America . [ 4 ]
The list presented here is a checklist of global bumblebee [1] species (Tribe Bombini) based on the Bombus phylogeny presented by Cameron et al (2007) [2] and grouped by subgenus following the revision of Williams et al (2008). [3]
Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees , but also includes stingless bees (also used for honey production), carpenter bees , orchid bees , cuckoo bees , and a number of other less widely ...
Hygrophila, commonly known as swampweeds, [2] [3] is a genus of flowering plants in the acanthus family, Acanthaceae. There are about 80 [4] to 100 [5] [6] species, of which many are aquatic plants. The genus is distributed across the tropical and subtropical world.
Armillaria mellea Armillaria hinnulea. The basidiocarp (reproductive structure) of the fungus is a mushroom that grows on wood, typically in small dense clumps or tufts. Their caps (mushroom tops) are typically yellow-brown, somewhat sticky to touch when moist, and, depending on age, may range in shape from conical to convex to depressed in the center.
Daphnia is a genus of small planktonic crustaceans, 0.2–6.0 mm (0.01–0.24 in) in length. Daphnia are members of the order Anomopoda , and are one of the several small aquatic crustaceans commonly called water fleas because their saltatory swimming style resembles the movements of fleas .
A Sphecidae wasp, probably Sceliphron caementarium, investigates two squash bugs, but doesn’t attempt capture to provision its nest. The old digger wasp family Sphecidae was paraphyletic and has been broken up. Only the following subfamilies remain in the new family Sphecidae (sensu stricto) which is a monophyletic clade. [1]