tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.comments2023-12-24T07:02:43.274+08:00Catalogue of OrganismsChristopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comBlogger3895125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-27806446223649381262022-08-03T20:16:46.996+08:002022-08-03T20:16:46.996+08:00You're welcome. Palaeos is still available at ...You're welcome. Palaeos is still available at http://palaeos.com/ though I don't know if it's been updated in recent years. It's a respectable model.Christopher Taylorhttps://varietyoflife.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-33719523762379945192022-08-02T19:27:21.053+08:002022-08-02T19:27:21.053+08:00Then I guess this is as good an opportunity as the...Then I guess this is as good an opportunity as there'll be to thank you for your work over the years here. COO has been a small but stable part of my online life since ages.<br /><br />The new page looks sort of like a new version of the fondly-remembered Palaeos. Andreas Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-39333286936710574162022-08-02T19:19:10.224+08:002022-08-02T19:19:10.224+08:00OK, then I think the first sentence of the last pa...OK, then I think the first sentence of the last paragraph needs clarification, because it seems to say at least some modern teleosts have ganoid scales.Andreas Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-85782086863844525862022-08-02T12:30:46.973+08:002022-08-02T12:30:46.973+08:00Ganoid scales in Recent teleosts are Not a Thing, ...Ganoid scales in Recent teleosts are Not a Thing, they're only found in modern ray-finned fishes among non-teleosts.Christopher Taylorhttps://coo.fieldofscience.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-40396881914865493432022-07-27T01:59:50.187+08:002022-07-27T01:59:50.187+08:00So ganoid scales in Recent teleosts are a reversal...So ganoid scales in Recent teleosts are a reversal?Andreas Johanssonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-72106618517950039022022-06-26T04:07:47.017+08:002022-06-26T04:07:47.017+08:00Thanks for featuring Eriogonum. In California whe...Thanks for featuring Eriogonum. In California where I started as a botanist the genus was a nightmare, especially for beginners. Most recently I was working with South Dakota eriogonums—only 7 plus one hybrid :)Hollishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788942181934895493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-46311183329770433422022-06-02T17:21:18.038+08:002022-06-02T17:21:18.038+08:00Presumably, yes, at least in the modern environmen...Presumably, yes, at least in the modern environment. It does raise the question, nevertheless, of whether 'twas always thus, or whether modern habitat fragmentation has increased the rate by making it harder for dispersal to occur between semi-isolated populations.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-90329441930063744032022-06-01T21:47:24.630+08:002022-06-01T21:47:24.630+08:00Such animals presumably have a pretty high backgro...Such animals presumably have a pretty high background species extinction rate.Andreas Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-78613226283703213052022-05-10T21:01:18.954+08:002022-05-10T21:01:18.954+08:00Thanks.
(And yes, that was me. At some point relat...Thanks.<br />(And yes, that was me. At some point relatively recently, it became possible to comment anonymously, and I didn't notice I wasn't logged in.)Andreas Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-15048178759238769882022-05-10T04:49:47.154+08:002022-05-10T04:49:47.154+08:00Not necessarily, but the question is whether it is...Not necessarily, but the question is whether it is actually a <i>Platybunus</i> or some related genus such as <i>Rilaena</i>.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-19179430049408219552022-05-10T02:50:28.029+08:002022-05-10T02:50:28.029+08:00Given what you've written previously about Roe...Given what you've written previously about Roewer, I'm guessing <i>anatolicus</i> is somewhat suspect?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-77237417178777145732022-04-02T04:32:54.542+08:002022-04-02T04:32:54.542+08:00To my knowledge, that's an option that no-one ...To my knowledge, that's an option that no-one has supported thus far (and King & Evans propose abandoning the '-oidea' subclass names entirely so as to avoid potential confusion with superfamily names). As noted in the post, it might be possible to line up 'Nautilosiphonata' with this lineage with a bit of minor re-definition.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-24398839568794917432022-03-29T22:21:02.393+08:002022-03-29T22:21:02.393+08:00Restricting "Nautiloidea" to the non-dor...Restricting "Nautiloidea" to the non-dorsomyarian lineage looks like a good idea when confronted with that phylogeny.Andreas Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-89793191356594916032022-03-20T05:07:17.758+08:002022-03-20T05:07:17.758+08:00Happy International Taxonomist Appreciation Day! T...Happy International Taxonomist Appreciation Day! Though I am probably too late for your part of the world but it is still March 19th here. You are very much appreciated.Pattockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741004991950391554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-21390413686492199932022-03-17T13:39:27.803+08:002022-03-17T13:39:27.803+08:00ThanksThanksAndreas Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-42326397764143190252022-03-16T11:41:12.054+08:002022-03-16T11:41:12.054+08:00Good question, and one that I can't easily fin...Good question, and one that I can't easily find any discussion of. In a lot of places where phytoseiid species are used for biocontrol, they might be expected to be a naturally occurring part of the environment anyway. However, the whole question of anthropogenic introduction in relation to mites gets very little attention. There's a bit of tendency to assume they fall in the "everything is everywhere" range.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-51396553599112886812022-03-15T00:17:16.527+08:002022-03-15T00:17:16.527+08:00There's no negative impact from Amblyseius esc...There's no negative impact from <i>Amblyseius</i> escaping the farms?Andreas Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-76457588466300775012022-02-10T12:37:00.192+11:002022-02-10T12:37:00.192+11:00Yes, that's what I was looking at. I'm cer...Yes, that's what I was looking at. I'm certainly confused by what the author meant by 'larviform', as I can't think of any mutillid that would suggest that description. But then, I'm thinking of the fully larviform females of some beetles and moths. Presumably something less extreme was intended here.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-32377218714455620842022-02-05T09:47:53.877+11:002022-02-05T09:47:53.877+11:00From this passage, presumably?
"The selection...From this passage, presumably?<br />"The selection of the name Agama used for a genus erected for the reception of those species characterized by the more or less shining unicolorous body, unusually large eyes and ocelli, and hyaline wings was unfortunate, as it was preoccupied in the Reptilia, a fact over-looked at the time. The name Photopsis is therefore substituted. Of this genus the males only are known, and it is possible that the females, which have thus far escaped the observations of collectors, are larviform and subterraneous in their habits."<br />https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39661707#page/13/mode/1up<br /><br />The previous name would have meant "without wives". Which seems like an odd thing to define them by, as the entomologists knew they probaly did have females somewhere.<br /><br />Apparently they are attracted to lights at night. <br />https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29232880#page/505/mode/1up<br />Pattockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741004991950391554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-40000113562939369552022-02-02T18:03:14.517+11:002022-02-02T18:03:14.517+11:00ThanksThanksAndreas Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-11629306805928625202022-02-02T14:55:13.795+11:002022-02-02T14:55:13.795+11:00I can't say. The fossil record for Tenebrionid...I can't say. The fossil record for Tenebrionidae as a whole goes back to the Jurassic, which is certainly old enough for genuine Gondwanan distributions.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-85802871155254310912022-02-01T08:38:50.171+11:002022-02-01T08:38:50.171+11:00Thanks! Plausible suggestion (and the abdomens in...Thanks! Plausible suggestion (and the abdomens in your pictures look more like ice-cream cones than light bulbs anyway).Allen Hazenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223023647802175202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-59301699436313844952022-01-31T21:20:53.392+11:002022-01-31T21:20:53.392+11:00Is the tribe old enough that the distribution is r...Is the tribe old enough that the distribution is really due to vicariance, or did they just "happen" to disperse to ex-Gondwanan places?Andreas Johanssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802392912541974977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-15416822930861142942022-01-31T12:47:29.557+11:002022-01-31T12:47:29.557+11:00I honestly don't know. Photopsis is an older g...I honestly don't know. <i>Photopsis</i> is an older genus name among mutillids, and one that has been used as the basis for a number of derivatives, so "shaped like <i>Photopsis</i>" seems a likely suggestion. No derivation was originally given for <i>Photopsis</i> but I suspect it refers to the animal's bright, shining coloration.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-69360288108232490212022-01-31T12:37:20.689+11:002022-01-31T12:37:20.689+11:00Weird name! What's the etymology? ("Abd...Weird name! What's the etymology? ("Abdomen shaped like a light-bulb" comes to mind, but that's just to silly to be correct!)Allen Hazenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05223023647802175202noreply@blogger.com