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Progne subis (Linnaeus 1758) (Purple martin)
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Belostoma Latreille 1807 (giant water bug)
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Lethocerus Mayr 1853 (giant water bug)
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Graphoderus
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Dytiscus
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Lethocerus Mayr 1853 (giant water bug)
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Belostoma Latreille 1807 (giant water bug)
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Dytiscus
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Graphoderus
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Locustella naevia (Boddaert 1783) (Common grasshopper warbler)
developmental mode
Insect Development
hemimetabolous
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/hemimetabolous
Definition:
Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis, resulting in a gradual change in body form with each molt, without a pupal stage.
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Diacyclops Kiefer 1927
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Hydrophilus
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Crangonyx gracilis S. I. Smith 1871
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Hydroporus
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Guttipelopia
extinction status
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extant
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This taxon is still in existence, as opposed to extinct.
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chattian age
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International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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Paleobiology Database
28.1 million years ago
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terrestrial
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A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.
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temperate
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freshwater
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A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
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Systenostrema candida J. I. R. Larsson 1987
last appearance
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miocene epoch
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Attribution:
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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5.333 million years ago
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OBIS environmental data records
44.3 degrees
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OBIS environmental data records
44.3 degrees
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locomotion
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aerial
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000366
Definition:
Behavior related to the movement of an organism from one location to another through the air.
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longitude
OBIS environmental data records
-65.3333 degrees
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OBIS environmental data records
-65.3333 degrees
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motility
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fast moving
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http://eol.org/schema/terms/fastMoving
Definition:
Organism that is capable of fast, active locomotion.
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number of fossil occurrences
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12
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Colymbetes
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Graphoderus
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Aedes
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Gyrinus
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Liodessus
skeleton contains
Paleobiology Database
chitin
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_17029
Definition:
An aminoglycan consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues.
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trophic guild
Paleobiology Database
insectivore
URI:
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q677088
Definition:
organism that eats insects.
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GBIF national node type records UK
NHMUK
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GBIF national node type records UK
NHMUK
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visual system
Bitsch 2005
ocelli
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0001758
Definition:
small simple eyes, found in many invertebrates, usually consisting of a few sensory cells and a single lens
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compound eyes
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000018
Definition:
A light sensing organ composed of multiple ommatidia, visual units consisting of a limited number of rhabdomeric photoreceptor cells, cornea-secreting epithelial cells, interommatidial pigment cells, and sometimes crystalline cone cells
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wing morphology
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macropterous
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Definition:
The presence of fully functional wings.
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has wings
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/hasWings
Definition:
Wings are present.
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