acisoma attenboroughi , or attenborough 's pintail , is a species of dragonfly .

it is a member of the genus acisoma and was named after the naturalist sir david attenborough in honour of his 90th birthday .

it is found only in madagascar , but is " very common " there .

acisoma attenboroughi

reconstruction by palaeoartist peter schouten of microleo attenboroughi prowling along the branches of rainforest trees in search of prey . ( unsw )
a newly discovered dragonfly from madagascar has been named in honour of bds patron sir david attenborough on the occasion of his 90 th birthday . the species and its scientific name acisoma attenboroughi were revealed in the bbc programme ‘attenborough at 90’ first shown on 8 th may .
mens lp , schütte k , stokvis fr & dijkstra k - db . 2016 . six , not two , species of acisoma pintail dragonfly ( odonata , libellulidae ) . zootaxa , in press . '
lotte p . mens , kai schütte , frank r . stokvis and klaas - douwe b . dijkstra . 2016 . six , not two , species of acisoma pintail dragonfly ( odonata : libellulidae ) . zootaxa . 4109 ( 2 ) ; doi : 10 . 11646 / zootaxa . 4109 . 2 . 3
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extraordinary journeys he has made and the remarkable animal encounters he has had across the globe .
joined by colleagues and friends , including michael palin and chris packham , sir david shares some of the unforgettable moments from his unparalleled career , from capturing unique animal behaviour for the first time to the fast - paced advances in wildlife filming technology , as well as stories of the wonder and fragility of the natural world - stories that sir david has spent his life exploring and championing .
the species was described and named by klaas - douwe b dijkstra following a trip he led with phil benstead of odonatours to madagascar in january . also on the trip were five british members of the bds , together with eight colleagues from europe and america . the aim was to search out new species in madagascar and photograph as many different dragonflies as possible . we achieved that aim ! it was a superb photograph of the newly described species by trip member erland nielsen that was presented to sir david during the bbc programme . our own photograph ( right ) is by another trip participant and bds member , allan brandon .
the attenborough dragonfly has been known of for over 170 years , but it took the keen eye of a taxonomist in the field and molecular studies to reveal it as a separate species to those found elsewhere in africa and asia .
as well as identifying five new dragonflies , the trip collected photographs of at least ninety different species in preparation for a new booklet about madagascar’s dragonflies . the new guide will serve to introduce the malagasy people to these wonderful freshwater wonders and thereby help both conservation and eco - tourism in the area . the latter brings much needed money and employment to local communities , so local malagasy people then value and often lead the ongoing preservation of their environment .
in the show and the associated comment “restore our sense of species” in the scientific journal nature , species author klaas - douwe b . dijkstra explains why he named this new species of attenborough’s favourite insect :
' dragonflies’ beauty and sensitivity stand for the state and needs of nature before our own . they do not help feed us like bees and fish , are not feared and persecuted like mosquitoes and snakes , nor studied as proxies of human psyche and society like ants and apes . we admire dragonflies purely for what they are , just as the unconditional love for nature taught by attenborough .
in few places is the creative force of nature and the destructive force of mankind more apparent than in madagascar . fortunately the new species can be seen easily across the island . although confirmed in the molecular lab , a taxonomic eye in the field and museum first revealed that it had been confused with its african and asian counterparts for 174 years .
attenborough received a framed portrait of his dragonfly taken by erland nielsen , an engineer whose passion is to photograph all the world’s 6000 species . nielsen joined a tour led by dijkstra last january to amass images and funds for a booklet on madagascar’s dragonflies . neglected since european monographs written in the 1950s , this book will finally introduce these freshwater sentinels to the malagasy .
dijkstra reflects further on the importance of attenborough’s legacy of knowing the natural world in nature . many of the greatest communicators have been naturalists . e . o . wilson has his ants and jared diamond his birds . oliver sacks studied ferns as well as brains . the views of these thinkers were opened on , and to , the world by their exploration of the biosphere . it shows that a primary reason to study nature is enlightenment .
today more than ever we need people like attenborough to transform society with an awareness of other life . while humans’ impact on the natural world is beyond apocalyptic , our conscience of its diversity seems medieval . most of the unknown , however conspicuous , is simply not being looked for : dijkstra described sixty new dragonfly species at once last december , adding one to every twelve known in africa .
intact biodiversity is the undeniable proof we can inhabit our environment without destroying it , but the position of those exposing the evidence is weak just when we need them most : the greatest justification of naturalists and taxonomists’ work lies not in biodiversity’s enormous contribution to human wellbeing , but in the moral counterweight they can offer to life’s unsustainable exploitation .
dijkstra argues that the core value of natural history and taxonomy is a consciousness of all species’ existence and impact . however , few in society see this ‘species sense’ as their first responsibility . with nature held hostage by our growing demands , environmental consultancy and conservation have little time left to find out who they work for , but even the science of biology and natural history museums now struggle to preserve and improve species sense .
saving this sense requires a radical re - appreciation of natural history and taxonomy . this elementary and edifying exploration of life is a human endeavour in its own right : it transcends science and needs its own funding mechanisms under one name . dijkstra suggests ‘bionomy’ ; 150 years old , but rarely used .
in an era of extinction there are no greater priorities than to accelerate the synthesis of life , salvage knowledge and increase awareness . the biodiversity products needed most today are inventories , field guides , red lists , teaching materials and media campaigns . therefore we must invest in more active experts , whether academic or amateur .
if we can send a probe to search for unlikely life in space , 10 billion dollars in core funding globally is a bargain for a conscience for all life around us . just as that instant sense of insignificance when we stare into the cosmos , observing nature stretches our horizon on life . each species is a world parallel to our own , invoking a sense of being among equals . that consciousness is what attenborough has taught us and that we must expand .
klaas - douwe b . dijkstra at african . dragonflies on gmail and bionomer on twitter is associated with stellenbosch university in south africa and naturalis biodiversity center in the netherlands .
dijkstra , k - db 2016 . restore our sense of species . nature 533 ( 7602 ) : 172 - 174 .
dijkstra k - db , mézière n & kipping j . 2015 . sixty new dragonfly and damselfly species from africa ( odonata ) . odonatologica 44 : 447 - 678 .
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klaas - douwe b . dijkstra has named a new dragonfly after david attenborough to mark the broadcaster ' s 90th birthday — and to honour the importance of knowing the natural world .
david attenborough in one of his early natural - history documentaries , zoo quest , more than 60 years ago .
dragonflies do not help to feed us like bees and fish do ; they are not feared and persecuted like mosquitoes and snakes ; nor are they studied as proxies of human psyche and society like ants and apes . their beauty and sensitivity stand for the state and needs of nature before our own . we admire dragonflies purely for what they are — the same unconditional love for nature that david attenborough has taught us .
the photographer erland nielsen joined me on a special tour for dragonfly enthusiasts earlier this year to amass images and raise funds for a booklet introducing these freshwater sentinels to the people of madagascar for the first time . like so many species , madagascar ' s spectacular dragonflies have been ignored since the european monographs produced in bionomy ' s heyday in the 1950s .
attenborough ' s many hundreds of hours of exquisite television are a reminder that a primary reason to study nature is enlightenment . i am , of course , not the first to name a species for him — at least 15 animals and plants now bear his name . but doing so has led me to reflect on why we need naturalists like attenborough today more than ever .
although the impact of humans on all other life is beyond apocalyptic , our consciousness of its diversity is medieval . almost 3 centuries since carl linnaeus came up with his naming system , perhaps only 1 . 2 million of an estimated 8 . 7 million extant eukaryote species ( animals , plants , fungi and protists ) are named , and more than half of them are insects such as dragonflies 1 . even worse than this taxonomic deficit is our grasp of natural history . the basic ecology , distribution and status of only 80 , 000 species are known well enough to assess their extinction risk , and about 29 % are in danger ( urltoken ) .
the scale of this incredible richness , ignorance and destruction is hard to fathom . imagine for a second that each of the estimated 6 . 5 million terrestrial species had an equal share of the total available land on earth . each species ' plot would cover an area only one - quarter the size of manhattan , so the human plot could be walked around in just three hours . the 80 , 000 species we are familiar with would only cover an area equal to spain , france and turkey ; and we would not even know the natural world beyond the combined areas of europe , india and china . yet we are set to void of life an area equivalent to the new world . the biosphere has been charted as well today as the globe was in christopher columbus ' s day , yet the biological apocalypse is already complete .
after spending 32 of my 41 years in the field , i ' m still agog at life ' s splendour . the beauty i see as i search for dragonflies on expeditions in gabon or watch birds around stellenbosch on my way to work can be so absurd it makes me laugh , so diverse it makes me gasp for air , so intense that i binge - watch as if there is a cliff - hanger in every impression .
last year , my colleagues and i described 60 new dragonfly species at once , adding 1 species to every 12 known in africa 2 . why ? to show that most of what is unknown , however conspicuous , is simply not looked for . the field is empty while the labs are full . a student i know , who is passionate about exploring beetles — the most varied animal group on earth — has ended up studying the gene expression of one model species in a lab .
intact biodiversity provides undeniable proof that we can inhabit our environment without destroying it . just when naturalist–taxonomists are needed most to expose the evidence , their position has become weak . we in the field are partly to blame for this marginalization , having too often emphasized the scientific and economic value of what we do , thus losing sight of its impact beyond science and the economy . our work ' s greatest justification lies not in biodiversity ' s enormous direct contribution to human well - being , but in the moral counterweight that we can offer to life ' s runaway exploitation : biodiversity is the embodiment of sustainability .
attenborough once said that he had “never met a child who was not interested in natural history” . for most of our existence , humans were hunter - gatherers who needed to name and know other species to survive . we evolved an affinity with nature — what wilson calls biophilia . this is probably why observing nature can be so satisfying . if nurtured , this instinct could rapidly transform society 3 .
the core value of natural history and taxonomy is species sense . this is a consciousness of the existence and impact of all species , from plankton to cattle and including humankind . species make each place special and thus worth fighting for . life is like water , a branching river system literally a genealogy : with a unique history in every separate stream , one human action can erase an irreplaceable ecosystem 4 . although a hydroelectric dam might seem a sapient energy solution , it can mean ecocide to a ' specient ' mind — one with species sense .
whereas every human relies on this species sense , even if only by reaping the benefits of agriculture and medicine , few in society see it as their primary responsibility . with nature held hostage by our growing demands , environmental consultants and conservationists have little time left to find out who they work for .
most worryingly , the field of biology itself has lost species sense . biological research is an interaction between the inventory of life ' s diversity and the investigation of the forces shaping it . disciplines shift with the advance of theory and methods ( genetics to genomics is one example ) . spread across all ranks of life , specializations such as entomology and botany are more stable but also more isolated and introverted . woven together , information and theory make biology strong .
“each species is a world parallel to our own , invoking a sense of being among equals . ”
however , when competition for financial support increased half a century ago , the seemingly static soloists stood weaker . somehow , the idea that they were old - fashioned and lacked rigour and impact became accepted , thinning the warp of expertise that bore the weft of disciplines in biology ' s fabric 5 . the strongest ' despeciation ' of biology occurred in the 1960s to 1980s . within a 40 - year period in the united states , textbook content related to natural history decreased from two pages of every three to just one page ; related phds fell from two in five to one in five ( even as the total number in biology tripled ) ; and the median number of courses on natural history required for a biology bachelor ' s degree dropped from two to zero 6 .
this unravelling has also affected the ultimate custodians of species sense : natural history museums . with decreasing support , these have often increased emphasis on the separate outcomes of their taxonomic expertise without reinforcing the foundation itself . public outreach must draw bigger crowds ; scientists must chase loftier questions ; and collections must focus on preservation . as a result , collections - based research has lost ground 7 .
the species expertise from such research may be the most impactful knowledge of biodiversity , used by enthusiasts and practitioners every day . moreover , it connects the institutes ' legacy , science and public functions . ultimately , the dissolution of their core tasks can undermine the very survival of museums . should they keep collections that are not used for research or outreach ? or focus on the type of research conducted at institutes that do not have collections ?
pressed by human indifference and habitat destruction , harried by bureaucracy and regulations , marginalized in education , and spurned by the science and institutes that they founded , many naturalists and taxonomists now have a deep feeling of exasperation . with less species sense , how fit are today ' s biologists to write research papers , undertake surveys , manage collections and teach our children ?
david attenborough’s newest series , attenborough ' s life that glows , is about bioluminescence .
we need one name to acknowledge the elementary and edifying exploration of life , with its own funding mechanisms . although venerable , ' natural history and taxonomy ' can sound clunky , transient and restrictive . i like ' bionomy ' . coined 150 years ago by ernst haeckel as an alternative to ecology , bionomy has never been applied widely ( although ' bionomics ' is used occasionally to describe the natural history of species ) .
like the science from which it is increasingly divorced , bionomy is a human endeavour in its own right . arguing that biology builds on bionomy and thus owes it support is moot if science ' s driving force is advance and not consolidation . with independent financing , from a global pot , current indicators of impact — including journal citations and methodological innovation — can be replaced by appropriate ones such as urgency and applicability .
most habitats will be gone before the most basic surveys are done . mapping genomes , running models and experiments , perhaps even digging fossils , may just have to wait . predicting future biodiversity , or studying past extinctions to understand the present , at times seem to be almost fantastical excuses for ignoring the loss itself . in an era of extinction , there are no greater priorities than to accelerate the synthesis of life , salvage knowledge and increase awareness . to do so , we need our strongest familiarity with all species .
thanks to the technological reinvention of natural history and taxonomy , all imaginable knowledge can now be integrated and analysed 8 . online repositories and genetic tools released a deluge of valuable information , although dwindling expertise struggles to validate it . citizen science is a powerful contributing force , because no research is closer to the public ' s heart , but it also needs authoritative support . we may finally learn the true extent and intricacy of biodiversity , but innovations have increased the need for what they seemed to replace by baring the enormity of the expertise gap .
bionomers are often criticized for lacking shared and achievable goals 9 . because enlightenment is even more important than information , we must invest in people before tools . our target should not be quota of species known or access to passive data , but a volume of active experts . if we can send a probe to search for unlikely life in space , then us $ 10 billion of global core funding over a decade ( roughly turkey ' s annual science spending ) would be a bargain for humanity to develop a conscience for all life around us .
the biodiversity products needed most today are not patents or papers , but inventories , field guides , red lists of threatened species , teaching materials and media campaigns . whether academics or amateur , good bionomers have initiative and drive , and only need prospects and recognition to deliver these products . prizes that reward their typically lifelong personal investment may be the best way to double the active expertise worldwide . for instance , if a handbook took three years of funding to complete , similar funding will see more such output .
astronomers and astronauts discover the universe ; bionomers and bionauts uncover life . just as we feel an instant sense of our insignificance when we stare into the cosmos , or experience the exhilaration of the expanding landscape as we ascend a mountain , bionomy stretches our horizon . each species is a world parallel to our own , invoking a sense of being among equals . that , i believe , is what attenborough has taught us and what we must expand .
klaas - douwe b . dijkstra is a dragonfly researcher affiliated with stellenbosch university in south africa and naturalis biodiversity center in leiden , the netherlands .
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the latest find from riversleigh fossil site has been named in honour of the famed naturalist - but it ' s far from alone .
the riversleigh world heritage fossil area has yielded yet another marvellous discovery - and this time researchers decided to name it in honour of the most legendary naturalist of our era , sir david attenborough .
he’s shown great support for the unique fossil site , which he has described as one of the four most important fossil areas in the world . but the 90 - year - old broadcaster has been honoured in this way several times in his long and illustrious career - here is a list of all the species we know of that are named after sir david .
the discovery of the extinct and veritably tiny marsupial lion , which would have been about the size of a ringtail possum , was announced just this week . researchers from the university of new south wales found a fossil specimen of part of its skull and teeth , thought to be 19 million years old . they have described their find in palaeontologia electronica .
blakea is quite a large genus of plants with lovely flowers you’ll find all across central america . the one we’re interested in is a tree found only in a small area of ecuador , with gorgeous blue flowers . botanist lou jost , who formally described this species in 2009 , works with world land trust , and sir david is a patron and supporter of this organisation .
only one female specimen of this odd ghost shrimp has been found , collected in 2008 from a piece of cement rubble lying in shallow waters off the coast of madagascar . it was described in the journal of natural history , and was given a whole genus of its own to reflect how different it is from presumably its closest shrimp relatives , the ctenocheles genus .
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another species that left our planet millions of years ago , this extinct pygmy locust was identified from an amber - encased specimen found in a cabinet of the illinois natural history survey . the chunk of amber , thought to be over 18 million years old , was neglected in a pile of amber for over half a century , until researchers discovered the stash in 2010 , proceeding to describe the new species in 2014 .
in 1979 , landmark attenborough series life on earth highlighted the scientific importance of western australia’s gogo formation fossil sites , which , amongst other treasures , has yielded knowledge of over 50 species of fish from the late devonian period . in honour of that , a 2005 find was named after him . a 28 - centimetre predator , it’s the oldest known vertebrate that’s known to give birth to live young .
the pitchers are large enough to drown rodents , although scientists think that happens by accident . ( credit : alastair robinson )
the pitchers are large enough to drown rodents , although scientists think that happens by accident .
attenborough’s documentaries have featured carnivorous plants on more than one occasion . this critically endangered plant is endemic to the philippines , and grows huge bell - shaped traps that can be up to two liters in volume . the fluid - filled pitchers drown and digest things like large beetles and flying insects , while also supporting mosquito larvae populations .
another aussie contribution to this list , this teeny tiny goblin spider is only a millimetre long , and was described in 2012 . it’s found only on horn island off the coast of northern queensland , and the researchers chose attenborough’s name “because of his enthusiasm for nature and his ability to make biology accessible to generations of television viewers over six decades . ”
in 2014 indonesian weevils experienced a major taxonomic shake - up , with 98 new species added to the trigonopterus genus . with so many tiny bugs in need of a name , it’s no wonder that one of the flightless weevils got the honour to be sir david’s namesake .
the enigmatic zaglossus genus of echidnas contains two fossil species - both found only in australia - and three extant species , all living in new guinea and critically endangered . of these , sir david’s long - beaked echidna is found only in the cyclops mountains , and in fact has not been recorded since 1961 , although a research expedition found some evidence of the species continued existence in 2007 .
instead of just being a species name , the whole genus of this long - extinct , plesiosaur - like reptile is named after sir david , while the species name comes in honour of william conybeare , a famed 19th century english paleontologist best known for his work on marine reptile fossils . however , since there’s only one species in the genus , you often just see it referred to as attenborosaurus .
there’s another genus that was named in honour of sir david attenborough - but once again it contains only one member , making it a ‘monotypic genus’ in botanist terms . sirdavidia solannona is a 4 - 6 metre tall tree that grows in gabon’s monts de cristal , and sports tiny red flowers . it was described just last year in the open access journal phytokeys .
it’s the first species yielded by ‘new riversleigh’ - an exciting fossil site in remote north - western queensland .
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the legendary natural history presenter is paying a virtual visit to the australian museum - in two unique vr films .
this intricate prehistoric flower could be up to 45 million years old , and is the first of a species previously unknown to science .
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new & recent described flora & fauna species from all over the world esp . asia , oriental , indomalayan & malesiana region
wuodendron b . xue , y . h . tan & chaowasku wuodendron praecox ( hook . f . & thomson ) b . xue , y . h . tan & x . l . hou in xue , tan . . .
[ botany • 2017 ] begonia fulgurata | ดาดดารารัศมี • a new species ( sect . diploclinium , begoniaceae ) from chiang mai , northern thailand
begonia fulgurata c . - i peng , c . w . lin & phutthai ดาดดารารัศมี | | doi : 10 . 3767 / blumea . 2017 . 62 . 03 . 01 urltoken be . . .
chamaelirium viridiflorum l . wang , z . c . liu & w . b . liao in liu , feng , wang & liao , 2018 . doi : 10 . 11646 / phytotaxa . 357 . . . .
great - billed seed - finch sporophila maximiliani ( cabanis , 1851 ) in ubaid , silveira , medolago , et . al . , 2018 . doi : 10 . 11646 / . . .
endocerids with their filtering apparatus in mironenko , 2018 . doi : 10 . 1080 / 08912963 . 2018 . 1491565 reconstruction by andre . . .
aristolochia tongbiguanensis j . y . shen , q . b . gong & s . landrein in gong , landrein , xi , et al . , 2018 . doi : 10 . 6165 / tai . . . .
bagualosaurus agudoensis pretto , langer & schultz , 2018 doi : 10 . 1093 / zoolinnean / zly028 illustration : jorge blanco c . . .
the hypothetical phylogenetic relationships of ceratosaurs based on current topologies . the main source is from wang et al . ( 2016 . . .
nipponosaurus sachalinensis nagao , 1936 in takasaki , chiba , kobayashi , et al . , 2018 ニッポノサウルス | | doi : 10 . 1080 / 08912963 . 2017 . . . .
begonia medogensis jianw . li , y . h . tan & x . h . jin in li , tan , wang , et al . , 2018 . doi : 10 . 3897 / phytokeys . 103 . 25392 . . .
[ botany • 2013 ] vanda perplexa • a new species ( or . . .
[ botany • 2016 ] thismia tectipora • a new , unusual . . .
[ botany • 2014 ] four new species of nepenthes l . ( . . .
[ crustacea • 2016 ] thalassina pratas • a new mud l . . .
[ botany • 2014 ] aerides phongii • a new species of . . .
[ botany • 2016 ] nepenthes aenigma & n . justinae • . . .
[ entomology • 2016 ] six , not two , species of aciso . . .
on this day ( july 10th ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
anomaloglossus meansi : a new species of cryptic forest frog from the wokomung and ayanganna sky islands of southern guyana .
the benefits and costs of academic travel . or
there and back again ; again and again
canon renueva su gama de 70 - 200 mm f : 2 . 8 y f : 4
plants go extinct , but sometimes species are rediscovered . this one after 151 years .
i ' m killing antediluvian salad but even in death there is rebirth . . .
necps carnivorous plant show : sept . 9 - 10 at tower hill botanical garden
this is a particularly beautiful species of centrolenid - the granular glass frog , cochranella granulosa .
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the doucet 's musk shrew ( crocidura douceti ) is a species of mammal in the family soricidae .

it is found in ivory coast , liberia , and possibly nigeria .

its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests .

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butler , p . c . , 1978 : insectivora and chiroptera . 56 - 68 in maglio , v . j . & cooke , h . b . s . , ( eds . ) 1978 : evolution of african mammals , 1 . –harvard university press , cambridge , massachusetts , london , england , 1978 , xiv - 641
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the status of this species needs confirmation ; there is uncertainty around its taxonomic limits . more taxonomic work is required for the species .
justification : this species is assessed as least concern because it has a fairly large extent of occurrence ( eoo of approximately 105 , 952 km² ) , which might be even greater if records in nigeria and ghana are confirmed , and is known to exist in both forest and degraded areas .
this species is found in the forest - savanna border of guinea , côte d’ivoire , and possibly nigeria . the nigerian records , which are based on specimens recovered from owl pellets , might be mis - identifications ( r . hutterer pers . comm ) . there is a possible record of the species in the mamang river forest reserve in ghana ( barrière et al . 2009 ) .
this species occurs at very low densities , with abundances similar across plots of primary , degraded and restored forest ( nicolas et al . 2009 ) .
crocidura douceti is a semi - arboreal species . it has been found in primary forest , secondary forest , and in fields and fallow areas ( nicolas et al . 2009 ) .
the current threats to this species are not well known . it has been found in both forested and degraded areas .
it has been recorded from taï national park in côte d’ivoire . additional studies are needed into the distribution , abundance , general ecology and threats to this little known species .
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this species is found in the forest - savanna border of guinea , cte divoire , and possibly nigeria . the nigerian records , which are based on specimens recovered from owl pellets , might be misidentifications ( r . hutterer pers . comm . ) . it has been recorded from adiopodoume ( type locality ) and the ta national park in cte divoire , and from srdou in upper guinea .
kari pihlaviita added the finnish common name
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power is a british-bred , irish-trained thoroughbred racehorse .

he won the coventry stakes and the national stakes as a two-year-old in 2011 .

in may 2012 he won the irish 2000 guineas .

power ( horse )

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all the latest horse racing form , betting odds , news , breeding , jockey and trainer information for vinnie power . vinnie power is a mare born in 2012 october 7 by i am invincible out of miss polanas
favourite captain power justified his market position in the dublin ' s q102 handicap under robbie downey at fairyhouse .
the current race record for vinnie power is 2 wins from 19 starts with prizemoney of $ 76 , 590 . 00 .
captain power recorded his third win from his last four starts as he took the last at the curragh under robbie downey for eddie lynam .
robbie downey brought up a leopardstown double , adding to his first race gains on captain power by getting equation of time home in the ' stunning ' apprentice handicap .
captain power finally got there on start number seven last time , and with the breakthrough achieved he followed up , again under robbie downey , in the opening leopardstown summer membership handicap .
apprentice jockey robbie downey received strong praise from winning trainer eddie lynam following the pair’s win with captain power in the longines irish champions weekend handicap at leopardstown today , as connections gained compensation for a recent naas demotion .
after race at leopardstown thu , 11th aug , 2016 ( 1st ) i’m not just saying it because he’s my stable apprentice but i thought he gave that horse a bloody good ride . he doesn’t do anything in front as you could see at naas the last day , and i told robbie to come later than late today - i’m just glad that i’m a trainer and he’s a jockey ! edward lynam
the gerry stack trained oneoveryou caused a 20 / 1 upset to win the opening newirelandassurance kildare chamber maiden at naas this evening , beating the 13 / 8 favourite captain power by a short - head and then surviving a subsequent stewards enquiry .
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the johnny levins - trained kindly landed a touch under colin keane in the little hours gig july 13th handicap at cork .
fit for function cut down front - running aspen belle to take the spoils in listowel ' s extended six furlong handicap .
denis hogan really has tithonus operating at the peak of his powers and the t & m racing partnership - owned and gary halpin - ridden 12 / 1 shot landed the spoils in the mongey communications joe mcgrath handicap at the curragh .
dark alliance recorded his third career win and first this season but only after being awarded the featured kc civil engineering supporting naas hurling handicap in the stewards room .
the consistent three bells landed his second success of the summer with game victory in the six furlong handicap at leopardstown .
eddie lynam completed a quick double when saddling a one - two in the six - furlong maiden at fairyhouse .
outstanding ( 7 - 1 ) confirmed her liking for naas with an impressive victory in the irish stallion farms e . b . f . naas oaks trial on wednesday evening
his winner half - an - hour previous , bubbly bellini , may have been of the expected variety , being as he was , the 7 / 4 favourite , and despite a starting price of 10 / 1 , a success for a few dollars more was foreseen by his trainer , andy slattery , in the mallow summer bbq july 10th handicap at cork .
after race at leopardstown thu , 6th aug , 2015 ( 1st ) there are no owners here tonight as they are all in portugal . it ' s their daughter shanni ' s birthday . i ' ve done my bit and all they have to do now is buy the drinks ! . edward lynam
after race at fairyhouse wed , 1st jul , 2015 ( 1st ) he deserved to win a little race , . robbie rides him out in the morning . he ' s a bit of a nervy individual but robbie gets on well with him . every time he gives his best . some people were questioning him the last day but he got a belt across the snout ! edward lynam
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coleophora arctostaphyli is a moth of the coleophoridae family .

it is found from fennoscandia to the iberian peninsula and italy and from great britain to poland .

the wingspan is 12 – 14 mm .

the larvae feed on arctostaphylos uva-ursi .

they create a spatulate leaf case of about 8 mm long .

the mouth angle is about 45 ° .

before making its first case , the young larvae live in a frass-filled contorted corridor .

the larval stage lasts two seasons .

in the first autumn , they live in a mine , where hibernation occurs .

after hibernation , a case is made in which it feeds until spring , then aestivates , feeds in autumn and overwinters for the second time .

during the second spring , a new case is made and the larva feeds until april or may when it is full-grown .

coleophora arctostaphyli

coleophora arctostaphyli meder , 1934 . int . ent . z . 27 : 490 .
notes : endangered ( proposed as a future red data book species ) on calluna heathland around loch garten on speyside ( morayshire and inverness - shire ) and at dinnet on deeside ( aberdeenshire ) . unlikely to be recorded in hampshire or on the isle of wight . wingspan 11 . 5 - 14 mm . like many of the coleophora , imagines are virtually impossible to identify without recourse to dissection , and the larvae , which live in cases of characteristic form and which can sometimes be found on the foodplant , may be easier to identify by comparison against a reference collection . larva mines leaves of bearberry , living within a movable case , over - wintering twice .
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spathulate leaf case , about 8 mm long , with a mouth angle around 45° . before making its first case the young larva lives in a frass - filled contorted corridor ( bladmineerders van europa ) .
larva : the larvae of moths have a head capsule and chewing mouthparts with opposable mandibles ( see video of a gracillarid larva feeding ) , six thoracic legs and abdominal legs ( see examples ) .
pupa : the pupae of moths have visible head appendages , wings and legs which lie in sheaths ( see examples ) .
adult : the adult is not illustrated in ukmoths ( check for update ) . the species is included in urltoken .
distribution in great britain and ireland : britain including south aberdeen ( nbn atlas ) .
distribution elsewhere : widespread in continental europe including ? corsica , danish mainland , estonia , finland , french mainland , germany , italian mainland , latvia , norwegian mainland , poland , spanish mainland and sweden ( karsholt and van nieukerken in fauna europaea ) .
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the table of micro moth families on this page lists those recorded in scotland . clicking on a family name link will display a page with a table listing the species within that family recorded in scotland . below the table is a list of micro moth species ; the species names are links to the species on the respective family page . the browser edit > find function can be used to search for a species in this list .
data at the vice county level has been supplied by dr mark young in collaboration with john langmaid . the list is provisional and may contain some errors and mark would welcome any comments about this from anyone finding such errors . new vice county records are published in the annual microlepidoptera review , which appears each year in the entomologists record journal . further updates will be made periodically based on new records which should be submitted to . new vice county records for 2013 and later are shown with a green symbol rather than an orange symbol .
data at 10km level is available for the gelechiid family and has been provided by stephen palmer from the gelechiid national recording scheme .