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"Tropidia scita is a common Palearctic species of hoverfly associated with wetlands, ponds and ditches. The larvae have been recorded living in the basal sheaths of Typha. Description External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Wing length . Vein R4+5 is only slightly dipped into the underlying cell. Thorax dorsum shining black with some dusted parts. Tergites 2 and 3 yellow or orange with a black median stripe. Antennae dark, brown or black. Hind femora swollen and curved. See references for determination.Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe: identification keys to the Syrphidae. 256pp. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht.addendumVan der Goot,V.S. (1981) De zweefvliegen van Noordwest - Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder van de Benelux. KNNV, Uitgave no.32: 275pp. Amsterdam.Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Part I. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. .Coe, R.L. (1953) Diptera: Syrphidae. Handbks.ident.Br.insects, 10(1): 1-98. R.ent.Soc.London. pdf Habitat.Ireland Distribution Palearctic Fennoscandia South to central France. Ireland East through Central Europe and then through Russia and the Caucasus. On to Siberia and the Russian Far East. Japan. Formosa.Fauna EuropaeaPeck, L.V. (1988) Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, 8: 11-230. Akad.Kiado, Budapest. References Category:Hoverflies Category:Diptera of Europe Category:Diptera of Asia Category:Insects described in 1780 Category:Taxa named by Moses Harris "
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"Princess () Elvina Pallavicini (22 January 1914 - 29 August 2004) was an Italian noblewoman, member of the Pallavicini family, part of, and often considered the leader of, the so-called Black Nobility in Rome during the second half of the 20th century. She was born in Genoa on January 22, 1914 as Elvina dei Medici del Vascello, daughter of Giacomo dei Marchesi Medici del Vascello (1883–1949) and his wife, née Olga Leumann (d. 1966). During the Nazi occupation of Rome after the Armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces, Princess Pallavicini supported Italian Royalist partisans and was later awarded bronze medal of military valor for doing so.Roberto de Mattei, Concilio Vaticano II: una storia mai scritta (The Second Vatican Council: The Unwritten History), Turin, Lindau, 2010. Part VII - The Age of the Council: 1965-1978, Point 12, pages 578-580. Starting from 1977, Princess Elvina Pallavicini led a group of Black Nobility that provided support for Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. She was also actively involved in politics, in particular, supporting the policies of the US Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.Forza Nuova y el terrorismo Princess Elvina Pallavicini, sometimes called the “black queen” or the “first lady” of Roman nobility, died on 29 August 2004 at Cortina d'Ampezzo. Her funeral in the basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina was attended by numerous representatives of Italian government as well as nobility. Marriage and family In 1939, she married Guglielmo Marius Hubert Marie de Pierre de Bernis de Courtavel, who in 1937 was made Prince Pallavicini. The Prince was a military pilot in the Regia Aeronautica and became Missing in action on 1 August 1940 after an air fight over the Mediterranean (he was officially declared dead by an Italian court ten years later, in 1950). The spouses' only daughter, Maria Camilla, was born after his death. Maria Camilla married, and later divorced, the grandson of Armando Diaz della Vittoria.Prince Pallavicini - MIA Western Desert (?) 1940 She had three children: Anastasia, born 24 June 1998 in Geneva; Costanza, born 24 October 2000 in Geneva; Francesco, born 24 March 2007 in Rome. References Elvina Category:Italian nobility Category:Italian princesses Category:1914 births Category:2004 deaths Category:People from Genoa "