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British Museum (Natural History)
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Darwin's Insects Charles Darwin 's Entomological Notes Kenneth G. V. Smith (Editor) Historical series Vol 14 No 1 24 September 1987 The Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), instituted in 1949, is issued in four scientific series, Botany, Entomology, Geology (incorporating Mineralogy) and Zoology, and an Historical series. Papers in the Bulletin are primarily the results of research carried out on the unique and ever-growing collections of the Museum, both by the scientific staff of the Museum and by specialists from elsewhere who make use of the Museum's resources. Many of the papers are works of reference that will remain indispensable for years to come. Parts are published at irregular intervals as they become ready, each is complete in itself, available separately, and individually priced. Volumes contain about 300 pages and several volumes may appear within a calendar year. Subscriptions may be placed for one or more of the series on either an Annual or Per Volume basis. Prices vary according to the contents of the individual parts. Orders and enquiries should be sent to: Publications Sales, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England. World List abbreviation: Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (hist. Ser.) © British Museum (Natural History), 1987 '""•-C-'- '.;.,, t •••v.'. ISSN 0068-2306 Historical series 0565 ISBN 09003 8 Vol 14 No. 1 pp 1-141 British Museum (Natural History) Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD Issued 24 September 1987 I Darwin's Insects Charles Darwin's Entomological Notes, with an introduction and comments by Kenneth G. -
Arthropods of Elm Fork Preserve
Arthropods of Elm Fork Preserve Arthropods are characterized by having jointed limbs and exoskeletons. They include a diverse assortment of creatures: Insects, spiders, crustaceans (crayfish, crabs, pill bugs), centipedes and millipedes among others. Column Headings Scientific Name: The phenomenal diversity of arthropods, creates numerous difficulties in the determination of species. Positive identification is often achieved only by specialists using obscure monographs to ‘key out’ a species by examining microscopic differences in anatomy. For our purposes in this survey of the fauna, classification at a lower level of resolution still yields valuable information. For instance, knowing that ant lions belong to the Family, Myrmeleontidae, allows us to quickly look them up on the Internet and be confident we are not being fooled by a common name that may also apply to some other, unrelated something. With the Family name firmly in hand, we may explore the natural history of ant lions without needing to know exactly which species we are viewing. In some instances identification is only readily available at an even higher ranking such as Class. Millipedes are in the Class Diplopoda. There are many Orders (O) of millipedes and they are not easily differentiated so this entry is best left at the rank of Class. A great deal of taxonomic reorganization has been occurring lately with advances in DNA analysis pointing out underlying connections and differences that were previously unrealized. For this reason, all other rankings aside from Family, Genus and Species have been omitted from the interior of the tables since many of these ranks are in a state of flux. -
Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a Review of the Oriental and Australasian Faunas, and a World Conspectus of the Subfamily
Records of the Australian Museum (1994) Supplement 21. ISBN 0 7310 4133 X 1 The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a Review of the Oriental and Australasian Faunas, and a World Conspectus of the Subfamily DANIEL J. BICKEL Australian Museum, PO Box A285, Sydney South, NSW 2000, Australia Fax: (02) 360-4350 Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT. The Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) of Australia (including Lord Howe, Norfolk, Cocos-Keeling and Christmas Islands) are treated in detail, and 253 species, 208 newly described, are illustrated and keyed. All described Oriental and extralimital Australasian species are critically reviewed, with notes on diagnostic characters, distribution and generic placement, along with many new combinations ancl synonymies and some keys. Further, the taxonomy of the subfamily is considered at world level, with redefinition and rearrangement of genera and nomenclatural changes for taxa from all regions. The systematic position of the subfamily is discussed and a preliminary phylogenetic analysis presented. The biogeography and natural history of the Australian fauna are treated in detail. Nine new genera are erected, Dytomyia, Negrobovia, Narrabeenia, Abbemyia, Pseudoparentia and Pilbara from Australasia, Mascaromyia and Ethiosciapus from the Afrotropical Region, and Amesorhaga from the Orient. Genera incorrectly referred to the Sciapodinae are discussed. The Sciapodinae show extensive parallel evolution, and almost all diagnostic generic-level characters have evolved independently many times. Historically, this has led to uncertain generic limits and a complicated nomenclatural history. Genera are redefined on a polythetic basis, no character in isolation necessarily being diagnostic for all members. Male secondary sexual characters (MSSC) are reviewed. In some species the female phenotype shows weakened expression of MSSC. -
Intraspecific Variation and Asymmetry in Wing Shape of Dolichopodid Flies (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)
International Journal of Entomology Research ISSN: 2455-4758 Impact Factor: RJIF 5.24 www.entomologyjournals.com Volume 2; Issue 5; September 2017; Page No. 10-20 Intraspecific variation and asymmetry in wing shape of dolichopodid flies (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) Mariya A Chursina Department of Ecology and Zoology of Invertebrates, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia Abstract Intraspecific variation in wing shape of six species of the Dolichopodidae family was analyzed by the method of Procrustes superimposition. Specifically, we examined the patterns of sexual dimorphism, interpopulation variation, variation among individuals, directional asymmetry and fluctuating asymmetry (within-individual variability). The results suggest that sexual dimorphism is the most significant sources of intraspecific variation. Highly significant differences in wing shape were observed between populations of Poecilobothrus regalis, it reflects their adaptations to different environmental conditions. The analysis revealed significant directional asymmetry for wing shape of Poecilobothrus regalis from one of the studied populations; directional asymmetry had a significant allometric component. Four types of pattern of individual variation were discovered. It was shown that individual variation and fluctuating asymmetry have similar patterns. Based on previous studies of wing development, we made conclusions about the developmental processes, which cause different types of intraspecific variation. Keywords: diptera, dolichopodidae, interpopulation variation, -
Surveying for Terrestrial Arthropods (Insects and Relatives) Occurring Within the Kahului Airport Environs, Maui, Hawai‘I: Synthesis Report
Surveying for Terrestrial Arthropods (Insects and Relatives) Occurring within the Kahului Airport Environs, Maui, Hawai‘i: Synthesis Report Prepared by Francis G. Howarth, David J. Preston, and Richard Pyle Honolulu, Hawaii January 2012 Surveying for Terrestrial Arthropods (Insects and Relatives) Occurring within the Kahului Airport Environs, Maui, Hawai‘i: Synthesis Report Francis G. Howarth, David J. Preston, and Richard Pyle Hawaii Biological Survey Bishop Museum Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817 USA Prepared for EKNA Services Inc. 615 Pi‘ikoi Street, Suite 300 Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96814 and State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, Airports Division Bishop Museum Technical Report 58 Honolulu, Hawaii January 2012 Bishop Museum Press 1525 Bernice Street Honolulu, Hawai‘i Copyright 2012 Bishop Museum All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America ISSN 1085-455X Contribution No. 2012 001 to the Hawaii Biological Survey COVER Adult male Hawaiian long-horned wood-borer, Plagithmysus kahului, on its host plant Chenopodium oahuense. This species is endemic to lowland Maui and was discovered during the arthropod surveys. Photograph by Forest and Kim Starr, Makawao, Maui. Used with permission. Hawaii Biological Report on Monitoring Arthropods within Kahului Airport Environs, Synthesis TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents …………….......................................................……………...........……………..…..….i. Executive Summary …….....................................................…………………...........……………..…..….1 Introduction ..................................................................………………………...........……………..…..….4 -
Checklist of Long Legged Fly: (Insecta: Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae) of India
IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences (IOSR-JPBS) e-ISSN: 2278-3008, p-ISSN:2319-7676. Volume 10, Issue 5 Ver. II (Sep - Oct. 2015), PP 87-108 www.iosrjournals.org Checklist of Long legged fly: (Insecta: Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae) of India Abesh Chakraborty 1*, Panchannan Parui2 and Dhriti Banrejee 2 1 Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata -700053 Abstract : A first attempt for checklist of the Dipteran family Dolichopodidae of India, which according to current lituratures and museum specimens of National Zoological collection of India comprises of 148 species in 8 subfamilies and 28 generas. Keywords: Checklist, Oriental, Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Inventory, India diptera. I. Introduction The family Dolichopodidae, commonly known as Long legged flies, are one of the most diverse families of Diptera (Grichanov,1999). Adult dolichopodids vary in size from about 1-9 mm in length and can be recognized by their elongate legs, reduced wing venation, aristate antennae, and relatively slender build. Most species are metallic greenish-blue to greenish-bronze, while some others are non-metallic yellowish (e.g., some species of Achalcus Loew, Argyrochlamys Lamb, Neurigona Rondani, Xanthochlorus Loew and Xanthina Aldrich), or brown to blackish (e.g., several species of Micromorphus Mik and Medetera Fischer von Waldheim). Dolichopodids are widespread and are found in all zoogeographic regions (Robinson,1970; Dyte, 1975; Dyte and Smith ,1980; Bickel and Dyte, 1989; Negrobov, 1991; Pollet et al., 2004). In general, adults and larvae prefer moist environments including stream and lake margins, humid forests, saltmarshes, seashores, and freshwater seepages, where they often occur in large numbers. -
Insect Egg Size and Shape Evolve with Ecology but Not Developmental Rate Samuel H
ARTICLE https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1302-4 Insect egg size and shape evolve with ecology but not developmental rate Samuel H. Church1,4*, Seth Donoughe1,3,4, Bruno A. S. de Medeiros1 & Cassandra G. Extavour1,2* Over the course of evolution, organism size has diversified markedly. Changes in size are thought to have occurred because of developmental, morphological and/or ecological pressures. To perform phylogenetic tests of the potential effects of these pressures, here we generated a dataset of more than ten thousand descriptions of insect eggs, and combined these with genetic and life-history datasets. We show that, across eight orders of magnitude of variation in egg volume, the relationship between size and shape itself evolves, such that previously predicted global patterns of scaling do not adequately explain the diversity in egg shapes. We show that egg size is not correlated with developmental rate and that, for many insects, egg size is not correlated with adult body size. Instead, we find that the evolution of parasitoidism and aquatic oviposition help to explain the diversification in the size and shape of insect eggs. Our study suggests that where eggs are laid, rather than universal allometric constants, underlies the evolution of insect egg size and shape. Size is a fundamental factor in many biological processes. The size of an 526 families and every currently described extant hexapod order24 organism may affect interactions both with other organisms and with (Fig. 1a and Supplementary Fig. 1). We combined this dataset with the environment1,2, it scales with features of morphology and physi- backbone hexapod phylogenies25,26 that we enriched to include taxa ology3, and larger animals often have higher fitness4. -
The Importance of Vegetation Configuration in Coastal
Biology Department Research Group Terrestrial Ecology _____________________________________________________________________________________ THE IMPORTANCE OF VEGETATION CONFIGURATION IN COASTAL DUNES TO PRESERVE DIVERSITY OF MARRAM- ASSOCIATED INVERTEBRATES IS HABITAT CONFIGURATION A DRIVER OF DIVERSITY IN DUNES? Noëmie Van den Bon Studentnumber: 01506438 Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Dries Bonte Dr. Martijn Vandegehuchte Scientific tutor: Ruben Van De Walle Master’s dissertation submitted to obtain the degree of Master of Science in Biology Academic year: 2019 - 2020 © Faculty of Sciences – research group Terrestrial Ecology All rights reserved. This thesis contains confidential information and confidential research results that are property to the UGent. The contents of this master thesis may under no circumstances be made public, nor complete or partial, without the explicit and preceding permission of the UGent representative, i.e. the supervisor. The thesis may under no circumstances be copied or duplicated in any form, unless permission granted in written form. Any violation of the confidential nature of this thesis may impose irreparable damage to the UGent. In case of a dispute that may arise within the context of this declaration, the Judicial Court of Gent only is competent to be notified. 2 Table of content 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1. The status of biodiversity and ecosystems .......................................................................................... -
Diptera) Based on a Study of the Mouth Parts
L I B R A HY OF THE UNIVERSITY Of 1LL1 NOIS 570.5 ILL 3T The person charging this material is re- sponsible for its return to the library from which it was withdrawn on or before the Latest Date stamped below. Theft, mutilation, and underlining of books are reasons for disciplinary action and may result in dismissal from the University. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN JUN 1 1 15 JUN 1 4 197* n ® 2 i m ILLINOIS BIOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS Volume XVIII PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF [LLINOL URBANA, [LLINOIS EDITORIAL COMMITTEE John Theodore Buchholz Fred Wilbur Tanner Harley Jones Van Cleave .C&Y* TABLE OF CONTEXTS No. 1. Generic Relationships of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) Based on a Study of the Mouth Parts. By Sister Mary Bertha Cregan, R.S.M. Xo. 2. Studies on Gregarina blattarum with Particular Reference to the Chromosome Cycle. By Victor Sprague. Xo. 3. Territorial and Mating Behavior of the House Wren. By S. Charles Kendeigh. No. 4. The Morphology, Taxonomy, and Bionomics of the Nemertean Genus Carcinonemertes. By Arthur Grover Humes. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://www.archive.org/details/genericrelations181creg ILLINOIS BIOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS Vol. XVIII No. 1 Published by the University of [llinois Under the Auspices of the Graduate School Urbana, Illinois EDITORIAL COMMITTEE John Theodore Buchholz Fred Wilbur Tanner Harley Jones Van Cleave 1000—6-41 -20890 oJTlun™ :t PRESS i: GENERIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE DOLICHOPODIDAE (DIPTERA) BASED ON A STUDY OF THE MOUTH PARTS WITH THIRTY PLATES BY Sister Mary Bertha Cregan, R.S.M. -
And Condylostylus Electus (Walker, 1852) (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) in Coconut Plantations in State of Pará, Brazil Fernanda V
Entomological Communications, 3, 2021: ec03014 doi: 10.37486/2675-1305.ec03014 e-ISSN: 2675-1305 Open Access Full Text Article Scientific Note First records of Condylostylus depressus (Aldrich, 1901) and Condylostylus electus (Walker, 1852) (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) in coconut plantations in state of Pará, Brazil Fernanda V. Penner1 , Yorranna K. R. da Silva1 , Matheus M. M. Soares2 , Lucas F. Bastos3 , Telma F. V. Batista4 1Mestrado Profissional em Uso Sustentável de Recursos Naturais em Regiões Tropicais, Instituto Tecnológico Vale Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Belém, Pará, Brazil. 2Programa de Pós-graduação em Entomologia (PPG-Ent) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. 3Sococo Agroindústrias da Amazônia, Brazil. 4Laboratório de Proteção de Plantas, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, UFRA, Belém, Pará, Brazil. Corresponding author: [email protected] Edited by: Elison F. B. Lima Received: February 19, 2021. Accepted: May 02, 2021. Published: June 02, 2021. Abstract. We record for the first time two species ofCondylostylus Bigot, 1859 from Pará state, Brazil. Condylostylus depressus (Aldrich, 1901) and C. electus (Walker, 1852) were found on commercial crops of Cocos nucifera L., thus pointing to a possible value for biological control. In addition, we provide diagnoses and distributional maps for both species in Brazil. Keywords: long-legged flies, Sciapodinae, predators, biological control. Dolichopodidae is among the most diverse families within traps used showed a high incidence of Dolichopodidae family, but Diptera, containing around 8,000 species in 250 genera that occur in due the collection method and preservation, few specimens could be all zoogeographic regions, except the Antarctic (Grichanov 2017). So identified at the species level. -
A Preliminary Investigation of the Arthropod Fauna of Quitobaquito Springs Area, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
COOPERATIVE NATIONAL PARK RESOURCES STUDIES UNIT UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 125 Biological Sciences (East) Bldg. 43 Tucson, Arizona 85721 R. Roy Johnson, Unit Leader National Park Senior Research Scientist TECHNICAL REPORT NO. 23 A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE ARTHROPOD FAUNA OF QUITOBAQUITO SPRINGS AREA, ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA KENNETH J. KINGSLEY, RICHARD A. BAILOWITZ, and ROBERT L. SMITH July 1987 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE/UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA National Park Service Project Funds CONTRIBUTION NUMBER CPSU/UA 057/01 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction......................................................................................................................................1 Methods............................................................................................................................................1 Results ............................................................................................................................................2 Discussion......................................................................................................................................20 Literature Cited ..............................................................................................................................22 Acknowledgements........................................................................................................................23 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Insects Collected at Quitobaquito Springs ...................................................................3 -
1 the RESTRUCTURING of ARTHROPOD TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS in RESPONSE to PLANT INVASION by Adam B. Mitchell a Dissertation Submitt
THE RESTRUCTURING OF ARTHROPOD TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS IN RESPONSE TO PLANT INVASION by Adam B. Mitchell 1 A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the University of Delaware in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Entomology and Wildlife Ecology Winter 2019 © Adam B. Mitchell All Rights Reserved THE RESTRUCTURING OF ARTHROPOD TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS IN RESPONSE TO PLANT INVASION by Adam B. Mitchell Approved: ______________________________________________________ Jacob L. Bowman, Ph.D. Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology Approved: ______________________________________________________ Mark W. Rieger, Ph.D. Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Approved: ______________________________________________________ Douglas J. Doren, Ph.D. Interim Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Education I certify that I have read this dissertation and that in my opinion it meets the academic and professional standard required by the University as a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Signed: ______________________________________________________ Douglas W. Tallamy, Ph.D. Professor in charge of dissertation I certify that I have read this dissertation and that in my opinion it meets the academic and professional standard required by the University as a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Signed: ______________________________________________________ Charles R. Bartlett, Ph.D. Member of dissertation committee I certify that I have read this dissertation and that in my opinion it meets the academic and professional standard required by the University as a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Signed: ______________________________________________________ Jeffery J. Buler, Ph.D. Member of dissertation committee I certify that I have read this dissertation and that in my opinion it meets the academic and professional standard required by the University as a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.