Diptera: Conopidae) Author(S): Maurizio Mei, Joel F
Observations on Hilltopping in Thick-Headed Flies (Diptera: Conopidae) Author(s): Maurizio Mei, Joel F. Gibson and Jeffrey H. Skevington Source: Journal of Insect Science, 10(27):1-15. 2010. Published By: Entomological Society of America DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.010.2701 URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1673/031.010.2701 BioOne (www.bioone.org) is a nonprofit, online aggregation of core research in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. BioOne provides a sustainable online platform for over 170 journals and books published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and presses. Your use of this PDF, the BioOne Web site, and all posted and associated content indicates your acceptance of BioOne’s Terms of Use, available at www.bioone.org/page/terms_of_use. Usage of BioOne content is strictly limited to personal, educational, and non-commercial use. Commercial inquiries or rights and permissions requests should be directed to the individual publisher as copyright holder. BioOne sees sustainable scholarly publishing as an inherently collaborative enterprise connecting authors, nonprofit publishers, academic institutions, research libraries, and research funders in the common goal of maximizing access to critical research. Journal of Insect Science Vol. 10 | Article 27 Mei et al. Observations on hilltopping in thick-headed flies (Diptera: Conopidae) Maurizio Mei1a, Joel F. Gibson2,3b, and Jeffrey H. Skevington2,3c 1Università di Roma “Sapienza”, Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell’Uomo, Entomologia, P.le Valerio Massimo, 6, 00162, Roma, Italia 2Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada 3Department of Biology, 209 Nesbitt Building, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada Abstract Direct observations of hilltopping behaviour in the thick-headed flies (Diptera: Conopidae) have only been mentioned once in the literature.
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