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Britain's Robberflies – Diptera Asilidae
Britain’s Robberflies – Diptera Asilidae Malcolm Smart Asilidae – the BIG CATS of the Diptera World Adults exclusively carnivorous predators of other insects – mostly other Diptera Larvae where known are also believed to be predatory What distinguishes a Robber Fly (an Asilid) from other Diptera ??? Example based on drawings and photos of Philonicus albiceps notch Two primary characters: * Eyes separated in both sexes by a deep notch at the top of mystax the head. * There is a central clump of down-curved bristles on the face above the upper mouth edge (called the mystax). Typically large and robust Diptera with elongated bodies . The proboscis is rigid and adapted for piercing insect cuticle. Asilidae species count with examples World Britain VCs surrounding Bedford Bedfordshire VC 7000+ 29 18 13 World distribution of Asilidae Genera and Species (after F. Geller-Grim) An introduction to the British Asilidae fauna compiled using data primarily from the following sources Data held by the Soldierflies and Allies Recording Scheme run by & Distribution maps derived from it at October 2016 (15900 Asilidae records) Photographs of Asilidae submitted to Facebook for identification or comment by: Lester Wareham, Mo Richards, Graham Dash, Martin Parr, Graham Brownlow, Mark Welch Albums of Asilidae photographs submitted for public scrutiny by wildlife/ dipterist specialists: Steven Falk, Janet Graham, Ian Andrews, Gail Hampshire Pictures offered by or requested from: Nigel Jones, Martin Harvey, Alan Outen, Mike Taylor, Tim Ransom, Tim Hodge, Fritz -
Diptera: Asilidae) of the PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
PACIFIC INSECTS Vol. 14, no. 2: 201-337 20 August 1972 Organ of the program "Zoogeography and Evolution of Pacific Insects." Published by Entomology Department, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, XJ. S. A. Editorial committee : J. L. Gressitt (editor), S. Asahina, R. G. Fennah, R. A. Harrison, T. C. Maa, C. W. Sabrosky, J. J. H. Szent-Ivany, J. van der Vecht, K. Yasumatsu and E. C. Zimmerman. Devoted to studies of insects and other terrestrial arthropods from the Pacific area, includ ing eastern Asia, Australia and Antarctica. ROBBER FLIES (Diptera: Asilidae) OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS By Harold Oldroyd1 CONTENTS I. Introduction 201 II. Zoogeographical relationships of the Philippine Islands 202 III. Key to tribes of Asilidae occurring there 208 IV. The tribes: (1) LEPTOGASTERINI 208 (2) ATOMOSIINI 224 (3) LAPHRIINI 227 (4) XENOMYZINI 254 (5) STICHOPOGONINI 266 (6) SAROPOGONINI 268 (7) ASILINI 271 (8) OMMATIINI 306 V. References 336 Abstract: The Asilidae of the Philippine Islands are reviewed after a study of recent ly collected material. Keys are given to tribes, genera and species. The number of genera is 28, and of species 100; one genus and 37 species are described as new. Illustrations include genitalic drawings of species. The relationships of the Asilidae of the Philippine Islands among the islands, and with adjoining areas, are discussed, and it is concluded that there is no present evidence of any endemic fauna. I. INTRODUCTION The present study arose indirectly out of participation in the compilation of a Catalog of Diptera of the Oriental Region, initiated and edited from Hawaii by Dr M. -
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Dieses PDF wird von der Arbeitsgemeinschaft bayerischer Entomologen e.V.für den privaten bzw. wissenschaftlichen Gebrauch zur Verfügung gestellt. Die kommerzielle Nutzung oder die Bereitstellung in einer öffentlichen Bibliothek oder auf einer website ist nicht gestattet. Beiträge zur bayerischen Entomofaunistik 8:8998, Bamberg (2006), ISSN 1430-015X Kommentierte Faunenliste der in Bayern nachgewiesenen Raubfliegen (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) von Klaus von der Dunk & Joachim Hable (unter Mitarbeit von Gisela Merkel-Wallner) Abstract: In addition to the new Red Data Book [2004], a checklist of all 67 species of robber flies known from Bavaria is presented. The table reflects the knowledge in autumn 2005. Species with one asterisk before their name are commented. Zur Ergänzung der überarbeiteten Roten Liste Bayerns (v. d. Dunk, [2004]) werden hier die der Ein- stufung zugrunde liegenden faunistischen Daten vorgelegt. In dieser Checkliste sind alle für Bayern bisher gemeldeten und, nach Überprüfung kritischer Tiere durch D. Wolff, validen Arten enthalten. Stand ist Herbst 2005. Neben Angaben zur momentanen Situation mit Bestand, Verbreitung in den vier Regional- räumen Bayerns und Gefährdungsgrad werden Beobachtungen zum Beutespektrum und zur Ökologie mit- geteilt. Die Tabelle enthält folgende Symbole (in Anlehnung an Mandery et al. 2003): Bestand: kein Nachweis seit 1975, x seit 1975 110, xx 1150, xxx 51100, xxxx über 100 Nach- weise. Verbreitung: o Einzelfunde, oo lokal, ooo regional, oooo verbreitet in den Regionalräumen (Zahl dahinter) 1 = Nordwest-Bayern; 2 = Ostbayerisches Grenzgebirge; 3 = tertiäres Hügelland südlich der Donau; 4 = Alpen und Voralpen; statt einer Zahl ein + bedeutet: nur Altnachweise vor 1975 bekannt; eine nicht angegebene Raumzahl verweist auf fehlende Daten. -
Fly Times 23
FLY TIMES ISSUE23,0etober, 1999 Art .Borkent, co-editor Jeffrey M. Cumming, co-editor 1171 Mallory Road, Rl-S20-C43 Systematic Entomology Section, ECORC Enderby, B.C. Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Canada, VOE I VO C.E.F., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, KIA OC6 Tel: (250) 833-0931 Tel: (613) 759-1834 FAX: (250) 832-2146 FAX: (613) 759-1927 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] This issue of the Fly Times includes reports on recently held meetings and those soon to be, some new internet resources, interesting publications, and several miscellaneous submissions. Please remember, that without your input, this newsletter is of more limited value. We hope to hear from many of you for our next issue. As indicated in other issues, this newsletter is also available through the ECORC website as follows: http://res.agr.ca/ecorc/program2/entomology/flytimeslflytime.htm The Directory of North American Dipterists has been updated recently and can be accessed at the following address: http://res.agr.ca/ecorc/program2/entomology/diptera/dipteras.htm Issue No. 24 of the Fly Times will appear next April as both hard copy (for those of you without Internet access) and on the Web. If possible, please send either editor your contributions by email, or on disc; electronic contributions make putting the Fly Times together much faster. Those of you with hard copy contributions (last possible choice) may fax, or mail your message to Art Borkent at the above listed address. All contributions for Issue No. 24 should be sent by the end of March, 2000. -
ASILIDAE 48 (Assassin Flies Or Robber Flies)
SURICATA 5 (2017) 1097 ASILIDAE 48 (Assassin Flies or Robber Flies) Jason G.H. Londt and Torsten Dikow Fig. 48.1. Female of Promachus sp. with hymenopteran prey (Zambia) (photograph © R. Felix). Diagnosis 164, 184), extending medially; face with mystax (Fig. 1), usu- ally macrosetose (Fig. 46), but sometimes only composed of Small- to very large-sized flies (body length: 4–65 mm; wing setae near lower facial margin (Fig. 200); antenna positioned 1 length: 4–40 mm) (Figs 101, 185), that are predatory, capturing in dorsal ∕2 of head (Fig. 46); fore- and mid coxa positioned insects on the wing, and to a lesser extent, resting insects or close together; legs virtually originating at same level to cap- spiders. ture and hold prey (Fig. 46); metakatepisternum usually small (Fig. 46), except in Laphriinae (Fig. 162), not visible between Asilidae can be diagnosed as follows: labellum of proboscis mid and hind coxa. fused to prementum at least ventrally; hypopharynx heavily sclerotised, with dorsal seta-like spicules; labrum short, at most Head dichoptic in both sexes; face usually protruding to 1 ∕2 as long as labium; cibarium trapezoidal; vertex usually de- some extent, forming facial swelling (Fig. 1), but in several pressed (Figs 72, 73); postpronotal lobes fused to scutum (Figs taxa entirely plane (Fig. 200); face with mystacal macrosetae Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Sinclair, B.J. (eds). 2017. Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 2. Nematocerous Diptera and lower Brachycera. Suricata 5. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria; pp. 1097–1182. 1098 SURICATA 5 (2017) forming mystax (Fig. 1), which varies in extent from only cover- depressed (Figs 72, 80); all 3 ocelli circular, placed on single 1 ing lower facial margin (Fig. -
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. -
A Taxonomic and Ecological Study of the Asilidae of Michigan
The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 8 Number 2 - Summer 1975 Number 2 - Summer Article 1 1975 June 1975 A Taxonomic and Ecological Study of the Asilidae of Michigan Norman T. Baker University of Minnesota Roland L. Fischer Michigan State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Baker, Norman T. and Fischer, Roland L. 1975. "A Taxonomic and Ecological Study of the Asilidae of Michigan," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 8 (2) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol8/iss2/1 This Peer-Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at [email protected]. Baker and Fischer: A Taxonomic and Ecological Study of the Asilidae of Michigan THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST A TAXONOMIC AND ECOLOGIC STUDY OF THE ASlLlDAE OF MICHIGAN Norman T. ~akerland Roland L. ~ischer~ ABSTRACT Seventy-two species of Asilidae have been recorded from Michigan. An additional seven which may occur are included. Keys to subfamilies, genera and species are given. Two subfamilies and twenty-five genera are represented. A discussion of specific identification, habitat, and distribution is given where possible. The Laphria canis complex, index complex, and aeatus complex are discussed. One new species, Laphria calvescenta is described. Laphria disparella has been raised from synonymy. Machimus virginicus was removed from Asilus sensu-latu and placed in the genus Machimus. -
Example Insect Natural History Data
Example Insect Natural History Data These data were assembled by participants of a workshop held at the University of Florida from May 30 to June 1 of 2018. The data cover all five major insect orders (Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera) and represent most of the various kinds of natural history information found on insect specimen labels. The data also include representative natural history information from literature sources and online databases. For more information about how these data were assembled and why, see Stucky et al. (2019) __________. Except for works in the public domain, data use licenses are as specified by the original data owners. Coleoptera Example 1 Taxonomy: Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Acmaeodera sp. Record type: database Life stage(s): adult Source: iNaturalist Record URL: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12840335 Comments and relevant content: "Feeding on wildflowers in an open meadow in the midlands of South Carolina." Example 2 Taxonomy: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae Record type: literature Source: Paro et al. (2011) Relevant text: "Table 1. Association between girdled and available host-plants (listed alphabetically) and Onciderini beetles in Serra do Japi from 2002 to 2006." The table gives the percentages of each plant species that were girdled along with associated beetle species. Example 3 Taxonomy: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Rhaesus serricollis Record type: literature Source: Sama et al. (2010) Relevant text: "Host plants: Polyphagous on deciduous trees like Platanus (Platanaceae), Ficus -
To Robber Flies Fauna (Diptera: Asilidae) of Mordovia, Russia
BIODIVERSITAS ISSN: 1412-033X Volume 20, Number 4, April 2019 E-ISSN: 2085-4722 Pages: 994-1005 DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d200409 To robber flies fauna (Diptera: Asilidae) of Mordovia, Russia DMITRY M. ASTAKHOV1,♥, ALEXANDER B. RUCHIN2,♥♥, OLGA D. ROMADINA1, IVAN M. PRISTREM1 1Volgograd State University, Universitetskiy pr., 100, Volgograd 400062, Russia.♥email: [email protected], [email protected] 2Joint Directorate of Mordovia State Nature Reserve and Smolny National Park, Saransk, Russia; ♥♥email: [email protected] Manuscript received: 25 February 2019. Revision accepted: 14 March 2019. Abstract. Astakhov DM, Ruchin AB, Romadina OD, Pristrem IM. 2019. To robber flies fauna (Diptera: Asilidae) of Mordovia, Russia. Biodiversitas 20: 994-1005. On the basis of long-term data (2007-2018), the fauna of robber flies (Asilidae) of the Republic of Mordovia was studied. Taking into account our own and literary data, 35 species of robber flies from 18 genera were noted. Of them, 19 species were noticed in the Republic of Mordovia for the first time. We presented the photos of morphological traits of Choerades fuliginosa (Panzer 1798), Choerades gilva (Linnaeus 1758), Choerades ignea (Meigen 1820), Laphria gibbosa (Linnaeus 1758), Andrenosoma albibarbe (Meigen 1820), Andrenosoma atra (Linnaeus 1758), Didysmachus picipes (Meigen 1820), Dysmachus stylifer (Loew 1854), Pamponerus germanicus (Linnaeus 1758), Philonicus albiceps (Meigen 1820), Machimus gonatistes (Zeller 1840), Neoitamus cothurnatus (Meigen 1820), Neoitamus cyanurus (Loew 1849), Dioctria atricapilla (Meigen 1804), Leptogaster cylindrica (De Geer 1776). Keywords: Asilidae, new records, robber flies, Russia INTRODUCTION Some of them (stenotopic species) occur only in one plant community type, others (eurytopic species) can inhabit two Diptera, along with Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, and or more types of plant communities (Dennis and Lavigne Hemiptera, is one of the largest orders in the world fauna. -
Biodiversity Changes in Vegetation and Insects Following the Creation of a Wildflower Strip
Hochschule Rhein-Waal Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Communication and Environment Biodiversity changes in vegetation and insects following the creation of a wildflower strip A Case Study Bachelor Thesis by Johanna Marquardt Hochschule Rhein-Waal Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Communication and Environment Biodiversity changes in vegetation and insects following the creation of a wildflower strip A Case Study A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of Bachelor of Science In Environment and Energy by Johanna Marquardt Matriculation Number: 23048 Supervised by Prof. Dr. Daniela Lud Prof. Dr. Petra Blitgen-Heinecke Submission Date: 22.02.2021 Abstract With the Global Climate Change, the loss of biodiversity is one of the most current and biggest crises of today and the future. The loss i.e., the decrease of biodiversity, does not only have negative effects on vegetation and animals, but also on humans. If nature is doing well, people are doing well. In order to counteract the loss, this bachelor thesis attempts to increase plant and insect biodiversity at a specific location with insect-friendly seed mixtures and by measuring the change using comparison areas. Accordingly, the two research questions were addressed: (1) "How does plant-biodiversity change in the backyard and front yard on the seed mixture plot compared to plant-biodiversity in the backyard and front yard next to the seed mixture plot?" and (2) "How does insect-biodiversity change in the backyard and front yard on the seed mixture plot compared to insect-biodiversity in the backyard and front yard next to the seed mixture plot?" To answer these research questions and to obtain more suitable data, a wildflower strip was established in the backyard and one in the front yard, each with an adjacent reference field, to ensure equal environmental conditions and to detect changes in flora and fauna. -
Diversity of Arthropods and Decreased Seed Weight for Various Cocoa Plantation Systems
Songklanakarin J. Sci. Technol. 43 (2), 414-421, Mar. - Apr. 2021 Original Article Diversity of arthropods and decreased seed weight for various cocoa plantation systems Flora Pasaru1*, Alam Anshary1, Mahfudz1, Shahabuddin Saleh1, Mohammad Yunus1, Burhanuddin Nasir1, and Effendy2 1 Department of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tadulako University, Palu, Central Sulawesi, 94118, Indonesia 2 Department of Agriculture Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Tadulako University, Palu, Central Sulawesi, 94118, Indonesia Received: 25 May 2019; Revised: 3 October 2019; Accepted: 25 February 2020 Abstract Cocoa farmers in Palolo sub-district conducted cocoa cultivation by implementing three cocoa cropping systems, including the cocoa cropping system without using shade trees (A1), using a number of permanent shade trees (A2), and using natural forests as the shade trees (A3). The aim of the study was to determine the diversity of arthropods and decreased seed weight in the three cocoa cultivation systems. The sampling of arthropods used pitfall traps, light trap, and Yellow Fan Trap. The found 2684 arthropod individuals represented 12 orders, 47 families and 106 species. Diversity index and abundance index were the highest for cocoa crop ecosystem A2 (2.9 and 13.1). The largest decrease in weight of cocoa seeds was found in the A1 locations (8.34%) and the lowest in the A3 locations (3.61%). We recommend that cocoa cultivation should use protective trees. Keywords: cocoa cultivation, diversity of arthropods, seed weight 1. Introduction Greenberg, -
New Data on the Robber-Flies (Diptera: Asilidae) in Lithuania
NAUJOS IR RETOS LIETUVOS VABZDŽI Ų R ŪŠYS. 24 tomas 33 NEW DATA ON THE ROBBER-FLIES (DIPTERA: ASILIDAE) IN LITHUANIA ERIKAS LUTOVINOVAS Lithuanian Entomological Society, Akademijos 2, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania E-mail: [email protected] Introduction The robber-flies are a moderate family of large and impressive insects. Adults prey from the ambush, killing other insects with their poison, which they also use for external digestion. Their larvae prey in the soil, excrements, leaf litter, tree stumps or decaying wood, and may be associated with over-aged trees (Bosák, 2005). The local Lithuanian fauna comprises 35 recorded species (Pakalniškis et al. , 2006), but their records are restricted to the few localities, and about a dozen other species can be discovered. We present here a wider faunistic data on the previously recorded species, and also supplement the local species list with several new records. Material and methods The material was collected or photographed in several localities across Lithuania (Fig. 1). The composition of Lithuanian species was compiled from the checklist of Lithuanian Diptera (Pakalniškis et al. , 2006). The taxonomy of the family follows Geller-Grimm (2012). New species for the Lithuanian fauna are marked with an asterisk (*). The collected material is deposited in the Museum of Zoology of Vilnius University (MZVU) and in the private collection of the researcher (EL). List of localities Anykš čiai district Želtiškiai 55°24'00"N 25°15'11"E; Birštonas municipality Šil ėnai 54°33'11"N 24°07'01"E; Druskininkai municipality Druskininkai 54°01'10"N 23°58'20"E; Jurbarkas district (Viešvil ė Str.