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Steven Falk Publications PUBLICATIONS BY STEVEN J. FALK Academic papers and books: Entomology Falk, S. J., Smith, D. A. & Stubbs, A. E., 1981 . Neoascia interrupta (Meigen, 1822) (Diptera: Syrphidae) new to Britain . Proceedings and Transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society . 14 : 12-14. Falk, S. J., 1982. Dolichovespula media (Retzius) – a new British social wasp. Proceedings and Transactions of the British Entomological and Natural History Society , 15 : 14-16. Falk, S. J., 1990. Eristalis pratorum (Meigen, 1822): a new British hoverfly. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History . 3: 139-141. Falk, S. J., 1991a. Scaeva selenitica (Meigen) recorded in March with discussion on the overwintering status of Scaeva species in Britain. Dipterists Digest. 8: 36-37. Falk, S. J., 1991b. A review of the scarce and threatened bees, wasps and ants of Great Britain. Research and Survey in Nature Conservation . 35 . Nature Conservancy Council, Peterborough. Falk, S. J., 1991c. A review of the scarce and threatened flies of Great Britain (Part 1). Research and Survey in Nature Conservation . 39 . Nature Conservancy Council, Peterborough. Falk, S. J., 1991d. Some noteworthy records of and observations of tephritid flies. Dipterists Digest , 8: 32-35. Falk, S. J. & Stubbs, A. E., 1991. Further records and observations of Platycheirus species (Syrphidae) recently added to the British list, with discussion on the identification of P. ramsarensis . Dipterists Digest , 10 : 40-45. Falk, S. J., 1992. Some noteworthy records and observations of sciomyzids, with a provisional list of Warwickshire species. Dipterists Digest . Falk, S. J., 1992a. Parasyrphus nigritarsis (Zettestedt) and some other scarce flies recorded from Malham Tarn, N. W. Yorkshire. Dipterists Digest . 11 : 40. Falk, S. J., 1992b. Aculeate Hymenoptera and Sawflies (Symphyta) recorded at Woodwalton Fen National Nature Reserve since 1985, with a review of older records for scarce aculeates reported from this site. Huntingdonshire Fauna and Flora Society 44 th Annual Report for 1991. Falk, S. J., 1993. Paykullia maculata (Fallen) (Dipt., Rhinophoridae) - not so rare and probably mimetic. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine , 129: 203-204. Falk, S. J., 1994a. The effects of habitat fragmentation on invertebrate distributions. In : Dover, J. (ed.) Fragmentation in Agricultural Landscapes . International Association for Landscape Ecology (UK). Falk, S. J., 1994b. The value of urban locations and intensively farmed landscapes for syrphids in England. In : O’Hara, J. E. Third International Congress of Dipterology , University of Guelph, Canada. Falk, S. J., 1994c. The value of urban locations and intensively farmed landscapes for sarcophagid and calliphorid flies in England. In : O’Hara, J. E. Third International Congress of Dipterology . University of Guelph, Canada. 1 Steven Falk Publications Falk, S. J., 1994d. Homoneura patelliformis (Becker, 1895) and H. thalhammeri Papp, 1979, the actual species comprising the lauxaniid taxa hitherto known in Britain as H. consobrina (Zetterstedt, 1847). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History , 7: 19-22. Falk, S. J., 1995. Insects in Urban and Post-industrial Settings. Land Contamination & Reclamation . 3 (2) : 75-76. Falk, S. J., 1996a. Calliphorids, rhinophorids and sarcophagids in Warwickshire, England. Oistros , 4: 2 Falk, S. J. 1996b. Invertebrates and Local Authorities. In : Eyre, M. D. (ed.) Environmental Monitoring, Surveillance and Conservation using Invertebrates . EMS Publications, Newcastle upon Tyne. Falk, S. J., 1997a. Hymenoptera. In : Colston, A., Gerrard, C. & Parslow, R. Cambridgeshire’s Red Data Book . The Wildlife Trust for Cambridgeshire, Cambridge. Falk, S. J. 1997b. Species accounts for Auplopus carbonarius (Scopoli), Cryptocheilus notatus (Rossi), Evagetes dubius (Vander Linden), Evagetes pectinipes (Linnaeus), Anoplius caviventris (Aurivillius), Aporus unicolor (Spinola), Homonotus sanguinolentus (Fabricius) and Ceropales variegata (Fabricius) (Hym. Pompilidae) In : Edwards, R., ed. Provisional Atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland. Part 1 . Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Huntingdon: Biological Records Centre. Falk, S. J. & Roberts, S. P. M., 1997. National maps for Auplopus carbonarius (Scopoli), Cryptocheilus notatus (Rossi), Evagetes dubius (Vander Linden), Evagetes pectinipes (Linnaeus), Anoplius caviventris (Aurivillius), Aporus unicolor (Spinola), Homonotus sanguinolentus (Fabricius) and Ceropales variegata (Fabricius) (Hym. Pompilidae) In : Edwards, R. ed. Provisional Atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland. Part 1. Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Huntingdon: Biological Records Centre. Falk, S. J., 1998a. Catharosia pygmaea (Fallen) (Diptera: Tachinidae) new to Britain. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 11 : 1-5. Falk, S. J., 1998b. Individual Species Impact Assessments: A standardised presentation technique for describing the impact of development proposals on critical invertebrate species. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History , 11 : 19-29. Falk, S. J., 1998c. Species accounts for Ectemnius cephalotes (Olivier), Ectemnius continuus (Fabricius), Ectemnius dives (Lepeletier & Brulle), Ectemnius lapidarius (Panzer), Ectemnius lituratus (Panzer), Ectemnius rubicola (Dufour & Perris), Ectemnius ruficornis (Zetterstedt), Ectemnius sexcinctus (Fabricius) and Mellinus crabroneus (Thunberg) (Hym. Sphecidae) In : Edwards, R. ed. Provisional atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland. Part 2 . Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Huntingdon: Biological Records Centre. Falk, S. J. & Roberts, S. P. M., 1998. National maps for Ectemnius cephalotes (Olivier), Ectemnius continuus (Fabricius), Ectemnius dives (Lepeletier & Brulle), Ectemnius lapidarius (Panzer), Ectemnius lituratus (Panzer), Ectemnius rubicola (Dufour & Perris), Ectemnius ruficornis (Zetterstedt), Ectemnius sexcinctus (Fabricius) and Mellinus crabroneus (Thunberg) (Hym. Sphecidae) In : Edwards, R. ed. Provisional Atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland. Part 2. Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Huntingdon: Biological Records Centre. Falk, S. J., 2000. Species accounts for Alysson lunicornis, Argogorytes fargei, Crossocerus binotatus, Crossocerus quadrimaculatus, Crossocerus vagabundus, Gorytes bicinctus, Gorytes laticinctus, Gorytes tumidus, Nysson dimidiatus, Nysson interruptus and Nysson trimaculatus (Hym. Sphecidae) In : Edwards, R. ed. Provisional atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland. Part 3 . Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Huntingdon: Biological Records Centre. 2 Steven Falk Publications Falk, S. J., 2000. Characteristics of ‘recombinant’ urban sites in the Warwickshire sub-region, with discussion of their conservation pp 18-21. In Barker, G. (ed.), Ecological recombination in urban area: Implications for nature conservation . English Nature, Peterborough. Falk, S. J. & Roberts, S. P. M. 2001. National maps for Alysson lunicornis, Argogorytes fargei, Crossocerus binotatus, Crossocerus quadrimaculatus, Crossocerus vagabundus, Gorytes bicinctus, Gorytes laticinctus, Gorytes tumidus, Nyson dimidiatus, Nysson interruptus and Nysson trimaculatus (Hym. Sphecidae) In : Edwards, R. ed. Provisional atlas of the aculeate Hymenoptera of Britain and Ireland. Part 3. Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Huntingdon: Biological Records Centre. Chandler, P., Ford, T. & Falk, S., 2001. Blepharipa schineri (Mesnil) new to Britain and notes on recent additions to the British Tachinidae (Diptera), Dipterists Digest , 8: 11-17. Falk, S. J., 2002. A review of: “The Millenium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland (Asher et. al., 2001)” In: Biological Conservation, 105 : 131 – 132. Falk, S. J., 2002. Anaphylactic Shock probably resulting from multiple Blackfly ( Simulium ) bites in the English Midlands. British Simuliid Group Bulletin , 18 : 4 – 6. Falk, S. J., 2002. Cheilosia psilophthalma Becker, 1894 (Diptera, Syrphidae) confirmed as present in Britain. Dipterists Digest , 9: 87 – 93. Stubbs, A. E. & Falk, S. J., 2002. British Hoverflies : An Illustrated Identification Guide. British Entomological and Natural History Society. London. (Second, revised edition). Falk, S. J., revised and updated by Crossley, R., 2003. A review of the scarce and threatened flies of Great Britain, Part 3: Empidoidea. Species Status No. 3 . Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough. Falk, S. J. 2004. Review of: The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland – Volume 4 Oecophoridae to Scythrididae (in two parts). Edited by the late A. Maitland Emmet and John Langmaid. Harley Books, Great Horkesley, 2002. In : Biological Conservation 117 (2004): 461 Falk, S. J. 2004. A recent record of Hippodamia 13-punctata (L.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Dorset. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History , 17 : 110. Falk, S. J. 2004. Flies from the Honister Pass flushes on a fine June day. The Carlisle Naturalist, 12 (2): 45-47. Falk, S. J. 2004. The Hoverfly Sphegina siberica new to Cumberland/Cumbria. The Carlisle Naturalist, 12 (2): 47. Falk, S. J. 2004. Some notes on the separation of Bombus ruderatus (Fab.) from B. hortorum (L.) and some possible ecological distinctions between the two. BWARS Newsletter , Autumn 2004 Falk, S. J. 2004. Brood dimorphism in Cheilosia cynocephala Loew (Diptera, Syrphidae) and separation of the first generation from C. vernalis (Fallen). Dipterists Digest
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    t I:iiW 12.5 I:iiW 1.0 W ~ 1.0 W ~ wW .2 J wW l. W 1- W II:"" W "II ""II.i W ft ~ :: ~ ........ 1.1 ....... j 11111.1 I II f .I I ,'"'' 1.25 ""11.4 111111.6 ""'1.25 111111.4 11111 /.6 MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART I NATIONAL BlIREAU Of STANDARDS-1963-A NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS-1963-A I~~SECTS AND FUNGI ;\SSOCIATED WITH (~ARDUUS THISTLES (COMPOSITAE) r.-::;;;:;· UNITED STATES TECHNICAL PREPARED BY • DEPARTMENT OF BULLETIN SCIENCE AND G AGRICULTURE NUMBER 1616 EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION ABSTRACT Batra, S. W. T., J. R. Coulson, P. H. Dunn, and P. E. Boldt. 1981. Insects and fungi associated with Carduus thistles (Com­ positae). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin No. 1616, 100 pp. Six Eurasian species of Carduus thistles (Compositae: Cynareael are troublesome weeds in North America. They are attacked by about 340 species of phytophagous insects, including 71 that are oligophagous on Cynareae. Of these Eurasian insects, 39 were ex­ tensively tested for host specificity, and 5 of them were sufficiently damf..ghg and stenophagous to warrant their release as biological control agents in North America. They include four beetles: Altica carduorum Guerin-Meneville, repeatedly released but not estab­ lished; Ceutorhynchus litura (F.), established in Canada and Montana on Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.; Rhinocyllus conicus (Froelich), widely established in the United States and Canada and beginning to reduce Carduus nutans L. populations; Trichosirocalus horridus ~Panzer), established on Carduus nutans in Virginia; and the fly Urophora stylata (F.), established on Cirsium in Canada.