Cunomyia, a distinctive new hilarine fly genus from the Tasmanian World Heritage Area (Diptera: Empididae) [PDF]
Cunomyia unica gen. & sp. nov. (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae: Hilarini) is described from sites in western Tasmania. This monotypic genus is distinguished from other genera in the tribe Hilarini by the following combination of characters: vein R4+5 ...
Bickel, DJ
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Conservation Assessment for Whorled Rosinweed (Silphium trifoliatum L.) [PDF]
issued October 1, 2004Report issued on: October 1, 2004INHS Technical Report prepared for USDA Forest Service, Eastern ...
Molano-Flores, Brenda
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Studies in the Pacific Bombyliidae (Diptera). 10. Bombyliidae of New Caledonia
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Two new records of the genus Conophorus (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Bombyliinae) from Iran
The genus Conophorus Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Conophorini) was studied in the north and northwestern parts of Iran. Three species of the genus Conophorus were identified; two of them are recorded for the first time from Iran, namely: C ...
Saeedeh Hakimian +2 more
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Two neotropical species of Toxophora Meigen, 1848 are redescribed (T. aurea Macquart, 1848 and T. leucon Séguy, 1930) and the male terminalia, female spermathecae, and the eggs are described and illustrated. Both species can be easily segregated from the
André Mallemont Cunha +2 more
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Genomic and transcriptomic resources for assassin flies including the complete genome sequence of Proctacanthus coquilletti (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) and 16 representative transcriptomes [PDF]
A high-quality draft genome for Proctacanthus coquilletti (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) is presented along with transcriptomes for 16 Diptera species from five families: Asilidae, Apioceridae, Bombyliidae, Mydidae, and Tabanidae. Genome sequencing reveals
Rebecca B. Dikow +3 more
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Aspetos morfológicos dos insetos e sua importância na polinização [PDF]
A maioria das plantas com flor é visitada por grande diversidade de insetos com diferentes formas e tamanhos, que acumulam grãos de pólen nos seus corpos.
Cerqueira, Sandro Melo
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Five new records of bee flies (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Saudi Arabia with zoogeographical remarks
Five bee-fly species (Bombyliidae, Diptera) have been listed in this paper as new to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Four of the recorded species have been identified to the level of species, namely: Bombomyia discoidea (Fabricius, 1794), Spogostylum ...
Magdi El-Hawagry, Hathal Al Dhafer
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Survival and mortality of grasshopper egg pods in semi-arid cereal cropping areas of northern Benin [PDF]
Surveys of egg pods of agriculturally important grasshoppers were carried out in northern Benin between 1992 and 1995. Searches were made of oviposition sites under shrubs of the perennial legume Piliostigma thonningi along field margins.
Gbongboui, C. +4 more
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Rearing Thyridanthrax fenestratus (Diptera, Bombyliidae) on Pemphredon fabricii (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) prepupae [PDF]
Thyridanthrax fenestratus (Fallén, 1814) is a bombyliid with poorly understood biology. It was recently shown to locally but frequently parasitize Pemphredon fabricii (M. Müller, 1911) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), a crabronid wasp that abundantly nests in
Petr Heneberg +2 more
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