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Contributions to the Dance Flies (Diptera: Empididae) of Siirt Fauna, Turkey
Türkiye Tarımsal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 2021 The adults of the Empidid flies are small to medium-sized, usually shiny black or densely grey dusted species. The adults are very important in pollination because they are flower visitors.
Mustafa Cemal ÇİFTÇİ
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Information transfer beyond the waggle dance: observational learning in bees and flies [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2015 Social information transfer is part of the success of animal societies and has been documented in a variety of taxa, from slime molds to humans. In invertebrates, the historical research focus has been on the specialized signals shaped by selection to ...
Aurore eAvargues-Weber +3 more
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Empidine dance flies pollinate the woodland geranium as effectively as bees. [PDF]
Biol Lett, 2019 Most flowering plants species rely on insects for pollination, a successful mutualism allowing them to reproduce over wide areas while flower-visitors are rewarded with food. This association is so conspicuous in the case of bees that other groups of potential pollinators, especially flies, have long been underestimated.
Lefebvre V +3 more
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Are empidine dance flies major flower visitors in alpine environments? A case study in the Alps, France. [PDF]
Biol Lett, 2014 Pollination is one of the most important ecosystem services and bees the most important pollinators. As a population decline of bees has been documented in numerous regions of the world, it is crucial to develop understanding on other possible pollinators.
Lefebvre V +3 more
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Tikbubulan: Transitions from Folk Song to Creative Dance
IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 2022 This article tells the story of a teacher creating a dance based on a traditional folk song that has been sung for generations. Since most Philippine folk dances have been studied and created based on the culture of a particular group of people, this ...
Erwin Oscar P. Ripalda
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Two new species of aquatic dance-flies of the genus Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 1838 (Diptera: Empididae) from the Caucasus [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2014 Currently, eleven species of the aquatic dance flies of the genus Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 1838 are known from the Caucasus including 2 new species described in this paper: W. beckeri (Mik, 1889), W. braueri (Mik, 1880), W.
S.Yu. Kustov, D.A. Zherebilo
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Insects, 2022 The Wiedemannia zetterstedti species group is revised after examination of all available type specimens and includes one new species (W. ulrichi Ivković & Sinclair sp. nov.) and four redescribed species (W. czernyi (Bezzi), W. longipennis (Mik) stat. rev.
Marija Ivković +2 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Antennae and maxillary palps are the most important chemical reception organs of flies. So far, the morphology of antennae and maxillary palps of flies of most feeding habits have been well described, except for that of relatively rare aquatic predatory ...
Genting Liu +5 more
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Dance and disability: Embracing difference, tensions and complexities [PDF]
, 2014 In this paper I am particularly interested in unpacking the notion that dancers with a visible disability are both marginalised and hyper-visible. I refer to selected dance examples available on YouTube and consider these in relation to Whatley’s (2007 ...
Cheesman, Sue
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A new species of dance-flies of the genus Rhamphomyia Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Empididae) from the Caucasus [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2012 A new species of the subgenus Megacyttarus Bigot, 1880 taken from the Caucasian region of Russia (Krasnodar Province) – Rhamphomyia pseudopoissoni sp. n. is described in the paper. Diagnosis.
S.Yu. Kustov, V.V. Gladun
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