The Flies of Western North America. F.R. Cole, with the collaboration of Evert I. Schlinger. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1969. xi, 693 pp. $25.00. [PDF]
, 2017 Excerpt: Knowing of the excellence of the author\u27s work especially as an artist of Diptera, entomologists have been waiting for this much-needed volume since the completion of the first manuscript in 1932. The work deals with two-winged flies (Diptera)
Steyskal, George C.
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Biological Control of Alfalfa Blotch Leafminer (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in Ontario: Status and Ecology of Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Eulophidae) 20 Years After Introduction [PDF]
, 2018 Two European parasitoid species were released in Ontario during the late 1970\u27s to control the alfalfa blotch leafminer, Agromyza frontella (Rondani) (Diptera: Agromyzidae). One of these, Dacnusa dryas (Nixon) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), rapidly became
Heimpel, George E, Meloche, Francois
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Host and Habitat Use by Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) of House Fly and Stable Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Pupae [PDF]
, 2018 House fly and stable fly pupae were collected during the summer from a dairy farm in northern Illinois. Spalangia nigroaenea accounted for most of the parasitoids recovered from house flies. Spalangia nigra, S.
King, B. H, Olbrich, D. L
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The first record of Merycomyia whitneyi (Johnson), tribe Bouvieromyiini (Diptera: Tabanidae), from Texas and from west of the Mississippi River [PDF]
, 2008 The first collections of Merycomyia whitneyi (Johnson), (Diptera: Tabanidae: Chrysopsinae: Bouvieromyiini) from Texas and from west of the Mississippi River are reported, and the Nearctic species of the Tribe Bouvieromyiini are ...
Goodwin, James T., Williams, Emmanuel D.
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Seasonal variation and impact of waste-water lagoons as larval habitat on the population dynamics of Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera:Ceratpogonidae) at two dairy farms in northern California. [PDF]
, 2014 The Sacramento (northern Central) Valley of California (CA) has a hot Mediterranean climate and a diverse ecological landscape that is impacted extensively by human activities, which include the intensive farming of crops and livestock. Waste-water ponds,
Barker, Christopher M +7 more
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Comments on a Major Range Extension of the Little-Known Acrocera bakeri (Diptera: Acroceridae) [PDF]
, 2017 The spider fly Acrocera bakeri Coquillett, 1904 (Diptera: Acroceridae) is reported as a new state record for Wisconsin. This is a major range extension, because this rarely-encountered species was previously known only from the western U.S., specifically
Kelly, Sandor L +2 more
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Efficiency of traps in collecting selected Diptera families according to the used bait: Comparison of baits and mixtures in a field experiment [PDF]
, 2018 Traps made from PET bottles were used to assess the efficiency of four baits in terms of the number of individuals for selected Diptera families collecting in Eastern Slovak gardens in summer and autumn.
Demkova, Lenka +3 more
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Drosophilidae (Diptera) Collected in Spring in Michigan [PDF]
, 2017 Drosophilids in mid-Michigan overwinter in a preadult stage. One hun- dred twenty-two individuals (84 f, 38 m) representing 14 species were collected over bait in April and May 1992. All appeared recently emerged and had entire wings.
Band, Henretta Trent
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A new host record for Euthera fascipennis (Diptera: Tachinidae) [PDF]
, 2017 Dolycoris baccarum (Linnaeus) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) is reported for the first time as a host of Euthera fascipennis (Loew) (Diptera: Tachinidae). A single specimen of E. fascipennis was reared from an adult of D.
Cerretti, Pierfilippo +2 more
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The acalyptrate fly family Trixoscelididae (Diptera) : newly recorded from Malta [PDF]
, 2015 Two species of the family Trixoscelididae, namely Trixoscelis approximata and Trixoscelis flagellata, have been reported from the Maltese Islands for the first time.
Woznica, Andrzej Jozef
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