The ecology of the female Haematopota insidiatrix austen (Diptera, Tabanidae) in Southern Rhodesia

The habitat of H. insidiatrix, in the region of Main Camp, Wankie National Park, is considered briefly. The seasonal occurrence of the fly is studied and its activity throughout the day. Comparisons are drawn with previous work in colder climates.

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Zusammenfassung Die Heimat von H. insidiatrix, in der Nähe von Main Camp, Wankie National Park, wird kurz betrachtet. Das jahreszeitliche Vorkommen der Fliege und ihre Aktivität im Tagesverlauf werden untersucht. Die Resultate werden mit denen von früheren Untersuchungen in kälteren Klimaten verglichen.

     

The settling of tsetse flies Glossina morsitans westwood (Diptera, Muscidae) on cloth screens

It has been found that tsetse flies prefer to settle on the darker of two screens but, contrary to expectation, they settle on the sunny side of a screen rather than on the shaded side. The attractiveness of a black and white striped screen diminished progressively as the width of the white stripes was increased but even narrow white stripes made a screen less attractive than an all-black control. This breaking up of the black screen was important since white adjacent to a black screen did not reduce its attractiveness.

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Zusammenfassung Die Wahl von verschieden hellen Stoffschirmen durch sich setzende Tsetsefliegen wurde in Freien beobachtet. Schwarze, dunkelgraue, hellgraue und weisse Schirme wurden verglichen; in allen Fällen wurde der dunklere Schirm vorgezogen. In ähnlicher Weise setzte sich eine grössere Anzahl von Fliegen auf einen schwarzen Schirm statt auf einen weissen desselben Formats, während ein schwarz-weiss gestreifter Schirm an Anziehungskraft um so mehr einbüsste, je breiter die weissen Streifen gemacht wurden. Fast alle Fliegen setzten sich auf die schwarzen Teile eines schwarz-weiss gestreiften Schirmes. Ein weisser Streifen neben einem schwarzen Schirm konnte jedoch die Anziehungskraft des letzteren nicht vermindern. Gegen alle Erwartungen zogen die sich setzenden Fliegen aber die sonnige Seite des Schirmes der schattigen vor.Es wird auf frühere Experimente hingewiesen, die Tsetsefliegen wie auch andere stechende Fliegen betreffen. Die Frage, warum Tsetsefliegen sich an Schirme setzen, wird erörtert und die Resultate der Arbeiten, über die hier berichtet wird, werden besprochen.

     

麻虻属一新种记述(双翅目:虻科)

本文报道了我国祁连山地麻虻属Haematopota 1新种:祁连山麻虻Haematopota qilianshanensis He,Liu et Xu,sp.nov.,并记录了祁连山地虻科4属13种。新种正模和42♀♀副模保存在兰州军区疾病预防控制中心昆虫标本室,10♀♀副模保存在军事医学科学院医学昆虫标本馆。祁连山麻虻Haematopota qilianshanensis He,Liu et Xu,新种(图1~3)主要特征:体灰黑色,体长10~12mm。额灰黑色,侧点半圆形,与复合眼明显分离;额胛亮褐黑色,表面凹凸不平,两端略后突,中部明显后突,形如笔架,两侧与复眼明显分离。触角柄节粗壮,由基部向亚端部明显膨大,长为直径的2.4倍,梗节较小,具大的拇指状背突。足基节灰黑色,转节亮褐色,股节棕黄色,前足胫节基部棕黄色,端部棕黑色,中、后足胫节棕黑色,具2个明显的棕黄环。翅灰色,翅长8~9mm,具云朵状花纹,翅端灰色,第2、3、5或2、3、4、5后缘室具白斑,翅端带单一,波形。本新种接近土麻虻Haematopota turkestanica(Krober),但后者翅端部及后缘具连续白色边緣;触角柄节粗短、圆柱形,背缘近端部具深的凹陷。也与甘肃麻虻Haematopota kansuensis(Krober)相近,但后者额基胛呈穹形带状,中央无突起或突起不明显,两侧与眼略有接触;侧点圆形,与眼相接触;前足股节灰白色,中、后足股节浅棕白色;翅棕色,具白色点状斑纹,翅尖带单一,细波形。正模:♀,祁连山甘肃省肃南县铧尖乡,1991-Ⅵ-24,刘增加。副模:17♀♀,同正模;29♀♀,产地同正模,1991-Ⅵ-30,刘增加;5♀♀,产地同正模,1991-Ⅵ-25,刘增加;1♀,产地同正模,1991-Ⅵ-19,刘增加。     

Alighting sites of female Tabanidae (Diptera) at Rekomitjie, Zimbabwe

Twenty-one species of Tabanidae from four genera were recorded. Where samples were large enough, the preferred alighting sites were determined for the tabanids, and differences in such sites were found for species in three genera. The lower legs of the bait ox were the preferred alighting site for 61.8% of the flies. In the season of peak fly numbers, the bait ox was under stress from the tabanids.     

The Horsefly Fauna (Diptera,Tabanidae) of Yakutia

The literature on the fauna of the family Tabanidae (Diptera) of Yakutia is analyzed. The distribution of 37 species of horseflies over 7 natural regions of Yakutia is considered. Seven taxa of horseflies previously known by erroneous records are excluded from the fauna of Yakutia.

     

Tabanidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia

Samples were collected from southern, central and eastern regions of Saudi Arabia using Malaise traps and sweep nets. Nine species of Tabanidae were identified, two for the first time from Saudi Arabia, Hybomitra peculiaris (Szilády) and Atylotus pulchellus (Loew).Therefore, the total number of Tabanidae in Saudi Arabia is 31 species. Remarks of the species recorded in this study were given. A key to the genera of Tabanidae occurring in the Arabian Peninsula is also provided. Available literature for Saudi Arabian Tabanidae is summarized and provided. It is concluded that the tabanid fauna of Saudi Arabia is more similar to that of the Palaearctic region than to the Afrotropical region.     

日本北海道虻类雌性外生殖器形态(双翅目：虻科)(英文)

【目的】利用日本北海道虻类评估和验证外生殖器在分类学上的意义。【方法】将虻类成虫标本浸渍在生理盐水中并置于双目显微镜下通过针和镊子在培养皿中进行解剖并绘图,观察第9背板、第10背板、尾叶、第8腹板、受精囊、受精囊管及生殖叉器的形态特征。【结果】在日本北海道共记录了虻科(Tabanidae) 3亚科7属38种。我们观察并描述了3亚科其中的6属24种的雌性外生殖器的主要特征。亚科之间存在明显差异;然而在一般情况下属之间很难建立一种方法来确定共同点;种之间只有在斑虻属Chrysops中有相似之处,其他属中则比较多样化。因此,亚科鉴定根据第9背板、第8腹板及受精囊足以进行区分,属及种鉴定需要结合第9背板、第10背板、尾叶、第8腹板、受精囊、受精囊管及生殖叉器各自的特征组合在一起才能区分开来。我们也制作了虻类外生殖器的检索表。【结论】和许多其他昆虫一样,外生殖器是虻科的重要分类特征,对于促进分类学和系统学的发展具有重要意义。本研究首次对分布在日本北海道的虻科雌性外生殖器进行了系统研究。     

The orientation behaviour of horse flies and deer flies (Tabanidae, Diptera)

The Manitoba Fly Trap is illustrated and described and its uses in behaviour studies, surveys, insect control and perhaps population studies are enumerated. Its advantages over other traps for diurnal biting flies are discussed.

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Zusammenfassung Die Manitoba-Fliegenfalle wird abgebildet und beschrieben. Ihre Verwendungsmöglichkeiten bei der Verhaltensforschung, Sammlung und Bekämpfung von Insekten und vielleicht bei Massenwechselstudien werden aufgezählt und ihre Vorteile vor anderen Fallen für den Fang diurnaler Stechfliegen diskutiert.

     

Preliminary list of horse flies (Diptera, Tabanidae) of Serbia

Thirty six species of horse flies (Tabanidae) were previously known from Serbia (Europe). The present faunistic study of horse flies (Tabanidae) has resulted in the recording of the 4 new species Atylotus fulvus (Meigen, 1804); Tabanus miki Brauer in Brauer and Bergenstamm, 1880; Tabanus unifasciatus Loew, 1858; and Heptatoma pellucens (Fabricius, 1776), in the fauna of Serbia. The genus Heptatoma Meigen, 1803 is cited for the first time in the fauna of Serbia. 40 species are currently known from Serbia, belonging to nine genera. The fauna can be considered relatively poorly studied. Most of the species belong to the Boreal-Eurasian type of fauna 23, followed by the South European group with 8 species, the Mediterranean group with 6 species, European group with 2 species and Central European group with 1 species.     

Response of Tabanidae (Diptera) to different natural attractants.

The response of female tabanids to natural attractants was studied in the Monjoros Forest along the Nature Park Kopacki rit in eastern Croatia. Tabanids were caught in canopy traps baited with either aged cow, horse, sheep, or pig urine and also in unbaited traps. Tabanids were collected in a significantly higher numbers in traps baited with natural attractants compared to unbaited traps. The number of females of Tabanus bromius, Tabanus maculicornis, Tabanus tergestinus, and Hybomitra bimaculata collected from canopy traps baited with cow urine and traps baited with other natural attractants differed significantly. Females of Haematopota pluvialis were also collected more frequently in canopy traps baited with aged cow urine than in those with aged horse urine, but this difference was not significant. However, the number of females of Haematopota pluvialis collected from canopy traps baited with other natural attractants (sheep and pig urine) differed significantly when compared with aged cow urine baited traps. Canopy traps baited with aged cow urine collected significantly more Tabanus sudeticus than did traps baited with aged pig urine. Finally, the aged cow urine baited canopy traps collected 51 times more tabanids than unbaited traps, while aged horse, aged sheep, and aged pig urine baited traps collected 36, 30, and 22 times as many tabanids, respectively, than unbaited traps.     

我国黄虻亚属(Subgenus Ochrops Szil.)的种类和分布(Tabanus,Tabanidae, Diptera)

一、序言 黄虻亚属(Subgenus Ochrops Szil.)隶属双翅目的虻科虻属(Tabanus,Tabanidae),主要分布于旧北区,已知约30余种,本亚属虻类具有以下几个特征;1.体色黄绿、灰黑或近金黄色;2.复眼中部有一条显著而细窄的黑带;3.额板(Callus)一般不大,中额板(middle callus)与之远离,额板和中额板的轮廓常不固定;4.触角各节都呈黄色;5.盾片无纹饰;6.r_4脉皆有坿枝。本亚属的虻类中有几种     

云南虻属一新种(双翅目:虻科)

记述了虻属１新种－景洪虻,模式标本保存在北京军事医学科学院。     

Sampling Techniques for Bloodsucking Dipterans (Diptera: Culicidae,Simuliidae, Ceratopogonidae,Tabanidae)

Entomological Review - Techniques for sampling and preserving bloodsucking dipterans: mosquitoes, blackflies, biting midges, and horseflies (Diptera: Culicidae, Simuliidae, Ceratopogonidae,...     

Biological Features of Horseflies (Diptera,Tabanidae) and Landscape Zoning of Pskov Province

Entomological Review - The current composition of horsefly species in Pskov Province and their associations with different biotopes in the province and in the whole of Northwest of European Russia...     

A comparison of trapping methods for Tabanidae (Diptera) in North Queensland, Australia

The ability to monitor the abundance and diversity of tabanid flies over wide areas requires effective and low-cost surveillance methods. Such monitoring activities help to quantify the risk of transmission of pathogens by tabanids. Here we examine the effectiveness and practicality of two types of trap (canopy traps and Nzi traps) and two types of attractant (octenol and carbon dioxide) for monitoring tabanid flies in tropical Australia. The Nzi trap consistently caught more tabanids and more species of tabanids than the canopy trap. It was also more robust and therefore required less maintenance in remote locations. The use of attractants substantially increased capture rates, both of individuals and species, and traps using both attractants were consistently the most effective. However, in remote locations, where it is not possible to check traps frequently, the use of attractants may not be feasible. When attractants were not used, the canopy trap caught very few tabanids, but the Nzi trap remained effective enough to be useful as a monitoring device. In addition, the number of tabanid species caught by the Nzi traps remained high, and included those that were most abundant. We therefore conclude that, in this region, Nzi traps are preferable for tabanid monitoring and that attractants greatly improve their effectiveness. However, for longterm monitoring, especially in remote locations, Nzi traps without attractants are a satisfactory option.