Taeniapterinae (Diptera, Micropezidae) da Ilha de Maracã e da localidade de Pacaraima, Roraima, Brasil.

Influence of Various Farmland Habitats on Abundance of Taeniaptera (Diptera: Micropezidae)

“…However, this sex ratio was not observed for T. annulata and Taeniaptera sp. Their sex ratio was consistent with the general pattern of micropezids, which usually display a higher prevalence of females than males (Albuquerque 1991). Although females of the latter 2 species were more abundant than males, individuals of both sexes were collected in various months throughout the year, suggesting reproductive synchronization or aggregation behavior among individuals, thereby contributing to the maintenance of the group's population over time (Begon et al 2007).…”

“…Most studies on stilt-legged flies in Brazil are focused on taxonomy and systematics (Albuquerque 1980a(Albuquerque ,b, 1981Albuquerque & Papavero 2002;Ferro & De Carvalho 2014;Harterreiten-Souza et al 2014a). The first ecological study in the region was made by Albuquerque (1991), who described the Taeniapterinae fauna present on Maracá and Pacaraima islands, in Roraima State. However, information on environmental factors affecting the abundance of the group, especially in environments disturbed by agricultural practices, is lacking.…”

Checklist of the dipterofauna (Insecta) from Roraima, Brazil, with special reference to the Brazilian Ecological Station of Maracá

“…Checklist of the Diptera collected exclusively in the 2015's expedition. The underlined taxa represent previous records of the same locality (Albuquerque, 1991;de Carvalho & Couri, 1992;Lopes & Tibana, 1991;Rafael, 1991). The species (on the right) and genera (on the left) with a single asterisk (*) depict the first record to the state of Roraima, and taxa marked with a double asterisk (**) represent the first record to Brazil.…”

“…There are at least 700 species of Micropezidae in the world (Marshall, 2012), 105 of which are recorded to Brazil (Ferro & de Carvalho, 2021). Twenty-eight species in seven genera are known to the state of Roraima (Albuquerque, 1991). Although significant progress has been made in the taxonomy of the Neotropical Micropezidae over the last years, there are still several poorly defined genera, and results of subsequent revisions and phylogenies suggest that the number of species can be significantly underestimated (Ferro & Marshall, 2018Marshall, 2016Marshall, , 2019.…”

“…These publications substantially improved the knowledge of the Amazonian dipterofauna. Results from these expeditions were published after 1989 (Rafael & Rosa, 1989Albuquerque, 1991;Castellón et al, 1991;Lopes & Tibana, 1991;Rafael, 1991;Silva, 1991;de Carvalho & Couri, 1992), including data of 23 families of Diptera.…”