Diptera Larvae Associated With Trees in North America

Abstract

This paper treats of larvae of 45 families of North American Diptera which are associated with dead and living trees. A key and illustrations are provided for identification of 43 families whose larvae are sufficiently well known. Also provided is a description of the larvae of each family, the type of larval–tree association, and wherever possible, notes on the life history and behaviour, and an inventory at generic or specific level of the fauna involved.

Insect community composition and trophic guild structure in decaying logs from eastern Canadian pine-dominated forests

“…Accordingly, we felt that the three orders we examined represented the major components of the wood-inhabiting insect community in our study area. Each family was assigned to a larval trophic guild based on Teskey (1976), McAlpine et al (1981McAlpine et al ( , 1987, Arnett and Thomas (2001), Arnett et al (2002) and Triplehorn and Johnson (2005). In cases where a family spanned more than one guild we based the assignment on the most common feeding habit of the constituent species that could be expected to occur within dead logs.…”

Descrição da larva de Popanomyia femoralis Kertész, 1909 e do pupário de Engicerus major Lindner, 1964 (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)

“…Em nossas coletas, quando procurávamos sob a casca de árvores recém-caídas ou num adiantado estado de decomposição, não encontrávamos nenhuma larva. Acreditamos que este fato pode estar relacionado com o seu hábito alimentar que, segundo KRAFT & COOK (1961), MCFADDEN (1967), TESKEY (1976) …”

Edge effects and the responses of aerial insect assemblages to structural-retention harvesting in Canadian boreal peatland forests

“…Insects were grouped into adult and larval trophic assemblages based on the known biology of each family (Appendix A) and abundances in each trophic assemblage were calculated. Trophic assemblages were assigned based on information in Teskey (1976), McAlpine et al (1981McAlpine et al ( , 1987, Arnett and Thomas (2001), Arnett et al (2002) and Triplehorn and Johnson (2005). In cases where more than one trophic assemblage was common in a family (see Appendix A), abundances in the family were added to each of the relevant trophic assemblages.…”