FIRST RECORD OF A BIG-HEADED FLY,<i>EUDORYLAS ALTERNATUS</i>(CRESSON) (DIPTERA: PIPUNCULIDAE), REARED FROM THE SUBFAMILY CICADELLINAE (HOMOPTERA: CICADELLIDAE), WITH AN OVERVIEW OF PIPUNCULID–HOST ASSOCIATIONS IN THE NEARCTIC REGION

Skevington, Jeff; Marshall, Stephen A.

doi:10.4039/ent129387-3

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“…Most adult syrphids are pollinators, but larvae range from predators of aphids and other soft-bodied insects, predators and parasitoids of ants, to saprophages in rotting wood, slime fluxes, and sewage. Most pipunculids are parasitoids of Auchenorrhyncha (Skevington and Marshall 1997) and Nephrocerus Zetterstedt are parasitoids of Tipulidae (Koenig and Young 2007).…”

Section: Suborder Brachycera: Eremoneura: Cyclorrhaphamentioning

confidence: 99%

Diptera of Canada

Savage¹,

Borkent²,

Brodo³

et al. 2019

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The Canadian Diptera fauna is updated. Numbers of species currently known from Canada, total Barcode Index Numbers (BINs), and estimated numbers of undescribed or unrecorded species are provided for each family. An overview of recent changes in the systematics and Canadian faunistics of major groups is provided as well as some general information on biology and life history. A total of 116 families and 9620 described species of Canadian Diptera are reported, representing more than a 36% increase in species numbers since the last comparable assessment by JF McAlpine et al. (1979). Almost 30,000 BINs have so far been obtained from flies in Canada. Estimates of additional number of species remaining to be documented in the country range from 5200 to 20,400.

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Section: Suborder Brachycera: Eremoneura: Cyclorrhaphamentioning

confidence: 99%

Diptera of Canada

Savage¹,

Borkent²,

Brodo³

et al. 2019

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“…Pipunculidae Walker 1834 (Diptera), commonly known as big-headed flies, are important endoparasitoids of Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera), particularly the families Cicadellidae, Delphacidae and Cercopidae, and Tipulidae (Diptera) (Koenig and Young 2007;Rafael and Skevington 2010). Females of big-headed flies typically lay only one egg inside each host and rates of parasitism vary from a fraction of a percent to 100% in local populations (Skevington and Marshall 1997). Since many species of Auchenorrhyncha are known to transmit plant diseases (Weintraub and Beanland 2006), Pipunculidae have the potential of becoming biological control agents of economically important pest species such as green rice leafhoppers, Nephotettix spp.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Revision of Claraeola (Diptera, Pipunculidae) in the Middle East based on morphology and DNA barcodes

Motamedinia

Skevington

Kelso

2019

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The Middle East species of Claraeola Aczél (Diptera, Pipunculidae) are revised based on morphological characteristics and sequence data from the mitochondrial COI barcoding gene, using a novel COI mini-barcode protocol. Four new Claraeola species are described: C. bousynterga Motamedinia & Skevington, sp. nov., C. heidiae Motamedinia & Skevington, sp. nov., C. khuzestanensis Motamedinia & Skevington, sp. nov., and C. mantisphalliga Motamedinia & Skevington, sp. nov.Eudorylas thekkadiensis Kapoor, Grewal & Sharma, 1987 is transferred to Claraeola, C. thekkadiensis (comb. nov.). Diagnoses, illustrations, an identification key, and a distributional map are given for the Middle East species.

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“…Male and female pipunculids primarily feed on honeydew, a sugar-rich secretion produced by many Hemiptera, but most of the energy necessary for reproduction is accumulated during the larval stage of the fly (Kehlmaier 2015). Pipunculid larvae develop as endoparasitoids in Tipulidae (Nephrocerus Zetterstedt, 1838) and in various families of Auchenorrhyncha (all other Pipunculidae), but information on host specificity is limited (Skevington & Marshall 1997;Koenig & Young 2007;Kehlmaier & Floren 2010). Females deposit a single egg into the host during flight (Williams 1918;Huq 1985;Rafael & Skevington 2010).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%