Nocturnal flight activity of sylvan Culicidae and Tabanidae (Diptera) as indicated by light‐traps: a further study

Abstract

SYNOPSISObservations made by means of light traps operated at seven different levels in and above the canopy of the Zika Forest, Uganda are described, and the nocturnal flight activity of 41 species of mosquitoes and 7 species of Tabanids is discussed.

New records, descriptions, and redescriptions of male horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) in Brazil

“…Male Tabanidae are rarely collected in flight traps and never in equine bait, which are the main collecting methods for the family. Better results to collect males have been obtained with the use of light traps (Frost 1953;anthony 1960;corBet 1964). More recently, Krolow et al (2010) demonstrated that the use of artificial light hung over a white large sheet in the forest canopy was very efficient; the authors sampled 216 females and 135 males of 29 species, of these, three males were described for the first time.…”