Descriptions of bamboo-inhabiting larvae and puparia of oriental soldier flies Ptecticus brunettii and P. flavifemoratus (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Sarginae) with observations on their biology

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-86

  Rozkošný, Rudolf ^a   Kovac, Damir ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Developmental cycle; Diapause; Larvae; Malaysia; Mouth parts; Phytotelmata; Plastron; Ptecticus; Puparia; Sarginae; Spatial segregation; Stratiomyidae; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; LARVAL BEHAVIOUR; LIFE CYCLE; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; SOLDIER FLY;

MALAYSIA, (WEST);

DIPTERA; PTECTICUS BRUNETTII; PTECTICUS FLAVIFEMORATUS; SARGINAE; STRATIOMYIDAE;

EID: 0031809873     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. BISCHOFF W. 1924: Über die Kopfbildung der Dipterenlarven. III. Teil. Die Köpfe der Orthorrhapha-Brachycera-Larven. Arch. Naturgesch. 90: 1-105.
2. BRUNETTI E. 1920: Diptera Brachycera. Vol. 1. In Shipley A.E. (ed.): The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis, London, IX + 401 pp.
3. BRUNETTI E. 1923: Second revision of the Oriental Stratiomyidae. Rec. Ind. Mus. 25: 45-180.
4. BRUNETTI E. 1927: Notes on Malayan Diptera, with descriptions of new species. J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 13: 281-309.
5. COOK E.F. 1949: The evolution of the head in the larvae of the Diptera. Microentomology 14: 1-57.
6. ENGEL E.O. & CUTHBERTSON A. 1939: Systematic and biological notes on some brachycerous Diptera of southern Rhodesia. J. Entomol. Soc. S. Africa 2: 181-195.
7. FAUCHEUX M.J. 1978: Contribution à l'étude de la biologie de la larve de Stratiomyia longicornis (Diptera, Stratiomyidae): prise de nourriture et respiration. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (N. S.) 14: 49-72.
8. FURMAN D.P., YOUNG R.D. & CATTS P.E. 1959: Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus) as a factor in the natural control of Musca domestica (Linnaeus). J. Econ. Entomol. 52: 917-921.
9. HINTON H.E. 1961: How some insects, especially the egg stages, avoid drowning when it rains. Proc. S. Lond. Entomol. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1960: 138-154.
10. HINTON H.E. 1981: Biology of Insect Eggs. Vols. I-III. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1125 pp.
11. JAMES N.T. 1975: Family Stratiomyidae. In Delfinado M.D. & Hardy D.E. (eds): A Catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region. Vol. II. University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu, pp. 14-42.
12. KOVAC D. & AZARAE I. 1994: Depradations of a bamboo shoot weevil: an investigation. Nat. Malay. 19: 115-122.
13. KOVAC D. & ROZKOŠNÝ R. 1995: Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Temengor Forest Reserve, Hulu Perak, Malaysia. Malay. Nat. J. 48: 281-285.
14. KOVAC D. & STREIT B. 1996: Arthropod community in bamboo internodes in Peninsular Malaysia: microzonation and trophic structure. In Edwards D.S. et al. (eds): Tropical Rainforest Research - Current Issues. Kluwer, pp. 85-99.
15. LINDNER E. 1928: Dr. L. Zürchers Dipteren-Ausbeute aus Paraguay: Stratiomyiiden. Arch. Naturgesch. (A) 22(12): 94-103.
16. MAY B.M. 1961: The occurrence in New Zealand and the life-history of the soldier-fly Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). N. Z. J. Sci. 4: 55-65.
17. MCFADDEN M.W. 1967: Soldier fly larvae of America north of Mexico. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 121: 1-72.
18. ROBERTS M.J. 1969: Structure of the mouthparts of the larvae of the flies Rhagio and Sargus in relation to feeding habits. J. Zool. (London) 159: 381-398.
19. ROZKOŠNÝ R. 1982: A Biosystematic Study of the European Stratiomyidae (Diptera). Vol. 1. Introduction, Beridinae, Sarginae, Stratiomyinae. (Series Entomologica 21.) W. Junk, Hague-Boston-London, 401 pp.
20. ROZKOŠNÝ R. & KOVAC D. 1991: First description of the male and the larva of Camptopteromyia fractipennis de Meijere from Malaysia (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Entomol. Scand. 22: 297-304.
21. ROZKOŠNÝ R. & KOVAC D. 1994a: Adults and larvae of two Ptecticus Loew from Peninsular Malaysia (Diptera, Stratiomyidae). Tijdschr. Entomol. 137: 75-86.
22. ROZKOŠNÝ R. & KOVAC D. 1994b: A new species of Odontomyia Meigen (Insecta: Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from Sabah, Borneo. Raffles Bull. Zool. 42: 859-867.
23. ROZKOŠNÝ R. & KOVAC D. 1996a: The Malaysian soldier flies of the genus Ptecticus Loew 1855, including new records and descriptions of three new species (Insecta: Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Senckenberg. Biol. 75: 181-191.
24. ROZKOŠNÝ R. & KOVAC D. 1996b: A new synonym and the larva of Solva completa de Meijere from Oriental region (Diptera, Stratiomyidae). Studia Dipterol. 3: 289-299.
25. ROZKOŠNÝ R. & KOVAC D. 1997: Ptecticus minimus, a new species of Sarginae from West Malaysia including the descriptions of its larva and puparium (Insecta: Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Raffles Bull. Zool. 45: 39-51.
26. SCHREMMER F. 1951: Die Mundteile der Brachycerenlarven und der Kopfbau der Larve von Stratiomys chamaeleon L. Österr. Zool. Z. 3: 326-397.
27. SMITH K.G.V. 1989: An introduction to the immature stages of British flies. Handbook for Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10, Part 14. Royal Entomological Society, London, 280 pp.
28. TESKEY H.J. 1976: Diptera larvae associated with trees in North America. Mem. Entomol. Soc. Can. 100: 1-53.
29. VAILLANT F. & DELHOM M. 1956: Les formes adaptives de l'appareil bucco-pharyngien chez les larves de Stratiomyidae (Diptera): Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. N. 47: 217-250.
30. WOODLEY N.E. 1989: Family Stratiomyidae. In Evenhuis N.L. (ed.): Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Bishop Museum Press & E.J. Brill, Honolulu & Leiden, pp. 301-320.