@article {9134, title = {Die artenarmen Familien der acalyptraten Zweifluegler in Niedersachsen und Bremen (Diptera: Acalyptratae). [The species-poor families of the acalyptrate flies in Lower Saxony and Bremen (Diptera: Acalyptratae).]}, journal = {Drosera}, volume = {1-2 (2008)}, year = {2009}, pages = {77-106}, type = {Article}, abstract = {New records of 71 species of species poor Acalyptratae families are listed from Lower Saxony and Bremen. 32 species are reported for this area the first time. Anthomyza anderssoni Rohacek, 1984 and Geomyza hackmani NARTSHUK, 1984 are new for Germany. Bibliographic references for Lower Saxony and Bremen have been compiled. A total of 83 species of the families are now known to occur in Lower Saxony and Bremen (Acartophthalmidae: 2; Anthomyzidae: 13; Asteiidae: 3; Aulacigastridae: 1; Braulidae: 1; Camillidae: 3; Campichoetidae: 2; Canacidae: 9; Carnidae: 6; Chyromyidae: 5; Clusiidae: 8; Diastatidae: 6; Milichiidae: 6; Odiniidae: 1; Opomyzidae: 11; Periscelididae: 1; Pseudopomyzidae: 1; Stenomicridae: 1; Trixoscelididae: 3).}, keywords = {Carnidae, Carnus hemapterus, Desmometopa sordida, Germany, Leptometopa latipes, Madiza glabra, Meoneura bicuspidata, Meoneura flavifacies, Meoneura freta, Meoneura lacteipennis, Meoneura lamellata, Meoneura obscurella, Meoneura vagans, Milichiidae, Neophyllomyza acyglossa, Phyllomyza flavitarsis, Phyllomyza securicornis}, isbn = {0341-406X}, url = {http://www.schwebfliegen.de/sonderdrucke/stuke/Stuke\%2077-106.pdf}, author = {Stuke, Jens-Hermann} } @article {9111, title = {Fossil flies in Baltic amber - insights in the diversity of Tertiary Acalyptratae (Diptera, Schizophora), with new morphological characters and a key based on 1,000 collected inclusions}, journal = {Denisia}, volume = {26}, year = {2009}, pages = {171-212}, keywords = {amber, Carnidae, key, Meoneurites enigmatica, Milichiidae, Phyllomyza jaegeri, Pseudodesmometopa succineum}, author = {Tschirnhaus, M. von and Hoffeins, C.} } @article {8810, title = {Systematics and ecology of the Nearctic species of Neophyllomyza (Diptera: Milichiidae)}, journal = {Canadian Entomologist}, volume = {141}, number = {2}, year = {2009}, month = {March-April}, pages = {103-111}, type = {Article}, abstract = {The Nearctic species of Neophyllomyza Melander are revised and descriptions, illustrations, and in identification key are provided for the two included species, N. quadricornis Melander and N. gaulti n. sp. Large numbers of adults of both species were collected in emergence gence traps on decaying logs of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh, (Aceraceae)) and American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. (Fagaceae)) in eastern Canada. indicating that the larvae of both both species are snproxylic, although their exact food source is unknown. Although the two species are sympatric over much of their range and apparently use the S,same resources for larval development, their habits differ: N. quadricornis was collected from logs in both the early- and the advanced-decay stage from late May until September. with a peak of emergence ill late June, whereas N. gaulti was reared almost exclusively from loos in the advanced-decay stage and from mid-July to mid-August. This suggests that N. gaulti is more specialized in its larval habits, which may reduce competition between the two species.}, keywords = {figure of male terminalia, figure of palpus, key to species, Milichiidae, Nearctic, Neophyllomyza, Neophyllomyza gaulti, Neophyllomyza quadricornis, original species description}, isbn = {0008-347X}, url = {://ZOOREC:ZOOR14508050464 }, author = {Brochu, Kristen and Wheeler, T. A.} } @article {8805, title = {Nest excavation does not reduce harmful effects of ectoparasitism: an experiment with a woodpecker, the northern flicker Colaptes auratus}, journal = {Journal of Avian Biology}, volume = {40}, number = {2}, year = {2009}, month = {March}, pages = {166-172}, type = {Article}, abstract = {It has been hypothesized that it is adaptive for birds to build new nests annually in order to avoid the accumulation of ectoparasites. Previous studies on costs of ectoparasitism have focused on cavity nesters in nestboxes while largely ignoring reproductive consequences in natural tree cavity nests, the context where nest selection strategies presumably evolved. To see whether ectoparasitism could be a driving selective force in the evolution of nest excavation in a woodpecker, I experimentally fumigated a subset of freshly excavated cavities and a subset of reused cavities of the northern flicker Colaptes auratus and compared reproductive performance with a set of control nests. The main ectoparasite of nestlings, a blood-sucking fly Carnus hemapterus, may have appeared one or two days earlier in reused nests but there was no difference between fresh and reused nests in intensities of flies one week post-hatching. Prevalence of parasitism reached 100\% in both reused and freshly-excavated control nests in the second week. Nestlings from control nests had lower body mass residuals than those from fumigated nests after 15 d and fledged at a lower weight, suggesting that ectoparasitism by C. hemapterus was costly. However, fresh nest construction was no benefit, likely because the high dispersal ability of the ectoparasite meant all nests were colonized rapidly. Parents did not adjust provisioning effort according to parasitism as delivery rates did not differ between control and fumigated nests but delivery rates increased with brood size.}, keywords = {British Columbia, Canada, Carnidae, Carnus hemapterus, on Colaptes auratus}, isbn = {0908-8857}, url = {://ZOOREC:ZOOR14508048374 }, author = {Wiebe, Karen L.} } @article {8806, title = {Milichiella lacteipennis: new record for Lampedusa Island (Italy)}, journal = {Bulletin of Insectology}, volume = {62}, number = {2}, year = {2009}, month = {December}, pages = {133-135}, type = {Article}, abstract = {The authors report the first record of Milichiella lacteipennis (Loew) (Diptera Milichiidae) in Lampedusa Island (Italy), and give information on its distribution and biology.}, keywords = {Italy, Milichiella lacteipennis, Milichiidae}, isbn = {1721-8861}, url = {://ZOOREC:ZOOR14604026267 }, author = {Raspi, Alfio and Pisciotta, Silvestro and Sajeva, Maurizio} }