Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America /

A groundbreaking guide to flower flies in North America This is the first comprehensive field guide to the flower flies (also known as hover flies) of northeastern North America. Flower flies are, along with bees, our most important pollinators. Found in a varied range of habitats, from backyard gar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Skevington, Jeffrey H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Colección:Princeton field guides.
Temas:
Syrphidae > Northeastern States.
Syrphidae > Atlantic Provinces.
Syrphidae > North America.
Syrphidés > États-Unis (Nord-Est)
Syrphidés > Provinces de l'Atlantique.
Syrphidés > Amérique du Nord.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
NATURE > Animals > Insects & Spiders.
Syrphidae.
Canada > Atlantic Provinces.
North America.
Northeastern States.
Field guides.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Foreword; Acknowledgments; General Introduction; How to Use This Book; Guide Coverage; Range Maps; Illustrations; Estimates of Abundance; It's All in a Name; Subfamilies and Tribes of Flower Flies; Scientific Names for Species; Common Names for Species; Identifying Flower Flies; Is It a Flower Fly?; Parts of a Flower Fly; Identification to Genus and Species; Life Cycle; Sexual Dimorphism; Variation within Species; Measurements; DNA; Observing Flower Flies; When to Find Flower Flies; Flower Fly Habitats
  • Contrast between Europe and North AmericaHilltopping; Honeydew; Water; Field Tools; Photography; Collecting and Vouchers; Record Keeping and Databases; Rearing Larvae; Conservation; Rare Species; Introduced Species; Climate Change; Surveying Syrphidae; History of Flower Fly Taxonomic Research in the Nearctic Region; Taxonomic Changes Proposed in This Guide; New Combinations; Resurrected Species; New Synonyms; New Species; Recognizing the Subfamilies of Flower Flies; MICRODONTINAE; Omegasyrphus; Laetodon; Microdon; Serichlamys; Mixogaster; ERISTALINAE; Helophilus; Parhelophilus; Eurimyia
  • AnasimyiaArctosyrphus; Polydontomyia; Ferdinandea; Pterallastes; Merodon; Brachypalpus; Eristalinus; Mallota; Criorhina; Hadromyia; Volucella; Eristalis; Palpada; Copestylum; Callicera; Meromacrus; Milesia; Sphecomyia; Spilomyia; Temnostoma; Ceriana; Sericomyia; Somula; Blera; Teuchocnemis; Chalcosyrphus; Xylota; Tropidia; Syritta; Pelecocera; Rhingia; Brachyopa; Hammerschmidtia; Sphegina; Neoascia; Eumerus; Myolepta; Orthonevra; Chrysogaster; Chrysosyrphus; Lejota; Cynorhinella; Hiatomyia; Cheilosia; Psilota; PIPIZINAE; Heringia; Neocnemodon; Pipiza; Trichopsomyia; SYRPHINAE; Paragus
  • MelanostomaPlatycheirus; Baccha; Pseudodoros; Ocyptamus; Pelecinobaccha; Toxomerus; Allograpta; Sphaerophoria; Xanthogramma; Meliscaeva; Meligramma; Melangyna; Dasysyrphus; Scaeva; Lapposyrphus; Eupeodes; Epistrophe; Epistrophella; Syrphus; Parasyrphus; Megasyrphus; Didea; Leucozona; Doros; Chrysotoxum; Morphology; Glossary of Taxonomic Terms; Plant Names Used in Guide; Checklist; Photo Credits; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors; A List of the Flower Fly Genera in This Book

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