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"Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora)

 
 
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The morphology, higher level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera)
By Sinclair, B.J. & Cumming, J.M.
Zootaxa, Vol. 1180 (Magnolia Press, Auckland, New Zealand), 2006
PDF available on the journal's website: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2006/2006-04.html#Zootaxa%201180 (open access)

The Soldier Flies or Stratiomyidae of California
By James, M. T.
University of California Press, 1960
This work is available for download as a PDF file by clicking this link. Technical, but (with patience and perseverance) helpful for working on California Stratiomyidae. Some comments: [list]
  • There are keys to California genera and species...presumably complete as known and recognized by the author in 1960. (And modulo errors(?): e.g. the genus Euparyphus appears in couplet 16 of the key to genera, but I could not find the genus discussion or key to species anywhere within the PDF).
  • The PDF linked to above is missing pages 119 and 120 (which apparently contain various figures/plates).

  • The Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Ontario, with a Key to the Species of Eastern Canada
    Just heard fro Steve Marshall, now on line HERE

    Bee Flies of the World
    By Hull, Frank M.
    Though this work covers more than North America, it includes North American genera with distribution maps, notes on host relationships, illustrations that help identify at least to genus level, and much more. A great resource!

    World Catalog of Bee Flies: Diptera : bombyliidae
    By Neal L. Evenhuis
    Backhuys Pub, 2005
    An extremely valuable, and exhaustive work for anyone interested in the taxonomy of the family of Bombyliidae.

    Manual of Neactic Diptera Volume 2
    By Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood.
    Research Branch Agriculture Canada, 1987
    Out of print. This volume includes: corrections to Volume 1; keys to genera for all Schizophoran flies, e.g. Aschiza, Acalyptratae, and Calyptratae.

    Manual of Neactic Diptera Volume 1
    By Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood.
    Research Branch Agriculture Canada, 1981
    Out of print. This volume includes: introduction; chapters on morphological terms for adults and larva; keys to family for adults and larvae; keys to genera for all non-Schizophoran flies, e.g. "Nematocera", "Orthorrhapha," and Empidoidea.

    A Catalog of the Diptera of America North of Mexico
    By Alan Stone, et al.
    United States Department of Agriculture, 1965
    Nomenclature is dated, of course. One nice feature is range information.

     
     
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