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For the United States & Canada

Species Americina adusta


The genus Scopeuma Meigen in the western United States and Canada.
By James, M.T.
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 43: 343-353, 1950
Key to western species of Scathophaga, treated in this paper as Scopeuma.

Descriptions of New North American Anthomyiidae (Diptera)
By Malloch, J. R.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 133-196, 1920
View Malloch's paper HERE
Malloch's original description of Neodexiopsis (Xenocoenosia) HERE

The Muscidae of Northern Canada, Alaska, and Greenland (Diptera)
By Hugh C. Huckett
Entomological Society of Canada, 1965
A revision of the Muscidae s. lat. of northern North America.

Molecular phylogeny of the Calyptratae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha)...
By S.N. Kutty, T. Pape, B.M. Wiegmann, R. Meier
Systematic Entomology 35: 614–635, 2010
Full title: Molecular phylogeny of the Calyptratae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) with an emphasis on the superfamily Oestroidea and the position of Mystacinobiidae and McAlpine’s fly
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Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species of Diptera from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from C
By Osten Sacken, C. R. Baron von
Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3: 189-354., 1877
I used this for original descriptions of Asilidae.

Full title:
Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species of Diptera from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California.

Found here.

Pollinating flies (Diptera): A major contribution to plant diversity and agricultural production
By Ssymank A., Kearns C.A., Pape T., Thompson F.C.
Biodiversity 9: 86‒89, 2011

New Diptera from North and Central America
By Curran C.H.
Am. Mus. novitates 415: 1-16, 1930

DIPTERA: an Introduction to Flies
By Nikita Vikhrev
Phyton publisher, Moscow, 2020
Available on NHBS (UK): https://www.nhbs.com/diptera-an-introduction-to-flies-book
Diptera: An Introduction to Flies is easy to read and gives a general introduction to this order of amazing insects.
The book was first published in Russian in 2019. the current English version was substantially extended and revised by the author and editors.
160 pages, 250 colour photos, hardback