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The Soldier Flies or Stratiomyidae of California
By James, M. T.
University of California Press, 1960
Available from the Essig Museum web site at the link: http://essig.berkeley.edu/documents/cis/cis06_5.pdf. The treatment is technical, but (with patience and perseverance) helpful for working on California Stratiomyidae. Some comments: [list]
  • There are keys to California genera and species...but they are not complete as known and recognized by the author in 1960: e.g. the Euparyphus-Aocletus complex appears in couplet 16 of the key to genera, but is not discussed further; and the subfamily Pachygastrinae is not treated). Also, genus Odontomyia is treated under the name Eulalia.

  • 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

    Monographs of the Diptera of North America
    By Hermann Loew
    Smithsonian Institution, Volume 6, 1862
    View Monograph here

    Catalogue of American Nycteribiidae (Diptera, Hippoboscoidea)
    By Gustavo Graciolli, Analía G. Autino & Guillermo L. Claps
    Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 51(2): 142-159, 2007

    The Secret Life of Flies
    By Erica McAlister
    Natural History Museum, London, 2017
    Available on Amazon.

    Images posted on Bugguide which appear in this book:

    Please let me know if I missed any; I will add.

    Non-apoid flower-visiting fauna of Everglades National Park, Florida.
    By Pascarella, J.B., K.D. Waddington & P.R. Neal.
    Biodiversity and Conservation, 10(4): 551–566., 2001
    Springer Link

    Pascarella, J.B., K.D. Waddington & P.R. Neal. 2001. Non-apoid flower-visiting fauna of Everglades National Park, Florida. Biodiversity and Conservation, 10(4): 551–566.

    Abstract

    The non-apoid flower-visiting fauna of Everglades National Park (ENP), Florida, was surveyed during 1995–1997 as part of a community pollinator survey. One hundred and thirty one sampling trips were made to four areas of Everglades National Park (Shark Valley, Chekika, Long Pine Key (LPK), and Flamingo). Species–month curves indicate that the sampling effort resulted in capture of most of the flower-visiting animal species in the park. A total of 143 insects and 1 bird species were recorded. Diptera were the most diverse group (55 spp.), followed by Lepidoptera (42 spp.) and non-apoid Hymenoptera (34 spp.). The majority of species were rare (56% of species were found on fewer than five trips). The highest diversity of species was found from January to May during the peak flowering period in some plant communities. The greatest total diversity was found in Long Pine Key and Shark Valley had the lowest diversity. Chekika and Flamingo were intermediate in diversity. Animals visited 178 plant species,∼26% of the potentially animal pollinated Angiosperm diversity of the park. Twenty-five species of plants had only non-apoid flower visitors; the majority of these species had only visits by Lepidoptera. Potentially important pollinator species include members of the Syrphidae, Coleoptera, and Lepidoptera. However, many of the flower-visiting species may not be effective pollinators. This study will be useful for designing sampling protocols for including invertebrates in assessments of ecological restoration underway in the Everglades ecosystem and for more detailed studies of the importance of non-apoid flower-visitors as effective pollinators.

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