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Species Condylostylus mundus


Notes on southeastern North American species of Condylostylus and Sciapus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
By G.C. Steyskal
The Florida Entomologist, 56 (4): 359-360, 1973
Online here.

"Additional characters to separate Condylostylus caudatus (Wiedemann) and C. graenicheri (Van Duzee) and revisions to the author's 1966 key to North American species of Sciapus are given."

The Australian Sciapodinae
By Daniel J. Bickel
Australian Museum, 1994
Full title: The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a review of the Oriental and Australasian faunas, and a world conspectus of the subfamily

This 394 page paper revises the genus-level classification of Sciapodinae worldwide.

It is available free on the Australian Museum web site.

A Synopsis of the Dolichopodidae of the Southeastern United States and Adjacent Regions
By Harold Robinson
Entomological Society of America, 1964
Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America 4:103-192

Includes keys to species, typically for the Eastern United States.

Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico
By Marc A. A. Pollet et al.
American Museum of Natural History, 2003
Online at AMNH

Abstract:
"A catalog of the American species of Dolichopodidae north of Mexico is provided. Fifty-five valid genera and 1288 valid species and 3 subspecies in 14 subfamilies are listed. [...] For each genus, the species list is preceded by notes on its distribution, biology, and ecology as well as a list of pertinent keys and revisions, when such information is available. For each valid species name, the list includes the author, year of publication, page number of original description, type depository and locality, and distribution in North America by state or province and occurrence in other realms, as well as taxonomic notes wherever applicable. Additional distribution records from the literature have been added. [...] Statistics and comments on the history of North American dolichopodid research are presented. The diversity and distribution of Nearctic Dolichopodidae and their relationships with the fauna of other realms is tabulated and discussed."

Diversity of saproxylic dance flies and long-legged flies (Diptera: Empidoidea) in a temperate deciduous forest in Quebec...
By Cumming JM, Sinclair BJ, Brooks SE, Mlynarek J, and Wheeler TA
Zootaxa 4521(2): 287-293, 2018
full title: Diversity of saproxylic dance flies and long-legged flies (Diptera: Empidoidea) in a temperate deciduous forest in Quebec, Canada

PDF on ResearchGate

Genera Insectorum 185
By A. L. Melander
P. Wytsman, 1928
Genera Insectorum fasc. 185 contains Melander's revision of Empididae.

It is available in the Biodiversity Heritage Library collection as the second half of the 184+185 pair.

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