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Family Sciomyzidae - Marsh Flies, Snail-killing Flies

 
 
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Comprehensive taxonomic, faunistic, biological, and geographic inventory and analysis of the Sciomyzidae of the Delmarva region
By W.L. Murphy and W.N. Mathis
Zootaxa 4430(1):1, 2018
Full title: "Comprehensive taxonomic, faunistic, biological, and geographic inventory and analysis of the Sciomyzidae (Diptera: Acalyptratae) of the Delmarva region and nearby states in eastern North America"

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Comprehensive taxonomic, faunistic, biological, and biogeographic inventory and analysis of the snail-killing flies...of Indiana
By Murphy, William L.
Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, Vol. 129 (2), p143-265. 123p. , 2021
Full title: "Comprehensive taxonomic, faunistic, biological, and biogeographic inventory and analysis of the snail-killing flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) of Indiana, USA."

Abstract: "The Sciomyzidae (Insecta: Diptera), also known as marsh flies or snail-killing flies, arc a family of acalyptrate true flies; 541 described species in 62 genera are known worldwide, of which 170 species in 23 genera are known from the Nearctic (North America including Greenland, south to northern Mexico). The biology of all Nearctic species is tied intimately to Mollusca--snails, snail egg masses, slugs, and fingernail clams. Examined here faunistically and taxonomically are all 61 species of Sciomyzidae in 15 genera recorded from Indiana. USA, and an additional 28 species in 15 genera not yet recorded from Indiana but recorded from adjacent states. During this study one new species of Sciomyzidac, Dictya behrmani Murphy, was described from Indiana, and a species previously known from a single specimen collected in 1921 was discovered in 11 Indiana counties, reared, and all life stages were described. Included are locality records and distribution maps; data on habitat, seasonal distribution, natural history, and larval feeding habits; references to descriptions of immature stages: and illustrated keys to adults. Tetanocera iowensis Steyskal, 1938, is placed as a new synonym of Tetanocera vidua Macquart, 1843."

Sciomyzidae of northeastern North America
By Schorno S., Marshall S.A., Murphy W.L., Muzzatti M.
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 35: 1-331, 2019

The marsh flies of California: (Diptera, Sciomyzidae)
By Fisher T.W., Orth R.E.
Bull. Cal. Insect Survey 24, vii+117 pp., 1983

The snail-killing flies of Alaska (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)
By Foote, B. A.; Knutson, L. V.; and Keiper, J. B.
Insecta Mundi, 1999
Included because of a good drawing of characters: subalare and vallar bristle in Sciomyzidae.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1325&context=insectamundi

Taxonomy of North American flies of the genus Limnia (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)
By Steyskal, G. C., T. W. Fisher, L. Knutson, and Orth, R. E.
University of California Publications in Entomology 83: 1-48; plates l-5., 1978
not available online as far as I can tell

A synopsis of the genus Dictya Meigen with ten new species (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)
By R.E. Orth
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 93(3): 660-689, 1991

A review of the Holarctic Sepedon fuscipennis and S. spinipes groups with description of a new species (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)
By Elberg K., Rozkošný R., Knutson L.
Zootaxa 2288: 51–60, 2009

 
 
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