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Genus Syneches


A revision of the genus Syneches Walker (Diptera: Empididae) for North America and the Antilles
By Wilder DD
Masters thesis, Michigan State University, 1972
PDF of Wilder's masters thesis
the published version (1)

A revision of the genus Syneches Walker (Diptera: Empididae) for North America and the Antilles
By Wilder DD
Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 10(5):1-30, 1974
Available for purchase at http://www.amentinst.org/contributions.php

The Masters thesis that preceded this monograph (1)

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

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