The Sepsidae (Diptera) of Europe /

This volume deals with the European species of the family Sepsidae, a small family of acalyptrate flies. The taxonomy, biology and faunistics of all the European species are revised with emphasis on the Fennoscandian species. Nine genera and 44 species are dealt with, along with one new species.

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Main Author: Pont, Adrian Charles
Other Authors: Meier, Rudolf
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002
Series:Fauna entomologica Scandinavica ; v. 37.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Abstract; Introduction; Sources of material and acknowledgements; Morphology of adults; Morphology of immature stages; Classification and phylogeny; Biology; Distribution and zoogeography; Review of Fennoscandian and other faunistic literature; Collecting, preserving and identification; Checklist of European Sepsidae; List of Fennoscandian Sepsidae; Key to the European genera of Sepsidae; Subfamily Orygmatinae Frey, 1921; Subfamily Sepsinae Walker, 1833; Species from peripheral areas; Catalogue; Plates; Literature; Taxonomic index.