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Literature

Please be aware that this CD-ROM is not intended to be exclusively used without the help of other sources. Therefore, I will introduce you to some literature to act as supplementary sources.
WEINBERG & BÄCHLI (1995) published a comprehensive key to the robber flies of Switzerland. It also contains most of the species of Central and North Europe. The key is easy and quick to use, especially in the Machimus-group. Unfortunately the drawings are of mediocre quality and are not free of mistakes. I hope that this CD-ROM is helpful in supporting this important work.
In addition there are two other dependable keys for making determinations: VEEN (1996) treats the species of the Netherlands and STUBBS & DRAKE (2001) the English fauna. A standard book is that of ENGEL (1930), who summarized the knowledge of the Palaearctic fauna. It includes the full description of all species which were known to the author and offers keys and special notes.
Those with an interest in the biology need basic language skills in French to read the best work on this subject. It is the Ph.D. thesis of MUSSO (1978), which is not published. You can ask me me for a copy on CD-ROM, because I scanned the thesis with the permission of the author.

The following list is a selection of the comprehensive literature on robber flies. There is a complete bibliography on the Internet, which can be searched using key words.

... further information on the CD-ROM