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Information on Robber Flies
Terminology
Antenna

Dysmachus trigonus, postpedicel - olfactory pit  Promachus sp., style - flexible cuticula  Hoplistomerus nobilis, pit with sensory element
Fig. 1: antenna
Fig. 1: antenna
Machimus and Hystrichopogon
  Fig. 1:
1 = scape; scapus [1/4/5]; 1st basal segment [2]; 1st segment [3]
2 = pedicel; pedicellus (pl. pedicelli) [1/4/5]; 2nd basal segment [2]; 2nd segment [3]
3 = postpedicel [1/4/5]; 3rd segment [2/3]; 1st flagellomere
4 = 1st segment of style; stylus (pl. styli) [1]; 1st apical part [2]; 1st microsegment [3]; flagellomere [4]
5 = 2nd segment of style [1]; 2nd apical part [2]; 2nd microsegment [3]
6 = sensory element (probably a remnant of the terminal segment of stylus) [6]; 3rd segment of stylus [1]; sensillum [2]; terminal spine or bristle [3]; aristomere [4]
3-6 = flagellum (recommended for use in Nematocera only) [1]; compound 3rd segment [2/4]
4-6 = style [1]; style or arista (in Asilinae & Leptogastrinae) [2/5]; flagellar style
7 = hair
8 = bristle; seta (pl. setae) [2]
9 = pit [3]
10 = sensory element [6]

References

[1] Stuckenberg, B.R. (1999): Antennal evolution in the Brachycera (Diptera), with a reassessment of terminology relating to the flagellum. - Studia dipterologica 6[1]: 33-48; Halle (Saale).

[2] Theodor, O. (1980): Fauna Palaestina - Insecta II - Diptera: Asilidae; 446 pp. - Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Science and Humantities.

[3] Hull, F.M. (1962): Robber flies of the world, 2 volumes; 907 pp. - Washington: Bulletin of the United States National Museum 224 (1,2).

[4] McAlpine, J.F. (1981): Morphology and terminology - Adults. - In: McAlpine, J.P. et al. (eds.): Manuel of Nearctic Diptera, vol. 1; p. 9-63 - Ottawa: Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Monograph 27.

[5] Crampton, G.C. (1942): Guide to the insects of Connecticut. Part IV. The Diptera, or true flies of Connecticut. The external morphology of the Diptera. - Bulletin of the Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey 64: 10-165; Hartford.

[6] Dikow, T. & Londt, J.G.H. (2000): A review of the genera Anasillomos Londt, 1983, Oratostylum Ricardo, 1925, and Remotomyia Londt, 1983, with description of a new genus and two new soecies (Diptera: Asilidae: Stenopogoninae). - Annals of the natal Museum 41: 107-121; Pietermaritzburg.

 

 

 

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compiled by: F. Geller-Grimm, contents: F. Geller-Grimm & T. Dikow