BIOLOGY AND IMMATURE STAGES OF SNAIL-KILLING FLIES BELONGING TO THE GENUS TETANOCERA (INSECTA, DIPTERA, SCIOMYZIDAE) .1. INTRODUCTION AND LIFE-HISTORIES OF PREDATORS OF SHORELINE SNAILS

Authors
FOOTE BA
Citation
Ba. Foote, BIOLOGY AND IMMATURE STAGES OF SNAIL-KILLING FLIES BELONGING TO THE GENUS TETANOCERA (INSECTA, DIPTERA, SCIOMYZIDAE) .1. INTRODUCTION AND LIFE-HISTORIES OF PREDATORS OF SHORELINE SNAILS, Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 65(1), 1996, pp. 1-12
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Annals of the Carnegie Museum → ACNP
ISSN journal
00974463
Volume
65
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1 - 12
Database
ISI
SICI code
0097-4463(1996)65:1<1:BAISOS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
An overview of the taxonomic composition, geographic distribution, and general biology of the family Sciomyzidae is presented. Literature de aling with the taxonomy and biology of the genus Tetanocera is summari zed, and collecting, rearing, and preservation techniques are discusse d. The natural histories, life cycles, and larval feeding habits of Te tanocera fuscinervis and T. silvatica, two species that prey on pulmon ate snails occurring on wet shorelines, are presented.