The Diptera, or True Flies, of Illinois. I. Tabanidae

The tabanids, or horse flies and deer flies, are well known to dairy farmers and livestock producers as well as to campers, fishermen, and outdoor enthusiasts as annoying and pain-inflicting inhabitants of most wooded areas of Illinois. These large and persistent flies impart a painful bite and can occur in large enough numbers to make canoeing and hiking virtually impossible. The tabanid fauna of Illinois has never been studied, although several of the surrounding states have published various reports: Indiana (Burton 1975; Meyer & Sanders 1975), Wisconsin (Roberts & Dicke 1958), Iowa (Richards &: Knight 1967), Missouri (Andrews & Wingo 1975), Tennessee (Goodwin 1966), Michigan (Hays 1956), Ohio (Hine 1903), Minnesota (Philip 1931), and Arkansas (Schwardt 1936; Schwardt & Hall 1930). This study is intended to make available in brief form our present knowledge of the tabanids in the central United States, with keys for their determination, and the distribution of those species occurring in Illinois. No attempt is made to give detailed taxonomic descriptions of species. If needed, these can be found for most species in the papers of Brennan (1935) and Stone (1938). Philip (1954, 1955) has keys to all the North American Pangoniinae and Chrysopsinae known at that time. The most recent list of the North American species of Tabanidae is given by Philip (1965).published or submitted for publicationis peer reviewe

Descrição da larva de Cosmariomyia argyrosticta Kertész e do pupário de Dactylodeictes lopesi Lindner (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) Description of the larva of Cosmariomyia argyrosticta Kertesz and the puparium of Dactylodeictes lopesi Lindner (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)

<abstract language="eng">The larva of Cosmariomyia argyrosticta Kertész, 1914 and the puparium of Dactylodeictes lopesi Lindner, 1964 are described for the first time, based on four larvae and 10 puparia and one puparium respectively. Larvae were collected under the bark of fallen trees in an area near of tropical rain forest at Iguaba Grande (22º50'21"S, 42º13'44"W, 18 m) and Buzios (22º44'49"S, 41º52'54"W, 3 m), State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Some biological notes are also presented. The larvae of Cosmariomyia argyrosticta and Dactylodeictes lopesi are compared with Chalcidomorphina aurata Enderlein, 1914 and Vittiger schnusei Kertész, 1909