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2016
Journal article
The early stages and development sites of four species of Heleomyzidae (Diptera)
The final state larva and puparium is described of Oecothea praecox Loew (Diptera, Heleomyzidae), reared from a puffin burrow. Puparia are also described of three other Heleomyzidae, Tephrochlaena oraria Collin reared from decaying seaweed and Suillia atricornis (Meigen) and Suillia bicolor (Zetterstedt) reared from fruiting bodies of the fly agaric...Rotheray, Graham E ; Horsfield, David ; Ayre, K ; Hancock, E Geoffrey
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2016
Journal article
The terrestrial Invertebrate fauna of Mingulay, including 18 new species records for the Outer Hebrides
Field investigations of the invertebrate fauna of the island of Mingulay in the Outer Hebrides were carried out during the summer of 2013. The resulting species list also includes published records from the island prior to our visit. A total of 303 terrestrial invertebrate species are listed, over 60% of...Robinson, Jeanne ; Hancock, E Geoffrey ; Hewitt, Stephen M ; Mann, Darren
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2016
Journal article
A European record of the Nearctic species Nephrotoma saturalis wulpiana (Bergroth, 1888) (Dipter: Tipulidae) in Portugal
The circumstances of finding a second North American species of cranefly, Nephrotoma saturalis (Loew, 1863), in the Iberian Peninsula are given. The specimens are of the subspecies wulpiana (Bergroth, 1888), whose known distribution is in western North America.Hancock, E Geoffrey ; Kramer, J ; Lyszkowski, Richard M
North American species, Diptera, Nephrotoma, and Iberian Peninsula
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2015
Journal article
Neotropical Copestylum Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) breeding in fruits and flowers, including 7 new species
Ten species of Copestylum (Diptera: Syrphidae) were reared from fruits and flowers in Costa Rica, Ecuador and Trinidad. Seven were new and in this paper, we describe them, their development sites and the third stage larva and/or the puparium of all ten species. One new synonym is proposed, Copestylum pinkusi...Ricarte-Sabater, Antonio ; Marcos-Garcia, M-Angeles ; Hancock, E Geoffrey ; Rotheray, Graham E
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2015
Journal article
Nematocera flies recorded in Serra do Courel, northwest Spain, May 2012 (Diptera: Anisopodidae, Blepharoceridae, Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Tipulidae and Trichoceridae) including descriptions of two new species of Limoniidae
During May 2012 Diptera were sampled in the Serro do Courel area of Lugo Province, Galicia, northwest Spain. The authors of this paper, members of the Malloch Society (see website) are active in attempting to understand the detailed ecology of flies. Much of this work is through targeting larval stages... -
2014
Journal article
The syrphids of Serra do Courel, Northern Spain and description of a new Cheilosia Meigen species (Diptera: Syrphidae)
The syrphids (Syrphidae) of Serra do Courel, a mountainous locality of just over 20,000ha at the west end of the Cantabrian Mountains, northern Spain are poorly known. The Scottish based, Malloch Society visited the locality in May 2012 and collected a total of 462 specimens of 98 syrphid species and... -
2012
Journal article
A new species of Nepenthosyrphus De Meijere (Diptera: Syrphidae)
A new species of Nepenthosyrphus De Meijere, 1932 (Diptera: Syrphidae), reared from flasks of pitcher plants (Nepenthaceae) is described from Indonesia. It is closely related to the Nepenthosyrphus oudemansi de Meijere, 1932 but can be distinguished, in both sexes, by the colour pattern of the abdomen and additionally in the...Rotheray, Graham E ; Hancock, E Geoffrey ; Thornham, D G