Seasonal abundance and geographic distribution of the predaceous fungus gnat Calusamyia hribari Coher (Diptera: Keroplatidae) in the Florida Keys

  • New collection records for Calusamyia hribari Coher (Diptera: Keroplatidae) are presented. Sufficient material has been amassed to make some statements about the species’ distribution, seasonality, and morphology. Calusamyia hribari occurs throughout the inhabited Florida Keys, from Key Largo to Key West. New island records include Boca Chica Key, Crawl Key, Summerland Key, Geiger Key, Dredger’s Key, Upper Matecumbe Key, Key Largo, Long Key, Tavernier, Windley Key, and Fat Deer Key. As yet it has not been collected from any uninhabited islands within wildlife refuges. About five times more males than females have been collected. Most specimens have been collected in the summer months, with May being the peak of abundance in traps. Females have two spermathecae, similar to other keroplatids.

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Author:Lawrence J. Hribar
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-642187
URL:https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/116731
ISSN:1942-1354
ISSN:0749-6737
Parent Title (English):Insecta mundi
Series (Serial Number):Insecta Mundi (730)
Publisher:Flora & Fauna Publ.
Place of publication:Gainesville, Fla.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2019/10/08
Date of first Publication:2019/09/27
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2021/11/26
Tag:Sex ratio; island; spermatheca; trapping
Volume:2019
Issue:article 730
Page Number:8
First Page:1
Last Page:5
HeBIS-PPN:489515223
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0

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