[Syrphidae] frost tolerance pupae Cheilosia Syrphidae

Mon Nov 26 20:28:26 GMT 2007

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Dear Francis,

thanks very much for the references! You must have an incredible
database on syrphid biology! Thanks a  lot for the translation too!

Best wishes,

Frank

Gilbert Francis schrieb:
> hi Frank
> 
> Brunel E & Cadou D (1990) [ Evidence for nymphal diapause in <Cheilosia vulpina> Meigen (Diptera, Syrphidae), a pest of artichoke ]. Mise en évidence d'une diapause nymphale chez <Cheilosia vulpina> Meigen (Diptera, Syrphidae) ravageur de l'artichaut. Coll Inst Nat Rech Agron 52:47-50
> This overwinters as a pupa, and there are some simple expts on what their tolerances are
> 
> Gao JF, Zhang GX, Qin YC, Yu K, Li MH & Qin Y (1993) [ Field survey on the overwintering of syrphids in Changbai mountains, and experiments on artificial protection of the overwintering syrphid flies ] Chinese J Biol Control 9(3): 142 (translation appended)
> This has some interesting data too on mortality and overwintering temperature
> 
> Zabirov ShM (1963) [ On the ecology of the Onion Bulb Fly Eumerus strigatus Fall. (Diptera, Syrphidae) ] 
> Ent Obozr 42(4): 736-743
> He studied diapause and surviving cold in Eumerus, but not as pupae, of course
> 
> AG Sokolova & NS Turayev (1974) [ Studies on the biology of the onion flies Eumerus tuberculatus Rondani and Eumerus strigatus Fallen ]Trudi Sverdlovskogo Sel’skokhozyaistvennogo Instituta 1974: 55-81
> They do the same, but much from the adult viewpoint, trying to explain adult phenology.
> 
> Greig C (1988)Survival tactics in the overwintering larva of <Myiathropa florea> Hoverfly Newsl 7: 5	
> Greig C (1989) Overwintering behaviour of the larva of <Myiatropa florea> (L.) (Diptera, Syrphidae). Dipterists Digest	2:11-16
> Some interesting data on overwintering larvae and ice
> 
> Gladis T (1989) [ The utilization of local insects (Hymenoptera & Diptera) as pollinators for crops in the Gatersleben gene-bank ]. Die Nutzung einheimischer Insekten (Hymenopteren und Dipteren) zur Bestäubung von Kulturpflanzen in der Genbank Gatersleben. Kulturpflanze 37: 79-126
> Some data on expts with overwintering Myathropa in culture
> 
> Maibach A & Goeldlin de Tiefenau P (1991) [ <Platycheirus perpallidus> Verrall (Diptera, Syrphidae) new to the Swiss fauna: morphology of the immature stages and description of the life cycle ]. <Platycheirus perpallidus> Verrall (Diptera, Syrphidae) nouveau pour la faune de Suisse: morphologie des stades immatures et description du cycle de développement. Bull Soc Vaud Sci Nat 80: 341-356
> Alain observed frozen L3 larvae overwintering on Carex, and still surviving
> 
> 
> Francis
> 
> 
> 
> Dr Francis Gilbert
> website: www.nottingham.ac.uk/~plzfg
> BioMAP: www.biomapegypt.org
>  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: syrphidae-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:syrphidae-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Frank Dziock
> Sent: 20 November 2007 13:51
> To: Hoverfly discussion list
> Subject: [Syrphidae] frost tolerance pupae Cheilosia Syrphidae
> 
> 
> Dear Syrphid friends!
> 
> in an analysis of a European hoverfly data set we recognized that
> especially the group of phytophagous species seems to be negatively
> influenced by mean annual temperatures. One explanation could be that
> Cheilosia overwinters as a pupa which might be potentially more
> sensitive to freezing in Winter than species overwintering as a larva.
> 
> Are there any references concerning winter/frost hardiness of Syrphid
> species overwintering as a pupa? (I know of the work by Hart et al.
> concerning Syrphus ribesii (larval overwinterer) and Episyrphus and
> Hondelmann for Episyrphus (adult overwinterer))
> 
> I would be very glad to receive any hints.
> 
> Best wishes from cold Berlin,
> 
> Frank
> 

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