[Syrphidae] temperature thresholds

Tue Jul 27 09:52:39 BST 2010

Hello Pavel,

Wow, that is fascinating. I've not had much time for entomology in the past
few years, though this is changing. I'm sure you must have told me but I had
not registered this. Thank you for telling me, I'll look up the reference.

Whilst writing to everyone, I am still in the Middle East (UAE) and
privileged to hold and curate the ENHGs (Emirates Natural History Group)
insect collection. This is a non-profit NGO. There has been some good recent
entomological work pulled together by Van Harten for the UAE, and slowly the
older material I'm holding is being incorporated, however, it is slow. If
any of you are passing through the UAE you are welcome to view the
collection, and help is always appreciated with curating. 

All the best,

Brigitte

-----Original Message-----
From: syrphidae-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:syrphidae-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pavel Láska
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 7:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [Syrphidae] temperature thresholds

Hi Mike,  have you whole text and drawings of publication Dusek Láska (1974a

and 1974b)? I believe it will be useful for your study about plasticity. 
Also my first work (Láska, 1959) could be useful. All works vere published 
in less known Journals and I could manage the sending its.

It paids also for further syrphidologists.

Best wishes              Pavel Láska

Hi Brigitte, I not know if I informed you, that in your historic sample from

Emirates was living Cheilomenes sexmaculata, what material was used for 
breedings of colleague Ruzicka, who found the oviposition-dettering 
pheromone .      All the best           Pavel
 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brigitte Howarth" <bhowarth at emirates.net.ae>
To: "'Hoverfly discussion list'" <syrphidae at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>; 
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Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 6:42 AM
Subject: RE: [Syrphidae] temperature thresholds

Hi Mike,

Perhaps more peripherally relevant is the following

Holloway GJ, Marriott CG, Crocker HJ (1997) Phenotypic plasticity in
hoverflies: the relationship between colour pattern and season in Episyrphus
balteatus and other Syrphidae. Ecol Ent 22, 425-432.

Am guessing you're after more specific temperature ranges but still.

All the best,

Brigitte

-----Original Message-----
From: syrphidae-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:syrphidae-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Francis
Gilbert
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 11:55 PM
To: Hoverfly discussion list; mike.bowie at lincoln.ac.nz
Subject: [Syrphidae] temperature thresholds

Hi Mike

Here are the studies of the temperature effects on development that I know
of. They include some that estimate the developmental threshold. Let me know
if you need pdfs of any of them:

Eristalis:
Heal JR (1989a) Variation and seasonal changes in hoverfly species:
interactions between temperature, age and genotype. Biol J Linn Soc 36:
251-269

Kendall DA (1985) Rearing and use of <Eristalis>. unpublished ms

Ottenheim MM (1997) The evolution and function of phenotypic plasticity of
<Eristalis> hoverflies. PhD Thesis, University of Leiden, the Netherlands

Merodon:
Collier RH & Finch S (1992) The effects of temperature on development of the
large narcissus fly (<Merodon equestris>). Ann Appl Biol 120(3): 383-390

Eumerus:
Zabirov ShM (1963) [ On the ecology of the onion-bulb fly, <Eumerus
strigatus> Fall. (Diptera, Syrphidae) ]. K ekologii lykovoi zhurchalki
<Eumerus strigatus> Fall. (Diptera, Syrphidae). Ent Obozr 42: 736-743

Deeb MA El (1976) Ecological and biological studies on <Eumerus amoenus>
Loew and its control. MSc Thesis, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig
University, Egypt

Gendy RH (1978) Biological studies on certain onion flies and their control.
MSc Thesis, Faculty of Agriculture, Ein-Shams Univ, Egypt

Syrphinae:

Dusek J & Laska P (1974b) Influence of temperature during pupal development
on the colour of syrphid adults (Syrphidae, Diptera). Folia Fac Sci Nat Univ
Purkynianae Brunensis, Biol. 15: 77-81

Karelin VD & Bradovskaya NP (1974) [ Effects of permanent temperature and
humidity on the development of the preimaginal stages of <Scaeva
(Lasiophthicus) pyrastri> L. (Diptera - Syrphidae) ]. Vliyaniye postoyannoi
temperaturui i vlazhnosti na razvitiyepreimaginalnuikh stadii <Scaeva
(Lasiophthicus) pyrastri> L. (Diptera - Syrphidae). pp 31-34 in Entomophags,
phytophags and microorganisms in plant protection. AA Kuzin (ed), Stiinca,
Kishinev. 88 pp

Rabbinge R, Ankersmit GW & Pak GA (1979) Epidemiology and simulation of
population development of <Sitobion avenae> in winter wheat. Neth J Plant
Path 85: 197-220

Adams THL, Chambers RJ & Dixon AFG (1987) Quantification of the impact of
hoverflies on cereal aphids in winter wheat - laboratory rates of kill. Ent
Exp & Appl 43: 153-157

Chambers RJ (1986) Preliminary experiments on the potential of hoverflies
(Diptera: Syrphidae) for the control of aphids under glass. Entomophaga 31:
197-204

Ankersmit GW, Dijkman H, Keuning NJ, Mertens H, Sins A & Tacoma H (1986)
<Episyrphus balteatus> as a predator of the aphid <Sitobion avenae> on
winter wheat. Ent Exp & Appl 42: 271-277

Saidov AKh (1974) [ The effect of various factors on the growth and
development of syrphid larvae ]. Vliyaniye razlichnuikh faktorov na rost i
razvitiye lichinok sirfid. Uzbekskii Biol Zh 1974(1): 47-49

Tenhumberg B & Poehling H-M (1992a) [ Laboratory studies on estimating the
potential predatory efficiency of <Episyrphus balteatus> (Diptera:
Syrphidae) ]. Laboruntersuchungen zur Abschätzung der potentiellen
Prädationsleistung von <Episyrphus balteatus> (Diptera: Syrphidae). Mitt
Biol Bund Land- Forstw, Berlin-Dahlem 283-373

Soleyman-Nezhadiyan E & Laughlin R (1998) Voracity of larvae, rate of
development in eggs, larvae and pupae, and flight seasons of adults of the
hoverflies <Melangyna viridiceps> Macquart and <Simosyrphus grandicornis>
Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae). Austr J Ent 37(3): 243-248

Geusen-Pfister H (1987) [ Studies on the biology and reproductive capacity
of <Episyrphus balteatus> Deg. (Diptera: Syrphidae) under greenhouse
conditions ]. Untersuchungen zur Biologie und zum Reproduktionsvermögen von
<Episyrphus balteatus> Deg. (Dipt., Syrphidae) unter Gewächshausbedingungen.
J Appl Ent 104: 261-270

Medvey M (1988) On the rearing of <Episyrphus balteatus> (DeG) (Diptera:
Syrphidae) in the laboratory. pp 61-63 in Ecology and effectiveness of
aphidophaga E Niemczyk & AFG Dixon (eds), SPB Academia Publishing, the
Hague, Netherlands

He Jilong, Sun Xingquan, Gui Longme & Ye Wenjuan (1990) [ A preliminary
study of the bionomics of a flower fly, <Eupeodes corollae> (Fabricius)
(Diptera, Syrphidae) in Shanghai ]. J Shanghai Agric College 8: 221-228

He Jilong, Sun X, Ye W, Shen L, Cai Y & Li Z (1992) [ Preliminary studies on
the bionomics of <Episyrphus balteatus> (De Geer) (Diptera: Syrphidae) in
Shanghai ]. J Shanghai Agric College 10(1): 35-43

Hart AJ, Bale JS & Fenlon JS (1997) Developmental threshold, day-degree
requirements and voltinism of the aphid predator <Episyrphus balteatus>
(Diptera: Syrphidae). Ann Appl Biol 130(3): 427-437

Best wishes

Francis

Dr Francis Gilbert
website: www.nottingham.ac.uk/~plzfg
BioMAP: www.biomapegypt.org

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:syrphidae-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Francis
Gilbert
Sent: 02 July 2010 09:24
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Subject: [Syrphidae] from Mike Bowie

Hi Folks
can anybody help with temperature threshold info for syphids to allow
day-degrees to be to used to model development time of Eristalis,
Melanostoma and Melangyna species?
Your help would be much appreciated.
cheers
mike

Mike Bowie
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