[Syrphidae] Re: abundance of Eristalis larvae in microhabitat

Francis Gilbert Francis.Gilbert at nottingham.ac.uk
Wed Feb 20 11:40:45 GMT 2013


hi Grigory

I have just come across another set of larval densities of 'Eristalis tenax' (probably mostly Eristalinus taeniops, to judge from the photo of the reared adults) from Egypt, done in the 1970s right across Egypt, much more extensive than the ones I told you about below. There is a great range of estimates from consistently 0 in some habitats (water tanks) to dense aggregations in places such as drainwater, the drains of slaughterhouses, flooded latrines and seepages (which range from 12 to 85 larvae per 900 cm² water surface).

The reference is
Ibrahim IA (1976) Studies on certain myiatic insects. 96pp. MSc Thesis, Department of Entomology, Ain Shams University, Cairo.

Francis


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From: Gilbert Francis
Sent: 28 January 2013 19:42
To: mbu at yandex.ua
Cc: Hoverfly discussion list
Subject: RE: [Syrphidae] abundance of Eristalis larvae in microhabitat

hi Grigory

I have not come across any proper estimates of larval densities in the field for Eristalis tenax. There are some for other Eristalis  and Eristalinus species in Egypt from monthly surveys in, for example, sewage settling ponds. These vary from about 3 to about 60 larvae per 900 cm² surface in a gravel-bed hydroponic system where the water is 30 cms deep. This is about 30 to 650 larvae per m² water surface.

The reference for this:
Mahmoud MAM (1997) Ecological and microbiological studies on syrphid larvae inhabiting sewage water. MSc Thesis, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Egypt. 149 pp. (in English with arabic abstract)

Francis



Dr Francis Gilbert
Associate Professor of Ecology, School of Biology
University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 115 951 3215
website: www.nottingham.ac.uk/~plzfg
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From: syrphidae-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:syrphidae-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Popov Grigory
Sent: 28 January 2013 17:49
To: syrphidae at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Syrphidae] abundance of Eristalis larvae in microhabitat

Hi, friends,

Please, can anyone tell what is the maximum (and "normal") density of Eristalis tenax larvae in nature microhabitat (may be with literature references)?
In "The Natural History of Hoverflies" there are no...

Best regards, Grigory Popov.

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