The external and internal morphology are considered and important morphological characters are found which relate Macrovelis to the family Mesoveliidae. Both macropterous and Brachypterous forms occur throughout the western half of the United States. The adults and nymphs are restricted to the margins of springs and streams during the reproductive...
Leptarctia californiae (Walker) was studied on clear and semi-forested southern slopes in the Coast Range Mountains of Benton County, Oregon. The spring of 1965 had an unusually long warm period (21 days) resulting in adult emergence approximately 25 days earlier than in the cooler spring of 1966. Peak flight activity...
Seventy-two species of Blennocampinae in 21 genera and six tribes
are known from the Nearctic region. The adults and known larvae of
all species and genera are keyed, described and illistrated. A
definition of the subfamily, a review of previous work, a table of
host-plant associations, and a discussion of...
Classification based on metathoracic wing venation does not
coincide with the existing higher classification of the family Scutelleridae.
The wings of the genera in the Scutellerinae possess a
similar general pattern of venation which is quite distinct from that
of Eurygasterinae, Odontoscelinae, Odontotarsinae, and Pachycorinae.
The Scutellerinae wings possess three...
This study was undertaken to find means of separating the
morphologically similar species of North American Trixagus and to
bring together information on Trixagus and Pactopus.
A key to separate the world's eight genera of extant Throscidae
is presented for the first time. A key to the five species of...
The North American species of the shore fly genus Notiphila Fallen were taxonomically revised. Over 13,000 specimens were examined from throughout the Nearctic Region and information relating to the biology of many species occurring in the West was gathered from both field and laboratory studies. Previously used characters were reevaluated;...