Taxon Selection

The TWIG members realized that many groups of small Diptera were under-represented in the INBio collections, because of their small size and required collecting methodology. They therefore recommended a realignment of collecting effort for the remainder of the seven-year period, with less emphasis on the larger flies (already well represented in INBio collections) and greater effort on small Diptera. Some effort must be put as well on particular habitats like beaches and marine estuaries and on specialized niches like ant nests and those of other social Hymenoptera.

Dr. D.M Wood working at INBio

The following are the main focal families to be studied for this project:

Asilidae (robber flies)

Calliphoridae (blow flies)

Ceratopogonidae (biting midges, purrujas)

Corethrellidae

Culicidae (mosquitoes, zancudos)

Dolichopodidae ( long-legged flies)

Empididae (dance flies)

Oestridae (bot flies)

Phoridae (scuttle flies)

Psychodidae (moth and sand flies)

Rhinophoridae (wood louse flies)

Sarcophagidae (flesh flies)

Sphaeroceridae (small dung flies)

Stratiomyidae (soldier flies)

Syrphidae (flower flies)

Tabanidae (horse flies)

Tachinidae (parasitic flies)

Tephritidae (fruit flies)

Ulidiidae (otitid flies)

 

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