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BITING FLIES (DIPTERA) OF PEATLANDS AND MARSHES IN CANADA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

David J. Lewis
David J. Lewis*
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Macdonald College of McGill University, Ste-Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada H9X 1C0
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Abstract

A review of the literature on biting flies of Canadian peatlands and marshes reveals that 21 species of Culicidae, 43 species of Tabanidae, and 6 species of Ceratopogonidae are known to occur in such habitats. Of these 70 species of biting flies, 45 occur in bogs, 22 in fens, and 36 in marshes. Although the species composition of wetland culicids is largely known, immatures of many species of the tabanids and ceratopogonids have yet to be collected and/or described. Almost nothing is known about the biology of the immature stages in wetland habitats. Most species known to inhabit wetlands have been recorded from both peatlands and marshes, but there are representatives of all families that appear to be restricted to a particular type of wetland. Compounding this paucity of information on the biting flies of Canadian wetlands is the inconsistency and lack of specificity in describing wetland habitats.

Résumé

Une revue de la littérature portant sur les mouches piqueuses des tourbières et des marécages du Canada révèle 21 espèces de Culicidae, 43 espèces de Tabanidae, et 6 espèces de Ceratopogonidae. Parmi ces 70 espèces, 45 habitent les tourbières ombrotrophes, 22 les tourbières minérotrophes et 36 les marécages. Bien que la composition spécifique des culicides des milieux humides soit bien connue, les formes immatures de plusieurs espèces de tabanides et de ceratopogonides n'ont pas encore été collectées et décrites. On ne connait à peu près rien de la biologie des formes immatures dans les milieux humides. La plupart des espèces des habitats humides ont été rapportées à la fois pour les tourbières et les marécages, mais certains représentants de toutes les familles semblent limités à un type particulier d'habitat humide. L'incohérence et le manque de spécificité qui caractérisent la description des habitats humides vient aggraver la pauvreté des informations existantes sur les mouches piqueuses des milieux humides du Canada.

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The Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada , Volume 119 , Supplement S140 , 1987 , pp. 133 - 140
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1987

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