Studies on flower-visiting and nectar-sucking of tabanid flies : 1. The rate of flies with pollen in each species examined on specimens
1986; Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology; Volume: 37; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.7601/mez.37.389
ISSN2185-5609
Autores Tópico(s)Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
ResumoTo detect the flower-visiting of tabanid flies, the presence of pollen was examined microscopically in the females of 70 species belonging to 10 genera and in the males of 14 species belonging to 6 genera. The rate of species with pollen was 92.9% both in females and males, and the rate of flies with pollen was 20-30% in most species. The species which showed more than 50% of the rate were Stonemyia yezoensis, Silvius shirakii, Si. oshimaensis, Chrysops japonicus, C. nigripes, Hybomitra harai, Atylotus sawadai, A. angusticornis, Tabanus chrysurinus, T. fulvilineus, T. ryukyuensis, Isshikia japonica and I. yajimai in females, and T. taiwanus in males. No conspicuous differences existed in the rate of flies with pollen between females and males and between unautogenous and autogenous species.
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