The process where flowering plants are fertilised by the transfer of male pollen to the female stigma by animals, air or water currents. Diptera are very significant pollinators, often more so than Hymenoptera, but they are often named, only to family, incorrectly, or not at all.
Link:Flower visitors Guide: Some of the most common insects found on flowers in Montgomery and Bucks Counties, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. is a very attractive "Hometown" site with a section on pollination
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Anyone have scans of the Genus Semaranga in:
1)Kanmiya, K. (1983) A systematic study of the Japanese Chloropidae (Diptera).
2) Andersson, H. (1977 Taxonomic and Phylogenetic studies on Chloropid
Dr Michael von Tschirnhaus, a leading expert on Chloropidae and Agromyzidae, died on 16 September 2025 at the age of 86. He will be greatly missed by the international community. R.I.P.
Anyone has the scan of "Harkness, R. D.; Ismay, J. W. 1976: A new species of Trachysiphonella (Dipt., Chloropidae) from Greece, associated with an ant Cataglyphis bicolor (F.) (Hym., Formicidae)
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It is with deepest sadness in my heart that I announce that on Saturday, November 15, one of the great minds of world dipterology, prof. Rudolf Rozkošny, left us forever.
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