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New austral records of massive swarming by a chloropid fly, C hloromerus striatifrons ( D iptera: C hloropidae)
Author(s) -
Farrow Roger,
Butterfield Martin,
Cranston Peter S
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
austral entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 2052-1758
pISSN - 2052-174X
DOI - 10.1111/aen.12181
Subject(s) - swarming (honey bee) , on the fly , geography , ecology , zoology , biology , computer science , operating system
Mass aggregations, including aerial swarms, of a yellow swarming chloropid fly are reported from A ustralia. The species, C hloromerus striatifrons ( B ecker), is endemic to south‐eastern A ustralia and has been reported swarming only once previously, 40 years ago.