The biology of snail-killing flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) has been studied intensively over the past half-century, especially over the past decade. Today, sciomyzids are biologically the best-known group of higher Diptera. The overarching research objectives are evaluation of sciomyzids as biocontrols of disease-carrying or agriculturally important snails and slugs and as a paradigm group for t...

Abstract A new perspective on habitat is presented, which considers the topological relationships among macrohabitats of adults and sub-set microhabitats eggs other juvenile stages. model seven topologies presented using snail-killing flies (Sciomyzidae: Diptera) as an exemplar; four these are drawn a hydrological continuum from aquatic through shoreline to terrestrial, three stand-alone specia...

A revised checklist of the flies of superfamilies Tephritoidea and Sciomyzoidea of Finland is provided. The following families are covered: Eurygnathomyiidae, Lonchaeidae, Neottiophilidae, Pallopteridae, Piophilidae, Platystomatidae, Tephritidae, Ulidiidae (Tephritoidea); Coelopidae, Dryomyzidae, Heterocheilidae, Phaeomyiidae, Sciomyzidae, Sepsidae (Sciomyzoidea).

the paper contains the first report on the biology of snail-killing flies (sciomyzidae) in khuzestan. it is based on field and laboratory studies conducted during november 1971 and april 1973, as well as field observations in may 1972, at the dezful medical research station. additional biological information obtained during studies is given for pherbellia fuscipes (macaquart), p.grisescens (mei...

the present work was carried out to investigate first, the ecology of the sepedon flies as well as speciesof lymnea snails and secondly, the biological effects of sepedon fly larvae living on lymnea. in this regard,the life cycle, death rate and compatibility of lymnea species, as well as the life cycle of sepedon flies inbreeding cage and the activity of the new larvae in the same ecological c...