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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB3FFCFFE0B1C4287EAB461" bold="true" box="[402,702,1615,1642]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="835">Tanytarsus bromelicola</emphasis>
(
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<paragraph id="E8403669FFB3FFCFFF591C8881D7B495" blockId="36.[160,1155,1669,1728]" box="[192,1155,1669,1694]" pageId="36" pageNumber="835">This chironomid is a predator and was found in ornamental bromeliad phytotelmata in</paragraph>
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Mahogany Run on St. Thomas. This is the only species in the genus known from bromeliads, and is reported from
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and Florida (
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).
<bibRefCitation id="8C6E4B98FFB2FFCEFC6F1A8381D0B2AC" author="Miller AC" box="[1014,1156,142,167]" pageId="37" pageNumber="836" pagination="391 - 396" refId="ref27369" refString="Miller AC. 1971. Observations on the Chironomidae (Diptera) inhabiting the leaf axils of two species of Bromeliaceae on St. John, US Virgin Islands. Can Entomol. 103 (3): 391 - 396. doi: 10.4039 / Ent 103391 - 3." type="journal article" year="1971">Miller (1971)</bibRefCitation>
identified a chironomid from St. John bromeliads as possibly
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFC111ABC8153B2C1" box="[904,1031,177,202]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">T. confusus</emphasis>
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. However,
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argues the identification was likely mistaken and those specimens were
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFF391AFB846EB304" box="[160,314,246,271]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">T. bromelicola</emphasis>
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. As such, this is the first confirmed record of this species from the
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.
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFF391B5384BFB373" bold="true" box="[160,491,350,376]" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">
Odontomyia
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFE461B5384BFB373" bold="true" box="[479,491,350,376]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">?</emphasis>
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Little is known about the
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of the Caribbean.
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described
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFF391BA9843AB3B6" box="[160,366,420,445]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Nemotelus thomae</emphasis>
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from saline pools on St. Thomas. We collected early instar stratiomyid larvae from freshwater in Bolongo pond, from dense marginal vegetation.
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Unidentified larvae of this family were found on St. Thomas at the University of the
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in moss clumps in a concrete drainage behind the Classroom Administration Building.
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFF3918B48471B0D8" bold="true" box="[160,293,697,723]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Ephydridae</emphasis>
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Unidentified larvae from the subfamily
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were found in bromeliads from the Yacht Haven Grande Marina. Species in this family known from the US Virgin Islands, include
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFF64192F848FB130" box="[253,475,802,827]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Paralimna decipiens</emphasis>
Loew, 1878
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,
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFDEE192F87BEB130" box="[631,746,802,827]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">P. obscura</emphasis>
Williston, 1896
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,
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFC32192F81D7B130" box="[939,1155,802,827]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Discocerina flavipes</emphasis>
Cresson, 1941
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,
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFED01949876FB156" box="[329,571,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Discocerina obscurella</emphasis>
(Fallén, 1813)
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,
<taxonomicName id="2FFF4DEAFFB2FFCEFD7F194981D4B156" authority="(Loew, 1862)" baseAuthorityName="Loew" baseAuthorityYear="1862" box="[742,1152,836,861]" class="Insecta" family="Ephydridae" genus="Cressonomyia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="37" pageNumber="836" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aciculata">
<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFD7F194986B3B156" box="[742,999,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Cressonomyia aciculata</emphasis>
(Loew, 1862)
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,
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFF39196A840AB18B" box="[160,350,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Discomyza dubia</emphasis>
Williston, 1896
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,
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFDBD196A8660B18B" box="[548,820,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Discomyza maculipennis</emphasis>
(Wiedemann, 1824)
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,
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFBB6196A85BAB1A8" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Parydra humilis</emphasis>
(Williston, 1987)
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and an unidentified species of
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFCBF198786DEB1A8" box="[806,906,906,931]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Ochthera</emphasis>
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(
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;
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;
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;
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;
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).
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(
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)
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was originally described from St. Thomas (as
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFCE419C28165B1E3" box="[893,1073,975,1000]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Ephydra thomae</emphasis>
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) and is the most widespread member of the genus in the Americas (
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). Several other
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are known from Puerto Rico and could also occur in the
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(
<bibRefCitation id="8C6E4B98FFB2FFCEFF3F1E3A8461B65B" author="Curran CH" box="[166,309,1079,1104]" pageId="37" pageNumber="836" pagination="1 - 118" refId="ref24134" refString="Curran CH. 1928. Insects of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands: diptera or two-winged flies. Sci Surv Porto Rico Virgin Islands. 11: 1 - 118." type="journal article" year="1928">Curran 1928</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="8C6E4B98FFB2FFCEFEDC1E3A8484B65B" author="Barber HG" box="[325,464,1079,1104]" pageId="37" pageNumber="836" pagination="264 - 441" refId="ref22283" refString="Barber HG. 1939. Insects of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands: Hemiptera-Heteroptera (excepting the Miridae and Corixidae). Sci Surv Porto Rico Virgin Islands. 14: 264 - 441." type="journal article" year="1939">Barber 1939</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="8C6E4B98FFB2FFCEFE781E3A867BB65B" author="Mathis WN &amp; Zatwarnicki T" box="[481,815,1079,1104]" pageId="37" pageNumber="836" pagination="1 - 116" refId="ref27035" refString="Mathis WN, Zatwarnicki T. 2012. A revision of the new world species of Polytrichophora Cresson and Facitrichophora, new genus (Diptera, Ephydridae). ZooKeys. 231: 1 - 116. doi: 10.3897 / zookeys. 231.3687." type="journal article" year="2012">Mathis and Zatwarnicki 2012</bibRefCitation>
;
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;
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFF391E938442B6B3" bold="true" box="[160,278,1182,1208]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Syrphidae</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E8403669FFB2FFCEFF391ECF847BB7A0" blockId="37.[160,1156,1182,1555]" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">
Unidentified larvae were found on St. Thomas in brackish pools with decomposing vegetation in the mangroves at Magens Beach and Red Hook. A freshwater form very similar to
<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFE961F0A840EB72B" box="[271,346,1287,1312]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Erstalis</emphasis>
sp. was encountered in the dense, rotting vegetation of an embayment part of a small ghut at Raphune Hill (which also had evidence of septic contamination).
<bibRefCitation id="8C6E4B98FFB2FFCEFF391F41846CB76E" author="Curran CH" box="[160,312,1356,1381]" pageId="37" pageNumber="836" pagination="1 - 118" refId="ref24134" refString="Curran CH. 1928. Insects of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands: diptera or two-winged flies. Sci Surv Porto Rico Virgin Islands. 11: 1 - 118." type="journal article" year="1928">Curran (1928)</bibRefCitation>
reported two species of
<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFDD41F4187CCB76E" box="[589,664,1356,1381]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Erstalis</emphasis>
from St. Thomas. Other syrphid larvae were found in
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFE8C1F6284B1B783" box="[277,485,1391,1416]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Heliconia caribaea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFDB51F628649B783" box="[556,797,1391,1416]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Billbergia pyramidalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
phytotelmata at the Etelman Observatory.
</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation id="8C6E4B98FFB2FFCEFF591FB9840DB7C6" author="Curran CH" box="[192,345,1460,1485]" pageId="37" pageNumber="836" pagination="1 - 118" refId="ref24134" refString="Curran CH. 1928. Insects of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands: diptera or two-winged flies. Sci Surv Porto Rico Virgin Islands. 11: 1 - 118." type="journal article" year="1928">Curran (1928)</bibRefCitation>
reported several syrphid species from Puerto Rico and the
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, including
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFF551FDA84DFB7FB" box="[204,395,1495,1520]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Palpada albifrons</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8C6E4B98FFB2FFCEFE0A1FDA870BB7FB" author="Wiedemann CRW" box="[403,607,1495,1520]" pageId="37" pageNumber="836" refId="ref31761" refString="Wiedemann CRW. 1830. Aussereuropaische zweiflugelige Insecten, Vol. 2. Hamm (GER): Schulz; p. 648." type="journal volume" year="1830">Wiedemann, 1830</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<emphasis id="DA8BEA7BFFB2FFCEFD001FDA86D8B7FB" box="[665,908,1495,1520]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="836">Meromacrus laconicus</emphasis>
(Walker, 1852)
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(a tree hole species) from St. Thomas (
<bibRefCitation id="8C6E4B98FFB2FFCEFE671FF7878AB418" author="van Doesburg PH" box="[510,734,1530,1555]" pageId="37" pageNumber="836" pagination="90 - 101" refId="ref31261" refString="van Doesburg PH. 1970. Records of Syrphidae (Diptera) from the Lesser Antilles. Stud Fauna Curacao Carib Isl. 34: 90 - 101." type="journal article" year="1970">Van Doesburg 1970</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="8C6E4B98FFB2FFCEFD721FF786F6B418" author="Thompson FC" box="[747,930,1530,1555]" pageId="37" pageNumber="836" pagination="1 - 200" refId="ref30802" refString="Thompson FC. 1981. The flower flies of the West Indies (Diptera: Syrphidae). Mem Entomol Soc Wash. 9: 1 - 200." type="journal article" year="1981">Thompson 1981</bibRefCitation>
).
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