FNZ 20 - Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera) - Methods
Harrison, RA 1990. Bibionidae (Insecta: Diptera). Fauna of New Zealand 20, 28 pages.
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ISSN 0111-5383 (print),
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no.
20.
ISBN 0-477-02595-1 (print),
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Published 13 Nov 1990
ZooBank: http://zoobank.org/References/B52BAEA5-8E92-48C2-88FD-C08826C7DCAA
Methods
Collecting, preparation, and curation
Adults are sluggish, and are readily captured with net or tube. Preservation as dry, pinned speciinens is quite adequate, but ethanol preservation is also conunonly used. Preparations of terminalia may be obtained from abdomens cleared in sodium hydroxide solution. These can be examined in situ, or may be prepared for slide mounting by teasing or cutting through the median lateral lines.
Collections have increased moderately since the previous works on New Zealand Bibionidae were published (Hardy 1951, 1953). The very common species D. nigrostigma occurs in all collections in numbers, and D. segnis and D. crinitus in reasonable numbers, but only small series of other species have accumulated.
All type series specimens are pinned unless otherwise stated. All records were determined or checked by the author.