| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1976 |
| Authors: | R. J. Phelps, Vale G. A. |
| Journal: | Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa |
| Volume: | 39 |
| Pagination: | 67-81 |
| Date Published: | 1976 |
| Keywords: | Africa, Behaviour, Cattle, Electric Nets, Euancala maculatissima, Haematopota albihirta, Haematopota daveyi, Haematopota decora, Haematopota fasciatapex, Haematopota maculosifacies, Haematopota nocens, Haematopota rubens, Haematopota stimulans, Haematopota vittata, Males, Odours, Philoliche bubsequa, Philoliche fodiens, Philoliche medialis, Philoliche silverlocki, Philoliche zonata, Review, Tabanidae, Tabanus biguttatus, Tabanus conformis, Tabanus copemani, Tabanus gratus, Tabanus leucostomus, Tabanus liventipes, Tabanus nigrostriatus, Tabanus pertinens, Tabanus pullulus, Tabanus taeniola, Tabanus unilineatus, Zimbabwe |
| Abstract: | Catches of tabanids by various methods in different vegetation types in the Zambezi Valley of Rhodesia between December 1973 and June 1974 showed no statistical differences in the species composition of the total catches for the season from each locality. There were differences between species in the distance from which female tabanids were attracted to an ox. More flies approached an ox from downwind than from upwind. A vertical visual stimulus was less effective than a horizontal one. Biases in catch composition were associated with catching method and the time of day at which catches were made. |
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