| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Authors: | A. Grayson, Stubbs A. E. |
| Journal: | Dipterists Digest Second Series |
| Volume: | 15 |
| Pagination: | 47-51 |
| Date Published: | 29th |
| Type of Article: | Article |
| Keywords: | Atylotus rusticus (Tabanidae)., Atylotus rusticus [Ecology / Ecological notes / historical & current, distribution] [United Kingdom / / ]., Ecology, Eurasia, Europe, Land zones, Palaearctic region |
| Abstract: | The known British history of Atylotus rusticus (Linnaeus, 1761) is given. Conclusions are that despite recent discoveries in southern England, A. rusticus remains a rare British species that is conservation dependant as regards hydrology and grassland management. Observations by the Dipterists Forum suggest that larvae of A. rusticus, which undoubtedly develop on levels and in similar habitats, do so in drier meadows with uneven surface topography, more than in adjacent ditches and flood-pans. Both sexes of A. rusticus are now known to attend flowers. Blood-meal searching females will attack man. |
| URL: | <Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR14501005288 |