Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 2 Nematocera and Iower Brachycera

Ashley H Kirk-Spriggs (ed.) – Bradley J. Sinclair (ed.) – Stephen A. Marshall (photographs)

Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 2 Nematocera and Iower Brachycera

Pretoria, SANBI Publishing, 2017. 1361 pp. Richly illustrated with over 2900 illustrations, including 1360 colour and 130 bl&w images and 1430 line drawings of flies. Hardcover. Good condition. Tight binding and clean interiors.

This four volume series, a collaboration of over 90 international experts on Diptera, is the first-ever synopsis of the 108 families of flies known from the Afrotropical Region and includes discussions on biology and immature stages, economic importance, classification, identification to the genus level, as well as a synopsis of each genus. This work provides the basics for understanding the diversity of a major order of insects in a large tropical and sub-tropical region and is the first such synopsis of its kind for any major insect order occurring in the Afrotropics.

Volume 2 includes family chapters dealing with 43 of the 108 families of flies that occur in the region and covers the nematocerous Diptera and lower Brachycera (sometimes termed the lower Diptera). Each chapter includes a diagnosis of the family, sections dealing with biology and immature stages, classification and identification, an identification key to genera (if more than one) and a synopsis of the fauna section, arranged genus by genus alphabetically.