Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Award Date
1974
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department / School
Entomology
Abstract
This thesis is written in two parts. In part one I report on the results of a survey I conducted in Spink County, South Dakota, to determine the abundance and seasonal distributions of horse flies and deer flies (Diptera: Tabanidae), which bother livestock and people. The proposed Oahe Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program will provide many additional acres of tabanid habitat to this area. This survey could be compared with future studies in determining the effects additional acres of tabanid habitat will have had on the populations' levels. The second part of my thesis is an attempt to separate the state-wide distribution of Chrysopsis aestuans into populations by the use of a computerized system analyzing various characters of individual specimens. Chrysopsis aestuans was used because it was one of the more abundant species trapped in Spink County, South Dakota, during the 1973-74 survey.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Deerflies -- Variation
Horseflies -- Seasonal distribution
Format
application/pdf
Number of Pages
58
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Cobb, Philippe Earl, "The Abundance and Seasonal Distribution of Tabanidae (diptera) in Spink County, South Dakota, with a Study of Geographic Variation in Chrysops Aestuans Wulp" (1974). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4676.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/4676