F. Christian Thompson
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F. Christian Thompson's Degrees
- PhD Entomology University of Maryland, College Park
- Masters Entomology University of Maryland, College Park
- Bachelors Biology University of Maryland, College Park
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Frederic Christian Thompson was an American entomologist specializing in the study of Diptera. Works Thompson, F. Christian . "The Flower Fly genus Ornidia " . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 93 : 248–261.Thompson, F. Christian. . "A key to the genera of the flower flies of the Neotropical Region including descriptions of new genera and species and a glossary of taxonomic terms used" . Contributions on Entomology, International. 3 : 321–378
F. Christian Thompson's Published Works
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- Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life (2011) (722)
- Pollinating Flies (Diptera): A major contribution to plant diversity and agricultural production (2008) (229)
- Systematic database of names (1999) (178)
- A key to the genera of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Neotropical Region including descriptions of new genera and species and a glossary of taxonomic terms used (1999) (164)
- A contribution to a generic revision of the Neotropical Milesinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1972) (85)
- The flower flies of the West Indies (Diptera: Syrphidae). (1981) (60)
- Comprehensive inventory of true flies (Diptera) at a tropical site (2018) (55)
- EVOLUTIONARY ORIGIN OF THE CYCLORRHAPHA (DIPTERA): TEST OF ALTERNATIVE MORPHOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES (1993) (45)
- Diptera, true flies (2003) (44)
- ZooBank: the open-access register for zoological taxonomy: Technical Discussion Paper (2005) (39)
- Remarkable aquatic predators in the genus Ocyptamus (Diptera, Syrphidae) (2000) (35)
- A NEW GENUS OF MICRODONTINE FLIES (DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE) WITH NOTES ON THE PLACEMENT OF THE SUBFAMILY (1969) (35)
- A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China (2008) (34)
- Palaeontology: A fly in the biogeographic ointment (2003) (31)
- First non-predaceous syrphine flower fly (Diptera: Syrphidae): a new leaf-mining Allograpta from Costa Rica (2002) (30)
- Systematic database of Musca names (Diptera) (1993) (26)
- Systematic database of Musca names (Diptera): a catalog of names associated with the genus-group name Musca Linnaeus, with information on their classification, distribution, and documentation (1993) (25)
- ZooKeys, unlocking Earth's incredible biodiversity and building a sustainable bridge into the public domain: From "print-based" to "web-based" taxonomy, systematics, and natural history ZooKeys Editorial Opening Paper (2008) (23)
- A catalogue of the Diptera of Americas South of the United States: Family Syrphidae (1976) (23)
- Revision of the Eristalis flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Americas South of the United States (1997) (22)
- A revision of the larger species of Toxomerus (Diptera: Syrphidae) with description of a new species (2001) (22)
- A conspectus of the flower fly genus Allograpta (Diptera: Syrphidae) with description of a new subgenus and species (2009) (21)
- Revisionary notes on Nearctic Microdon flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1981) (21)
- Type designations of genus-group names of Diptera given in d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (1990) (20)
- Carmine cochineal killers: the flower fly genus Eosalpingogaster Hull (Diptera: Syrphidae) revised (2011) (20)
- EVOLUTIONARY ORIGIN OF THE CYCLORRHAPHA ( DIPTERA ) : TESTS OF ALTERNATIVE MORPHOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES (2011) (18)
- The Linnaean species of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1982) (18)
- Fabulous flower flies for famous fly fanatics (Diptera: Syrphidae). A tribute to the dipterists of the Canadian National Collection (2012) (18)
- Flower flies of the subgenus Ocyptamus (Mimocalla Hull) (Diptera: Syrphidae). (2000) (17)
- Flower flies of southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part I. Introduction and new species (2004) (17)
- A new coffee aphid predator, with notes on other Oriental species of Paragus (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1992) (16)
- Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera (2003) (16)
- Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. (2014) (15)
- The flower fly genus Ornidia (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1991) (14)
- Names: the keys to biodiversity (1997) (14)
- Haliday’s generic names of Diptera first published in Curtis’’A guide to .... British insects (1837)’ (1980) (13)
- The Tabanus striatus Complex (Diptera, Tabanidae) - A Revision Of Some Oriental Horse Fly Vectors Of Surra (1981) (13)
- Notes on the genus Lygistorrhina Skuse with the description of the first Nearctic species (1975) (13)
- 3.5. Family Syrphidae (1998) (12)
- Syrphidae (Diptera) described from unknown localities (1988) (12)
- A conspectus of New Zealand flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new genus and species (2008) (12)
- The flower flies of the West Indies (1981) (12)
- Review of New World Sericomyia (Diptera: Syrphidae), including description of a new species (2012) (11)
- Only in Costa Rica: New Neotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) (2000) (11)
- THE GENUS RHOPALOSYRPHUS (DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE) (2003) (11)
- A taxonomic review of the Palpada ruficeps species group, with the description of a new flower fly from Colombia (Diptera : Syrphidae) (2008) (10)
- Measuring impact. (2011) (10)
- Synopsis of the European species of Sphegina Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1986) (10)
- The problem of old names as illustrated by Brachyopa "conica Panzer", with a synopsis of Palaearctic Brachyopa Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1980) (9)
- Bibliography [of Family-group Names in Diptera] (1999) (9)
- A new Toxomerus species from Chile (Diptera: Syrphidae) (2006) (9)
- Unraveling Ocyptamus and the Baccha legacy (Diptera: Syrphidae): redefinition of groups and new species descriptions. (2018) (8)
- Sherborn’s influence on Systema Dipterorum (2016) (8)
- Data dictionary and standards for fruit fly information database (1999) (8)
- Biosystematic information: dipterists ride the third wave. (1990) (8)
- Flying after Linnaeus: Dipteran names since Systema Naturae (1758) (2010) (8)
- Two immigrant synanthropic flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) new to North America (1990) (7)
- 51. Family Syrphidae (1989) (7)
- The Fruit Fly Biosystematic Information Data Base (1993) (6)
- A review of the Mesoamerican flower flies of the genus Meromacrus (Diptera: Syrphidae) including the description of a new species (2003) (6)
- The placement of the subgenus Protolepidostola Hull (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new species (1968) (6)
- Meropidia, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera : Syrphidae) from South America (1983) (6)
- Nearctic Diptera: Twenty Years Later (2010) (6)
- Costarica Mengual & Thompson, 2009 (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) junior homonym of Costarica Kocak & Kemal, 2008 (Insecta: Orthoptera): proposed replacement by Tiquicia nom. nov. (2012) (6)
- Notes on the status and relationships of some genera in the tribe Milesiini (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1975) (6)
- Two new species of Syrphidae (Diptera) from Australia (2003) (5)
- The genus Nepenthosyrphus de Meijere with a key to the World genera of Tropidiini (1971) (5)
- A new ant inquiline flower fly (Diptera: Syrphidae: Pipizinae) from Australia (2017) (5)
- A new species of Alipumilio Shannon (Diptera, Syrphidae) found in association with the exudate resin of Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (Anacardiaceae) (2009) (5)
- Copestylum circumdatum (Walker)(Diptera: Syrphidae). A redescription of a Neotropical flower fly, with lectotype designation, and new synonym (2004) (5)
- Thereva Latreille, 1797 and Phasia Latreille, 1804 (Insecta, Diptera): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Musca plebeja Linnaeus, 1758 as the type species of Thereva (2003) (5)
- Nomenclature and Classification, Principles of (2009) (5)
- Spilomyia flower flies of the New World (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1997) (5)
- A Catalogue of Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History) (1981) (5)
- A new genus and species of Richardiidae (Diptera) from Hispaniola (2006) (5)
- Comments on the proposed conservation of usage of Drosophila Fallén, 1823 (Insecta, Diptera) (2008) (5)
- New Syrphidae from Israel (Diptera) (1981) (4)
- Linnean species of Conops (Diptera: Conopidae, Muscidae, Sciomyzidae, Syrphidae & Tachinidae), with designation of lectotypes (1997) (4)
- Australian Allograpta Osten Sacken (Diptera, Syrphidae) (2015) (4)
- Catalogues, Checklists and Lists: A need for some definitions, new words and ideas (1987) (4)
- Mesoamerican Mallota flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) (2002) (4)
- A new Platycheirus from New Zealand. First record of a melanostomine syrphid fly associated with ants (1972) (4)
- The Sphegina species of eastern North America (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1977) (4)
- Love-bugs, a review of the Nearctic species of Plecia Wiedemann (Diptera: Bibionidae) (1975) (3)
- The type species of Ilione (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) (2004) (3)
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: Amendment proposed to Third Edition: Proposal concerning article 51c. Z.N.(S.) 2474 (1984) (3)
- MICRODON FALCATUS WILLISTON (DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE): A REDESCRIPTION, WITH LECTOTYPE DESIGNATION AND NEW SYNONYMS (2007) (3)
- Descriptions of the first known Ethiopian Myolepta species, with a review of the subgeneric classification of Myolepta (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1974) (3)
- Revision of the Sterphus cybele species group (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1994) (3)
- New Mesochria species (Diptera: Anisopodidae) from Fiji, with notes on the classification of the family (2006) (3)
- Chapter 52. Syrphidae (1987) (3)
- The Genus Pterallastes Loew (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1974) (3)
- The Vietnam War added a motive to go on studying (2007) (3)
- A new genus of Australasian flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). (2000) (3)
- Two new Oriental species of the genus Myolepta Newman (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1971) (3)
- Review of the genus Sterphus Philippi (Diptera: Syrphidae). Part I. Revisión del género Sterphus Philippi (Diptera: Syrphidae). Parte I (1973) (3)
- Sylvicola cinctus (Fabricius), the Hawaiian wood gnat, with notes on the family (Diptera: Anisopodidae) (1992) (3)
- The North American species of Callicera Panzer (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1980) (2)
- A new Australian Microdon with a name change. (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1968) (2)
- A new Costa Rican flower fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) and a replacement name for a Neoptropical flower fly genus (2007) (2)
- Nomenclature of the European species of Neoascia Williston (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1981) (2)
- Biosystematic and Biological Control Inforation Systems in Entomology (1987) (2)
- The genus Palumbia Rondani (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1975) (2)
- The genus Paratropidia Hull (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1972) (2)
- REVIEW OF THE GENUS STERPHUS DIPTERA SYRPHIDAE PART 1 (1973) (2)
- The name of the type species of Simulium (Diptera: Simulidae): A historical footnote (2001) (2)
- Richard Herbert Foote (1918-2002) - Obituary (2003) (2)
- A new flower fly from the Afrotropics (Diptera: Syrphidae) (2019) (2)
- Two new palaearctic Syrphidae (Diptera) (1982) (2)
- Corrections and restrictions of the type localities of some Neotropical Syrphidae (Diptera) (1974) (2)
- Tanypezidae (Tanypezid flies) (2010) (2)
- Eristalis obscura (Loew) (Diptera, Syrphidae): synonyms and morphological variation in the Holarctic region (2009) (1)
- u ^ 9 Biosystematic and Biological Control Information Systems in Entomology (2012) (1)
- Notes on Palaearctic Syrphidae (Diptera) (1980) (1)
- Systematic database of Musca names (Diptera): Publication date and proper name for the Carrot Rust fly (Diptera: Psilidae) (2008) (1)
- The genus Pleskeola stackelberg (Diptera: Syrphidae), a junior synonym of Parhelophilus Girschner (1997) (1)
- Verrallia virginica A Valid Species Diptera Pipunculidae (1977) (1)
- Comments on the proposed conservation of usage of Drosophila Fallén, 1823 (Insecta, Diptera) 2 (Case 3407) (2008) (1)
- A New Sphegina from Nepal (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1964) (1)
- A new Microdon ant fly from Sri Lanka (Diptera: Microdontidae) (2020) (1)
- Automatic Data Processing for Systematic Entomology: Promises and Problems: a report for the Entomological Collections Network (1990) (1)
- Falkland Islands Syrphidae (Diptera) (2009) (1)
- Austroascia segersi, a new genus and species (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1977) (1)
- What’s in a frog stomach? Solving a 150‐year‐old mystery (Diptera: Calliphoridae) (2008) (1)
- Proper Placement Of Some Palaearctic Cheilosia Species (Diptera, Syrphidae) (1980) (1)
- First record of Rhagio scolopaceus (Linne) in North America (Diptera: Rhagionidae) (1969) (1)
- Recent advances in dipteran systematics (1982) (1)
- [On the identity and synonymy of the Cheilosia species described by Camillo Rondani (Diptera, Syrphidae)] (1996) (1)
- A new Afrotropical Eristaline flower fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) (2019) (1)
- Diptera (flies) of Attu. The first assessment of the entomological fauna of the last place on earth (2009) (0)
- Editors' preface and acknowledgments (1982) (0)
- Comprehensive inventory of true flies (Diptera) at a tropical site (2018) (0)
- Appendix 1. Listing of directory containing key files for the fruit-fly interactive keys package at http://delta-intkey.com/ffa/ (Carroll et al. 2002) (2009) (0)
- A new Haematopota from Nepal (Diptera: Tabanidae) (1977) (0)
- The problem of old names as illustrated by Brachyopa" conica Panzer," with a synopsis of the Palaearctic species of Brachyopa (1981) (0)
- Cladistic Statements as Cladistic Formulae or How to Hate Cladistics and Love Mathematics (1986) (0)
- A new Oriental Sphegina species (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1999) (0)
- Review of: [Book review:] A Catalogue of Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History) (1981) (0)
- Case 3693 Cryptodacus Hendel, 1914 (Insecta: Diptera: tephritidae): proposed suppression of Cryptodacus Gundlach, 1862 (Reptilia, Serpentes, colubridae) (2015) (0)
- A Spectacular New Chinese Species of the Genus Mallota Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) (2019) (0)
- 9. Family Lygistorrhinidae (1989) (0)
- Biosystematic information systems (1989) (0)
- A first record of the occurrence of Culiseta ( Culicella ) silvestris minnesotae Barr (Diptera: Culicidae) in New York (1971) (0)
- Flower flies and Zoogeography (1980) (0)
- Postscript [to Family-group names in Diptera] (1999) (0)
- Comment On The Proposal To Conserve Oecothea Haliday In Curtis, 1837 And To Designate Helomyza Fenestralis Fallen, 1820 As The Type Species (1993) (0)
- The dates of Walker, Insecta saundersiana, Diptera (1977) (0)
- Richard H. Foote [obituary] (2002) (0)
- A new Pterallastes species from China (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1978) (0)
- A new Neotropical Lepidosis Curran (Diptera: Syrphidae) (1965) (0)
- Richard Herbert Foote (1918-2002) [obituary and publication and taxa list] (2003) (0)
- Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting Eastern Branch, Entomological Society of America (1983) (0)
- A New Flower Fly Synonym (Diptera: Syrphidae) (2018) (0)
- Physical Iventories And Establishing Property Records (2001) (0)
- De Geer’s exotic Musca species (Diptera: Syrphidae and Calliphoridae) (1973) (0)
- A New Toxomerus from Chile (Diptera: Syrphidae) (2007) (0)
- Another Couple of Flower Fly Synonyms (Diptera: Syrphidae) (2019) (0)
- First Calcaretropidia Flower Fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Known from New Guinea: The Description of a New Species (2017) (0)
- BITING MIDGES OF THE SUBGENUS SCHIZOFORCIPOMYIA OF FORCIPOMYIA IN NORTH AMERICA (DIPTERA: CERATOPOGONIDAE) (2016) (0)
- A new sericomyiine flower fly from China (Diptera: Syrphidae). (2014) (0)
- Catalogue of the Dipiera of the Afrotropical Region (1981) (0)
- Flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean (2014) (0)
- Leewards Survey 19, May-June 1967 (1967) (0)
- In Honor of Brian Stuckenberg: Two New Spheginobaccha Species of Flower Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Afrotropics (2015) (0)
- Leewards Survey 19, June 1967 (1967) (0)
- Oahu Offshore Islands-Manana, 1966-1968 (1967) (0)
- Tool Control In Naval Aviation Maintenance A Discussion of Property Issues Affecting Flight Safety (2001) (0)
- Oahu Offshore Islands-Moku Manu, May and September, 1967 (1967) (0)
- Correspondence and Comment: Where do dipterists go -- and why? (Part. 2) (1989) (0)
- Two new remarkable flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from New Zealand (2010) (0)
- Dipterists Ride the Third Wave (1990) (0)
- NOTE. Palpada vinetorum (Fabricius) (1990) (0)
- The genus Paratropidia Hull lDipterac Syrphidaer (1972) (0)
- A fly in the biogeographic ointment: a fossil cyclorraphan from Antarctica (2003) (0)
- Comments On The Proposed Conservation Of Heraclei As The Correct Spelling For The Specific Name Of Musca Heraclii Linnaeus, 1758 (1990) (0)
- Proper Placement Of Some Palaearctic Syrphus Species (Diptera, Syrphidae) (1980) (0)
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