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Papers on Robber Flies

Lavigne, R. J. and S. W. Bullington. 2005. Note: Notes on the ethology of Bohartia martini Adisiomarto and Wood (Diptera: Asilidae) in Wyoming, USA. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 107(4):968-970.

Lavigne, R. J. and S. W. Bullington. 2001. Evidence for territoriality by males of Laphria fernaldi (Back) (Diptera: Asilidae). Studia Dipterologica 8(2):415-421.

Lavigne, R. J. and S. W. Bullington. 1999. Ethology of Heteropogon paurosomus Pritchard (Diptera: Asilidae) in Mexico. Jour. Entomol. Res. Soc. 1(3):9-19.

Lavigne, R. J., Bullington, S. W., and G. Stephens. 1993. Ethology of Holopogon seniculus (Diptera: Asilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 86(1):91-95.

Bullington, S. W. and R. J. Lavigne. 1992. Ethology of Cyrtopogon montanus wilcoxi James (Diptera: Asilidae) in Wyoming. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 94(1):123-131.

Bullington, S. W. and A. F. Beck. 1991. A new species of Machimus Loew (Diptera: Asilidae) from burrows of Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin) (Testudines: Testudinidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 84(6):590-595.

Dennis, D. S., R. J. Lavigne, and S. W. Bullington. 1986. Ethology of Efferia cressoni with a review of the comparative ethology of the genus (Diptera: Asilidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 88(1):42-55.

Lavigne, R. J. and S. W. Bullington. 1984. Ethology of Laphria fernaldi (Back) (Diptera: Asilidae) in southeast Wyoming. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 86(2):326-336.

Bullington, S. W. and R. J. Lavigne. 1984. Description and habitat of Efferia kondratieffi sp. nov. with notes on Efferia aestuans (L.) (Diptera: Asilidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 77(4):404-413.

Bullington, S. W. and R. J. Lavigne. 1984. Review of the genus Ommatius Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae) in eastern United States with descriptions of five new species. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 77(4):372-392.

Lavigne, R. J. and S. W. Bullington. 1981. New species of Cyrtopogon (Diptera: Asilidae) from Wyoming. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 74(4):414-418.

Bullington, S. W. and R. J. Lavigne. 1980. An instance of multiple mating in Asilus gilvipes (Diptera: Asilidae). Pan-Pacific Entomol. 56(1):79-80.

Bullington, S. W. 1978. Two new records for Dasylechia atrox (Williston) (Diptera: Asilidae), with a review of all previous records. Entomol. News 89(7,8):174.

Bullington, S. W. 1978. Two records of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) preying on Odonata (Libellulidae, Coenagrionidae) in Virginia. Cordulia 4(4):144-146.

Papers on Scale Insect Taxonomy

(Please note that several of these papers were part of larger works involving related entities by other authors; the linked PDFs are to the entire work, not just my part of it.)

Bullington, S. W. 1993. Key to California Kermesidae, Pp. 131-132 IN Gill, R. J. The Sacle Insects of California. Part 2. The Minor Families (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Calif. Dept. Food Agric. Tech. Ser. Agric. Biosystem. Plant Path., No. 2, xii + 241 pp.

Bullington, S. W., M. Kosztarab, and G.-Z. Jiang. 1989. Adult males of the genus Chionaspis (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae) in North America. Va. Agric. Expt. Sta. Bull. 88-2:127-184.

Kosztarab, M. and S. W. Bullington. 1986. Mouth structure and relationships in the Kermesidae (Homoptera) with a key to the world genera. Boll. Lab. Ent. agr. Filippo Silvestri 43 (1986), Suppl.:23-27.

Bullington, S. W. and M. Kosztarab. 1985. Revision of the family Kermesidae (Homoptera) in the Nearctic Region based on adult and third instar females. Va. Agric. Expt. Sta. Bull. 85-11:1-118, 239-251.

Bullington, S. W. and R. G. Baer. 1985. Phylogeny of studied Kermesidae. Pp. 234-237 IN Baer, R. G. and M. Kosztarab. A morphological and systematic study of the first and second instars of the family Kermesidae in the Nearctic Region (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Va. Agric. Expt. Sta. Bull. 85-11:119-238.