Total Insects Research Articles

Diptera and Other Arthropods of the Sukkertoppen Tasersiaq Area, Southwest Greenland

Arthropods were collected in the Sukkertoppen area of Greenland (66°16'N, 51°13'W) during the summer of 1963 and identified. Thirty-one families of insects in the orders Neuroptera, Trichoptera, Homoptera, Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, and Hymenoptera were collected. Seventeen of the 31 families of insects were Diptera, and these comprised more than 90% of the total insects collected. Other insect families collected and identified included Hemerobiidae, Cicadellidae, Lygaeidae, Coccinellidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae, Arctiidae, Noctuidae, Lymantriidae, Ichneumonidae, and Bombidae. Dipping of aquatic habitats produced specimens of Dytiscidae and Limnephilidae. Other arthropods collected by dipping or sweeping included Bdellidae, Eviphididae, and Cheyletidae (Acarina), and Branchinectidae and Lepiduridae (Crustacea).