• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Canada; Gros Morne National Park; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1079.7631; http://www.acadianes.ca/journal/papers/hickstabanidae.pdf

AbstrAct Flies of the family Tabanidae are common, widespread pests, known to take blood meals from many mammals including humans, and are known vectors of a number of diseases. This study looks at diversity of tabanids within Gros Morne National Park (GMNP), Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. Collections were made using six Malaise traps at three different locations within GMNP from June to August 2006. These locations represent various habitat types frequented by ungulates such as moose and caribou that are found throughout the park. Four hundred and eighty tabanids encompassing fourteen different species were collected in a 9-week period. Comparisons between this study and a similar study conducted in central Newfoundland found that the GMNP study showed higher species diversity (Shannon-Weiner H = 1.6298 vs. H = 1.5277), and had a higher than expected yield of species collected (14 vs. 12) based on rarefaction analyses.