Frederic Christian Thompson

Frederic Christian Thompson (1944–2021), U.S. entomologist. Spouse of Betty J. Thompson.

• Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, NHB-0169 Smithsonian, Washington, D. C.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 30 taxon names authored by Frederic Christian Thompson

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1969

• Thompson, F.C. 1969. Contribution to a generic revision of the Neotropical Milesinae (Diptera: Syrphidae). [Dissertation]. University of Massachusetts. 245 pp., 74 pls. hdl: 20.500.14394/16070 DOI: 10.7275/18739271 Reference page. 

1972

• Thompson, F.C. 1972. A contribution to a generic revision of the Neotropical Milesinae (Diptera: Syrphidae). Arquivos de Zoologia 23(2): 73–215. hdl: 10088/17138 Full text Reference page. 

1976

• Thompson, F.C., Vockeroth, J.R., Sedman, Y.S. & Papavero, N. 1976. "Family Syrphidae". A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas South of the United States. 46. Sao Paulo: Museum of Zoology of the University of Sao Paulo; 195 pp. PDF hdl: 10088/17070 Reference page. 

1981

• Thompson, F.C. 1981. Nomenclature of the European species of Neoascia Williston (Diptera: Syrphidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 12(4): 470–478. DOI: 10.1163/187631281X00562 hdl: 10088/17479 Reference page. 

1982

• Thompson, F.C., Vockeroth, J.R., Speight, M.C.D. 1982. The Linnaean species of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 10: 150–165. hdl: 10088/17482 Reference page. 

1988

• Thompson, F.C. 1988. Syrphidae (Diptera) described from unknown localities. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 96(2): 200–226. JSTOR hdl: 10088/17486 BHL Reference page. 

1990

• Evenhuis, N.L. & Thompson, F.C. Type designations of genus-group names of Diptera given d’Orbigny’s Dictionnaire Universel d’Histoire Naturelle. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 30: 226–258. PDF.

1991

• Thompson, F.C. 1991. The flower fly genus Ornidia (Diptera: Syrphidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 93(2): 248–260. BHL Reference page. 

1997

• Thompson, F.C. 1997. Revision of the Eristalis flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Americas South of the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 99(2): 209–237. hdl: 10088/17085 BHL Reference page. 

1999

• Thompson, F.C. 1999. A key to the genera of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Neotropical Region including the descriptions of genera and species and a glossary of taxonomic terms. Contributions on Entomology, International 3(3): 319–378. hdl: 10088/17492 Reference page. 
• Thompson, F.C., Evenhuis, N.L. & Sabrosky, C.W., 1999. Bibliography of the Family-Group Names of Diptera. Myia 10: 364–574. PDF hdl: 10088/17089 Reference page. 

2000

• Thompson, F.C., Thompson, B.J. & Fairman, J.E. 2000. Only in Costa Rica: New Neotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). Studia dipterologica 7(1): 33–43. hdl: 10088/17493 ResearchGate Reference page. 

2003

• Thompson, F.C. 2003. Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera. Zootaxa 246: 1–19. Abstract & excerpt hdl: 10088/17105 full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2007

• Thompson, F.C. 2007. A new Costa Rican flower fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) and a replacement name for a neotropical flower fly genus. Studia dipterologica 14(1): 167–170. hdl: 10088/17058 Reference page. 
• Thompson, F. C., Thompson, B.J. 2007. A new Toxomerus species from Chile (Diptera: Syrphidae) (Eine neue Toxomerus-Art aus Chile (Diptera: Syrphidae)). Studia Dipterologica (2006) 13(2): 317–331. PDF hdl: 10088/4385 Reference page. 

2008

• Cheng, X.-Y. & Thompson, F.C. 2008. A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China. Zootaxa 1879: 21–48. Abstract & excerpt PDF. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3 . Reference page. 
• Thompson, F.C. 2008. A conspectus of New Zealand flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new genus and species. Zootaxa 1716(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1716.1.1 hdl: 10088/9708 PDF. Reference page. 

2009

• Mengual, X., Ruiz, C., Rojo, S., Ståhls, G. & Thompson, F.C. 2009. A conspectus of the flower fly genus Allograpta (Diptera: Syrphidae) with description of a new subgenus and species. Zootaxa 2214: 1–28. Abstract & excerpt PDF DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2214.1.1 Reference page. 
• Wakeham-Dawson, A., Jones, A.G., Thompson, F.C. 2009. Falkland Islands Syrphidae (Diptera). Dipterists Digest 16: 65–71. hdl: 10088/14865 Reference page. 

2010

• Thompson, B.J. & Thompson, F. C. 2010. Two new remarkable flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from New Zealand. Weta 39: 37–43. Online hdl: 10088/16775 Reference page. 

2011

• Wiegmann, B.M., Trautwein, M.D., Winkler, I.S., Barr, N.B., Kim, J.-W., Lambkin, C., Bertone, M.A., Cassel, B.K., Bayless, K.M., Heimberg, A.M., Wheeler, B.M., Peterson, K.J., Pape, T., Sinclair, B.J., Skevington, J.H., Blagoderov, V., Caravas, J., Kutty, S.N., Schmidt-Ott, U., Kampmeier, G.E., Thompson, F.C., Grimaldi, D.A., Beckenbach, A.T., Courtney, G.W., Friedrich, M., Meier, R. & Yeates, D.K. 2011. Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life. PNAS 108(14): 5690–5695. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.10126751 . Reference page. 

2012

• Thompson, F.C. 2012: Fabulous flower flies for famous fly fanatics (Diptera: Syrphidae). A tribute to the dipterists of the Canadian National Collection. The Canadian Entomologist 144(1): 1–16. DOI: 10.4039/tce.2012.4 Reference page. 
• Thompson, F.C. 2012: Costarica Mengual & Thompson, 2009 (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) junior homonym of Costarica Kocak & Kemal, 2008 (Insecta: Orthoptera): proposed replacement by Tiquicia nom. nov. Zootaxa 3360: 68–68. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Skevington, J.H. & Thompson, F.C. 2012. Review of New World Sericomyia (Diptera: Syrphidae), including description of a new species. The Canadian Entomologist 144: 216–247. DOI: 10.4039/tce.2012.24 ResearchGate Reference page. 

2013

• Thompson, F.C. 2013: A new Psilota flower fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Vietnam. Entomologist's monthly magazine 149(1790–92): 181–185. [Not seen] Reference page. 
• Thompson, F.C. 2013: A new Afrotropical cerioidine flower fly with an overview of the group (Diptera: Syrphidae, Cerioidini). Entomologist's monthly magazine 149(1787–89): 71–77. [Not seen] Reference page. 
• Thompson, F.C. 2013. The contribution of single species description papers: why is this questioned and why the discrimination? Entomologist's monthly magazine 149(1787–89): 70. [Not seen] Reference page. 
• Thompson, F.C. 2013: A new Afrotropical cerioidine flower fly (Diptera: Syrphidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 86(3–4): 145–150. DOI: 10.5169/seals-403067 Reference page. 
• Miranda, G.F.G., Young, A.D., Locke, M.M., Marshall, S.A., Skevington, J.H. & Thompson, F.C. 2013. Key to the Genera of Nearctic Syrphidae. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 23: 1–351. DOI: 10.3752/cjai.2013.23 Reference page. 

2014

• Thompson, F.C. 2014: A new species of Myolepta from Burma, with a key to Oriental Myolepta species (Diptera: Syrphidae). Entomologist's monthly magazine 150(1799-1801): 87-92. [Not seen] Reference page. 
• Thompson, F.C. 2014: Flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Australian entomologist 41(3): 129–134. Full article (PDF) on informit Reference page. 
• Thompson, F.C. & Skevington, J.H. 2014. Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847(1): 97–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5 Reference page. 
• Xie, H., Cunningham, S.A., Yeates, D.K. & Thompson, F.C. 2014. A new sericomyiine flower fly from China (Diptera: Syrphidae). Zootaxa 3860(1): 81–86. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.1.4 ResearchGate Reference page. 

2015

• Mengual, X. & Thompson, F.C. 2015: Australian Allograpta Osten Sacken (Diptera, Syrphidae). Zookeys 513: 65–78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.513.9671 Full article Reference page. 

2017

• Thompson, F.C. 2017: First Calcaretropidia Flower Fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Known from New Guinea: The Description of a New Species. Entomological News 127(2): 93–98. DOI: 10.3157/021.127.0202. Reference page. 
• Thompson, F.C. 2017. Two new flower fly groups from the Orient (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new species. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 153: 171–178. [not seen] Reference page. 

2018

• Mengual, X., Miranda, G.F.G. & Thompson, F.C. 2018. Unraveling Ocyptamus and the Baccha legacy (Diptera: Syrphidae): redefinition of groups and new species descriptions. Zootaxa 4461(1): 1–44. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.1.1 Reference page. 

2019

• Goeldlin de Tiefenau, P. & Thompson, F.C. 2019. A new flower fly from the Afrotropics (Diptera: Syrphidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 155(3): 159–162. DOI: 10.31184/M00138908.1553.3967 Reference page. 

2023

• Bergh, J.C., Marek, P.E., Short, B.D., Skevington, J.H. & Thompson, F.C.† 2023. The identity of Neocnemodon calcarata (Loew) (Diptera: Syrphidae), a specialized flower fly predator of Woolly Apple Aphid. Studia dipterologica. Supplement 23: 316 pp. hdl: 10919/117415 Reference page. 
• Ståhls, G., Rotheray, G. & Thompson, F.C.† 2023. Exploring the intra-tribal relationships of Volucellini (Diptera: Syrphidae) using molecular and morphological characters. In: Contributions to Dipterology in honour of F. Christian Thompson. Studia Dipterologica Supplement, AMPYX VERLAG, Halle, 23: 237–244. hdl: 10138/568034 [pagination differs from original] Reference page.