. south africa, witsand nature reserve, collecting in red sand dunes
. usa, new jersey, stones and mussel shells shells on beach
. namibia, sand dunes near swakopmund and collecting gear
.. list of publications
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.. currently in peer review
Dikow, T. Review of Namibimydas Hesse, 1972 and Nothomydas Hesse, 1969 (Diptera: Mydidae: Syllegomydinae: Halterorchini) with the description of new species. African Invertebrates.
.. 2010
Lyons, K.M. & Dikow, T. 2010 Taxonomic revision of Ectyphus Gerstaecker, 1868 and Parectyphus Hesse, 1972 with a key to world Ectyphinae (Insecta: Diptera: Mydidae). ZooKeys 73: 25–59. DOI download (PDF 3.4MB).
Dikow, T. 2010. New species and new records of Mydidae from the Afrotropical and Oriental regions (Insecta: Diptera: Asiloidea). ZooKeys 64: 33–75. DOI download (PDF 2.5MB)
Dikow, T. 2010. Order Diptera, Family Mydidae. pp. 608–615 In: van Harten, A. (ed.), Arthropod Fauna of the United Arab Emirates. Volume 3. Dar Al Ummah, Abu Dhabi. (PDF 300kb)
.. 2009
Dikow, T. & Bayless, K. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the genus Schildia Aldrich, 1923 (Diptera: Asilidae: Leptogastrinae) with the description of new extant and extinct species. Insect Systematics & Evolution 40(3): 253–289. (PDF 3.3MB)
Dikow, T. 2009b. A phylogenetic hypothesis for Asilidae based on a total evidence analysis of morphological and DNA sequence data (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 9(3): 165–188. (PDF 808kb)
. phylogenetic hypotheses can be viewed on the asilidaedata web-site
. data files and tree files can be downloaded here.
Dikow, T. 2009a. Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 319: 1–175. (PDF 20MB or from AMNH library )
. phylogenetic hypotheses and revised classification can be viewed on the asilidaedata web-site
. data matrix and tree files can be downloaded here.
Dikow, T., Meier, R., Vaidya, G.G., & Londt, J.G.H. 2009. Biodiversity Research Based on Taxonomic Revisions - A Tale of Unrealized Opportunities. pp. 323–345 In: Pape, T., Bickel, D.J., & Meier, R. (eds) Diptera Diversity: Status, Challenges and Tools. Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden. (PDF 1.5MB)
.. 2007
Dikow, T. 2007. Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Lasiocnemus (Loew, 1851) (Diptera: Asilidae: Leptogastrinae). African Entomology 15(1): 57–74. (PDF 550kb)
.. 2004
Meier, R. & Dikow, T. 2004. The significance of specimen databases from taxonomic revisions for estimating and mapping the global species diversity of invertebrates and repatriating reliable and complete specimen data. Conservation Biology 18(2): 478–488. (PDF 328kb)
Dikow, T. 2004. Family-group names in the Asilidae (Diptera). Studia Dipterologica 10(2): 459–471. (PDF 1.5MB)
.. 2003
Dikow, T. 2003. Revision of the genus Euscelidia Westwood, 1850 (Diptera: Asilidae: Leptogastrinae). African Invertebrates 44(2): 1–131. (PDF 4.0MB)
Geller-Grimm, F., Dikow, T. & Niehuis, M. 2003. Raubfliegen vom Roßstein bei Dörscheid (Mittelrheintal, Rheinland-Pfalz) nebst Anmerkungen zur Verbreitung in Rheinland-Pfalz (Diptera: Asilidae). Fauna Flora Rheinland-Pfalz 10(1): 85–98. (PDF 2.3MB)
.. 2002
Dikow, T. & Mathis, W.N. 2002. A revision and phylogenetic study of Actocetor Becker (Diptera: Ephydridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104(2): 249–290. BHL download (26MB) (PDF 6.6MB)
.. 2000
Dikow, T. & Londt, J.G.H. 2000. A review of Lamyra Loew (Diptera: Asilidae: Laphriinae). African Entomology 8(2): 189–200. (PDF 840kb)
Dikow, T. & Londt, J.G.H. 2000. A review of the genera Anasillomos Londt, 1983, Oratostylum Ricardo, 1925, and Remotomyia Londt, 1983, with description of a new genus and two new species (Diptera: Asilidae: Stenopogoninae). Annals of the Natal Museum 41: 107–121. (PDF 488kb)
.. 1999
Dikow, T. 1999. Die Asilidae (Diptera) der “RADDATZ‘schen Sammlung” an der Universität Rostock, nebst der Beschreibung einer Abnormität der Flügeladerung bei Laphria Meigen. Archiv der Freunde der Naturgeschichte Mecklenburgs XXXVIII: 179–188. (PDF 6.8MB)
.. other
peer-reviewed web-sites: Dikow, T. 2007. Lasiocnemus (Asilidae - robber flies)
peer-reviewed web-sites: Dikow, T. 2005. Euscelidia (Asilidae - robber flies)
book reviews: Dikow, T. 2011. Manual of Central American Diptera, Volume 1 by Brown, B.V. et al. (eds) 2010. American Entomologist 57(2): 121–122.
book reviews: Dikow, T. 2006. The Evolutionary History of Flies by Yeates, D.K. & Wiegmann, B.M. (eds) 2005. Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik Newsletter 16.
book reviews: Dikow, T. 2004. Review of “Photographic atlas and identification key to the robber flies of Germany (Diptera: Asilidae)” by Fritz Geller-Grimm 2003 (CD-ROM). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 51: 279–280. (PDF 556kb)
