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)

(List may be incomplete)

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 Reference page.

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.

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 Reference page.

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 full article (PDF) Reference page.

Thompson, B.J.; Thompson, F. C. (2006). A new Toxomerus species from Chile (Diptera: Syrpliidae) (Eine neue Toxomerus-Art aus Chile (Diptera: Syrphidae)). PDF Reference page.

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. handle Reference page.

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 . Abstract & excerpt PDF hdl: 10088/9708 . Reference page.

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.

Thompson, B.J.; Thompson, F. C. 2010: Two new remarkable flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from New Zealand. Weta 39: 37-43. Online. Reference page.

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.

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.

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 Reference page.

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.

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.

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.