This is a survey of the biting flies (11 families) and their symbionts in the Park, using various trapping techniques, to describe new species, to furnish records to the central ATBI database, to develop a small guide to the Parks biting flies, and to deposit specimens in various museums, including the Park museum.

Principal Investigator

PI Name: Dr. Will K. Reeves

PI Organization: Clemson University

Co-investigator #1

Co-PI Name: Dr. Peter Adler

Co-PI Organization: Clemson University

Primary Taxonomist

Taxonomist Name: Dr. Will K. Reeves

Taxonomist Organization: Clemson University

Literature References: 

Reeves, W. 2001. The hidden diversity inside biting flies. ATBI Quarterly 2 (4): 8.

Reeves, W. K. & D. Nayduch. 2002. Pathogenic Bacillus from a larva of the Simulium tuberosum species complex (Diptera: Simuliidae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology (In press).

Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., B. Hanelt, W. Reeves. In preparation. Redescription and compilation of Nearctic freshwater Nematomorpha (Gordiida). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. In preparation.

Reeves, W. K. 2001. Great Smoky Mountains Ravens Ford Collection Site Final Report. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Technical Report. http//www.npslandexchange.com/docs/arthropods.pdf

Presentations:

Reeves, W. K. & P. H. Adler. 2001. Biting flies and their symbionts. 5th Annual Meeting of the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory. Great Smokey Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN.

Reeves, W. K. 2001. Diptera of the Great Smoky Mountains and the status of the Diptera taxonomic working group. 5thJoint Meeting of the Georgia Entomological Society and the South Carolina Entomological Society. Gainesville, GA.

Reeves, W. K. 2001. Symbionts of Biting Flies in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 72nd Rocky Mountain Conference of Entomologists. Woodland Park, CO.

Reeves, W. K. 2001. Arthropod Symbionts: the big picture. 33rd Annual Southern Arthropod Conference on Arthropod Biology. Cullowhee, NC.

Reeves, W. K. 2001. Diptera Taxonomic Working Group, Research Report. 5th Annual Great Smoky Mountains All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory Annual Conference. Gatlinburg, TN.

Reeves, W. K. 2002. Simuliid symbiotes in the Smoky Mountains. Southern Extension and Research Activities Information Exchange Group. Lake Placid, FL.

Reeves, W. K. 2002. A new pathogenic Bacillus from a Simulium species. 7th Annual Graduate Student Research Forum. Clemson, SC.