title: Terrestrial arthropods of Steel Creek, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. IV. Asilidae and other Diptera.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This is the fourth in a series of papers detailing the terrestrial arthropods collected during an intensive survey of a site near Steel Creek campground along the Buffalo National River in Arkansas. The survey was conducted over a period of eight and a half months in 2013 using twelve trap types, including Malaise and canopy traps, Lindgren multifunnel traps, and pan traps.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We provide collection records for 38 species of Asilidae and other Diptera, 7 of which are new state records for Arkansas: (Asilidae) Lasiopogon opaculus Loew, 1874; (Lygistorrhinidae) Lygistorrhina sancthecatharinae Thompson, 1975; (Stratiomyidae) Cephalochrysa nigricornis (Loew, 1866), Gowdeyana punctifera (Malloch, 1915), Sargus decorus Say, 1824; (Ulidiidae) Callopistromyia annulipes Macquart, 1855; and (Xylophagidae) Rachicerus obscuripennis Loew, 1863.
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America; University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America.
authors.forename: Michael Joseph
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Skvarla
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America.
authors.forename: Jeffrey K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America.
authors.forename: Danielle M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.affiliation: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States of America.
authors.forename: Ashley P G
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Dowling