Re-description and first record of Saltella setigera Brunetti, 1909 (Diptera: Sepsidae) from Azad Kashmir: An Oriental Asian species

A checklist of the family Sciaridae (Diptera) recorded from Finland is provided. The genus Sciarosoma Chandler with a disputed family placement is also included in the list.

A new gregarious larval-pupal endoparasitoid of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is described and illustrated: Aphaereta ceratitivorasp. n. (Braconidae: Alysiinae: Alysiini).

Our attention has been drawn to lapsi and errors in a recent publication in this journal concerning Cricotopus Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae) (Drayson et al., 2015).

myiasis is the invasion of vertebrates' tissue by the larvae of a fly of the order diptera. the objective of this paper is to present a rare case of secondary myiasis of ocular infestation by chrysomya bezziana. a 55-year-old female from sar village of mazandaran province, northern iran), referred to khatam al-anbia hospital of mashhad with extensive destruction of left orbital cavity. existenc...

Ecological stoichiometry has emerged as a tool for exploring nutrient demand and evolutionary responses to nutrient limitation. Previous studies of insects have found predictable variability in stoichiometry, both in relation to body size and trophic mode, at ordinal levels or higher. Our study further examines the evolutionary and ecological lability in these traits by comparing the effects of...

Potamotrygon signata is an endemic freshwater stingray species in the Parnaíba River basin, Brazil. After its original description, only citations in systematic lists were recorded in the literature and the biology of the species remains unknown, including the feeding habits. The aim of this study is to characterize the overall diet of P. signata based on analysing stomach contents and to provi...

In a changing climate, phenological observations are gaining new importance. They can tell what changes taking place in certain environmental conditions. The studies were conducted 2019 within the territory of Republic Mordovia (the center European part Russia). Beer traps (beer as bait) used to collect Diptera. material was collected period from April October different forest biotopes (pine fo...

A community of frugivorous insects was studied by rearing of 25565 individual insects representing three orders (Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Diptera except Drosophilidae) from 326 woody plant species in a lowland rainforest in Papua New Guinea. Fruits from 19.3% of plant species were not attacked by any insect order, 33.4% of plant species were attacked by a single order, 30% by two orders and ...