Recently, in several areas of the Middle East, a sharp increase of cutaneous leishmaniasis was observed in suburbs of larger towns including Jerusalem. In some of these areas, poor housing conditions and unsuitable waste management was suspected to provide ideal conditions for sand fly breeding, but hard data on diurnal resting sites and breeding habitats of most sand fly species are scant. In ...

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY Dispersal mechanisms Flight range of winged adults is very limited. Long-range dispersal of eggs, immature stages and adults is manmediated with the transport of infested plant material. Reproduction The taxonomic status of this alien aphid is problematic, and hence the interpretation of biological information is difficult. Moreover, different biotypes exhibiting host preference...

The goal of this study was to document the distribution and establishment A. fulica such as their feeding preference and behavior in situ. The study was carried out at the city of Lauro de Freitas, Bahia state, Brazil, between November 2001 and November 2002. We used catch per unit effort methods to determine abundance, distribution, habitat choice and food preferences. The abundance and distri...

An extensive survey was carried to study the diversity of predators associated with mealybug complex in cassava growing districts viz., Salem, Namakkal, Erode, Tiruppur and Coimbatore Tamil Nadu, India from January September, 2021. The revealed dominance Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero 1977 (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) than other species all surveyed districts. incidence P. ranged 12 90 per ...

Abstract As a result of numerous fossil and subfossil finds ostriches, there is great demand for comprehensive osteometric dataset the living species subspecies genus Struthio. We meet this by providing set > 100 measurements sample 18 sexed skeletons, including all recently extinct ostriches. provide first mensural data two subspecies, hitherto questioned Struthio camelus spatzi from no...

The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is the most damaging pest of crop in main growing areas. control this based on insecticides, but more sustainable strategies are needed to reduce negative impacts such as pesticide residues, development insecticide resistance or effects non-target organisms. In a three-year field study, effectiveness preventive kaolin and cop...