The Chinese species of Hemyda Robineau-Desvoidy (Phasiinae, Cylindromyiini) are revised. Five species are recognized, consisting of the previously recorded species H. hertingi Ziegler & Shima, H. obscuripennis (Meigen) and H. vittata (Meigen), one new species from NW Yunnan, Hemyda deqinensis sp. nov., and one new record for China, H. dominikae Draber-Mońko. A generic diagnosis of Hemyda is pro...

We describe seven new species of Spathidexia (Diptera: Tachinidae) reared from Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), northwestern Costa Rica. All were reared from -various species of ACG caterpillars during an ongoing inventory of caterpillars, their food plants and their parasitoids. By coupling morphology, photographic documentation, life history and molecular data, we provide a clear and co...

Çalışmada Düzce ili fındık bahçelerinde zararlı Amerikan beyaz kelebeği Hyphantria cunea (Drury) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)’nın ergin popülasyon takibi ile parazitoit ve predatörlerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmış olup 2019 yılında yürütülmüştür. Ergin Merkez Cumayeri ilçeleri olmak üzere iki farklı lokasyonda belirlenen bahçelere kurulan ışık tuzağı yapılmıştır. Zararlının bireyleri haziran ağustos ...

Revision and systematic placement of Prospalaea Aldrich (Diptera, Tachinidae). In the present study, the genotype and single species Prospalaea insularis (Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891) is redescribed and the male terminalia fully illustrated. The species is known only from a single type specimen collected from the Caribbean subregion, which was examined for this study. A new systematic placement ...

Nine new species of Itaplectops Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) are described from Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), northwestern Costa Rica. All specimens have been reared from -various species of ACG caterpillars in the families Limacodidae and Dalceridae. By combining morphological, photographic, and genetic barcode data we provide clear yet concise descriptions. The following nine new s...

BACKGROUND We describe five new species in the genus Vibrissina Rondani from Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG). All species were reared from wild-caught sawfly larvae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Argidae and Tenthredinidae). We provide a morphological description of each species together with information on life history, molecular data, and photographic documentation. NEW INFORMATION Five new ...

BACKGROUND We describe a new species of Phosocephala Townsend, and provide a new collection record, and description of the previously unknown male, of Phosocephala metallica Townsend, from Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), northwestern Costa Rica. All ACG specimens were reared from wild-caught Lepidoptera larvae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Nolidae). We provide a concise description of both spe...

Tachinidae are one of the most diverse and ecologically important families in the order Diptera. As parasitoids, they are important natural enemies in most terrestrial ecological communities, particularly as natural enemies of larval Lepidoptera. Despite their diversity and ecological impact, relatively little is known about the evolution and ecology of tachinids, and what is known tends to be ...

Many species of tachinid flies are viewed as generalist parasitoids because what is apparently a single species of fly has been reared from many species of caterpillars. However, an ongoing inventory of the tachinid flies parasitizing thousands of species of caterpillars in Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, has encountered >400 species of specialist tachinids with only a...