In the Amazon region the phlebotomine fauna is considered one of the most diverse in the world. The use of Shannon traps may provide information on the anthropophily of the species and improve the traps' performance in terms of diversity and quantity of insects collected when white and black colored traps are used together. This study sought to verify the attractiveness of the traps to the phle...

—Multiple captures (34 double, 6 triple) in standard Sherman live traps accounted for 6.3% of 1355 captures of Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mice) in forested habitat in southern Illinois, from Oct. 2004 through Oct. 2005. There was a significant positive relationship between both the number and the proportion of multiple captures and estimated monthly population size. Multiple captures wer...

the subfamily metopiinae was taxonomically studied in fars and hormozgan provinces during 2011–2013. the specimens were collected by using malaise traps and sweep net. five species were collected and identified, of which three species are recorded for the first time from iran: colpotrochia cincta (scopoli, 1763), exochus suborbitalis schmiedeknecht, 1924, and metopius (peltocarus) turcestanicus...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the efficiency and practicality of seven trapping methods for adult phlebotominae sand flies. The results of this investigation provide information to determine the species composition and nocturnal activity pattern of different sand fly species. METHODS The study was carried out in both plain region (about 5km far from northeast) an...

Introduction: Change of natural land use has become major a driver biodiversity loss around the world. Mammals are important components forests because they affect forest structure and composition, but few studies have compared mammals in tropical areas with different levels human disturbance. Objective: To do rapid assessment non-flying Hacienda Barú National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, three...

a survey was conducted to study the fauna of the subfamily ophioninae (hymenoptera: ichneumonidae) in southern iranian provinces of fars and hormozgan. the specimens were collected using malaise traps, light traps and sweep nets from a variety different habitats between 2011 and 2013. a total of twelve species of three genera (enicospilus stephens; ophion fabricius and eremotylus forster) were ...

Background: Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) due to Leishmania major is increasing in many parts of Iran. This disease originally is a disease found in gerbils. Leishmania parasites are transmitted by sandflies that live and breed in gerbil burrows. Nested PCR amplified Leishmania ITS1-5.8S rRNA gene in both main reservoir host “Rhombomys opimus” and in the “Phlebotomus papatasi” main vec...

Major introductions of roof rats (Rattus rattus) likely occurred in the ports of East Africa during the Third Plague Pandemic in the late 1800’s. Transport via trains, boats, and trucking likely introduced this species to inland areas of East Africa, ultimately including Northwest Uganda. Historic plague outbreaks occurred during the early part of the 20th century and continue to cause a human ...

Associations between yeasts and insect herbivores are widespread, and these inter-kingdom interactions play a crucial role in yeast and insect ecology and evolution. We report a survey of insect attraction to live yeast from a community ecology perspective. In the summer of 2013 we screened live yeast cultures of Metschnikowia pulcherrima, M. andauensis, M. hawaiiensis, M. lopburiensis, and Cry...