a review of the genus phasia latreille in iran is given. an identification key to the six iranian species of phasia and illustrations of their male and female terminalia are presented. the species phasia obesa (fabricius) and p. pusilla meigen are recorded for the first time from iran.

This revision is part of a continuing series taxonomic work aimed at the description new taxa and redescription known Tachinidae Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica. Here we describe 33 species genus Belvosia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Tachinidae). All described here were reared from this ongoing inventory wild-caught caterpillars spanning variety families (Lepidop...

To develop a better understanding of the natural distribution of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and to update the knowledge of the incidence of its complex of parasitoids. S. frugiperda, samplings in whorl-stage corn were carried out in provinces of Argentina from 1999 to 2003. S. frugiperda larvae were collected from corn in localities of the provinc...

The new species Loewia papei sp. nov. from southern Anatolia (Turkey) is described, illustrated and compared with congeners. A brief diagnosis of Loewia Egger is provided and the systematics of the genus are discussed. Loewia nudigena Mesnil, 1972 is fixed as the type species of Fortisia Rondani, 1861 (junior synonym of Loewia). A full list of previously known valid species of Loewia is provide...

The monotypic genera Paleotachina Townsend, 1921 and Electrotachina Townsend, 1938 were originally described as fossils in amber but were later discovered to be inclusions in copal. Both taxa were originally assigned to the Tachinidae (Diptera) and this placement has continued to the present day. The holotypes of the two type species, P. smithii Townsend and E. smithii Townsend, were examined a...

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4595.].

Teleogryllus oceanicus is native to the Pactfic Islands and Australia and has been introduced into Hawaii (Kevan 1990; Otte and Alexander 1983). Like other field crickets, males produce a conspicuous calling song to attract females for mating (Fig. 1). However, in some parts of the cricket's range a singing male risks also attracting the acoustically orienting parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea (Dip...

Several neotropical orchid genera have been proposed as being sexually deceptive; however, this has been carefully tested in only a few cases. The genus Telipogon has long been assumed to be pollinated by male tachinid flies during pseudocopulatory events but no detailed confirmatory reports are available. Here, we have used an array of methods to elucidate the pollination mechanism in Telipogo...