Application of character based DNA barcode: a novel approach towards identification of fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) species from cucurbit crops by Ankush Mitra, Pubali Mitra, Pradosh Mahadani, Subrata Trivedi, Dhriti Banerjee, Madhusudan Das

“…Abstract Background The Tephritidae family, commonly referred to as true fruit flies, comprises of a substantial group within order Diptera. Numerous species within this family are major agricultural pests, with a tendency to infest a wide array of fruits and vegetables in tropical and sub- tropical regions, leading to considerable damage and consequent reductions in the market value of the crops. …”
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Aportes a la Técnica de Insecto Estéril: Una cepa de Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) con maduración sexual temprana by P.A. Peralta, F.H. Milla, J.L. Cladera

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Molecular detection of parasites and host preference in wild-caught Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Chiang Mai and Nakhon Si Thammarat Provinces, Thailand by Kyi Soe Baby, Kaewmee Saowalak, Mano Chonlada, Pattanawong Urassaya, Tipparawong Nopporn, Siriyasatien Padet, Gatherer Derek, Urbaniak Michael D., Bates Paul A., Jariyapan Narissara

“…Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) have been reported as potential vectors for haemoparasites. …”
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Searching for More Effective Food Baits for Tephritid Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): Performance of Newly Developed Vial-Lures Relative to Torula Yeast Borax by Walther Enkerlin, Emilio Arevalo, Jose Eduardo Caballero, Thomas Fezza, Esteban Garavelli, Diana Beatriz Martinez, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez, Todd Shelly, Milthon Edgardo Thomas, Antonio Villaseñor, Salvador Flores

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New Host Record for Camponotophilus delvarei (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae), a Parasitoid of Microdontine Larvae (Diptera: Syrphidae), Associated with the Ant Camponotus sp. aff. textor by Gabriela Pérez-Lachaud, Michael W. Gates, Jean-Paul Lachaud

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Increasing Role of Roof Gutters as Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Breeding Sites in Guadeloupe (French West Indies) and Consequences on Dengue Transmission and Vector Control by Joël Gustave, Florence Fouque, Sylvie Cassadou, Lucie Leon, Gabriel Anicet, Cédric Ramdini, Fabrice Sonor

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Entomological Investigations, Seasonal Fluctuations and Impact of Bioclimate Factors of Phlebotomines Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of an Emerging Focus of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Aichoun, Central Morocco by Fatima Zahra Talbi, Abdelhakim El Ouali Lalami, Mouhcine Fadil, Mohamed Najy, Hassan Ech-Chafay, Mohamed Lachhab, Said Lotfi, Nordine Nouayti, Khadija Lahouiti, Chafika Faraj, Abdellatif Janati Idrissi

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Primer reporte de Megaselia sp (Rondani, 1856) (Diptera: Phoridae) sobre frutos de Phthirusa pyrifolia (Kunth) Eichler (Loranthaceae) en Venezuela by Luis Traviezo Valles, Violeta Chang Cova, Evelin Arcaya

“… Se registra por primera vez en Venezuela la presencia del género Megaselia sp (Rondani, 1856) (Diptera: Phoridae) sobre frutos en descomposición de la hemiparásita Phthirusa pyrifolia (Kunth) Eichler (Loranthaceae) conocida popularmente como guatepajarito, parásita colectada en la ciudad de Puerto Ordaz, ubicado en el municipio Caroní, estado Bolívar, Venezuela (8º18'55''LN; 62º42'53''LO) muy cerca de la unión del río Caroní, al río Orinoco. …”
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POLYMORPHISM AND INTERSPECIFIC VARIABILITY OF CYTOCHROME OXYDASE SUBUNIT I (COI) GENE NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE IN SIBLING SPECIES of A AND B Anopheles messeae AND An. beklemishevi (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) by O. V. Vaulin, Yu. M. Novikov

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THE COMPARATIVE MOLECULAR GENETICAL STUDY OF ASIAN POPULATIONS OF DROSOPHILA MERCATORUM (DIPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE) ON THE COI GENE AND ITS1-ITS2 rRNA GENES FRAGMENTS by A. V. Ivannikov, O. V. Vaulin, Yu. A. Koromyslov, I. K. Zakharov

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Studies on the Feeding Habits of Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) Populations from Endemic Areas of American Visceral Leishmaniasis in Northeastern Brazil by Margarete Martins dos Santos Afonso, Rosemere Duarte, José Carlos Miranda, Lindenbergh Caranha, Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel

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Detection of Leishmania donovani DNA within Field-Caught Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Three Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Endemic Foci of Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka by Tharaka Wijerathna, Nayana Gunathilaka, Kithsiri Gunawardena, Yoshito Fujii, Deepa Gunasekara

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New Species of Rheotanytarsus Thienemann and Bause (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini) from Darjeeling–Sikkim, Himalaya, India, with Revised Keys to the Adult Males and Pupae of the Species of the Oriental Region by Niladri Hazra, Shubhranil Brahma, Kaushik Sanyal

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First Comprehensive List of Phlebotomine Sand Fly Species (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a Leishmaniasis Focus (Djelfa, Algeria), Including the First Record of Phlebotomus langeroni Females in Algeria by Fatma Messaoudene, Slimane Boukraa, Said Chaouki Boubidi, Ahlem Guerzou

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Evaluación de la capacidad reguladora del moscardón cazador de abejas Mallophora ruficunda (Diptera: Asilidae) sobre los gusanos blancos del suelo (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) by M.K. Castelo, J.C. Corley

“…El objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar si el moscardón cazador de abejas Mallophora ruficauda (Diptera: Asilidae) es un potencial agente regulador de los gusanos blancos del suelo (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). …”
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New Species of Empidinae (Diptera) from San Rossore National Park, Italy, with the First Report on Leg Polymorphism in the Genus <i>Hilara</i> Meigen and Their DNA Barcoding Evidence by Miroslav Barták, Milan Kozánek, Antonio Belcari, Andrea Š. Tóthová

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Bioactive Potential of Some <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i> Strains from Macapá, Amazon, Brazil, Against the Housefly <i>Musca domestica</i> (Diptera: Muscidae) Under Laboratory Conditions by Tatiane Aparecida Nascimento, Maria José Paes, Fernando Hercos Valicente, Margareth Maria de Carvalho Queiroz

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Gerris spinolae Lethierry and Severin (Hemiptera: Gerridae) and Brachydeutera longipes Hendel (Diptera: Ephydridae): Two Effective Insect Bioindicators to Monitor Pollution in Some Tropical Freshwater Ponds under Anthropogenic Stress by Arijit Pal, Devashish Chandra Sinha, Neelkamal Rastogi

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Human Bot Fly, torsalo (Central America), moyocuil (Mexico), berne (Brasil), mucha (Colombia, mirunta (Peru), and ura (Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay), Dermatobia hominis (Linnaeus, Jr.) (Insecta: Diptera: Oestridae) by Stephanie K. Larrick, C. Roxanne Rutledge-Connelly

“…EENY 440/IN775: Human Bot Fly, Torsalo (Central America), Moyocuil (Mexico), Berne (Brasil), Mucha (Colombia, Mirunta (Peru), and Ura (Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay), Dermatobia hominis (Linnaeus, Jr.) (Insecta: Diptera: Oestridae) (ufl.edu) …”
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Human Bot Fly, torsalo (Central America), moyocuil (Mexico), berne (Brasil), mucha (Colombia, mirunta (Peru), and ura (Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay), Dermatobia hominis (Linnaeus, Jr.) (Insecta: Diptera: Oestridae) by Stephanie K. Larrick, C. Roxanne Rutledge-Connelly

“…EENY 440/IN775: Human Bot Fly, Torsalo (Central America), Moyocuil (Mexico), Berne (Brasil), Mucha (Colombia, Mirunta (Peru), and Ura (Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay), Dermatobia hominis (Linnaeus, Jr.) (Insecta: Diptera: Oestridae) (ufl.edu) …”
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