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Redescription of the pupa of Mallochohelea termophila (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
The pupal exuviae of Mallochohelea termophila (Spinelli) is redescribed, photographed and illustrated mainly based on the type-series. Pupae of the type-series were collected with forceps from a thermal stream and were attached to rocks about 200 m from ...
Maria Marcela Ronderos
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Pinellia pedatisecta has a simplified inflorescence structure, compared to its congeners with highly specialized trap pollination systems. However, our study suggests that P. pedatisecta also captures and releases pollinating insects by the spathe movement during flowering season.
Kohei Yanagisawa, Tetsuya K. Matsumoto
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Ceratopogonidae incluye pequeños dípteros nematoceros que crían en hábitats acuáticos o semiacuáticos. Hasta los '80, el conocimiento de su taxonomía en la Patagonia se hallaba limitado a la contribución de los comienzos de los '30 de Ingram y Macfie ...
Gustavo R. Spinelli, Pablo I. Marino
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Breeding sites of Culicoides pachymerus Lutz in the Magdalena River basin, Colombia
The breeding sites of Culicoides pachymerus are described for the first time in western Boyacá Province, Colombia, where this species is a public health problem.
María Cristina Carrasquilla +6 more
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ABSTRACT Cocoa production forms the backbone of West Africa's agricultural economy, sustaining smallholder farmers whose livelihoods depend on stable yields. Critical to these yields is the provision of pollination services by a few key species, notably, the minuscule Forcipomyia spp.
Falk Krumbe +2 more
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Molecular characterisation of Swiss Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) and evaluation of real-time PCR assays for the identification of Culicoides biting midges [PDF]
Biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) are vectors of several viruses of veterinary relevance, and they can cause insect bite hypersensitivity.
Wenk, Claudia E
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Background The Culicoides fauna of Algeria has been historically investigated, leading to the description of many new species by Kieffer in the 1920s, Clastrier in the 1950s or Callot in the 1960s and to a comprehensive inventory by Szadziewski in the ...
Mounira Belkharchouche +6 more
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ABSTRACT Increasing numbers of invasive Pacific pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) are spawning in northern Norwegian rivers, leading to large numbers of juveniles migrating to coastal waters. This raises concerns about food competition with native salmonids in rivers, although details about the timing and intensity of pink salmon feeding and the ...
Katherine Dunlop +10 more
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n. g., n. sp, de la République d’Haïti (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae)
Les auteurs décrivent un nouveau genre et une nouvelle espèce de Ceratopogonidae : Baeodasymyia modesta n.g. n. sp. qui possèdent une certaine affinité avec les genres Para- dasyhelea Macfie, 1940 et Baeohelea Wirth et Blanton ...
C. Raccurt, J. Clastrier
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This paper describes some results of a systematic survey of the Ceratopogonidae midges of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Three species, Stilobezzia punctulata Lane, 1947, Heteromyia chaquensis Duret & Lane, 1955 and Dasyhelea paulistana Forattini ...
Hélio N. Espínola, Afonso Pelli
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