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Redescription of the pupa of Mallochohelea termophila (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2012
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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The Function of the Partially‐Opened Spathe of Pinellia pedatisecta (Araceae) as a Pitfall Pollinator Trap

open access: yesPlant Species Biology, Volume 41, Issue 4, July 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Estado actual del conocimiento de la familia Ceratopogonidae en la Patagonia (Diptera: Nematocera) Current knowledge of the family Ceratopogonidae in Patagonia (Diptera: Nematocera)

open access: yesRevista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 2009
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

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010
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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Small Midges, Major Consequences: Partial Declines in Cocoa Pollination and Their Economic Impact in West Africa and Beyond

open access: yesAgricultural Economics, Volume 57, Issue 4, July 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular characterisation of Swiss Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) and evaluation of real-time PCR assays for the identification of Culicoides biting midges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
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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Update of the Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) species checklist from Algeria with 10 new records

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2020
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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The Feeding Ecology of Invasive Pink Salmon Juveniles in Northern Norwegian Rivers and Their Role as Prey to Native Salmonids

open access: yesEcology of Freshwater Fish, Volume 35, Issue 3, July 2026.
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)

open access: yes, 1979
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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Estudo sobre os Ceratopogonídeos de Minas Gerais: I - Descrição dos machos de Heteromyia chaquensis Duret & Lane, 1955 e Dasyhelea paulistana Forattini & Rabello, 1957 (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) Studies of Ceratopogonidade of Minas Gerais: I - Descriptions of the males of Heteromyia chaquensis Duret & Lane, 1955 and Dasyhelea paulistana Forattini & Rabello, 1957 (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae)

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1989
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
doaj   +1 more source

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