The family Simuliidae (Diptera) in Malta [PDF]
An account is given of the 3 species in the family Simuliidae that occur in Malta, including 1 new recordpeer ...
Gatt, Paul
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ABSTRACT Understanding insect responses to global climate change involves identifying strategies used during past climate oscillations. Phylogeography offers a powerful framework to unravel how historical climatic and geological events have shaped the spatial genetic patterns of species, providing critical insights into evolutionary processes, whereas ...
Jody H. Voges +12 more
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A note on some Rhinophoridae from the Mediterranean Region (Diptera) [PDF]
New records of Rhinophoridae are given for Cyprus, Gibraltar, Malta and Tunisia. Previous knowledge of this family from these countries was more limited.
Ebejer, Martin J.
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First description of the female of the theridiid spider Robertus golovatchi (Araneae: Theridiidae) [PDF]
The female of Robertus golovatchi Eskov, 1987 is described for the first time from Abkhazia and the male is also figured. The female is compared to another species known from the Caucasus R.
Kovblyuk, Mykola M., Marusik, Yuri M.
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The parasitic behaviour of Amobia distorta and the defensive behaviour of its hosts, Anterhynchium flavomarginatum (native species) and A. gibbifrons (probably non‐native), were observed. Abstract Two Anterhynchium species, A. flavomarginatum and A. gibbifrons, are solitary tube‐renting eumenine wasps that occur sympatrically in Japan.
Hikari Miyazaki, Fuki Saito‐Morooka
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Review of the Palaearctic species of Apsilocera Bouček, 1956 (Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae), with descriptions of the eight new species [PDF]
Palaearctic species of the genus Apsilocera Bouček, 1956 are reviewed. Twelve Palaearctic species are recognized based on females, of which eight new species are described: Apsilocera bradburyi Tselikh, Lee & Ku, sp. nov.
Ekaterina V. Tselikh +4 more
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Provisional atlas of the freshwater leeches of the British Isles [PDF]
Distribution maps were included in the second edition of the F.B.A. Scientific Publication on British freshwater leeches (Mann 1964). When that publication was extensively revised and enlarged to include a review of the literature on the ecology of ...
Elliott, J.M., Tullet, P.A.
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\u3ci\u3ePammene Perstructana\u3c/i\u3e (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Identified After More Than a Century [PDF]
Sciaphila perstructana Walker has been known only from the female holotype, and Pammelle signifera (Heinrich) only from males. Based on associated males and females from the Great Lakes area. the two names apply to one species.
Miller, William E
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Arboviral diseases spread by Culicoides biting midges have been introduced into Europe by unknown means. A possible route is the carriage of midges with cut flowers shipped to flower markets. We sampled Culicoides in and around a cut flower farm in Kenya; midges were caught in the vicinity and a greenhouse, but not where flowers are processed.
Jessica Eleanor Stokes +3 more
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A new subspecies of Bracon pallicarpus Thomson, 1892 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) parasitising larvae of Dorytomus cinereus Hochhuth (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in Magadan Province, Russia [PDF]
The data on biology and taxonomy of the new subspecies Bracon pallicarpus dorytomovorus Samartsev & Dokuchaev ssp. nov. are given. It was shown that in the Northern Okhotsk region, the wasps of the new subspecies are solitary univoltine parasitoids of ...
Konstantin G. Samartsev +1 more
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