Journal articles: 'Diptera'

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Carlos Henrique Marchiori. "Synanthropy of dipterans collected in cattle feces in Brazil." Open Access Research Journal of Biology and Pharmacy 2, no. 2 (October 30, 2021): 050–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.53022/oarjbp.2021.2.2.0040.

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Cattle feces accumulated in pastures and stables constitute an especially favorable microhabitat for the development of a rich and heterogeneous arthropod fauna. This study determined the species of Diptera of Medical, Veterinary and Agricultural importance present in forest, rural and urban areas in the municipality of Monte Alegre, state Minas Gerais Southeast region, Brazil in the period from March to November 2006. The dipterans pupae were individually placed in glass jars until the emergence of the dipterans. A total of 372 dipteran pupae were collected, 107 in the forest area, 194 in the rural area and 71 in the urban area. Percentage of dipterans in forest, rural and urban areas were 28.7%, 52.2% and 19.1%, respectively. Sorcophagula occidua (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) was the most frequent species with 42.2%. Regarding the synanthropy index of the species Archisepsis scabra (Loew, 1861) (Diptera: Sepsidae) Palaeosepsis pusio (Schiner, 1868) (Diptera: Sepsidae), Brontaea quadristigma (Thomson, 1869) (Diptera: Muscidae) and S. occidua presented an index of 16.0%, - 64%, +18.4% and +7.7%, respectively. Dipterans constitute the adequate model for the study of synanthropy, not only for their ecological importance, but also for their medical-sanitary aspect.

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Botteon, Victor Wilson, Anderson Gaedke, and Victor Michelon Alves. "Case report of a preserved male corpse: estimation of post-mortem interval based on four Dipteran species of four different families." EntomoBrasilis 17 (June 11, 2024): e1078. http://dx.doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v17.e1078.

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Case reports are extremely valuable in forensic entomology and very rare in Brazil. In this report we describe a case of multiple colonization of a preserved male cadaver found indoors in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, by four dipterans species of four different families: Fannia canicularis (Linnaeus, 1761) (Diptera: Fanniidae), Microcerella halli (Engel, 1931) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Muscina stabulans (Fallén, 1817) (Diptera: Muscidae) and Sarconesia chlorogaster (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). The development time data of the species were used to estimate the minimum postmortem interval (PMI). Considering the methodology applied in this study and the values calculated for the species development, it was possible to estimate a minimum PMI of 24 days. Besides the diversity of dipteran species colonizing a single human body in an indoor environment, this case report reinforces the importance of these species as forensically indicator to estimate the time of death.

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Baranov, Viktor O., Joachim T. Haug, and Uwe Kaulfuss. "New records of immature aquatic Diptera from the Foulden Maar Fossil-Lagerstätte, New Zealand, and their biogeographic implications." PeerJ 12 (February 26, 2024): e17014. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17014.

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Background The biogeographical and ecological history of true flies (Diptera) in New Zealand is little known due to a scarcity of fossil specimens. Here, we report a fauna of immature aquatic dipterans from freshwater diatomites of the early Miocene Foulden Maar Fossil-Lagerstätte in southern New Zealand. Methods We document 30 specimens of immature dipterans, mostly pupae, and compare their external morphology to extant aquatic Diptera. Based on the reconstructed paleoenvironment of Foulden Maar, we discuss taxonomic, ecological and taphonomic implications of this early Miocene fauna. Results Among Chironomidae, one pupal morphotype is attributed to Tanypodinae, one pupal morphotype and one larval morphotype are placed into Chironomus (Chironominae) and a further morphotype into Chironominae incertae sedis. Chaoboridae are represented by a pupal morphotype congeneric or very close to the extant Chaoborus, today globally distributed except for New Zealand. Additional immature specimens are likely larvae and puparia of brachyceran flies but cannot be identified to a narrower range. These finds document an aquatic dipteran fauna in New Zealand in the earliest Miocene and highlight Neogene extinction as a factor in shaping the extant Diptera fauna in New Zealand. Immature aquatic dipterans were a common and likely ecologically important component of the early Miocene Foulden Maar lake. Preservation of larvae and pupae may have been promoted by diatomaceous microbial mats and the light colour of the diatomite likely facilitated spotting of these minute fossils in the field.

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Marchiori, Carlos Henrique. "Parasitoids Collected in Poultry Farms in Brazil." European Journal of Biology and Biotechnology 2, no. 3 (June 2, 2021): 39–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejbio.2021.2.3.203.

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The objective of this work is to report the presence of dipteran parasitoids in poultry farms in Brazil. The experiment was carried out in two poultry farms in the Midwest Region in Brazilian territory. The pupae were removed and individualized in glass capsules for the emergence of adult dipterans or parasitoids. The specie Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae (Rondani) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) presented a frequency of 46.4% and showed parasitism of 93.9%. The species Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) presented a frequency of 93.3%. Of the dipterans collected, the most important species was M. domestica for causing public health problems, disturbing people and being a vector of disease-causing agents.

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Sontowski, Rebekka, and Nicole M. van Dam. "Functional Variation in Dipteran Gut Bacterial Communities in Relation to Their Diet, Life Cycle Stage and Habitat." Insects 11, no. 8 (August 17, 2020): 543. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11080543.

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True flies and mosquitos (Diptera) live in habitats and consume diets that pose specific demands on their gut bacterial communities (GBCs). Due to diet specializations, dipterans may have highly diverse and species-specific GBCs. Dipterans are also confronted with changes in habitat and food sources over their lifetime, especially during life history processes (molting, metamorphosis). This may prevent the development of a constant species- or diet-specific GBC. Some dipterans are vectors of several human pathogens (e.g., malaria), which interact with GBCs. In this review, we explore the dynamics that shape GBC composition in some Diptera species on the basis of published datasets of GBCs. We thereby focus on the effects of diet, habitats, and life cycle stages as sources of variation in GBC composition. The GBCs reported were more stage-specific than species- or diet-specific. Even though the presence of GBCs has a large impact on the performance of their hosts, the exact functions of GBCs and their interactions with other organisms are still largely unknown, mainly due to the low number of studies to date. Increasing our knowledge on dipteran GBCs will help to design pest management strategies for the reduction of insecticide resistance, as well as for human pathogen control.

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Lukashevich, Elena D. "Where the Immatures of Triassic Diptera Developed." Diversity 15, no. 4 (April 21, 2023): 582. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15040582.

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Immature Diptera are more diverse and abundant in fresh water than any other insect order. The question arises whether the earliest dipterans, known from the Upper Buntsandstein of Europe (early Anisian, Middle Triassic), already developed in water and whether such mode of life was inherited from the ancestor of the order or if, alternatively, the dipteran larvae were ancestrally terrestrial. Nematoceran immatures have become common and diverse in the Mesozoic fossil record since the Middle Jurassic, but the vast majority of them represent only two culicomorphan families, Chaoboridae and Chironomidae. Earlier records and records of immatures of other families from the Mesozoic are extremely rare. A total of four larvae and about 30 pupae have been described from Anisian assemblages of France and Spain. Among these, one larva clearly belongs to Culicomorpha, the infraorder most closely associated with fresh waters, and one larva to Bibionomorpha, the infraorder most closely associated with terrestrial habitats, while the rest are hard to classify. Nevertheless, most of the pupae are morphologically similar to the semi-aquatic pupae of extant Limoniidae and Ptychopteridae from wet habitats. The oligopneustic respiratory systems of the Anisian larvae and their apparently allochthonous burial also suggest their semi-aquatic development, which appears to have been the ancestral mode of life of Diptera. The absence of dipteran immatures in lacustrine Konservat-Lagerstätten of the Madygen and the Cow Branch Formations (Ladinian–Carnian and Norian, respectively) is explained by the aquatic conditions being unfavorable for insect immatures and invertebrates in general.

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Baranov, Viktor A., Mario Schädel, and Joachim T. Haug. "Fly palaeo-evo-devo: immature stages of bibionomorphan dipterans in Baltic and Bitterfeld amber." PeerJ 7 (October 9, 2019): e7843. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7843.

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Larvae of flies and gnats (Diptera) form a crucial component of many terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in the extant biosphere. Larvae of Diptera play a central role in water purification, matter and energy transfer in riparian ecosystems in rivers, carbon cycling in lakes and forests as well as being major decomposers of dead organic matter. Despite all these important roles, dipteran larvae are most often ignored in palaeoecological studies, due to the difficulty of the taxonomic identification of fossil larvae, but also due to the perceived importance of adult dipterans in palaeoentomological and taxonomic studies. Despite that, much information on palaeoecosystems can be gained from studying fossil dipteran larvae, in particular for well preserved specimens from fossil resins (ambers and copals). Since ambers are selectively preserving fauna of trunks and leaf litter, it allows us to learn a lot about xylophages and saprophages of amber forests, such as Eocene Baltic amber forest. Here we present immature stages (larvae and pupae) of the dipteran ingroup Bibionomorpha, from Baltic and Bitterfeld amber forests. We have recorded at least four different larval morphotypes, one with four distinct instars, and at least three pupal morphotypes. One larva is recognised as a new species and can be interpreted either as a representative of a highly derived ingroup of Bibionidae or as a sister species to Bibionidae. Also represented by single larval specimens are the groups Pachyneura (Pachyneuridae) and Sylvicola (Anisopodidae). The majority of the recorded specimens are representatives of the group Mycetobia (Anisopodidae). Due to the abundance of immature stages of Mycetobia, we have been able to reconstruct the number of larval stages (4) and relative growth rate of these fossil dipterans. We discuss implications of these finds.

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Kaľavský, Martin, Peter Fenďa, and Milada Holecová. "Arthropods in the nests of the Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)." Slovak Raptor Journal 3, no. 1 (January 1, 2009): 29–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10262-012-0030-6.

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Arthropods in the nests of the Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) In 2008 we analyzed nest material from 25 nests of the Common Kestrel nesting in the residential and rural areas of Bratislava. 4486 arthropod individuals were determined, belonging to the orders Coleoptera, Mesostigmata, Prostigmata, Astigmata, Oribatida, Diptera and Siphonaptera. The arthropod fauna in the nests of the Common Kestrel can be classified into 4 groups: mites, dipteran larvae, adult beetles and dipterans. Three families of avian ectoparasites were present, comprising 26% of the total arthropod abundance. The remaining 74% of arthropod abundance in the nests comprised coprophagous and nidicolous species.

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LUKASHEVICH, ELENA D. "The oldest Diptera (Insecta) from the Upper Buntsandstein (early Middle Triassic) of Europe." Zootaxa 5067, no. 1 (November 9, 2021): 135–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5067.1.10.

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The fossil record of Triassic Diptera is still poor, with the oldest dipteran assemblage described from the Upper Buntsandstein of the ‘Grès à Voltzia’ Formation (early Anisian, France). From the stratigraphically closest insect fauna of the Röt Formation of Lower Franconia, Germany, the first Diptera, Bashkonia franconica gen. et sp. nov. is described based on an isolated wing. The new genus is assigned to the family Nadipteridae, bridging the gap between two other genera included.

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Manko, Peter, Lenka Demková, Martina Kohútová, and Jozef Oboňa. "Efficiency of traps in collecting selected Diptera families according to the used bait: comparison of baits and mixtures in a field experiment." European Journal of Ecology 4, no. 2 (January 1, 2019): 92–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/eje-2018-0016.

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Abstract Traps made from PET bottles were used to assess the efficiency of four baits in terms of the number of individuals for selected Diptera families collecting in Eastern Slovak gardens in summer and autumn. Bait used in traps significantly affected the taxonomical composition of the samples obtained. Moreover, significant differences in bait efficiencies and temporal shift in bait efficiencies were confirmed for the Diptera order and for selected dipteran families. The most effective bait for baited-trap Diptera sampling was beer, followed by wine, meat, and syrup from the summer sampling season. In the autumn sampling season, the wine was most effective, followed by beer, syrup, and meat. For the family Scatopsidae wine, and for the family Platystomatidae, meat were the most effective baits. Drosophilidae were most attracted to beer in summer and to wine bait in autumn.

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Pezzi, Marco, Stjepan Krčmar, Federica Mendicino, Francesco Carlomagno, Domenico Bonelli, Chiara Scapoli, Milvia Chicca, Marilena Leis, and Teresa Bonacci. "Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) as Agent of Myiasis in a Goose in Italy and a Review of Myiasis by This Species in Birds." Insects 13, no. 6 (June 13, 2022): 542. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13060542.

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Myiasis is a type of parasitosis by larvae of Diptera that may affect vertebrates, including wild and domestic birds. Traumatic myiasis was discovered in a domestic goose, Anser anser domesticus L. (Anseriformes: Anatidae), in June 2020 in a rural area of the region Calabria (Southern Italy). The myiasis was caused by Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). In Italy, this was the first case of myiasis by L. sericata ever described in a bird. It was also the first case of myiasis detected in a goose in Italy. The description of the case is integrated by a discussion on nonhematophagous dipteran larvae causing myiasis in birds and by an updated and detailed review of literature cases of myiasis by L. sericata in birds reported worldwide, useful for monitoring and management of dipteran species of medical and veterinary interest.

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Tummeleht, Lea, Margret Jürison, Olavi Kurina, Heli Kirik, Julia Jeremejeva, and Arvo Viltrop. "Diversity of Diptera Species in Estonian Pig Farms." Veterinary Sciences 7, no. 1 (January 23, 2020): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci7010013.

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In light of the African swine fever outbreaks in Estonian pig farms during the past few years, the question of the vector potential of Diptera in the pig farm environment has risen. However, the arthropod fauna of the pig farm environment is currently not well established. Hence, the aim of this study was to clarify the species diversity in pig farms. In total, 22 Diptera species or species groups were found in Estonian pig farms. There were altogether 186,701 individual arthropods collected, from which 96.6% (180,444) belonged to the order of true flies (Insecta: Diptera). The remaining 3.4% were from other insect orders, arachnids, or just damaged and unidentifiable specimens. The activity density and diversity of dipterans differed significantly between 12 sampled farms but not throughout the sampling period. The present study is amongst the few to provide a large-scale overview of pig-farm-associated Diptera in the temperate climate zone.

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Souza, Thiago S., Vinicius J. Fernandes, Elen L. Aguiar-Menezes, André L. S. Resende, Thalles P. L. Pereira, Vinícius S. Gazal, and Eurípedes B. Menezes. "Larvae of Megaselia Róndani, 1856 (Diptera: Phoridae) as parasitoid of Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) and its frugivory on avocado." Entomological Communications 2 (September 4, 2020): ec02020. http://dx.doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec02020.

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The members of the family Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera), whose adults are commonly known as scuttle fly or humpbacked fly, differ widely as to their feeding habits in the larval and adult stages. Dipteran larvae of Megaselia Róndani, 1856 (Diptera: Phoridae) vary considerably in feeding habits. The results of this study confirm the parasitic and frugivorous habits of Megaselia larvae. Megaselia scalaris (Loew, 1866) behaved as primary parasitoid of Isognathus caricae (L., 1758) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) larvae in confinement using cage under laboratory conditions. It is also the first time the frugivorous habit of M. scalaris larvae is recorded in ripe fruits of the avocado tree (Persea americana, Lauraceae) under field conditions.

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Nizam, N. A., C. N. I. I. Mohd Najib, N. N. Md Yusof, N. B. Mohammad Naser, and S. K. Mohd Hatta. "Preliminary Study on the Distribution and Diversity of Diptera at Tuba Island Reserve Forest, Langkawi Malaysia." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1019, no. 1 (April 1, 2022): 012012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1019/1/012012.

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Abstract Insects, the ecologically important organisms, contribute most to the world’s biodiversity. A study on distribution to diversity of order Diptera was conducted in a selected area of Tuba Island Forest Reserve, Langkawi from 17th September to 21st September 2020 using Malaise traps. Three study sites which were forest fringe, middle forest and inner forest were chosen. A total of 5450 individuals of Diptera belonging to 18 families and 27 morphospecies were collected in this study. Diptera samples were highly abundant in the forest fringe with Mycetophilidae as the most abundant family recorded, while the least abundant family was Drosophilidae. The Shannon-Weiner Diversity Index (H’) showed that the forest fringe had the highest diversity value (H’=2.05), followed by the inner forest (H’=0.67) and middle forest (H’=0.45). The highest Evenness Index (E’) value was recorded from the inner forest with E’=0.66 while the highest value for Margalef Richness Index (R’) was from the forest fringe which was 1.91. The Kruskal-Wallis H test conducted indicates that there was a significant difference in the distribution of Dipteran across the three locations of the forest with P<0.05. Overall, this study suggested that the diversity of order Diptera was higher in the forest fringe compared to the middle and the inner forest. This study is important as it is helpful for future study of Diptera species in Tuba Island as well as for conservation measures in the island ecosystem.

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Carlos Henrique Marchiori. "Description of the Diapriidae Family (Insecta: Diptera)." International Journal of Frontiers in Science and Technology Research 2, no. 2 (June 30, 2022): 001–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.53294/ijfstr.2022.2.2.0030.

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Diapriidae are commonly found in moist and shady habitats, where they can be very diverse; despite its abundance, little is known about its biology. The basal diapriids, Belytinae and Ambositrinae are probably parasitoids of larvae or pupae of Mycetophilidae and Sciaridae (Diptera). Diapriinae are mostly Diptera parasitoids (Brachycera and Cyclorrhapha), some species parasitize staphylinid and scarab (Coleoptera) larvae others are associated with Formicidae (or with dipterans associated with ants. Some species of Diapriidae were used in biological control programs for dipterans. The purpose of this article is to obtain description of the Family (Insecta: Hymenoptera). In this article, the bionomy of the Diapriidae Family will be studied. To this end, a bibliographic survey of Ichneumonidae was carried out in the years 1940 to 2021. Only complete articles published in scientific journals and expanded abstracts presented at national and international scientific events, Doctoral Thesis and Master's Dissertation were considered. Data were also obtained from platforms such as: Academia.edu, Frontiers, Qeios, Pubmed, Biological Abstract, Publons, Dialnet, World, Wide Science, Springer, RefSeek, Microsoft Academic, Science and ERIC.

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Thompson, Heather M., Mark R. Lesser, Luke Myers, and Timothy B. Mihuc. "Insect Community Response Following Wildfire in an Eastern North American Pine Barrens." Forests 13, no. 1 (January 4, 2022): 66. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f13010066.

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Ecosystem recovery following wildfire is heavily dependent upon fire severity and frequency, as well as factors such as regional topography and connectivity to unburned patches. Insects are an often-overlooked group of organisms impacted by fire and play crucial roles in many ecosystem services. Flying insects are particularly capable of avoiding fire, returning to burned patches following the initial disturbance, making them an important group to study when assessing wildfire impacts. Following a wildfire in July of 2018 at the Altona Flat Rock jack pine barrens in northeastern New York, insects were collected from an unburned reference site and a post-fire site using malaise traps. Samples were collected in the 2018, 2019, and 2020 field seasons. Insect groups were found to have three main responses to the disturbance event: increased abundance post-fire, unchanged abundance post-fire, or reduced abundance post-fire. Several dipteran families and some non-dipteran groups were present in greater abundance in the post-fire study site, such as Diptera Polleniidae, which increased in abundance immediately following the disturbance in 2018. Other fire-adapted taxa exhibited a more delayed positive response in 2019 and 2020. Diversity, particularly among Diptera, increased with time since the disturbance at the post-fire site. Many taxa declined in response to fire disturbance, including Lepidoptera and several Diptera families, most likely due to habitat, moisture, and organic matter requirements. Future studies could prove beneficial in understanding the recovery of this community and informing land management practices.

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Nartshuk, Emilia. "Russian Diplomat and Entomologist Robert Romanovich (Carl Robert) Osten-Sacken and His Role in the Studies of North American Insects." Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki 42, no. 3 (2021): 522. http://dx.doi.org/10.31857/s020596060016356-3.

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This paper analyzes a fruitful scientific collaboration between a Russian diplomat and entomologist, Carl Robert Osten-Sacken, and a German dipterist Friedrich Hermann Loew, who laid the foundation for the studies on North American Diptera. In particular, it provides information about three collections of insects, made by Osten-Sacken: the main collection of North American Diptera with type specimens of the species described by Loew and Osten-Sacken himself, which was left in the USA and is now permanently deposited at the Louis Agassiz Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard University); a collection of the most common North American insects that was presented by Osten-Sacken to the Museum of Natural History (NYC), and a small collection of European Diptera, hosted at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. Other aspects of Osten-Sacken’s entomological studies are also analyzed, particularly his proposals for the chaetotaxy of Dipteran and for the order’s taxonomy, and his biographical book, “Record of My Life Work in Entomology”, is reviewed.

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Adler, Peter, and Gregory Courtney. "Ecological and Societal Services of Aquatic Diptera." Insects 10, no. 3 (March 14, 2019): 70. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects10030070.

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More than any other group of macro-organisms, true flies (Diptera) dominate the freshwater environment. Nearly one-third of all flies—roughly 46,000 species—have some developmental connection with an aquatic environment. Their abundance, ubiquity, and diversity of adaptations to the aquatic environment position them as major drivers of ecosystem processes and as sources of products and bioinspiration for the benefit of human society. Larval flies are well represented as ecosystem engineers and keystone species that alter the abiotic and biotic environments through activities such as burrowing, grazing, suspension feeding, and predation. The enormous populations sometimes achieved by aquatic flies can provide the sole or major dietary component for other organisms. Harnessing the services of aquatic Diptera for human benefit depends on the ingenuity of the scientific community. Aquatic flies have played a role as indicators of water quality from the earliest years of bioassessment. They serve as indicators of historical and future ecological and climate change. As predators and herbivores, they can serve as biological control agents. The association of flies with animal carcasses in aquatic environments provides an additional set of tools for forensic science. The extremophilic attributes of numerous species of Diptera offer solutions for human adaptation to harsh terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments. The potential pharmaceutical and industrial applications of the symbiotic microbial community in extremophilic Diptera are better explored than are those of dipteran chemistry. Many flies provide valuable ecological and human services as aquatic immatures, but are also pests and vectors of disease agents as terrestrial adults. The scientific community, thus, is challenged with balancing the benefits and costs of aquatic Diptera, while maintaining sustainable populations as more species face extinction.

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Bajerlein, Daria, Mateusz Jarmusz, Aleksandra Gregor, and Andrzej Grzywacz. "Diptera (Dryomyzidae, Fanniidae, Muscidae, Piophilidae) Associated With Pig Carcasses in a Forest Habitat of Poland: Sex-Related Patterns of Visitation and Effectiveness of Sampling Methods." Journal of Medical Entomology 59, no. 2 (January 4, 2022): 514–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab218.

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Abstract Our knowledge on many necrophilous dipterans was limited for a long time mainly due to taxonomic issues. Therefore, findings on the sex-related associations with pig carcasses in Dryomyzidae, Fanniidae, Muscidae, and Piophilidae are presented. Moreover, the effectiveness of pitfall traps and sweep nets in fly sampling were compared, since the correct method of collecting insects is critical for the development and application of entomological tools for forensic purposes. The trapped numbers of all species differed significantly in respect to both sexes. The sex ratios were strongly female-biased in most species of Muscidae and in Fanniidae. More females were also collected in Piophilidae, but the proportion of males was higher when compared to muscids. Within Dryomyzidae, the sex ratio differed according to species. Only Dryomyza flaveola (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Dryomyzidae) and Muscina pascuorum (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Muscidae) had male-biased sex ratios. Differences in residency patterns between sexes in Stearibia nigriceps (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Piophilidae), Liopiophila varipes (Meigen, 1830) (Diptera: Piophilidae), and D. flaveola were statistically insignificant. All studied species were recorded for each sampling method. The effect of the sampling method on the number of individuals was statistically significant for all dipterans but Piophilidae. Pitfall traps outcompeted the aerial sweep net in representing Dryomyzidae and Muscidae, whereas both methods were almost equally effective in the collection of Piophilidae. A varied effectiveness of sampling methods was observed in Fanniidae. The sampling method significantly affected the determination of the appearance time of flies on carcasses, but the effect of species and sampling method was insignificant. Implications for forensic entomology are discussed.

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De Luna, Manuel, and María Jordán Hernández. "First record of Melophagus ovinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) for Nuevo Leon, Mexico." Agronomía Colombiana 41, no. 2 (August 31, 2023): e108640. http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/agron.colomb.v41n2.108640.

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The sheep ked Melophagus ovinus (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Lipopteninae), an ectoparasite of the domestic sheep Ovis aries (Artiodactyla: Bovidae: Caprinae), was recorded for the first time in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. This dipteran has a cosmopolitan distribution, likely found wherever its preferred host is present. Records of this parasite in Mexico are scarce and dispersed throughout the literature.

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Oboňa, Jozef, Libor Dvořák, Peter Manko, Ruslan Mariychuk, Jaroslav Starý, and Michal Tkoč. "Some Diptera newly recorded from Ukraine." Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales 66, no. 1 (March 1, 2017): 41–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cszma-2017-0004.

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Abstract Results of faunistic research of eight selected dipteran families (Bibionidae, Blephariceridae, Dixidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Platypezidae, Ptychopteridae, and Rhagionidae) in the Uzh River Basin (Ukraine) are presented thanks to the support by the FAN (B) - Förderkreis für allgemeine Naturkunde (Biologie) in the framework of the project “Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Diptera biodiversity trip along the Uzh river, Ukraine”. Altogether 16 species are recorded as new to the fauna of Ukraine in the present paper. One species is newly recorded of the families Blephariceridae, Pediciidae, and Ptychopteridae, and two species each of the families Limoniidae and Bibionidae. Three species each belong to the families Dixidae, Platypezidae, and Rhagionidae.

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Šefrová, Hana. "Changes of dipteran pests in agricultural, horticultural and ornamental plants during the 20th century." Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 56, no. 1 (2008): 279–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun200856010279.

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Results of an analysis of dipteran pests composition and changes of their importance in agricultural, horticultural and ornamental plants during the 20th century are given. Even 89 Diptera species have been registered as pests of these plants (1.1 % of all species known in the Czech Republic). Of these ca 14 (16%) species caused regular and important and other 23 (26%) species occasional damages. The remaining 52 (58%) species are unimportant, local and sporadic pests. Only small changes (10% maximally) in the species composition of more important dipteran pests have been registered during the century.

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Yarger, Alexandra M., Katherine A. Jordan, Alexa J. Smith, and Jessica L. Fox. "Takeoff diversity in Diptera." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288, no. 1942 (January 13, 2021): 20202375. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2375.

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The order Diptera (true flies) are named for their two wings because their hindwings have evolved into specialized mechanosensory organs called halteres. Flies use halteres to detect body rotations and maintain stability during flight and other behaviours. The most recently diverged dipteran monophyletic subsection, the Calyptratae, is highly successful, accounting for approximately 12% of dipteran diversity, and includes common families like house flies. These flies move their halteres independently from their wings and oscillate their halteres during walking. Here, we demonstrate that this subsection of flies uses their halteres to stabilize their bodies during takeoff, whereas non-Calyptratae flies do not. We find that flies of the Calyptratae are able to take off more rapidly than non-Calyptratae flies without sacrificing stability. Haltere removal decreased both velocity and stability in the takeoffs of Calyptratae, but not other flies. The loss of takeoff velocity following haltere removal in Calyptratae (but not other flies) is a direct result of a decrease in leg extension speed. A closely related non-Calyptratae species ( D. melanogaster ) also has a rapid takeoff, but takeoff duration and stability are unaffected by haltere removal. Haltere use thus allows for greater speed and stability during fast escapes, but only in the Calyptratae clade.

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Dhamorikar, Aniruddha H. "Flies matter: a study of the diversity of Diptera families (Insecta: Diptera) of Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Maharashtra, India, and notes on their ecological roles." Journal of Threatened Taxa 9, no. 11 (November 26, 2017): 10865. http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.2742.9.11.10865-10879.

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Diptera is one of the three largest insect orders, encompassing insects commonly known as ‘true flies’. They are one of the most important in terms of their interactions with humans. Family-level diversity of Diptera was studied in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR)—50 families were recorded in four protected areas—Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnala Bird Sanctuary, and Matheran Eco-Sensitive Zone, of which 24 were also found in urban areas of Mumbai and Thane City. The MMR’s family-level dipteran diversity constitutes 78% of families documented in the Western Ghats and 57% of India’s known families of Diptera. The recorded Diptera families were segregated into two groups based on their habits - beneficial and pestiferous. Of the 50 families, 66% comprised members which were beneficial in terms of flower visitations (28%), decomposition (24%), and predators and parasitoids of pest insects (14%), whereas 34% comprised members that were pestiferous in nature in terms of posing a threat to human health and causing nuisance (11%), causing crop and food damage (12%), posing a threat to animal health (8%), and as parasitoids of beneficial insects (3%). In terms of their feeding preferences, the majority of the adults were flower visitors (26%), 24% were saprophagous, followed by members that were frugivorous, fungivorous, coprophagous, and predatory in nature. Among larval feeding habits, 31% were detritivorous, 18% phytophagous, and 13% predatory in nature. In terms of their habitat preferences, 24 families were found in dense undergrowth, 12 in mountainous forests, and 11 in fruit gardens. This study establishes that Diptera is more diverse in natural areas than urban areas, and emphasizes the need for further exploration in terms of taxonomic and ecological studies, and economic benefits vis-à-vis the losses they incur in the region.

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KOLCSÁR, Levente-Péter, Edina TÖRÖK, and Lujza KERESZTES. "First record of Cylindrotoma distinctissima (Meigen, 1818) from Serbia and new data on the occurrence of Cylindrotomidae (Diptera) in Bulgaria and Romania." Fragmenta Faunistica 60, no. 2 (2017): 107–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/00159301ff2017.60.2.107.

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Here we present the first records of Cylindrotoma distinctissima distinctissima (Meigen, 1818) from Serbia, which represents a new family (Cylindrotomidae, Diptera) to the dipteran fauna of the country. Additionally, new records on this species are given from Bulgaria and Romania. New records of two other rare species of Cylindrotomidae, i.e. Diogma glabrata (Meigen, 1818) and Triogma trisulcata Schummel, 1829) are listed from Romania.

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Rotkin. "SYNTHETIC PYRETHROID RESISTANCE IN DIPTERANS ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE HOUSEFLY MUSCA DOMESTICA (REVIEW)." THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PARASITIC DISEASE CONTROL, no. 23 (April 18, 2022): 382–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.31016/978-5-6046256-9-9.2022.23.382-386.

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This article presents scientific research on the resistance process forming in dipteran insects on the example of the housefly (Musca domestica), which occurs with synthetic pyrethroids, as well as methods to control the occurring resistance. Houseflies (Musca domestica) are insects of the order Diptera and one of the most resistant insect species to modern insecticides, and their natural populations may be insusceptible to all drugs used to control them. Pyrethroids are insecticides that are synthetic derivatives of natural pyrethrins. They are the most widely used group of insecticides today, and their use in agriculture is considered to be the most effective and least toxic in insect control. One of the main disadvantages of pyrethroids is considered to be insect resistance to modern insecticides. The main content of the study is the analysis of available scientific data on the resistance occurring in Dipterans with synthetic pyrethroids, and of the main directions in the control of such resistance. Scientific research was searched in domestic and foreign sources.

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Carlos Henrique Marchiori. "Diptera species ectoparasitic of mammals and parasitoid insect pests." Open Access Research Journal of Life Sciences 1, no. 2 (September 30, 2021): 006–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.53022/oarjls.2021.1.2.0118.

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Over the years the muscoid dipterans have always they were associated with man and domestic animals, due to the food resources found in the breeding stables. The aim of this study is to carry out a bibliographic summary about mammalian ectoparasites, phoresia, scorpion parasitoid flies (Arachnida: Scorpiones), ants and also the life cycle of these dipterans. The mini-review consists of a literature search on dipterans (Order: Diptera) and scorpion parasitoids (Arachnida: Scorpiones). The research was carried out in studies related to the theme with an emphasis on quantitative and conceptual aspects of Family, Subfamilies, Genera and Species (taxonomic groups). A literature search was carried out containing articles published from 2000 to 2021. The mini-review was prepared in Goiânia, Goiás, from July to August 2021, through the Online Scientific Library (Scielo) and internet.

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Kumari, Pooja, Shagun Rana, Bhavya Bhargava, and Sajjalavarahalli G. Eswara Reddy. "Diversity, Abundance and Impact of Insect Visitors in Litchi chinensis Production." Agronomy 13, no. 2 (January 18, 2023): 298. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13020298.

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Litchi chinensis is the “queen of fruits”, and pollination is an essential requirement for fruit set and production. The present study was conducted in litchi orchards to study the diversity/abundance of insect visitors, the impact of pollination on quantitative parameters, and different modes of pollination. The results showed that 75 insect species during flowering were reported including Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, and Coleoptera. In natural pollination, the abundance of insect visitors of Hymenoptera was more during morning and evening (50.25% and 44.89%, respectively) compared to Lepidoptera (21.83 and 26.67%) and Diptera (24.37 and 23.33%). Similarly, natural pollination with one Apis mellifera colony also showed higher abundance of insect visitors of Hymenoptera during morning and evening (50.15 and 57.31%, respectively) as compared to Lepidoptera and Diptera. The Dipteran insect visitors under natural pollination showed significant positive correlation with temperature, wind speed and UV. The fruit/seed size, peel weight, juice pH, pulp weight, moisture, and total soluble solids were higher in natural pollination with A. mellifera. The percentage of fruit set and fruit weight (g) was significantly higher in natural pollination with A. mellifera (23.24 ± 1.40% and 1.60 ± 0.11 g, respectively). There was no fruit set observed in bagged panicles with nylon mesh.

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Zhang, Jun-Feng. "Jurassic Limoniid dipterans from China (Diptera: Limoniidae)." Oriental Insects 40, no. 1 (January 1, 2006): 115–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2006.10417463.

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Reilly, Lucy A., Joana Favacho, Lourdes M. Garcez, and Orin Courtenay. "Preliminary evidence that synanthropic flies contribute to the transmission of trachoma- causing Chlamydia trachomatis in Latin America." Cadernos de Saúde Pública 23, no. 7 (July 2007): 1682–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0102-311x2007000700020.

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Synanthropic flies have been shown to be important mechanical vectors of Chlamydia trachomatis, which causes trachoma. However entomological studies have not been forthcoming in Latin America. This study assesses the relationship between household dipteran fly densities and active childhood trachoma in a village on Marajó Island, Pará state, Brazil. For 78 households, members were examined for signs of trachoma, relative abundance of potential trachoma vectors (Diptera, Chloropidae and Diptera, Muscidae) was quantified by trap counts, and additional measures of household hygiene associated with C. trachomatis transmission were assessed. Active childhood trachoma prevalence was 24.1% (45/187), present in 46.2% of sampled households with evidence of case clustering. Childhood prevalence was positively associated with increased fly densities, whereas indirect measures of sanitary conditions (latrine ownership and perceived importance of flies) showed a protective effect. This study indicates that C. trachomatis can be transmitted by synanthropic flies in this region of Latin America.

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PAPP, ZOLTÁN, and ZOLTÁN SOLTÉSZ. "First record of wormlion Vermileo vermileo (Diptera: Vermileonidae) from Greece." ENTOMOLOGIA HELLENICA 28, no. 1 (January 11, 2019): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/eh.19679.

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In this work, we present the first record of the species Vermileo vermileo from Greece. The larvae and pupae of Vermileo vermileo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera, Vermileonidae) and Myrmeleon inconspicuus Rambur, 1842 (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) species were collected from pits on a dry soil surface, in well-protected from rain places, from the Greek island of Thasos during the summer of 2017, in close proximity to Potos and Skala Potamias resort areas. The individuals were further kept under laboratory conditions for definite identification. According to available literature, the dipteran species V. vermileo is new for the Greek fauna.

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Borkovcová, Marie, and Pavel Veselý. "Pseudomyiasis with connection to organic waste – first case reported in Czech Republic." Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 56, no. 1 (2008): 19–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun200856010019.

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In the April of 2007, pseudomyiasis was detected in alimentary tract of two years old boy from South Moravia (Czech Republic). Contamination was caused by larvae of family Calliphoridae (Diptera), accidentally consummated with half-rotten fruits from bio compost. It is the first recent documented case of pseudomyiasis, and is closely connected with bio waste and ecological waste disposal. Usage of organic waste composting is increasing all around the world, motivated by demand for maximum recycling. While workrooms of bigger compost facilities are usually separated from public, waste containers in front of the houses or small composts in the gardens serving one family are freely accessible to public. These bio composts and waste containers attract many species of insects, especially from order Diptera. so for inhabitants of neighbouring houses this can represent certain health risk. In the location of findings, Dipteras were caught and their species spectrum was evaluated considering their ability to cause myiases or pseudomyiases.

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Austen, E. E. "DIPTERA." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 69, no. 1 (August 21, 2009): 7–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1890.tb01695.x.

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BORKENT, ART, BRIAN V. BROWN, PETER H. ADLER, DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM, KEVIN BARBER, DANIEL BICKEL, STEPHANIE BOUCHER, et al. "Remarkable fly (Diptera) diversity in a patch of Costa Rican cloud forest: Why inventory is a vital science." Zootaxa 4402, no. 1 (March 27, 2018): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.3.

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Study of all flies (Diptera) collected for one year from a four-hectare (150 x 266 meter) patch of cloud forest at 1,600 meters above sea level at Zurquí de Moravia, San José Province, Costa Rica (hereafter referred to as Zurquí), revealed an astounding 4,332 species. This amounts to more than half the number of named species of flies for all of Central America. Specimens were collected with two Malaise traps running continuously and with a wide array of supplementary collecting methods for three days of each month. All morphospecies from all 73 families recorded were fully curated by technicians before submission to an international team of 59 taxonomic experts for identification. Overall, a Malaise trap on the forest edge captured 1,988 species or 51% of all collected dipteran taxa (other than of Phoridae, subsampled only from this and one other Malaise trap). A Malaise trap in the forest sampled 906 species. Of other sampling methods, the combination of four other Malaise traps and an intercept trap, aerial/hand collecting, 10 emergence traps, and four CDC light traps added the greatest number of species to our inventory. This complement of sampling methods was an effective combination for retrieving substantial numbers of species of Diptera. Comparison of select sampling methods (considering 3,487 species of non-phorid Diptera) provided further details regarding how many species were sampled by various methods. Comparison of species numbers from each of two permanent Malaise traps from Zurquí with those of single Malaise traps at each of Tapantí and Las Alturas, 40 and 180 km distant from Zurquí respectively, suggested significant species turnover. Comparison of the greater number of species collected in all traps from Zurquí did not markedly change the degree of similarity between the three sites, although the actual number of species shared did increase. Comparisons of the total number of named and unnamed species of Diptera from four hectares at Zurquí is equivalent to 51% of all flies named from Central America, greater than all the named fly fauna of Colombia, equivalent to 14% of named Neotropical species and equal to about 2.7% of all named Diptera worldwide. Clearly the number of species of Diptera in tropical regions has been severely underestimated and the actual number may surpass the number of species of Coleoptera. Various published extrapolations from limited data to estimate total numbers of species of larger taxonomic categories (e.g., Hexapoda, Arthropoda, Eukaryota, etc.) are highly questionable, and certainly will remain uncertain until we have more exhaustive surveys of all and diverse taxa (like Diptera) from multiple tropical sites. Morphological characterization of species in inventories provides identifications placed in the context of taxonomy, phylogeny, form, and ecology. DNA barcoding species is a valuable tool to estimate species numbers but used alone fails to provide a broader context for the species identified.

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Williams, K. A., and M. H. Villet. "Spatial and Seasonal Distribution of Forensically Important Blow Flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, South Africa." Journal of Medical Entomology 56, no. 5 (May 13, 2019): 1231–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjz056.

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AbstractThe seasonal activity of adults of eight forensically important blow fly species [Calliphora croceipalpis (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Jaennicke, Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), L. cuprina (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Chrysomya chloropyga (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Ch. albiceps (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Ch. marginalis (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Ch. putoria (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Ch. megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)] was quantified from collections in Makhanda, South Africa. Flies were collected in traps baited with chicken liver and placed in the field at eight locations for four consecutive days each fortnight for 14 mo. The seasonal distribution of each species compared well to published seasonal distributions of these blow flies elsewhere in South Africa, with evidence of year-to-year variation within seasons that might be explained by weather. This information is important for determining when and where certain species are likely to occur and will be of use in forensic investigations and myiasis management plans.

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Carlos Henrique Marchiori. "Study of the bioecology of Chrysomya (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) (Diptera: Calliphoridae): Collections." Open Access Research Journal of Life Sciences 1, no. 2 (September 30, 2021): 042–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.53022/oarjls.2021.1.2.0124.

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The Chrysomya primary importance to the field of medico legal Forensic Entomology is due to the genus' predictable life cycle length, allowing researchers to accurately estimate a postmortem interval. The aim of this study was to carry out a bibliographical summary on the blowflies of the genus Chrysomya (Insecta: Calliphoridae) with emphasis on the species: Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann, 1819) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Chrysomya megacephala, (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and Chrysomya putoria (Wiedemann, 1830). The mini review consists of bibliographical research on the muscoid dipterans (Muscomorpha) (Order: Diptera). The research was carried out in studies related to quantitative aspects of the Family and Species (taxonomic groups) and in conceptual aspects such as origin, geographic distribution, biology, life cycle, as a secondary vector of enterobacteria, for causing secondary myiasis and importance in Forensic Emtomology. A literature search was carried out containing articles published from 1971 to 2021. The mini review was prepared in Goiânia, Goiás, from August to September 2021, through the Online Scientific Library (Scielo) and internet. This is a family of blowflies of great ecological and medical-sanitary importance, as they are decomposers of organic matter, with their larvae usually developing in decayed material of animal origin, decomposing it and quickly consuming the carcasses, thus removing possible sources of diseases and recycling nutrients.

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Maia, Bárbara Maria Cerqueira, Aline Marrara Prado, Natane Cássia Sibon Purgato, Cauê Trani Mira, and Patricia Jacqueline Thyssen. "Registro de forésia de ovos de Dermatobia hominis (L.) (Diptera, Oestridae) por Fannia canicularis (L.) e Fannia punctipennis (Albuquerque) (Diptera, Fanniidae) em São Paulo, Brasil." EntomoBrasilis 11, no. 3 (December 21, 2018): 226–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v11i3.780.

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Resumo Esta é a primeira vez que se registra a veiculação de ovos de Dermatobia hominis (L.) (Insecta, Diptera, Oestridae) por Fannia punctipennis (Albuquerque) (para o Sudeste do Brasil) e por Fannia canicularis (L.) (para a América do Sul) (Insecta, Diptera, Fanniidae), respectivamente.Phoresy record of Dermatobia hominis (L.) (Diptera, Oestridae) eggs by Fannia canicularis (L.) and Fannia punctipennis (Albuquerque)(Diptera, Fanniidae) in São Paulo, Brazil Abstract This is the first record of Dermatobia hominis (L.) (Insecta, Diptera, Oestridae) eggs carried by Fannia punctipennis (Albuquerque) (for Southeast Brazil) and by Fannia canicularis (L.) (for South America) (Insecta, Diptera, Fanniidae), respectively.

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Carlos Henrique Marchiori. "Biology of Sarcophagidae (Diptera): Mini review." Open Access Research Journal of Life Sciences 2, no. 1 (November 30, 2021): 034–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.53022/oarjls.2021.2.1.0135.

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The aim of this study is to report the Biology of Sarcophagidae. The mini review consists of bibliographical research on the muscoid dipterans (Muscomorpha) (Order: Diptera). The research was carried out in studies related to quantitative aspects of the Family and Species (taxonomic groups) and in conceptual aspects such as: geographic distribution, biology, traps, life cycle, vector of bacteria and importance in Forensic Entomology. A literature search was carried out containing articles published from 1971 to 2021. The mini review was prepared in Goiânia, Goiás, from August to September 2021, through the Online Scientific Library (Scielo), internet, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Frontiers, Publons, Qeios and Portal of Scientific Journals in Health Sciences, https://goo.gl/gLTTTs and https://www.growkudos.com/register.

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Salgado-Neto, Geraldo. "First record of Xanthozona melanopyga (Diptera: Tachinidae) on Brassolis astyra (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) for Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil." Biota Neotropica 11, no. 3 (September 2011): 413–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1676-06032011000300034.

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Xanthozona melanopyga (Wiedmann, 1830) (Diptera: Tachinidae) is recorded here as a parasitoid of Brassolis astyra Godart, 1824 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Dipteran endoparasitoids have been recorded as pupal endoparasitoids of Brassolis sophorae (L.), due to the scientific and economic importance of these interespecific relationships, and aiming to increase the knowledge on natural and conservative biological control, I hereby record Xanthozona melanopyga (Wiedmann) as larval-pupal parasitoid of Brassolis astyra Godart for the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. For the first time.

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TAKOV, Danail Ilchev, Peter Vladislavov OSTOICH, Andrey Ivanov TCHORBANOV, and Daniela Kirilova PILARSKA. "Order Diptera as a model in the studies of insect immunity: a review." TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 44, no. 6 (November 20, 2020): 481–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-2006-11.

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Order Diptera is the most important group of animals when it comes to insect immunity research. The largest share of experimental data in the group falls on the genus Drosophila - a model species with a number of advantages. Other crucial representatives are those of the mosquito group, as they are vectors of a number of infectious diseases infecting higher vertebrates and humans. As representatives of the genera, Anopheles, Aedes and Culex are very significant model organisms. In total, more than 40 dipteran species are being actively studied as models in various aspects related to immunity. Together with the representatives of the order Lepidoptera, they are the major source of the knowledge gained so far on the defense mechanisms in insects. The current review demonstrates that the studies conducted on dipteran species concern all existing mechanisms of immune defense, namely antimicrobial peptides, signalingpathways, pathogen recognition, the different types of hemocytes, antiviral and other immune responses (phagocytosis, nodulation, melanization and encapsulation).

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Andrade-Herrera, Kepler N., Cátia A. Mello-Patiu, Carolina Núñez-Vázquez, and Erendira Estrella. "Flesh Flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Attracted to a Snake Carcass (Boa constrictor) in Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico." Journal of Medical Entomology 57, no. 6 (June 13, 2020): 2011–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa115.

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Abstract A study was carried out to determine Sarcophagidae diversity attracted to the different stages of decomposition of a Boa constrictor cadaver during late winter in the Yucatan Peninsula. As a result of this study, seven species of Sarcophagidae were documented, Oxysarcodexia conclausa (Walker, 1861) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Peckia (Euboettcheria) volucris (Wulp, 1895) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Blaesoxipha (Gigantotheca) plinthopyga (Wiedemann, 1830) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Oxysarcodexia amorosa (Schiner, 1868) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Ravinia derelicta (Walker, 1853) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Ravinia effrenata (Walker, 1861) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), and Titanogrypa (Cucullomyia) placida (Aldrich, 1925) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), The last five species listed are the first documentation of their presence in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Sarcophagids were present throughout the decomposition process; however, the greatest abundance and diversity of this family were present during the advanced decay stage. This is the first work on flesh flies in the region and the first in the country that has focused on wildlife.

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Valtierra-de-Luis, Daniel, Maite Villanueva, Colin Berry, and Primitivo Caballero. "Potential for Bacillus thuringiensis and Other Bacterial Toxins as Biological Control Agents to Combat Dipteran Pests of Medical and Agronomic Importance." Toxins 12, no. 12 (December 5, 2020): 773. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins12120773.

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The control of dipteran pests is highly relevant to humans due to their involvement in the transmission of serious diseases including malaria, dengue fever, Chikungunya, yellow fever, zika, and filariasis; as well as their agronomic impact on numerous crops. Many bacteria are able to produce proteins that are active against insect species. These bacteria include Bacillus thuringiensis, the most widely-studied pesticidal bacterium, which synthesizes proteins that accumulate in crystals with insecticidal properties and which has been widely used in the biological control of insects from different orders, including Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Diptera. In this review, we summarize all the bacterial proteins, from B. thuringiensis and other entomopathogenic bacteria, which have described insecticidal activity against dipteran pests, including species of medical and agronomic importance.

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Orford, Katherine A., Ian P. Vaughan, and Jane Memmott. "The forgotten flies: the importance of non-syrphid Diptera as pollinators." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282, no. 1805 (April 22, 2015): 20142934. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2934.

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Bees, hoverflies and butterflies are taxa frequently studied as pollinators in agricultural and conservation contexts. Although there are many records of non-syrphid Diptera visiting flowers, they are generally not regarded as important pollinators. We use data from 30 pollen-transport networks and 71 pollinator-visitation networks to compare the importance of various flower-visiting taxa as pollen-vectors. We specifically compare non-syrphid Diptera and Syrphidae to determine whether neglect of the former in the literature is justified. We found no significant difference in pollen-loads between the syrphid and non-syrphid Diptera. Moreover, there was no significant difference in the level of specialization between the two groups in the pollen-transport networks, though the Syrphidae had significantly greater visitation evenness. Flower visitation data from 33 farms showed that non-syrphid Diptera made up the majority of the flower-visiting Diptera in the agricultural studies (on average 82% abundance and 73% species richness), and we estimate that non-syrphid Diptera carry 84% of total pollen carried by farmland Diptera. As important pollinators, such as bees, have suffered serious declines, it would be prudent to improve our understanding of the role of non-syrphid Diptera as pollinators.

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Laurito, M., A. M. Ayala, D. L. Arias-Builes, and W. R. Almirón. "Improving the DNA Barcode Library of Mosquito Species With New Identifications and Discoveries in North-Central Argentina." Journal of Medical Entomology 59, no. 1 (October 18, 2021): 173–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab160.

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Abstract The family Culicidae is represented by 244 species in Argentina, many of them with epidemiological importance. DNA barcodes are effective tools for identifying mosquito species, for knowing genetic variability, and for establishing phylogenetic relationships. This work aims to explore mosquito diversity employing different species delimitation approaches and to establish formally a DNA barcode library for the Argentinian mosquito fauna. Barcode fragments of 80 specimens of Argentinian mosquitoes of 28 species of the genera Aedeomyia Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae), Anopheles Meigen (Diptera: Culicidae), Coquillettidia Dyar (Diptera: Culicidae), Culex L. (Diptera: Culicidae), Haemagogus Williston (Diptera: Culicidae), Mansonia Blanchard (Diptera: Culicidae), Nyssorhynchus Blanchard (Diptera: Culicidae), Ochlerotatus Lynch-Arribálzaga (Diptera: Culicidae), Psorophora Robinneau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Culicidae) and Uranotaenia Lynch-Arribálzaga (Diptera: Culicidae) were sequenced. Another 82 sequences were obtained from public databases to establish the phylogenetic relationships using Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian Inference, and the species boundaries based on three approaches (ABGD, GMYC, and mPTP). Sixteen of the 28 species sequenced were recovered as monophyletic, of which 12 were also recognized as molecular operational taxonomic units according to the three methodologies. The disparity between morphology and barcode-based identifications could be explained by synonymy, species complexes occurrence, hybridization, incomplete lineage sorting, or the effect of the geographical scale of sampling. Twenty of the 28 sequenced species are new barcodes for Argentina and 11 are the first for science. This increases from 31 to 52 (12.7 to 21.31%) and from six to 10 (28.57 to 47.62%) the number of species and genera, respectively, with barcode sequences in Argentina. New species records are provided.

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Colwell, Douglas D., and Eric G. Kokko. "Preparation of dipteran larvae for scanning electron microscopy using a freeze-substitution technique." Canadian Journal of Zoology 64, no. 3 (March 1, 1986): 797–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z86-119.

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Difficulties are often encountered in achieving good preservation of dipteran larvae for scanning electron microscopy. Standard fixation methods frequently fail because fixatives do not penetrate the cuticle rapidly, resulting in distortion and generation of artifacts on the surface. A freeze-substitution technique that produces excellent preservation of the larval stages of a wide variety of Diptera is described. The method employs Freon 12 for rapid freezing of the specimens and methanol as the substitution fluid. The technique is simple, inexpensive, and demonstrates a significant improvement in preservation of specimens.

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Shin, Seunggwan, Sunghoon Jung, Heungsik Lee, and Seunghwan Lee. "Molecular identification of dipteran pests (Diptera: Sciaroidea) from shiitake mushroom." Molecular Ecology Resources 13, no. 2 (January 11, 2013): 200–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12057.

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Tuck, E. J., J. F. C. Windmill, and D. Robert. "Hearing in tsetse flies? Morphology and mechanics of a putative auditory organ." Bulletin of Entomological Research 99, no. 2 (October 28, 2008): 107–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007485308006160.

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AbstractTympanal hearing organs are widely used by insects to detect sound pressure. Such ears are relatively uncommon in the order Diptera, having only been reported in two families thus far. This study describes the general anatomical organization and experimentally examines the mechanical resonant properties of an unusual membranous structure situated on the ventral prothorax of the tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans (Diptera: Glossinidae). Anatomically, the prosternal membrane is backed by an air filled chamber and attaches to a pair of sensory chordotonal organs. Mechanically, the membrane shows a broad resonance around 5.3–7.2 kHz. Unlike previously reported dipteran tympana, a directional response to sound was not found in G. morsitans. Collectively, the morphology, the resonant properties and acoustic sensitivity of the tsetse prothorax are consistent with those of the tympanal hearing organs in Ormia sp. and Emblemasoma sp. (Tachinidae and Sarcophagidae). The production of sound by several species of tsetse flies has been repeatedly documented. Yet, clear behavioural evidence for acoustic behaviour is sparse and inconclusive. Together with sound production, the presence of an ear-like structure raises the enticing possibility of auditory communication in tsetse flies and renews interest in the sensory biology of these medically important insects.

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Pizango-Pérez, Jenny, Francisca Milagros Cachi-Rios, Arturo Acosta-Diaz, Ricardo Zárate-Gómez, and Elizabeth Gines-Carrillo. "Entomofauna de interés forense asociada a la descomposición de Sus scrofa domesticus (Cerdo doméstico) en la Amazonía peruana." Ciencia Amazónica (Iquitos) 7, no. 1 (January 14, 2020): 21–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.22386/ca.v7i1.262.

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El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo conocer la composición de la entomofauna de interés forense, determinar la riqueza y abundancia relativa según las etapas de descomposición y describir la sucesión de la entomofauna de interés forense acorde a las etapas de descomposición de Sus scrofa domesticus expuestos al sol y sombra. El trabajo se realizó de febrero a marzo del 2017. Se identificaron 5 etapas de descomposición: fresco, hinchado, colicuativo, avanzado y esqueletización. Registrándose un total de 5064 insectos, distribuidos en 2 Órdenes (Diptera y Coleoptera), 14 Familias, 18 especies y 5 morfotipos. Diptera fue el más abundante en ambas condiciones con 95,52 % (sombra) y 88,49% (sol). Se identificaron las siguientes especies: Chrysomya albiceps, Chrysomya megacephala, Lucilia sericata, Cochliomyia macellaria, Hemilucilia sp. (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Fannia canicularis, Fannia scalaris (Diptera: Fanniidae), Musca domestica, Morfotipo I (Diptera: Muscidae), Megaselia scalaris, Morfotipo I (Diptera: Phoridae), Sarcophaga sp., Morfotipo I (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Dermestes maculatus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae), Euspilotus sp., e Hister sp., (Coleoptera: Histeridae), Canthon subhyalinus, Eurysternus sp., Oxelytrum cayennensis (Coleoptera: Silphidae), Polynonchus sp. (Coleoptera: Trogidae). La entomofauna de interés forense registradas en este estudio pueden ser empleadas para la estimación del intervalo post mortem.

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Sukmawati, Sukmawati, Manap Trianto, Nuraini Nuraini, Fajri Marisa, and Moh Dahri Kisman. "Serangga Pengunjung Pada Spesies Bunga Anggrek Vanda tricolor." Justek : Jurnal Sains dan Teknologi 2, no. 2 (November 30, 2019): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.31764/justek.v2i2.3643.

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Orchidaceae merupakan kelompok tumbuhan berbunga yang memiliki struktur unik, serta bentuk bunga yang sangat beragam, hal ini dapat mempengaruhi jenis serangga pengunjung. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui jenis serangga yang berkunjung pada bunga anggrek baik di dalam maupun diluar green house, khususnya spesies bunga anggrek Vanda tricolor. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada bulan November 2019. Pengamatan jenis serangga pengunjung pada jenis bunga anggrek dilakukan dengan metode scan sampling. Serangga pengunjung bunga Vanda tricolor di luar green house yaitu genus Crematogaster (anggota Ordo Hymenoptera: Familia Formicida), Anoplolepis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Vespa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae), Stomorhina (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Lucilia (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Chrysomya (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Musca (Diptera: Muscidae), Camptomyia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), Orchestes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Carpophilus (Coleoptera: Nititulidae), Stagmomantis (Mantodea: Mantiae) dan Ligocoris (Hemiptera: Miridae). Dari ke dua belas genus yang ditemukan mengunjungi bunga anggrek di luar green house, diketahui bahwa kedua genus yaitu Aphaenogaster dan Anoplolepis juga ditemukan mengunjungi bunga Vanda tricolor yang berada di dalam green house.

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CAMPOS, ROGÉRIO, JACKSON A. O. RODRIGUES, LUCAS R. C. LIMA, RODOLFO MARIANO, VINICIUS COSTA, JHON MARULANDA, and FREDERICO F. SALLES. "Hagenulopsis Ulmer (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae): re-description, morphological notes and a new species from South America, Brazil." Zootaxa 5100, no. 1 (February 17, 2022): 73–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5100.1.3.

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Hagenulopsis diptera Ulmer, type species of the genus Hagenulopsis, was originally described based on imagos from Santa Catarina State, Southern Brazil. Misconceptions of H. diptera circumscription led to erroneous attribution of material from Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, Southeastern Brazil, to H. diptera. Despite the increase in the number of species attributed to Hagenulopsis, little attention has been given to the type species. After comparative examination of photographs of the holotype and fresh material of H. diptera from Southeastern Brazil, we conclude that many specimens previously assigned to H. diptera represent a new species. Thus, we redescribe H. diptera and describe a new species Hagenulopsis perere sp. nov. based on eggs, nymphs and imagos. Diagnostic features of Hagenulopsis perere sp. nov. include cross veins between C and RP1 strongly clouded with brown and outer surface of mid femur with a brown spot at midlength. Finally, comments and new records are presented for Hagenulopsis minuta Spieth.

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