Two new species of Prolixandromyces (Laboulbeniales) parasitic on Rhagovelia (Heteroptera: Veliidae) are described and illustrated: Prolixandromyces benjaminii from the Philippine Islands and P. lanceolatus from Africa (Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and South Africa) and Asia (Indonesia: Sulawesi, Sumba, Timor; Malaysia: Selangor; and Sri Lanka). In order to accommodate these speci...

The surveillance of Bluetongue disease (BT) during 2009-2010 outbreaks in the districts of Chittoor, Nellore, Nizamabad, Krishna, Guntur, Kadapa and Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India revealed the occurrence of high morbidity, mortality, abortions, stillbirths, loss of fleece, reduced meat production in affected sheep leading to the vast economic loss to the poor section of Indian farming community....