Local generalist predators can be exploited in conservation biological control of agricultural pests. To conserve and promote the most important predators, it is critical to have detailed knowledge about their prey range under natural conditions. I have studied predator-prey interactions between lycosid spiders from the genus Pardosa and a major aphid pest in spring-sown cereals; Rhopalosiphum ...

The maize orange leafhopper Cicadulina bipunctata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) induces galls characterized by growth stunting and severe swelling of leaf veins on various plants of Poaceae. Previous studies revealed that galls are induced not on feeding site but on distant, newly extended leaves during the feeding, and strongly suggested that some chemicals injected by the leafhopper affect at the...

An update on the dermapterofauna of Kyrgyzstan is presented. The distribution and ecology Oreasiobia fedtschenkoi have been revised presence Anechura bipunctata Labidura riparia reported for first time in this country. habitat, conservation these species are discussed context Kyrgyz area an identification key earwigs included.

Mirza Khinikadze1,2,3, Mirzabayev Marat1, Koka Gogichashvili2,3*, Natia Iashvili2, Onyekachi Emmanuel Anyagwa2, Oluwatoyin Adalia Dairo2, Kumar Saurabh2, Reza Badrnejad2, Shashwat Sandeep Phade2, Courtney Storm Truebody2, Mostafa Yassin2, Srushti Kishor JAMDAR2, Vismaja Vijayan2, Radhika Prashant Patil2 and Aishwarya Ninad Bhuta2 Author Affiliations 1Department of Neurosurgery KazNMU named afte...

Several studies have tested antimicrobial activity of combinations of honey and various substances. In this study, we tested a combination of two stingless bee honeys against various bacterial strains. In particular: the antibacterial activity of honeys produced by Scaptotrigona bipunctata (SB) and Scaptotrigona postica (SP) was evaluated against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strain...

As defined here, Phanaeini comprises two subtribes, Gromphadina, with Gromphas and Oruscatus, and Phanaeina, with 10 genera including Bolbites. Gromphas occurs east of the Andes and includes five species: G aeruginosa (Perty, 1830) (= G lacordairei Blanchard, 1846); G amazonica Bates, 1870; G. dichroa Blanchard, 1846; G inermis Harold, 1869 (= G. lacordairii Burmeister, 1874; G. lacordairei bip...