BACKGROUND The fruit fly Phortica variegata (Drosophilidae: Steganinae) feeds on the ocular secretions of animals and humans, and has been described as an intermediate host of the eye worm Thelazia callipaeda (Spirurida: Thelaziidae) in Italy. Despite the increased detection of T. callipaeda in many European countries, information about its vector role in natural conditions is still limited. In...

A specimen of Agapetes from Myanmar is described and illustrated as grandiflora Hook.f., a result comparison with A. burmanica W.E.Evans, macrantha (Hook.) Hook.f. variegata (Roxb.) D.Don ex G.Don. This species has extrafloral nectaries on the margins young leaves at apex calyx lobes.

Venezuela possesses a great variety of coastal environments allowing for a high diversity of marine species. However, systematic studies on marine invertebrates are scarce, especially on polychaetes. The family Syllidae is poorly known, and only 14 genera and 42 species have been reported from this country. A total of 13 genera and 26 species the Syllidae were identified from benthic samples co...

the spotted amber ladybird, hippodamia variegata (col.: coccinellidae) is one of the most prominent coccinellid predators in iran. it is omnivorous and feed on aphids and psylla. the effects of two diets brevicoryne brassicae l. (hemiptera: aphididae)and eggs of ephestia kuehniella (lepidoptera: pyralidae) on some biological aspects of hippodamia variegata (goeze) (coleoptera: coccinellidae) we...

Min-Wook Kim, M.D., Dae-Hyun Jang, M.D., Jun Kang, M.D., Seungok Lee, M.D., Sun Young Joo, M.D., Ja-Hyun Jang, M.D., Eun-Hae Cho, M.D., Young-Chul Choi, M.D., and Jung Hwan Lee, M.D. Departments of Rehabilitation, Hospital Pathology, Laboratory Medicine, and Orthopaedic Surgery, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul; Green Cross Genome, Yongin...