Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis discriminated three mtDNA haplotypes in the greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Homoptera: Aphididae), previously identified by sequencing a 1.0–1.2 kb portion of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. Neighborjoining, maximum parsimony, and maximum likelihood analysis of a 150 b portion of the original 1.2 kb fragment of the CO...

cheilosia (convocheila) cumanica szilady is recorded for the first time from iran. this species is similar to c. laticornis rondani morphologically; however, is distinguished from this close species in male by hairy eyes (bare in c. laticornis) and in female by longer third antennal segment that is three times longer than the second segment (less than 2.5 times in c. laticornis). this finding i...

Rate of development of forensically-important Diptera in southern Brazil. Dipteran larvae were collected from rabbit (Oryctolagus cunniculus L.) carcasses during the four seasons in 2005 in the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The larvae were fed ground beef at ambient temperatures following collection from carcasses. The development of each species under these conditions was es...