The present study was conducted in the years 2000-2002 to determine the bionomics of Mansonia mosquitoes, vectors of nocturnally subperiodic Brugia malayi, inhabiting the peat swamp forest, "Phru Toh Daeng", Narathiwat Province, Thailand. Fifty-four species of mosquitoes belonging to 12 genera were added, for the first time, to the list of animal fauna in the peat swamp forest. Mansonia mosquit...

Data on the bionomics of Dryudella stigma (Panzer, 1809) in Poland are presented. The larva is described for first time a European , and second world with only D. immigrans before. egg stage lasts 2–3 days, larval 11–14 days. praepupal longest overwinters cocoon from mid-July to end May. female provisions an average seven bug nymphs per cell, mainly Aelia acuminata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pentatomida...

Phylogenetic analysis of partial mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase c subunit I (COI) and nuclear internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) sequences were used to evaluate initial identification and to investigate phylogenetic relationships of seven Anopheles morphospecies of the Arribalzagia Series from Colombia. Phylogenetic trees recovered highly supported clades for An. punctimaculas.s., An. calde...

S Navidpour , S. , Kovar í k , F. , Fet , V. , and Soleglad , M. E. ( 2008 ) . Scorpions of Iran (Arachnida, Scorpiones). Part III. Ilam Province . Euscorpius 69 , 1 – 29 . Polis , G. A. (ed.) ( 1990 ) . “ The Biology of Scorpions . ” Stanford University Press , Stanford, CA . Prendini , L. ( 2000 ) . Phylogeny and classifi cation of the superfamily Scorpionoidea Latreille 1802 (Chelicerata, Sc...

The bionomics of sand flies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) was studied monthly for two consecutive years in alluvial gallery forests in the department of Casanare, Northeastern Colombia. A total of 2,365 specimens and 10 species were captured using CDC light traps and Shannon traps, and from diurnal resting places, and human landing collections. Lutzomyia fairtigi Martins (55%), Lutzomyia micropyga (...

Malaria transmission dynamics is highly variable throughout Africa: inoculation rates vary from almost null to more than a 1000 infective bites per year, transmission can occur throughout the year or only during a couple of months, and heterogeneities are also observed between years within the same locale. Depending on the area, as much as five different anophelines species can transmit parasit...

Onchidiumfloridanum is a small naked pulmonate which lives in holes and crevices of the shore between tides. A description of the bionomics of this mollusk we shall present more fully in another connection, 1 omitting here those aspects not bearing directly upon the most curious puzzle propounded by its behavior, which in brief is this: under natural conditions the movements of Onchidium take p...