Lemongrass oil (Cymbopogon citratus) is an effective repellent against mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and house flies (Diptera: Muscidae). In this study, its effectiveness was assessed on stable flies (Diptera: Muscidae) in laboratory conditions. First, we demonstrated that lemongrass oil is an active substance for antennal olfactory receptor cells of Stomoxys calcitrans as indicated by a sign...

A checklist of the family Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) recorded from Finland is provided.

Necrophagous insects, mainly Diptera and Coleoptera, are attracted to specific stages of carcass decomposition, in a process of faunistic succession. They are very important in estimating the postmortem interval, the time interval between the death and the discovery of the body. In studies done with pig carcasses exposed to natural conditions in an urban forest (Santa Genebra Reservation), loca...

A survey of the carrion fauna was made at two sites in Curitiba, State of Paraná, with the objective of describing the insects associated with carrion and setting up a preliminary data-base for medico-legal purposes in south Brazil. Vertebrate exclusion experiments were carried out in each season between 1994 and 1995 with a 250 g laboratory-bred rat (Rattus norvegicus). Five stages of decompos...

The aquatic insect fauna of salt marshes is poorly characterized, with the possible exception of biting Diptera. Aquatic insects play a vital role in salt marsh ecology, and have great potential importance as biological indicators for assessing marsh health. In addition, they may be impacted by measures to control mosquitoes such as changes to the marsh habitat, altered hydrology, or the applic...

Insect carrion communities vary among habitats and over time. Concerning the dipteran early colonizers of carrion, the use of small bait traps should be accurate because the odors emitted from meat baits should contain many of the volatile organic compounds emitted from the freshly dead mammals. In addition, this kind of trap is easy to replicate and set in position in a given habitat. In the p...

A Collection Health Index (CHI) is a useful approach to help scope new activities, prioritise curation and accelerate digitisation within taxonomic collections. We use (CHI), based on McGinley (1993), profile the levels in New Zealand Arthropod for major insect groups. There are several highly curated well known groups (Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, ‘Other Insects’). However, three issues were identi...

A checklist of the Culicidae (Diptera) recorded from Finland is provided.

The aims of the study are to determine what organisms Barbus cyclolepis consume as food in its feeding environments and compare prey consumption with abundance environment. was conducted Istranca Stream located Istanbul (Turkey) during spring summer 2012. A total 142 B. specimens were captured it is determined that 94 them had full digestive tracts. Diet analyses showed spectrum consisted 11 di...

A checklist of the Opetiidae and Platypezidae (Diptera) recorded from Finland.