Acanthiophilus helianthi (Rossi, 1794) (Diptera: Tephritidae) also known as safflower fly, is an oligophagous species that cause significant damage to plants. Safflower Carthamus tinctorius (L.) (Asterales: Asteraceae) plant, which among its hosts, important energy plant whose cultivation has increased in recent years our country resistant drought and high adaptability. This study investigated ...

— New synonymies and new combinations affecting North American Pityophthorus are proposed as follows: carinifrons Blandford. incomposilus Blaiidford, and incornmodus Blandford are removed from Pi/rop/ithorus and placed in Araplus; P. boycei Swaine {=Myeloborus catulus Blackman and M. iniquus Blackman) ; P. lautus Eichhoff = P. rhois Swaine and P. natalis Blackman) ; P. californicus new name for...

The endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia is the most widespread bacteria in insects, yet the ecology of novel acquisitions in natural host populations is poorly understood. Using temporal data separated by 12 years, I tested the hypothesis that immigration of a parasitoid wasp led to transmission of its Wolbachia strain to its dipteran host, resulting in double-strain infection, and I used geograp...

Eight species of parasitic wasps were bred from various stages of five species of hesperiids viz. Thoressa evershedi (Evans), Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius), Udaspes folus (Cramer), Borbo cinnara (Wallace) and Caltoris sp. inhabiting Western Ghats, Kerala, India. One new species, Dolichogenidea kunhi Gupta & Kalesh, is described and illustrated from Kerala, India, and its relationship with close...