Malaria is the most important tropical disease that causes enormous economic loss to mankind. Malaria is an acute disease caused by parasites in human blood, namely Plasmodium. Four human malaria parasites were found among which Plasmodium falciparum is the most common species and may lead to mortality. The disease is transmitted by anopheles mosquitoes. Globally, there are some 60 anopheles mo...

Five species are included in the Simulium siolii group, which is placed in the subgenus Psaroniocompsa (Diptera: Simuliidae). Of these five species, only two (Simulium siolii Py-Daniel and Simulium tergospinosum Hamada) have been described in all their life stages, except eggs. Knowledge of the taxonomic characters of all life stages of a species is important in order to clarify interspecific a...

Although New Zealand has a species-poor mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) fauna with only 12 endemic and four exotic species (Derraik 2004), little information is available on their bionomics, particularly for indigenous species. One poorly known species is the endemic Culex (Culex) asteliae Belkin. Adults of this species have recently been collected in nature for the first time, and all specimens ...

The life cycle, bionomics and mature larval structures of the Japanese prionocerid species, Idgia iriomoteana Nakane, 1980 were investigated in captivity. results showed that I. has following characteristics: (1) morph is less advanced terms miniaturization, larvae pass seven molts before they pupate; (2) cycle univoltine with summer, not winter, dormancy; (3) first instar are larger than size ...

Abstract The bionomics and distribution of Scythris sinensis (Felder Rogenhofer, 1875) were studied in Hungary from 2004 to 2018. host plant was found be Chenopodium album L. larva feeds on the leaves a loose web. length larval stage varies 12 15 days, that pupal 7 10 days summer generation. species is generally bivoltine Hungary, but southern, warmer areas third partial generation may occur. A...