A checklist of 147 species the Chloropidae (Diptera) recorded from Finland. Centorisomaelegantulum Becker is recorded for the first time from Finland.

A review of the species of the genus Thressa from China is provided. The following four species are described as new to science: Thressa bimaculatasp. n., Thressa daiyunshanasp. n., Thressa foliaceasp. n. and Thressa longimaculatasp. n. One species, Thressa flavior (Duda), is recorded from China for the first time. A key to the species of the Thressa from China is given.

Trichieurina haladai sp. n. (Diptera, Chloropidae), is described from Zambia. All known Trichieurina species are keyed and main differential characters are illustrated.

Togeciphus Nishijima and Neoloxotaenia Sabrosky are small genera in the family Chloropidae. T. truncatus sp. nov. is described and N. fasciata (de Meijere) is recorded for the first time from China. Two species, T. katoi (Nishijima) and N. gracilis (de Meijere) are redescribed. Keys to the world species of the genera Togeciphus and Neoloxotaenia are presented.

A brief historical overview is given of the most relevant taxonomic studies of insect groups vectors of transmissible diseases in Brazil, from the "heroic" times of the foundation of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz in Rio de Janeiro up to the present. The following orders are considered: Phthiraptera (Anoplura, Amblycera and Ischnocera), Hemiptera (Reduviidae: Triatominae), Siphonaptera and Diptera ...

A diverse Diptera assemblage, dominated by the family Chloropidae, is associated with common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steudel, Poaceae) in the Palearctic region (Tewksbury et al. 2002). Although P. australis has long been present in North America, many of its associated Chloropidae have remained restricted to the Palearctic. The best-known chloropid associates of Phragmites ar...

during a study on fauna of the frit flies (diptera: chloropidae) in khorasan razavi province (iran) in 2014 and 2015, nine species of six genera were collected and identified. platycephala rugosa (nartshuk, 1964) is recorded for the first time for iranian fauna. geographical distribution and biological notes are provided.