Tachinid Bibliography 1980 - Present

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Anonymous. 1988. Entomology. List of insects and mites. Verslagen en Mededelingen, Plantenziektenkundige Dienst, Wageningen 166: 56–97. [In Dutch.]

Anonymous. 1999. Short reports. Taxa new to Finland, new provincial records and deletions from the fauna of Finland. Entomologica Fennica 10: 1–5.

Aalbu, R.L. 2005. The pimeliine tribe Cryptoglossini: classification, biology and inferred phylogeny (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 55: 677–756.

Abate, T. 1991. Intercropping and weeding: effects on some natural enemies of African bollworm, Heliothis armigera (Hbn.) (Lep., Noctuidae), in bean fields. Journal of Applied Entomology 112: 38–42.

Abbasipour, H. and Tschorsnig, H.-P. 2008. Report of parasitoid flies, Compsilura concinnata and Peribaea tibialis (Dip.: Tachinidae) on the rice armyworm from Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 27 (2), Supplement: 3–6. [In Persian.]

Abdul-Rassoul, M.S., Dawah, H.A., Othman, N.Y. and Al-Gailany, H.B. 1988. Records of insect collection, Part II, in Iraq Natural History Museum. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum 8: 1–10. [Paper not seen; language?]

Abraham, R., Krogmann, L. and Peters, R. 2005. Oekologische und systematische Untersuchungen an Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Faunistisch-Ökologische Mitteilungen 8: 353–361.

Abraham, R. and Peters, R.S. 2008. Nistkaesten als Lebensraum für Insekten, besonders Fliegen und ihre Schlupfwespen. Vogelwarte 46: 195–205.

Acosta, S. and Rodriguez, J. 1987. Toxic effect of certain herbicides on Lixophaga diatraeae Towns (Diptera: Tachinidae). Revista INICA, No. 3: 22–28. [In Spanish.]

Adamo, S.A. 1998. The specificity of behavioral fever in the cricket Acheta domesticus. Journal of Parasitology 84: 529–533.

Adamo, S.A. 1999. Evidence for adaptive changes in egg laying in crickets exposed to bacteria and parasites. Animal Behaviour 57: 117–124.

Adamo, S.A., Robert, D. and Hoy, R.R. 1995. Effects of a tachinid parasitoid, Ormia ochracea, on the behaviour and reproduction of its male and female field cricket hosts (Gryllus spp.). Journal of Insect Physiology 41: 269–277.

Adamo, S.A., Robert, D., Perez, J. and Hoy, R.R. 1995. The response of an insect parasitoid, Ormia ochracea (Tachinidae), to the uncertainty of larval success during infestation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 36: 111–118.

Adaschkiewitz, W. and Goetz, P. 1984. On the development of tachinids (Diptera: Tachinidae) in insect hosts. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Mikrobiologie und Hygiene (Series A) 258: 409.

Aeschlimann, J.P. 1990. The distribution and importance of Microsoma exigua Mg. (Dipt., Tachinidae), a parasitoid of adult Sitona spp. (Col., Curculionidae) in the Mediterranean Region. Journal of Applied Entomology 109: 151–155.

Aggasipour, H. 2002. The role of parasitoids on natural control of some dominant species of grass-feeding Noctuidae in north east of England. Applied Entomology and Phytopathology 69: 85–96 [summary on pp. 23–24]. [In Persian.]

Agustí, N., Bourguet, D., Spataro, T., Delos, M., Eychenne, N., Folcher, L. and Arditi, R. 2005. Detection, identification and geographical distribution of European corn borer larval parasitoids using molecular markers. Molecular Ecology 14: 3267–3274.

Ahmad, M. and Khan, D.N. 2009. Family Tachinidae. Pp. 385–386. In: Ahmad, M., Kabir, S.M.H., Ahmed, A.T.A., Rahman, A.K.A., Ahmed, Z.U., Begum, Z.N.T., Hassan, M.A. and Khondker, M., eds., Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh. Volume 21. Arthropoda: Insecta III. Pterygota (part). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 460 pp.

Ahmed, S.I., Kumar, S. and Paunikar, S.D. 2000. Biological control of Streblote siva through NPV and natural enemy complex of insect pests of Prosopis cineraria in Rajasthan. Indian Journal of Forestry 23: 305–311.

Ai, H.-m. and Zhao, S.-x. 1999. Niches of tea caterpillar (Euproctis pseudoconspersa) and its natural enemies. Journal of Fujian Agricultural University 28: 325–329. [In Chinese.]

Ajanta, B., Poonam, C., Shukla, U.K. and Gupta, G.P. 2008. Mass rearing of greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella L.) on artificial diet. Indian Journal of Entomology 70: 389–392.

Ajayi, O. 1990. Possibilities for integrated control of the millet stem borer, Acigona ignefusalis Hampson (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Nigeria. Insect Science and its Application 11: 109–117.

Ajayi, O., Tabo, R. and Ali, D. 1996. Incidence of stem borers on postrainy-season transplanted sorghum in Cameroon, Nigeria, and Chad in 1995/96. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter 37: 58–59.

Akcakaya, M. and Nehorai, A. 2008. Performance analysis of the Ormia ochracea's coupled ears. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 124: 2100–2105.

Alam, M.M. 1992. Biological control of insect pests of crucifers in selected West Indian islands. Florida Entomologist 75: 493–505.

Alcock, J. and Kemp, D.J. 2006. The hilltopping mating system of Leschenaultia adusta (Loew) (Diptera: Tachinidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 19: 645–656.

Alcock, J. and Smith, A.P. 1995. Landmark-defense and scramble competition mating systems in two Australian tachinid flies (Diptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 68: 85–94.

Alderete, M. del C., Fidalgo, P. and Ovruski, S. 2002. Perpectivas en el control biologico de Nematus oligospilus Foerster (= N. desantisi Smith) (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), plaga de sauces en la Argentina y Chile. Acta Entomológica Chilena 26: 7–16.

Al-Doghairi, M.A. and Cranshaw, W.S. 1999. Surveys on visitation of flowering landscape plants by common biological control agents in Colorado. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72: 190–196.

Al-Doghairi, M.A. and Cranshaw, W.S. 2004. The effect of interplanting of necteriferous plants on the population density and parasitism of cabbage pests. Southwestern Entomologist 29: 61–68.

Aldrich, J.R. 1995. Testing the "new associations" biological control concept with a tachinid parasitoid (Euclytia flava). Journal of Chemical Ecology 21: 1031–1042.

Aldrich, J.R. and Cantelo, W.W. 1999. Suppression of Colorado potato beetle infestation by pheromone-mediated augmentation of the predatory spined soldier bug, Podisus maculiventris (Say) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Agricultural and Forest Entomology 1: 209–217.

Aldrich, J.R., Hoffmann, M.P., Kochansky, J.P., Lusby, W.R., Eger, J.E. and Payne, J.A. 1991. Identification and attractiveness of a major pheromone component for Nearctic Euschistus spp. stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Environmental Entomology 20: 477–483.

Aldrich, J.R., Khrimian, A. and Camp, M.J. 2007. Methyl 2,4,6-decatrienoates attract stink bugs and tachinid parasitoids. Journal of Chemical Ecology 33: 801–815.

Aldrich, J.R., Khrimian, A., Chen, X. and Camp, M.J. 2009. Semiochemically based monitoring of the invasion of the brown marmorated stink bug and unexpected attraction of the native green stink bug (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in Maryland. Florida Entomologist 92: 483–491.

Aldrich, J.R., Khrimian, A., Zhang, A. and Shearer, P.W. 2006. Bug pheromones (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) and tachinid fly host-finding. Denisia 19: 1015–1031.

Aldrich, J.R., Kockansky, J.P. and Abrams, C.B. 1984. Attractant for a beneficial insect and its parasitoids: pheromone of the predatory spined soldier bug, Podisus maculiventris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Environmental Entomology 13: 1031–1036.

Aldrich, J.R., Leal, W.S., Nishida, R., Khrimian, A.P., Lee, C.J. and Sakuratani, Y. 1997. Semiochemistry of aposematic seed bugs. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 84: 127–135.

Aldrich, J.R., Lusby, W.R., Marron, B.E., Nicolaou, K.C., Hoffmann, M.P. and Wilson, L.T. 1989. Pheromone blends of green stink bugs and possible parasitoid selection. Naturwissenschaften 76: 173–175.

Aldrich, J.R., Oliver, J.E., Lusby, W.R., Kochansky, J.P. and Lockwood, J.A. 1987. Pheromone strains of the cosmopolitan pest, Nezara viridula (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of Experimental Zoology 244: 171–175.

Aldrich, J.R., Oliver, J.E., Taghizadeh, T., Ferreira, J.T.B. and Liewehr, D. 1999. Pheromones and colonization: reassessment of the milkweed bug migration model (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae: Lygaeinae). Chemoecology 9: 63–71.

Aldrich, J.R., Rosi, M.C. and Bin, F. 1995. Behavioral correlates for minor volatile compounds from stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 21: 1907–1920.

Aldrich, J.R., Zanuncio, J.C., Vilela, E.F., Torres, J.B. and Cave, R.D. 1997. Field tests of predaceous pentatomid pheromones and semiochemistry of Podisus and Supputius species (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae). Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil 26: 1–14.

Aldrich, J.R. and Zhang, A. 2002. Kairomone strains of Euclytia flava (Townsend), a parasitoid of stink bugs. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28: 1565–1582.

Alemán, J., Delgado, M.L., Plana, L., Llanes, G., Fernandez, M., Burgos, T. and Garcia, G.A. 1999. Parasitic behavior of Lixophaga diatraeae Towns. (Diptera: Tachinidae) on Diatraea saccharalis Fab. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in insectary. Revista de Protección Vegetal 14: 133–135.

Alemán, J. and Fernandez, M. 2000. Estimacion de la tasa intrinseca de incremento (rm) y tasa neta de multiplicacion (Ro) como nuevos criterios de calidad en la cria de Galleria mellonella Linneo (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Revista de Protección Vegetal 15: 165–168.

Alemán, J., Goicoechea, J., Mestre, N. and Pupo, H. 1992. Evaluation of Spodoptera frugiperda as substitution host for the mass rearing of Lixophaga diatraeae in Cuba. Revista de Protección Vegetal 7: 115–118. [In Spanish.]

Alemán, J. and Montero, C. 1995. Estimacion volumetrica del rendimento pupal en la produccion de Lixophaga diatraeae (Townsend). Revista de Protección Vegetal 10: 153–158.

Alemán, J., Munoz, L., Plana, L., Llanes, G., Fernandez, M., Vidal, M. and Garcia, G.A. 1999. Effect of artificial recycled diet on some indicators of quality in the Galleria mellonella Linneo (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and Lixophaga diatraeae Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) rearing. Revista de Protección Vegetal 14: 161–166.

Alemán, J., Plana, L., Vidal, M., Llanes, G. and Delgado, M. 1998. Quality control criteria of mass reared Lixophaga diatraeae. Mitteilungen aus der Biologischen Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft Berlin-Dahlem 356: 97–104. [In Spanish.]

Alemán, J. and Pupo, H. 1995. Criterios para el control de la calidad en la parasitacion de Lixophaga diatraeae. II. Rendimiento de las inoculaciones. Revista de Protección Vegetal 10: 143–151.

Alemán, J. and Pupo, H. 1995. Evaluación del rendimiento pupal en la cría de Lixophaga diatraeae por volumetria en dos centros reproductores de la Habana. Revista de Protección Vegetal 10: 247–252.

Alemán, J. and Pupo, H. 1995. Prueba de Mocis latipes como hospedante de sustitucion para Lixophaga diatraeae. Revista de Protección Vegetal 10: 185–188.

Alemán, J., Richards, M.L., Plana, L., Llanez, G., Fernandez, M. and Vidal, M. 2001. Comportamiento de indicadores de calidad en poblaciones salvajes y de laboratorio de Lixophaga diatraeae Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae). Revista de Protección Vegetal 16: 15–19.

Alemán, J., Ruíz, M.E. and Vidal, M. 2003. Peso del hospedante de sustitución Galleria mellonella Linneo (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) como criterio de calidad en la cría de Lixophaga diatraeae Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae). Revista de Protección Vegetal 18: 108–111.

Alexander, B.A., Minckley, R.L. and Yanega, D. 1993. Nesting biology of Glenostica pictifrons (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Bembicini). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 66: 108–120.

Alexander, K.N.A. 2002. Tachina grossa (Linnaeus) (Tachinidae) expanding in Gloucestershire. Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 9: 16.

Allan, D.J. and Hill, M.G. 1984. Rearing and release of Bonnetia comta (Diptera: Tachinidae), a parasite of Agrotis ipsilon (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). New Zealand Entomologist 8: 71–74.

Allen, A.A. 1987. Lophosia fasciata Mg. (Dipt.: Tachinidae) in the London suburbs, and an apparently new host record. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 99: 83.

Allen, A.A. 1992. Mintho rufiventris (Fall.) (Dipt.: Tachinidae) at Charlton, S.E. London. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 104: 23–24.

Allen, A.A. 1992. Some notable Diptera from Oxleas Wood SSSI, Shooters Hill, N.W. Kent. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 104: 265–271, 297–302.

Allen, A.A. 1993. Further experience of Mintho rufiventris (Fall.) (Dipt.: Tachinidae). Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 105: 195–196.

Allen, A.A. 1999. Cinochira atra Zett. (Dip.: Tachinidae) from Blackheath, north-west Kent. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 111: 217–218.

Allen, A.A. 2005. The recent occurrence of Sturmia bella (Meigen) (Diptera: Tachinidae) in south-west England, including rearings from two host species of Nymphalidae. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 18: 269–271.

Allen, G.R. 1990. Uraba lugens Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): larval survival and parasitoid biology in the field in South Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 29: 301–312.

Allen, G.R. 1995. The biology of the phonotactic parasitoid, Homotrixa sp. (Diptera: Tachinidae), and its impact on the survival of male Sciarasaga quadrata (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in the field. Ecological Entomology 20: 103–110.

Allen, G.R. 1995. The calling behaviour and spatial distribution of male bushcrickets (Sciarasaga quadrata) and their relationship to parasitism by acoustically orienting tachinid flies. Ecological Entomology 20: 303–310.

Allen, G.R. 1996. Calling behaviour, age and survival in bushcrickets: the role of sound locating parasitic flies. P. 367. In: Proceedings of the XX International Congress of Entomology, Firenze, Italy, August 25–31, 1996. 820 pp.

Allen, G.R. 1998. Diel calling activity and field survival of the bushcricket, Sciarasaga quadrata (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): a role for sound-locating parasitic flies? Ethology 104: 645–660.

Allen, G.R. 2000. Call structure variability and field survival among bushcrickets exposed to phonotactic parasitoids. Ethology 106: 409–423.

Allen, G.R. and Hunt, J. 2001. Larval competition, adult fitness, and reproductive strategies in the acoustically orienting ormiine Homotrixa alleni (Diptera: Tachinidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 14: 283–297.

Allen, G.R., Kamien, D., Berry, O., Byrne, P. and Hunt, J. 1999. Larviposition, host cues, and planidial behavior in the sound-locating parasitoid fly Homotrixa alleni (Diptera: Tachinidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 12: 67–79.

Allen, G.R. and Pape, T. 1996. Description of female and biology of Blaesoxipha ragg Pape (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): a parasitoid of Sciarasaga quadrata Rentz (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 35: 147–151.

Allison, J.D., McIntosh, R.L., Borden, J.H. and Humble, L.M. 2000. A new parasitoid (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Acanthocinus princeps (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in North America. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 97: 3–5.

Alma, A. and Arzone, A. 1994. Phytopathological and epidemiological reports on Noctuidae on Piedmontese vineyards. Atti del Congresso Nazionale Italiano di Entomologia 17: 559–562. [In Italian.]

Alma, A., Arzone, A. and Romana, G.P. 1997. Notes on biology – epidemiology and control of grapevine noctuids in Piedmont. Informatore Fitopatologico 47: 13–17. [In Italian.]

Almeida, L.C. de, Araujo, J.R., Bolelho, P.S.M., Degaspari, N. and Araujo, S.M.S.S. 1984. Biology and intraspecific competition of the tachinids, Metagonistylum minense Towns. and Paratheresia claripalpis Wulp under laboratory conditions, on the host Diatraea saccharalis (Fabr.). Entomology Newsletter, International Society of Sugarcane Technologists 16: 2.

Almeida, L.C. et al. 1987. Biology and intraspecific competition of tachinids on the host Diatraea saccharalis under laboratory conditions. Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira 21 [1986]: 1009–1014. [In Portuguese.]

Alphen, J.J.M. van and Jervis, M.A. 1996. Foraging behaviour. Pp. 1–62. In: Jervis, M. and Kidd, N., eds., Insect Natural Enemies. Practical approaches to their study and evaluation. Chapman and Hall. 491 pp.

Alphen, J.J.M. van and Vet, L.E.M. 1986. An evolutionary approach to host finding and selection. Pp. 23–61. In: Waage, J. and Greathead, D., eds., Insect parasitoids. Academic Press. 389 pp.

Altieri, M.A. and Nicholls, C.I. 1999. Classical biological control in Latin America. Past, present, and future. Pp. 975–991. In: Bellows, T.S. and Fisher, T.W., eds., Handbook of Biological Control. Principles and applications of Biological Control. Academic Press. 1046 pp.

Alvarez del Hierro, D.R. and Cave, R.D. 1999. Ecologia de Metamasius quadrilineatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) y Admontia sp. (Diptera: Tachinidae) en tres bosques montanos de Honduras. CEIBA 40: 43–49.

Ambrosino, M.D., Luna, J.M., Jepson, P.C. and Wratten, S.D. 2006. Relative frequencies of visits to selected insectary plants by predatory hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae), other beneficial insects, and herbivores. Environmental Entomology 35: 394–400.

Anciso, J.R. and Quick, T.C. 1992. A field comparison between a bioencapsulated formulation of Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki and permethrin for cabbage looper control and impact on looper parasitoids in fresh market cabbage. Subtropical Plant Science: Journal of the Rio Grande Valley Horticultural Society 45: 43–45.

Andersen, S. 1982. Revision of European species of Siphona Meigen (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 13: 149–172.

Andersen, S. 1983. Phylogeny and classification of Old World genera of Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 14: 1–15.

Andersen, S. 1984. A new species of Siphona Meigen from Hungary (Diptera: Tachinidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica 45: 5–8.

Andersen, S. 1988. Revision of European species of Phytomyptera Rondani (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 19: 43–80.

Andersen, S. 1992. Observations on the aggregating behaviour of Eloceria delecta. Tachinid Times 5: 2.

Andersen, S. 1993. Collecting in Greenland. Tachinid Times 6: 2.

Andersen, S. 1995. Chrysoteuchia culmella (L.) (= Crambus hortuellus Hueb.) (Pyralidae), newly recorded host of Eriothrix rufomaculatus. Tachinid Times 8: 6.

Andersen, S. 1996. The Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Europe. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 33: 1–146.

Andersen, S. 1998. Hilltopping observed at low altitude of the otherwise high-alpine species Ancistrophora mikii Schiner. Tachinid Times 11: 6.

Andersen, S. and Petersen, F.T. 2001. Tachinidae. Pp. 226–231. In: Petersen, F.T. and Meier, R., eds., A preliminary list of the Diptera of Denmark. Steenstrupia 26: 119–276.

Anderson, D.B. 1991. Seed bugs in trophic webs; interactions with resources, competitors and enemies. III. Host choice and its consequences in the parasitic fly Leucostoma crassa. Vaxtskyddsrapporter, Avhandlingar 22: 1–22.

Andersson, H. 1991. Modern classification of Swedish Diptera, with common names in Swedish for the native families. Entomologisk Tidskrift 112: 49–52. [In Swedish.]

Andreadis, T.G. 1982. Current status of imported and native parasites of the European corn borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Connecticut. Journal of Economic Entomology 75: 626–629.

Ang, B.N. and Kok, L.T. 1995. Seasonal mortality of Cassida rubiginosa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) due to incomplete development and parasitism in southwestern Virginia. Journal of Entomological Science 30: 9–17.

Ansari, M.M. and Jacob, T.K. 1997. Tachinid parasite – a potential bio-parasite to control rice ear bug. Journal of the Andaman Science Association 13: 56–58.

Araya, K., Hosoya, T. and Shima, H. 2007. Notes on the new habitat and parasite of the larvae of coconut rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Kogane 8: 39–43.

Armer, C.A., Berry, R.E., Reed, G.L. and Jepsen, S.J. 2004. Colorado potato beetle control by application of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis marelata and potato plant alkaloid manipulation. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 111: 47–58.

Arnaud, P.H., Jr. 1982. The Mario Bezzi Diptera Collection, with remarks on the types of Tachinidae. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 10: 8–14.

Arnaud, P.H., Jr. 1990. Historical account and illustrations of the specimen identified as the male of Lespesia ciliata (Macquart) by Robineau-Desvoidy in 1863 (Diptera: Tachinidae). Myia 5: 29–40.

Arnaud, P.H., Jr. 1992. Name changes in the genus Tachina of the Nearctic Region (Diptera: Tachinidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 94: 166–168.

Arnaud, P.H., Jr. 1994. Tachina garretti, a new name for the Nearctic Tachina pilosa (Tothill, 1924) (Diptera: Tachinidae). Myia 5: 207–208.

Arnaud, P.H., Jr. 2001. Curtis Williams Sabrosky (1910–1997). Myia 6: 303–442.

Arnaud, P.H., Jr. 2001. First Arizona rearings of Macromya crocata Reinhard (Diptera: Tachinidae) from two lepidopteran hosts (Arctiidae, Lasiocampidae). Myia 6: 39–40.

Arnaud, P.H., Jr. 2001. Paradejeania rutilioides rutilioides (Jaennicke) (Diptera: Tachinidae) reared from Hemihylea (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) in Arizona. Myia 6: 37–38.

Arnaud, P.H., Jr. and Owen, T.C. 1981. Charles Howard Curran (1894–1972). Myia 2: vi + 393 pp.

Arodokoun, D.Y., Tamò, M., Cloutier, C. and Brodeur, J. 2006. Larval parasitoids occurring on Maruca vitrata Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Benin, West Africa. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 113: 320–325.

Arretz, P., Lamborot, L., Guerrero, M.A. and Araya, J.E. 1994. Parasitism of eggs and larva of Rachiplusia nu (Guenee) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on cultivated beans in the Metropolitan Region, Chile. Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal, Plagas 20: 909–917. [In Spanish.]

Arretz, P.V., Lamborot, L. and Guerrero, S.M.A. 1985. Evaluation of parasitism on the immature stages of the green bean hopper Rachiplusia nu Guenée in alfalfa fields. Revista Chilena de Entomología 12: 209–215. [In Spanish.]

Arthur, A.P. and Powell, Y.M. 1989. Descriptions of the immature stages and adult reproductive systems of Athrycia cinerea (Coq.) (Diptera: Tachinidae), a native parasitoid of Mamestra configurata (Walk.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Canadian Entomologist 121: 1117–1123.

Arthur, A.P. and Powell, Y.M. 1990. Description of the immature stages of Panzeria ampelus (Walker) (Diptera: Tachinidae), an occasional parasitoid of the Bertha armyworm, Mamestra configurata (Walker), in western Canada. Canadian Entomologist 122: 381–385.

Arthur, B.J. and Hoy, R.R. 2006. The ability of the parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea to distinguish sounds in the vertical plane. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120: 1546–1549.

Aruna, A.S. and Manjunath, D. 2006. Suitability of age of Exorista bombycis (Louis) for the breeding of the parasitoid, Nesolynx thymus Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Indian Journal of Sericulture 45: 149–154.

Aruna, A.S. and Manjunath, D. 2009. Reproductive performance of Nesolynx thymus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), in relation to age of Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae). Biocontrol Science and Technology 19: 139–149.

Aruna, A.S. and Manjunath, D. 2010. Reproductive performance of Nesolynx thymus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) as influenced by host (Musca domestica) size. BioControl 55: 245–252.

Asís, J.D., Tormos, J. and Gayubo, S.F. 2004. Nesting behaviour and provisioning in Bembix merceti and Bembix zonata (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). Journal of Natural History 38: 1799–1809.

Askew, R.R. and Shaw, M.R. 1986. Parasitoid communities: their size, structure and development. Pp. 225–264. In: Waage, J. and Greathead, D., eds., Insect parasitoids. Academic Press. 389 pp.

Aslam, M. 1999. Identification of some parasites of the introduced pine sawfly, Diprion similis (Hartig) (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) by examination of the mature larval remains. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture 15: 45–46.

Assefa, Y., Conlong, D.E., Berg, J. van den and Mitchell, A. 2010. Distribution of sugarcane stem borers and their natural enemies in small-scale farmers' fields, adjacent margins and wetlands of Ethiopia. International Journal of Pest Management 56: 233–241.

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