Tachinid Bibliography 1980 - Present

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Nafus, D.M. 1995. Mango shoot caterpillar. Pp. 193-195. In Nechols, J.R., Andres, L.A., Beardsley, J.W., Goeden, R.D. and Jackson, C.G., eds., Biological control in the western United States. Accomplishments and benefits of regional research project W-84, 1964-1989. University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Publication 3361. 356 pp.

Naganagoud, A. and Kulkarni, K.A. 1997. Surveillance of sorghum armyworm Mythimna separata (Walker) and its natural enemies in transitional region of Dharwad. Journal of Biological Control 11: 65-68. [Publ. date 1998.]

Nagasaka, K. 1988. A new host of Vibrissina turrita (Diptera, Tachinidae) in Kyoto, Japan. Kontyû 56: 522.

Nakai, M., Takeda, M. and Kunimi, Y. 1997. Seasonal changes in prevalence of viral disease and parasitism by parasitic insects in a larval population of the smaller tea tortix, Adoxophyes sp. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in a tea field. Applied Entomology and Zoology 32: 609-615.

Nakamura, S. 1993. Influence of temperature on development of Exorista japonica (Diptera: Tachinidae). [In Japanese.] Proceedings of the Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society No. 40: 207-208.

Nakamura, S. 1994. Parasitization and life history parameters of Exorista japonica (Diptera: Tachinidae) using the common armyworm, Pseudaletia separata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) as a host. Appl. Entomol. Zool. 29: 133-140.

Nakamura, S. 1995. Optimal clutch size for maximizing reproductive success in a parasitoid fly, Exorista japonica (Diptera: Tachinidae). Appl. Entomol. Zool. 30: 425-431.

Nakamura, S. 1996. Can parasitoid flies regulate their clutch size in response to host density? Pp. 646. In Proceedings of the XX International Congress of Entomology, Firenze, Italy, August 25-31, 1996. 820 pp.

Nakamura, S. 1996. Inbreeding and rotational breeding of the parasitoid fly, Exorista japonica (Diptera: Tachinidae), for successive rearing. Appl. Entomol. Zool. 31: 433-441.

Nakamura, S. 1997. Clutch size regulation and host discrimination of the parasitoid fly, Exorista japonica (Diptera: Tachinidae). Appl. Entomol. Zool. 32: 283-291.

Nakamura, S. 1997. Ovipositional behavior of the parasitoid fly, Exorista japonica (Diptera: Tachinidae), in the laboratory: diel periodicity and egg distribution on a host. Appl. Entomol. Zool. 32: 189-195.

Nakamura, S., Ahuya, P. and Olukohe, B. 2003. Biology and attempted establishment of Linnaemya longirostris (Diptera: Tachinidae), a parasitoid of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). [Poster presentation.] Pp. 498. In Van Driesche, R.G., ed., Proceedings of the International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods. Honolulu, Hawaii, 14-18 January 2002, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Morgantown, WV, FHTET-2003-05. 573 pp.

Nalepa, C.A. and Kidd, K.A. 2002. Parasitism of the multicolored Asian lady beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) by Strongygaster triangulifer (Diptera: Tachinidae) in North Carolina. J. Entomol. Sci. 37: 124-127.

Nalepa, C.A., Kidd, K.A. and Ahlstrom, K.R. 1996. Biology of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in winter aggregations. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 89: 681-685.

Nanni, C. 1991. Activity of indigenous entomophagous species against Hyphantria cunea. [In Italian.] Informatore Fitopatologico 41: 15-21.

Napiórkowska, J. 1991. Parasitic insects reared from larvae and pupae of Archips rosanus L. (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) collected on ornamental shrubs of Lublin. [In Polish.] Wiadomosci Entomologiczne 10: 163-167.

Napiorkowska-Kowalik, J. and Gorska-Drabik, E. 2003. Insects overwintering on trunks of apple trees in protected and unprotected orchards. Sodininkyste ir Darzininkyste 22: 100-107.

Narayanaswamy, K.C. 2001. Influence of leaf volatiles of Eucalyptus citriodora Hook. on the growth and development of Exorista bombycis (Louis). Annals of Tropical Research 23: 31-39.

Narayanaswamy, K.C., Devaiah, M.C. and Govindan, R. 1993. Field incidence and biology of uzi fly, Exorista bombycis (Louis) on two noctuid species. Geobios (Jodhpur) 20: 250-254.

Narayanaswamy, K.C., Devaiah, M.C. and Govindan, R. 1994. Mating behavior of uzi fly, Exorista bombycis (Louis) (Diptera: Tachinidae), a parasitoid of silkworm Bombyx mori L. Annals of Entomology (Dehra Dun) 12: 37-43.

Narayanaswamy, K.C., Devaiah, M.C. and Govindan, R. 1994. Mating behaviour of uzi fly, Exorista bombycis (Louis) (Diptera: Tachinidae), a parasitoid of silkworm Bombyx mori L. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences India. Section B, Biological Sciences 64: 257-262.

Narayanaswamy, K.C., Devaiah, M.C. and Govindan, R. 1994. Ovipositional preference and biology of uji fly, Exorista bombycis (Louis) and some races and hybrids of silkworm Bombyx mori L. Karnataka Journal of Agricultural Sciences 7: 32-35.

Narayanaswamy, K.C., Devaiah, M.C. and Manjunath Gowda 2000. Eclosion behaviour in uzi fly, Exorista bombycis (Louis). Insect Environment 6: 51-52.

Narayanaswamy, K.C., Kumar, P., Manjunath, D. and Datta, R.K. 1994. Determination of flight range of the uzi fly, Exorista bombycis (Louis) (Diptera: Tachinidae) through marking technique by adding dye to the adult diet. Indian Journal of Sericulture 33: 40-43.

Narayanaswamy, K.C., Manjunath Gowda and Ramakrishna Naika 2001. Effect of different plant extracts on maggot and pupal mortality of Exorista bombycis (Louis). Insect Environment 7: 84-85.

Narayanaswamy, K.C., Manjunath Gowda, Reddy, Y.A.N. and Gowda, T.N.V. 2000. Ovicidal action of certain plant extracts against silkworm uzi fly, Exorista bombycis (Louis). Insect Environment 6: 80.

Narayanaswamy, T.K. and Govindan, R. 2000. Mulberry silkworm ujifly, Exorista bombycis (Louis) (Diptera: Tachinidae). Integrated Pest Management Reviews 5: 231-240.

Narendran, T.C., Anil, K. and Surekha, K. 1992. On some important and beneficial chalcids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) associated with sericulture industry in India. Bioved 3: 1-6.

Narendran, T.C., Mamani, S. and Das, P.K. 2002. A new genus and a new species of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera) associated with sericulture in Assam (India). Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology 22: 237-240.

Narins, P.M. 2001. In a fly's ear. Nature 410: 644-645.

Nartshuk, E.P. 1992. Analysis of distribution of the families of the Diptera in the world. [In Russian.] Ent. Obozr. 71: 464-477.

Nash, R. 1989. Alophora hemiptera (Fabricius) and Tachina grossa (L.) (Diptera: Tachinidae) in Ireland. Ir. Nat. J. 23: 152.

Natawiria, D. and Miseran= [no first initial given in Rev. Appl. Ent.]. 1981. Life cycle, descriptions and distribution of tusam sawfly in North Sumatra. [In Indo.] Laporan, Balai Penelitian Hutan, Indonesia 368: iv + 1-27.

Nath, P. and Rai, R. 1999. Study of key mortality factors in the population dynamics of chickpea pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) infesting chickpea, Cicer arietinum L. Tropical Ecology 40: 281-288.

Nath, T.N., Biswas, S.N., Sen, S.K. and Subba-Rao, G. 1990. Effect of consumption, digestion and utilization of food in larvae of silkworm, Bombyx mori Linn. due to parasitism by uzifly, Tricholyga bombycis Beck. Indian Journal of Sericulture 2933: 8-12.

Ndemah, R., Schulthess, F., Poehling, M., Borgemeister, C. and Goergen, G. 2001. Natural enemies of lepidopterous borers on maize and elephant grass in the forest zone of Cameroon. Bull. Ent. Res. 91: 205-212.

Nealis, V.G. 1991. Parasitism in sustained and collapsing populations of the Jack pine budworm, Choristoneura pinus pinus Free. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), in Ontario, 1985-1987. Can. Ent. 123: 1065-1075.

Nealis, V.G., Carter, N., Kenis, M., Quednau, F.W. and Frankenhuyzen, K. van 2002. Lymantria dispar (L.), gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Pp. 159-168. In Mason, P.G. and Huber, J.T., eds., Biological control programmes in Canada, 1981-2000. CABI Publishing, Wallingford and New York. xiv + 583 pp.

Nealis, V.G. and Quednau, F.W. 1996. Canadian field releases and overwinter survival of Ceranthia samarensis (Villeneuve) (Diptera: Tachinidae) for biological control of the gyspy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Ontario 127: 11-20.

Nealis, V.G., Roden, P.M. and Ortiz, D.A. 1999. Natural mortality of the gypsy moth along a gradient of infestation. Can. Ent. 131: 507-519.

Nealis, V.G. and Wallace, D.R. 1991. Biological control of forest pests by insect parasitoids. Pp. 15-22. In McClay, A.S., ed., Proceedings of the workshop on biological control of pests in Canada, October 11-12, 1990, Calgary, Alberta. Alberta Environmental Centre, Vegreville, Alberta. AECV91-P1. 136 pp.

Nechols, J.R. 1999. Challenges in searching for, releasing, and evaluating natural enemies of native versus exotic pests. Pp. 4-15. In Charlet, L.D. and Brewer, G.J., eds., Biological control of native or indigenous insect pests: challenges, constraints, and potential. Thomas Say Publications in Entomology: Proceedings, 122 pp.

Nechols, J.R., Kauffman, W.C. and Schaefer, P.W. 1992. Significance of host specificity in classical biological control. Pp. 41-52. In Kauffman, W.C. and Nechols, J.R., eds., Selection criteria and ecological consequences of importing natural enemies. Thomas Say Publications in Entomology: Proceedings, 117 pp.

Negi, B.K., Barah, A., Siddiqui, A.A. and Sengupta, A.K. 1993. Cricula trifenestrata - a new alternate host of Blepharipa zebina Walker (Diptera: Tachinidae). Annals of Entomology (Dehra Dun) 11: 71-72.

Negi, B.K., Barah, A., Siddiqui, A.A. and Sengupta, A.K. 1993. Cricula trifenestrata (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) - a new alternate host of Blepharipa zebina (Diptera: Tachinidae). Pp. 269-271. In ChannaBasavanna, G.P., Veeranna, G. and Dandin, S.B., eds., Recent advances in uzi fly research: Proceedings of the National Seminar on uzi fly and its control, 16-17 January 1992. Bangalore, India.

Negi, B.K., Sengupta, A.K. and Srivastava, A.K. 1994. Observations on the seasonal incidence of uzi fly (Tachinidae: Diptera) infestation in various muga crops. Annals of Entomology (Dehra Dun) 12: 89-90.

Negm, F.H., Salem, M.M. and El-Bassiouny, M.M. 1997. Abundance and fluctuations of insect population of order Diptera at Al-Arish region, north of Sinai. Annals of Agricultural Science, Moshtohor 35: 1005-1011.

Nettles, W.C. Jr. 1980. Adult Eucelatoria sp.: response to volatiles from cotton and okra plants and from larvae of Heliothis virescens, Spodoptera eridania and Estigmene acrea. Environ. Entomol. 9: 759-763.

Nettles, W.C. Jr. 1981. Effect of water-deprivation and subsequent exposure to water on the response of Eucelatoria sp. to okra volatiles and to water vapor. Environ. Entomol. 10: 111-113.

Nettles, W.C. Jr. 1982. Contact stimulants from Heliothis virescens that influence the behavior of females of the tachinid, Eucelatoria bryani. J. Chem. Ecol. 8: 1183-1191.

Nettles, W.C. Jr. 1986. Asparagine: a host chemical essential for the growth and development of Eucelatoria bryani, a tachinid parasitoid of Heliothis spp. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 85A: 697-701.

Nettles, W.C. Jr. 1986. Effects of soy flour, bovine serum albumin, and three amino acid mixtures on growth and development of Eucelatoria bryani (Diptera: Tachinidae) reared on artificial diets. Environ. Entomol. 15: 1111-1115.

Nettles, W.C. Jr. 1987. Amino acid requirements for growth and development of the tachinid Eucelatoria bryani. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 86A: 349-354.

Nettles, W.C. Jr. 1987. Eucelatoria bryani (Diptera: Tachinidae): effect on fecundity of feeding on hosts. Environ. Entomol. 16: 437-440.

Nettles, W.C. Jr. 1990. In-vitro rearing of parasitoids, role of host factors in nutrition. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 13: 167-176.

Nettles, W.C. Jr., Wilson, C.M. and Ziser, S.W. 1980. A diet and methods for the in vitro rearing of the tachinid, Eucelatoria sp. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 73: 180-184.

Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K. and Sabrosky, C.W. 1992. Case 2786. Tachinidae Fleming, 1821 (Insecta, Coleoptera) and Tachinidae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Insecta: Diptera): proposed removal of homonymy, and Tachyporidae MacLeay, 1825 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence over Tachinusidae Fleming, 1821. Bull. zool. Nom. 49: 122-126.

Nilssen, A.C., Tommeras, B.A., Schmid, R. and Evensen, S.B. 1996. Dimethyl trisulphide is a strong attractant for some calliphorids and a muscid but not for the reindeer oestrids Hypoderma tarandi and Cephenemyia trompe. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 79: 211-218.

Nirmala, M.R. and Veeranna, G. 1992. Interspecific competition among the parasitoids of Exorista sorbillans Wied. (Diptera: Tachinidae). Pp. 100-104. In Goel, S.C., ed., Bioecology and control of insect pests: Proceedings of the National Symposium on Growth, Development and Control Technology of Insect Pests. Muzaffarnagar, India.

Nirmala, M.R. and Veeranna, G. 1997. Studies on the age specific fecundity and intrinsic rate of natural increase in gregarious parasitoids of uzi fly Exorista bombycis (Louis). Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy Part B Biological Sciences 63: 41-44.

Nirmala, M.R. and Veeranna, G. 1998. Biology of gregarious parasitoids of uzi fly, Exorista bombycis Louis (Diptera: Tachinidae). Journal of Biological Control 12: 11-17.

Nirmala, M.R. and Veeranna, G. 1998. Biology of Nesolynx dipterae (Risbec) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a new parasitoid of Exorista bombycis (Louis) (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomon 23: 139-145.

Nirmala, M.R. and Veeranna, G. 1998. Effect of constant temperatures and photoperiodism on the adult longevity and progeny production in gregarious parasitoids of the uzi fly, Exorista bombycis (Louis). Sericologia 38: 247-260.

Nirmala, X., Hypsa, V. and Zurovec, M. 2001. Molecular phylogeny of Calyptratae (Diptera: Brachycera): the evolution of 18S and 16S ribosomal rDNAs in higher dipterans and their use in phylogenetic inference. Insect Molecular Biology 10: 475-485.

Nishida, E. 1983. Biologies and parasite complexes of two bagworms Eumeta japonica and Eumeta minuscula (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) in Japan. Kontyû 51: 394-411.

Nishida, G.M. (ed.) 1992. Hawaiian terrestrial arthropod checklist. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. viii + 262 pp.

Nishida, G.M. (ed.) 1994. Hawaii terrestrial arthropod checklist. Second edition. Bishop Museum Technical Report 4: iv + 287 pp.

Nishida, G.M. (ed.) 1997. Hawaii terrestrial arthropod checklist. Third edition. Bishop Museum Technical Report 12: iv + 263 pp.

Nishiyama, M., Iwasa, M. and Hori, K. 1995. Parasitism by tachinid flies (Diptera, Tachinidae) of heteropterous insects in Tokachi, Hokkaido. Jpn. J. Ent. 63: 159-165.

Noorbakhsh, S.H. and Razavi, S. 1995. Distribution of Sunn Pest (Eurygaster intergriceps Put.) and its natural enemies in Chaharmahal Bakhtiari. [In Iranian.] Proceedings of the 12th Iranian Plant Protection Congress 2-7 September 1995 Karadj [Iran]: 15.

Nordlund, D.A. 1984. Biological control with entomophagous insects. Georgia Entomol. Soc. Jour., 2nd Suppl. 19: 14-27.

Nunez, E. and Couri, M.S. 2002. Redescrição de sete espécies de Chrysotachina Brauer & Bergenstamm (Diptera, Tachinidae) para a América do Sul. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 19 (Supl. 2): 1-18.

Nunez, E., Couri, M.S. and Guimarães, J.H. 2002. Redescrição de Chrysotachina Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 (Diptera, Tachinidae) e descrição de seis espécies novas das Américas Central e do Sul. Boletim do Museu Nacional, Nova Série, Zoologia (Rio de Janeiro) 478: 1-23.

Nurindah, A.A.A.G. and Indrayani, I.G.A.A. 1989. New records of natural enemies of Heliothis armigera on cotton in Indonesia. Industrial Crops Research Journal 2: 1-5.

Nwanze, K.F. and Nwilene, F.E. 1998. Interactions of host plant resistance and biological control of stemborers in sorghum. Insect Science and its Application 18: 261-266.

Nwilene, F.E., Nwanze, K.F. and Reddy, Y.V.R. 1998. Effect of sorghum ecosystem diversification and sowing date on shoot fly, stem borer and associated parasitoids. Crop Research Hisar 16: 239-245.

Nyambo, B.T. 1990. Effect of natural enemies on the cotton bollworm Heliothis armigera Huebner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in western Tanzania. Trop. Pest Management 36: 50-58.

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