Tachinid Bibliography 1980 - Present

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Vail, P.V., Coulson, J.R., Kauffman, W.C. and Dix, M.E. 2001. History of biological control programs in the United States Department of Agriculture. American Entomologist 47: 24-50.

Vakenti, J.M., Cossentine, J.E., Cooper, B.E., Sharkey, M.J., Yoshimoto, C.M. and Jensen, L.B.M. 2001. Host-plant range and parasitoids of obliquebanded and three-lined leafrollers (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Can. Ent. 133: 139-146.

Valenti, M.A., Berryman, A.A. and Ferrell, G.T. 1997. Life history and behavior of Synaxis cervinaria (Geometridae), a defoliator of Arctostaphylos patula (Ericaceae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 51: 333-343.

Valenti, M.A. and Zack, R.S. 1995. Lepidoptera associated with greenleaf manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula E. Greene (Ericaceae), in Shasta county, California. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 97: 872-878.

Valicente, F.H. 1989. Breeding natural enemies of Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in different regions of the state of Minas Gerais (Brazil). [In Portuguese.] Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil 18: 119-130.

Valicente, F.H. 1996. Survey of natural enemies of Spodoptera frugiperda in the south of Brazil. Pp. 670. In Proceedings of the XX International Congress of Entomology, Firenze, Italy, August 25-31, 1996. 820 pp.

Valicente, F.H. and Barreto, M.R. 1999. Survey of natural enemies of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in the Cascavel region, PR, Brazil. [In Portuguese.] Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil 28: 333-337.

Valovage, W.D. and Kulman, H.M. 1983. Egg production, oviposition sites, and adult longevity of Bessa harveyi (Diptera: Tachinidae), parasitizing yellowheaded spruce sawfly, Pikonema alaskensis (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). Environ. Entomol. 12: 227-231.

Valovage, W.D. and Kulman, H.M. 1986. Life table of Bessa harveyi (Diptera: Tachinidae) parasitizing Pikonema alaskensis (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). Environ. Entomol. 15: 246-250.

Van de Weyer, G. and Zeegers, T. 2002. Some additions to the checklist of Belgian tachinids (Diptera: Tachinidae). [In Dutch.] Phegea 30: 193-199.

Van Driesche, R.G. and Bellows, T.S. Jr. 1996. Biological control. Chapman and Hall, New York. 539 pp.

Vanhara, J. 1981. Lowland forest Diptera (Brachycera, Cyclorrhapha). Acta Sc. Nat. Brno 15(1): 1-32.

Vanhara, J. 1983. Spruce monoculture Diptera (Brachycera, Cyclorrhapha). Acta Sc. Nat. Brno 17(6): 1-26.

Vanhara, J. 1986. Impact of man-made moisture changes on floodplain forest Diptera. Acta Sc. Nat. Brno 20(7): 1-35.

Vanhara, J. 1999. Tachinidae. Pp. 423-436. In Rozkošný, R. and Vanhara, J., eds., Diptera of the Pálava Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO, Vol. 2. Folia Facultatis Scientiarium Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 100. Pp. 229-458.

Vanhara, J. and Rozkošný, R. 1997. Czech and Slovak dipterological literature 1986-1995. Pp. Folia Facultatis Scientiarium Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 96. 170 pp.

Vanhara, J., Tschorsnig, H.P. and Barták, M. 2003. New records of Tachinidae (Diptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with revised check-list. Studia dipterologica 10: 679-701. [Published in 2004.]

Varatharajan, R., Singh, S.A., Keisa, T.J., Singh, O.D. and Selvasundaram, R. 1998. Life table of Spilosoma obliqua (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) on sunflower. Insect Science and its Application 18: 383-385.

Vargas-Camplis, J. 1995. Seasonal fluctuation of larval parasites of bollworm complex before boll weevil eradication program in northern Tamaulipas Mexico. Pp. 790-791. In 1995 Proceedings Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio, TX, USA, January 4-7, 1995. Volume 2.

Vargas, H.A., Parra, L.E., Vargas, H.E. and Bobadilla, D.E. 2002. Aspectos biologicos de Eupithecia sibylla Butler 1882 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Gayana 66: 103-106.

Vargas Osuna, E., Muñoz Ledesma, J., Aldebis, H.K. and Santiago-Alvarez, C. 1994. Pathogens and parasitoids for the control of Thaumetopoea pityocampa (D. y Schiff.) (Lep. Notodontidae). [In Spanish.] Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal, Plagas 20: 511-515.

Varma, A. 1989. Record of a hyperparasitoid Nesolynx thymus (Girault) on Sturmiopsis inferens Townsend in Jagadhari area of Haryana State. Indian Journal of Plant Protection 17: 103.

Vecchio, M.C. del. 1993. Parasitoids of adults of Oebalus ypsilongriseus (DeGeer, 1773) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). [In Portuguese.] Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil 22: 217-219.

Veeranna, G. and Jyothi, H.K. 1988. Record of a new hymenopteran parasitoid of Tricholyga bombycis Beck (Diptera: Tachinidae). Current Science 57: 1137-1138. [Short communication.]

Veeranna, G. and Jyothi, H.K. 1991. Influence of various diets on the longevity and emergence of adults of Dirhinus anthracia Walk. (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) and Trichopria sp. (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) parasites of Exorista sorbillans Wiedemann (Diptera: Tachinidae). J. Biol. Control 5: 74-77.

Veeranna, G. and Jyothi, H.K. 1994. Life-table studies on Pachycrepoideus veerannai Narenderan and Anil, a chalcid (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) parasitoid of Exorista sorbillans Weid. (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomon 19: 1-5.

Veeranna, G., Jyothi, H.K. and Nagasundara, K.R. 1993. Influence of kairomone of Exorista sorbillans (Wiedemann) on its parasitoids. Pp. 201-206. 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.

Veeranna, G. and Nirmala, M.R. 1989. Courtship and mating behavior of the uzi fly Tricholyga bombycis Deck. (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomon 14: 85-89. ["Deck." in title should be "Beck."]

Veeranna, G. and Nirmala, M.R. 1989. Effects of various diets on the longevity and emergence of adults of Exoristobia philippinensis Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and Nesolynx thymus Walk. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasites of Tricholyga bombycis Beck. (Diptera: Tachinidae). Proc. Indian Natn. Sci. Acad. (Part B Biol. Sci.) 55: 31-34.

Veeranna, G. and Nirmala, M.R. 1992. Effect of diets on the longevity and adult emergence of parasitoids of Exorista sorbillans Wied. (Diptera: Tachinidae). Pp. 133-137. 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.

Veeranna, G. and Nirmala, M.R. 2002. Longevity and fecundity of the uzi fly, Exorista bombycis (Louis) developed on different instars of silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Entomon 27: 455-459.

Veeranna, G., Nirmala, M.R. and Mahadevappa, D. 1987. Record of a new hyperparasite, Trichopria sp. (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) of Tricholyga bombycis Beck (Diptera: Tachinidae), a larval parasite of Bombyx mori L. Current Science 56: 1031-1032.

Veeranna, G. and Prasad, N.R. 1993. Reproductive biology of uzi fly Exorista sorbillans (Diptera: Tachinidae). Pp. 13-22. 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.

Velikan, V.S., Golub, V.B., Gureva, E.L., Dzhanokmen, K.A., Dorokhova, G.I., Emelyanov, A.F., Ermolenko, V.M., Zerova, M.D. and Kasparyan, D.R. et al. 1980. Key to the identification of harmful and useful insects and Acari of industrial crops in the USSR. [In Russian.] Kolos, Leningrad 1980: 1-335.

Venkatachalapathy, K.N. and Puttaraju, H.P. 1995. Characterization of somatic chromosomes in the uzi fly, Exorista sorbillans by G.R. and AgNO3 staining. Perspectives in Cytology and Genetics 8: 273-279.

Venkatachalapathy, K.N. and Puttaraju, H.P. 2000. C-banding of mitotic chromosomes in natural population of the uzi fly, Exorista sorbillans Wiedemann (Diptera: Tachinidae). Cytologia 65: 271-275.

Venkatachalapathy, M. and Prasad, B. 1999. Ants as bio-control agents of uzi fly, Blepharipa zebina Walker (Diptera: Tachinidae) an endoparasite of oak tasar silkworm in Manipur. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology 19: 219-220.

Venkatachalapathy, M. and Prasad, B. 2000. Biology of Megaselia sp. (Phoridae: Diptera) and its use as bio-control agent against Tasar uzifly, Blepharipa zebina Walker (Tachinidae:Diptera). Journal of Advanced Zoology 21: 84-87.

Venkatachalapathy, M. and Prasad, B. 2000. Effect of different diets on the adult longevity and fecundity of uziflies infesting oak tasar silkworm, Antheraea proylei Jolly. Journal of Experimental Zoology 3: 257-260.

Venkatachalapathy, M., Singh, N.I. and Prasad, B. 2002. Role of abiotic factors on population build up and seasonal incidence of tachinid parasitoids infesting oak tasar silkworm, Antheraea proylei J. (Saturniidae: Lepidoptera) in Manipur. Indian Journal of Sericulture 41: 106-111.

Venkatesha, M.G., Bhat, P.K. and Gowda, D.K.S. 1993. Record of some lepidopteran pests' outbreak on Coffea arabica L. Journal of Coffee Research 23: 59-61.

Venkatesha, M.G. and Gopinath, K. 1993. Record of parasitoids on the sandalwood defoliator, Amata passalis (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Indian Journal of Forestry 16: 177-178.

Vera, M.L., Valverde, L., Popich, S.B. and Ajmat de Toledo, Z.D. 1995. Evaluacion preliminar de los enemigos naturales de Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) en Tucuman, Argentina. Acta Ent. Chilena 19: 135-141.

Verdcourt, B. 1998. Phasia hemiptera (F.) (Dipt., Tachinidae) at Maidenhead, Berks. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 134: 43.

Verenini, M. 1984. Effects of the juvenoid ZR 515 4E (methoprene) on the host-parasite couple Galleria mellonella L. - Gonia cinerascens Rond. [In Italian.] Boll. Ist. Entomol. "Guido Grandi", Univ. Stud. Bologna 38: 95-115.

Verenini, M., Balboni, M., Dolci, M. and Mazzoldi, D. 1985. Effects of a juvenoid synthesized in Italy on the host-parasite couple Galleria mellonella L. - Gonia cinerascens Rond. [In Italian.] Boll. Ist. Entomol. "Guido Grandi", Univ. Stud. Bologna 39: 141-151.

Vergara de Sanchez, C. 1985. Terga and genitalia of three species of Eucelatoria (Diptera: Tachinidae) in Peru. [In Spanish.] Rev. Peru Entomol. 28: 9-12. [Publ. date 1987.]

Vergara de Sanchez, C. and Raven, K.G. 1990. Tachinidae Diptera recorded in the Museum of Entomology of Agrarian University, La Molina, Lima, Peru. [In Spanish.] Rev. Peru Entomol. 32: 93-101. [Publ. date 1990.]

Verma, S.K. 1983. Exorista xanthapis (Wiedemann) (Tachinidae: Lepidoptera), a new record on Amsacta moorei Butler. Annals arid Zone 22: 41-42. ["Lepidoptera" should read "Diptera" in title.]

Vestergaard, D.A. 1981. Aantekeningen over Diptera in Nederland. Entomol. Ber. 41: 180-182.

Viafara Millan, H.F., Roa, F.G. and Diaz, A.E. 1999. Parasitismo natural de Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) en zonas productoras de solanaceas del Cauca y Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Revista Colombiana de Entomologia 25: 151-159.

Vignes, W.G. des 1983. Laboratory competition studies between Allorhogas sp. n., Cotesia (Apanteles) flavipes (Cam.) and Lixophaga diatraea (Tns) - exotic parasites which are reared for the biological control of Diatraea spp. on sugarcane in Trinidad. Entomology Newsl. int. Soc. Sugarcane Technol. 14: 7-8.

Vijayendra, M., Reddy, D.N.R., Naika, R. and Gowda, M. 2002. Possibility of reeling uzi pierced cocoons in combination with different proportions of normal cocoons of mulberry silkworm. Bulletin of Indian Academy of Sericulture 6: 63-66.

Vincent, L.S. 1985. The first record of a tachinid fly as an internal parasitoid of a spider (Diptera: Tachinidae; Araneae: Antrodiaetidae). Pan-Pacific Ent. 61: 224-225.

Vincent, L.S. 1986. Pathogens and parasitoids of the California fossorial mygalomorph spider Atypoides riversi O.P. Cambridge (Antrodiaetidae: Araneae) of various age and size classes. Pp. 291-294. In Eberhard, W.G., Lubin, Y.D. and Robinson, B.C., eds., Proc. 9th Internat. Congr. Arach. Smithsonian Institution Press. 333 pp. [Publ. date 1987.]

Vinson, S.B. 1991. Chemical signals used by parasitoids. Redia 74: 15-42. [Insect Parasitoids, 4th European Workshop, Perugia April 3-5, 1991.]

Vinson, S.B. 1994. Parasitoid in vitro rearing: successes and challenges. Pp. 49-108. In Ochieng-Odero, J.P.R., ed., Techniques of insect rearing for the development of integrated pest and vector management strategies. ICIPE Science Press, Nairobi.

Vinson, S.B. and Iwantsch, G.F. 1980. Host suitability for insect parasitoids. Annual Review of Entomology 25: 397-419.

Virla, E.G., Colomo, M.V., Berta, C. and Valverde, L. 1999. El complejo de parasitoides del "gusano cogollero" del maíz, Spodoptera frugiperda, en la República Argentina (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Neotrópica 45: 3-12.

Voshedskii, N.N. and Gavrilova, E.A. 2004. Locusts in the Rostov region. Zashchita i Karantin Rastenii 7: 30-32.

Vossbrinck, C.R. and Friedman, S. 1989. A 28s ribosomal RNA phylogeny of certain cyclorrhaphous Diptera based upon a hypervariable region. Syst. Ent. 14: 417-431.

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