@article {23584, title = {The importance of habitat in the ecology of decomposition on rabbit carcasses in malaysia: implications in forensic entomology}, journal = {Journal of Medical Entomology}, volume = {52}, year = {2015}, pages = {9{\textendash}23}, abstract = {

The stages of decomposition and the faunal succession on rabbit carcasses in three different habitats, namely jungle, rural, and highland areas, were studied. Three New Zealand White rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) carcasses weighing \∼2 kg were sampled daily until the decomposition process was completed. Representative specimens of adult flies, larvae, pupa, and mites were collected from the carcasses and processed in the laboratory. There were differences in decomposition rate and faunal succession between the carcasses. The fastest rate of decomposition was recorded in rural area, and the slowest rate of decomposition was recorded in highland area. The carcasses exhibited the same pattern of colonization by adult flies, but the dominant species of larvae and adult flies on each carcass in specific habitats were different. The primary species of flies recorded in jungle were Chrysomya megacephala F., Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart), Chrysomya chani Kurahashi, Chrysomya villenuevi Patton, Chrysomya nigripes Aubertin, Chrysomya pinguis (Walker), Hemipyrellia ligurriens (Wiedemann), Hemipyrellia tagaliana (Bigot), Hypopyiopsis fumipennis (Walker), Hypopygiopsis violacea (Macquart), and Hydrotaea spinigera Stein represented by both adults and larvae. Musca domestica L., Atherigona sp., Lioproctia pattoni (Senior-White), Lioproctia saprianovae Pape \& B\änziger, and Seniorwhitea princeps (Wiedemann) were represented by adults only. The biodiversity of flies in the rural area were C. megacephala, C. rufifacies, H. ligurriens, Fannia canicularis L., Hydrotaea chalcogaster (Wiedemann), and Hyd. spinigera represented by both adults and larvae, meanwhile M. domestica, Atherigona sp., Boettcherisca peregrina (Robineau-Desvoidy), Parasarcophaga taenionota Wiedemann, Parasarcophaga scopariiformis Senior-White, and S. princeps were represented by adults only. The species of flies collected in the highland area were Lucilia porphyrina (Walker), C. megacephala, C. rufifacies, C. villenuevi, C. pinguis, H. ligurriens, Hyd. spinigera, Hyd. chalcogaster, F. canicularis, and Boettcherisca highlandica Kurahashi \& Tan represented by both adults and larvae, whereas C. nigripes, Chrysomya thanomthini Kurahashi \& Tumrasvin, M. domestica, Atherigona sp., Parasarcophaga albiceps Meigen, P. taenionota, Sepsidae, Phoridae, and Millichidae were represented by adults only. Faunal succession followed the sequence of dominant flies, i.e., Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae, Sepsidae, and lastly Stratiomyidae for jungle, or Sepsidae for rural and highland studies. Mites, from suborders Mesostigmata, Prostigmata, Astigmatina, and Oribatida, were also recovered throughout decomposition, which could be used for future implementation in forensic investigations. The data obtained from this study could provide more accurate indicators for local forensic scientists in solving criminal cases especially on the determination of time and primary location of death.

}, keywords = {blow fly, fauna succession, Malaysia, mite, Rabbit carcass}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tju001}, author = {Silahuddin, SA and Latif, B and Kurahashi, H and Heo, CC} } @article {23539, title = {Initial results of the Entomofauna of SW Asia, based upon the info-system of the Cesa (excl. Lepidoptera)}, journal = {Priamus, Supplement}, volume = {35}, year = {2015}, month = {2015/04/03}, pages = {1185 pp}, issn = {1015-8243}, author = {Kocak, Ahmet Omer and Kemal, Muhabbet} } @article {23247, title = {Coprophilic dipteran community associated with horse dung in Malaysia}, journal = {Halteres}, volume = {6}, year = {2015}, month = {2016/05/04}, pages = {33-50}, abstract = {

Blood-sucking flies are known as vectors of pathogens to farm animals worldwide. However, little is known about dipteran biodiversity associated with horse dung in Malaysia which could serve as vectors. Thus, a field trip to a horse farm located in Tanjung Rambutan, Perak, peninsular Malaysia was conducted in 2010. We examined adults and larvae of dipterans associated with 100 horse dung pats. A total of 1480 dipteran specimens from nine families were collected including Sphaeroceridae, Muscidae, Sarcophagidae, Calliphoridae, Sepsidae, Tabanidae, Ulidiidae, Dolichopodidae and Milichiidae. The lesser dung fly (Sphaeroceridae) which consisted of four species was the most abundant dipteran followed by sarcophagids and muscids. Seven species of muscids were collected from the horse farm and three of them were haematophagic namely Musca conducens Walker, 1859, Musca ventrosa Wiedemann, 1830 and Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758). Fly larvae collected from the dung were raised to adult stage and subsequently identified as M. conducens and Neomyia gavisa Walker, 1859. We reported new locality records for three species of Muscidae in Malaysia namely Pyrellia proferens Walker, 1859, Lispe kowarzi Becker, 1903 (new to peninsular) and N. gavisa Walker, 1859.

}, keywords = {Coprophilic Diptera, horse dung, Lispe kowarzi, Malaysia, Neomyia gavisa., new record, Pyrellia proferens}, url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275833574}, author = {Heo, C.C. and Latif, B. and Kurahashi, H. and Hayashi, T. and Nazni, W.A. and Omar, B.} } @article {23223, title = {Strange little flies in the big city: Exotic flower-breeding Drosophilidae (Diptera) in urban Los Angeles}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, volume = {10}, year = {2015}, month = {2015/04/29}, pages = {e0122575}, doi = {10.1371/journal. pone.0122575}, url = {http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0122575}, author = {David A. Grimaldi and Ginsberg, PS and Thayer, L and McEvey, S and Hauser, M and Turelli, M and Brown, B. V.} } @article {23211, title = {A synopsis of the 1976 survey of insects frequenting the Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, at one site in Ohio}, year = {2015}, url = {http://www.thenatureinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/A-Synopsis-of-the-1976-Survey-of-Insects-Frequenting-the-Common-Milkweed-May2015.pdf}, author = {Dailey, PJ} } @article {23168, title = {Lista de esp{\'e}cies - species list}, number = {Annex III, 5}, year = {2015}, abstract = {

A list of the all species that occur in the Faj\ãs de S\ão Jorge Biosphere Reserve

}, url = {http://servicos-sraa.azores.gov.pt/grastore/dra/dot/candidaturasjgbiosfera/5.pdf}, author = {Anonymous} } @article {23114, title = {096 Retama sphaerocarpa (L.) Boiss}, volume = {2016}, year = {2015}, url = {http://www.riberabaja.es/dotAsset/24034.pdf}, author = {Blasco-Zumeta, J.} } @article {23059, title = {The genus Phyllomyza Fall{\'e}n (Diptera, Milichiidae) from China, with descriptions of five new species}, journal = {Transactions of the American Entomological Society}, volume = {141}, year = {2015}, month = {2015/05/05}, pages = {44-55}, abstract = {

The following five species of the genus Phyllomyza Fall\én from China are described as new to science: Phyllomyza emeishanensis sp. nov., Phyllomyza latustigenis sp. nov., Phyllomyza planipalpis sp. nov., Phyllomyza tibetensis sp. nov. and Phyllomyza dicrana sp. nov. A key to the known species of Phyllomyza from China is presented.

}, keywords = {China, key, original species description, Phyllomyza}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3157/061.141.0105}, url = {http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3157/061.141.0105}, author = {Xi, Yuqiang and Yang, Ding} } @article {23035, title = {Phyllomyza (Diptera: Milichiidae) newly found in Tibet with descriptions of two new species}, journal = {Florida Entomologist}, volume = {98}, year = {2015}, pages = {495-498}, abstract = {

The genus Phyllomyza Fall\én (Diptera: Milichiidae) is recorded from Tibet for the first time. Two species are described as new to science: Phyllomyza
drepanipalpis sp. nov. and P. sinensis sp. nov. A key to the known species of Phyllomyza from China is presented.

}, keywords = {original species description, Phyllomyza drepanipalpis, Phyllomyza sinensis, Tibet}, author = {Xi, Yuqiang and Yang, Ding} } @article {22954, title = {Lestes dryas (Odonata: Lestidae) und kommensalische Fliegen (Diptera: Chloropidae), mit einer {\"U}bersicht {\"u}ber Kleptoparasitismus bei Halmfliegen}, journal = {Mercuriale - Libellen in Baden-W{\"u}rttemberg}, volume = {14 (2014)}, year = {2015}, pages = {1-12}, keywords = {kleptoparasitism}, author = {von Tschirnhaus, Michael and Borkenstein, Angelika and J{\"o}dicke, Reinhard} } @article {22946, title = {Deceptive Ceropegia dolichophylla fools its kleptoparasitic fly pollinators with exceptional floral scent}, journal = {Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution}, volume = {3}, year = {2015}, abstract = {

Ceropegia species (Apocynaceae) have deceptive pitfall flowers and exploit small flies as pollinators, supposedly by chemical mimicry. Only preliminary data on the composition of flower scents are available for a single species so far, and the mimicry system is not yet understood in any species. We collected data on basic pollination aspects of C. dolichophylla, analyzed floral scent by gas chromatography linked to mass spectrometry (GC/MS), identified electrophysiologically active scent components by gas chromatography coupled with electroantennographic detection (GC/EAD), and determined compounds responsible for pollinator attraction in bioassays. We found that flowers of C. dolichophylla are visited by small flies of several taxa. Only Milichiidae and Chloropidae carried pollinaria and are, thus, pollinators. The pollen transfer efficiency (PTE) at two different sites was 2\% and 4\%, respectively. The floral scent was dominated by spiroacetals, mainly (2S,6R,8S)-8-methyl-2-propyl-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane, n-tridecane, and N-(3-methylbutyl)acetamide. This spiroacetal and the acetamide elicited the most intense electrophysiological responses in fly antennae, and bioassays confirmed the capability of the spiroacetal in eliciting behavioral responses in pollinators. Most flies, determined as pollinators of C. dolichophylla, are kleptoparasites. They exploit insect prey of predatory arthropods as food source to which they are attracted by volatiles. 8-Methyl-2-propyl-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane and N-(3-methylbutyl)acetamide have not been identified before as volatiles of other plants, however, they are known as insect volatiles. Both compounds occur in the venom glands of paper wasps, a potential food source for the pollinators of C. dolichophylla. We propose that C. dolichophylla shows a kleptomyiophilous pollination strategy. It mimics insect related odors to exploit the food-seeking behavior of its kleptoparasitic pollinators.

}, issn = {2296-701X}, doi = {10.3389/fevo.2015.00066}, url = {http://www.frontiersin.org/chemical_ecology/10.3389/fevo.2015.00066/abstract}, author = {Heiduk, Annemarie and Kong, Hanghui and Irina Brake and von Tschirnhaus, Michael and Tolasch, Till and Tr{\"o}ger, Armin and Wittenberg, Elisabeth and Francke, Wittko and Meve, Ulrich and D{\"o}tterl, Stefan} }