We report one year (2013–2014) of biomonitoring an insect community in a tropical old-
growth rain forest, during construction of an industrial-level geothermal electricity project …

Correct mosquito species identification is essential for mosquito and disease control
programs. However, this is complicated by the difficulties in morphologically identifying …

Tick-borne bacterial pathogens (TBBPs) show a worldwide distribution and represent a
great impact on public health. The brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) is a vector of …

Although thrips are globally important crop pests and vectors of viral disease, species
identifications are difficult because of their small size and inconspicuous morphological …

We sampled 14,603 geometrid moths along a forested elevational gradient from 1020–3021
m in the southern Ecuadorian Andes, and then employed DNA barcoding to refine decisions …

Background Blackflies have negative impact on public and animal health due to the
haematophagous habit of females. In recent times, in some regions in Spain, blackfly …

Within the Neotropical genus Anastrepha, the nominal species Anastrepha fraterculus is
widely distributed from Mexico through northern Argentina. Currently it is believed to …

Black flies are insects of medical, veterinary, and environmental significance. Historically,
they have attacked humans and caused simuliotoxicosis in livestock in the Aras River Basin …

Invasive species are a threat to ecosystems worldwide, but determining if a species is
adventive or native is not always straightforward. The black flies that inhabit the Galapagos …

Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) emerges periodically from its focus of endemic transmission
in southern Mexico to cause epizootics in livestock in the US. The ecology of VSV involves a …