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A preliminary survey of nocturnal ants, with novel modifications for collecting nocturnal arboreal ants* doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3707151 David Emmanuel M. General1, Perry Archival C. Buenavente2, Lillian Jennifer V. Rodriguez31 University Researcher, Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines; and Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Malate, Manila, Philippines.2 Researcher, Zoology Division, National Museum of Natural History, Malate, Manila, Philippines.3 Assistant Professor, Institute of Biology, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. (Email: dmgeneral@up.edu.ph)

First record of Schedorhinotermes makassarensis Kemner (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from India doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3889361 Jayati Basak1, Rituparna Sengupta1, *K. Rajmohana1, Balmohan Baraik1 andC. Sivaperuman21Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, India. 2Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair- 744102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.(Email: mohana.skumar@gmail.com)

A new species of Protanilla Taylor 1990 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) from India doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3941686 *Pronoy Baidya and Sumanta Bagchi Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru- 560012, India. (Email: pronoybaidya@icloud.com)

Descriptions of two new species of Macroteleia Westwood (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from India Abhilash Peter1 and *Rajmohana K.2 1Zoology Department, Christ College (Autonomous), Irinjalakuda, Kerala- 680125, India. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4026478   2 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India.(Email: mohana.skumar@gmail.com)

Vombisidris freyae, a new nocturnal arboreal ant species from the Philippines (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) doi:10.5281/zenodo.4026486 David Emmanuel M. General University Researcher, Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines; and Research Associate, Philippine National Museum, Malate, Manila, Philippines.(Email: dmgeneral@up.edu.ph)

An updated checklist of Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Arunachal Pradesh, India with new distributional records from the State* Dibyajyoti Ghosh1, P. Girish Kumar2, Basudev Tripathy1 and Kailash Chandra1 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4042968  1Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700053, India.2Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala-673006, India.(Email: ghoshd774@gmail.com)

Facultative associations of two sympatric lycaenid butterflies with Camponotus compressus – field study and larval surface ultrastructure Priya Aradhya Ekka, Sudha Kumari and Neelkamal Rastogi* doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4043261 Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.(Email: neelkamalrastogi@yahoo.co.in)

Effect of the invasive phanerophytes and associated aphids on the ant
(Hymenoptera, Formicidae) assemblages *Stanislav V. Stukalyuk
, Mykola S. Kozyr, Maksym V. Netsvetov, Vitaliy V.Zhuravlev  doi:10.5281/zenodo.4192900
1Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Akademika Lebedeva St. 37, Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine.
2 Ukrainian Entomological Society, B. Khmelnitsky St. 15, Kyiv, 01030, Ukraine. (Email: asmoondey@gmail.com)

Halteres (Volume-10, 2019)

A new species of Allacta Saussure & Zehntner 1895 (Blattodea:Ectobiidae: Pseudophyllodromiinae) from India doi: 10.5281/zenodo.2620772 *S. Prabakaran1, M. Senraj2 and Cristian C. Lucanas3, 1Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad - 500 048, India.2Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai - 600 028, India.3 Museum of Natural History, University of Philippines Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines. (Email: prabakaranzsi@yahoo.co.in)

Altica himalayensis (Chen), an emerging pest of temperate horticultural crops from Kashmir valley   doi: 10.5281/zenodo.2633828 G. Mahendiran1, Mudasir Ahmad Dar2 and Shahid Ali Akbar2*1Division of Germplasm collection and Characterisation, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P.B. No. 2491, H.A. Farm Post, Hebbal, Bellary Road, Bengaluru-560024, India.2Department of Entomology, Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar-191132, Jammu and Kashmir, India.(Email: kingakbarali@gmail.com)

Wing geometric morphometrics as a tool for taxonomic identification of two fly species (Diptera: Muscidae) of forensic relevance  doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3462982 José Antonio Nuñez1, Pablo Jarrín-V.2 and *Jonathan Liria2,31Department of Morphological and Forensic Sciences. School of Biomedical and Technological Sciences. Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela.2Research Group on Population and Environment, Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam, Napo, Ecuador.3Center of Studies in Applied Zoology, Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela.(Email: jonathan.liria@gmail.com)

Some interesting observations on the parasitisation of Danaus chrysippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) by Sturmia convergens (Diptera: Tachinidae) from West Bengal, India doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3464962 Moumita Bhowmik1, *Rajmohana K.2 and Sunita P.2 1 Department of Zoology, Serampore College, 8, William Carey Sarani, Maniktala, Serampore, West Bengal- 712201, India. 2 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore P.O., Kolkata, West Bengal-700053, India. (Email: mohana.skumar@gmail.com)

New record of the Palearctic species Stigmus convergens Tsuneki (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Pemphredoninae) from India doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3552178 *Tessy Rajan1, P.M. Sureshan1, P. Girish Kumar1 and Altaf Hussain Sheikh21Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India.2Government Degree College, Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir- 192305, India.(Email: tessy.rajan3@gmail.com)

A new species of Asyndetus Loew, 1869 from Iran (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3553175 *Igor Ya. Grichanov1, Shoreh Rezaei21All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo 3, 196608, St.Petersburg-Pushkin, Russia.2Department of Entomology, Jahrom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom, Iran.(Email: grichanov@mail.ru)

Redescription of three species of genus Stomorhina Rondani (Diptera:Calliphoridae) from India doi:10.5281/zenodo.3589977 *Inderpal Singh Sidhu1 and Devinder Singh21Department of Zoology, SGGS College, Sector 26, Chandigarh, India-160019.2Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002,India.(Email: inderpalsidhu76@yahoo.co.in)

New distributional records of fairyflies (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae) from rice–agroecosystems of Kerala doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3593793 K.M. Rajesh1, Shahid Bin Zeya2, A.P. Ranjith1 & *M. Nasser11Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, India.2Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India.(Email: drnasher@gmail.com)

Review of Sarcophagidae (Diptera) of North African countries with new faunistic data from Algeria doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3594368 Yuriy VervesDepartment of Ecological Monitoring, Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Academician Lebedev Str. 37, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03143.(Email: yuryverves@gmail.com)

New records of two genera of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera:Chalcidoidea) from Northeast India doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3594370 Bankerdonbor Kharbisnop and Sudhanya R. Hajong*Department of Zoology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya, India.(Email: srhajong@nehu.ac.in)

Description of a new species of Lasiochalcidia Masi (Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) from India with a key to Oriental species*C. Binoy1,3, P.M. Sureshan2, S. Santhosh3 and M. Nasser1 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3596046 1Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala-673635, India.2 Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala-673006, India.3 Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, (Affiliated to University of Calicut), Kozhikode, Kerala-673001, India.(Email: binoy_doz@uoc.ac.in)

Taxonomic review of Indian species of the genus Ceranisus Walker (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) *Mohd Majid Jamali1, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3596075 Shahid Bin Zeya2 & Rayees Afzal Mir1 1Department of Agriculture, Glocal University, Saharanpur 247 121, Uttar Pradesh, India.2Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, Uttar Pradesh, India.(Email: majidjamali1988@gmail.com)

Polysphincta idukkiensis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) a rare new species from the southern Western Ghats*Manjusha B.M.1, Sudheer K.2 & Ghosh S.M.3 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3596066    1 Department of Zoology, Government College Kasaragod, Vidyanagar, Kerala, India. 2 Prof. T.C. Narendran Biodiversity Research Lab., The Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.3 Department of Molecular Biology, Kannur University, Kerala, India.(Email: manjushabm@gmail.com)

Halteres (Volume-9, 2018)

An updated checklist of blow fly fauna (Diptera : Calliphoridae) of Pakistan with new records for the country (PDF) doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1185128
1Muhammad Asghar Hassan, 1Imran Bodlah, 2Meenakshi Bharti* and 3Khalid Mahmood 1Department of Entomology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agricultural University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. 2Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, 147002, India. 3Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Poonch, Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. (Email: adubharti@gmail.com)

Pellenes iva sp. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) with a distinct M-shaped central epigynal pocket from India (PDF) doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1218834 John T.D. Caleb and Vikas Kumar*Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, West Bengal, India.(Email: vikaszsi77@gmail.com)

Fauna of Sarcophagidae and Calliphoridae (Diptera) of the West Ukraine (PDF) doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1255766 1Yuriy Verves* and 2 Lyudmyla Khrokalo1Department of Ecological Monitoring, Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Academician Lebedev Str. 37, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03143.2Department of Physical Chemistry, National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Peremohy Awe. 37, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03056.(Email: yuryverves@gmail.com)

Observations on underwater oviposition in Pseudagrion indicum Fraser (Odonata:Coenagrionidae): an endemic species from the Western Ghats (PDF) doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1255802 *Neha Mujumdar1, Dipti Thakuria2, Dheeraj Halali3 and Pankaj Koparde41Bombay Natural History Society, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Colaba, Mumbai - 400001, Maharashtra, India.2Gauhati University, Gopinath Bordoloi Nagar, Jalukbari, Guwahati - 781014, Assam, India.3Department of Zoology, Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts & Science, Gogol, Margao 403602, Goa, India.4 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mangalam, Tirupati - 517507, Andhra Pradesh, India.(Email: nehadm02@gmail.com)

Description of dealate of Myrmecina urbanii Tiwari (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Karnataka, India, with notes on worker castes (PDF) doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1255825 Thresiamma VargheseCentre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India.(Email: thresiammav@iisc.ac.in)

A checklist of Syrphidae (Diptera) from Mordovia, Russia (PDF) doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1255874 Mariya A. Chursina1 and Alexander B. Ruchin2*1Voronezh State University, Universitetskaya sq., 1, 394006 Voronezh, Russia.2Mordovia State Nature Reserve; 431230 Republic of Mordovia, Temnikov District, Pushta settlement, Russia.(Email: ruchin_mgpz@mail.ru)

A new genus of Heteromurini (Collembola: Entomobryidae) with dental base falcate macrochaetae, from India (PDF) doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1256961 Guru Pada MandalZoological Survey of India, Apterygota Section, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, India.(Email: gpmandal.zsi@gmail.com)

A taxonomic review of the genus Vespula Thomson (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae) from the Indian subcontinent (PDF) doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1258043*P. Girish Kumar1 and James M. Carpenter21Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala–673006, India.2Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA.(Email: kpgiris@gmail.com)

A new species of the genus Pediobius Walker (Eulophidae: Entedoninae) parasitizing spider from India (PDF) doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1261476*Mohd Majid Jamali1, Shahid Bin Zeya1 & Kamalanathan Veenakumari21Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, Uttar Pradesh, India.2National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P.B. No. 2491, Hebbal, Bengaluru, India 560024. (Email: majidjamali1988@gmail.com)

Collembola of India- An Updated Checklist (PDF) Guru Pada Mandal doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1280640 Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053.(Email: gpmandal.zsi@gmail.com)

Two new species of slant-faced grasshopper genus Acrida (Acrididae: Acridinae) from India (PDF) doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1285589 Sunil Kumar Gupta*& Kailash ChandraZoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, 'M' Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-,700053, West Bengal, India.(Email: skumarento@gmail.com)

First verified record of genus Onesia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from India (PDF)  doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1413960  Meenakshi Bharti Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab,India.(Email: adubharti@gmail.com)

Thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) fauna from the Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, India (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1414132 Thang Johnson* & R. VaratharajanCentre for Advanced Study in Life Sciences, Manipur University, Canchipur –795 003, India.(Email:thangjohnson@gmail.com)

A New Latindiine Cockroach, Gapudipentax guiting gen. et sp. n.(Blattodea: Corydiidae: Latindiinae) from the Philippines (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1418609 Cristian C. Lucañas Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Laguna,Philippines. (Email: cclucanas@up.edu.ph)

Odontomachus ferminae, a new Philippine species of the infandus species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1434108 David Emmanuel M. General University of the Philippines Los Baños Museum of Natural History, College, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines.(Email: dmgeneral@up.edu.ph)

A Chaetogramma Doutt (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from India (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1446015 *Mohd Talib Khan & Shoeba Binte Anis Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India. (Email: athamohd@gmail.com)

A new species of the huntsman spider genus Pseudopoda Jäger (Araneae: Sparassidae) from the Eastern Himalayas, India (PDF) doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1462247 John T.D. Caleb, Krishnendu Mondal & Vikas Kumar*Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India.(Email: vikaszsi77@gmail.com)

Karyotypable somatic metaphases obtained in Agrotis spinifera (Noctuidae, Lepidoptera) by application of in vitro colchicine air drying technique (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1464542 Geetanjli Dhawan Department of Zoology, Arya P.G. College, Panipat-132103, Haryana, India.(Email: geetanjli_dhawan@yahoo.co.in)

Description of a new species of Megachalcis Cameron (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) from India with a revised key to species (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1464544 *P.M. Sureshan, P. Girish Kumar and C. ChareshZoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673 006, Kerala, India. (Email: pmsuresh43@gmail.com)

First report of genus Cynomya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from India* (PDF) doi:10.5281/zenodo.1488543 Meenakshi Bharti1 & Knut Rognes 2 1Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, India.2University of Stavanger, Faculty of Arts and Education, Department of Early Childhood Education, NO–4036 Stavanger, Norway.(Email: adubharti@gmail.com)

Halteres (Volume-8, 2017)
Taxonomic studies on Eurydinotomorpha Girault (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) with the description of a new species from Western Ghats, Kerala (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.417293   P. M. SureshanZoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673 006, Kerala, India.
(Email: pmsuresh43@gmail.com)

Oral Myiasis: Case Report (PDF) doi:10.5281/zenodo.418254   1Thiruneervannan, 1*Hari S. Prabhu and 2 Benjamin Premkumar 1 Dept. Oral Medicine & Radiology, Vinayaka Mission’s Dental College, AVMC campus, Kirumampakkam, Puducherry, India 607402. 2 Dept. Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Vinayaka Mission’s Dental College, AVMC campus, Kirumampakkam, Puducherry, India 607402. (Email: harisureshprabhu@gmail.com)

New record of scoliid wasps (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae: Scoliinae) from Bhutan (PDF) doi:10.5281/zenodo.580437 *Tshering Nidup1, Wim Klein2, P. Girish Kumar3 and Phurpa Dorji 41,4Department of Environment & Life Sciences, Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan, Trashigang, Bhutan.2Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands.3Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673 006, India. (Email: tsheringnidup.sc@sherubtse.edu.bt)

A new species of the genus Epistaurus (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from Central India (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.580445 *Sunil Kumar Gupta and Kailash ChandraZoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, 'M' Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, West Bengal, India. (E-mail: skumarento@gmail.com)

Search for the blind vampire: First record of Eoctenes Kirkaldy in Southern Luzon, (Hemiptera: Polyctenidae), with key to the Cimicoidea, ectoparasitic on bats in the Philippines (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.580473 *Ace Kevin S. Amarga¹ and Sheryl A. Yap¹,²¹Institute of Weed Science, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.² Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. (Email: ace_amarga061@yahoo.com)

First record of Podothrips erami (Thysanoptera: Tubulifera) from India (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.580476 Devkant Singha, Kaomud Tyagi and Vikas Kumar* Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.(Email: vikaszsi77@gmail.com)

First Inventory of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Northwestern Shivalik, India (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.582706  Himender Bharti1, *Aijaz Ahmad Wachkoo2 and Rakesh Kumar3 1Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala – 147002, India.2Department of Zoology, Govt. Degree College, Shopian – 192303, India.3Department of Agriculture, Baba Farid College, Bathinda – 151001, India.(Email: aijaz_shoorida@yahoo.co.in)

On a collection of Monotomidae of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.893870 T. K. Pal Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’ Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India. (Email: tkpal51@rediffmail.com)

A check list of Sarcophagidae (Diptera) from Algeria(PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.893888 Yuriy Verves Department of Ecological Monitoring, Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Academician Lebedev Str. 37, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03143. (Email: fly_@voliacable.com)

Anokha gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) and two new species from India (PDF)   doi: 10.5281/zenodo.894024 *Rajmohana K.¹, Veenakumari Kamalanathan², Bijoy C.³,Prashanth Mohanraj², Palatty Allesh Sinu⁴ and Ranjith A.P.⁵ ¹ Zoological Survey of India, PO New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700053, India. ²National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P.B. No. 2491, Hebbal, Bengaluru, India 560024. ³Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghats Regional Centre, Calicut, Kerala-673006, India. ⁴Department of Animal Science, Central University of Kerala, Padannakad, P.O. 671314, Kasargod, Kerala, India. ⁵Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, Pin: 673635, India. (Email: mohana.skumar@gmail.com)

A review of the genus Pararrhynchium de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from India with the description of a new species (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.894185 *P. Girish Kumar¹, James M. Carpenter² and Lambert Kishore³^{¹Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala–673006, India.} ²Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79^th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA. ³P.G. & Research Department of Zoology, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode-673001, Kerala, India. (Email: kpgiris@gmail.com)

Checklist of the ants of Mt. Hamiguitan, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)(PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.894187 *David Emmanuel M. General¹and Perry Archival C. Buenavente² ¹University Researcher, University of the Philippines Los Baños Museum of Natural History, College, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines, and Research Associate, National Museum of the Philippines, Taft Ave., Ermita, Metro Manila 1000, Philippines. ² Researcher, National Museum of the Philippines, Taft Ave., Ermita, Metro Manila 1000, Philippines. (Email: dmgeneral@up.edu.ph)

A review of the genus Pycnetron Gahan (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)with description of a new species from Western Ghats, Kerala, India (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1125217 Raseena Farsana V. K., *Sureshan, P. M. and Nikhil, K. Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode-6, Kerala, India.2University of Calicut, Kerala-673635, India.(Email: pmsuresh43@gmail.com)

First report of Menemerus nigli (Araneae: Salticidae) from India (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1133147 Sumantika Chatterjee, John T. D. Caleb, Kaomud Tyagi, Shantanu Kundu & Vikas Kumar*Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. (Email: vikaszsi77@gmail.com)

Review of the genus Ipidia Erichson of India (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae) (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1129386 T. K. Pal* and J. DasguptaZoological Survey of India, ‘M’ Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India.(Email: tkpal51@rediffmail.com)

A new species of Hercostomoides Meuffels et Grootaert, 1997 from Indonesia with notes and new combinations for some Oriental Sympycninae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1134297 Igor Ya. GrichanovAll-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo 3, 196608, St.Petersburg-Pushkin,Russia.(Email: grichanov@mail.ru)

Halteres (Volume-7, 2016)

A new species of genus Polleniopsis from India (Diptera: Calliphoridae) with a key to the Indian species (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.54901
*Meenakshi Bharti1 and Yuriy Verves2
1Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002, India.
2Department of Ecological Monitoring, Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Academician Lebedev Str. 37, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03143.
(Email: *adubharti@gmail.com)

On Epuraea Erichson of Assam, India (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Epuraeinae) (PDF)  doi:10.5281/zenodo.54895
J. Dasgupta, T. K. Pal* and V. D. Hegde
Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’ Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, INDIA.
(Email: tkpal51@rediffmail.com)

Additions to the knowledge of the genus Allorhynchium van der Vecht from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species from Kerala (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) (PDF)   doi:10.5281/zenodo.54869
*P. Girish Kumar1 , J. M. Carpenter2 and P. M. Sureshan3 1,3Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673 006, India. 2Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA. (Email: kpgiris@gmail.com)

Two new species of Campsicnemus Haliday, 1851 from India with notes on some Oriental Dolichopodidae (Diptera) (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.54871
Igor Ya. Grichanov  All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo roadway, 3, St. Petersburg, Pushkin, 196608, Russia.  (Email: grichanov@mail.ru)

Melinda pusilla pusilla (Villeneuve, 1927) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), a new record from India with a revised key to the known Indian species (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.54893 Meenakshi Bharti  Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India-147002.  (Email: adubharti@gmail.com)

The Empidoidea (Diptera) of the Utrish Nature Reserve, Russia (PDF)     doi: 10.5281/zenodo.54902
Semen Yu. Kustov1, *Igor Ya. Grichanov2 and Anastasiya A. Getman1
1Kuban State University, Zoology department, Stavropolskaya 149, 350040,
Krasnodar, Russia. 2 All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo 3, 196608, St.Petersburg-Pushkin, Russia. (E-mail: grichanov@mail.ru)

Thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) of India- An Updated Checklist (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.54896  Kaomud Tyagi and Vikas Kumar*Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. (*Email: vikaszsi77@gmail.com)

A review of ant genus Harpegnathos Jerdon,1851 (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) in the Philippines, with the description of two new species (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.54873
David Emmanuel M. General University of the Philippines Los Banos Museum of Natural History, College, Los Banos, Laguna 4031, Philippines. (Email:bzb43@yahoo.com)

On a new species of Amitus Haldeman (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) parasitizing whitefly Zaphanera sp. (Aleyrodidae) on Vigna trilobata from India (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.55316
*M. Anjana1, K. Rajmohana1, D. Vimala2 and R. Sundararaj2
1Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre (Recognised Research Centre of University of Calicut), PO Eranhipalam, Calicut-673006, Kerala, India.
2Institute of Wood Science and Technology, 18th Cross, Malleswaram, Bangalore-560003. (*Email: anjugk9@gmail.com)

Romblonella longinoi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new species and first record of the genus from Sabah, Malaysia, with a key to the species of Romblonella Wheeler, 1935 (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.55319
David Emmanuel M. General*University Researcher, University of the Philippines Los Baños Museum of Natural History, College, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines, andResearch Associate, National Museum of the Philippines, Taft Ave, Ermita, Metro Manila 1000, Philippines. (Email: davegeneral2011@gmail.com)

Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) of Terai-Dooars region of West Bengal, India (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.61516
*Srimoyee Basu1, K.A. Subramanian2 and Goutam Kr. Saha3
1 ICAR-NBAIR, Molecular Entomology lab, H. A. Farm post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka-560024, 2 Zoological Survey of India, Chennai, Tamilnadu-60028, 3 Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata-700019.(Email: srimoyeebasu3422@gmail.com)

A taxonomic review of the genus Parancistrocerus Bequaert (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of three new species (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.192283
*P. Girish Kumar1, J. M. Carpenter2 and P. M. Sureshan3
1,3 Western Ghat Regional Centre,Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala-673006, India.
2 Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA. (Email: kpgiris@gmail.com)

A new species of genus Ceropupa from Luzon, Philippines (Hemiptera: Derbidae:Sikaianini), with a key to the species of Ceropupa Emiljanov, 1996 (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.192336
*Sheryl A. Yap1 and Thierry Bourgoin2
1Crop Protection Cluster, College of Agriculture,and UPLB Museum of Natural History University of the Philippines Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines
2Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Systematique, Evolution, Biodiversite (ISYEB): UMR 7205 MNHN-CNRS-UPMC-EPHE, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris. (Email: sayap3@up.edu.ph)

Influence of the sugar-loving ant, Camponotus compressus (Fabricius, 1787) on soil physico-chemical characteristics (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.192341
Sudha Kumari1, Hema Singh2 and Neelkamal Rastogi1*
1Insect Behavioural Ecology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005, (U.P.), India
2Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, U.P., India (Email: neelkamalrastogi@yahoo.co.in)

On Cryptarcha Shuckard of North-east India (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Cryptarchinae) with description of a new species (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.192346
J. Dasgupta and T. K. Pal*
Zoological Survey of India, 'M' Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India.
(Email: tkpal51@rediffmail.com)

New records of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Central Provinces of Iran (PDF) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.192413
Azam Ahmadi1, Mehdi Gheibi1*, Hadi Ostovan1, Shahram Hesami1 and Igor Ya. Grichanov2
1Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
2All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo 3, 196608, St.Petersburg-Pushkin, Russia (Email: gheybi@iaushiraz.ac.ir)

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First report of Western Flower Thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thripidae: Thysanoptera) from India- A Potential Havoc to Indian agriculture (PDF) Kaomud Tyagi and Vikas Kumar* Centre for DNA Taxonomy (CDT), Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India (e-mail: *vikaszsi77@gmail.com)

Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their aphid partners (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Mashhad region, Razavi Khorasan Province, with new records of aphids and ant species for Fauna of Iran (PDF) Zohreh Sadat Mortazavi1, Hussein Sadeghi1*, Nihat Aktac2, Łukasz Depa3, Lida Fekrat 1
1 Department of Plant Protection, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, 2 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Trakya University, Turkey, 3 Department of Zoology, University of Silesia, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland (e-mail: *sadeghin@um.ac.ir)

A revision of genus Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1901, in the South-East Asian countries, with description of a new species Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) darjeelingensis from West Bengal, India (Diptera, Culicidae) (PDF) B.K. Tyagi*, A. Munirathinam, R. Krishnamoorthy, G. Baskaran, R. Govindarajan, R. Krishnamoorthi, T. Mariappan, K.J. Dhananjeyan and A. Venkatesh, Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (I.C.M.R.), 4-Sarojini Street, Chinna Chokkikulam, Madurai – 625 002, Tamil Nadu, India *(e-mail: abktyagi@gmail.com; abk.tyagi@yahoo.co.in)

Coprophilic dipteran community associated with horse dung in Malaysia (PDF)
*Heo C.C.1,2, Latif, B.1, Kurahashi H.3, Hayashi T.4, Nazni W.A.5 and Omar B.6
1Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buluh Campus, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buluh, Selangor, Malaysia, 2 Institute of Forensic Science (IFS), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Level 4, Academic Building, Faculty of Medicine, 47000 Sungai Buluh, Selangor, Malaysia, 3 International Department of Dipterology (IDD), Hikawadai 1-2-21, Higashikurume City, Tokyo 203-0004, Japan, 4 Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama 1-23-1, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 162-8640 Japan, 5 Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research (IMR), Jalan Pahang, 50588 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 6 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (email:*chin@salam.uitm.edu.my)

First report of Aphid, Liosomaphis ornata Miyazaki, 1971 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from India (PDF) Gireesh Nadda1* and Sunil Joshi 2
1 Entomology Laboratory, Hill Area Tea Science Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Post Box No. 6, Palampur, Kangra, H.P. INDIA, 176 061
2 National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA, 560 024 *(e-mail: girish@ihbt.res.in, girish_nadda@yahoo.co.in)

A second species of the ant genus Romblonella from the Philippines (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (PDF) *David Emmanuel M. General1 and Perry Archival C. Buenavente2
1 University of the Philippines Los Baños Museum of Natural History, College, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines
2 National Museum of the Philippines, Taft Ave, Ermita, Metro Manila 1000, Philippines (e-mail: *bzb43@yahoo.com)

Polleniopsis annamensis Kurahashi, 1972 (Diptera: Calliphoridae) a new record from India, with a revised key to the known Indian species (PDF)
Meenakshi Bharti Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala- 147002, India (e-mail: adubharti@gmail.com)

Geographic origin and spread of cosmopolitan ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (PDF)
James K. Wetterer Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458. (e-mail: wetterer@fau.edu)

Description of a new species of Alastor (Alastor) Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Telangana, India, with a key and a checklist of Oriental species (PDF) P. Girish Kumar1* and James M. Carpenter2 1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal- 700053, India. 2Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA. (e- mail: 1* kpgiris@gmail.com; 2 carpente@amnh.org)

Reassessment of the adult Stevenia signata (Mik, 1966) (Diptera: Rhinophoridae) from Turkey with comprehensive notes on its morphology, ecology and faunistic limits (PDF)
1*Yuriy G. Verves and 2Olga P. Khrystoslavenko Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Academician Lebedev Str. 37 Kyiv, Ukraine, 03143.(e-mail: 1*fly_@voliacable.com; 2khrystoslavenko.o@gmail.com)

Eucharitid wasp parasitoids in cocoons of the ponerine ant Diacamma scalpratum from Thailand (PDF)Christian Peeters1, John Heraty2 and Decha Wiwatwitaya3
1 Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, UMR CNRS 7618, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 7 quai Saint Bernard, 75005 Paris, France.
2 Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
3 Department of Forest Biology, Kasetsart University, 10900 Bangkok, Thailand.
(email: 1christian.peeters@upmc.fr , 2john.heraty@ucr.edu, 3ffordew@ku.ac.th)

A new Anterhynchium species from Japan, with a key to the Northeast Asian species of the genus (Hymenoptera, Eumenidae) (PDF)*Seiki Yamane1 and Tadao Murota 2
1Haruyama-chô 1054-1, Kagoshima-shi, 899-2704 Japan.
2Sakura-chô 1-4-5, Sabae-shi, Fukui Pref., 916-0027 Japan.
(e-mail: *mayiopa0@gmail.com)

The species of the ant genus Recurvidris Bolton, 1992 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Thailand (PDF)Weeyawat Jaitrong¹ and Decha Wiwatwitaya^{2* 1}Thailand Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand.²Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Foresty, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900 Thailand. (email: *ffordew@ku.ac.th)

Three new species of Amblyaspis Förster (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from India along with a Key to Indian species (PDF) *Anjana Gangadharan M. and Rajmohana Keloth Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre (Recognized Research Centre of University of Calicut), Eranhipalam PO, Calicut-673006, Kerala, India (email: *anjugk9@gmail.com)

Morphology of third instar Boettcherisca highlandica Kurahashi & Tan, 2009 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) (PDF)*Heo, C.C.1,2, Latif, B.1, Silahuddin, S.A.1 and Kurahashi, H.3
1Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buluh, Selangor, Malaysia. 2Institute of Forensic Science (IFS), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Level 4, Academic Building, Faculty of Medicine, 47000 Sungai Buluh, Selangor, Malaysia. 3International Department of Dipterology, Hikawadai 1-2-21, Higashikurume City, Tokyo 203-0004, Japan. (e-mail: *chin@salam.uitm.edu.my)

A practical guide to insect cell cultures: establishment and maintenance of primary cell cultures (PDF) Mauro Mandrioli1, Monia Monti2, Rosemarie Tedeschi2 1Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. 2Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy (e-mail:mauro.mandrioli@unimore.it)

                     HALTERES (Volume-5, 2014)

First Record of Genus Pristomyrmex Mayr 1866 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India (PDF)
Himender Bharti^1* and Joginder Singh² Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala - 147002, India (e-mail:¹himenderbharti@gmail.com, ²joginderrilta516@gmail.com)

Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Romania: a new record of the species after a century (PDF)
Ioan Tăusan¹ and Ioan Alexandru Rădac²
1 Natural History Museum of Sibiu, Brukenthal National Museum, Cetăţii 1, 55016
Sibiu, Sibiu County, Romania 2 West University of Timişoara, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology & Geography, Department of Biology-Chemistry, 16A Pestalozzi St., 300115 Timişoara, Timiş County, Romania
(e-mail: ¹itausan@gmail.com; ² radac.alexandru@yahoo.ro)

Biology of the harpactorine assassin bug, Panthous bimaculatus Distant (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on three different diets (PDF)
M. Muthupandi¹, G. evangelin², Bertrand Horne and S. John William
School of Entomology and Centre for Natural Resources Management, P.G. & Research
Department of Zoology, Loyola College, Chennai 600034
(e-mail: ¹muthupandi7@gmail.com; ²evangelin_g@ymail.com)

New taxa of the genus Bareogonalos from Asia with further information on the tribe Nomadinini (Hymenoptera, Trigonalidae) (PDF)
Seiki Yamane
Kagoshima University Museum, Korimoto 1-21-30, Kagoshima-shi, 890-0065 Japan (e-mail: mayiopa0@gmail.com)

A practical guide to DNA extraction, PCR, and gene-based DNA sequencing in insects (PDF)
Corrie S. Moreau
Field Museum of Natural History,Department of Science and Education,Integrative Research Center,1400 South Lake Shore Drive,Chicago, Illinois, 60605, USA (e-mail:cmoreau@fieldmuseum.org)

First record of the species Helochares atropiceus Regimbart, 1903
(Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from the Loktak lake of Manipur, India (PDF)
*M.Bhubaneshwari Devi, O. Sandhyarani Devi and S.Dineshwar Singh
Laboratory of Entomology, P.G. Department of Zoology, D. M. College of Science,
Imphal-795001, Manipur (email: *mbhubaneshwari@yahoo.com)

Additional notes on the genus Apodynerus Giordani Soika, 1993 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from the Indian subcontinent
P. Girish Kumar1, James M. Carpenter2, Lambert Kishore3* and K. P. Mohammed Shareef3
1Zoological Survey of India, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700 053, West Bengal, India. 2Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, U.S.A. 3Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode-673 001, Kerala, India
(e-mail: 1kpgiris@gmail.com; 2carpente@amnh.org; 3*lambert3698@rediffmail.com;
3 kpms326@gmail.com)

A new species of Notanisus Walker (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from Southern Western Ghats, Karnataka, India (PDF)
Raseena Farsana V. K., *P. M. Sureshan and Nikhil K.
Zoological Survey ofIndia, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India (e-mail: *pmsuresh43@gmail.com)

Mosquito species biodiversity in Phytotelmata from Western Ghats, south India (PDF)
A. Munirathinam, R. Krishnamoorthi, G. Baskaran, R. Govindarajan,
A. Venkatesh and *B.K. Tyagi
Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (Indian Council of Medical Research) 4, Sarojini Street, Chinna Chokkikulam, Madurai – 625 002, Tamil Nadu, India. (e-mail: *crmeicmr@icmr.org.in)

Second Vietnamese species of the myrmicine genus Lophomyrmex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) (PDF)
*Seiki Yamane1 and Shingo Hosoishi2
1Kagoshima University Museum, Korimoto 1-21-30, Kagoshima-shi, 890-0065 Japan. 2Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan. (e-mail: *mayiopa0@gmail.com1, hosoishi@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp2)

Extended distribution and variation in morphological features of Disparoneura (Chloroneura) quadrimaculata (Rambur, 1842) (Odonata:Zygoptera; Protoneuridae) in the Mt. Abu ranges of Southern Rajasthan, India (PDF)
B.K. Tyagi
Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (ICMR), 4-Sarojini Street, Chinna Chokkikulam Madurai 625002, T.N., India.
(e-mail: abktyagi@gmail.com; abk.tyagi@yahoo.co.in)

Telenomus dilatus sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) - an egg parasitoid of swallowtail butterflies from South India
1Rajmohana K. and 2Mary Anto
1Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Calicut-673 006, Kerala, India.2 Research and Post Graduate Department of Zoology, St. Thomas' College, Thrissur- 680 001, Kerala, India. (email: mohana.skumar@gmail.com)

                  HALTERES (Volume-4, 2013)

Recolonisation patterns of orthopteran species in successional stages of revegetated coal mine sites (PDF) Shbbir R Khan and Neelkamal Rastogi
Insect Behavioural Ecology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Centre of Advanced Study, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – 221 005, U.P., India
(*e-mail: neelkamalrastogi@yahoo.co.in)

Pollen foraging activity of Apis mellifera during autumn season in Chandigarh (PDF) Rajinder Kaur* and Neelima R Kumar
Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh – 160014, India
(e-mail: *dr.rita85@gmail.com; neelimark6@gmail.com) 

A Preliminary survey of thrips (Thysanoptera) from Kashmir Himalaya (PDF)
Nafisa Akhtar and M. Nayyar Azim* Section of Entomology, P.G. Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006 (J & K)
(e-mail: *mnayyarazim@yahoo.com)

Addition of a new species to Ecnomus McLachlan, 1864
(Trichoptera: Ecnomidae) along with key to its Indian Fauna (PDF) Manpreet S. Pandher* and Malkiat S. Saini, 1. University School of Agriculture, Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Fatehgarh Sahib–147301, India 2. Asian Institution, Patiala–147002, India (e-mail: *mpandher.iari@gmail.com)

On the Aphid–ant association and its relationship with various host plants in the Agroecosystems of Vadodara, Gujarat, India (PDF)
Ruchika Kataria and Dolly Kumar* Division of Entomology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The M.S. University of Baroda,Vadodara- 390002, India
(e-mail: *dollymsu@gmail.com)

Diversity and Distribution of Ant Fauna in Hejamadi Kodi Sandspit, Udupi District, Karnataka, India (PDF)Pradeep D’Cunha and Vijay Mala Grover Nair* Department of Applied Zoology, Mangalore University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
(e-mail: pradeep.dcunha@gmail.com; *; vijaymalanair@yahoo.com)

First record of the Srilankan Processional Termite, Hospitalitermes monoceros (Konig) (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) from India (PDF) Poovoli Amina1, Keloth Rajmohana 2*, Chenthamarakshan Bijoy 3, Chandrashekaramenon Radhakrishnan 4 and Nivedita Saha 5    1, 2, 3, 4 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Calicut, Kerala – 673006, 5 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053 (e-mail: *aminapoovoli@gmail.com)

Status of the Genus Spalgis Moore with taxonomic notes on the type species,         Spalgis epeus (Westwood) in the Indian Himalaya (PDF) Charn Kumar A.S. College, Khanna , Samrala Road Khanna, Ludhiana,   Punjab, India - 141401
(e-mail: charnkumar@yahoo.com )

Quantitative changes in lipids and carbohydrates of temporal workers and drones in Apis cerana indica (Fabricius) (PDF) Seydur Rahman and Sudhanya Ray Hajong*
Department of Zoology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya-793022
(e-mail: *s_hajong@hotmail.com)

SEM   studies   on   immature   stages   of   Aphaenogaster   beesoni
Donisthorpe, 1933 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (PDF) Himender Bharti, Navpreet Dhiman, Meenakshi Bharti and Aijaz Ahmad Wachkoo,Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala - 147002, India
(e-mail: himenderbharti@gmail.com; adubharti@yahoo.co.in; aijaz_shoorida@yahoo.co.in)

Telenomus oryzae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), a new egg parasitoid of the rice black bug, Scotinophara (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from India (PDF)
Keloth Rajmohana1* and Manikantadas Santha Nisha2, 1Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Calicut, Kerala India -673006, 2Rice Research Station, Moncompu, Thekkekara.P.O, Alappuzha, Kerala, India.-688503
(e-mail: mohana.skumar@gmail.com)

HALTERES (Volume-3, 2011)
Taxonomic survey of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) of India (PDF)
M. Nayyar Azim,Section of Entomology, P.G.Department of Zoology; University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006 (J & K) India. (email:mnayyarazim@yahoo.com)

Addition of two new species to genus Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) from Sikkim (India) (PDF)
Malkiat S. Saini, Manpreet S. Pandher# and Prabhjit Bajwa, Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India-147002.(#email: mpandher.iari@gmail.com)

SEM studies on immature stages of weaver ant Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775 ) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India (PDF)
Himender Bharti#and Iqbal Kaur, Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India - 147002.(#email:himenderbharti@gmail.com/himenderbharti@antdiversityindia.com)(www.antdiversityindia.com)
Revised Phylogenetic analysis of Indian species of genus Himalopsyche Banks (Trichoptera: Spicipalpia; Rhyacophilidae) (PDF)
M.S. Saini# and L. Kaur, Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India - 147002.(#email:saini20@hotmail.com/lakhwinderkaur.kaur@gmail.com)

Taxonomic studies on the genus Zemeros Boisduval from Indian Himalayas (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) (PDF)
Charn Kumar1, H. S. Rose2and Avtar Kaur Sidhu3,1. A.S. College Khanna- 141 402, Punjab, India (email: charnkumar@yahoo.com)2. SUS College of Research and Technology, Mohali -140 306, Punjab, India 3. High Altitude Regional Centre, ZSI, Saproon, Solan -172 211, Himachal Pradesh, India

An updated checklist of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from India (PDF)
Meenakshi Bharti, Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India-147002.(email: adubharti@yahoo.co.in)

SEM studies on immature stages of Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India (PDF)
Himender Bharti#and Anuradha Gill, Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India - 147002.(#email:himenderbharti@gmail.com/himenderbharti@antdiversityindia.com)(www.antdiversityindia.com)

Influence of Varroa parasitization on some biomolecules in Apis mellifera L. worker brood (PDF)
Neelima R Kumar1, Pooja Badotra2and Kalpana, Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India.(1email: neelimark@yahoo.co.in) (2email: pooja_badotra@yahoo.co.in)

Weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina), huntsman spider (Heteropoda venatoria) and house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) as potential biocontrol agents of the nuisance pest, Luprops tristis (PDF)
P. Aswathi and Sabu K.Thomas#,Post Graduate and Research Department of Zoology, St. Josephs College, Devagiri, Calicut, Kerala, India 673008. (email#: sabukthomas@gmail.com)

Revised Phylogenetic analysis of Indian species of genus Macrophya Dahlbom(Hymenoptera; Symphya: Tenthredinidae; Tenthredininae) (PDF)
M.S. Saini# and L. Kaur, Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India - 147002.(#email:saini20@hotmail.com/lakhwinderkaur.kaur@gmail.com)

Notes on life history of Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius) and its potential as biological control agent (PDF)
Himender Bharti#and Silka Silla, Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India - 147002.
(#email: himenderbharti@gmail.com/himenderbharti@antdiversityindia.com)(www.antdiversityindia.com)

Diversity and distribution of social apocrites of Vadodara, Gujarat, Western India (PDF)
Bhumika Naidu and Dolly Kumar#,Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences,The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda,Vadodara-390002.(email#: dollymsu@gmail.com)

Some notes on Rhopaloceran diversity (Lepidoptera) of Himachal Pardesh (PDF)P.C. Pathania1#and Anita Kumari2,1. Department of Entomology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004.,2. Department of Biosciences, Vinayaka Missions University, Salem, Tamilnadu- 636308.(#email:pathaniapc@yahoo.co.in)\
List of Indian Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (PDF)
Himender Bharti, Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India - 147002.(email: himenderbharti@gmail.com/himenderbharti@antdiversityindia.com)(www.antdiversityindia.com)

Natural parasitisation of Spodoptera litura F. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by Zele chloropthalma Nees (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in vegetable ecosystems of Kashmir Valley, India (PDF)
Deen Mohamad Bhat1, R. C. Bhagat2and Ajaz A. Qureshi3, 1. Department of Zoology, Govt. Degree College Pulwama, Kashmir, J&K India-192301.(1email: din_ento@yahoo.co.in) 2 and 3. P. G. Deptt. of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal Srinagar, J&K India-190006.
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Comparative study on improvement in Pollen Collection Technology (PDF) Shazia Raja#, Elizabeth Stephen Waghchoure, Rashid Mahmood, Ghulam Sarwar, Farida Iftikhar and Muhammad Sidddique Munawar (#e-mail: shazia_raja2002@ yahoo.com) Honeybee Research Intstitute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Biodiversity of the short horned grasshoppers of the tribe Oedipodini (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Acridinae) in Kashmir Himalayas (PDF) M. Nayyar Azim#, Shabir Ahmad Reshi and Ajaz Hassan Rather (#email: mnayyarazim@yahoo.com) Section of Entomology; P.G.Department of Zoology;University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006 (J & K).

Phylogenetic analysis of Indian species of genus Macrophya Dahlbom (Hymenoptera: Symphyta; Tenthredinidae: Tenthredininae) (PDF) M.S. Saini and L. Kaur 1email: saini20@hotmail.com) (2email: lakhwinderkaur.kaur@gmail.com) Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India.

Lucilia calviceps Bezzi, new record from India (Diptera: Calliphoridae), with a revised key to Indian species (PDF) Meenakshi Bharti& Hiromu Kurahashi ((email: adubharti@yahoo.co.in) (email: MLB15110@nifty.com) Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, (Pb.) 147002 India.International Department of Dipterology, Hikawadai 1-2-21, Higashikurume City, Tokyo 203-0004, Japan.

Impact of egg retention on walking behavior of Trichogramma chilonis (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) (PDF) Muhammad Shakeel, Ahmed Zia, Abid Faridand Zakir Hussain (1. University of Agriculture, Peshawer. (email: shakeelkhanmarwat@yahoo.com) 2. National Insect Museum-NARC, Islamabad. (email: saiyedahmed@yahoo.com) 3. Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA). (email: abidfarid@nifa.org.pk) 4. IPDM Laboratories Directorate of Agriculture Northern Areas-Gilgit.

Role of honeybees and other insects in enhancing the yield of Brassica campestris var. sarson (PDF) J.S.Tara & Pooja Sharma (#email: puja80_sharma@yahoo.co.in) Department of Zoology, University of Jammu, Jammu (Tawi) 180006, J&K, India.

Diversity of Aphidoidea in Rawalpindi Division (Punjab) Pakistan, with a list of host plant studied (PDF) Ahmed Zia, Soaib Ali Hassan, Anjum Shehzad and Falak Naz 1. National Insect Museum, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad – Pakistan.(email: saiyedahmed@yahoo.com) 2. Pir Meher Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi – Pakistan.(email: sohaib_hassan50@yahoo.com) 3. National Insect Museum, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad – Pakistan.(email: nim.anjum@gmail.com) 4.National Insect Museum, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad – Pakistan.(email: falak05@yahoo.com)

Phylogenetic analysis of Indian species of genus Himalopsyche Banks (Trichoptera: Spicipalpia; Rhyacophilidae: Rhyacophilinae) (PDF) M.S. Saini and L. Kaur (1email: saini20@hotmail.com) (2email: lakhwinderkaur.kaur@gmail.com) Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India.

Influence of foraging rate and speed of Apis species (Hymenoptera) on Brassica campestris var.sarson (PDF) J.S.Tara and Pooja Sharma (#email: puja80_sharma@yahoo.co.in) Department of Zoology, University of Jammu, Jammu (Tawi) 180006, J&K, India.

SEM structure of mandibular sensilla in the carpenter ant, Camponotus compressus (Fabricius) (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) (PDF) Deepak D. Barsagade#, Dnyaneshwar B. Tembhare and Seema G. Kadu (#email: dr_ddbars @ rediffmail. com) Department of Zoology, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur India-440033.

A contribution towards the insect fauna of Vadodara, Gujarat (India): The Order Hemiptera (PDF) Dolly Kumar#and Bhumika Naidu (#email:dollymsu@gmail.com) Department of Zoology,Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda,Vadodara-390002.

Natural parasitism of leaf miner, Chromatomyia horticola (Goureau) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) on vegetable crops in Kashmir (India) (PDF) Deen Mohammad Bhat#and R. C. Bhagat (#email: din_ento@yahoo.co.in) Entomology Research Lab., P. G. Deptt. of Zoology, University of Kashmir,Hazratbal Srinagar, J&K India-190006.

Bioecology of Til Hawk Moth, Acherontia styx Westwood (PDF) R.M. Ahirwar#and M.P. Gupta ((#e-mail: an.manoher@yahoo.com) Jawahar Lal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Department of Entomology,College of Agriculture, Tikamgarh-472 001 M.P., India.
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Diversity of the ground inhabiting ant fauna at Department of Atomic Energy campus, Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu) (PDF) T. Ramesh2, K. Jahir Hussain1, M. Selvanayagam2 and K. K. Satpathy1 1. Environmental and Industrial Safety Section, Safety Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam-603102 (Tamil Nadu)2.Loyola Institute of Frontier Energy (LIFE), Loyola College, Chennai, India-600 034.
Diversity and Abundance of ants along an elevational gradient in Jammu-Kashmir Himalaya - I (PDF)Himender Bharti and Yash Paul Sharma Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala (Pb.) India-147002
Influence of Varroa jacobsoni Oudemans Parasatization on the Protein profile and RNA content of Apis mellifera L. worker brood (PDF) Pooja Badotra, Neelima R. Kumar and Shalini Sharma Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
Diversity of Odonata in District Poonch and Sudhnoti of Kashmir Valley Pakistan, with a new record for the country (PDF) Muhammad Ather Rafi1, Muhammad Rafique Khan2, Ahmed Zia3and Anjum Shehzad41.National Insect Museum, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad Pakistan 2. University College of Agriculture, Rawalakot Kashmir 3. National Insect Museum, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad Pakistan 4. National
Seasonal Patterns of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Punjab Shivalik (PDF) Himender Bharti, Yash Paul Sharma and Amritdeep Kaur Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala (Pb.) India-147002
Occurrence of Odonata in Northern areas of Pakistan with seven new records (PDF)Ahmed Zia1, Muhammad Ather Rafi2, Zakir Hussain3and Muhammad Naeem4 1. National Insect Museum, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad Pakistan 2. National Insect Museum, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad Pakistan 3. Department of Agriculture, Gilgit Northern Areas, Pakistan 4. Department of Entomology, Pir Meher Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University,
Influence of Foraging time, Flight activity patterns and Duration of a foraging trip of Apis species (order: Hymenoptera) on Brassica campestris var. Sarson (PDF) J.S. Tara and Pooja Sharma Department of Zoology, University of Jammu, Jammu (J&K), India- 180 006.
Some notes on medically important flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from India (PDF) Meenakshi Bharti Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala (Pb.) India-147002
Biochemical changes in the midgut during metamorphosis in Apis cerana indica (PDF) Deepak D. Barsagade, Kalpana M. Kelwadkar and Mangala N. Kadwey Department of Zoology, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, India-440033.

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