On insect feeding on cyanobacteria

A review of 19 dipteran species of the families Chironomidae, Ceratopogonidae, and Ephydridae, feeding on cyanobacteria, which are toxic to the majority of other animals, is given. Certain aspects of biology and evolution of the family Ephydridae, allowing them to utilize this food source, are discussed.     

沱沱河细蠓新种描述(双翅目,蠓科)

报道青藏公路沿线唐古拉山区沱沱河采获的细蠓属全蠓亚属1新种,即沱沱河细蠓Leptoconops(Holo—Conops)tuotuohea sp．nov,对其进行了形态描述,新种的模式标本分别保存在军事医学科学院医学昆虫标本馆和兰州军区军事医学研究所。     

在入境国际航行船舶上采获输入性阿蠓及一新种的记述(双翅目:蠓科)

2003年3月和12月,秦皇岛出入境检验检疫局检疫人员分别在由菲律宾和印度驶抵中国秦皇岛港锚地的入境国际航行船舶上采获输入性阿蠓,经分类鉴定共有3种,分别是棘刺阿蠓Alluaudomyia spinosipes Tokunaga、拟斑茎阿蠓Alluaudomyia psedomaculipennis(Carter,Ingram and Macfie)和新种船舶阿蠓Alluaudomyia fregata Yu,Li and Nie sp.nov..对船舶阿蠓新种形态学特征进行了描述.分析认为上述蠓类应是由入境国际航行船舶携带而来的输入性蠓种.模式标本均收藏在军事医学科学院医学昆虫标本馆.     

四川裸蠓二新种（双翅目：蠓科）

本文描述了１９８１年发现了于四川省的蠓科裸蠓属二新种。分别命名为漫游裸蠓Ａｔｒｉｃｈｏｐｏｇｏｎ（Ａ．）ｐｌａｎｅｔｕｓ（采自泸定县）和四梗裸蠓Ａ．（Ｐｓ．）ｔｅｔｒａｍｉｓｃｈｕｓ（采自南川县）。二新种的模式标本均收藏于北京医学昆虫标本馆。     

A NEW RECORD OF THE GENUS MONOHELEA AND A NEW SPECIES FROM CHINA (DIPTERA: CERATOPOGONIDAE)

Abstract This paper discribes a new species and a new generic record of genus Monohelea in China. Monohelea hainanensis sp. nov. collected from Qiongzhong County, Hainan Province, China.     

中国灰黑库蠓组二新种的描述（双翅目：蠓科）

本文记述了我国库蠓属灰黑库蠓种团灰黑库蠓组的种类,其中包括２个新种：虎林库蠓,类刺螫库蠓,模式标本保存在北京军事医学科学院策生物流行病研究所。     

Experimentally comparing the attractiveness of domestic lights to insects: Do LEDs attract fewer insects than conventional light types?

LED lighting is predicted to constitute 70% of the outdoor and residential lighting markets by 2020. While the use of LEDs promotes energy and cost savings relative to traditional lighting technologies, little is known about the effects these broad‐spectrum “white” lights will have on wildlife, human health, animal welfare, and disease transmission. We conducted field experiments to compare the relative attractiveness of four commercially available “domestic” lights, one traditional (tungsten filament) and three modern (compact fluorescent, “cool‐white” LED and “warm‐white” LED), to aerial insects, particularly Diptera. We found that LEDs attracted significantly fewer insects than other light sources, but found no significant difference in attraction between the “cool‐” and “warm‐white” LEDs. Fewer flies were attracted to LEDs than alternate light sources, including fewer Culicoides midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Use of LEDs has the potential to mitigate disturbances to wildlife and occurrences of insect‐borne diseases relative to competing lighting technologies. However, we discuss the risks associated with broad‐spectrum lighting and net increases in lighting resulting from reduced costs of LED technology.     

吸血蠓及其传播的疾病

吸血蠓广泛分布世界各地,其危害不仅在于刺吸人畜等动物血液,而且是多种疾病的传播媒介。了解吸血蠓及其传播的疾病,对有效预防和控制吸血蠓及蠓媒病具有重要意义。     

Dipteran predators of Simuliid blackflies: a worldwide review

Haematophagous female blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) are serious biting pests and obligate vectors of vertebrate pathogens, namely filarial Dirofilaria, Mansonella, Onchocerca and protozoal Leucocytozoon. Immature stages of Simuliidae inhabit lotic waterways, the sessile larvae filter-feeding and often forming a large proportion of the benthic biomass, usually aggregated in well-oxygenated sections of streams, rivers, waterfalls and spillways. Simuliid control practices depend on larvicidal chemicals, biological products (bacteria, nematodes) and environmental modification. The potential use of predators for biological control of Simuliidae has not been exploited. Predators of Simuliidae include examples of at least 12 families of Diptera and other predaceous arthropods (Crustacea and insects: Coleoptera, Odonata, Plecoptera, Trichoptera), invertebrates (notably Turbellaria), as well as browsing fish. Diptera impacting upon simuliid populations comprise mainly Chironomidae, Empididae and Muscidae, although several other families (Asilidae, Dolichopodidae, Phoridae, Drosophilidae, Scathophagidae) play a significant role as predators. Details of predator and prey species and life stages are presented, by zoogeographical region, including the prevalence of cannibalism among Simuliidae.     

海南岛蠛蠓属二新种（双翅目：蠓科）

报道采自海南岛琼中县黎母岭的蠛蠓属Ｌａｓｉｏｈｅｌｅａ２新中为小溪蠛蠓Ｌａ．ｒｉｐａ,ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．和鹤吻蠛蠓Ｌａ．ｓｉｒｙｃｔａ,ｓｐ．ｏｎｖ．模式标本保存于北京医学昆虫标本馆。