The Tachinid Times, Issue 24, February 2011

Jim O'Hara, editor
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Contents of Issue 24

	ARTICLES *New record of Loewia crassipes* (Mesnil) from Turkey (by Cezary Bystrowski) Preliminary comparison of tachinid species assemblages in three different open habitats in south-central Finland (by Jaakko Pohjoismäki) First records and other interesting finds of Tachinidae from Israel and adjacent areas (by Joachim Ziegler) Collecting and preserving tachinid legs for molecular study (by James E. O'Hara) The invasive species, Trichopoda pennipes (F.) (Diptera: Tachinidae), found in Israel (by Amnon Freidberg, Elizabeth Morgulis and Pierfilippo Cerretti) Exploring a reproductive isolation mechanism in uzifly, Exorista sorbillans (Diptera: Tachinidae)** (by Bandekodigenahalli M. Prakash and Hosagavi P. Puttaraju)
	ANNOUNCEMENTS M.Sc. opportunity in biology and systematics of Neotropical Tachinidae Ph.D. thesis defended by Natália Muráriková M.Sc. thesis defended by Diego Javier Inclan Luna New book! Tachinids of Italy Another new book! Manual of Central American Diptera. Volume 2 TachImage Gallery Abstracts from the Seventh International Congress of Dipterology (from Abstracts Volume edited by M.A. Zumbado) Over 200 genera and counting – the megadiverse fauna of Afrotropical Tachinidae (by P. Cerretti, J.E. O’Hara, D.M.Wood and J.O. Stireman III) MOSCHWEB – An open access interactive key to the Palaearctic genera of Diptera: Tachinidae (by P. Cerretti, H.-P. Tschorsnig and M. Lopresti) Overview of the Neotropical Dexiinae (Tachinidae) (by R.R. Figueiredo and S.S. Nihei) Importance of visual and olfactory cues for foraging in the parasitoid Exorista japonica (by R.T. Ichiki, Y. Kainoh, Y. Yamawaki and S. Nakamura) *Revision of the Neotropical genus Erythromelana* (Diptera: Tachinidae) (by D.J. Inclan and J.O. Stireman III) Taxonomy and phylogeny of Ormiini (Tachinidae): diversity and evolution of cricket parasitoid flies (by S.S. Nihei) Building a unified classification of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the world (by J.E. O’Hara, D.M. Wood, V.A. Richter, H. Shima and S.J. Henderson) An overview of Afrotropical Oestroidea (by T. Pape) Host-associated differentiation in Diptera: contrasting plant parasites and insect parasitoids (by J.O. Stireman III) Diversity and host use patterns of Lepidoptera attacking Tachinidae in the Ecuadorian Andes (by J.O. Stireman III, H.F. Greeney and L.A. Dyer) Response of the uzi fly Exorista sorbillans to silkworm-infested mulberry in a wind tunnel (by A. Tanaka, Y. Kainoh, J. Tabata, H. Sugie, R.T. Ichiki and S. Nakamura) New views on the taxonomy of Tachina spp. (Tachinidae): West Palaearctic species (by J. Vaňhara, A. Tóthová, N. Muráriková, H. Novotná and J. Havel) Tachinidae in the era of molecular systematics** (by D.M. Wood)
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First published on the Internet on 26 February 2011
S.J. Mahony and J.E. O'Hara