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Babaei, M.R., Barari, H. and Kara, K. 2009. Weight differences of male and female pupae of gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) and host-sex preference by two parasitoid species Lymantrichneumon disparis and Exorista larvarum. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 12: 443–446.


Badilla, F.F., Solís, A.I. and Alfaro, D. 1991. Biological control of the sugarcane stem borer Diatraea spp. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Costa Rica. Manejo Integrado de Plagas, No. 20–21: 39–44. [In Spanish.]


Báez, M., Herting, B. and Tschorsnig, H.-P. 1986. The Tachinidae (Diptera) of the Canary Islands. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 394: 1–15.


Baghdadi, A. 2006. Cold hardiness strategy of Phasia subcoleopterata L. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 9: 2187–2188.


Bagnoli, B. and Lucchi, A. 2006. Parasitoids of Lobesia botrana (Den. & Schiff.) in Tuscany. Bulletin OILB/SROP 29: 139–142.


Bahana, J.W. and Byaruhanga, E.K. 1992. IRLCOCSA; perspectives and prospects of biological control of the red locust, Nomadacris septemfasciata. Pp. 57–63. In: Lomer, C.J. and Prior, C., eds., Biological control of locusts and grasshoppers. Proceedings of a workshop held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, 29 April – 1 May 1991. CAB International, UK. 394 pp.


Bailey, N.W. and Zuk, M. 2008. Changes in immune effort of male field crickets infested with mobile parasitoid larvae. Journal of Insect Physiology 54: 96–104.


Baker, G.H. and Tann, C.R. 2014. Refuge crop performance as part of the Bt resistance management strategy for Helicoverpa spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Australian cotton production systems. Austral Entomology 53: 240–247.


Baker, P.S., Khan, A., Mohyuddin, A.I. and Waage, J.K. 1992. Overview of biological control of Lepidoptera in the Caribbean. Florida Entomologist 75: 477–483.


Balakrishnan, M.M., Sreedharan, K. and Bhat, P.K. 1993. Record of Lemyra sp. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) and its natural enemies on coffee. Journal of Coffee Research 23: 117–119.


Balevski, N., Simova, S. and Draganova, S. 2008. Biodiversity of beneficial organisms (entomopathogens, predators and parasitoids) in the biocoenoses of oil-bearing rose (Rosa damascena Mill.) in Bulgaria. Rasteniev'dni Nauki 45: 115–122.


Balkan, T., Kara, K. and Atay, T. 2015. Tachinidae (Diptera) species of Sakarya Province (Turkey), with 2 new records. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39: 1050–1055.
DIO: http://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1410-16


Ballard, J.W.O. 1994. Phylogenetic affinities of Axinia (Diptera:Axiniidae) as inferred from 12S ribosomal RNA sequences. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 528–534.


Ballard, J.W.O., Olsen, G.J., Faith, D.P., Odgers, W.A., Rowell, D.M. and Atkinson, P.W. 1992. Evidence from 12S ribosomal RNA sequences that onychophorans are modified arthropods. Science 258: 1345–1348.


Ballesteros, Y., Polidori, C., Tormos, J., Baños-Picón, L. and Asís, J.D. 2014. Complex-to-predict generational shift between nested and clustered organization of individual prey networks in digger wasps. PLoS ONE 9 (7): e102325.
DIO: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102325


Baltazar, C.R. 1990. An inventory of Philippine insects. I. Orders Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, Siphonaptera, Trichoptera and Diptera. College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines, Los Baños and National Academy of Science and Technology. xi + 730 pp.


Bansude, V., Berde, V. and Chaphalkar, S. 2010. Emergence potential of Nesolynx thymus Girault and environmental impact. Karnataka Journal of Agricultural Sciences 23: 115–117.


Barbattini, R. 1989. Ostrinia nubilalis Hb. (Lepidoptera Pyralidae) on maize in Friuli. III. Study on entomophagous insects. Frustula Entomologica 9 [1986]: 63–75. [In Italian.]


Barbosa, P. 1981. Population dynamics: general survey of western Massachusetts. P. 89. In: Doane, C.C. and McManus, M.L., eds., The gypsy moth: research toward integrated pest management. United States Department of Agriculture. Technical Bulletin 1584. xix + 757 pp.


Barbosa, P. and Caldas, A. 2004. Patterns of parasitoid-host associations in differentially parasitized macrolepidopteran assemblages on black willow Salix nigra (Marsh) and box elder Acer negundo L. Basic and Applied Ecology 5: 75–85.


Barbosa, P., Tammaru, T. and Caldas, A. 2004. Is parasitism of numerically dominant species in macrolepidopteran assemblages independent of their abundance? Basic and Applied Ecology 5: 357–366.


Bǎrbuceanu, D. 2008. Species of tachinids (Diptera: Tachinidae) that parasitize the grape-leaf moth Sparganothis pilleriana (Denis & Schiffermüler, 1775) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in southern vineyards of Romania. Acta Entomologica Serbica 13: 51–59.


Barceló, A.M. 2003. Algunas consideraciones sobre la biología y etología de Diaphania hyalinata (L.) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) en la zona norte de la provincia de Las Tunas. Fitosanidad 7 (4): 3–6.


Barfod, A.S., Burholt, T. and Borchsenius, F. 2003. Contrasting pollination modes in three species of Licuala (Arecaceae: Coryphoideae). Telopea 10: 207–223.


Baronio, P. 2011. Book review. I Tachinidi della fauna Italiana con chiave interattiva dei generi ovest-paleartici [by] Pierfilippo Cerretti. Bulletin of Insectology 64: 288.


Baronio, P., Dindo, M.L., Campadelli, G. and Sighinolfi, L. 2002. Intraspecific weight variability in tachinid flies: response of Pseudogonia rufifrons to two host species with different size and of Exorista larvarum (L.) to variations in vital space. Bulletin of Insectology 55: 55–61.


Baronio, P. and Sehnal, F. 1980. Dependence of the parasitoid Gonia cinerascens on the hormones of its lepidopterous hosts. Journal of Insect Physiology 26: 619–626.


Baronio, P., Vancini, D., Campadelli, G. and Cavicchi, S. 1982. Intraspecific weight variability of Gonia cinerascens Rond. (Diptera Tachinidae) in relation to the phase of contamination of its host Galleria mellonella L. (Lep. Galleriidae). Bollettino dell'Istituto di Entomologia della Reale Universita Degli Studi di Bologna 36: 27–35. [In Italian.]


Barraclough, D.A. 1983. Mediosetiger microcephala, a new genus and species of Ormiini from the Natal Drakensberg (Diptera: Tachinidae). Annals of the Natal Museum 25: 431–435.


Barraclough, D.A. 1985. The Afrotropical genus Bogosia Rondani, 1873 (Diptera: Tachinidae). Annals of the Natal Museum 26: 339–376.


Barraclough, D.A. 1985. Piligenoides, a new genus near to Piligena van Emden, 1947 (Diptera: Tachnidae: Dexiini). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 48: 267–271.
Note: “Tachnidae” in title is a misspelling of “Tachinidae”.


Barraclough, D.A. 1986. New species of Afrotropical Neaerini (Diptera: Tachinidae: Goniinae). Annals of the Natal Museum 27 [1985]: 219–238.


Barraclough, D.A. 1990. Field observations of Senostoma spp. (Diptera: Tachinidae) at Katoomba, N.S.W. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 29: 247–252.


Barraclough, D.A. 1991. Diptera Tachinidae Dexiini of New Caledonia. The genus Senostoma Macquart. Pp. 335–341. In: 20 February 1991 (Original source), Chazeau, J. and Tillier, S., eds., Zoologia Neocaledonica, Vol. 2. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série A, Zoologie) 149 [1990]. 358 pp.


Barraclough, D.A. 1991. A new species of Tachinidae (Diptera) parasitic on the sugarcane borer Eldana saccharina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), in Natal, South Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research 81: 133–136.


Barraclough, D.A. 1992. The systematics of the Australasian Dexiini (Diptera: Tachinidae: Dexiinae) with revisions of endemic genera. Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 1127–1371.


Barraclough, D.A. 1996. Montanothalma natalensis, a new high altitude genus and species of Microphthalmini (Diptera: Tachinidae: Tachininae) from the Natal Drakensberg of South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 37: 123–129.


Barraclough, D.A. 1996. Rediscovery of the endemic South African genus Mediosetiger Barraclough (Diptera: Tachinidae: Ormiini). Annals of the Natal Museum 37: 131–139.


Barraclough, D.A. 1997. Melanesomyia, a tribally unplaced new genus of Dexiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Indonesia (Maluku) and Papua New Guinea, with description of two new species. Australian Journal of Entomology 36: 345–350.


Barraclough, D.A. 1998. Type-species designation for 'Melanesomyia Barraclough' (Diptera: Tachinidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 37: 22.


Barraclough, D.A. 2004. A taxonomic review of Sturmiopsis Townsend, 1916, an Old World genus of Tachinidae (Diptera) parasitising economically significant lepidopterous stem borers. African Invertebrates 45: 7–19.


Barraclough, D.A. 2005. Rhinophoroides minutus, a new genus and species of rare nocturnal Dufouriini (Diptera: Tachinidae: Dexiinae) from South Africa. African Entomology 13: 380–384.


Barraclough, D.A. 2009. Family Tachinidae. Pp. 303–305. In: Not found., Gerlach, J., ed., The Diptera of the Seychelles Islands. Pensoft, Sofia and Moscow.431 pp.


Barraclough, D.A. and Allen, G.R. 1996. Two new species of Homotrixa Villeneuve (Diptera: Tachinidae: Ormiini) from southwestern Australia, with data on biology and ecology. Australian Journal of Entomology 35: 135–145.


Barraclough, D.A. and Londt, J.G.H. 1985. Order Diptera (flies). Pp. 283–321. In: Scholtz, C.H. and Holm, E., eds., Insects of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban. 502 pp.


Barraclough, D.A. and O'Hara, J.E. 1998. Obscuromyia, a remarkable new genus of the endemic Australian tribe Myiotrixini (Diptera: Tachinidae: Tachininae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 825–832.


Barrios-Díaz, B., Alatorre-Rosas, R., Calyecac-Cortero, H.G. and Bautista-Martínez, N. 2004. Identification and population fluctuation of cabbage pests (Brassica oleracea cv. capitata) and their natural enemies in Acatzingo, Puebla, México. Agrociencia (Montecillo) 38: 239–248.


Barták, M. 1995. Diptera communities of "Oseká" dump near Duchcov and its environment. Dipterologica Bohemoslovaca 7: 5–16.


Barták, M. and Čepelák, J. 1991. Faunistic records from Czechoslovakia. Diptera, Tachinidae. Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 88: 40–42.


Barták, M. and Čepelák, J. 1994. New records on Czechoslovak Tachinidae (Diptera). Dipterologica Bohemoslovaca 6: 9–12. [In German.]


Barták, M., Tschorsnig, H.-P. and Vaňhara, J. 1997. [Faunistic records from the Czech and Slovak Republics: Diptera.] Tachinidae: Part 2. Pp. 235–236. In: Vaňhara, J. and Rozkošný, R., eds., Dipterologica Bohemoslovaca 8. Folia Facultatis Scientiarium Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Biologia 95. 236 pp.


Barthell, J.F. and Stone, R. 1995. Recovery of the parasite Triarthria spinipennis (Meigen) (Diptera: Tachinidae) from an inland California population of the introduced European earwig. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 71: 137–141.


Bartsch, D. and Tschorsnig, H.-P. 1996. Bithia demotica (Egger) – Erster Wirtsfund (Dip., Tachinidae). Mitteilungen Entomologischen Verein Stuttgart 31: 108.


Bartsch, H. and Bergström, C. 2001. Hoverflies and parasite flies from Lycksele lappmark, in particular Ajaure (Diptera: Syrphidae, Tachinidae). Natur i Norr, Umeå 20: 113–119. [In Swedish.]


Basheer, A.M., Alhaj, S.I. and Asslan, L.H. 2016. Parasitoids on codling moth Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in apple and walnut orchards in Syria. Bulletin OEPP 46: 295–297.
DIO: http://doi.org/10.1111/epp.12300


Bastos Dequech, S.T., Sausen, C.D., Martins, J.D., Lima, C.G., Egewarth, R., Zumba, R.C. and Carús Guedes, J.V. 2006. Ocorrência de parasitóides e patógenos em adultos de Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) em estufa plástica, em Santa Maria, RS. Ciência Rural 36: 1912–1915.


Batra, S.W.T. 1985. Red maple (Acer rubrum L.), an important early spring food resource for honey bees and other insects. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 58: 169–172.


Battu, G.S. and Ramakrishnan, N. 1989. Comparative role of various mortality factors in the natural control of Spilosoma obliqua (Walker) in northern India. Journal of Entomological Research 13: 38–42.


Baudino, E., Geist, Y., Fernández, L., Gallardo, H., Reimer, A. and Martínez, J.J. 2013. Parasitoidismo larval de Oiketicus platensis (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) en el Caldenal Pampeano. Acta Zoológica Lilloana 57 (Suppl.): 23–25.


Baugnée, J.-Y. 2005. Quelques Diptères remarquables du camp militaire de Lagland (Arlon, province de Luxembourg, Belgique). Notes Fauniques de Gembloux 58: 3–6.


Baugnée, J.Y. 2004. Heteropteres nouveaux ou interessants pour la faune belge (Hemiptera Heteroptera). Bulletin de la Société Royale Belge d'Entomologie 140: 103–122.


Baumgart, E., Quicke, D.L.J. and Shaw, M.R. 2003. Sturmia bella (Meigen) (Dipt.: Tachinidae) and the strand that is not silk. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 115: 127–129.


Baumgarten, H.T. and Fiedler, K. 1998. Parasitoids of lycaenid butterfly caterpillars: different patterns in resource use and their impact on the hosts' symbiosis with ants. Zoologischer Anzeiger 236: 167–180.


Bayne, D.M. 1987. Alophora hemiptera (F.) (Dipt., Tachinidae) in Scotland. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 123: 1472–1475.


Bayram, S. 1999. A new parasitoid of Hyles euphorbiae L. 1758 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from Turkey: Drino galii Brauer and Bergenstamm, 1891 (Diptera: Tachinidae). Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology, Gazi University 12: 1071–1075.


Bayram, S. and Kara, K. 1998. Erycia fasciata Villeneuve 1924, new record for fauna of Turkish Tachinidae (Diptera). Türkiye Entomoloji Dergisi 22: 217–224. [In Turkish.]


Bayram, S. and Kilincer, N. 1987. Investigations on the development of Periscepsia carbonaria (Panz.) (Diptera: Tachinidae) in the larvae of Agrotis segetum (Den-Schiff.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Türkiye I. Entomoloji Kongresi, 13–16 Ekim 1987, Izmir: 521–530. [In Turkish.]


Bayram, S. and Kilincer, N. 1987. Some changes in the blood cells of larvae of Agrotis segetum (Den.-Schiff.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) parasitized by Periscepsia carbonaria (Panz.) (Diptera: Tachinidae). Türkiye I. Entomoloji Kongresi, 13–16 Ekim 1987, Izmir: 437–446. [In Turkish.]


Beardsley, J.W., Leeper, J.R., Topham, M. and Waggy, S.L. 1995. New Guinea sugarcane weevil. Pp. 183–184. In: Nechols, J.R., Andres, L.A., Beardsley, J.W., Goeden, R.D. and Jackson, C.G., eds., Biological control in the western United States. Accomplishments and benefits of regional research project W-84, 1964–1989. University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Publication 3361. 356 pp.


Beckage, N.E. 1985. Endocrine interactions between endoparasitic insects and their hosts. Annual Review of Entomology 30: 371–413.


Beckers, O.M., Martin, C.M. and Wagner, W.E., Jr. 2011. Survival rates of planidial larvae of the parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea (Diptera: Tachinidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 84: 235–237.


Beckers, O.M. and Wagner, W.E., Jr. 2011. Male field crickets infested by parasitoid flies express phenotypes that may benefit the parasitoids. Animal Behaviour 82: 1151–1157.


Beckers, O.M. and Wagner, W.E., Jr. 2012. Divergent preferences for song structure between a field cricket and its phonotactic parasitoid. Journal of Insect Behavior 25: 467–477.


Beckers, O.M. and Wagner, W.E., Jr. 2012. Eavesdropping parasitoids do not cause the evolution of less conspicuous signalling behaviour in a field cricket. Animal Behaviour 84: 1457–1462.


Beckers, O.M. and Wagner, W.E., Jr. 2013. Parasitoid infestation changes female mating preferences. Animal Behaviour 85: 791–796.


Bellotti, A.C., Arias, B. and Guzman, O.L. 1992. Biological control of the cassava hornworm Erinnyis ello (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Florida Entomologist 75: 506–515.


Bellows, T.S. 2001. Restoring population balance through natural enemy introductions. Biological Control 21: 199–205.


Belmont, R.A. and Habeck, D.H. 1983. Parasitoids of Dioryctria spp. (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) coneworms in slash pine seed production areas of north Florida. Florida Entomologist 66: 399–407.


Belov, A.N. and Panina, N.B. 2013. Influence of entomophages on the population dynamics of Lymantria dispar in the oak forests of the Volga uplands. Lesnoe Khozyaistvo 1: 46–48. [In Russian.]


Belshaw, R. 1992. Tachinid (Diptera) assemblages in habitats of a secondary succession in southern Britain. The Entomologist 111: 151–161.


Belshaw, R. 1993. Malaise traps and Tachinidae (Diptera): a study of sampling efficiency. The Entomologist 112: 49–54.


Belshaw, R. 1993. Tachinid flies. Diptera: Tachinidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 10, Part 4a(i). Royal Entomological Society of London, London. 169 pp.


Belshaw, R. 1994. Life history characteristics of Tachinidae (Diptera) and their effect on polyphagy. Pp. 145–162. In: Hawkins, B.A. and Sheehan, W., eds., Parasitoid community ecology. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 516 pp.


Benadé, P.C., Veldtman, R., Samways, M.J. and Roets, F. 2014. Rapid range expansion of the invasive wasp Polistes dominula (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) and first record of parasitoids on this species and the native Polistes marginalis in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. African Entomology 22: 220–225.


Bennett, F.D. 1990. Potential for biological control of the stink bug Nezara viridula, a pest of macadamias. Acta Horticulturae 275: 679–684.


Bennett, F.D. 1993. Do introduced parasitoids displace native ones? Florida Entomologist 76: 54–63.


Bennett, F.D. 1996. Biological control of stem borers by tachinid flies, past and present. P. 632. In:  Proceedings of the XX International Congress of Entomology, Firenze, Italy, August 25–31, 1996. 820 pp.


Bennett, F.D. 1999. Vibrissina sp. (Diptera: Tachinidae) a parasite of the seagrape sawfly Sericoceros krugii (Hymenoptera: Argidae) in Puerto Rico: a new record. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 83: 75–78.


Bentley, H. and Raper, C. 2010. Linnaemya picta (Meigen, 1824) (Diptera, Tachinidae) new to Britain. Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 17: 77–78.


Benzing, A., Kleespies, R.G. and Ponce, F. 2000. Natural mortality of noctuid larvae (Lepidoptera) in the Ecuadorian Andes: a first approximation. Revista Colombiana de Entomologia 26: 57–60. [In Spanish.]


Beregovoy, V.H. 1985. Parasitism of the sunflower moth, Homoeosoma electellum (Hulst) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in the Central United States. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 58: 732–736.


Beresneva, R.F. 1980. To the fauna of some species of Phasiinae (Diptera, Tachinidae) in Kazakhstan. Trudy Instituta Zoologii, Alma Ata (Ser. Zool.) 39: 104–106. [In Russian.]


Berg, H. van den, Cock, M.J.W., Oduor, G.I. and Onsongo, E.K. 1993. Incidence of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and its natural enemies on smallholder crops in Kenya. Bulletin of Entomological Research 83: 321–328.


Berg, H. van den, Nyambo, B.T. and Waage, J.K. 1990. Parasitism of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Tanzania: analysis of parasitoid-crop associations. Environmental Entomology 19: 1141–1145.


Berg, M.A. van den. 1995. Life history of the mopane emperor moth Gonimbrasia belina (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Inligtingsbulletin – Instituut vir Tropiese en Subtropiese Gewasse, Landounavorsingsraad 270: 10–12. [In Afrikaans.]


Berg, M.A. van den, Farinelli, D. and Maritz, M. 1994. Progress towards biological control of green vegetable bug. Inligtingsbulletin – Instituut vir Tropiese en Subtropiese Gewasse, Landounavorsingsraad 264: 1–3.


Berg, M.A. van den, Farinelli, D. and Maritz, M. 1995. Trichopoda pennipes, an adult parasitoid of the green stinkbug, Nezara viridula, in South Africa. The Tachinid Times 8: 6.


Berg, M.A. van den and Greenland, J. 1996. Further releases of Trichopoda pennipes, parasitoid of the green stinkbug, Nezara viridula, in South Africa. The Tachinid Times 9: 2.


Berg, M.A. van den and Greenland, J. 1997. Application of Trichopoda giacomellii for the possible biological control of the green stinkbug, Nezara viridula, in South Africa. The Tachinid Times 10: 4.


Berg, M.A. van den and Greenland, J. 1998. Tachinids attacking stinkbugs feeding on macadamia nuts in South Africa. The Tachinid Times 11: 7.


Bergström, C. 1986. Five species of Tachinidae (Diptera) new to Sweden. Entomologisk Tidskrift 107: 167–168. [In Swedish.]


Bergström, C. 1988. Species of Tachinidae (Diptera) new to Sweden. Entomologisk Tidskrift 109: 151–154. [In Swedish.]


Bergström, C. 1998. A tachinid fly, Phytomyptera minutissima (Zett.) (Diptera: Tachinidae), feeding directly from aphid honeydew. Entomologisk Tidskrift 119: 101–103. [In Swedish.]


Bergström, C. 1999. Ceranthia lichtwardtiana (Vill.) (Dipt., Tachinidae) and Apanteles pilicornis Thoms. (Hym., Braconidae) two parasitoids of Geina didactyla (L.) (Lep., Pterophoridae). Studia Dipterologica 6: 219–232.


Bergström, C. 2004. Thelaira leucozona (Panzer) (Diptera, Tachinidae) new to Britain. Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 11: 171–172.


Bergström, C. 2005. A new species of the genus Phebellia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Finland. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 679: 1–9.


Bergström, C. 2006. Apamea illyria Freyer, 1846 [= Hadena illyria] (Lep. Noctuidae), the first host record for Linnaemya haemorrhoidalis (Fallén, 1810). The Tachinid Times 19: 11–12.


Bergström, C. 2006. Cosmorhoe ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758) [= Cidaria ocellata (L.)] (Lep. Geometridae), a host of Trafoia monticola Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1893. The Tachinid Times 19: 12.


Bergström, C. 2007. Loewia erecta n. sp. (Diptera: Tachinidae) – a new parasitic fly from Fennoscandia and Poland. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 708: 1–16.


Bergström, C. 2007. A new species of Nilea Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae) with notes on the genus and a key to the North European species. Entomologisk Tidskrift 128: 151–161.


Bergström, C. 2008. Correction [to "A new species of Nilea Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae) with notes on the genus and a key to the North European species"]. Entomologisk Tidskrift 129: 14.


Bergström, C. 2008. The identity of Myxexoristops arctica (Zetterstedt), with notes on some other Myxexoristops (Diptera: Tachinidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A (Biologie), N. Ser. 1: 435–444.


Bergström, C. and Bartsch, H. 2005. Phasia barbifrons (Girschner, 1887) – a small tachinid fly (Dipt., Tachinidae) new to the Nordic countries. Entomologisk Tidskrift 126: 187–190. [In Swedish.]


Bergström, C. and Bystrowski, C. 2006. Campylocheta mariae Bystrowski recorded from Russia, with notes on the Finnish dipterologist Lauri Tiensuu. The Tachinid Times 19: 5–7.


Bergström, C. and Bystrowski, C. 2011. The identity of Blondelia pinivorae (Ratzeburg) (Diptera: Tachinidae), a parasitoid of processionary moths (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A (Biologie), N. Ser. 4: 321–334.


Bergström, C. and Hall, K. 2008. De första fynden av parasitflugan Ectophasia crassipennis (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera, Tachinidae) från Norden. Entomologisk Tidskrift 129: 95–98.


Bernays, E.A. and Singer, M.S. 2005. Insect defences: taste alteration and endoparasites. Nature 436: 476.


Bernays, E.A. and Woods, H.A. 2000. Foraging in nature by larvae of Manduca sexta – influenced by an endogenous oscillation. Journal of Insect Physiology 46: 825–836.


Berndt, L.A., Berry, J.A. and Brockerhoff, E.G. 2006. Parasitoids and predators of the endemic defoliator Pseudocoremia suavis (Butler) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae). New Zealand Entomologist 29: 89–98.


Berta, D.C., Colomo, M.V., Valverde, L., Sueldo, M.R. and Dode, M. 2009. Aportes al conocimiento de los parasitoides de larvas de Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) en el cultivo de soja en Tucumán, Argentina. Acta Zoológica Lilloana 53: 16–20.


Bertram, S.M. 2000. The influence of age and size on temporal mate signalling behaviour. Animal Behaviour 60: 333–339.


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