■ Tachinid Bibliography 1980 - Present

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Fagan, W.F. and Bishop, J.G. 2000. Trophic interactions during primary succession: herbivores slow a plant reinvasion at Mount St. Helens. American Naturalist 155: 238–251.


Fain, A. and Baugnee, J.Y. 1996. Acariens phoretiques ou parasites recoltes sur des insectes du sud de la Belgique. Deuxieme note. Bulletin & Annales de la Société Royale Belge d'Entomologie 132: 19–33.


Faithpraise, F., Idung, J., Chatwin, C., Young, R. and Birch, P. 2014. Biological control of taro scarab beetle (Papuanauninodis, Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) instars via scoliid and Voria Tachinidae parasitoid wasps. International Journal of Applied Biology and Pharmaceutical Technology 5: 47–55.


Faithpraise, F., Idung, J., Chatwin, C., Young, R. and Birch, P. 2014. Modelling the control of African Armyworm (Spodoptera exempta) infestations in cereal crops by deploying naturally beneficial insects. Biosystems Engineering 129 [2015]: 268–276.
DIO: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2014.11.001


Falk, S. 1998. Catharosia pygmaea (Fallén) (Diptera: Tachinidae) new to Britain. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 11: 1–5.


Falk, S. 2009. Cylindromyia auriceps (Meigen, 1824) (Diptera, Tachinidae) new to Britain. Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 16: 89–90.


Falk, S.J., Perry, I. and Howe, M.A. 2009. Leucostoma anthracinum (Meigen, 1824) (Diptera, Tachinidae) new to Britain. Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) 16: 87–88.


Falta, V., Holy, K. and Vavra, R. 2010. Enhancing abundance of natural enemies in apple orchard using flowering strips. Pp. 395–398. In: Ecofruit. 14th International Conference on Organic Fruit-Growing. Proceedings for the conference, Hohenheim, Germany, 22–24 February 2010. FOKO, Weinsberg.


Fan, S.-g. and Zhang, C.-t. 2014. Considerable dexiine tachinid flies of China bioinformatics design and implementation of a comprehensive database. Journal of Shenyang Normal University (Natural Science) 32: 248–251. [In Chinese.]


Fang, Z.-g. and Wu, H., eds. 2001. A checklist of insects from Zhejiang.  The Series of the Insect Resources Expedition to Zhejiang Province. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing. 3 + 6 + 452 pp. [In Chinese.]


Fanti, P. 1984. Effects of the host starvation on the host-parasite couple Galleria mellonella L. – Gonia cinerascens Rond. Bollettino dell'Instituto di Entomologia "Guido Grandi" della Universita degli Studi di Bologna 38: 37–50. [In Italian.]


Fanti, P. 1984. Oviposition in Gonia cinerascens Rond. (Diptera: Tachinidae) under experimental conditions: fluctuations and daily rhythms. Bollettino dell'Instituto di Entomologia "Guido Grandi" della Universita degli Studi di Bologna 38: 167–179.


Fanti, P. 1990. Hormonal factors triggering the first larval molt of the parasitoid Pseudogonia rufifrons Wied. (Diptera Tachinidae) reared in vivo and in vitro. Bollettino dell'Instituto di Entomologia "Guido Grandi" della Universita degli Studi di Bologna 45: 47–59. [In Italian.]


Fanti, P. and Biondi, R. 1990. Influence of host sex and size on host suitability of Galleria mellonella L. parasitized by Pseudogonia rufifrons Wied. Bollettino dell'Instituto di Entomologia "Guido Grandi" della Universita degli Studi di Bologna 43 [1988]: 223–232. [In Italian.]


Fanti, P. and Bratti, A. 1987. Effect of fluoromevalonate, an anti-juvenile hormone compound, on the host-parasite pair Galleria mellonella L. – Pseudogonia rufifrons Wied. Bollettino dell'Instituto di Entomologia "Guido Grandi" della Universita degli Studi di Bologna 41: 65–78. [In Italian.]


Fanti, P. and Bratti, A. 1990. Possibility of precocious moulting of Pseudogonia rufifrons Wied. (Diptera Tachinidae) during the larval stage of Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera Galleriidae). Bollettino dell'Instituto di Entomologia "Guido Grandi" della Universita degli Studi di Bologna 43 [1988]: 127–137. [In Italian.]


Fanti, P. and Bratti, A. 1991. In vitro rearing of the larval stages of the parasitoid Pseudogonia rufifrons Wied. (Diptera Tachinidae): preliminary results. Redia 74: 449–452. [Insect Parasitoids, 4th European Workshop, Perugia April 3–5, 1991.]


Fanti, P., Turchetti, M. and Coulibaly, A.K. 1993. Establishment and growth of the maggots of the larval-pupal parasitoid Pseudogonia rufifrons Wied. during the larval stage of Galleria mellonella L. as related to host age at contamination. Bollettino dell'Instituto di Entomologia "Guido Grandi" della Universita degli Studi di Bologna 47: 1–11. [In Italian.]


Farahani, H.K., Goldansaz, S.H., Sabahi, G. and Shakeri, M. 2010. Larval parasitoids of the carob moth, Ectomyelois ceratoniae Zeller (Lep.: Pyralidae) in three regions of Iran: Varamin, Qom, and Saveh. Iranian Journal of Plant Protection Science 41: 337–344. [In Persian.]


Farias, P.M. de, Sant'ana, J., Redaelli, L.R. and Nihei, S.S. 2012. Tachinid flies associated with Tibraca limbativentris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Florida Entomologist 95: 221–223.


Farinets, S.I. 1980. The first instar larvae of Tachinidae (Diptera) of the Transcarpathian Region. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 59: 428–441. [In Russian.]
Note: English translation in Entomological Review 59(2): 163–177.


Farinets, S.I. 1992. A review of tachinids (Diptera, Tachinidae) of fruit orchards in Transcarpathia. Pp. 176–178. In: Nartshuk, E.P., ed., Systematics, zoogeography and karyology of two-winged insects (Insecta: Diptera). Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg. [In Russian.]


Farinets, S.I. 1994. Ovipositor morphology of tachinid flies of the tribe Winthemiini (Diptera). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 73: 16–21. [In Russian.]
Note: English translation in Entomological Review 73(9): 24–29.


Farinets, S.I. 2008. The macro-eggs of tachines (Diptera, Tachinidae): distribution during the infestation of the hosts. Naukovy Visnik Uzhgorodskoho Universitety Seriya Biologiya 22: 201–204. [In Ukrainian.]


Farinets, S.I. and Mat'kovskiy, M.N. 1984. Tachinids (Diptera, Tachinidae) as a parasites [sic] of the leaf-beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) of Transcarpatians. Pp. 131–133. In: Diptera (Insecta) of the fauna of the USSR and their significance in ecosystems. USSR Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Leningrad. 150 pp. [In Russian.] [Proceedings of a Symposium held 15–17 Sept. 1982.]


Farinets, S.I. and Mat'kovskiy, M.N. 1992. Tachinidae (Diptera) as parasites of leaf-beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) of Transcarpathia. Entomological Review 71 (3): 72–73.


Farneti, R. and Dindo, M.L. 1999. In vitro rearing of Exorista larvarum (L.) and Brachymeria intermedia (Nees), parasitoids of cork oak defoliators. Bulletin OILB/SROP 22: 137–144.


Farneti, R., Dindo, M.L. and Cristiani, G. 1997. In vitro rearing of the larval-pupal parasitoid Archytas marmoratus (Townsend) (Diptera: Tachinidae) on oligidic diets: preliminary results. Bollettino dell'Instituto di Entomologia "Guido Grandi" della Universita degli Studi di Bologna 51: 53–61.


Farneti, R., Dindo, M.L. and Fanti, P. 1998. In vitro rearing of Exorista sorbillans (Wiedemann) and Meigenia simplex Tschorsnig & Herting (Diptera: Tachinidae): preliminary results. Bollettino dell'Instituto di Entomologia "Guido Grandi" della Universita degli Studi di Bologna 52: 75–84.


Farrar, N. and Ahmadi, A. 1997. The first report on the occurrence of the moth Thiacidas postica Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Iran. Applied Entomology and Phytopathology 66: 45.


Farrar, N., Askary, H., Golestaneh, S.R., Alichi, M. and Sadeghi, S.M. 2009. Factors affecting host finding ability of Pales murina (Diptera: Tachinidae), a parasitoid of Thiacidas postica on jujube trees. Iranian Journal of Forest and Range Protection Research 7: 1–8. [In Persian with English abstract.]


Farrar, N., Golestaneh, S.R. and Asadi, G. 2001. Biological study of ber defoliator, Thiacidas postica Walker (Lep.: Noctuidae) in Bushehr Province. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 21: 31–50.


Farrar, R.R., Jr. and Kennedy, G. 1993. Field cage performance of two tachinid parasitoids of the tomato fruitworm on insect resistant and susceptible tomato lines. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 67: 73–78.


Farrar, R.R., Jr., Kennedy, G.G. and Kashyap, R.K. 1992. Influence of life history differences of two tachinid parasitoids of Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on their interactions with glandular trichome/ methyl ketone-based insect resistance in tomato. Journal of Chemical Ecology 18: 499–515.


Farrow, F. 2001. A large fly. Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists Society Transactions 34: 21–22.


Fast, E. and Wheeler, T.A. 2004. Faunal inventory of Brachycera (Diptera) in an old growth forest at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. Fabreries 29: 1–15.


Fathipour, Y., Karimpour, Y., Talebi, A.A. and Moharramipour, S. 2010. Multiple decrement life table of spurge leaf defoliator moth, Simyra dentinosa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in natural conditions of Urmia. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 30: 69–82. [In Persian.]


Fathipour, Y., Karimpour, Y., Talebi, A.A., Moharramipour, S. and Tschorsnig, H.-P. 2005. First report of parasitoid fly, Exorista grandis (Dip.: Tachinidae) from Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 24: 137–138. [In Persian.]


Fay, H.A.C., Storey, R.I., Defaveri, S.G. and Brown, J.D. 1993. Suppression of reproductive development and longevity in the redshouldered leaf beetle, Monolepta australis (Col.: Chrysomelidae), by the tachinid, Monoleptophaga caldwelli (Dipt.). Entomophaga 38: 335–342.


Feener, D.H., Jr. 2000. Is the assembly of ant communities mediated by parasitoids? Oikos 90: 79–88.


Feener, D.H., Jr. and Brown, B.V. 1997. Diptera as parasitoids. Annual Review of Entomology 42: 73–97.


Feinstein, J., Mori, S. and Berkov, A. 2007. Saproflorivory: a diverse insect community in fallen flowers of Lecythidaceae in French Guiana. Biotropica 39: 549–554.


Feldmann, R. 1992. Die Bodenmakrofauna im Lennebergwald. 1. Die Dipteren. Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv 30: 171–241.


Felland, C.M. 1990. Habitat-specific parasitism of the stalk borer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in northern Ohio. Environmental Entomology 19: 162–166.


Feng, J.-h., Yan, G.-z., Yao, D.-f., Li, G.-w. and Zhao, Z.-l. 1999. Studies on insect natural enemy diversity of gypsy moth and their role in natural control of the pest (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) in the Beijing area. Scientia Silvae Sinicae 35: 50–56. [In Chinese.]


Feng, Y., Wang, Y.-x., Zhang, Y.-m., Zhao, D.-j. and Li, Y. 2016. Preliminary survey on the Calyptratae in Paomashan, Sichuan province, China. Chinese Journal of Vector Biology and Control 27: 368–373. [In Chinese with English abstract.]
DIO: http://doi.org/10.11853/j.issn.1003.8280.2016.04.014


Fening, K.O., Kioko, E.N. and Raina, S.K. 2009. Effect of parasitoids' exit and predators' ingress holes on silk yield of the African wild silkmoth, Gonometa postica Walker (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). International Journal of Industrial Entomology 19: 265–268.


Fening, K.O., Kioko, E.N., Raina, S.K. and Mueke, J.M. 2009. Parasitoids of the African wild silkmoth, Gonometa postica (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) in the Mwingi forests, Kenya. Journal of Applied Entomology 133: 411–415.


Ferguson, C.S., Elkinton, J.S., Gould, J.R. and Wallner, W.E. 1994. Population regulation of gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) by parasitoids: does spatial density dependence lead to temporal density dependence? Environmental Entomology 23: 1155–1164.


Fermino, F., Nanya, S. and Conte, H. 2014. Occurrence of parasitism in Lagriavillosa F. (1783) (Coleoptera; Polyphaga; Tenebrionidae) in the Northwestern Parana State, Brazil. Scholars Academic Journal of Biosciences 2: 19–21.


Ferrar, P. 1987. A guide to the breeding habits and immature stages of Diptera Cyclorrhapha. Entomonograph 8. Vol. 1, pp. 1–478. Vol. 2, pp. 479–907.


Ferrer, F. 2001. Biological control of agricultural insect pests in Venezuela; advances, achievements, and future perspectives. Biocontrol News and Information 22: 67N–74N.


Ferronatto, E.M. de O. 1988. Eumolpine associated with cacao trees (Theobroma cacao L.) in southeast Bahia. Pp. 553–557. In: Jolivet, P., Petitpierre, E. and Hsiao, T.H., eds., Biology of Chrysomelidae. Series Entomologica. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. Vol. 42.


Field, R.P. and Kwong, R.M. 1994. Biological control of the elm leaf beetle. Plant Protection Quarterly 9: 47–49.


Figueiredo, D. and Araújo, J. 1996. Distribution of parasitism by Lydella thompsoni (Hert.) (Diptera: Tachinidae) in maize attacked by stalk corn borer, Sesamia nonagrioides Lef. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Proceedings of the XX International Congress of Entomology, Firenze, Italy, August 25–31, 1996: 655.


Figueiredo, D. and Araújo, J. 1996. Factores de mortalidade de Sesamia nonagrioidees Lef. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) em Portugal. I. Parasitóides. Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal, Plagas 22: 251–260.


Figueiredo, E. and Mexia, A. 2000. Parasitoid complex associated with Lepidoptera on horticultural protected crops in the Oeste Region of Portugal. IOBC-WPRS Bulletin 23: 205–208.


Figueiredo, M. de L.C., Martins-Dias, A.M.P. and Cruz, I. 2006. Associação entre inimigos naturais e Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) na cultura do milho. Revista Brasileira de Milho e Sorgo 5: 340–350.


Figueiredo, M. de L.C., Martins-Dias, A.M.P. and Cruz, I. 2006. Efeito do insecticida chlorpyrifos e sua interação com inimigos naturais na suppressão de Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) na cultura do milho. Revista Brasileira de Milho e Sorgo 5: 325–339.


Figueiredo, R.A. de and Queiroz, J.M. de. 1993. Herbivory on an ornamental fig by a Neotropical moth. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 109: 197–199.


Figueiredo, R.R. and Nihei, S.S. 2010. Overview of the Neotropical Dexiinae (Tachinidae). P. 82. In: 8 August 2010 (Original source), Zumbado, M.A., ed., Abstracts Volume, 7th International Congress of Dipterology, San José. 296 pp. [Electronic publication.]


Filatova, I.T. 1982. Über die Aasfliege Phebelia glauca Meig. (Diptera, Tachinidae) -Parasit der Larven der Grossen Birken-Blattwespe. Zolotarenko, G.S. Poleznye i vrednye nasekomye Sibiri. Novosibirsk (USSR); Izdatel'stvo Nauka 1982: 222–228, 233. [In Russian.]


Finch, S. 1990. The effectiveness of traps used currently for monitoring populations of the cabbage root fly (Delia radicum). Annals of Applied Biology 116: 447–454.


Finnegan, R.J. and Smirnoff, W.A. 1984. Neodiprion swainei (Middleton), Swaine jack pine sawfly (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae). Pp. 341–348. In: Kelleher, J.S. and Hulme, M.A., eds., Biological control programmes against insects and weeds in Canada 1969–1980. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Slough, England. 410 pp.


Fischer, H.Z. and Patel, P.N. 1994. Population fluctuation and behaviour of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) and their parasitoids (Hymenoptera and Diptera) on avocado (Persea americana). Revista de Biologia 41 (3A) [1993]: 515–519. [In Spanish.]


Fischer, M., Tormos, J., Pardo, X., Asís, J.D., Gayubo, S.F., López, E. and Selfa, J. 2006. Descriptions of adults, immature stages and venom apparatus of two new species of Eudinostigma Tobias (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), hyperparasitoids of Phryxe caudata (Rondani) (Diptera, Tachinidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 113: 829–839.


Fitt, G.P. 1994. Cotton pest management: Part 3. An Australian perspective. Annual Review of Entomology 39: 543–562.


Fitzpatrick, S.M., Troubridge, J.T. and Maurice, C. 1994. Parasitoids of blackheaded fireworm (Rhopobota naevana Hbn.) larvae on cranberries, and larval escape behaviour. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 91: 73–74.


Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Janzen, D., Hallwachs, W. and Smith, M.A. 2015. Seven new species of Spathidexia Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) reared from caterpillars in Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Biodiversity Data Journal 3 (e4597): 1–97.


Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W. and Smith, M.A. 2015. Three new species of Trigonospila Pokorny (Diptera: Tachinidae), from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with a key for their identification. Biodiversity Data Journal 3 (e4595): 1–38.


Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Hallwachs, W. and Janzen, D. 2015. Three new species of Ametadoria Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Biodiversity Data Journal 3 (e5039): 1–38.
DIO: http://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5039


Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D. and Dapkey, T. 2016. Two new species of Erythromelana Townsend, 1919 (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica. Biodiversity Data Journal 4 (e7386): 1–20.
DIO: http://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7386


Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D. and Dapkey, T. 2017. Nine new species of Uramya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica, with a key to their identification. Biodiversity Data Journal 5 (e9649): 1–63.
DIO: http://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e9649


Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Hallwachs, W. and Janzen, D.H. 2014. Revision of the New World species of Houghia Coquillett (Diptera, Tachinidae) reared from caterpillars in Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Zootaxa 3858: 1–90.


Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Janzen, D. and Hallwachs, W. 2014. A new species of Cordyligaster Macquart, reared from caterpillars in Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica. Biodiversity Data Journal 2 (e4174): 1–33.


Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Janzen, D.H. and Hallwachs, W. 2015. Nine new species of Itaplectops (Diptera: Tachinidae) reared from caterpillars in Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, with a key to Itaplectops species. Biodiversity Data Journal 3 (e4596): 1–46.
DIO: http://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4596


Fleming, A.J., Wood, D.M., Smith, M.A., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W. and Dapkey, T. 2016. A new species of Phosocephala Townsend, 1908 (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica. Biodiversity Data Journal 4 (e7863): 1–16.
DIO: http://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7863


Floater, G.J. 1996. Life history comparisons of ground- and canopy-nesting populations of Ochrogaster lunifer Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae): evidence for two species? Australian Journal of Entomology 35: 223–230.


Floater, G.J. and Zalucki, M.P. 1999. Life tables of the processionary caterpillar Ochrogaster lunifer Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae) at local and regional scales. Australian Journal of Entomology 38: 330–339.


Foerster, L.A. and Doetzer, A.K. 2002. Host instar preference of Peleteria robusta (Wiedman) (Diptera: Tachinidae) and development in relation to temperature. Neotropical Entomology 31: 405–409.


Foerster, L.A., Doetzer, A.K. and Avanci, M.R.F. 2001. Parasitóides larvais de Mythimna (Pseudaletia) sequax Franclemont e capacidade de parasitismo de Glyptapanteles muesebecki (Blanchard) em relaçâo ao tempo de exposiçâo, temperatura e densidade de hospedeiros. Acta Biológica Paranaense 30: 139–149.


Folcher, L., Bourguet, D., Thiéry, D., Pélozuelo, L., Phalip, M., Weissenberger, A., Eychenne, N., Regnault-Roger, C. and Delos, M. 2011. Changes in parasitoid communities over time and space: a historical case study of the maize pest Ostrinia nubilalis. PLoS ONE 6 (9): e25374.
DIO: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025374


Follett, P.A., Johnson, M.T. and Jones, V.P. 2000. Pp. 77–93. In: Follett, P.A. and Duan, J.J., eds., Nontarget effects of biological control. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Dordrecht and London. xiii + 316 pp.


Fonseca, P.R.B. da, Bertoncello, T.F., Ribeiro, J.F., Fernandes, M.G. and Degrande, P.E. 2008. Seletividade de inseticidas aos inimigos naturais ocorrentes sobre o solo cultivado com algodoeiro. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical 38: 304–309.


Fonseca, P.R.B. da, Mota, T.A., Kassab, S.O. and Fernandes, M.G. 2012. Seletividade de inseticidas utilizados no controle da Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797) nos inimigos naturais epigéicos na cultura do milheto. Revista Caatinga 25: 14–19.


Fontenelle, J.C.R. and Martins, R.P. 2002. Hunting behavior by the sand wasp Rubrica nasuta (Christ 1791) (Hymenoptera Sphecidae). Tropical Zoology 15: 187–196.


Foote, B.A. and Dahlem, G.A. 1991. Tachinidae (Oestroidea). Pp. 875–877. In: Stehr, F.W., ed., Immature Insects, Volume 2. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. 975 pp.


Ford, T.H. 1989. Medina separata (Meigen) (Dipt., Tachinidae), new to Britain. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 125: 139–140.


Ford, T.H. and Owen, D.F. 1994. Increase in abundance of Carcelia lucorum (Meigen) (Diptera: Tachinidae) during a population explosion of Callimorpha dominula (L.) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Entomologist's Gazette 45: 273–274.


Ford, T.H. and Shaw, M.R. 1991. Host records of some West Palearctic Tachinidae (Diptera). Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 103: 23–38.


Ford, T.H., Shaw, M.R. and Robertson, D.M. 2000. Further host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera). Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 112: 25–36.


Forfang, A.-S. and Olesen, J.M. 1998. Male-biased sex ratio and promiscuous pollination in the dioecious island tree Laurus azorica (Lauraceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 212: 143–157.


Fothergill, K., Woodley, N.E. and Tindall, K.V. 2010. Zelia tricolor (Diptera: Tachinidae): new host records. Florida Entomologist 93: 637–638.


Fowler, H.G. 1987. Field behavior of Euphasiopteryx depleta (Diptera: Tachinidae): phonotactically orienting parasitoids of mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae: Scapteriscus). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 95: 474–480.


Fowler, H.G. 1987. Field confirmation of the phonotaxis of Euphasiopteryx depleta (Diptera: Tachinidae) to calling males of Scapteriscus vicinus (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Florida Entomologist 70: 409–410.


Fowler, H.G. 1987. Sexual selection and parasitism: Euphasiopteryx depleta (Diptera: Tachinidae) and Scapteriscus vicinus (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Ciência e Cultura 39: 749–751. [In Portuguese.]


Fowler, H.G. 1988. Suitability of Scapteriscus mole crickets [Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae] as hosts of Euphasiopteryx depleta [Diptera: Tachinidae]. Entomophaga 33: 397–401.


Fowler, H.G. 1988. Traps for collecting live Euphasiopteryx depleta (Diptera: Tachinidae) at a sound source. Florida Entomologist 71: 654–656.


Fowler, H.G. and Garcia, C.R. 1987. Attraction to synthesized songs and experimental and natural parasitism of Scapteriscus mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) by Euphasiopteryx depleta (Diptera:Tachinidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 47: 371–374.


Fowler, H.G. and Kochalka, J.N. 1985. New record of Euphasiopteryx depleta (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Paraguay: attraction to broadcast calls of Scapteriscus acletus (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Florida Entomologist 68: 225–226.


Fowler, H.G. and Martini, A.M.Z. 1993. Larval dispersion of Ormia depleta (Towns.) (Dipt., Tachinidae). Journal of Applied Entomology 115: 107–110.


Fowler, H.G. and Martini, A.V. 1994. The influence of host (Scapteriscus borellii: Gryllotalpidae: Orthoptera) size on the experimental production of its parasitoid (Ormia depleta: Tachinidae: Diptera). Cientifica 21 [1993]: 339–343. [In Portuguese.]


Fowler, H.G. and Mesa, A. 1987. Alternate orthopteran hosts (Anurogryllus sp.) of Euphasiopteryx depleta (Diptera: Tachinidae). Florida Entomologist 70: 408–409.


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