Vol. 33 No. 1 (2025): African Entomology Vol. 33 Issue 1

Articles

• Afrotropical Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae): description of Culicoides baltusi sp. n. and Culicoides theileri sp. n., two new species related to Culicoides brucei from southern Africa

  K. Labuschagne, A. van Schalkwyk, C.H. Scholtz

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• Efficacy and adoption of neem-lime extract as seed and foliar treatments against African rice gall midge (Orseolia oryzivora) in rice production

  Adewale Adeoti, Francis Nwilene, Abraham Shaibu, I Gaba Mohammed

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• First records of the fruit pest Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in South Africa

  Leigh Steyn, Zion Jodamus, Vernon Steyn, Amy Collop, Matthew Addison, Francois Bekker, Nanike Esterhuizen, Minette Karsten, Pia Addison

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• First report of the ambrosia beetle, Amasa parviseta (Curculiondae: Scolytinae), in South Africa

  Garyn Townsend, Martin Hill, Brett hurley, Wilma Nel, Caspar Crous, Francois Roets

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• Assessment of arthropod diversity patterns in maize fields bordered by diverse cultivated refuge strips

  Luke Deyzel, Kiana Strydom, Johnnie van den Berg, Bianca Greyvenstein

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• The occurrence of the hover fly genus Eristalis Latreille, 1804 (Diptera: Syrphidae) in the Afrotropical region

  Marc De Meyer, Georg Goergen, Terence Bellingan, John Midgley, Kurt Jordaens

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• Isolation, identification and pathogenicity of fungi isolated from mouthparts of coconut bug, Pseudotheraptus wayi Brown (Hemiptera: Coreidae) to litchis in South Africa

  Muano Netshipise, Dr. Pieter Schalk Schoeman, Dr. Reinette Gouws-Meyer , Dr. Shandukani Rudolf Netshifhefhe

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• Biological control agents and levels of parasitism of Agrotis segetum (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in grain production regions of South Africa

  Zunel van Eeden, Burgert Muller, Hannalene du Plessis, Johnnie van den Berg

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• Understanding changes in farmers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices after releasing Acerophagus papayae (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), a biocontrol agent for papaya mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Kenya

  Ms. Kate Constantine, Mr. Fenadis Makale, Ms. Idah Mugambi, Mr. Duncan Chacha, Mr. Adewale Ogunmodede, Dr. Selpha Opisa, Dr. Belinda Luke, Dr. Ivan Rwomushana, Ms. Frances Williams

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• Comparative utilisation of exotic and native Solanum (Solanaceae) species by Chnootriba hirta (Thunberg) (Coccinelidae), a native herbivorous ladybird

  T. Olckers

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• Drier climatic conditions may lead to increased herbivorous insect pressure on a native tree, but not on an invasive competitor

  Dewidine van der Colff, Leanne Dreyer, Alex Valentine, Francois Roets

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• Multigene phylogeny of South African Anopheles mosquitoes

  Liezl Whitehead, Dr. Vaughn R. Swart , Dr. Marieka Gryzenhout , Prof. Lizette L. Koekemoer

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• A new genus and subtribe of bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae), from Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania

  Bjarte Jordal

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• Effects of indigenous crop cultivation on mite biodiversity in a biodiversity hotspot

  Natalie Theron-de Bruin, Leanne Dreyer, Elizabeth Hugo-Coetzee, Francois Roets

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• Effect of temperature and relative humidity on some biological traits of two Trichogramma cacoeciae (Marchal) (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) strains

  Asma Cheirf, Rafika Alloui-Griza, Wiem Hached, KAOUTHAR GRISSA-LEBDI

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• Illegal sand mining alters the species composition of ants, beetles, and spiders in a grassland: A case study in Eastern Cape, South Africa

  Inam Yekwayo, Asabonga Mngeni

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• Mass-culture technique of a South African Heterorhabditis bacteriophora isolate, using in vitro liquid culture

  Nicholle Claasen, Murray D Dunn, Antoinette P. Malan

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• Assessment of coconut bug, Pseudotheraptus wayi Brown (Hemiptera: Coreidae) damage on litchis in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa

  Muano Netshipise , Dr. PS Schoeman, Dr. R Gouws-Meyer, Dr. SR Netshifhefhe

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• Ecodistribution, infection rates and host preference of tsetse flies in the sleeping sickness focus of Bonon, west-central Côte d’Ivoire

  DJAKARIDJA BERTE

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