Volume 32

December, 2007

Number 2



Content



Robert Traub (1916-1996): additional publications and patronyms (PDF)

Richard G. Robbins and Lance A. Durden



Distribution summaries of malaria vectors in the northern Brazilian Amazon (PDF)

Fábio Saito Monteiro de Barros, Ducinéia Barros de Aguiar, Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas, José Francisco Luitgards-Moura, Helen da Costa Gurgel, Nildimar Alves Honório, Mércia Eliane de Arruda, Pantelis Tsouris , and Simão Dias Vasconcelos



Genetic variation in Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) from Zambia: correlating genetic and ecological variation with Rhipicephalus appendiculatus from eastern and southern Africa (PDF)

Jupiter Mtambo, Maxime Madder, Wim Van Bortel, Dirk Geysen, Dirk Berkvens, and Thierry Backeljau



Habitat suitability for three species of Anopheles mosquitoes: Larval growth and survival in reciprocal placement experiments (PDF)

John P. Grieco, Elisˇka Rejmánková, Nicole L. Achee, Corinne N. Klein, Richard Andre, and Donald Roberts    



Responses of Tabanidae (Diptera) to canopy traps baited with 4-methylphenol, 3-isopropylphenol, and naphthalene (PDF)

Stjepan Krčmar



Effect of plant structure on oviposition behavior of Anopheles minimus s.l. (PDF)

Hans J. Overgaard



Serologic evidence of a Rickettsia akari-like infection among wild-caught rodents in Orange County and humans in Los Angeles County, California (PDF)

Stephen G. Bennett, James A. Comer , Heather M. Smith, and James P. Webb



West Nile virus studies in the Sanliurfa Province of Turkey (PDF)

Nurdan Özer, Koray Ergünay, Fatih Simsek, Sinan Kaynas, Bülent Alten, Selim S. Caglar, and Semsettin Ustacelebi



Larval mosquito communities in discarded vehicle tires in a forested and unforested site: detritus type, amount, and water nutrient differences (PDF)   

Lindsey J. Kling, Steven A. Juliano, and Donald A. Yee



Predicted distribution and movement of Glossina palpalis palpalis (Diptera: Glossinidae) in the wet and dry seasons in the Kogo trypanosomiasis focus (Equatorial Guinea) (PDF)

Jorge Cano, Miguel Ángel Descalzo, Nicolás Ndong-Mabale, Pedro Ndong-Asumu, Leonardo Bobuakasi, Sisinio Nzambo-Ondo, Agustín Benito, and Jesús Roche



Phenotypic variation among local populations of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in southern Turkey (PDF)

A. Murat Aytekin, Bulent Alten, Selim S. Caglar, Yusuf Ozbel, Sinan Kaynas, Fatih M. Simsek, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, and Asli Belen



Checklist of Iranian mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) (PDF)

Shahyad Azari-Hamidian



Co-circulating microorganisms in questing Ixodes scapularis nymphs in Maryland (PDF)

Katherine I. Swanson and Douglas E. Norris



Timing of resource input and larval competition between invasive and native container-inhabiting mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) (PDF)

Sarah N. Bevins



Glossina dynamics in and around the sleeping sickness endemic Serengeti ecosystem of northwestern Tanzania (PDF)

I. I. Malele, S. M. Kinung'hi, H. S. Nyingilili, L. E. Matemba, J. K. Sahani, T. D. K. Mlengeya, M. Wambura, and S. N. Kibona



Distribution and altitudinal structuring of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera:Psychodidae) in southern Anatolia, Turkey: their relation to human cutaneous leishmaniasis (PDF)

Fatih M. Simsek, Bulent Alten, Selim S. Caglar, Yusuf Ozbel, A. Murat Aytekin, Sinan Kaynas, Asli Belen, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Mehmet Yaman, and Samiye Rastgeld



The incidence of American swallow bugs (Oeciacus vicarius) in barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) colonies in northeast Texas (PDF)

Jeffrey G. Kopachena, Beverly L. Cochran, and Tammy B. Nichols



Comparison of light traps, gravid traps, and resting boxes for West Nile virus surveillance (PDF)

Gregory M. Williams and Jack B. Gingrich



Pestiferous nature, resting sites, aggregation, and host-seeking behavior of the eye fly Siphunculina funicola (Diptera: Chloropidae) in Thailand (PDF)

Mir S. Mulla and Uruyakorn Chansang



Response of phlebotomine sand flies to light-emitting diode-modified light traps in southern Egypt (PDF)

D.F. Hoel, J.F. Butler, E. Y. Fawaz, N. Watany, S.S. El-Hossary, and J. Villinski



Attacks on the endangered Attwater's Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) by black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) infected with an avian blood parasite (PDF)

Peter H. Adler, Donna Roach, Will K. Reeves, Joseph P. Flanagan, Michael E. Morrow, and John E. Toepfer



Trapping sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy (PDF)

Eva Veronesi, Roberto Pilani, Marco Carrieri, and Romeo Bellini



The association between distance to water pipes and water bodies positive for anopheline mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the urban community of Malindi, Kenya (PDF)

Daniel E. Impoinvil, Joseph Keating, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Robert Duncan, Gabriel Cardenas, Sajjad Ahmad, Charles M. Mbogo, John I. Githure, and John C. Beier



Natural and manipulated populations of the treehole mosquito, Ochlerotatus triseriatus, at its northernmost range limit in southern Ontario, Canada (PDF)

 

D. Dudley Williams, Sarah E. MacKay, Ralf C.M.Verdonschot, and Pierre J.P. Tacchino



Vertical stratification and development aspects of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an area of Atlantic Forest tree species in a metropolitan region in northeastern Brazil (PDF)

A.M. Cortez, V.P.M. Silva, P.V.S. Queiroz, H.T.A. Andrade, M.I.B. Loiola, and M.F.F.M. Ximenes



Host-seeking behavior of Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs in relation to environmental parameters in dense woodland and woodland-grass habitats (PDF)

Robert S. Lane, Jeomhee Mun, Miguel A. Peribáñez, and Harrison A. Stubbs



Seasonal and daily activity patterns of human-biting mosquitoes in a wetland system in Argentina (PDF)

Verónica Loetti, Nora Burroni, and Darío Vezzani



Scientific Notes



New records of sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) from the western United States (PDF)

James R. Kucera, Lance A. Durden, and Ke Chung Kim



Entomological investigations following the spread of visceral leishmaniasis in Tunisia (PDF)

Elyes Zhioua, Belhassen Kaabi, and Ifhem Chelbi