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34 issues published since 2010.

Current issue

Vol. 58 (2026)

8 articles Published 17 February 2026

In this issue

• Assessing the diversity and abundance of dragonflies and damselflies in selected sites of Saranda Forest, Jharkhand, eastern India
• Description of Cochylimorpha lapoana sp. n. (Lepidoptera Tortricidae) from the Apennines of Central Italy
• First urban occurrence of the Japanese grape leafhopper Arboridia kakogawana (Matsumura, 1932) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Italy
• Notes on the Pemphigine aphid Pachypappa warshavensis (Nasonov) (Hemiptera Aphididae) detected on Populus alba Linnaeus in Italy

All 8 articles

Table of contents

Previous issues

1. 2025

   

   Vol. 57 (2025)

   7 articles Published 10 February 2025

   • Development of mass-rearing of African giant cricket (Brachytrupes membranaceus (Drury) (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)) based on plant material and by-product diets in the Republic of Benin
   • Analysis of non-target beetle species collected on pheromone-baited adhesive panels in two mixed oak forest stands infested with Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in southern Romania
   • Evaluation of the mosquitocidal activity of Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus extracts against the larvae of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

   All 7 articles

2. 2024

   

   Vol. 56 (2024)

   10 articles Published 11 March 2024

   • Distributions of agrobiont lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) among crop and non-crop habitats within an agricultural landscape in east-central South Dakota, USA
   • Fruit flies (Diptera: Teprithidae) and their parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) species from registered snake fruit production during early rainy and dry seasons in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
   • Efficacy evaluation of some bio-insecticides against green leafhopper (Amrasca biguttula biguttula Ishida) infesting brinjal

   All 10 articles

3. 2023

   

   Vol. 55 (2023)

   8 articles Published 3 May 2023

   • First report of Coccinellid beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Gharana Wetland Conservation Reserve and connected agricultural fields in Jammu
   • First report: Spermatodes variolosus (Walker, 1867) in Indian rice ecosystem along with taxonomy of pentatomid bugs in Terai rice fields, West Bengal, India
   • The effectiveness of citronella oil to control main pest on cabbage Plutella xylostella in the field

   All 8 articles

4. 2022

   

   Vol. 54 (2022)

   10 articles Published 19 April 2022

   • Occurrence of the sweet potato hornworm Agrius convolvuli (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in the Haut-Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
   • Potential of neem oil extract® against Palmetto weevil larvae, Rhynchophorus cruentatus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and its impact on some detoxification enzymes
   • A progressive change in the virulence spectrum of Asian rice gall midge (Orseolia oryzae) biotype 2 after a decade in Coastal Karnataka, India

   All 10 articles

5. 2021

   

   Vol. 53 (2021)

   13 articles Published 26 April 2021

   • Identification of mosquito species and determination of population density in the Taif governorate, Saudi Arabia
   • Ecological assessment of the lowland relit forest “Bosco delle Sorti della Partecipanza” in Trino (North-Western Italy), applying Diptera Syrphidae as bioindicators
   • Lepidoptera Tortricidae from Sicily with new taxa for Italian and European fauna and description of Thiodia major (Rebel) and Pammene castanicola Trematerra females

   All 13 articles

6. 2020

   

   Vol. 52 (2020)

   11 articles Published 29 May 2020

   • Larvicidal activity of Vietnamese Solanum nigrum on mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)
   • Checklist of the mosquito species from four Sicilian Islands: Lampedusa, Linosa, Ustica and Pantelleria
   • New record of Ellipsocoris kalashiani Carapezza 2009 in Europe, found in Apulia, Italy (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae)

   All 11 articles

7. 2019

   

   Vol. 51 (2019)

   14 articles Published 26 February 2019

   • Contribution to the knowledge of Lepidoptera fauna of Lampedusa: Bifascioides leucomelanella (Rebel, 1917) and Ceutholopha isidis (Zeller, 1867) (Lepidoptera) new to Italy
   • Comparative analysis of the internal and external outlines of wings for an outline-based geometric morphometric approach to distinguish three Aedes mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand
   • New data on the Afrotropical Xantholinini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 6 - Seven new species from Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania and Kenya. 294th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae

   All 14 articles

8. 2018

   

   Vol. 50 (2018)

   10 articles Published 10 July 2018

   • Monitoring of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera, Culicidae) in the city of Catania (Italy): seasonal dynamics and habitat preferences
   • Drastic reduction in density of Blattella germanica and Periplaneta americana cockroaches after the application of fenitrothion and lindane in Dema, Zimbabwe
   • On distribution of Mimela holosericea (Fabricius, 1787) (Insecta, Scarabaeoidea, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) in Russia and adjacent territories

   All 10 articles

9. 2017

   

   Vol. 49 No. 3 (2017)

   5 articles Published 31 December 2017

   • Chemical composition and insecticidal activity Mentha piperita L. essential oil against the cowpea seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus F. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)
   • Entomology contribution in animal immunity: Determination of the crude thoraxial glandular protein extract of Stomoxys calcitrans as an antibody production enhancer in young horses
   • Trials on the Timing of Chemical Control of Lentil weevil, Bruchus lentis Frӧlich (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) in Lentil Field in Gachsaran Region (Iran)

   All 5 articles

10. 2017

    

    Vol. 49 No. 2 (2017)

    6 articles Published 11 September 2017

    • Comparison of cockroach fungal contamination in the clinical and non-clinical environments from Iran
    • To what extent does salt (NaCl) affect Anopheles gambiae sensu lato mosquito larvae survival?
    • Boreoheptagyia ortladamellica sp. nov. (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Italian Alps

    All 6 articles

11. 2017

    

    Vol. 49 No. 1 (2017)

    11 articles Published 21 April 2017

    • Spatial variation of important mulberry pests and their natural enemies
    • The insect antenna: segmentation, patterning and positional homology
    • Antifungal and insecticidal activities of Raphanus sativus mediated AgNPs against mango leafhopper, Amritodus brevistylus and its associated fungus, Aspergillus niger

    All 11 articles

12. 2016

    

    Vol. 48 No. 3 (2016)

    17 articles Published 19 December 2016

    • Effect of Citrullus colocynthis L. (Cucurbitaceae) agglutinin on gene expression of caspases in Ectomyelois ceratoniae Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
    • Hymenopterous parasitoids attacking Acanthiophilus helianthi Rossi (Diptera: Tephritidae) pupae in Kohgiluyeh Safflower farms of Iran
    • Phoretic uropodine mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Iran

    All 17 articles

13. 2016

    

    Vol 48, No 2 (2016): Special issue on Chironomidae

    2 articles Published 26 August 2016

    • Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) from the eastern Canadian Arctic and subarctic with descriptions of new life stages, a possible new genus, and new geographical records
    • Chironomidae larvae from the lower Athabasca River, AB, Canada and its tributaries including macroscopic subfamily and tribe keys, indices for environmental tolerance and trait-based information for biomonitoring

14. 2016

    

    Vol. 48 No. 1 (2016)

    8 articles Published 28 April 2016

    • Morphometry of adults and larval stages of Cicadatra persica (Cicadidae: Hemiptera) distributed in Erneh, Syria
    • Resistance to imidacloprid in different field populations of Aphis gossypii Glover (Hem.: Aphididae) in South of Iran
    • A multiplex polymerase chain reaction based method for rapid identification of two species of the genus Scolytus Geoffroy (Col: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Iran

    All 8 articles

15. 2015

    

    Vol. 47 No. 3 (2015)

    10 articles Published 16 December 2015

    • The first record of Dendrothrips aspersus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) from Iran
    • Preliminary checklist of Iranian mymarids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Mymaridae)
    • Malaria vector species composition and relative abundance in Mutare and Mutasa districts, Zimbabwe

    All 10 articles

16. 2015

    

    Vol. 47 No. 2 (2015)

    7 articles Published 28 August 2015

    • Editorial
    • Investigation of entomophobia among agricultural students: the case of Shiraz University, Iran
    • Multioppia (Multioppia) biciliata sp. n. new species of oribatid mites from Iran (Acari: Oribatida: Oppiidae)

    All 7 articles

17. 2015

    

    Vol. 47 No. 1 (2015)

    6 articles Published 23 April 2015

    • The distribution of Culex mosquitoes in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
    • The Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) in Iran: genetic diversity and comparison with other countries
    • Biodiversity of insects associated with safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) crop in Gachsaran, Iran

    All 6 articles

18. 2014

    

    Vol. 46 No. 3 (2014)

    8 articles Published 22 December 2014

    • Thrips species diversity in urban green spaces of Hangzhou (Zhejiang Province), China
    • Larvicidal activity of indigenous plant extracts on the rural malarial vector, Anopheles culicifacies Giles. (Diptera: Culicidae)
    • Effects of host plants on digestive enzymatic activities and some components involved in intermediary metabolism of Chrysodeixis chalcites (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

    All 8 articles

19. 2014

    

    Vol. 46 No. 2 (2014)

    7 articles Published 29 August 2014

    • Digestive proteolytic activity in Apodiphus amygdali Germar (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae): effect of endogenous inhibitors
    • Effect of four varieties of mulberry on biochemistry and nutritional physiology of mulberry pyralid, Glyphodes pyloalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
    • Relationships between physical and chemical factors and aquatic macroinvertebrates in perennial streams in the arid northern mountain basin El Batinah, Oman

    All 7 articles

20. 2014

    

    Vol. 46 No. 1 (2014)

    7 articles Published 14 April 2014

    • Pseudosmittia fabioi sp. n., a new species from Sardinia (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae)
    • Influence of density on intraguild predation of aquatic Hemiptera (Heteroptera): implications in biological control of mosquito
    • Efficiency of Mentha piperita L. and Mentha pulegium L. essential oils on nutritional indices of Plodia interpunctella Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

    All 7 articles

21. 2013

    

    Vol. 45 No. 3 (2013)

    9 articles Published 27 December 2013

    • Acleris sagarmanthae sp. n. a new species of Lepidoptera Tortricidae from Nepal
    • Physico-chemical characteristics of the mosquito breeding water in two urban areas of Cairo Governorate, Egypt
    • Assessment of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis Strain AM65-52 aqueous suspension for the control of black fly populations, (Simulium spp.) in northern Italy

    All 9 articles

22. 2013

    

    Vol. 45 No. 2 (2013)

    7 articles Published 30 August 2013

    • A contribution to the knowledge of Euphorinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with six new records from Iran
    • Relevance of reproductive correlates in response of diamondback moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) to plant quality
    • Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Cadaba indica lam leaf extract and its larvicidal and pupicidal activity against Anopheles stephensi and Culex quinquefasciatus

    All 7 articles

23. 2013

    

    Vol 45, No 1s (2013): Special issue on Anoplophora Chinensis & Anoplophora Glabripennis

    1 article Published 24 May 2013

    • Anoplophora Chinensis & Anoplophora Glabripennis: new tools for predicting, detecting and fighting. How to save our forests and our urban green spaces

24. 2013

    

    Vol. 45 No. 1 (2013)

    8 articles Published 23 April 2013

    • Isotrias penedana sp. n. a new species of Lepidoptera (Tortricidae: Chlidanotinae: Polyorthini) from Portugal
    • Chironomid (Diptera, Chironomidae) species assemblages in northeastern Algerian hydrosystems
    • Acleris lorquiniana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), in Central Italy

    All 8 articles

25. 2012

    

    Vol. 44 No. 3 (2012)

    11 articles Published 17 December 2012

    • The first report on entomopathogenic effect of Fusarium avenaceum (Fries) Saccardo (Hypocreales, Ascomycota) against rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae L.: Curculionidae, Coleoptera)
    • Observations on some biological aspects of Cicadatra persica (Cicadidae: Hemiptera) in apple fruit orchards in Erneh, Syria
    • Screening for bacterial DNA in the hard tick Hyalomma marginatum (Ixodidae) from Socotra Island (Yemen): detection of Francisella-like endosymbiont

    All 11 articles

26. 2012

    

    Vol. 44 No. 2 (2012)

    4 articles Published 31 August 2012

    • Molecular typing of bacteria of the genus Asaia in malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis Patton, 1905
    • Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Ethiopia, 2
    • First report of an endemic Australian thrips, Thrips australis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on Eucalyptus in Shiraz, Iran

    All 4 articles

27. 2012

    

    Vol. 44 No. 1 (2012)

    7 articles Published 30 April 2012

    • Editorial
    • Notes on some Lepidoptera Tortricidae from Central Asia
    • A model for the overwintering process of European grapevine moth Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffermüller) (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) populations

    All 7 articles

28. 2011

    

    Vol. 43 No. 3 (2011)

    5 articles Published 19 September 2011

    • Some additions to the Scale insect fauna (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Crete with a check list of the species known from the island
    • Two new species of scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) from Sardinia (Italy) with a check list of Sardinian Coccoidea
    • A survey of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) occurring on olives in Tunisia

    All 5 articles

29. 2011

    

    Vol. 43 No. 2 (2011)

    25 articles Published 20 August 2011

    • Morphological and physiological adaptations of wood-boring beetle larvae in timber
    • Characterization of microbial communities in pest colonized books by molecular biology tools
    • Bacteria, fungi and arthropod pests collected on modern human mummies

    All 25 articles

30. 2011

    

    Vol. 43 No. 1 (2011)

    5 articles Published 30 April 2011

    • Paraleyrodes minei Iaccarino 1990 (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae), new specie for Italy, on Citrus aurantium L., 1758
    • The Beetle (Coleoptera) and True bug (Heteroptera) species pool of the alpine “Pian di Gembro” wetland (Villa di Tirano, Italy) and its conservation
    • Are synthetic pheromone captures predictive of parasitoid densities as a kairomonal attracted tool?

    All 5 articles

31. 2010

    

    Vol. 42 No. 3 (2010)

    8 articles Published 16 November 2010

    • A further evaluation of the sperm length in aleocharines (Coleoptera Staphylinidae)
    • Some structural details of the hind wings detected in staphylinids of 7 subfamilies (Coleoptera)
    • New evidence of parasitoids of pest aphids on roses and grapevine in Turkey (Hem., Aphididae; Hym., Braconidae, Aphidiinae)

    All 8 articles

32. 2010

    

    Vol. 42 No. 2 (2010)

    4 articles Published 26 July 2010

    • Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Ethiopia
    • On the spatial spread of the Rice Water Weevil, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel (Coleoptera: Erirhinidae), in Italy
    • Chemometric analysis of the secondary metabolite profile of Yarrow (Achillea collina Becker ex Rchb.) affected by phloem feeding Myzus persicae Sulzer aphids

    All 4 articles

33. 2010

    

    Vol. 42 No. 1 (2010)

    5 articles Published 23 April 2010

    • Clepsis trifasciata sp. n. with notes on some Lepidoptera Tortricidae from Kirgizstan
    • Two new species of mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Pseudococcidae) from Iran
    • Lepidoptera Tortricidae from SE European Russia with description of Ceratoxanthis saratovica sp. n.

    All 5 articles