Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a focus of visceral leishmaniasis in White Nile, Sudan by Sally Osman Widaa, Khalid Awadelkarim Ahmed, Amel Ahmed Elsheikh Bari, Mayada Mohmmedelhassan Ali, Mihad Abdelaal Ibrahim, Mohammed Ahmed Bashir, Ahmed Hamid Awadelkarim Mastour, Zakkiah Algali Yagi, Mo'awia Mukhtar Hassan

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Livestock manure as an alternative attractant for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in guava tree by Rosenya Michely Cintra Filgueiras, Francisco Roberto de Azevedo, Raul Azevedo, Ricardo Braga de Farias, Cristiane Ramos Coutinho

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Report of the establishment of Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in Central America by Randall Chacón-Cerdas, Allan Gonzalez-Herrera, Luis Alvarado-Marchena, Francisco González-Fuentes

“… Over the last decade, high-end fruits such as berries, have faced the impact of Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. …”
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Sheep Bot Fly Oestrus ovis Linnaeus (1761) (Insecta: Diptera: Oestridae) by Hannah Sholar, Jennifer Lynn Gillett-Kaufman

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Genetic Variability of <i>Polypedilum</i> (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Southwest Ecuador by Isabel Ballesteros, Mishell Bravo-Castro, Santiago Villamarín-Cortez, Gabriela Jijón, Narcís Prat, Blanca Ríos-Touma, Christian Villamarín

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Chromosome-level genome assembly of an agricultural pest Zeugodacus tau (Diptera: Tephritidae) by Yi-Ting Wang, Li-Jun Cao, Jin-Cui Chen, Wei Song, Wei-Hua Ma, Jing-Fang Yang, Xu-Yuan Gao, Hong-Song Chen, Yan Zhang, Zhen-Ya Tian, Shu-Jun Wei, Zhong-Shi Zhou

“…Abstract The fruit fly Zeugodacus tau (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a major pest of melons and other cucurbits in Southeast Asia. …”
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Review of the Genus <i>Sciara</i> Meigen, 1803 (Diptera, Sciaridae) in Ukraine by Andriy Babytskiy, Serhii Pavliuk, Olesia Bezsmertna

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Nota sobre a Wyeomyia (Dendromyia) luteoventralis Theobald, 1901: (Diptera: Culicidae) by A. da Costa Lima

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Description of Culicoides truuskae sp. n. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from southern Africa by Karien Labuschagne, Rudolf Meiswinkel†, Danica Liebenberg, Carissa van Zyl, Antoinette van Schalkwyk, Clarke Scholtz

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PCR–RFLP assays for the identification of Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) species circulating in Honduras by Denis Escobar, Fernando Pérez, Bryan Ortiz, Gustavo Fontecha

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Germline transformation of Aedes fluviatilis (Diptera:Culicidae) with the piggyBac transposable element by Flávia Guimarães Rodrigues, Sabrina Barbosa Oliveira, Bruno Coelho Rocha, Luciano Andrade Moreira

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Management of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Tunisian oases by mass trapping methods by Sameh Ben Chaaban, Abir Hafsi, Kamel Mahjoubi, Noureddine Nasr, Brahim Chermiti

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Seven new records of bee flies (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Saudi Arabia by Magdi El-Hawagry, Areej A. Al-Khalaf, Ahmed M. Soliman, Mahmoud S. Abdel-Dayem, Hathal M. Al Dhafer

“…Larvae of these flies are predators or parasitoids of different stages of other insects in the orders Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and Diptera, in addition to spiders (order Araneae, class Arachnida), so they have potential use as biological control agents for pests belonging to these orders. …”
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First report of mitochondrial genome of family Bombyliidae, Geron pallipilosus (Diptera: Bombyliidae) by Gang Yao, Liang Wang, Qin Zhang

“…Our results show the location of Bombyliidae in the Brachycera, and provide data for further study of phylogeny in Diptera.…”
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Isolation of Trypanosoma freitasi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) from Psychodopygus claustrei (Diptera: Psychodidae) by R. D. Naiff, T. V. Barrett, R. A. Freitas

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Distribution and hybridization between Culex pipiens and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Argentina by Walter R. Almirón, Silvia G. Humeres, Cristina N. Gardenal

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Wing symmetry in wild drosophilids (Insecta, Diptera) is not affected by season in the Brazilian Cerrado by Luciana Costa Nascimento, Francisco Das Chagas Roque Machado, Rosana Tidon

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First detection of Leishmania infantum (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) by Darine Slama, Najoua Haouas, Latifa Remadi, Habib Mezhoud, Hamouda Babba, Emna Chaker

“…Abstract Background Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) species are known to be the vectors of Bluetongue virus and African Horses Sickness virus (AHSV) in different areas of the world. …”
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Molecular Identification of Leishmania Species in Phlebotomus alexandri (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Western Iran by Abdollah Naghian, Mohammad Ali Oshaghi, Vahideh Moein-Vaziri, Yavar Rassi, Mohammad Mehdi Sedaghat, Ehsan Mostafavi, Arshad Veysi, Hassan Soleimani, Hossein Dehghan, Alireza Zahraei-Ramazani, Hossein Mirhendi, Mohammad Hassan Amini, Mohammad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi, Amir Ahmad Akhavan

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Taxonomic study of the genus Macquartia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae) from China by Baihui Zhang, Henan Li, Junjian Li, Dong Zhang, Chuntian Zhang

“…The genus Macquartia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Tachinidae) with 29 known species is a large group of Macquartiini of Tachininae and widely distributed in the Old World and the Nearctic Region.In this study, Chinese specimens of Macquartia were collected and examined, sixteen species are recognised: thirteen previously described, M. brunneisqua Zhang et Li, M. chinensis Zhang et Li, M. flavifemorata Zhang et Li, M. flavipedicel Zhang et Li, M. chalconota (Meigen), M. dispar (Fallén), M. grisea (Fallén), M. macularis Villeneuve, M. nudigena Mesnil, M. picta (Meigen), M. pubiceps (Zetterstedt), M. tenebricosa (Meigen) and M. viridana Robineau-Desvoidy and three species new to science, M. barkamensis sp. n. …”
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