Dasybasis (Agelanius) cortesi, a new species of horse fly from Chile (Diptera: Tabanidae: Diachlorini)

The female and male of Dasybasis (Agelanius) cortesi, new species, is described and illustrated from specimens collected in the National Reserve of Río Clarillo, Cordillera Province, Central Chile. Its relationships to other Dasybasis species are discussed

Observations on the domestic ecology of Rhodnius ecuadoriensis (Triatominae).

Rhodnius ecuadoriensis infests peridomiciles and colonises houses in rural southern Ecuador. Six out of 84 dwellings (7%) surveyed in a rural village were infested (78 bugs/infested domicile; 279 bugs were collected in a single dwelling). Precipitin tests revealed R. ecuadoriensis fed on birds (65%), rodents (31%), marsupials (8%), and humans (15%) - mixed bloodmeals detected in 37.5% of individual samples. Trypanosoma cruzi from opossums and rodents may thus be introduced into the domestic cycle. Wasp parasitoidism was detected in 6.5% of 995 R. ecuadoriensis eggs (only in peridomestic habitats). Control strategies should integrate insecticide spraying (indoors and peridomestic), better management of poultry, and housing improvements. A possible inefficacy of Malathion is reported

Biodiversity of the scentless plant bugs (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) in southern South America

Figure 3. Distribution of Xenogenus Berg species in Argentina. Pale colour: known distributions; dark colour: new distributions. The number of known species for each province is provided, with an asterisk indicating the number of newly recorded species.Published as part of Melo, M.C. & Montemayor, S.I., 2015, Biodiversity of the scentless plant bugs (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) in southern South America, pp. 163-200 in Journal of Natural History 50 on page 172, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1073810, http://zenodo.org/record/398325