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Impact of involving the community in entomological surveillance of Triatoma infestans (Klug, 1834) (Hemiptera, Triatominae) vectorial control
(BioMed Central, 2021-02-05)
Background: Vectorial transmission is the principal path of infection by Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease. In Argentina, Triatoma infestans is the principal vector; therefore, vector control is ...
Corpses in aquatic environments: two human forensic cases with associated chironomid (Insecta: Diptera: Chironomidae) larvae
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2019-10)
Forensic entomology is a criminalistic tool that provides relevant information about circumstances of death and time elapsed until a corpse is discovered. However, it is rarely applied in aquatic environments because ...
El Mes de la Entomología: acercando el laboratorio de investigación científca a las escuelas de nivel inicial de la Patagonia = Entomology Month: Bringing Scientifc Research Closer to Elementary Schools in Patagonia
(Asociación de Docentes de Ciencias Biológicas, 2015)
Como investigadores en ciencias, entendemos que enseñar las ciencias naturales en la escuela primaria es un desafío para los docentes y una excelente oportunidad para sentar las bases del pensamiento científico. “El Mes ...
Entomological surveillance of Chagas disease in Berilo municipality, Jequitinhonha Valley, State of Minas Gerais, BrazilVigilância Entomológica da doença de Chagas no município de Berilo, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil
(Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2009-11)
This study aimed to evaluate the Chagas Disease Control Program which has operated since 1982 in the municipality of Berilo in the Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil, based on evaluation of 5,242 domiciliary units ...
Assemblages of Necrophagous Blow Flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Four Contrasting Ecoregions of Los Angeles County, California, United States
(Entomological Society of America, 2021-07)
An ecological study to evaluate necrophagous species richness, abundance, and diversity was conducted in four contrasting ecoregions of Los Angeles County, California, United States: a highly anthropized area, two moderately ...
Demonstration using field collections that Argentina fall armyworm populations exhibit strain-specific host plant preferences
(Entomological Society of America, 2015-08)
Spodoptera frugiperda, the fall armyworm is a major economic pest throughout the Western Hemisphere of corn (maize), cotton, sorghum, and a variety of agricultural grasses and vegetable crops. Studies in the United States, ...
Depressions of Dermestes maculatus (Coleoptera Dermestidae) on Bones Could be Pupation Chambers
(Lippincott Williams, 2019-06)
Dermestes maculatus DeGeer beetles feed and can leave marks on bones. This species is of medical, veterinary, and forensic importance. The aim of this work was to determine if the depressions produced on bones by these ...
Marks caused by the scavenging activity of Necrobia rufipes (Coleoptera: Cleridae) under laboratory conditions
(Elsevier, 2015-05)
Insects are an important group involved in carrion consumption and are thus of forensic interest. In the laboratory we studied the taphonomic marks that Necrobia rufipes (Cleridae) can produce. Pig trotters were exposed ...
Seasonal patterns of arthropods occurring on sheltered and unsheltered pig carcasses in Buenos Aires Province (Argentina)
(Elsevier Ireland, 2002-03)
Differences in the succession of insects and other Arthropoda (invertebrate animals with jointed legs), on domestic pig carcasses placed under a roof and under the open sky have been studied in Buenos Aires Province, ...
A new species of the genus Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Fanniidae) belonging to the canicularis species group, collected on pig carrion in the Yungas of the province of Jujuy, Argentina
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2010-08)
This study describes the male, female and third instar larva of Fannia yunguensis sp. nov., a new species of Fanniidae that was reared from larvae captured on pig carcasses in the Yungas of the province of Jujuy, Argentina. ...