Halteres (Volume-1, 2009)

Diversity of the ground inhabiting ant fauna at Department of Atomic Energy campus, Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu)  T. Ramesh2, K. Jahir Hussain1, M. Selvanayagam2 and K. K. Satpathy1 1. Environmental and Industrial Safety Section, Safety Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam-603102 (Tamil Nadu)2. Loyola Institute of Frontier Energy (LIFE), Loyola College, Chennai, India-600 034.

Diversity and Abundance of ants along an elevational gradient in Jammu-Kashmir Himalaya - I  Himender Bharti and Yash Paul Sharma Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala (Pb.) India-147002

Influence of Varroa jacobsoni Oudemans Parasatization on the Protein profile and RNA content of Apis mellifera L. worker brood  Pooja Badotra, Neelima R. Kumar and Shalini Sharma Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Diversity of Odonata in District Poonch and Sudhnoti of Kashmir Valley Pakistan, with a new record for the country Muhammad Ather Rafi1, Muhammad Rafique Khan2, Ahmed Zia3and Anjum Shehzad41.National Insect Museum, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad Pakistan 2. University College of Agriculture, Rawalakot Kashmir 3. National Insect Museum, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad Pakistan 4. National

Seasonal Patterns of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Punjab Shivalik  Himender Bharti, Yash Paul Sharma and Amritdeep Kaur Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala (Pb.) India-147002

Occurrence of Odonata in Northern areas of Pakistan with seven new records Ahmed Zia1, Muhammad Ather Rafi2, Zakir Hussain3and Muhammad Naeem4 1. National Insect Museum, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad Pakistan 2. National Insect Museum, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad Pakistan 3. Department of Agriculture, Gilgit Northern Areas, Pakistan 4. Department of Entomology, Pir Meher Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University,

Influence of Foraging time, Flight activity patterns and Duration of a foraging trip of Apis species (order: Hymenoptera) on Brassica campestris var. Sarson  J.S. Tara and Pooja Sharma Department of Zoology, University of Jammu, Jammu (J&K), India- 180 006.

Some notes on medically important flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from India Meenakshi Bharti Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala (Pb.) India-147002

Biochemical changes in the midgut during metamorphosis in Apis cerana indica  Deepak D. Barsagade, Kalpana M. Kelwadkar and Mangala N. Kadwey Department of Zoology, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, India-440033.

Halteres (Volume-2, 2010)

Comparative study on improvement in Pollen Collection Technology Shazia Raja#, Elizabeth Stephen Waghchoure, Rashid Mahmood, Ghulam Sarwar, Farida Iftikhar and Muhammad Sidddique Munawar (#e-mail: shazia_raja2002@ yahoo.com) Honeybee Research Intstitute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Biodiversity of the short horned grasshoppers of the tribe Oedipodini (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Acridinae) in Kashmir Himalayas  M. Nayyar Azim#, Shabir Ahmad Reshi and Ajaz Hassan Rather (#email: mnayyarazim@yahoo.com) Section of Entomology; P.G.Department of Zoology;University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006 (J & K)

Phylogenetic analysis of Indian species of genus Macrophya Dahlbom (Hymenoptera: Symphyta; Tenthredinidae: Tenthredininae)  M.S. Saini and L. Kaur 1email: saini20@hotmail.com) (2email: lakhwinderkaur.kaur@gmail.com) Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India.

Lucilia calviceps Bezzi, new record from India (Diptera: Calliphoridae), with a revised key to Indian species Meenakshi Bharti & Hiromu Kurahashi ((email: adubharti@yahoo.co.in) (email: MLB15110@nifty.com) Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, (Pb.) 147002 India.International Department of Dipterology, Hikawadai 1-2-21, Higashikurume City, Tokyo 203-0004, Japan.

Impact of egg retention on walking behavior of Trichogramma chilonis (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)  Muhammad Shakeel, Ahmed Zia, Abid Faridand Zakir Hussain (1. University of Agriculture, Peshawer. (email: shakeelkhanmarwat@yahoo.com) 2. National Insect Museum-NARC, Islamabad. (email: saiyedahmed@yahoo.com) 3. Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA). (email: abidfarid@nifa.org.pk) 4. IPDM Laboratories Directorate of Agriculture Northern Areas-Gilgit.

Role of honeybees and other insects in enhancing the yield of Brassica campestris var. sarson  J.S.Tara & Pooja Sharma (#email: puja80_sharma@yahoo.co.in) Department of Zoology, University of Jammu, Jammu (Tawi) 180006, J&K, India.

Diversity of Aphidoidea in Rawalpindi Division (Punjab) Pakistan, with a list of host plant studied Ahmed Zia, Soaib Ali Hassan, Anjum Shehzad and Falak Naz 1. National Insect Museum, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad – Pakistan.(email: saiyedahmed@yahoo.com) 2. Pir Meher Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi – Pakistan.(email: sohaib_hassan50@yahoo.com) 3. National Insect Museum, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad – Pakistan.(email: nim.anjum@gmail.com) 4.National Insect Museum, National Agriculture Research Centre, Islamabad – Pakistan.(email: falak05@yahoo.com)

Phylogenetic analysis of Indian species of genus Himalopsyche Banks (Trichoptera: Spicipalpia; Rhyacophilidae: Rhyacophilinae)  M.S. Saini and L. Kaur (1email: saini20@hotmail.com) (2email: lakhwinderkaur.kaur@gmail.com) Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India.

Influence of foraging rate and speed of Apis species (Hymenoptera) on Brassica campestris var.sarson J.S.Tara and Pooja Sharma (#email: puja80_sharma@yahoo.co.in) Department of Zoology, University of Jammu, Jammu (Tawi) 180006, J&K, India.

SEM structure of mandibular sensilla in the carpenter ant, Camponotus compressus (Fabricius) (Formicidae: Hymenoptera)  Deepak D. Barsagade#, Dnyaneshwar B. Tembhare and Seema G. Kadu (#email: dr_ddbars @ rediffmail. com) Department of Zoology, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur India-440033.

A contribution towards the insect fauna of Vadodara, Gujarat (India): The Order Hemiptera  Dolly Kumar# and Bhumika Naidu (#email:dollymsu@gmail.com) Department of Zoology,Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda,Vadodara-390002.

Natural parasitism of leaf miner, Chromatomyia horticola (Goureau) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) on vegetable crops in Kashmir (India)  Deen Mohammad Bhat#and R. C. Bhagat (#email: din_ento@yahoo.co.in) Entomology Research Lab., P. G. Deptt. of Zoology, University of Kashmir,Hazratbal Srinagar, J&K India-190006.

Bioecology of Til Hawk Moth, Acherontia styx Westwood  R.M. Ahirwar# and M.P. Gupta ((#e-mail: an.manoher@yahoo.com) Jawahar Lal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Department of Entomology,College of Agriculture, Tikamgarh-472 001 M.P., India.

Halteres (Volume-3, 2011)

Taxonomic survey of stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) of India 
M. Nayyar Azim,Section of Entomology, P.G.Department of Zoology; University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006 (J & K) India. (email:mnayyarazim@yahoo.com)
Addition of two new species to genus Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) from Sikkim (India) 
Malkiat S. Saini, Manpreet S. Pandher# and Prabhjit Bajwa, Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India-147002.(#email: mpandher.iari@gmail.com)
SEM studies on immature stages of weaver ant Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775 ) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India 
Himender Bharti# and Iqbal Kaur, Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India147002.(#email:himenderbharti@gmail.com)
Taxonomic studies on the genus Zemeros Boisduval from Indian Himalayas (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) 
Charn Kumar1, H. S. Rose2and Avtar Kaur Sidhu3,1. A.S. College Khanna- 141 402, Punjab, India (email: charnkumar@yahoo.com)2. SUS College of Research and Technology, Mohali -140 306, Punjab, India 3. High Altitude Regional Centre, ZSI, Saproon, Solan -172 211, Himachal Pradesh, India
An updated checklist of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from India 
Meenakshi Bharti, Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India-147002.(email: adubharti@yahoo.co.in)
SEM studies on immature stages of Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India 
Himender Bharti # and Anuradha Gill, Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India - 147002.(#email:himenderbharti@gmail.com)
Influence of Varroa parasitization on some biomolecules in Apis mellifera L. worker brood 
Neelima R Kumar1, Pooja Badotra2and Kalpana, Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India.(1email: neelimark@yahoo.co.in) (2email: pooja_badotra@yahoo.co.in)
Weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina), huntsman spider (Heteropoda venatoria) and house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) as potential biocontrol agents of the nuisance pest, Luprops tristis  
P. Aswathi and Sabu K.Thomas#, Post Graduate and Research Department of Zoology, St. Josephs College, Devagiri, Calicut, Kerala, India 673008. (email#: sabukthomas@gmail.com)
Notes on life history of Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius) and its potential as biological control agent 
Himender Bharti#and Silka Silla, Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India - 147002.
(#email: himenderbharti@gmail.com/himenderbharti@antdiversityindia.com)(www.antdiversityindia.com)
Diversity and distribution of social apocrites of Vadodara, Gujarat, Western India
Bhumika Naidu and Dolly Kumar#,Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences,The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda,Vadodara-390002.(email#: dollymsu@gmail.com)
Some notes on Rhopaloceran diversity (Lepidoptera) of Himachal Pardesh  P.C. Pathania1#and Anita Kumari2,1. Department of Entomology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004.,2. Department of Biosciences, Vinayaka Missions University, Salem, Tamilnadu- 636308.(#email:pathaniapc@yahoo.co.in)

List of Indian Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 
Himender Bharti, Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India - 147002.(email: himenderbharti@gmail.com/himenderbharti@antdiversityindia.com)(www.antdiversityindia.com)
Natural parasitisation of Spodoptera litura F. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by Zele chloropthalma Nees (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in vegetable ecosystems of Kashmir Valley, India 
Deen Mohamad Bhat1, R. C. Bhagat2 and Ajaz A. Qureshi3, 1. Department of Zoology, Govt. Degree College Pulwama, Kashmir, J&K India-192301.(1email: din_ento@yahoo.co.in) 2 and 3. P. G. Deptt. of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal Srinagar, J&K India-19000

Halteres (Volume-4, 2013)
Recolonisation patterns of orthopteran species in successional stages of revegetated coal mine sites Shbbir R Khan and Neelkamal Rastogi Insect Behavioural Ecology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Centre of Advanced Study, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – 221 005, U.P., India (*e-mail: neelkamalrastogi@yahoo.co.in)
Pollen foraging activity of Apis mellifera during autumn season in Chandigarh Rajinder Kaur* and Neelima R Kumar Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh – 160014, India
(e-mail: dr.rita85@gmail.com; neelimark6@gmail.com) 
A Preliminary survey of thrips (Thysanoptera) from Kashmir Himalaya
Nafisa Akhtar and M. Nayyar Azim Section of Entomology, P.G. Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006 (J & K)
(e-mail: mnayyarazim@yahoo.com)
Addition of a new species to Ecnomus McLachlan, 1864 (Trichoptera: Ecnomidae) along with key to its Indian Fauna Manpreet S. Pandher and Malkiat S. Saini, 1. University School of Agriculture, Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Fatehgarh Sahib–147301, India 2. Asian Institution, Patiala–147002, India (e-mail: mpandher.iari@gmail.com)
On the Aphid–ant association and its relationship with various host plants in the Agroecosystems of Vadodara, Gujarat, India Ruchika Kataria and Dolly Kumar Division of Entomology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The M.S. University of Baroda,Vadodara- 390002, India (e-mail: dollymsu@gmail.com)
Diversity and Distribution of Ant Fauna in Hejamadi Kodi Sandspit, Udupi District, Karnataka, India Pradeep D’Cunha and Vijay Mala Grover Nair Department of Applied Zoology, Mangalore University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
(e-mail: pradeep.dcunha@gmail.com; ; vijaymalanair@yahoo.com)
First record of the Srilankan Processional Termite, Hospitalitermes monoceros (Konig) (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) from India Poovoli Amina1, Keloth Rajmohana 2, Chenthamarakshan Bijoy 3, Chandrashekaramenon Radhakrishnan 4 and Nivedita Saha 5 1, 2, 3, 4 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Calicut, Kerala – 673006, 5 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053 (e-mail: aminapoovoli@gmail.com)
Status of the Genus Spalgis Moore with taxonomic notes on the type species, Spalgis epeus (Westwood) in the Indian Himalaya Charn Kumar A.S. College, Khanna , Samrala Road Khanna, Ludhiana, Punjab, India - 141401
(e-mail: charnkumar@yahoo.com )
Quantitative changes in lipids and carbohydrates of temporal workers and drones in Apis cerana indica (Fabricius) Seydur Rahman and Sudhanya Ray Hajong
Department of Zoology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya-793022
(e-mail: s_hajong@hotmail.com)
SEM studies on immature stages of Aphaenogaster beesoni Donisthorpe, 1933 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Himender Bharti, Navpreet Dhiman, Meenakshi Bharti and Aijaz Ahmad Wachkoo,Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala - 147002, India (e-mail: himenderbharti@gmail.com; adubharti@yahoo.co.in; aijaz_shoorida@yahoo.co.in)
Telenomus oryzae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), a new egg parasitoid of the rice black bug, Scotinophara (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from India
Keloth Rajmohana1 and Manikantadas Santha Nisha2, 1Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Calicut, Kerala India -673006, 2Rice Research Station, Moncompu, Thekkekara.P.O, Alappuzha, Kerala, India.-688503
(e-mail: mohana.skumar@gmail.com)

HALTERES (Volume-5, 2014)

First Record of Genus Pristomyrmex Mayr 1866 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India
Himender Bharti1* and Joginder Singh2 Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala - 147002, India (e-mail:1himenderbharti@gmail.com, 2joginderrilta516@gmail.com)

Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Romania: a new record of the species after a century)
Ioan Tăusan1 and Ioan Alexandru Rădac2 
1 Natural History Museum of Sibiu, Brukenthal National Museum, Cetăţii 1, 55016
Sibiu, Sibiu County, Romania 2 West University of Timişoara, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology & Geography, Department of Biology-Chemistry, 16A Pestalozzi St., 300115 Timişoara, Timiş County, Romania
(e-mail: 1itausan@gmail.com; 2 radac.alexandru@yahoo.ro)

Biology of the harpactorine assassin bug, Panthous bimaculatus Distant (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on three different diets
M. Muthupandi1, G. evangelin2, Bertrand Horne and S. John William
School of Entomology and Centre for Natural Resources Management, P.G. & Research
Department of Zoology, Loyola College, Chennai 600034
(e-mail: 1muthupandi7@gmail.com; 2evangelin_g@ymail.com)

New taxa of the genus Bareogonalos from Asia with further information on the tribe Nomadinini (Hymenoptera, Trigonalidae)
Seiki Yamane
Kagoshima University Museum, Korimoto 1-21-30, Kagoshima-shi, 890-0065 Japan (e-mail: mayiopa0@gmail.com)

A practical guide to DNA extraction, PCR, and gene-based DNA sequencing in insects
Corrie S. Moreau
Field Museum of Natural History,Department of Science and Education,Integrative Research Center,1400 South Lake Shore Drive,Chicago, Illinois, 60605, USA (e-mail:cmoreau@fieldmuseum.org)

First record of the species Helochares atropiceus Regimbart, 1903 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from the Loktak lake of Manipur, India
*M.Bhubaneshwari Devi, O. Sandhyarani Devi and S.Dineshwar Singh
Laboratory of Entomology, P.G. Department of Zoology, D. M. College of Science,
Imphal-795001, Manipur (email: mbhubaneshwari@yahoo.com)
Additional notes on the genus Apodynerus Giordani Soika, 1993 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from the Indian subcontinent
P. Girish Kumar1, James M. Carpenter2, Lambert Kishore3 and K. P. Mohammed Shareef3 1Zoological Survey of India, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700 053, West Bengal, India. 2Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, U.S.A. 3Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode-673 001, Kerala, India
(e-mail: 1kpgiris@gmail.com; 2carpente@amnh.org; 3*lambert3698@rediffmail.com;
3 kpms326@gmail.com)
A new species of Notanisus Walker (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from Southern Western Ghats, Karnataka, India
Raseena Farsana V. K., P. M. Sureshan and Nikhil K.
Zoological Survey ofIndia, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India (e-mail: pmsuresh43@gmail.com)

Mosquito species biodiversity in Phytotelmata from Western Ghats, south India
A. Munirathinam, R. Krishnamoorthi, G. Baskaran, R. Govindarajan,
A. Venkatesh and B.K. Tyagi
Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (Indian Council of Medical Research) 4, Sarojini Street, Chinna Chokkikulam, Madurai – 625 002, Tamil Nadu, India. (e-mail: crmeicmr@icmr.org.in)

Second Vietnamese species of the myrmicine genus Lophomyrmex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Seiki Yamane1 and Shingo Hosoishi2
1Kagoshima University Museum, Korimoto 1-21-30, Kagoshima-shi, 890-0065 Japan. 2Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan. (e-mail: mayiopa0@gmail.com1, hosoishi@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp2)

Extended distribution and variation in morphological features of Disparoneura (Chloroneura) quadrimaculata (Rambur, 1842) (Odonata:Zygoptera; Protoneuridae) in the Mt. Abu ranges of Southern Rajasthan, India B.K. Tyagi
Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (ICMR), 4-Sarojini Street, Chinna Chokkikulam Madurai 625002, T.N., India. (e-mail: abktyagi@gmail.com; abk.tyagi@yahoo.co.in)

Telenomus dilatus sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) - an egg parasitoid of swallowtail butterflies from South India 1Rajmohana K. and 2Mary Anto
1Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Calicut-673 006, Kerala, India.2 Research and Post Graduate Department of Zoology, St. Thomas' College, Thrissur- 680 001, Kerala, India. (email: mohana.skumar@gmail.com)

HALTERES (Volume-6, 2015)

First report of Western Flower Thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thripidae: Thysanoptera) from India- A Potential Havoc to Indian agriculture Kaomud Tyagi and Vikas Kumar* Centre for DNA Taxonomy (CDT), Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India (e-mail: *vikaszsi77@gmail.com)

Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their aphid partners (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Mashhad region, Razavi Khorasan Province, with new records of aphids and ant species for Fauna of Iran Zohreh Sadat Mortazavi1, Hussein Sadeghi1*, Nihat Aktac2, Łukasz Depa3, Lida Fekrat 1
1 Department of Plant Protection, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, 2 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Trakya University, Turkey, 3 Department of Zoology, University of Silesia, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland (e-mail: sadeghin@um.ac.ir)
A revision of genus Toxorhynchites Theobald, 1901, in the South-East Asian countries, with description of a new species Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) darjeelingensis from West Bengal, India (Diptera, Culicidae) B.K. Tyagi, A. Munirathinam, R. Krishnamoorthy, G. Baskaran, R. Govindarajan, R. Krishnamoorthi, T. Mariappan, K.J. Dhananjeyan and A. Venkatesh, Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (I.C.M.R.), 4-Sarojini Street, Chinna Chokkikulam, Madurai – 625 002, Tamil Nadu, India *(e-mail: abktyagi@gmail.com; abk.tyagi@yahoo.co.in)

Coprophilic dipteran community associated with horse dung in Malaysia
*Heo C.C.1,2, Latif, B.1, Kurahashi H.3, Hayashi T.4, Nazni W.A.5 and Omar B.6
1Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buluh Campus, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buluh, Selangor, Malaysia, 2 Institute of Forensic Science (IFS), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Level 4, Academic Building, Faculty of Medicine, 47000 Sungai Buluh, Selangor, Malaysia, 3 International Department of Dipterology (IDD), Hikawadai 1-2-21, Higashikurume City, Tokyo 203-0004, Japan, 4 Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama 1-23-1, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 162-8640 Japan, 5 Medical Entomology Unit, Institute for Medical Research (IMR), Jalan Pahang, 50588 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 6 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (email:*chin@salam.uitm.edu.my)

First report of Aphid, Liosomaphis ornata Miyazaki, 1971 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from India Gireesh Nadda1* and Sunil Joshi 2
1 Entomology Laboratory, Hill Area Tea Science Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Post Box No. 6, Palampur, Kangra, H.P. INDIA, 176 061
2 National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA, 560 024 *(e-mail: girish@ihbt.res.in, girish_nadda@yahoo.co.in)

A second species of the ant genus Romblonella from the Philippines (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) David Emmanuel M. General1 and Perry Archival C. Buenavente2
1 University of the Philippines Los Baños Museum of Natural History, College, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines
2 National Museum of the Philippines, Taft Ave, Ermita, Metro Manila 1000, Philippines (e-mail: bzb43@yahoo.com)

Polleniopsis annamensis Kurahashi, 1972 (Diptera: Calliphoridae) a new record from India, with a revised key to the known Indian species
Meenakshi Bharti Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala- 147002, India (e-mail: adubharti@gmail.com)

Geographic origin and spread of cosmopolitan ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
James K. Wetterer Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458. (e-mail: wetterer@fau.edu)

Description of a new species of Alastor (Alastor) Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Telangana, India, with a key and a checklist of Oriental species P. Girish Kumar1* and James M. Carpenter2 1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal- 700053, India. 2Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA. (e- mail: 1* kpgiris@gmail.com; 2 carpente@amnh.org)

Reassessment of the adult Stevenia signata (Mik, 1966) (Diptera: Rhinophoridae) from Turkey with comprehensive notes on its morphology, ecology and faunistic limits
1*Yuriy G. Verves and 2Olga P. Khrystoslavenko Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Academician Lebedev Str. 37 Kyiv, Ukraine, 03143.(e-mail: 1*fly_@voliacable.com; 2khrystoslavenko.o@gmail.com)

Eucharitid wasp parasitoids in cocoons of the ponerine ant Diacamma scalpratum from Thailand Christian Peeters1, John Heraty2 and Decha Wiwatwitaya3 1 Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, UMR CNRS 7618, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 7 quai Saint Bernard, 75005 Paris, France. 2 Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. 3 Department of Forest Biology, Kasetsart University, 10900 Bangkok, Thailand. (email: 1christian.peeters@upmc.fr , 2john.heraty@ucr.edu, 3ffordew@ku.ac.th)

A new Anterhynchium species from Japan, with a key to the Northeast Asian species of the genus (Hymenoptera, Eumenidae) Seiki Yamane1 and Tadao Murota 2 1Haruyama-chô 1054-1, Kagoshima-shi, 899-2704 Japan.
2Sakura-chô 1-4-5, Sabae-shi, Fukui Pref., 916-0027 Japan.
(e-mail: mayiopa0@gmail.com)

The species of the ant genus Recurvidris Bolton, 1992 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Thailand Weeyawat Jaitrong1 and Decha Wiwatwitaya2* 1 Thailand Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand.2Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Foresty, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900 Thailand. (email: *ffordew@ku.ac.th)

Three new species of Amblyaspis Förster (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from India along with a Key to Indian species Anjana Gangadharan M. and Rajmohana Keloth Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre (Recognized Research Centre of University of Calicut), Eranhipalam PO, Calicut-673006, Kerala, India (email: anjugk9@gmail.com)

Morphology of third instar Boettcherisca highlandica Kurahashi & Tan, 2009 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Heo, C.C.1,2, Latif, B.1, Silahuddin, S.A.1 and Kurahashi, H.3 1Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buluh, Selangor, Malaysia. 2Institute of Forensic Science (IFS), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Level 4, Academic Building, Faculty of Medicine, 47000 Sungai Buluh, Selangor, Malaysia. 3International Department of Dipterology, Hikawadai 1-2-21, Higashikurume City, Tokyo 203-0004, Japan. (e-mail: chin@salam.uitm.edu.my)

A practical guide to insect cell cultures: establishment and maintenance of primary cell cultures Mauro Mandrioli1, Monia Monti2, Rosemarie Tedeschi2 1Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. 2Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy (e-mail:mauro.mandrioli@unimore.it)



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A new species of genus Polleniopsis from India (Diptera: Calliphoridae) with a key to the Indian species doi: zenodo.org/records/54901 Meenakshi Bharti1 and Yuriy Verves2 1Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, 147002, India. 2Department of Ecological Monitoring, Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Academician Lebedev Str. 37, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03143. (Email: adubharti@gmail.com) 1

On Epuraea Erichson of Assam, India (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Epuraeinae) J. Dasgupta, T. K. Pal* and V. D. Hegde doi: zenodo.org/records/54895 Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’ Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, INDIA. (Email: tkpal51@rediffmail.com) 5

Additions to the knowledge of the genus Allorhynchium van der Vecht from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species from Kerala (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.54869 *P. Girish Kumar1, J. M. Carpenter2 and P. M. Sureshan3 1,3Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673 006, India. 2Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA. (Email: kpgiris@gmail.com) 29

Two new species of Campsicnemus Haliday, 1851 from India with notes on some Oriental Dolichopodidae (Diptera) doi: zenodo.org/records/54871 Igor Ya. Grichanov All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo roadway, 3, St. Petersburg, Pushkin, 196608, Russia. (Email: grichanov@mail.ru) 35

Melinda pusilla pusilla (Villeneuve, 1927) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), a new record from India with a revised key to the known Indian species Meenakshi Bharti doi: zenodo.org/records/54893 Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India-147002. (Email: adubharti@gmail.com) 43

The Empidoidea (Diptera) of the Utrish Nature Reserve, Russia Semen Yu. Kustov1, Igor Ya. Grichanov2 and Anastasiya A. Getman1 1Kuban State University, Zoology department, Stavropolskaya 149, 350040, Krasnodar, Russia. 2All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo 3, 196608, St.Petersburg-Pushkin, Russia. E-mail: grichanov@mail.ru 46

Thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) of India- An Updated Checklist doi: zenodo.org/records/54896 Kaomud Tyagi and Vikas Kumar* Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Molecular Systematics Division Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. *Email: vikaszsi77@gmail.com 64

A review of the ant genus Harpegnathos Jerdon, 1851 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Philippines, with the description of two new species doi: zenodo.org/records/54873 David Emmanuel M. General *University Researcher, University of the Philippines Los Baños Museum of Natural History, College, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines, and Research Associate, National Museum of the Philippines, Taft Ave, Ermita, Metro Manila 1000, Philippines. E-mail: bzb43@yahoo.com 99

Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) of Terai- Dooars Region of West Bengal, India doi:

10.5281/zenodo.61516 Srimoyee Basu1, K.A. Subramanian2 and Goutam Kr. Saha3 1ICAR-NBAIR, Molecular Entomology lab, H. A. Farm post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka-560024 2Zoological Survey of India, Chennai, Tamilnadu-600028 3Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata-700019 Email: srimoyeebasu3422@gmail.com

HALTERES (Volume-8, 2017)

Taxonomic studies on Eurydinotomorpha Girault (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) with the description of a new species from Western Ghats, Kerala doi: zenodo.org/record/417293 P. M. Sureshan Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673 006, Kerala, India. (Email: pmsuresh43@gmail.com) 1-5

Oral Myiasis: Case Report 1Thiruneervannan, 1*Hari S. Prabhu and 2Benjamin Premkumar 1Dept. Oral Medicine & Radiology, Vinayaka Mission’s Dental College, AVMC campus, Kirumampakkam, Puducherry, India 607402. 2Dept. Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Vinayaka Mission’s Dental College, AVMC campus, Kirumampakkam, Puducherry, India 607402. (Email: harisureshprabhu@gmail.com) 6-8

On a collection of Monotomidae of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) doi: zenodo.org/record/893870 T. K. Pal Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’ Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India. (Email: tkpal51@rediffmail.com) 69-71

A check list of Sarcophagidae (Diptera) from Algeria Yuriy Verves Department of Ecological Monitoring, Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Academician Lebedev Str. 37, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03143. (Email: fly_@voliacable.com) 72-76

Anokha gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) and two new species from India doi: zenodo.org/records/897803 *Rajmohana K.1, Veenakumari Kamalanathan2, Bijoy C.3, Prashanth Mohanraj2, Palatty Allesh Sinu4 and Ranjith A.P.5 1 Zoological Survey of India, PO New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700053, India. 2 National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P.B. No. 2491, Hebbal, Bengaluru, India 560024. 3Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghats Regional Centre, Calicut, Kerala-673006, India. 4 Department of Animal Science, Central University of Kerala, Padannakad, P.O. 671314, Kasargod, Kerala, India. 5 Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, Pin: 673635, India. (Email: mohana.skumar@gmail.com) 77-84

A review of the genus Pararrhynchium de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from India with the description of a new species doi: zenodo.org/records/894185 *P. Girish Kumar1, James M. Carpenter2 and Lambert Kishore3 1Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala–673006, India. 2Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA. 3P.G. & Research Department of Zoology, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode-673001, Kerala, India. (Email: kpgiris@gmail.com) 85-91

Checklist of the ants of Mt. Hamiguitan, Mindanao Island, Philippines (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) doi: zenodo.org/record/894187 *David Emmanuel M. General1 and Perry Archival C. Buenavente2 1 University Researcher, University of the Philippines Los Baños Museum of Natural History, College, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines, and Research Associate, National Museum of the Philippines, Taft Ave., Ermita, Metro Manila 1000, Philippines. 2 Researcher, National Museum of the Philippines, Taft Ave., Ermita, Metro Manila 1000, Philippines. (Email: dmgeneral@up.edu.ph) 92-102

Halteres (volume-9, 2018)

An updated checklist of blow fly fauna (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of Pakistan with new records for the country doi:zenodo.org/records/11851281Muhammad Asghar Hassan, 1Imran Bodlah, 2Meenakshi Bharti*and3Khalid Mahmood1 Department of Entomology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agricultural University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. 2 Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, 147002, India. 3 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Poonch,Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. (Email: adubharti@gmail.com) 1-5

Pellenes iva sp. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) with a distinct M-shaped central epigynal pocket from India doi:zenodo.org/records/1218834 John T.D. Caleb and Vikas Kumar* Centre for DNA Taxonomy, Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, West Bengal, India. (Email: vikaszsi77@gmail.com) 6-11

Fauna of Sarcophagidae and Calliphoridae (Diptera) of the West Ukraine doi:zenodo.org/records/125576 1Yuriy Verves* and 2Lyudmyla Khrokalo 1Department of Ecological Monitoring, Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Academician Lebedev Str. 37, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03143.2Department of Physical Chemistry, National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Peremohy Awe. 37, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03056. (Email: yuryverves@gmail.com)12-38

Observations on underwater oviposition in Pseudagrion indicum Fraser (Odonata:Coenagrionidae): an endemic species from the Western Ghats doi:zenodo.org/records/1255802 *Neha Mujumdar1, Dipti Thakuria2, Dheeraj Halali3 and Pankaj Koparde4 1Bombay Natural History Society, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Colaba, Mumbai - 400001, Maharashtra, India. 2Gauhati University, Gopinath Bordoloi Nagar, Jalukbari, Guwahati - 781014, Assam, India. 3Department of Zoology, Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts & Science, Gogol, Margao 403602, Goa, India. 4Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mangalam, Tirupati - 517507, Andhra Pradesh, India. (Email: nehadm02@gmail.com) 39-44

Description of dealate of Myrmecina urbanii Tiwari (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Karnataka, India, with notes on worker castes Thresiamma Varghese Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India. (Email: thresiammav@iisc.ac.in) 45-56

A checklist of Syrphidae (Diptera) from Mordovia, Russia doi: zenodo.org/records/1255874 Mariya A. Chursina1 and Alexander B. Ruchin2* 1Voronezh State University, Universitetskaya sq., 1, 394006 Voronezh, Russia. 2Mordovia State Nature Reserve; 431230 Republic of Mordovia, Temnikov District, Pushta settlement, Russia. (Email: ruchin_mgpz@mail.ru) 57-73

A new genus of Heteromurini (Collembola: Entomobryidae) with dental base falcate macrochaetae, from India doi: zenodo.org/records/1256961 Guru Pada Mandal Zoological Survey of India, Apterygota Section, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, India. (Email: gpmandal.zsi@gmail.com) 74-85

A taxonomic review of the genus Vespula Thomson (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae) from the Indian subcontinent *P. Girish Kumar1 and James M. Carpenter2 1Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala–673006, India. 2Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA. (Email: kpgiris@gmail.com) 86-110

Collembola of India- An Updated Checklist doi:zenodo.org/record/1262666 Pada Mandal Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053. (Email: gpmandal.zsi@gmail.com) 116-130

Two new species of slant-faced grasshopper genus Acrida (Acrididae: Acridinae) from India doi:zenodo.org/records/1285589 Sunil Kumar Gupta*& Kailash Chandra Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, 'M' Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-,700053, West Bengal, India. (Email: skumarento@gmail.com) 131-140

First verified record of genus Onesia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from India Meenakshi Bharti Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India. (Email: adubharti@gmail.com) 141-142

Thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) fauna from the Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, India Thang Johnson* & R. Varatharajan Centre for Advanced Study in Life Sciences, Manipur University, Canchipur –795 003, India. (Email: thangjohnson@gmail.com) 143-150

A New Latindiine Cockroach, Gapudipentax guiting gen. et sp. n. (Blattodea: Corydiidae: Latindiinae) from the Philippines Cristian C. Lucañas Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. (Email: cclucanas@up.edu.ph) 151-156

Odontomachus ferminae, a new Philippine species of the infandus species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) doi:zenodo.org/records/1434108 David Emmanuel M. General University of the Philippines Los Baños Museum of Natural History, College, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines. Correspondence: David Emmanuel M. General, University of the Philippines Los Baños Museum of Natural History, College, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines. E-mail: davegeneral2011@gmail.com. 157-162

A Chaetogramma Doutt (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from India doi:zenodo.org/records/1446015 *Mohd Talib Khan & Shoeba Binte Anis Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India. (Email: athamohd@gmail.com) 163-168

Description of a new species of Megachalcis Cameron (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) from India with a revised key to species doi:zenodo.org/record/3596046 *P.M. Sureshan, P. Girish Kumar and C. Charesh Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673 006, Kerala, India. (Email: pmsuresh43@gmail.com) 180-184

First report of genus Cynomya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from India doi:zenodo.org/records/1488543 Meenakshi Bharti1 & Knut Rognes2 1Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, India. 2University of Stavanger, Faculty of Arts and Education, Department of Early Childhood Education, NO–4036 Stavanger, Norway. (Email: adubharti@gmail.com) 185-186.

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A new species of Allacta Saussure & Zehntner 1895 (Blattodea: Ectobiidae: Pseudophyllodromiinae) from India doi: zenodo.org/records/2620772 *S. Prabakaran¹, M. Senraj² and Cristian C. Lucanas³ 1 Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad - 500 048, India. 2 Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai - 600 028, India. 3 Museum of Natural History, University of Philippines Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines. (Email: prabakaranzsi@yahoo.co.in) 1-6

Altica himalayensis (Chen), an emerging pest of temperate horticultural crops from Kashmir valley doi: zenodo.org/records/2633828 G. Mahendiran1, Mudasir Ahmad Dar2 and Shahid Ali Akbar2* 1Division of Germplasm collection and Characterisation, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P.B. No. 2491, H.A. Farm Post, Hebbal, Bellary Road, Bengaluru-560024, India. 2Department of Entomology, Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar-191132, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Email: kingakbarali@gmail.com) 7-18

Wing geometric morphometrics as a tool for taxonomic identification of two fly species (Diptera: Muscidae) of forensic relevance doi: zenodo.org/records/3462982 José Antonio Nuñez1, Pablo Jarrín-V.2 and *Jonathan Liria2,3 1Department of Morphological and Forensic Sciences. School of Biomedical and Technological Sciences. Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela. 2Research Group on Population and Environment, Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam, Napo, Ecuador. 3Center of Studies in Applied Zoology, Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela. (Email: jonathan.liria@gmail.com) 19-25

Some interesting observations on the parasitisation of Danaus chrysippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) by Sturmia convergens (Diptera: Tachinidae) from West Bengal, India doi: zenodo.org/records/3464962 Moumita Bhowmik1, *Rajmohana K.2 and Sunita P.2 1 Department of Zoology, Serampore College, 8, William Carey Sarani, Maniktala, Serampore, West Bengal- 712201, India. 2 Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore P.O., Kolkata, West Bengal-700053, India. (Email: mohana.skumar@gmail.com) 26-30

New record of the Palearctic species Stigmus convergens Tsuneki (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Pemphredoninae) from India *Tessy Rajan1, P.M. Sureshan1, P. Girish Kumar1 and Altaf Hussain Sheikh2 1Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India. 2Government Degree College, Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir- 192305, India. (Email: tessy.rajan3@gmail.com) 31-34

A new species of Asyndetus Loew, 1869 from Iran (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) doi: zenodo.org/records/3553175 *Igor Ya. Grichanov1, Shoreh Rezaei2 1All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo 3, 196608, St.Petersburg-Pushkin, Russia. 2Department of Entomology, Jahrom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom, Iran. (Email: grichanov@mail.ru) 35-39

Redescription of three species of genus Stomorhina Rondani (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from India doi: zenodo.org/records/3589977 *Inderpal Singh Sidhu1 and Devinder Singh2 1Department of Zoology, SGGS College, Sector 26, Chandigarh, India-160019. 2Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002, India. (Email: inderpalsidhu76@yahoo.co.in) 40-47

New distributional records of fairyflies (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae) from rice–agroecosystems of Kerala doi: zenodo.org/records/3593793 K.M. Rajesh1, Shahid Bin Zeya2, A.P. Ranjith1 & *M. Nasser1 1Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, India. 2Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Email: drnasher@gmail.com) 48-61

Review of Sarcophagidae (Diptera) of North African countries with new faunistic data from Algeria doi: zenodo.org/records/3594368 Yuriy Verves Department of Ecological Monitoring, Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Academician Lebedev Str. 37, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03143. (Email: yuryverves@gmail.com) 62-74

New records of two genera of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera:Chalcidoidea) from Northeast India doi: zenodo.org/records/3594370 Bankerdonbor Kharbisnop and Sudhanya R. Hajong* Department of Zoology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya, India. (Email: srhajong@nehu.ac.in) 75-79

Description of a new species of Lasiochalcidia Masi (Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) from India with a key to Oriental species doi: zenodo.org/records/3596046 *C. Binoy1,3, P.M. Sureshan2, S. Santhosh3 and M. Nasser1 1Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala-673635, India. 2 Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala-673006, India. 3 Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, (Affiliated to University of Calicut), Kozhikode, Kerala-673001, India. (Email: binoy_doz@uoc.ac.in) 80-85

Taxonomic review of Indian species of the genus Ceranisus Walker (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) doi: zenodo.org/records/3596075 *Mohd Majid Jamali1, Shahid Bin Zeya2 & Rayees Afzal Mir1 1Department of Agriculture, Glocal University, Saharanpur 247 121, Uttar Pradesh, India. 2Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Email: majidjamali1988@gmail.com) 86-95

Polysphincta idukkiensis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) a rare new species from the southern Western Ghats doi: zenodo.org/records/3596066 *Manjusha B.M.1, Sudheer K.2 & Ghosh S.M.3 1 Research Scholar, Department of Zoology, Government College Kasaragod, Vidyanagar, Kerala, India. 2 Assistant Professor in Zoology, Prof. T.C. Narendran Biodiversity Research Lab., The Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India. 3 Department of Molecular Biology, Kannur University, Kerala, India. (Email: manjushabm@gmail.com) 96-99.

HALTERES (Volume-11, 2020)

A preliminary survey of nocturnal ants, with novel modifications for collecting nocturnal arboreal ants doi: zenodo.org/records/3707151 *David Emmanuel M. General1, Perry Archival C. Buenavente2, Lillian Jennifer V. Rodriguez3 1 University Researcher, Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines; and Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Malate, Manila, Philippines. 2 Researcher, Zoology Division, National Museum of Natural History, Malate, Manila, Philippines. 3 Assistant Professor, Institute of Biology, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. (Email: dmgeneral@up.edu.ph) 1-12

First record of Schedorhinotermes makassarensis Kemner (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from India Jayati Basak1, Rituparna Sengupta1, *K. Rajmohana1, Balmohan Baraik1 and C. Sivaperuman2 1Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, India. 2Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair- 744102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. (Email: mohana.skumar@gmail.com) 13-18

A new species of Protanilla Taylor 1990 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) from India *Pronoy Baidya and Sumanta Bagchi Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru- 560012, India. (Email: pronoybaidya@icloud.com) 19-24

Descriptions of two new species of Macroteleia Westwood (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from India doi: zenodo.org/records/4026478 Abhilash Peter1 and *Rajmohana K.2 1Zoology Department, Christ College (Autonomous), Irinjalakuda, Kerala- 680125, India. 2Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India. (Email: mohana.skumar@gmail.com) 25-31

Vombisidris freyae, a new nocturnal arboreal ant species from the Philippines (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) doi: zenodo.org/records/402648 David Emmanuel M. General University Researcher, Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines; and Research Associate, Philippine National Museum, Malate, Manila, Philippines. (Email: dmgeneral@up.edu.ph) 32-35

An updated checklist of Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Arunachal Pradesh, India with new distributional records from the State doi: zenodo.org/records/4042968 *Dibyajyoti Ghosh1, P. Girish Kumar2, Basudev Tripathy1 and Kailash Chandra1 1Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700053, India. 2Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala-673006, India. (Email: ghoshd774@gmail.com) 36-43

Facultative associations of two sympatric lycaenid butterflies with Camponotus compressus – field study and larval surface ultrastructure doi: zenodo.org/records/4043261 Priya Aradhya Ekka, Sudha Kumari and Neelkamal Rastogi* Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Email: neelkamalrastogi@yahoo.co.in) 44-55

Effect of the invasive phanerophytes and associated aphids on the ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) assemblages doi: zenodo.org/records/4192900 *Stanislav V. Stukalyuk1, Mykola S. Kozyr1, Maksym V. Netsvetov1, Vitaliy V. Zhuravlev2 1 Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Akademika Lebedeva St. 37, Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine. 2 Ukrainian Entomological Society, B. Khmelnitsky St. 15, Kyiv, 01030, Ukraine. (Email: asmoondey@gmail.com) 56-89

Additions to monograph of Cerretti et al., 2020: The world woodlouse flies (Diptera, Rhinophoridae) doi: zenodo.org/records/4406258 Yuriy Verves Department of Ecological Monitoring, Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Academician Lebedev Str. 37, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03143. (Email: yuryverves@gmail.com) 90-93

Deuterophlebia Edwards, 1922 (Diptera: Deuterophlebiidae) an Enigmatic Primitive Diptera (Insecta) from Kashmir Himalaya doi: zenodo.org/records/4405937 Mohd Sharjeel Sofi1, Sami Ullah Bhat1, K.A. Subramanian2*, Inam Sabha1, Irfan Rashid3 and J.C. Kuniyal4 1Aquatic Ecology Lab, Department of Environmental Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006, India. 2Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, #130, Santhome High Road, Chennai-670028, India. 3Department of Botany, School of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, Pin-190006, India. 4G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand, Pin-263643, India. (Email: subbuka.zsi@gmail.com) 94-97

First record of Monaeses israeliensis Levy, 1973 (Araneae: Thomisidae) from India doi: zenodo.org/records/4406100 Souvik Sen and Pavittu M. Sureshan Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Jafferkhan Colony, Kozhikode, Pin-673 006, Kerala, India. (Email: sensouvik07@gmail.com) 98-100

A study on antennal sensilla of the female worker castes of Tetragonula iridipennis (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) doi: zenodo.org/record/4406280 *Martin J. Babu and Sujitha C.R. Department of Zoology, St. Berchmans College, Changanassery, Kerala-686101, India. (Email: martinbabu25@gmail.com) 101-107

A Survey of Eulophid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) Associated with Rice Ecosystems of Tamil Nadu doi: zenodo.org/record/4406210 *Alfred Daniel J.1, Ramaraju K.1 and Shreevihar Santhosh2 1 Department of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641003, Tamil Nadu, India. 2Department of Zoology, Malabar Christian College, Calicut- 673004, Kerala, India. (Email: danieljalfred@gmail.com) 108-117

A checklist of long horn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Lumami, Zunheboto District, Nagaland with 23 new records doi: zenodo.org/record/4405843 Lobeno Mozhui1, Amit Rana2, Kelevikho Neikha1 and L.N. Kakati1* 1Department of Zoology, Nagaland University, Lumami 798627, Nagaland, India. 2Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong 793003, Meghalaya, India. (Email: lnkakati@nagalanduniversity.ac.in) 118-128.

An updated checklist of Silverfish fauna (Insecta: Apterygota: Zygentoma) of India *A.K. Hazra1, D. Jana2 and G.P. Mandal1 1Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 2PG Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar College (University of Calcutta), Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. (Email: dr.ashishazra@gmail.com) 129-132

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Forensically Important Blow Flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of Iran with two new records for the country doi: zenodo.org/records/5083018 Marziyeh Izadi1, Mehdi Gheibi1*, Shahram Hesami1 and Meenakshi Bharti2 1Department of Entomology Faculty of Agriculture Science, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran. 2Department of Zoology and Environmental Science, Punjabi University, Patiala, India. (Email: mehgheibi@yahoo.com) 1-3

A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Mt. Pantaron Range, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines doi: zenodo.org/records/5371745 David Emmanuel M. General University Researcher and Curator, Entomological Collection, University of the Philippines Los Baños Museum of Natural History, Los Baños, Laguna Province, Philippines and Research Associate, Philippine National Museum, Manila, Philippines. (Email: dmgeneral@up.edu.ph) 4-14

First record of two Doryline ant genera Cerapachys Smith, 1857 and Parasyscia Emery, 1882 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Nepal doi: zenodo.org/records/5372072 *Indra Prasad Subedi1, Himender Bharti2, Prem Bahadur Budha1 and Leeanne E. Alonso3 1Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science & Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. 2Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, India. 3re:wild, Austin, TX, USA. (Email: ipsubedi@cdztu.edu.np) 15-21

First Record of Italochrysa japonica (McLachlan, 1875) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from India doi: zenodo.org/records/5528715 *Suryanarayanan T.B. and Bijoy C. Shadpada Entomology Research Lab, Department of Zoology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur, Kerala- 680125, India. (Email: suryantb1995@gmail.com 22-24

Mixed colonies of Lasius umbratus and Lasius fuliginosus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): when superparasitism may potentially develop into coexistence: a case study in Ukraine and Moldova doi: zenodo.org/records/5753121 *Stanislav Stukalyuk1, Yury Radchenko2, Oleksiy Gonchar3, Ascar Akhmedov4, Valery Stelia5, Alexander Reshetov6 and Artem Shymanskyi7 1 Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Akademika Lebedeva St. 37, Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine. 2 National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine, Gagarina avenue, 4, Dnipro, 49600, Ukraine. 3 Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkovskoe shosse 48, Kyiv, 02160, Ukraine. 4 Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Bogishamol st., 232, Tashkent, 100053, Uzbekistan. 5 Free researcher, Odesa, Ukraine. 6 Rostov Institute of Microbiology and Parasitology, Gazetniy st., 119, Rostov-on-Don, 344000, Russian Federation. 7National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Soborna st., 11, Rivne, 33028, Ukraine. (Email: asmoondey@gmail.com) 25-48

A new species of Notanisus Walker (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from India doi: zenodo.org/records/5812170 K.S. Surya1, C. Binoy2 and *P.M. Sureshan1 1Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghats Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India. 2Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala-673635, India. (Email: pmsuresh43@gmail.com) 49-53

Following the tales: The Jonah's Ricinus biblical worms, Olepa schleini in Israel a local relict or an invasive alien species doi: zenodo.org/records/4406402 *Aparna Sureshchandra Kalawate and K.P. Dinesh Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Vidya Nagar, Sector-29, P.C.N.T. (PO), Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra 411044, India. (Email: aparna_ent@yahoo.co.in) 54-60

Species composition of mites (Acari: Trombiculidae, Dermanyssidae, Laelapidae) on pest rodents and shrews in Madurai, India doi: zenodo.org/records/5812179 Govindarajan R.1, Rajamannar V.1, Krishnamoorthi R.2, Nagaraj J.3, Ashwani Kumar2 and *Philip Samuel P.1 1 Division of Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Disease, ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre Field Station, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. 2 ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Puducherry, India. 3ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. (Email: philipsamuelpaulraj@gmail.com) 61-68

Description of a new species of Antrocephalus Kirby (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) from Kaippad paddy field of Kerala, India doi: zenodo.org/records/5812143 *C. Binoy1, 2, S. Santhosh2, M. Nasser1 and K.M. Rajesh1 1 Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, 673635, Kerala, India. 2 Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Affiliated to University of Calicut, 673001, Kerala, India. (Email: binoy_doz@uoc.ac.in) 69-73

First Record of Camponotus japonicus Mayr, 1866 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India doi: zenodo.org/records/6198922 Tarun Dhadwal and Himender Bharti* Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala - 147002, India. (Email: himenderbharti@gmail.com) 74-79

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The Philippine Stick Insect genus Eubulides Stål, 1877 with the description of a new species from Mt. Apo Range, Mindanao Island (Phasmatodea: Heteropterygidae: Obrimini) doi: zenodo.org/records/5812198 Mescel S. Acola1*, Victor B. Amoroso1,3, Jeremy Carlo B. Naredo2, Alma B. Mohagan1,3, Aldrin L. Hongco1, Noel E. Lagunday1 and Orlando L. Eusebio2 1Center for Biodiversity Research and Extension in Mindanao, Central Mindanao University (CMU), Musuan, Bukidnon 8710, Philippines. 2Philippine Terrestrial Arthropod Biodiversity Survey; and Entomological Museum, Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), College, Laguna, 4031, Philippines. 3Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon 8710, Philippines. (Email: mescelacola@gmail.com)

An updated checklist of Mantid fauna (Insecta: Mantodea) of India doi: zenodo.org/records/5812221 A.P. Kamila* and P.M. Sureshan Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India. (Email: kamiii619@gmail.com)

Species composition of plants and trophically related aphids in the territory of the Lasius niger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nest complex doi: zenodo.org/records/7954513 *Stanislav Stukalyuk1, Mykola Kozyr1, Vitaly Zhuravlev2 1 Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Akademika Lebedeva St. 37, Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine. 2Ukrainian Entomological Society, Kyiv, Ukraine. (Email: asmoondey@gmail.com)

First record of Oplatocera (Epioplatocera) oberthuri (Gahan, 1906) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Meghalaya, North-eastern India doi: zenodo.org/records/10430095 *Amit Rana1 and Lobeno Mozhui2 1Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong- 793 003, Meghalaya, India. 2Department of Zoology, Nagaland University, Lumami- 798627, Nagaland, India. (Email: rana.amit13@rediffmail.com)

An updated list of bee species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) found in West Bengal, India along with two new state records doi: zenodo.org/records/7970515 Debjani Dey1, *Prodipta Biswas1, Jagdish Saini1, 2 and Rajmohana Keloth1 1 Zoological Survey of India (Recognized Research Centre of University of Calcutta), Prani Vigyan Bhawan, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India-700053. 2 Department of Zoology, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India- 211002. (Email: biswas.prodipta2018@gmail.com)