Terrestrial Hemiptera were surveyed in Betla National Park, Jharkhand, India, to document the diversity and distribution of true bugs within this protected area. Field collections were undertaken during 2021 across selected localities of the park, including Sidhapatch Watch Tower...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2026/v22i6668
Background: Tephritid fruit flies (Order Diptera: Family Tephritidae), commonly known as true fruit flies, are amongst the most destructive insect pests of agricultural and horticultural production. These pests cause significant economic losses through direct fruit damage and qua...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i23685
Coffin flies (Diptera: Phoridae) are crucial to forensic studies because they can inhabit coffins or be found on buried corpses, thus aiding in determining the postmortem interval (PMI) and body relocation in criminal cases. But phorid flies are hard to identify because they are...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103112
The Lower Gangetic Plains are India's central horticultural crop production regions. Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are a significant insect pest that significantly hinders the effective crop production of various commercially valuable fruit and vegetable crops. Therefore, ra...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i71020