Sawfly GenUS Sawflies are a unique group of wasp-like herbivorous insects, many of which are economic pests in North America. They have a variety of plant-feeding behaviors; they feed on leaves both externally and as leaf-miners and bore into stems of grasses, shrubs, and trees. Sawfly GenUS is an interactive identification tool for all sawfly…
Tubulifera Australiensis Thysanoptera-Phlaeothripidae genera in Australia In the insect Order Thysanoptera, the suborder Tubulifera includes only a single family of living thrips, the Phlaeothripidae, and this family includes at least 66% of the thrips species known from Australia. The illustrated identification system presented here helps to distinguish the 150 genera of Phlaeothripidae recorded from Australia…
Namibimydas and Nothomydas dichotomous key Dichotomous key to species of the Afrotropical Mydidae genera Namibimydas and Nothomydas (Insecta: Diptera: Mydidae) as published in Dikow 2012 (doi: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.053.0105). Archived:Key is archived at Zenodo.org in Structure of Descriptive Data (SDD) XML-file format and accessible at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5291895. Namibimydas and Nothomydas dichotomous key Namibimydas and Nothomydas dichotomous key home…
Afrotropical Mydidae genera dichotomous key Identification key to Afrotropical Mydidae genera published originally by Dikow in 2017 in the Manual of Afrotropical Diptera volume 2 (see https://bit.ly/AfrotropicalManual). This key includes updates and enhancements to the original key and will be kept up-to-date to include new taxa or synonymy etc. The present key is Version 2,…
Eremohaplomydas, Haplomydas, and Lachnocorynus key Dichotomous key to species of the Afrotropical Mydidae genera Eremohaplomydas Bequaert, 1959, Haplomydas, Bezzi, 1924, and Lachnocorynus Hesse, 1969 resulting from taxonomic revision published in Boschert & Dikow 2021 in African Invertebrates. Authors: Claire Boschert and Torsten Dikow Previous Next
Key to the Mantodea of Belize A regional key is provided to known species of Mantodea in Belize; the total number of known species is 21. Authors: Lohit Garikipati and Jason E. Bond, University of California Davis Key to the Mantodea of Belize home page Key to the Mantodea of Belize Lucid player Previous Next
What wasp is that? What wasp is that? contains an interactive identification key to the Australasian families of Hymenoptera and associated information on: the morphology of the Hymenoptera, including annotated drawings of the morphological terms used throughout the guide and key; the families, including images, biologies and defining characters;the diverse biology and ecology of the…
On the Fly – An interactive identification tool for Australian flies Android and iOS apps now available. With On The Fly you will be able to:Accurately identify the family to which an Australian fly belongs.Access further information on each Australian fly family, including photographs, a brief morphological description, biology and distribution, and links to literature…
Pest thrips in Timor Leste The insect Order Thysanoptera includes about 6300 described species worldwide. The greatest number of species live in tropical countries, but on Timor Leste scarcely 100 species have been recorded. The objective of the work presented here is to enable agricultural, horticultural, and quarantine entomologists of this country to recognize pest…
An Early Screening Tool for Exotic Scarab Pests to Australia Scarabaeidae is the largest family within the monophyletic Scarabaeoidea superfamily. It encompasses over 1,600 genera and exceeds 27,000 species worldwide, with numerous species still awaiting description. The larvae of Scarab beetles feed on decomposing plant material, dung or live plant parts. While most of the…