A checklist of soldierflies (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) in India

Wachkoo, Aıjaz Ahmad; Shah, Ghulam Mustafa; Jan, Ulfat; Akbar, Shahid

doi:10.1016/j.japb.2016.04.004

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“…BSF has been observed in several Pacific Island nations and territories [118,123], but not all: there are no records for Fiji, Nauru, Niue, Tokelau, Tonga, or Tuvalu, or for territories such as American Samoa (USA) [163], Norfolk Island (Australia), Tokelau (New Zealand), or Wallis and Futuna (France) [137]. For some, like Fiji, enough entomological collection efforts exist to suggest that BSF may truly be absent, in which case the ecological risk of importing a non-native species, even one as relatively harmless and cosmopolitan as BSF, may preclude the development of BSF farms.…”

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Potential of Black Soldier Fly Production for Pacific Small Island Developing States

Shelomi¹

2020

Animals

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Organic waste such as food waste and livestock manure is a serious concern in the Pacific Islands, where landfills are overflowing and illegal dumping of waste threatens the fragile ecosystems. Organic waste also attracts filth flies, some of which are vectors for pathogens that cause human disease. The black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens, has tremendous potential for the Pacific Islands. Capable of digesting almost any organic matter and converting it into insect biomass, black soldier flies are already being used around the world to process organic waste into larvae. The system can be adapted to large-scale municipal composting as well as small sizes for individual livestock farms or even urban households. The larvae can be fed live to fish or poultry, processed into feed comparable to fishmeal or soy meal, or even used to generate biofuel. Thus, the fly not only eliminates waste, but also can improve the sustainability of livestock production. The Pacific Small Island Developing States stand to benefit immensely from black soldier fly bioconversion facilities, used primarily as a means to compost organic waste; however, several knowledge gaps must first be addressed. We reviewed the state of black soldier flies in the Pacific and identified where their use shows the most promise. Research priorities for the field include fly surveys and bioconversion assays using Pacific crop waste.

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“…Papua New Guinea is highly biodiverse with many endemic species: BSF exists here [ 137 ], among other, rarer species of Hermetia [ 138 ]. It is also the only PSIDS with multiple records of several different edible insects [ 139 ], although these are not commercialized.…”

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Potential of Black Soldier Fly Production for Pacific Small Island Developing States

Shelomi¹

2020

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“…The other haematophagous Diptera, such as horseflies (Tabanidae) and biting midges (Simuliidae), can cause persistent itching and secondary infections at the site of bite. Six families found in the MMR are known to affect animals, the most notable are Calliphoridae and Muscidae which cause myiasis, and Hippoboscidae which are ectoparasites of birds and mammals, and nine families are known to damage standing crops and stored food, the most important being Tehpritidae, with over 200 species identified in India (Verghese et al 2002). Members of this family cause an estimated loss of US$ 242 million per year in Brazil (Oliveira et al 2013).…”

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<b>Flies matter: a study of the diversity of Diptera families (Insecta: Diptera) of Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Maharashtra, India, and notes on their ecological roles</b>

Dhamorikar

2017

J. Threat. Taxa

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C omm u n fi c a tt fi o n F fl fi e s m a tt tt e r : a s tt u d y o f tt h e d fi v e r s fi tt y o f D fi p tt e r a f am fi fl fi e s ( I n s e c tt a : D fi p tt e r a ) o f M um b a fi M e tt r o p o fl fi tt a n R e g fi o n , M a h a r a s h tt r a , I n d fi a , a n d n o tt e s o n tt h e fi r e c o fl o g fi c a fl r o fl e s T h r e a tt e n e d T a x a T h e J o u r n a fl o f T h r e a tt e n e d T a x a fi s d e d fi c a tt e d tt o b u fi fl d fi n g e v fi d e n c e f o r c o n s e r v a fi o n g fl o b a fl fl y b y p u b fl fi s h fi n g p e e r -r e v fi ew e d a r fi c fl e s o n fl fi n e e v e r y m o n tt h a tt a r e a s o n a b fl y r a p fi d r a tt e a tt www . tt h r e a tt e n e d tt a x a . o r g. A fl fl a r fi c fl e s p u b fl fi s h e d fi n J o T T a r e r e g fi s tt e r e d u n d e r C r e a fi v e C omm o n s A tt r fi b u fi o n 4 . 0 I n tt e r n a fi o n a fl L fi c e n s e u n fl e s s o tt h e rw fi s e m e n fi o n e d . J o T T a fl fl ow s u n r e s tt r fi c tt e d u s e o f a r fi c fl e s fi n a n y m e d fi um , r e p r o d u c fi o n , a n d d fi s tt r fi b u fi o n b y p r o v fi d fi n g a d e q u a tt e c r e d fi tt tt o tt h e a u tt h o r s a n d tt h e s o u r c e o f p u b fl fi c a fi o n .O P E N A C C E S S P a r tt n e r www . tt h r e a tt e n e d tt a x a . o r g I S S N 0 9 7 4 -7 9 0 7 ( O n fl fi n e ) | I S S N 0 9 7 4 -7 8 9 3 ( P r fi n tt ) Funding: None. Competing interests:The author declares no competing interests. OPEN ACCESSJournal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 November 2017 | 9(11): 10865-10879Abstract: Diptera is one of the three largest insect orders, encompassing insects commonly known as 'true flies'. They are one of the most important in terms of their interactions with humans. Family-level diversity of Diptera was studied in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR)-50 families were recorded in four protected areas-Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnala Bird Sanctuary, and Matheran Eco-Sensitive Zone, of which 24 were also found in urban areas of Mumbai and Thane City. The MMR's family-level dipteran diversity constitutes 78% of families documented in the Western Ghats and 57% of India's known families of Diptera. The recorded Diptera families were segregated into two groups based on their habits -beneficial and pestiferous. Of the 50 families, 66% comprised members which were beneficial in terms of flower visitations (28%), decomposition (24%), and predators and parasitoids of pest insects (14%), whereas 34% comprised members that were pestiferous in nature in terms of posing a threat to human health and causing nuisance (11%), causing crop and food damage (12%), posing a threat to animal health (8%), and as parasitoids of beneficial insects (3%). In terms of their feeding preferences, the majority of the adults were flower visitors (26%), 24% were saprophagous, followed by members that were frugivorous, fungivorous, coprophagous, and predatory in nature. Among larval feeding habit...

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“…Faunal diversity of Western Himalaya is rich and diversified due to varied climatic conditions ranging from tropical in Shivalik foothills to very cold environment in the Trans Himalaya. There is a dominance of Palaearctic and endemic fauna above timber line (3000 m) and Oriental and some Palaearctic and Ethiopian elements at lower and middle altitudes (Sidhu et al 2012, Shah et al 2014, Wachkoo et al 2016). …”

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First description of the sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with notes on distribution in Western Himalaya

Wachkoo¹,

Akbar²

2016

BDJ

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BackgroundThe taxonomy of Camponotus ants in India is mostly based on the worker caste, described in about 96% of the known species (AntWeb 2016). However, nearly 48% of these ant species are only known from workers, with no record of sexual forms. To improve knowledge of Indian Camponotus, we here describe sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr 1879.New informationThe hitherto unknown sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr 1879 are described for the first time. Workers are redescribed and distribution of this ant species in Indian Western Himalaya is herewith detailed.

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A checklist of soldierflies (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) in India

Cited by 11 publications

References 40 publications

Potential of Black Soldier Fly Production for Pacific Small Island Developing States

Potential of Black Soldier Fly Production for Pacific Small Island Developing States

<b>Flies matter: a study of the diversity of Diptera families (Insecta: Diptera) of Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Maharashtra, India, and notes on their ecological roles</b>

First description of the sexuals of Camponotus opaciventris Mayr, 1879 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with notes on distribution in Western Himalaya

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