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A New Species of Buyisa Distant, 1907 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Cicadettini) from South Africa

A confirmed feeding attempt by the haematophagous horse fly Philoliche (Philoliche) rondani (Bertoloni, 1861) (Diptera: Tabanidae) on fresh carrion

scientific article published on 31 March 2022

A fuzzy classification technique for predicting species’ distributions: applications using invasive alien plants and indigenous insects

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A global study of forensically significant calliphorids: implications for identification.

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A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification

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A new genus and three new species of South African Cicadettini (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae)

scientific article published on 27 November 2020

A review of the alderfly genus Leptosialis Esben-Petersen (Megaloptera, Sialidae) with description of a new species from South Africa

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A survey of fruit-feeding insects and their parasitoids occurring on wild olives, Olea europaea ssp. cuspidata,in the Eastern Cape of South Africa

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A syndrome leading to ergatoid queens in ponerine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scholarly article by Martin Villet published August 1989 in Journal of Natural History

Advances in Entomological Methods for Death Time Estimation

scholarly article published 2011

Advantages of using development models of the carrion beetles Thanatophilus micans (Fabricius) and T. mutilatus (Castelneau) (Coleoptera: Silphidae) for estimating minimum post mortem intervals, verified with case data.

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Afromelampsalta , a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae)

scientific article published on 10 February 2020

Allopatric speciation in the flightless Phoberus capensis (Coleoptera: Trogidae) group, with description of two new species

scholarly article by Werner P. Strümpher published in May 2016

Amplified fragment length polymorphism confirms reciprocal monophyly in Chrysomya putoria and Chrysomya chloropyga: a correction of reported shared mtDNA haplotypes

scientific article published on 19 September 2011

An Accidental But Safe and Effective Use of Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Maggot Debridement Therapy in Alexandria, Egypt

scholarly article by Tarek I. Tantawi et al published 1 May 2010 in Journal of Medical Entomology

An accidental but safe and effective use of Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in maggot debridement therapy in Alexandria, Egypt

scientific article published on May 2010

Baited traps may be an alternative to conventional pesticides in integrated crop management of chicory (Compositae) in South Africa

scientific article published on February 2008

Checklist, endemism, English vernacular names and identification of the cicadas (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadidae) of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Climate change effects on animal and plant phylogenetic diversity in southern Africa

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Co-occurrence of mated workers and a mated queen in a colony of Platythyrea arnoldi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

journal article; published in African Zoology in 1993

Comparing models for predicting species’ potential distributions: a case study using correlative and mechanistic predictive modelling techniques

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Contemporary Precision, Bias and Accuracy of Minimum Post-Mortem Intervals Estimated Using Development of Carrion-Feeding Insects

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Cryptic variation in an ecological indicator organism: mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data confirm distinct lineages of Baetis harrisoni Barnard (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in southern Africa

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Deducing the coefficient of relationship by the amount of recombination produced during automictic parthenogenesis

Definitions of «caste» in social insects

scientific article published in 1992

Determination of species and instars of the larvae of the Afrotropical species of Thanatophilus Leach, 1817 (Coleoptera, Silphidae)

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Development of Thanatophilus micans (Fabricius 1794) (Coleoptera: Silphidae) at constant temperatures.

scientific article published on 9 September 2008

Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) assemblages in the western Italian Alps: benchmark data for land use monitoring

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Effect of temperature on development of the blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae).

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Effect of the killing method on post-mortem change in length of larvae of Thanatophilus micans (Fabricius 1794) (Coleoptera: Silphidae) stored in 70% ethanol

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Endothermy and chorusing behaviour in the African platypleurine cicada Pycna semiclara (Germar, 1834) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

scientific article published in 2003

Endothermy in African platypleurine cicadas: the influence of body size and habitat (Hemiptera: Cicadidae).

scientific article published in September 2004

Estimating the age of immature Chrysomya albiceps (Diptera: Calliphoridae), correcting for temperature and geographical latitude

scientific article published on 26 September 2007

Evolutionary Ecology of Birds: Life Histories, Mating Systems and Extinction

journal article; published in African Zoology in 2003

Factors affecting accuracy and precision of thermal summation models of insect development used to estimate post-mortem intervals

scientific article published on 21 June 2008

Field Guide to Insects of South Africa

journal article; published in African Zoology in 2003

Flies in the ointment: a morphological and molecular comparison of Lucilia cuprina and Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in South Africa.

scientific article published on 17 November 2008

Forensic entomotoxicology revisited-towards professional standardisation of study designs.

scientific article published on 31 May 2017

Global Cicada Sound Collection I: Recordings from South Africa and Malawi by B. W. Price & M. H. Villet and harvesting of BioAcoustica data by GBIF.

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Habitat requirements affect genetic variation in three species of mayfly (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from South Africa

scientific article published on 28 May 2020

Heat accumulation and development rate of massed maggots of the sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae).

scientific article published on 16 September 2016

Hot-blooded singers: endothermy facilitates crepuscular signaling in African platypleurine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Platypleura spp.).

scientific article published on 24 May 2003

INFLUENCE OF GRAZING BY LARGE MAMMALS ON THE SPIDER COMMUNITY OF A KENYAN SAVANNA BIOME

article published in 2005

Intermediate disturbance promotes diversity and the conservation of dung beetles (Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae and Aphodiidae) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Mating behavior and dispersal inPaltothyreus tarsatus Fabr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scholarly article by Martin Villet et al published May 1989 in Journal of Insect Behavior

Medical Entomology for Students

journal article; published in African Zoology in 2002

Models of development for blowfly sister species Chrysomya chloropyga and Chrysomya putoria.

scientific article published in March 2009

Molecular identification of some forensically important blowflies of southern Africa and Australia.

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Molecular phylogenetics of Oestroidea (Diptera: Calyptratae) with emphasis on Calliphoridae: insights into the inter-familial relationships and additional evidence for paraphyly among blowflies

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Molecular phylogeny of Chondrocyclus (Gastropoda: Cyclophoridae), a widespread genus of sedentary, restricted-range snails

scholarly article by Mary L. Cole published in September 2018

Molecular systematics of the African snake family Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Elapoidea), with particular focus on the genera Lamprophis Fitzinger 1843 and Mehelya Csiki 1903

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Morphological identification of Lucilia sericata, Lucilia cuprina and their hybrids (Diptera, Calliphoridae)

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Morphology and identification of first instars of African blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) commonly of forensic importance

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Nocturnal oviposition behavior of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the southern hemisphere (South Africa and Australia) and its forensic implications.

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Overview and revision of the extant genera and subgenera of Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)

Phylogenetic radiation of the greenbottle flies (Diptera, Calliphoridae, Luciliinae)

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Phylogenetics of Advanced Snakes (Caenophidia) Based on Four Mitochondrial Genes

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Phylogenetics of advanced snakes (Caenophidia) based on four mitochondrial genes

scientific article published in August 2003

Phylogeny, biogeography and classification of the snake superfamily Elapoidea: a rapid radiation in the late Eocene

scholarly article by Christopher M. R. Kelly et al published February 2009 in Cladistics

Phylogeographic, morphometric and taxonomic re-evaluation of the river sardine, Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Chedrini)

scientific article (publication date: 16 December 2016)

Pigs vs people: the use of pigs as analogues for humans in forensic entomology and taphonomy research

scientific article published on 17 June 2019

Preliminary observations on the effects of hydrocortisone and sodium methohexital on development of Sarcophaga (Curranea) tibialis Macquart (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), and implications for estimating post mortem interval.

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Rapid recovery of macroinvertebrates in a South African stream treated with rotenone

scientific article published on 14 January 2019

Re-evaluation of Ashton's types of African cicadas (Homoptera Cicadidae)

scientific article published in December 1999

Recent African derivation of Chrysomya putoria from C. chloropyga and mitochondrial DNA paraphyly of cytochrome oxidase subunit one in blowflies of forensic importance

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Redescription of three species of the genusPlatypleuraAmyot & Serville 1843 (Hemiptera Cicadidae)

scientific article published in November 1997

Reproduction and division of labour inPlatythyreacf.cribrinodis(Gerstaecker 1858) (Hymenoptera Formicidae): comparisons of individuals, colonies and species

scientific article published in December 1991

Revision of the Afrotropical genus Fainia Zumpt, 1958, with notes on the morphology of Rhiniidae subfamilies (Diptera, Oestroidea) ⬇️

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Season and environment modulate aquatic invertebrates’ responses to trout and indigenous fishes in three South African mountain streams

scientific article published in 2022

Social differentiation and division of labour in the queenless antPlatythyrea schultzeiForel 1910 (Hymenoptera Formicidae)

scientific article published in June 1991

Soil biota in a megadiverse country: Current knowledge and future research directions in South Africa

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South African nose flies (Diptera, Calliphoridae, Rhiniinae): taxonomy, diversity, distribution and biology

scientific article published on 13 January 2023

Species identification of adult African blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of forensic importance

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Sperm morphology in five species of cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae).

scientific article published on 2 November 2006

Sperm morphology in four species of African platypleurine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae).

scientific article published in August 2005

Spermiogenesis in three species of cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

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Successful identification of the final instar nymph ofQuintilia carinata(Thunberg) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) by DNA extraction from the exuvium

scientific article published on 16 December 2013

The Distribution, Habitat, Diet and Forensic Significance of the ScarabFrankenbergerius forcipatus(Harold, 1881) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

scholarly article by John M. Midgley published in December 2012

The cicada genus Tugelana Distant, 1912 (Hemiptera, Cicadidae): phylogenetic position and conservation status

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The cicada genusBaveaDistant 1905 (Homoptera Tibicinidae): redescription, distribution and phylogenetic affinities

scholarly article by Martin H. Villet published November 1993 in Tropical Zoology

The cicada genusNyaran. gen. (Homoptera Cicadidae): systematics, behaviour and conservation status

scientific article published in July 1999

The cicada genusStagean. gen. (Homoptera Tibicinidae): systematics

scientific article published in November 1994

The cicada genusStagiraStål 1861 (Homoptera Tibicinidae): systematic revision

scientific article published in November 1997

The cicada genusTugelanaDistant 1912 (Homoptera Cicadoidea): systematics and distribution

scientific article published in May 1994

The effect of water hyacinth,Eichhornia crassipes(Martius) SolmsLaubach (Pontederiaceae), on benthic biodiversity in two impoundments on the New Year's River, South Africa

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The first record of Omosita nearctica Kirejtshuk (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) in South Africa, with the first description of its mature larva

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The snake family Psammophiidae (Reptilia: Serpentes): phylogenetics and species delimitation in the African sand snakes (Psammophis Boie, 1825) and allied genera.

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The social biology ofHagensia havilandi(Forel 1901)(Hymenoptera Formicidae), and the origin of queenlessness in ponerine ants

scientific article published in December 1992

The temporal occurrence of flesh flies (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) at carrion-baited traps in Grahamstown, South Africa

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

The uses of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in forensic entomology

scientific article published on 21 March 2018

Thermal responses in some Eastern Cape African Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

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Two new species of Xosopsaltria Kirkaldy, 1904, with a key to the species of South African pygmy bladder cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae: Tettigomyiini)

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“Bactricia nematodes Kby., 1894” (Phasmida, Diapheromeridae, Diapheromerinae) is a nomen nudum

scientific article published in 2024

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