1. Host suitability of the Mediterranean flour moth for rearing Meteorus pulchricornis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a polyphagous endoparasitoid of pest lepidopteran larvae

   • Soko Nakano
   • Jing-Je Gau
   • Kaoru Maeto

   Original Research Paper 18 April 2018 Pages: 291 - 296

   

2. Response of the wheat rhizosphere soil nematode community in wheat/walnut intercropping system in Xinjiang, Northwest China

   • Peng-hua Bai
   • Qi-Zhi Liu
   • Lin-lin Zhang

   Original Research Paper 21 April 2018 Pages: 297 - 306

   

3. Repellencies and toxicities of five ant-derived defensive compounds against the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae)

   • Erika T. Machtinger
   • Xiaolong Yang
   • Andrew Y. Li

   Original Research Paper 01 June 2018 Pages: 307 - 313

4. Seasonal differences in the abundance of an ant-adapted parasitoid, Lysiphlebus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae), in ant-attended colonies of the spirea aphid Aphis spiraecola (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on citrus: comparison for two ant species, Lasius japonicus and Pristomyrmex punctatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

   • Shuji Kaneko

   Original Research Paper 05 May 2018 Pages: 315 - 321

   

5. Fungi isolated from insects in strawberry crops act as potential biological control agents of Duponchelia fovealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

   • Carolina Gracia Poitevin
   • Mariana Vieira Porsani
   • Ida Chapaval Pimentel

   Original Research Paper 23 May 2018 Pages: 323 - 331

   

6. Environmental control of the seasonal life cycle of a zoophytophagous mirid, Adelphocoris triannulatus (Hemiptera: Miridae)

   • Jun-ya Tajima
   • Ryôhei Miyahara
   • Yoshinori Shintani

   Original Research Paper 23 May 2018 Pages: 333 - 341

   

7. Maladaptive photoperiodic response in an invasive alien insect, Milionia basalis pryeri (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), in southern Kyushu, Japan

   • Yoshinori Shintani
   • Yoshikazu Kato
   • Keisuke Nagamine

   Original Research Paper 11 May 2018 Pages: 343 - 351

   

8. A DNA barcoding method for identifying and quantifying the composition of pollen species collected by European honeybees, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

   • Tsunashi Kamo
   • Yoshinobu Kusumoto
   • Akihiro Konuma

   Original Research Paper Open access 16 May 2018 Pages: 353 - 361

   

9. Genetic and ecological differences between Asphondylia yushimai and the ivy gall midge, Asphondylia sp. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), with a new distribution record of the former from Hokkaido and South Korea

   • Nami Uechi
   • Wanggyu Kim
   • Junichi Yukawa

   Original Research Paper 01 June 2018 Pages: 363 - 371

   

10. Existence of two strains of Habrobracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): a complex in Thailand and Japan

    • Namphueng Chomphukhiao
    • Shun-ichiro Takano
    • Sopon Uraichuen

    Original Research Paper 23 May 2018 Pages: 373 - 380

    

11. Deficiency in dmrt99B ortholog causes behavioral abnormalities in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

    • Ryota Kasahara
    • Fugaku Aoki
    • Masataka G. Suzuki

    Original Research Paper 28 June 2018 Pages: 381 - 393

    

12. Reduction of sooty mold damage through biocontrol of the greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) using selective insecticides in tomato cultivation greenhouses

    • Satoshi Kamikawa
    • Takeo Imura
    • Hiroaki Sato

    Original Research Paper 19 June 2018 Pages: 395 - 402

    

13. Artificial transfer of a thelytoky-inducing Wolbachia endosymbiont between strains of the endoparasitoid wasp Asobara japonica (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

    • Shinpei Yamashita
    • Kazuo H. Takahashi

    Original Research Paper 14 June 2018 Pages: 403 - 409

    

14. Effect of Liriomyza huidobrensis (Diptera: Agromyzidae) density on foliar leaf damage and yield loss in potato

    • Min Kwon
    • Juil Kim
    • Rameswor Maharjan

    Original Research Paper 28 June 2018 Pages: 411 - 418

    

15. Molecular marker to identify the fungus gnat, Bradysia sp. (Diptera: Sciaridae), a new pest of Welsh onion and carrot in Japan

    • Makoto Arimoto
    • Ryuji Uesugi
    • Shin-ichi Yoshimatsu

    Technical Note 19 June 2018 Pages: 419 - 424

    

16. Fast molecular assay to detect the rate of decay of Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae) DNA in Pterostichus melas (Coleoptera: Carabidae) gut contents

    • Simona Panni
    • Roberto Pizzolotto

    Technical Note 23 June 2018 Pages: 425 - 431