Several slug species are highly pestiferous and threaten global sustainable agriculture.
Current control methods rely heavily on metaldehyde pellets, which are often ineffective …

Simple Summary Terrestrial molluscs (slugs and snails) pose a major threat to agriculture,
causing severe yield losses in a wide range of crops worldwide. The limited number of …

The role of dipteran predators in biological pest control programs is reviewed and
discussed. Diptera encompasses a large number of potentially efficient predators for …

Simple Summary As malacologists long concerned with conservation of molluscs, we
present empirical evidence supporting the proposition that biological control of nonmarine …

While the value of linear farm habitats for the protection and enhancement of farmland
biodiversity in general is known, less is understood about their contribution to Diptera …

In this first tabulation and analysis of natural enemies of Sciomyzidae (snailkilling flies), 218
records are presented for 97 species and morphospecies in 44 genera of parasitoids …

The invasion of the terrestrial ecosystem by gastropods has immense negative impacts on
ecosystem functions, health, and agricultural plants. The non‐native slug, Deroceras laeve …

Terrestrial slugs are pervasive pests of agriculture throughout temperate regions and have
the potential to disrupt the germination of seedlings, cause damage to fruiting bodies of …

Introducción—Los moluscos son importantes plagas de los cultivos agrícolas, para los que
se utilizan en muchos casos molusquicidas químicos que contaminan el medio ambiente y …

Abstract Tetanocera elata (Fabricius)(Diptera: Sciomyzidae) is an obligate mesoparasitoid of
pestiferous Deroceras spp. slugs in the first and second larval instars and then emerges to …