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Elliot S. Krafsur is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular attention to Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their work contributes to a broader understanding of insect behavior, taxonomy, and control techniques.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
  • Insect behavior and control techniques
  • Diptera species taxonomy and behavior

Krafsur has published research in the journal Medical and Veterinary Entomology. A notable paper from 2023 is titled Global population genetic structure and lineage differentiation of the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans.

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Cheng-Lung Tsai
  • Chia-Ning Lu
  • Hau-You Tzeng
  • Wu-Chun Tu
  • Wen-Bin Yeh

Best Publications

  • PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY AND GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN THERMAL TOLERANCE AND WATER LOSS OF THE TSETSE GLOSSINA PALLIDIPES (DIPTERA: GLOSSINIDAE): IMPLICATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION MODELLING

    John S. Terblanche;C. Jaco Klok;Elliot S. Krafsur;Steven L. Chown

  • TSETSE GENETICS: Contributions to Biology, Systematics, and Control of Tsetse Flies

    R.H. Gooding;E.S. Krafsur

  • Screwworm eradication in North and Central America

    E.S. Krafsur;C.J. Whitten;J.E. Novy

  • Performance of the Nzi and other traps for biting flies in North America.

    S. Mihok;D. A. Carlson;E. S. Krafsur;L. D. Foil

  • The bionomics and relative prevalence of Anopheles species with respect to the transmission of Plasmodium to man in western Ethiopia.

    E. S. Krafsur

  • A FORTRAN program for analysis of genotypic frequencies and description of the breeding structure of populations.

    W. C. Black;E. S. Krafsur

  • Gene Flow in the Exotic Colonizing LadybeetleHarmonia axyridisin North America

    E. S. Krafsur;T. J. Kring;J. C. Miller;P. Nariboli

  • An integrated view of entomological and parasitological observations on falciparum malaria in Gambela, Western Ethiopian Lowlands

    E.S. Krafsur;J.C. Armstrong

  • Cryobiology of the face fly and house fly (Diptera: Muscidae).

    Armando L Rosales;Elliot S Krafsur;Yonggyun Kim

  • Tsetse fly population genetics: an indirect approach to dispersal.

    Elliot S. Krafsur

  • Gene Flow Among Geographically Diverse Housefly Populations (Musca domestica L.): A Worldwide Survey of Mitochondrial Diversity

    J. G. Marquez;E. S. Krafsur

  • Hydrocarbon profiles of diapausing and reproductive adult face flies (Musca autumnalis)

    Russell A. Jurenka;Donald Holland;Elliot S. Krafsur

  • Use of Sticky Traps to Investigate Seasonal Trends in the Spatial Distribution of House Flies and Stable Flies (Diptera: Muscidae)

    W.C. Black;E.S. Krafsur

  • Genetic differentiation of some Glossina morsitans morsitans populations

    D. L. Wohlford;E. S. Krafsur;N. T. Griffiths;J. G. Marquez

  • Breeding structure of Glossina pallidipes populations evaluated by mitochondrial variation

    ES Krafsur;DL Wohlford

  • Age composition and seasonal phenology of house-fly (Diptera: Muscidae) populations

    E.S. Krafsur

  • Did the sterile insect technique or weather eradicate screwworms (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from Libya?

    E. S. Krafsur;D. A. Lindquist

  • Gene Flow in Populations of the Seven-Spotted Lady Beetle, Coccinella septempunctata

    E. S. Krafsur;J. J. Obrycki;R. V. Flanders

  • Genetic differentiation of Glossina morsitans centralis populations

    E. S. Krafsur;M. A. Endsley;D. L. Wohlford;N. T. Griffiths

  • Population biology and genetics of winter house fly (Diptera: Muscidae) populations

    W. C. Black;E. S. Krafsur

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Obrycki
John J. Obrycki University of Kentucky
Gregory C. Lanzaro
Gregory C. Lanzaro University of California, Davis
John Terblanche
John Terblanche Stellenbosch University
Lane D. Foil
Lane D. Foil Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
John D. Nason
John D. Nason Iowa State University
Peter W. Atkinson
Peter W. Atkinson University of California, Riverside
C. F. Curtis
C. F. Curtis London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Serap Aksoy
Serap Aksoy Yale University
Ian Maudlin
Ian Maudlin University of Edinburgh
Adalgisa Caccone
Adalgisa Caccone Yale University

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