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Egypt. Acad. J. Biolog. Sci., 13(3):1-13 (2020) Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences A. Entomology ISSN 1687- 8809 http://eajbsa.journals.ekb.eg/ The Mymaridae of Egypt (Chalcidoidea: Hymenoptera) Al-Azab, S. A. Plant Protection Research Institute, ARC, Egypt. Email: [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History Diagnostic characters of the family Mymaridae, together with diagnosis Received:15/5/2020 and keys to the Egyptian genera of the family-based upon the external Accepted:2/7/2020 morphological characters of the adult female and male are presented with ---------------------- illustrations to facilitate their recognition. Synonyms, taxonomic notes, hosts, Keywords: and habitat of the genera together with their representative species in Egypt Hymenoptera, are also provided to give general picture and high light on the occurrence, Chalcidoidea, diversity, and distribution of the mymarids in Egypt. The study based on the Mymaridae, materials kept in the main reference insect collections in Egypt, and the Taxonomy, available literature. Egypt. INTRODUCTION The Mymaridae (fairy wasps) are a family of chalcid wasps found in temperate and tropical regions throughout the world. It includes the most primitive members of the chalcid wasp and contains around 100 genera with about 1400 species (Noyes, 2005). Fairyflies are very tiny insects and include the world's smallest known insects. They generally range from 0.5 to 1.0 mm long. Adult mymarids are rather fragile, the body generally being slender and the wings narrow with an elongate marginal fringe. Their delicate bodies and their hair-fringed wings have earned them their common name. Very little is known of the life histories of fairyflies, as only a few species have been observed extensively. -
Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae
©Ges. zur Förderung d. Erforschung von Insektenwanderungen e.V. München, download unter www.zobodat.at _______Atalanta (Dezember 2003) 34(3/4):443-451, Würzburg, ISSN 0171-0079 _______ Natural enemies of burnets (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae) 2nd Contribution to the knowledge of hymenoptera paraziting burnets (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, Chaleididae) by Tadeusz Kazmierczak & J erzy S. D ^browski received 18.VIII.2003 Abstract: New trophic relationships between Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, Chaleididae, Pteromalidae, Encyrtidae, Torymidae, Eulophidae (Hymenoptera) and burnets (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae) collected in selected regions of southern Poland are considered. Introduction Over 30 species of insects from the family Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) occur in Central Europe. The occurrence of sixteen of them was reported in Poland (D/^browski & Krzywicki , 1982; D/^browski, 1998). Most of these species are decidedly xerothermophilous, i.e. they inhabit dry, open and strongly insolated habitats. Among the species discussed in this paperZygaena (Zygaena) angelicae O chsenheimer, Z. (Agrumenia) carniolica (Scopoli) and Z (Zygaena) loti (Denis & Schiffermuller) have the greatest requirements in this respect, and they mainly live in dry, strongly insolated grasslands situated on lime and chalk subsoil. The remaining species occur in fresh and moist habitats, e. g. in forest meadows and peatbogs. Due to overgrowing of the habitats of these insects with shrubs and trees as a result of natural succession and re forestation, or other antropogenic activities (urbanization, land reclamation) their numbers decrease, and they become more and more rare and endangered. During many years of investigations concerning the family Zygaenidae their primary and secondary parasitoids belonging to several families of Hymenoptera were reared. The host species were as follows: Adscita (Adscita) statices (L.), Zygaena (Mesembrynus) brizae (Esper), Z (Mesembrynus) minos (Denis & Schiffermuller), Z. -
Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States
Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States September 1993 OTA-F-565 NTIS order #PB94-107679 GPO stock #052-003-01347-9 Recommended Citation: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States, OTA-F-565 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, September 1993). For Sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office ii Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop, SSOP. Washington, DC 20402-9328 ISBN O-1 6-042075-X Foreword on-indigenous species (NIS)-----those species found beyond their natural ranges—are part and parcel of the U.S. landscape. Many are highly beneficial. Almost all U.S. crops and domesticated animals, many sport fish and aquiculture species, numerous horticultural plants, and most biologicalN control organisms have origins outside the country. A large number of NIS, however, cause significant economic, environmental, and health damage. These harmful species are the focus of this study. The total number of harmful NIS and their cumulative impacts are creating a growing burden for the country. We cannot completely stop the tide of new harmful introductions. Perfect screening, detection, and control are technically impossible and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Nevertheless, the Federal and State policies designed to protect us from the worst species are not safeguarding our national interests in important areas. These conclusions have a number of policy implications. First, the Nation has no real national policy on harmful introductions; the current system is piecemeal, lacking adequate rigor and comprehensiveness. Second, many Federal and State statutes, regulations, and programs are not keeping pace with new and spreading non-indigenous pests. -
Managing Alternative Pollinators a Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers, and Conservationists
Managing Alternative Pollinators A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers, and Conservationists ERIC MADER • MARLA SPIVAK • ELAINE EVANS Fair Use of this PDF file of Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers, and Conservationists, SARE Handbook 11, NRAES-186 By Eric Mader, Marla Spivak, and Elaine Evans Co-published by SARE and NRAES, February 2010 You can print copies of the PDF pages for personal use. If a complete copy is needed, we encourage you to purchase a copy as described below. Pages can be printed and copied for educational use. The book, authors, SARE, and NRAES should be acknowledged. Here is a sample acknowledgement: ----From Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers, and Conservationists, SARE Handbook 11, by Eric Mader, Marla Spivak, and Elaine Evans, and co- published by SARE and NRAES.---- No use of the PDF should diminish the marketability of the printed version. If you have questions about fair use of this PDF, contact NRAES. Purchasing the Book You can purchase printed copies on NRAES secure web site, www.nraes.org, or by calling (607) 255-7654. The book can also be purchased from SARE, visit www.sare.org. The list price is $23.50 plus shipping and handling. Quantity discounts are available. SARE and NRAES discount schedules differ. NRAES PO Box 4557 Ithaca, NY 14852-4557 Phone: (607) 255-7654 Fax: (607) 254-8770 Email: [email protected] Web: www.nraes.org SARE 1122 Patapsco Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-6715 (301) 405-8020 (301) 405-7711 – Fax www.sare.org More information on SARE and NRAES is included at the end of this PDF. -
Insects & Spiders of Kanha Tiger Reserve
Some Insects & Spiders of Kanha Tiger Reserve Some by Aniruddha Dhamorikar Insects & Spiders of Kanha Tiger Reserve Aniruddha Dhamorikar 1 2 Study of some Insect orders (Insecta) and Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Kanha Tiger Reserve by The Corbett Foundation Project investigator Aniruddha Dhamorikar Expert advisors Kedar Gore Dr Amol Patwardhan Dr Ashish Tiple Declaration This report is submitted in the fulfillment of the project initiated by The Corbett Foundation under the permission received from the PCCF (Wildlife), Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, communication code क्रम 車क/ तकनीकी-I / 386 dated January 20, 2014. Kanha Office Admin office Village Baherakhar, P.O. Nikkum 81-88, Atlanta, 8th Floor, 209, Dist Balaghat, Nariman Point, Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh 481116 Maharashtra 400021 Tel.: +91 7636290300 Tel.: +91 22 614666400 [email protected] www.corbettfoundation.org 3 Some Insects and Spiders of Kanha Tiger Reserve by Aniruddha Dhamorikar © The Corbett Foundation. 2015. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used, reproduced, or transmitted in any form (electronic and in print) for commercial purposes. This book is meant for educational purposes only, and can be reproduced or transmitted electronically or in print with due credit to the author and the publisher. All images are © Aniruddha Dhamorikar unless otherwise mentioned. Image credits (used under Creative Commons): Amol Patwardhan: Mottled emigrant (plate 1.l) Dinesh Valke: Whirligig beetle (plate 10.h) Jeffrey W. Lotz: Kerria lacca (plate 14.o) Piotr Naskrecki, Bud bug (plate 17.e) Beatriz Moisset: Sweat bee (plate 26.h) Lindsay Condon: Mole cricket (plate 28.l) Ashish Tiple: Common hooktail (plate 29.d) Ashish Tiple: Common clubtail (plate 29.e) Aleksandr: Lacewing larva (plate 34.c) Jeff Holman: Flea (plate 35.j) Kosta Mumcuoglu: Louse (plate 35.m) Erturac: Flea (plate 35.n) Cover: Amyciaea forticeps preying on Oecophylla smargdina, with a kleptoparasitic Phorid fly sharing in the meal. -
Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) Parasitizing Pauropsylla Cf
2018 ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA 58(1): 137–141 MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE doi: 10.2478/aemnp-2018-0011 ISSN 1804-6487 (online) – 0374-1036 (print) www.aemnp.eu SHORT COMMUNICATION A new species of Synopeas (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) parasitizing Pauropsylla cf. depressa (Psylloidea: Triozidae) in India Kamalanathan VEENAKUMARI1,*), Peter Neerup BUHL2) & Prashanth MOHANRAJ1) 1) National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P.B. No. 2491, Hebbal, 560024 Bangalore, India; e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] 2) Troldhøjvej 3, DK-3310 Ølsted, Denmark; e-mail: [email protected] *) corresponding author Accepted: Abstract. Synopeas pauropsyllae Veenakumari & Buhl, sp. nov., a new species of Synopeas 23rd April 2018 Förster, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Platygastridae: Platygastrinae), is recorded from Published online: galls induced by Pauropsylla cf. depressa Crawford, 1912 (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Triozidae) 29th May 2018 on Ficus benghalensis L. (Moraceae) in India. It is concluded that S. pauropsyllae is a pa- rasitoid of this psyllid species. This is the fi rst record of a platygastrid parasitizing this host. Key words. Hymenoptera, parasitoid wasp, Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, psyllid, taxonomy, gall, host plant, Ficus, India, Oriental Region Zoobank: http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5D64E6E7-2F4C-4B40-821F-CBF20E864D7D © 2018 The Authors. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Licence. Introduction inducing plant galls are mostly scale insects, aphids and With more than 5700 species and 264 genera, Platy- psyllids. Among psyllids (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: gastroidea is the third largest superfamily in the parasitic Psylloidea), several families are known to induce galls; Hymenoptera after Ichneumonoidea and Chalcidoidea gall-making species are particularly numerous in Triozidae, (AUSTIN et al. -
Iranian Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) © 2013 Akinik Publications Received: 28-06-2013 Shaaban Abd-Rabou*, Hassan Ghahari, Svetlana N
Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2013;1 (4): 116-140 ISSN 2320-7078 Iranian Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) JEZS 2013;1 (4): 116-140 © 2013 AkiNik Publications Received: 28-06-2013 Shaaban Abd-Rabou*, Hassan Ghahari, Svetlana N. Myartseva & Enrique Ruíz- Cancino Accepted: 23-07-2013 ABSTRACT Aphelinidae is one of the most important families in biological control of insect pests at a worldwide level. The following catalogue of the Iranian fauna of Aphelinidae includes a list of all genera and species recorded for the country, their distribution in and outside Iran, and known hosts in Iran. In total 138 species from 11 genera (Ablerus, Aphelinus, Aphytis, Coccobius, Coccophagoides, Coccophagus, Encarsia, Eretmocerus, Marietta, Myiocnema, Pteroptrix) are listed as the fauna of Iran. Aphelinus semiflavus Howard, 1908 and Coccophagoides similis (Masi, 1908) are new records for Iran. Key words: Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Aphelinidae, Catalogue. Shaaban Abd-Rabou Plant Protection Research 1. Introduction Institute, Agricultural Research Aphelinid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae) are important in nature, Center, Dokki-Giza, Egypt. especially in the population regulation of hemipterans on many different plants.These [E-mail: [email protected]] parasitoid wasps are also relevant in the biological control of whiteflies, soft scales and aphids [44] Hassan Ghahari . Studies on this family have been done mainly in relation with pests of fruit crops as citrus Department of Plant Protection, and others. John S. Noyes has published an Interactive On-line Catalogue [78] which includes Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad up-to-date published information on the taxonomy, distribution and hosts records for the University, Tehran, Iran. Chalcidoidea known throughout the world, including more than 1300 described species in 34 [E-mail: [email protected]] genera at world level. -
Twenty Three Species of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) New to the Fauna of Poland
Acta entomologica silesiana Vol. 26: (online 016): 1–7 ISSN 1230-7777, ISSN 2353-1703 (online) Bytom, April 4, 2018 Twenty three species of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) new to the fauna of Poland http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1212271 PETER NEERUP BUHL1, Paweł Jałoszyński2 1 Troldhøjvej 3, DK-3310 Ølsted, Denmark, e-mail: [email protected] 2 Muzeum Przyrodnicze Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, ul. Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wrocław, e-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT. Twenty three species of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) new to the fauna of Poland. New distributional records of twenty three species of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) are given, all reported for the first time from Poland: Gastrotrypes caudatus Brues, Leptacis coryphe BUHL, Platygaster betularia kieffer, P. damokles (BUHL), P. frater BUHL, P. germanica BUHL, P. gracilipes HUGGERT, P. microsculpturata BUHL, P. philinna walker, P. robiniae Buhl & Duso, P. signata (foerster), P. soederlundi BUHL, P. splendidula RUTHE, P. striatithorax BUHL, P. varicornis BUHL, Prosactogaster erdosi szelenyi, Synopeas convexum thomson, S. doczkali BUHL, S. fungorum BUHL, S. jasius (walker), S. noyesi BUHL, S. osaces (walker) and Trichacis pisis (walker). The new records increase the number of Platygastrinae known to occur in Poland to 124 species. KEY WORDS: Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae, Platygastrinae; faunistics, new records, Poland. INTRODUCTION Since the synopsis of GarBarczyk (1997), who listed from Poland 56 species of Platygastrinae (i.e., Platygastridae excluding Scelionidae and Sceliotrachelidae, as accepted by most authors today), a substantial progress has been made in the faunistic study of this group of tiny parasitoid wasps. Two species, Synopeas bialowiezaensis BUHL, 2005 and Platygaster polonica Buhl & Jałoszyński, 2016a were described based on specimens known only from Poland, and Inostemma kaponeni BUHL, 2005 was described from Finland and Poland. -
2017 City of York Biodiversity Action Plan
CITY OF YORK Local Biodiversity Action Plan 2017 City of York Local Biodiversity Action Plan - Executive Summary What is biodiversity and why is it important? Biodiversity is the variety of all species of plant and animal life on earth, and the places in which they live. Biodiversity has its own intrinsic value but is also provides us with a wide range of essential goods and services such as such as food, fresh water and clean air, natural flood and climate regulation and pollination of crops, but also less obvious services such as benefits to our health and wellbeing and providing a sense of place. We are experiencing global declines in biodiversity, and the goods and services which it provides are consistently undervalued. Efforts to protect and enhance biodiversity need to be significantly increased. The Biodiversity of the City of York The City of York area is a special place not only for its history, buildings and archaeology but also for its wildlife. York Minister is an 800 year old jewel in the historical crown of the city, but we also have our natural gems as well. York supports species and habitats which are of national, regional and local conservation importance including the endangered Tansy Beetle which until 2014 was known only to occur along stretches of the River Ouse around York and Selby; ancient flood meadows of which c.9-10% of the national resource occurs in York; populations of Otters and Water Voles on the River Ouse, River Foss and their tributaries; the country’s most northerly example of extensive lowland heath at Strensall Common; and internationally important populations of wetland birds in the Lower Derwent Valley. -
Checklist of the Spider Wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of British Columbia
Checklist of the Spider Wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of British Columbia Scott Russell Spencer Entomological Collection Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC Vancouver, B.C. The family Pompilidae is a cosmopolitan group of some 5000 species of wasps which prey almost exclusively on spiders, giving rise to their common name - the spider wasps. While morphologically monotonous (Evans 1951b), these species range in size from a few millimetres long to among the largest of all hymenopterans; genus Pepsis, the tarantula hawks may reach up to 64 mm long in some tropical species (Vardy 2000). B.C.'s largest pompilid, Calopompilus pyrrhomelas, reaches a more modest body length of 19 mm among specimens held in our collection. In North America, pompilids are known primarily from hot, arid areas, although some species are known from the Yukon Territories and at least one species can overwinter above the snowline in the Colorado mountains (Evans 1997). In most species, the females hunt, attack, and paralyse spiders before laying one egg on (or more rarely, inside) the spider. Prey preferences in Pompilidae are generally based on size, but some groups are known to specialize, such as genus Ageniella on jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) and Tachypompilus on wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) (Evans 1953). The paralysed host is then deposited in a burrow, which may have been appropriated from the spider, but is typically prepared before hunting from existing structures such as natural crevices, beetle tunnels, or cells belonging to other solitary wasps. While most pompilids follow this general pattern of behaviour, in the Nearctic region wasps of the genus Evagetes and the subfamily Ceropalinae exhibit cleptoparasitism (Evans 1953). -
4-6 Edition 1 Booklet
Summer Science Activity Book 2020, Edition 1 Grades 4-6 1 Algorithmic Art Algorithmic art combines computer science and art to create code that helps make works of art. It breaks art creation down into super simple steps like “draw a straight line” or “draw a circle.” It then adds some random elements to it like “draw 5 circles anywhere on the page” to create unique works. These simple steps create something called an algorithm (said like Al-go-rhythm) which is where this artform gets its name from! Did You Know? Algorithms are used everywhere, even in your day-to-day life! Examples of algorithms include things like recipes or instructions on how to play games like tag. It can even include things like how to tie a knot or your shoes! They are a simple list of steps telling something (like you or a computer) how to do something. Below is an example of the algorithm for playing normal tag – it only has two steps! 1. If you’re it, tag somebody. 2. Or else, if you’re not it, run away from the person who is it. The best part about doing algorithmic art is that you do not have to use a computer for it. If you were to give an algorithm to another person, they can act as a computer for you and try drawing it! The result might look very different from how you imagined it depending on how specific your instructions are. Let’s try drawing a house! Algorithm Drawing Space! 1. Draw a big square. -
Wasp and Bee Management a Common-Sense Approach
NRAES-185 Wasp and Bee Management A Common-Sense Approach Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann NRAES-185 Recycled Paper NRAES-185 Wasp and Bee Management A Common-Sense Approach Written by Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann New York State IPM Program Cornell University NRAES–185 October 2011 © 2011 by NRAES (Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service). All rights reserved. Inquiries invited. ISBN 978-1-933395-22-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gangloff-Kaufmann, Jody Lynn Wasp and bee management : a common-sense approach / Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann. p. cm. -- (NRAES ; 185) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-933395-22-7 1. Wasps. 2. Bees. 3. Wasps--Integrated control. 4. Bees--Integrated control. I. Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service. Cooperative Extension. II. Title. III. Series: NRAES (Series) ; 185. SB945.W3G36 2011 632’.79--dc23 2011023501 Disclaimer Mention of a trademark, proprietary product, or commercial firm in text or figures does not constitute an endorsement by the Cooperative Extension System or the publisher and does not imply approval to the exclusion of other suitable products or firms. Requests to reprint parts of this publication should be sent to NRAES. In your request, please state which parts of the publication you would like to reprint and describe how you intend to use the material. Contact NRAES if you have any questions. To order additional copies, contact: Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service (NRAES) Cooperative Extension PO Box 4557, Ithaca, New York 14852-4557 Phone: (607) 255-7654 • Fax: (607) 254-8770 Email: [email protected] • Web site: www.nraes.org Cover photo: A female Carpenter bee, T.