DOCSLIB.ORG

Insects of Point Pelee National Park 2009

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

INSECTS OF POINT PELEE NATIONAL PARK 2009 The University of Guelph Insect collection has a long history of survey work at Point Pelee National Park, starting with regular collecting trips arranged by D.H. Pengelly in the 1970's and continuing to the present day, with S.A. Marshall leading the project since 1982. Several reports on insect diversity in the Park have been submitted by S.A. Marshall and his students and associates, especially M. Buck, S. Paiero and O. Lonsdale. We have reported on many rare insects from the park and the nearby Lake Erie Islands, and maintained a complete list of identified Pelee and area specimens in the University of Guelph Insect Collection. Currently the Guelph collection houses close to 30,000 specimen records from Point Pelee and the Lake Erie Islands. Most of these are incorporated into an extensive BIOTA specimen database that was used to generate the species list attached below. Although the appended lists, including some 2500 species, are significant, many provincially and nationally significant insect species undoubtedly remain undocumented in Point Pelee National Park. We are continuing our 30 year tradition of building the baseline collection and associated electronic database as part of a continuing, albeit unfunded, inventory of the area. The list provided here was generated in 2009 and has been altered since the report given for the original Point Pelee survey in 1999–2000. Order Family Genus (species Author) Blattaria Blattellidae Parcoblatta pennsylvanica (DeGeer) Blattaria Blattellidae Parcoblatta virginica (Brunner) Blattaria Blattellidae Parcoblatta uhleriana (Scudder) Blattaria Blattidae Blatta orientalis Linnaeus Coleoptera Aderidae Elonus basalis (LeConte) Coleoptera Alleculidae Alleculidae gen. sp. Coleoptera Anobiidae Calymmaderus nitidus (LeConte) Coleoptera Anobiidae Euvrilletta peltata (Harris) Coleoptera Anobiidae Hemicoelus Coleoptera Anobiidae Oligomerus Coleoptera Anobiidae Oligomerus obtusus LeConte Coleoptera Anobiidae Petalium seriatum Fallén Coleoptera Anobiidae Ptilinus ruficornis Say Coleoptera Anobiidae Trichodesma klagesi Fall Coleoptera Anobiidae Trichodesma gibbosa (Say) Coleoptera Anobiidae Tricorynus Coleoptera Anthicidae Acanthinus myrmecops (Casey) Order Family Genus (species Author) Coleoptera Anthicidae Anthicus scabriceps LeConte Coleoptera Anthicidae Anthicus ephippium LaFerte Coleoptera Anthicidae Anthicus virginiae (Casey) Coleoptera Anthicidae Anthicus cervinus LaFerte Coleoptera Anthicidae Anthicus Coleoptera Anthicidae Mecynotarsus candidus LeConte Coleoptera Anthicidae Notoxus subtilis LeConte Coleoptera Anthicidae Notoxus Coleoptera Anthicidae Notoxus desertus Casey Coleoptera Anthicidae Sapintus Coleoptera Anthribidae Euparius Coleoptera Anthribidae Euparius marmoreus (Olivier) Coleoptera Anthribidae Ormiscus walshii (LeConte) Coleoptera Bostrichidae Lichenophanes bicornis (Weber) Coleoptera Bostrichidae Lichenophanes truncaticollis (LeConte) Coleoptera Brentidae Arrhenodes minuta (Drury) Coleoptera Bruchidae Althaeus Coleoptera Bruchidae Amblycerus robiniae (Fabricius) Coleoptera Bruchidae Bruchus brachialis Fahraeus Coleoptera Bruchidae Megacerus discoidus (Say) Coleoptera Buprestidae Acmaeodera tubulus (Fabricius, 1801) Coleoptera Buprestidae Acmaeodera pulchella (Herbst, 1801) Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilaxia flavimana (Gory, 1841) Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus fallax Say, 1839 Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus masculinus Horn, 1891 Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus subcinctus Gory, 1841 Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus otiosus Say, 1839 Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus cephalicus LeConte, 1860 Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus arcuatus (Say, 1825) Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus acutipennis Mannerheim, 1837 Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus celti Knull, 1920 Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus egenus Gory, 1841 Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus bilineatus bilineatus (Weber), 1801 Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus cyanescens (Ratzeburg, 1837) Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus obsoletoguttatus Gory, 1841 Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus lacustris LeConte, 1860 Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus politus (Say, 1825) Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus lecontei Saunders, 1871 Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus ruficollis (Fabricius, 1787) Insects of Point Pelee, 2009 Order Family Genus (species Author) Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus cf. cephalicus LeConte Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus cuprescens Ménétries Coleoptera Buprestidae Brachys aeruginosus Gory, 1841 Coleoptera Buprestidae Brachys ovatus (Weber, 1801) Coleoptera Buprestidae Chrysobothris adelpha Gemminger & Harold, 1860 Coleoptera Buprestidae Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier, 1790) Coleoptera Buprestidae Chrysobothris sexsignata (Say, 1839) Coleoptera Buprestidae Descarpentriesina cyanipes (Say, 1823) Coleoptera Buprestidae Dicerca tenebrica (Kirby, 1837) Coleoptera Buprestidae Dicerca divaricata (Say, 1823) Coleoptera Buprestidae Haplanthaxia viridicornis (Say, 1823) Coleoptera Buprestidae Taphrocerus gracilis (Say, 1825) Coleoptera Byturidae Byturus unicolor Say Coleoptera Cantharidae Cantharis Coleoptera Cantharidae Cantharis carolinus Fabricius Coleoptera Cantharidae Podabrus Coleoptera Cantharidae Podabrus tomentosus (Say) Coleoptera Cantharidae Podabrus rugosulus LeConte Coleoptera Cantharidae Polemius laticornis (Say) Coleoptera Cantharidae Rhagonycha Coleoptera Carabidae Acupalpus partiarius (Say) Coleoptera Carabidae Acupalpus pauperculus Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Acupalpus pumilus Lindroth Coleoptera Carabidae Acupalpus rectangulus Chaudoir Coleoptera Carabidae Acupalpus nanellus Casey Coleoptera Carabidae Acupalpus testaceus Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Acupalpus cf. indistinctus Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Acupalpus carus (LeConte) Coleoptera Carabidae Acupalpus indistinctus Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Agonoderus lecontei Chaudoir Coleoptera Carabidae Agonoderus pallipes Fabricius Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum galvestonicum (Casey) Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum moerens Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum rufipes Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum placidum (Say) Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum extensicolle (Say) Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum striatopunctatum Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum lutulentum (LeConte) Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum crenistriatum (LeConte) Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum albicrus Dejean Insects of Point Pelee, 2009 Order Family Genus (species Author) Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum decorum (Say) Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum aeruginosum Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum harrisii LeConte Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum thoreyi Dejean, 1828 Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum metallescens (LeConte) Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum tenue (LeConte) Coleoptera Carabidae Agonum octopunctatum (Fabricius) Coleoptera Carabidae Amara Coleoptera Carabidae Amara exarata Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Amara cupreolata Putzeys Coleoptera Carabidae Amara familiaris (Duftschmid) Coleoptera Carabidae Amara convexa LeConte Coleoptera Carabidae Amara angustata (Say) Coleoptera Carabidae Amara quenseli (Schonherr) Coleoptera Carabidae Amara aenea (DeGeer) Coleoptera Carabidae Amphasia sericea (Harris) Coleoptera Carabidae Anisodactylus Coleoptera Carabidae Anisodactylus discoideus Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Anisodactylus carbonarius (Say) Coleoptera Carabidae Anisodactylus melanopus (Haldeman) Coleoptera Carabidae Anisodactylus ovularis (Casey) Coleoptera Carabidae Anisodactylus verticalis (LeConte) Coleoptera Carabidae Apenes sinuatus (Say) Coleoptera Carabidae Apristus subsulcatus Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Apristus latens (LeConte) Coleoptera Carabidae Badister ocularis Casey Coleoptera Carabidae Badister transversus Casey Coleoptera Carabidae Badister grandiceps Casey Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion impotens Casey Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion mimus Hayward Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion quadrimaculatum oppositum Say Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion patruele Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion rapidum (LeConte) Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion americanum Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Brachinus janthinipennis (Dejean) Coleoptera Carabidae Brachinus cyanochroaticus Erwin Coleoptera Carabidae Brachinus tenuicollis LeConte Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus ingratus Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus gregarius (Say) Insects of Point Pelee, 2009 Order Family Genus (species Author) Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus opaculus LeConte Coleoptera Carabidae Calleida punctata LeConte Coleoptera Carabidae Calosoma calidium (Fabricius) Coleoptera Carabidae Calosoma scrutator Fabricius Coleoptera Carabidae Calosoma externum (Say) Coleoptera Carabidae Calosoma wilcoxi LeConte Coleoptera Carabidae Carabus goryi Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Chlaenius Coleoptera Carabidae Chlaenius tricolor Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Chlaenius aestivus Say Coleoptera Carabidae Chlaenius pensylvanicus Say Coleoptera Carabidae Chlaenius impunctifrons Say Coleoptera Carabidae Chlaenius niger Randall Coleoptera Carabidae Chlaenius emarginatus Say Coleoptera Carabidae Chlaenius nemoralis Say Coleoptera Carabidae Chlaenius pusillus Say Coleoptera Carabidae Clivina Coleoptera Carabidae Clivina collaris Herbst Coleoptera Carabidae Clivina impressifrons LeConte Coleoptera Carabidae Clivina americana Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Clivina bipustulata (Fabricius) Coleoptera Carabidae Colliuris pensylvanica (Linnaeus) Coleoptera Carabidae Cymindis limbatus (Dejean) Coleoptera Carabidae Cymindis pilosus Say Coleoptera Carabidae Cymindis platicollis (Say) Coleoptera Carabidae Diplocheila impressicollis Dejean Coleoptera Carabidae Diplocheila
Recommended publications
  • Sunday, March 4, 2012

    Sunday, March 4, 2012

    Joint Meeting of the Southeastern and Southwestern Branches Entomological Society of America 4-7 March 2012 Little Rock, Arkansas 0 Dr. Norman C. Leppla President, Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America, 2011-2012 Dr. Allen E. Knutson President, Southwestern Branch of the Entomological Society of America, 2011-2012 1 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Presidents Norman C. Leppla (SEB) and Allen E. 1 Knutson (SWB) ESA Section Names and Acronyms 5 PROGRAM SUMMARY 6 Meeting Notices and Policies 11 SEB Officers and Committees: 2011-2012 14 SWB Officers and Committees: 2011-2012 16 SEB Award Recipients 19 SWB Award Recipients 36 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SUMMARY 44 MONDAY SUMMARY 45 Plenary Session 47 BS Student Oral Competition 48 MS Student Oral Competition I 49 MS Student Oral Competition II 50 MS Student Oral Competition III 52 MS Student Oral Competition IV 53 PhD Student Oral Competition I 54 PhD Student Oral Competition II 56 BS Student Poster Competition 57 MS Student Poster Competition 59 PhD Student Poster Competition 62 Linnaean Games Finals/Student Awards 64 TUESDAY SUMMARY 65 Contributed Papers: P-IE (Soybeans and Stink Bugs) 67 Symposium: Spotted Wing Drosophila in the Southeast 68 Armyworm Symposium 69 Symposium: Functional Genomics of Tick-Pathogen 70 Interface Contributed Papers: PBT and SEB Sections 71 Contributed Papers: P-IE (Cotton and Corn) 72 Turf and Ornamentals Symposium 73 Joint Awards Ceremony, Luncheon, and Photo Salon 74 Contributed Papers: MUVE Section 75 3 Symposium: Biological Control Success
  • Molecular Diagnostics of Economically Important Wireworm Species (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in the Midwestern United States a Thes

    Molecular Diagnostics of Economically Important Wireworm Species (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in the Midwestern United States a Thes

    Molecular Diagnostics of Economically Important Wireworm Species (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in the Midwestern United States A Thesis presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School at the University of Missouri-Columbia In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science By Erica Lindroth Dr. Thomas Clark, Thesis Supervisor August 2007 The undersigned, appointed by the dean of the Graduate School, have examined the thesis entitled Molecular Diagnostics of Economically Important Wireworm Species (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in the Midwestern United States presented by Erica Lindroth, a candidate for the degree of master of science, and hereby certify that, in their opinion, it is worthy of acceptance. _________________________ Dr. Thomas Clark _________________________ Dr. Robert Sites _________________________ Dr. Brenda Beerntsen _________________________ Dr. George Smith i To my husband, for his patience. ii Acknowledgements I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Tom Clark, for his support and advice. I would like to thank my committee members, Dr. Bob Sites, Dr. Brenda Beerntsen, and Dr. George Smith. Many thanks to the myriad students, extension workers, entomology professors, and farmers who helped me obtain wireworm samples, including: Tom Kuhar, John Van Duyn, Pat Davis, Chris DiFonzo, Gerald Wilde, Gary Hein, D. Moellenbeck, Lyndon Brush, Ben Puttler, Wayne Bailey, Francis Lloyd, Lisa Meihls, Kevin Steffey, Billy Fuller, Eileen Cullen, Greg Andrews, Greg Kerr, Gary Cramer, and Leslie Loehr. I would like to thank Sandy Briesacher for her help with laboratory procedures. Finally, I would like to thank Akekawat Vitheepradit for helping me learn about phylogenetic analyses and always letting me know when there was free food.
  • Entomology Day 2018 Wyre Forest Study Group

    Entomology Day 2018 Wyre Forest Study Group

    Wyre Forest Study Group Entomology Day 2018 ChaIR: Brett WestwOOD, RepOrt: SUsan LIMbreY Flights of Fancy Speakers from left: Wendy Carter, Steven Falk, Richard Comont, Brett Westwood, Malcolm Smart, Erica McAlister, Gary Farmer Steve Horton Chaired by Brett Westwood, our title gave speak- in 1983, this book, with its simple keys, big genera di- ers scope to cover a range of topics, out of which a vided into smaller keys and short snappy text with an recurring theme of concern about pollinating insects ecological flavour, made recording much easier, broke became apparent. down barriers, and influenced Steven’s own later work. He spent his second undergraduate year doing 13 dip- Steven Falk, in Breaking Down Barriers to In- tera plates for Michael Chinery’s Collins Guide to the vertebrate Identification, told us that throughout Insects of Britain and Northern Europe (1986), one of his career he has been committed to making entomol- five artists illustrating 2000 species, another ground- ogy accessible no matter what level of expertise peo- breaking book. Steven showed us how his technique ple may have. He started as an artist, and he showed us progressed through the book, for example with lateral some of his childhood, but far from childish, pictures of lighting giving a three dimensional effect. birds. He was as fascinated by the literature and by the artists and their techniques, as by the natural history, In 1985, work began on illustrations for George Else’s citing Roger Tory Peterson, the father of modern user- Handbook to British Bees. Pen and ink, using combi- friendly field guides, the draughtsmanship of Charles nations of stippling and cross-hatching, produced an Tunnicliffe using watercolours, and Basil Ede, using amazing array of tones and textures, and Steven ac- gouache, among others.
  • Final Report 1

    Final Report 1

    Sand pit for Biodiversity at Cep II quarry Researcher: Klára Řehounková Research group: Petr Bogusch, David Boukal, Milan Boukal, Lukáš Čížek, František Grycz, Petr Hesoun, Kamila Lencová, Anna Lepšová, Jan Máca, Pavel Marhoul, Klára Řehounková, Jiří Řehounek, Lenka Schmidtmayerová, Robert Tropek Březen – září 2012 Abstract We compared the effect of restoration status (technical reclamation, spontaneous succession, disturbed succession) on the communities of vascular plants and assemblages of arthropods in CEP II sand pit (T řebo ňsko region, SW part of the Czech Republic) to evaluate their biodiversity and conservation potential. We also studied the experimental restoration of psammophytic grasslands to compare the impact of two near-natural restoration methods (spontaneous and assisted succession) to establishment of target species. The sand pit comprises stages of 2 to 30 years since site abandonment with moisture gradient from wet to dry habitats. In all studied groups, i.e. vascular pants and arthropods, open spontaneously revegetated sites continuously disturbed by intensive recreation activities hosted the largest proportion of target and endangered species which occurred less in the more closed spontaneously revegetated sites and which were nearly absent in technically reclaimed sites. Out results provide clear evidence that the mosaics of spontaneously established forests habitats and open sand habitats are the most valuable stands from the conservation point of view. It has been documented that no expensive technical reclamations are needed to restore post-mining sites which can serve as secondary habitats for many endangered and declining species. The experimental restoration of rare and endangered plant communities seems to be efficient and promising method for a future large-scale restoration projects in abandoned sand pits.
  • New Records of Psilidae, Piophilidae, Lauxaniidae, Cremifaniidae and Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia

    New Records of Psilidae, Piophilidae, Lauxaniidae, Cremifaniidae and Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia

    ISSN 2336-3193 Acta Mus. Siles. Sci. Natur., 65: 51-62, 2016 DOI: 10.1515/cszma-2016-0005 New records of Psilidae, Piophilidae, Lauxaniidae, Cremifaniidae and Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia Jindřich Roháček, Miroslav Barták & Jiří Preisler New records of Psilidae, Piophilidae, Lauxaniidae, Cremifaniidae and Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. – Acta Mus. Siles. Sci. Natur. 65: 51-62, 2016. Abstract: Records of eight rare species of the families Psilidae (4), Piophilidae (1), Lauxaniidae (1), Cremifaniidae (1) and Sphaeroceridae (1) from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria are presented and their importance to the knowledge of the biodiversity of local faunas is discussed along with notes on their biology, distribution and identification. Psilidae: Chamaepsila tenebrica (Shatalkin, 1986) is a new addition to the West Palaearctic fauna (recorded from the Czech Republic and Slovakia); Ch. andreji (Shatalkin, 1991) and Ch. confusa Shatalkin & Merz, 2010 are recorded from the Czech Republic (both Bohemia and Moravia) and Ch. andreji also from Austria for the first time, and Ch. unilineata (Zetterstedt, 1847) is added to the fauna of Moravia. Also Homoneura lamellata (Becker, 1895) (Lauxaniidae) and Cremifania nigrocellulata Czerny, 1904 (Cremifaniidae) are first recorded from Moravia and Copromyza pseudostercoraria Papp, 1976 (Sphaeroceridae) is a new addition to faunas of both the Czech Republic (Moravia only) and Slovakia, and its record from Moravia represents a new northernmost limit of its distribution. Pseudoseps signata (Fallén, 1820) (Piophilidae), an endangered species in the Czech Republic, is reported from Bohemia for second time. Photographs of Chamaepsila tenebrica (male), Pseudoseps signata (living female), Homoneura lamellata (male), Cremifania lanceolata (male) and Copromyza pseudostercoraria (male) are presented to enable recognition of these species.
  • Ant-Like Flower Beetles (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) of the Uk, Ireland and Channel Isles

    Ant-Like Flower Beetles (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) of the Uk, Ireland and Channel Isles

    BR. J. ENT. NAT. HIST., 23: 2010 99 ANT-LIKE FLOWER BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: ANTHICIDAE) OF THE UK, IRELAND AND CHANNEL ISLES DMITRY TELNOV Stopinu novads, Darza iela 10, LV-2130, Dzidrinas, Latvia; E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT The Anthicidae or ant-like flower beetles of the UK, Ireland and Channel Isles are reviewed. A species list, identification key, short diagnoses and illustrations of all taxa are given. Brief information on known ecological preferences of species is given. Key words: identification, distribution, key, United Kingdom, Ireland, fauna, ecology. INTRODUCTION Anthicidae are a cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized, fast-moving beetles of the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. Anthicidae are represented in the World fauna by approximately 100 genera, and about 3500 species (Chandler, 2010). Only a few species are known from the fossil record. The last revision of the British Anthicidae was published by F. D. Buck (1954) in the well-known series Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Since then, there have been numerous nomenclatural changes within Anthicidae, and some additional species (introduced) have been recorded from the UK, making Buck’s key out of date. During 2004 and 2005 a total of 3356 specimens of Anthicidae from the UK and Ireland were examined by the author, mainly from the collections of The Natural History Museum (London), Oxford University Museum of Natural History and National Museum of Ireland. Additional data for more than 2100 specimens were received from other British museums and private collections between 2005 and 2007. A new key and short diagnoses for the genera are presented, as well as data on habitats and general distribution of species.
  • Coleópteros Saproxílicos De Los Bosques De Montaña En El Norte De La Comunidad De Madrid

    Coleópteros Saproxílicos De Los Bosques De Montaña En El Norte De La Comunidad De Madrid

    Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos Coleópteros Saproxílicos de los Bosques de Montaña en el Norte de la Comunidad de Madrid T e s i s D o c t o r a l Juan Jesús de la Rosa Maldonado Licenciado en Ciencias Ambientales 2014 Departamento de Producción Vegetal: Botánica y Protección Vegetal Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos Coleópteros Saproxílicos de los Bosques de Montaña en el Norte de la Comunidad de Madrid Juan Jesús de la Rosa Maldonado Licenciado en Ciencias Ambientales Directores: D. Pedro del Estal Padillo, Doctor Ingeniero Agrónomo D. Marcos Méndez Iglesias, Doctor en Biología 2014 Tribunal nombrado por el Magfco. y Excmo. Sr. Rector de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid el día de de 2014. Presidente D. Vocal D. Vocal D. Vocal D. Secretario D. Suplente D. Suplente D. Realizada la lectura y defensa de la Tesis el día de de 2014 en Madrid, en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos. Calificación: El Presidente Los Vocales El Secretario AGRADECIMIENTOS A Ángel Quirós, Diego Marín Armijos, Isabel López, Marga López, José Luis Gómez Grande, María José Morales, Alba López, Jorge Martínez Huelves, Miguel Corra, Adriana García, Natalia Rojas, Rafa Castro, Ana Busto, Enrique Gorroño y resto de amigos que puntualmente colaboraron en los trabajos de campo o de gabinete. A la Guardería Forestal de la comarca de Buitrago de Lozoya, por su permanente apoyo logístico. A los especialistas en taxonomía que participaron en la identificación del material recolectado, pues sin su asistencia hubiera sido mucho más difícil finalizar este trabajo.
  • Zootaxa, Diptera, Opomyzoidea

    Zootaxa, Diptera, Opomyzoidea

    Zootaxa 1009: 21–36 (2005) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ ZOOTAXA 1009 Copyright © 2005 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Curiosimusca, gen. nov., and three new species in the family Aul- acigastridae from the Oriental Region (Diptera: Opomyzoidea) ALESSANDRA RUNG, WAYNE N. MATHIS & LÁSZLÓ PAPP (AR) Department of Entomology, 4112 Plant Sciences Building, University of Maryland, College Park, Mary- land 20742, United States. E-mail: [email protected]. (WNM) Department of Entomology, NHB 169, PO BOX 37012, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012, United States. E-mail: [email protected]. (LP) Zoological Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross utca 13, PO BOX 137, 1431 Budapest, Hungary. E-mail: [email protected]. Abstract A new genus, Curiosimusca, and three new species (C. khooi, C. orientalis, C. maefangensis) are described from specimens collected in the Oriental Region (Malaysia, Thailand). Curiosimusca is postulated to be the sister group of Aulacigaster Macquart and for the present is the only other genus included in the family Aulacigastridae (Opomyzoidea). Morphological evidence is presented to document our preliminary hypothesis of phylogenetic relationships. Key words: Aulacigastridae, Diptera, systematics, Oriental Region Introduction While preparing a monograph on the family Aulacigastridae (Rung & Mathis in prep.), we discovered several specimens of enigmatic flies from Malaysia and Thailand. The speci- mens from Malaysia had been identified and labeled as “possibly Aulacigastridae.” Our subsequent study of these specimens has revealed them to be the closest extant relatives of Aulacigaster Macquart, which until now has been the only recently included genus in the family Aulacigastridae.
  • Wireworms' Management

    Wireworms' Management

    Insects 2013, 4, 117-152; doi:10.3390/insects4010117 OPEN ACCESS insects ISSN 2075-4450 www.mdpi.com/journal/insects Review :LUHZRUPV¶Management: An Overview of the Existing Methods, with Particular Regards to Agriotes spp. (Coleoptera: Elateridae) Fanny Barsics *, Eric Haubruge and François J. Verheggen Department of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege. 2, Passage des Déportés, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium; E-Mails: [email protected] (E.H.); [email protected] (F.J.V.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]; Tel.: +3281-62-26-63; Fax: +3281-62-23-12. Received: 19 October 2012; in revised form: 13 December 2012 / Accepted: 26 December 2012 / Published: 25 January 2013 Abstract: Wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) are important soil dwelling pests worldwide causing yield losses in many crops. The progressive restrictions in the matter of efficient synthetic chemicals for health and environmental care brought out the need for alternative management techniques. This paper summarizes the main potential tools that have been studied up to now and that could be applied together in integrated pest management systems and suggests guidelines for future research. Keywords: wireworms; click beetles; Agriotes; integrated pest management 1. Introduction Wireworms are the larvae of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae). They consist of more than 9,000 species distributed worldwide, [1] and some are important pests of a wide variety of crops, such as potato, cereals, carrot, sugar beet, sugarcane and soft fruits (e.g., [2±6]). In Europe, damages due to wireworm infestation are mainly attributed to the genus Agriotes Eschscholtz, as witnessed by the numerous studies aiming at their management.
  • Insects for Weed Control: Status in North Dakota

    Insects for Weed Control: Status in North Dakota

    Insects for Weed Control: Status in North Dakota E. U. Balsbaugh, Jr. Associate Professor, Department of Entomology R. D. Frye Professor, Department of Entomology C. G. Scholl Plant Protection Specialist, North Dakota State Department of Agriculture A. W. Anderson Associate Professor, Department of Entomology Two foreign species of weevils have been introduced into North Dakota for the biological control of musk thistle, Carduus nutans L. - Rhinocyllus conicus (Froelich), a seed feeding weevH, and Ceutorrhynchidius horridus (Panzer), an internal root and lower stem inhabiting species. R. conicus has survived for several generations and is showing some promise for thistle suppression in Walsh County, but releases of C. hor­ ridus have been unsuccessful. The pigweed nea beetle, Disonycha glabrata (Fab.), which is native in southern United States, has been introduced into experimental sugarbeet plots in the Red River Valley for testing its effects at controlling rough pigweed or redroot, Amaranthus retroflexus L. Although both larvae and adults of these beetles feed heavily on pigweed, damage to the weed occurs too late in the season for them to be effective in suppressing weed growth or seed set. An initial survey for native insects of bindweed has been conducted. Feeding by localized populations of various insects, particularly tortoise beetles, has been observed. Several foreign species of nea beetles and a stem boring beetle are anticipated for release against leafy spurge. Entomologists at North Dakota State University are successful. In 1940, the cactus-feeding moth, Cac­ studying insects that feed on weeds to determine if the toblastis cactorum (Berg), was transported from its insects can reduce populations of selected weeds to native Argentina to Australia where it greatly reduced levels at which the weeds no longer are economically im­ the numbers of prickly pear cactus, Opuntia spp.
  • Diptera) Diversity in a Patch of Costa Rican Cloud Forest: Why Inventory Is a Vital Science

    Diptera) Diversity in a Patch of Costa Rican Cloud Forest: Why Inventory Is a Vital Science

    Zootaxa 4402 (1): 053–090 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2018 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.3 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C2FAF702-664B-4E21-B4AE-404F85210A12 Remarkable fly (Diptera) diversity in a patch of Costa Rican cloud forest: Why inventory is a vital science ART BORKENT1, BRIAN V. BROWN2, PETER H. ADLER3, DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM4, KEVIN BARBER5, DANIEL BICKEL6, STEPHANIE BOUCHER7, SCOTT E. BROOKS8, JOHN BURGER9, Z.L. BURINGTON10, RENATO S. CAPELLARI11, DANIEL N.R. COSTA12, JEFFREY M. CUMMING8, GREG CURLER13, CARL W. DICK14, J.H. EPLER15, ERIC FISHER16, STEPHEN D. GAIMARI17, JON GELHAUS18, DAVID A. GRIMALDI19, JOHN HASH20, MARTIN HAUSER17, HEIKKI HIPPA21, SERGIO IBÁÑEZ- BERNAL22, MATHIAS JASCHHOF23, ELENA P. KAMENEVA24, PETER H. KERR17, VALERY KORNEYEV24, CHESLAVO A. KORYTKOWSKI†, GIAR-ANN KUNG2, GUNNAR MIKALSEN KVIFTE25, OWEN LONSDALE26, STEPHEN A. MARSHALL27, WAYNE N. MATHIS28, VERNER MICHELSEN29, STEFAN NAGLIS30, ALLEN L. NORRBOM31, STEVEN PAIERO27, THOMAS PAPE32, ALESSANDRE PEREIRA- COLAVITE33, MARC POLLET34, SABRINA ROCHEFORT7, ALESSANDRA RUNG17, JUSTIN B. RUNYON35, JADE SAVAGE36, VERA C. SILVA37, BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR38, JEFFREY H. SKEVINGTON8, JOHN O. STIREMAN III10, JOHN SWANN39, PEKKA VILKAMAA40, TERRY WHEELER††, TERRY WHITWORTH41, MARIA WONG2, D. MONTY WOOD8, NORMAN WOODLEY42, TIFFANY YAU27, THOMAS J. ZAVORTINK43 & MANUEL A. ZUMBADO44 †—deceased. Formerly with the Universidad de Panama ††—deceased. Formerly at McGill University, Canada 1. Research Associate, Royal British Columbia Museum and the American Museum of Natural History, 691-8th Ave. SE, Salmon Arm, BC, V1E 2C2, Canada. Email: [email protected] 2.
  • PIGWEED FLEA BEETLE (Disonycha Glabrata) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

    PIGWEED FLEA BEETLE (Disonycha Glabrata) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

    Rose Hiskes, Diagnostician and Horticulturist Department of Entomology The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station 123 Huntington Street, P. O. Box 1106 New Haven, CT 06504 Phone: (203) 974-8600 Fax: (203) 974-8502 Founded in 1875 Email: [email protected] Putting science to work for society Website: www.ct.gov/caes PIGWEED FLEA BEETLE (Disonycha glabrata) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Pigweeds are serious agricultural weeds in the This native beetle is found from California to Amaranth family. This would lead one to Florida in the Southern United States. In the believe a pigweed flea beetle would be a great Northern United States it is found from New biological control organism. However, there York to the foothills of the Rockies. are species of amaranth used for food, both as a grain and a leafy vegetable, and as In the Caribbean it is found on the islands of ornamentals (e.g., Love-Lies-Bleeding). In Jamaica and Trinidad. It is also found in Jamaica, callaloo refers to Amaranthus Central and South America. viridis, a pigweed that is harvested prior to flowering and mainly used as a steamed green vegetable. If left to flower, the grain produced is high in lysine and when combined with other grains, provides good human nutrition. The pigweed flea beetle is becoming a problem for callaloo producers in Connecticut. Figure 2. Damage to callaloo caused by the pigweed flea beetle. Photo by Richard Cowles. DAMAGE Adults feed on foliage, chewing small, round holes (Fig. 2). Larvae are also foliage feeders. Heavy feeding results in early leaf drop and Figure 1.