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HEXAPOD HERALD March 17, 2017 Volume 1, Issue 1 From Wikipedia: Hexapoda is And the Winner is . As you can see by the title of the the subphylum Hexapoda Newsletter, the Hexapod Herald has been (from the Greek for six legs) overwhelmingly selected as this departments’ constitutes the largest number newsletter name. of species of arthropods and includes the insects. Recently the Editor of this newsletter ran a contest to name the newsletter. There were over 80 entries including The Insect Insider, Inside this issue The Bug Bulletin and Bug Bytes (all top con- tenders). Because there was such great turn- Alumni News ……………………...5 out of suggestions, Dr. Braman, and her com- Calendar reminders …………...16 mittee, opened up the voting to everyone. A Degrees Conferred……………… 6 survey revealed that the most popular winner was the Hexapod Herald. Thanks to (names Graduate Student Awards….….4 are listed in no particular order) Donna L Faculty Highlight ………………...15 Smith, Sasha Kay, Samantha Thompson, Brett Blaauw, Sherry Wrona, Lisa M. Ames, Richard Staff Highlight ……………………...7 T Mayer, Brian Little, Paul Guillebeau, Jena Student Spotlight …………..……13 Johnson, Conor Fair, Elmer Gray, Lisa M. Ames, Seth Whitehouse, Teri Berryman, David Seminar Schedule ………………..3 Grifin, Glen Raines, Paul Guillebeau, Joe Nick Stewart accepts award—Feb 2017 McHugh and Nick Stewart for all of the clever Special points of interest contributions. Faculty meeng photos—page Nick Stewart, Research Technician III is the winner of the contest. Nick works 10, 14 & 15 in the Blaauw Peach Entomology Lab. Serendipity by Robert W. Nick was presented a gift bag of several items with an entomological theme. When Mahews, Emeritus asked how he came up with the name, he said “Dr. Blaauw and I were brainstorm- 2016 Faculty accomplishments ing on the drive back from Tifton the last day of the contest. I sent in my two best are throughout the publicaon choices and hoped for the best!” Thanks to Nick for participating. • From the desk of S. Kristine Braman … Welcome to our first issue of the UGA Department of Entomology’s Newsleer the “Hexapod Herald”. I write today with great enthusiasm and opmism for the Insect Science that we engage in that literally impacts every aspect of human life. I am oen asked what movated my interest in insects and entomology. My profound interest in the living world met the perfect match in entomology courses that were required of all forest biology majors. I soon switched from a zoology to an entomology emphasis and connue to be fascinated with the beauty, power and potenal of insects to affect our well‐being. In this inaugural issue of our newsleer, I am sure you will see and share my pride in our faculty, staff and students as you view some of their accomplishments. Our 131 students (22 PhD, 22 MS and 8 MPPPM), 27 Entomology and 52 Applied Biotechnology undergraduates had a good year in 2016. In fact, 13 of our graduate students received 21 awards, recognions, scholarships or grants. Connued on page 2 hp://www.caes.uga.edu/departments/entomology.html From the desk of S. Kristine Braman …. continued Our faculty retreat this month focused on the future of our department and our contribuons to the discipline. The grand challenges facing our world can be addressed in many ways by gaining a beer understanding of insects and their complex roles in our environment. I hope you will take a minute to scan our publicaons which reflect the breadth and balance of our programs here at UGA Entomology. We were also reminded of the technological advances that allow us to reach more broadly with our educaonal efforts if we can meet the connuing challenge to adopt rapidly chang‐ ing tools. A great example of this can be seen in Dr. Dan Suiter’s webinar series “Geng the Best of Pests.” Dr. Suiter has developed, in collaboraon with the Center for Urban Agricul‐ ture, an online, live, interacve training program that allows Urban Pest Management and Green Industry professionals to obtain connuing educaon credits (CEUs) virtually any‐ where. Webinars are now serving well over 550 aendees per session! Check out the web‐ site hps://gtbop.com/ for more informaon. Dr. Dan Suiter, Extension Entomologist & Program Leader “Together, even the smallest can achieve the greatest goal.” - A Bug’s Life Eat More Honey Absolutely Support our UGA Bee Lab research by purchasing some engrossing of our private‐label, pure, raw honey. It is available in sever‐ It's Tuesday at 11 a.m., and a rapt class‐ al sizes, including our most room of students is gazing up at huge pic‐ popular size the 48 ounce jar tures of rashes and macroscopic photos of (larger than a quart size). It the insects that caused them. is available from three con‐ venient locaons: It's gross, it's squirm‐inducing and it's abso‐ Athens Seed, Lawn and Gar‐ lutely engrossing. It's just another day in den 54 Greensboro Highway "Medical Entomology," a course co‐taught Watkinsville, GA 30677 by UGA entomology professor Darold Dr. Darold Batzer introduces Cofer's Home and Garden Batzer. students to small, but powerful, 1145 Mitchell Bridge Road world of insects. Athens, GA 30606 Over the years, his research has focused on using wetland invertebrate populaons to UGA Entomology Department 413 Biological Sciences Build‐ monitor wetland ecosystem health, cataloging the change in populaons aer ing 120 Cedar Street outside impacts like floods, logging or drought. Athens, GA 30602 One of his current projects is an EPA‐funded study of the benefits of preserving wetlands on working farms and whether preserving wetlands helps increase the populaon of beneficial insects on farmland. He is currently working with an interdisciplinary team of researchers ranging from forestry to forage science at UGA's Iron Horse Farm on Georgia Highway 15. Original published date is January 17, 2017 from UGA Feature Storeis web page. To read the rest of the story about Dr. Batzer and his absolutely engrossing course go to: hp://uga.edu/about_uga/profile/absolutely‐engrossing/ 2 hp://www.caes.uga.edu/departments/entomology.html Lund Club Parades Seminar Schedule Lund Club members under the super‐ vision of Dr. Paul Guillebeau parci‐ The Entomology Depart‐ pated in the Downtown Athens Pa‐ ment seminar series is held rade of Lights. The “float” was an each Fall and Spring semes‐ oversized preying mans with moving appendages. The exaggerated bug ter. This Spring, our semi‐ was powered by Lund Club members nars are scheduled on Mon‐ and enced throughout the parade days at 11:15 am in the route by a matching oversized red 404A lecture hall in the Bio‐ flower. logical Sciences building. Congratulaons to the Lund Club for Upcoming Seminars are: Lund Club members represent Entomology in Athens winning a float prize. • Christmas Parade—December 2016 March 27— Dr. Amy Toth Assistant Professor, Depart‐ Publications - Refereed Journal Articles ment of Ecology, Evoluon, All, J., Roberts, P., & Kemp, D. (2016). Seed Treatment and Surface Applicaon of Insec‐ and Organismal Biology & cides for Suppression of Megacopta cribraria in Soybean, 2013: Table 1. Arthropod Man‐ agement Tests, 41(1), F4. doi:10.1093/amt/tsv136 Department of Entomology, Iowa State University. Amaral, D. S. S. L., Venzon, M., dos Santos, H. H., Sujii, E. R., Schmidt, J. M., & Harwood, J. D. (2016). Non‐crop plant communies conserve spider populaons in chili pepper agroecosystems. Biological Control, 103, 69‐77. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2016.07.007 Title: "Climbing the social ladder: comparave ge‐ Bitra, K., Burke, G. R., & Strand, M. R. (2016). Permissiveness of lepidopteran hosts is linked to differenal expression of bracovirus genes. VIROLOGY, 492, 259‐272. nomics of social evoluon in doi:10.1016/j.virol.2016.02.023 wasps and bees" Blaauw, B. R., Jones, V. P., & Nielsen, A. L. (2016). Ulizing immunomarking techniques to track Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) movement and distribuon Apr 3—Dr. Becky Trout‐ within a peach orchard. PeerJ, 4, e1997. doi:10.7717/peerj.1997 Fryxell Blount., Roberts., Toews., Gardner., All., Davis, J., & Bunn, G. D. (2016). Season popula‐ Assistant Professor, Ento‐ on dynamics of Megacopta cribraria (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) in kudzu and soybean, and implicaon for inseccidal control in soybean. Journal of Economic Entomology, 110 mology and Plant Patholo‐ (1), 157‐167. doi:10.1093/jee/tow281 gy, University of Tennessee Bowling, R. D., Brewer, M. J., Kerns, D. L., Gordy, J., Seiter, N., Ellio, N. E., Bunn GD, "Rickesiosis in the south‐ Way MO, Royer TA, Biles S, & Maxson, E. (2016). Sugarcane Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphidi‐ dae): A New Pest on Sorghum in North America. Journal of Integrated Pest Manage‐ eastern United States may ment, 7(1), 12. doi:10.1093/jipm/pmw011 be linked to a ck undergo‐ Bray, A. L., Lail, L. A., All, J. N., Li, Z., & Parro, W. A. (2016). Phenotyping Techniques and ing range expansion" Idenficaon of Soybean Resistance to the Kudzu Bug. CROP SCIENCE, 56(4), 1807‐1816. doi:10.2135/cropsci2015.09.0536 For current schedule de‐ Brill, N.L., R.L. Brandenburg, M.R. Abney (2016). Effect of soil moisture on Plectris aliena tails, please click on the (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) oviposion. Florida Entomologist. 99, 574‐575. Doi:10.1653/024.099.0342 "Seminars" heading under “About” on our web page: Brill, N.L., C.E. Sorenson, M.R. Abney. (2016). Freeze suscepbility and supercooling tem‐ perature of Plectris aliena (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) third instars. Journal of Entomo‐ hp://www.caes.uga.edu/ logical Science. 51(3) 252‐255. Doi:10.18474/JES15‐42.1 departments/entomology/ Burke, G. R. (2016). Analysis of Genec Variaon across the Encapsidated Genome of Microplis demolitor Bracovirus in Parasitoid Wasps.
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    Weevils) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia

    September 2020 The Maryland Entomologist Volume 7, Number 4 The Maryland Entomologist 7(4):43–62 The Curculionoidea (Weevils) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia Brent W. Steury1*, Robert S. Anderson2, and Arthur V. Evans3 1U.S. National Park Service, 700 George Washington Memorial Parkway, Turkey Run Park Headquarters, McLean, Virginia 22101; [email protected] *Corresponding author 2The Beaty Centre for Species Discovery, Research and Collection Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON. K1P 6P4, CANADA;[email protected] 3Department of Recent Invertebrates, Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Avenue, Martinsville, Virginia 24112; [email protected] ABSTRACT: One-hundred thirty-five taxa (130 identified to species), in at least 97 genera, of weevils (superfamily Curculionoidea) were documented during a 21-year field survey (1998–2018) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway national park site that spans parts of Fairfax and Arlington Counties in Virginia. Twenty-three species documented from the parkway are first records for the state. Of the nine capture methods used during the survey, Malaise traps were the most successful. Periods of adult activity, based on dates of capture, are given for each species. Relative abundance is noted for each species based on the number of captures. Sixteen species adventive to North America are documented from the parkway, including three species documented for the first time in the state. Range extensions are documented for two species. Images of five species new to Virginia are provided. Keywords: beetles, biodiversity, Malaise traps, national parks, new state records, Potomac Gorge. INTRODUCTION This study provides a preliminary list of the weevils of the superfamily Curculionoidea within the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP) national park site in northern Virginia.