bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
REVISION OF THE SPINOTHECINAE (COLLEMBOLA: SMINTHURIDAE) INCLUDING A NEW AUSTRALIAN GENUS
Authors: Greenslade Penelope
Published: April 2007

Adelphoderia regina gen. et sp. n. (Spinothecinae) from Nothofagus forests in Victoria and Tasmania is described and figured. The subfamily is new to Australia and additional descriptive notes are given for the other 3 species in the subfamily: Spinotheca magnasetacea (Salmon) from New Zealand, and S. patagonica Delamare Deboutteville and S. cyanea Najt from South America. These are also found in Nothofagus forests.
LIFE HISTORY OF MONOLEPTA AUSTRALIS (JACOBY) (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE)
Authors: Murray D. A. H.
Published: April 2007

The life history of Monolepta australis was studied near Nambour in south‐east Queensland. Rearing methods are described and information is presented on larval hosts, seasonal history, sex ratio in swarms and parasites.
ATTRACTIVENESS OF MERINO SHEEP BEFORE AND AFTER DEATH TO ADULTS OF LUCILIA CUPRINA (WIEDEMANN) (DIPTERA: CALLIPHORIDAE)
Authors: Woodburn T. L. , Vogt W. G.
Published: April 2007

The numbers, sex and reproductive status of adult Lucilia cuprina coming to merino sheep before and after death were monitored by hand‐netting the approaching flies. Relatively few females were attracted to live sheep and nearly all were gravid. Males were not attracted to live sheep. On the day of death, the carcass attracted a greater number of females, 97% of which were gravid. On the day after death, still greater numbers of females were attracted and all stages of ovarian development were represented. Males began to appear in quantity only on the day following the death of the sheep.
A TECHNIQUE FOR RECORDING EFFERENT NEURONE ACTIVITY FROM NORMAL AND POISONED CATTLE TICKS [BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (CANESTRINI)]
Authors: Binnington K. C. , Rice M. J.
Published: April 2007

A technique is described for obtaining action potentials from tick efferent nerves. Electrical stimulation of the synganglion was shown to be promising for the investigation of tick motor neurone activity. With the continuously perfused suction electrode technique distinct effects on action potential frequency were obtained, following exposure to different groups of chemicals. These results are discussed on the basis of what is known of the neurochemistry of ticks and the mode of action of the chemicals concerned. The recording of relatively long action potentials supports the view that nerves associated with the lateral plexus contain neurosecretory cells as well as conventional axons.
THREE NEW SPECIES OF HEMITHYNNUS ASHMEAD FROM AUSTRALIA (HYMENOPTERA: TIPHIIDAE)
Authors: Brown G. R.
Published: April 2007

Three new species of the Australian genus Hemithynnus (H. grytpypus, H. bituberculatus and H. tindalei) are described and figured. A key to species is provided.
THE RELATIVE EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY OF THREE METHODS FOR SAMPLING ARTHROPODS IN AUSTRALIAN COTTON FIELDS
Authors: Wilson L. T. , Room P. M.
Published: April 2007

Population densities of 26 species or groups of arthropods were assessed by: (1) visual field inspection of single cotton plants: (2) laboratory inspection of single plants placed in plastic bags in the field; and (3) laboratory inspection of sweep‐net catches from 30 m of crop row. Sampling was carried out in a total of 6 fields in 3 years. The sweep method gave the lowest estimates of population densities for almost all categories. Fewer bag than visual samples were required for a given level of reliability of population estimate. The bag method was the most expensive and the sweep method the least expensive at any level of reliability. The sweep method could not be used to detect eggs and very small larvae of Heliothis spp. nor could it be used to sample cotton fruit. Choice between the visual and sweep methods depends on the arthropods it is wished to sample.
A NEW SUBSPECIES OF BIBIKOVANA RAINBOWI (ROTHSCHILD) (SIPHONAPTERA: PYGIOPSYLLIDAE) WITH RECORDS OF OTHER FLEAS FROM QUEENSLAND
Authors: Mardon D. K. , Allison F. R.
Published: April 2007

Bibikovana rainbowi inusitata ssp. n. is described from Rattus sordidus (Gould) (Rodentia: Muridae) in Queensland, and compared with B. r. rainbowi and B. tiptoni (Traub). Records of 19 other species of fleas from Queensland are given.
FEEDING PREFERENCES OF LARVAE OF HERPETOGRAMMA LICARSISALIS (WALKER) (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE) AND SPODOPTERA MAURITIA (BOISDUVAL) (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE), TWO LAWN PESTS COMMON ABOUT BRISBANE
Authors: Grant Maureen D.
Published: April 2007

Larvae of 2 species of moth, Herpetogramma licarsisalis and Spodoptera mauritia were fed 25 species of lawn and pasture grasses and 32 other wild and cultivated plants. Leaves of few plants except grasses and sedges were ingested, but of these almost any species was eaten. No dicotyledons were eaten by H. licarsisalis while S. mauritia consumed 4 out of 17 dicotyledons. The preference of the larvae for Digitaria didactyla or each of 24 species of grasses and sedges was determined. It appears from the results of tests that there is no connection between the observations that these larvae are now of less concern around Brisbane than formerly and that Axonopus compressus, carpet grass, is becoming increasingly acceptable in lawns.
DIEL ACTIVITY PATTERN IN LARVAE OF THE AUSTRALIAN CADDISFLY HELICOPSYCHE MURRUMBA MOSELY (TRICHOPTERA: HELICOPSYCHIDAE)
Authors: Bailey Paul C. E.
Published: April 2007

The diel activity patterns of Helicopsyche murrumba (Trichoptera) were observed over two 24 h periods in the laboratory with either normal or reversed lighting regimes. During normal conditions, activity reached a peak 3 h after sunrise (S.R. 0600 h) and remained active until 2 h before sunset (S.S. 1800 h) With stepwise reduction of illumination from > 250 lux to < 0.2 lux over an artificial 2 h “sunset” period the larvae moved back onto rocks and the level of activity gradually declined. No apparent stimulus to move under rocks was observed. Under reversed lighting conditions the periods of high and low activity were also reversed. It is suggested that an endogenous rhythm of activity is absent in H. murrumba and that diel activity is controlled by a direct response to light intensity, an exogenous component.
MALAMEBA LOCUSTAE (KING AND TAYLOR) (PROTOZOA: AMOEBIDAE) IN FIELD POPULATIONS OF ORTHOPTERA IN AUSTRALIA
Authors: Ernst H. P. , Baker G. L.
Published: April 2007

The parasitic amoeba, Malameba locustae, was found parasitising the grasshopper, Pardillana limbata (Stål), in the arid western district of New South Wales and the cricket, Pteronemobius sp., in the temperate tablelands of northern New South Wales. These are the first records of M. locustae in field populations of Orthoptera in Australia.
COLLECTION OF RESTING ADULT MOSQUITOES AT KOWANYAMA, NORTHERN QUEENSLAND AND CHARLEVILLE, SOUTH‐WESTERN QUEENSLAND
Authors: Kay B. H.
Published: April 2007

A total of 85,639 adult female mosquitoes of 36 species were collected from daytime resting sites at Kowanyama (1974–76) and Charleville (1976–79). Most species rested outdoors but Culex quinquefasciatus Say was abundant indoors. Most collections were made with a newly designed battery‐powered aspirator. Culex annulirostris Skuse, Anopheles annulipes Walker and Cx quinquefasciatus comprised 95–97% of the mosquitoes collected. Resting boxes were attractive to Cx quinquefasciatus and An annulipes. At Kowanyama. Culex squamosus Giles predominated in collections from trees in the wet season. Resting catches did not correlate with bait collections, but reflected opportunistic behaviour being dependent on availability of sites, proximity to breeding habitats and vertebrate blood sources during the previous night.
TWO NEW AUSTRALIAN TEUCHOPHORUS LOEW (DIPTERA: DOLICHOPODIDAE)
Authors: Bickel Daniel J.
Published: April 2007

Teuchophorus queenslandicus and T. longifrons spp. n. are described from northern Queensland and northern New South Wales, respectively. The genus is defined and the courtship behaviour of T. longifrons described.
REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OF EUTHERA LOEW (DIPTERA: TACHINIDAE)
Authors: Cantrell B. K.
Published: April 2007

Euthera skusei Bezzi and E. rieki Paramonov are redescribed and 3 new species (E. illungnarra, E. lata and E. setula) are described. A key to species is provided, and eggs and first instar larvae are described where available.
THE GENUS ASTOCHIA BECKER IN AUSTRALIA (DIPTERA: ASILIDAE)
Authors: Daniels G.
Published: April 2007

Astochia cirrisetosa sp. n. is described from north Queensland, the first record of the genus from Australia.
A NEW SPECIES OF ORNITHONYSSUS SAMBON FROM TASMANIA (ACARI: DERMANYSSIDAE)
Authors: Domrow Robert
Published: April 2007

O. dasyuri sp. n. is figured and described from the dasyurid marsupial Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw) in Tasmania. It shares with the 3 known endemic Australian species the character setae j3 retained on dorsal shield, and a key to this group is provided. O. petauri Micherdzinski is newly recorded from the petaurid marsupial Schoinobates volans (Kerr).
THE REARING, STORAGE AND RELEASE OF TRICHOGRAMMA IVELAE PANG AND CHEN (HYMENOPTERA: TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE) FOR CONTROL OF HELIOTHIS PUNCTIGER WALLENGREN (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) ON TOMATOES
Authors: Mclaren I. W. , Rye W. J.
Published: April 2007

An efficient method was developed for the mass‐rearing of Trichogramma ivelae on eggs of Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier). Parasitised eggs incubated for 6 d at 27°C with artificial illumination (12:12), and then for 6 or 7 d at 15°C in darkness, yielded active adult parasites after 2 or 1 h respectively following exposure to daylight at 23°C. This method was used to provide freshly‐emerged parasites for field release. T. ivelae was released weekly at a rate of 100 000/ha at 1 site in 1980 and 3 sites in 1981 to combat Heliothis punctiger on tomatoes. In the release areas, damage at the first harvest ranged from 0.2–28.9% infested fruit, a reduction of 98% and 55%, respectively. It was concluded that the inundative release of T. ivelae for control of H. punctiger has commercial potential.
MONITORING OF PINKSPOTTED BOLLWORM, PECTINOPHORA SCUTIGERA (HOLDAWAY) (LEPIDOPTERA: GELECHIIDAE) WITH SEX ATTRACTANT TRAPS
Authors: Rothschild G. H. L.
Published: April 2007

Traps baited with (Z,Z)—7, 11‐hexadecadienyl acetate were used to monitor the occurrence of the pink spotted bollworm, Pectinophora scutigera in cotton growing areas in central Queensland. Isomeric purity of the trap baits was not of particular importance, although catches were reduced when the level of the Z E isomer exceeded 20%. Males were captured throughout the cropping period but numbers increased as the bolls matured. Short‐term fluctuations in catches could not be related to temperature or pesticide treatments. There was no consistent relationship between the size of trap catches and the level of boll damage in the crop.
IDENTITY OFCYRTOBAGOUSSP. (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) INTRODUCED INTO AUSTRALIA FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF SALVINIA
Authors: Sands D. P. A.
Published: April 2007

The species ofCyrtobagousHustache introduced into Australia for biological control of salvinia (Salvinia molestaMitchell) is notC. singularisHustache, but a closely related, undescribed species.
STERILISATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN SHEEP BLOWFLY, LUCILIA CUPRINA (WIEDEMANN) (DIPTERA: CALLIPHORIDAE) BY GAMMA RADIATION
Authors: Huda Shaikh M. S. , Hooper G. H. S. , Singh‐Asa S.
Published: April 2007

Pupae of L. cuprina irradiated 1 day before emergence were completely sterilised by 5 krad. A dose of 3 krad which produced infecundity in females caused ca 98% sterility in males and the competitiveness of those males was 80%. Irradiation in nitrogen gave no significant increase in competitiveness. When sterile and untreated flies of both sexes were allowed to mate there was no evidence of assortative mating and the mating propensity of irradiated males was not less than that of untreated males.
DIEL LARVAL EXODUS IN THE SCREW‐WORM FLY CHRYSOMYA BEZZIANA (VILLENEUVE)
Authors: Spradbery J. P. , Ford R. J. , Tozerx R. S.
Published: April 2007

Timing of exodus of larvae of the screw‐worm fly, Chrysomya bezziana from artificial rearing medium and from cattle hosts under a natural 12:12 photoperiod is described, 75 and 89% of the larvae left the rearing medium and hosts respectively during darkness.
REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASIRACINAE (HOMOPTERA: FULGOROIDEA: DELPHACIDAE)
Authors: Donaldson J. F.
Published: April 2007

Two asiracine genera are recognised from Australia, Ugyops Guérin‐Méneville with 6 species and Notuchus Fennah with 4 species. Ugyops hackeri sp. n. and U. sejunctus sp. n. are described, while U. brevifrons (Jacobi), U. longiceps Muir, U. longifrons (Jacobi) and U. musgravei Muir are redescribed. Keys to Australian genera of Asiracinae and Australian species of Ugyops are provided. Additional locality records are given for Notuchus kurandae Donaldson, N. monticola Fennah and N. palmerstonensis Donaldson.
THE ASSOCIATION OF ETHANOL IN THE ATTACK BEHAVIOUR OF THE MOUNTAIN PINHOLE BORER PLATYPUS SUBGRANOSUS SCHEDL (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE: PLATYPODINAE)
Authors: Elliott H. J. , Madden J. L. , Bashford R.
Published: April 2007

Ethanol was shown to be a powerful attractant and boring stimulant for the mountain pinhole borer Platypus subgranosus. Sticky traps baited with ethanol caught significantly more beetles than corresponding water filled control traps, but the concentration of ethanol did not significantly affect the number of beetles caught. Ethanol lures attached to healthy, uninfested trees induced P. subgranosus attack on myrtle beech, Nothofagus cunninghamii Oerst, sassafras, Atherosperma moschatum Labill., and leatherwood, Eucryphia lucida (Labill.) Baill. Myrtle beech logs which had been soaked in water before exposure in the forest were initially more attractive to P. subgranosus than unsoaked logs. The principal volatile from soaked and unsoaked logs was identified as ethanol.
THE NAMING OF THE TASMANIAN SPECIES OF PAROPSIS OLIVIER (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE)
Authors: Selman B. J.
Published: April 2007

The nomenclature of the 8 Tasmanian species of Paropsis is determined. P. aegrota elliotti, P. deboeri and P. delittlei are described as new. New synonymy: P. consimilis Baly, 1864 =P. lutea (Marsham, 1808); P. gibbosa Blackburn, 1894 =P. incarnata Erichson, 1842 =P. dilatata Erichson, 1842. Lectotypes and holotypes are designated where appropriate and a key to the adults provided.
ESTABLISHMENT AND DISPERSAL OF THE INTRODUCED PREDATORY MITE, MACROCHELES PEREGRINUS KRANTZ, IN AUSTRALIA
Authors: Wallace M. M. H. , Holm E.
Published: April 2007

A South African predatory mite, Macrocheles peregrinus, phoretic on dung beetles (Scarabaeidae), was released at 2 sites in northern Australia as part of a programme on the biological control of the buffalo fly, Haematobia irritans exigua De Meijere and the bush fly, Musca vetustissima Walker. Releases were made at Rockhampton, Queensland and at Adelaide River, Northern Territory, in December 1980 and February 1981 respectively. Establishment was achieved immediately and after 14 months the area colonised around each release site was approximately 180,000 km2.
A SECOND AUSTRALIAN SPECIES IN THEORTHETRUM SABINACOMPLEX (ODONATA: LIBELLULIDAE)
Authors: Watson J. A. L.
Published: April 2007

A seventh Australian species ofOrthetrumNewman,O. serapiasp.n., is described. The closely allied speciesO. sabina(Drury) is redescribed and a neotype designated for it. The range ofO. serapiaextends from the southwest Pacific to, apparently, the Philippines where, as in Australia and New Guinea, it overlaps that ofO. sabina.
A METHOD FOR REARING THE BUFFALO FLY, HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS EXIGUA DE MEIJERE
Authors: Thomas P. L. , Davis N. C.
Published: April 2007

Procedures are described for rearing Haematobia irritans exigua using a bull as host for the adult flies and an artificial medium for rearing the larvae.
INTERPOLATING TEMPERATURES FOR SIMULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRESS OF PIERIS RAPAE (L.) (LEPIDOPTERA: PIERIDAE)
Authors: Samson P. R.
Published: April 2007

Two methods of interpolating temperatures between daily maxima and minima were evaluated for their suitability for simulation of arthropod development at Canberra. Actual D° accumulated between thresholds of 9° and 30° C for one week, at different times of year, were compared with D° estimated using each method. Use of a skewed sine curve for interpolation overestimated accumulated D°, particularly during winter. More accurate estimates were provided by the alternative method, using cycle points derived from the actual temperature cycles of several representative days from each month. Development times of P. rapae in the field were predicted satisfactorily when temperatures interpolated using the derived cycles were substituted into a modified‐sigmoid function, describing the relationship between temperature and development rate.
THE PLANT‐SUCKING BUG OXYCARENUS ARCTATUS (WALKER) (HEMIPTERA: LYGAEIDAE) DEVELOPING IN CATTLE DUNG IN DROUGHT AND POST‐DROUGHT CONDITIONS
Authors: WoodWard T. E.
Published: April 2007

Evidence is given for feeding and at least complete postembryonic development of Oxycarenus arctatus in cattle dung in Victoria in drought and post‐drought conditions. Nymphs and nymphal exuviae, both of all 5 instars, and recently emerged adults were present in large numbers in the dung. It is suggested that such development enables local survival through drought periods.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANIDIUM OF PERILAMPUS TASMANICUS CAMERON (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA), A HYPERPARASITOID OF LARVAE OF PAROPSIS ATOMARIA OLIVIER (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE)
Authors: Tanton M. T. , Epila J. S. O.
Published: April 2007

External morphology of the planidium of Perilampus tasmanicus was examined using a scanning electron microscope. This planidium differs from those described for other species of Perilampus Latreille mainly in the arrangement, number and size both of the setae on the dorsolateral plates, and the ventral spines.
SOME BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL DETERMINANTS OF PIT SIZE IN LARVAE OF MYRMELEON PICTIFRONS GERSTAECKER (NEUROPTERA: MYRMELEONTIDAE)
Authors: Kitching R. L.
Published: April 2007

Within each larval instar of the ant lion, Myrmeleon pictifrons there is a linear, increasing relationship between larval size and pit size. Across instars mean pit diameter increases non‐linearly. Three larval instars may be distinguished readily on their body length.

No pits are built in sand of moisture content greater than 4% and there is a substantial decline in pit size at moisture contents over 1.5%. The relationship between pit size and temperature is sigmoid, increasing from lower to higher temperatures. No pits are built in substrates of grain size greater than 1 mm and only small pits at grain size below 0.125 mm. In grain sizes between 0.125 and 1.0 mm pits of normal mean size are constructed although these figures have large associated variances.

The results obtained are compared and contrasted with those of authors studying other species of pit‐building ant lions.
SIX NEW AUSTRALIAN CHIGGERS (ACARI: TROMBICULIDAE)
Authors: Domrow Robert
Published: April 2007

Neotrombicula greenlyi sp.n. is described from a gecko, Phyllodactylus marmoratus (Gray) (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae), in South Australia. Guntheria shareli sp.n. is described from a pademelon, Thylogale stigmatica Gould (Marsupialia: Macropodidae), and a bush‐rat, Rattus fuscipes coracius (Thomas) (Rodentia: Muridae), in north Queensland; G. platalea sp.n. from R. f. fuscipes (Waterhouse) in south‐west Western Australia; and G. salmleni sp.n. from a dunnart, Sminthopsis murina (Waterhouse) (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae), in an unspecified locality. Schoutedenichia empusa and S. mimema spp.n. are described from a rock‐rat, Zyzomys woodwardi (Thomas) (Muridae), in the Kimberley, Western Australia.
CYCLODIENE LINDANE RESISTANCE IN AGRYPNUS VARIABILIS (CANDÉZE) (COLEOPTERA: ELATERIDAE) IN NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES
Authors: Gunning R. V. , Forrester N. W.
Published: April 2007

Larvae of Agrypnus variabilis, the sugarcane wireworm, were collected from soil on farms at Boggabri and Tenterfield, N.S.W. with no history of cyclodiene usage and from cyclodiene treated soil on a farm at Breeza, N.S.W. A bioassay technique based on topical application of pesticide was used to determine the resistance status of the populations. Wireworms from the former locations appeared susceptible. By comparison Breeza wireworms exhibited high resistance to dieldrin and heptachlor and moderate resistance to lindane. A survey of resistance indicated that while resistant wireworms were found at only 1 site at Breeza in 1979, they were found at 2 more sites 30 km from Breeza in 1981.
MIXED‐FUNCTION OXIDASE ACTIVITY IN LARVAE OF HELIOTHIS PUNCTIGER WALLENGREN (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)
Authors: Collins P. J. , Hooper G. H. S.
Published: April 2007

The O‐demethylation of 4‐nitroanisole was used to evaluate mixed‐function oxidase (MFO) activity in last and penultimate instar larvae of H. punctiger. The specific activity of tissues of early fifth instar larvae in decreasing order were midgut, integument, fatbody, head capsule, and whole larva. Specific activity of the midgut rose rapidly from the beginning of the instar and then returned to a relatively low level when the insect stopped feeding. Fatbody specific activity increased until early in the last instar and remained at about this level until pupation. Specific activity of the integument was highest at the beginning and end of the instar and lowest in the middle. O‐demethylase activity per larva revealed that although midgut activity was low late in the fifth instar, the insect still possessed relatively high levels of MFO's in the integument and particularly the fatbody.
REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN EYSARCORIS GROUP (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE)
Authors: Wood I. , McDonald F. J. D.
Published: April 2007

Australian species of Eysarcoris Hahn, Sepontia Stål, Neostollia Distant and Spermatodes Bergroth are revised. Five species are redescribed and Eysarcoris fuscus sp. n. from north Queensland is described. New combinations: Eysarcoris lereddii (Le Guillou) from Neostollia; Spermatodes australis (Schouteden) from Sepontia; and Spermatodes parvus (Distant) from Sepontia. New synonymy: Neostollia = Eysarcoris; Eysarcoris lereddii = Neostollia fasciolata (Stal) =Neostollia bellula Distant.
BUSH FLY ABUNDANCE AND POPULATION EVENTS IN RELATION TO DUNG BEETLE CATCHES ON THE SOUTH COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Authors: Feehan J. , Hughes R. D. , Bryce M. A. , Runko S.
Published: April 2007

Over 2 seasons, 1980–81 and 1981–82, the patterns of abundance of female bush flies, Musca vetustissima (Walker), at 3 field sites on the N. S. W. south coast varied little between sites but greatly between seasons. There was no direct relationship between the patterns of bush fly abundance and of native dung beetle catches at the same sites.

Analysis of the results of dissection of the 1981–82 bush fly samples suggested that, although much oviposition had occurred, the mortality of the immature stages had been high. There was also more direct evidence that the bulk of the flies caught had recently immigrated, so that their numbers were largely independent of the results of local bush fly breeding. Although obscured by migrations of adult flies and by the high levels of immature mortality caused by other factors, the role of dung beetles as one of the causes could be inferred from the data to be of the same high order as indicated by published laboratory studies.
BOOK REVIEW
Authors: Clifford H. T.
Published: April 2007

A Biology of Acacias: T. R. New.
SURVIVAL OF SCLEROCYPHON BICOLOR CARTER (COLEOPTERA: PSEPHENIDAE) IN AN INTERMITTENT STREAM IN NORTH QUEENSLAND
Authors: Smith R. E. W. , Pearson R. G.
Published: April 2007

Larvae of a water penny, Sclerocyphon bicolor, of a range of instars were abundant in an intermittent stream in north Queensland 2 to 3 h after the commencement of stream flow. In the laboratory these larvae could survive out of water for up to 4 months, and withstand the loss of up to 79.2% of their initial body water. Field collections found larvae in substrate which had been dry for up to 6 months. The ability of these larvae to survive out of water is attributable to (i) quiescence when out of water; (ii) considerable tolerance to water loss; and (iii) seeking of cooler, more humid regions within the substrate.
AN ARTIFICIAL DIET FOR LUCILIA CUPRINA (WEIDEMANN) AND THE EFFECTS OF TWO DIETS ON ALDRIN EPOXIDASE ACTIVITY
Authors: Terras M. A. , Rose H. A.
Published: April 2007

Lucilia cuprina was reared successfully on a semi‐defined diet (YMA) consisting of milk powder, yeast and agar. There was much less variation in aldrin activity in larvae reared on YMA diet than in larvae reared on liver. Induction by 0.1% dietary sodium phenobarbital of aldrin epoxidase of larvae of L. cuprina was also examined using 2 strains, 1 susceptible (LS), the other organophosphorus resistant (Q), on liver and YMA. On liver, the increase in activity on a per larva basis was 10.0 fold for LS and 4.3 fold for Q, whereas, for YMA the increase was 12.5 fold and 11.3 fold, respectively.
BOOK REVIEW
Authors: Zalucki M. P.
Published: April 2007

The Biology of Butterflies. R. I. Vane‐Wright and P. R. Ackery (Eds), Academic Press: London, 1984. US$60, £39.50.
BOOK REVIEW
Authors: Monteith G. B.
Published: April 2007

Insect Conservation—an Australian Perspective: by T. R. New, 1984. Junk, Series Entomologica No. 32, 198 pp, 39 figs., cloth. From D. A. Book (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., P. O. Box 163, Mitcham, Vic. 3132. $A41.50.
BOOK REVIEW
Authors: Holloway Geoff
Published: April 2007

Introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia: I. D. Gauld, with a contribution on Metopiinae by M. G. Fitton. British Musuem (Natural History) publication, 1984. pp. 413, 580 figures. £40.00.
BOOK REVIEW
Authors: Madden J. L.
Published: April 2007

Pest Control: Recent advances and future prospects. Proceedings of the Fourth Australian Applied Entomological Research Conference, Adelaide, 24–28 September 1984. Peter Bailey and Don Swincer (Eds). Conference Organising Committee, South Australian Department of Agriculture. Adelaide, pp. vii + 520. $A35.00.
A NEW SPECIES OF PERICLYSTUS GERSTAECKER (NEUROPTERA: MYRMELEONTIDAE) FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Authors: New T. R.
Published: April 2007

Periclystus vicinus sp. n. is the first record of this Australian dendroleontine genus from Papua New Guinea.
A NEW SPECIES OF NASCIOIDES KERREMANS (COLEOPTERA: BUPRESTIDAE)
Authors: Williams G. , Watkins S.
Published: April 2007

Nascioides olliffi sp. n. is described. Nascio chydaea Olliff is redescribed, and a lectotype and paralectotype designated. A key to the Australian species of Nascioides is given.
THE AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OF MONOMACHIDAE (HYMENOPTERA: PROCTOTRUPOIDEA), WITH A REVISED DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAMILY
Authors: Naumann I. D.
Published: April 2007

The family Monomachidae is considered to compriseMonomachusKlug (from Australia and South America) andTetraconusSzépligeti (South America). A family diagnosis and key to genera are presented, and the generic placement of wing‐reduced South American females is discussed. Three Australian species ofMonomachusare recognised:M. antipodalisWestwood (=M. antipodalis bendoraRiek =M. osmondiRiek synn. n.),M. australicusGirault andM. hesperiussp. n. The dipterous host ofM. antipodalishas Gondwanan affinities.
BIOGEOGRAPHY OF INOPUS RUBRICEPS (MACQUART) (DIPTERA: STRATIOMYIDAE)
Authors: Robertson L. N.
Published: April 2007

The distribution of the sugarcane soldier fly, Inopus rubriceps is mapped in its native Australia, as well as in the introduced range, New Zealand and California. Populations are discontinuous, and apparently determined by warm temperatures (> 12.8 °C mean annual temperature) and high rainfall (> 750 mm/yr in warm temperate or > 1000 mm/yr in subtropical/tropical regions). Larvae are found only in friable and free‐draining soils, largely alluvial or basaltic in origin. Populations in several widely separated areas of eastern and southern Australia are probably reproductively isolated, although distribution may have been more continuous in the past. Southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales is the geographical centre of the range in Australia. No related species of Inopus occur in this area, and climate is genial for I. rubriceps. The species has probably had a long evolutionary history in this region.
SEASONAL CHANGES IN FAVOURABILITY OF CATTLE DUNG IN CENTRAL QUEENSLAND FOR THREE SPECIES OF DUNG‐BREEDING INSECTS
Authors: Macqueen A. , Wallace M. M. H. , Doube B. M.
Published: April 2007

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The favourability of cattle dung from a native pasture near Rockhampton, Queensland, as a food source was tested monthly in the laboratory for 2 yr using 3 dung‐breeding insects: the buffalo fly, Haematobia irritans exigua De Meijere; the bush fly, Musca vetustissima Walker; and a dung beetle, Euoniticellus intermedius (Reiche). Dung produced by cattle grazing on this pasture during the summer wet season yielded larger flies of both species and more broods from the dung beetle than dung from the same pasture in winter. When reared in summer dung, the buffalo fly almost attained its maximum recorded size but the bush fly and dung beetle reached ca two‐thirds maximum recorded size and brood production respectively. Bush flies failed to breed in dung collected for 4 consecutive months in winter each year but survival of buffalo flies showed no seasonal trends.

The early response of the buffalo fly to improving dung quality in late winter/early spring gives it an advantage enabling its populations to increase earlier than those of its competitors, including the dung beetle, E. intermedius.
RELIABILITY OF USING HEAD CAPSULE WIDTH AND BODY LENGTH TO IDENTIFY LARVAL INSTARS OF AEDES VIGILAX (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)
Authors: Shinkarenko L. , Hulsman K. , Mottram P. , Dale P. , Kay B. H.
Published: April 2007

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Discriminant function analyses on head capsule width and body length of 940 larvae of the saltmarsh mosquito Aedes vigilax (Skuse) were used to determine their reliability in distinguishing between different instars. Of larvae reared under different temperature/salinity regimes, 99.4% were correctly graded on the basis of head capsule width whereas only 88.0% of determinations were correct when body length was used. Thus head capsule width was found to be a reliable character to grade instars regardless of rearing conditions.
RESPONSE OF IPS GRANDICOLLIS (EICHHOFF) ADULTS (COLEOPTERA;SCOLYTIDAE) TO SITES IN BARK INITIATED BY OTHERS OF THE SAME SPECIES
Authors: Witanachchi Jayanthi P.
Published: April 2007

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Dispersing males and females of Ips grandicollis, whether mated or virgin, initiated galleries on experimental logs held in a naturally infested P. radiata plantation. A few females initiated galleries despite the presence of adjacent male‐initiated galleries. Males responded to logs bearing females by entering 41% of the female‐initiated galleries. The pattern of entry of these males differed depending on whether the entrance to the female‐initiated gallery was blocked by frass or not. The findings of this study has led to interesting speculations about the behaviour and biology of this species.
THE OCCURRENCE OF PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS ATHIAS‐HENRIOT (ACARINA:PHYTOSEIIDAE) IN AN ORCHARD IN VICTORIA
Authors: Ridland P. M. , Morris D. S. , Williams D. G. , Tomkins R. B.
Published: April 2007

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High numbers of the predatory mite, Phytoseiulus persimilis, were found on apple and nectarine trees in a commercial orchard at Werribee, Victoria in February 1981. In the following season, again it was not detected on trees or broad‐leaved weeds in the orchard until late summer. Slide‐dip tests on the Werribee population of P. persimilis and a population originating from strawberries in Sydney, New South Wales, showed that azinphos‐methyl was equally toxic to the 2 strains and DDT was considerably less toxic to both.
PRIAMIMA, A NEW GENUS OF CORYLOPHIDAE (COLEOPTERA) FROM AUSTRALIA
Authors: Pakaluk J. , Lawrence John F.
Published: April 2007

Abstract

Priamima, a new genus of Corylophidae from east Australia, is described, based on a single species, P. rubicunda (Macleay), which was previously described as a nitidulid. The species is redescribed and figured. A key to the world genera of the tribe Orthoperini is included, and the phylogenetic position of Priamima is discussed. Little is known about the biology of this species, but specimens have been taken from ants’ nests.
PARASCHIZOGNATHUS MARCUS SP. N. (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: RUTELINAE) FROM SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND
Authors: Allsopp P. G. , Carne P. B.
Published: April 2007

Abstract

Paraschizognathus marcus is described from a single male collected at Marcus Beach, south Queensland.
ANOPLOGNATHUS VIETOR SP. N. (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: RUTELINAE) FROM WEST QUEENSLAND
Authors: Allsopp P. G. , Carne P. B.
Published: April 2007

Abstract

Anoplognathus vietor is described from a single male collected at Windorah, west Queensland.
CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS SKUSE (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) AT APPIN, N. S. W.—BIONOMICS AND BEHAVIOUR
Authors: Russell Richard C.
Published: April 2007

Abstract

Larval and adult populations of Culex annulirostris were sampled for two years. Populations appeared in pond samples and dry‐ice baited light traps in Oct, increased into mid summer, then disappeared in May. Larval populations appeared to reflect rainfall which promoted oviposition. The species overwintered as a female population that was predominantly parous. Females were more attracted to chickens than to guinea pigs. There was no evidence of autogeny in the population. The duration of the gonotrophic cycle ranged from 4 to 12 days depending on temperature. Females old enough to transmit arboviruses were present from Oct to May.
REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN HELONOTUS AMYOT AND SERVILLE (HETEROPTERA: REDUVIIDAE)
Authors: Malipatil M. B.
Published: April 2007

Abstract

Australian species of the genus Helonotus Amyot and Serville, viz. H. auricomus Miller and H. curvidens Miller, are synonymised with H. exsugiens Stål from New Guinea. H. exsugiens is redescribed with a lectotype and paralectotypes designated. Two new species, H. sextuberculatus sp. n. and H. queenslandensis sp. n. are described from northern Australia and a key to species is given.
C‐BANDING KARYOTYPE AND MALE MEIOSIS OF ACROPHYLLA WUELFINGI (REDTENBACHER) (PHASMATODEA: PHASMATIDAE)
Authors: Marescalchi O. , Masetti M. , Scali V.
Published: April 2007

Abstract

The C‐Banded karyotype and the male meiosis of the Australian species Acrophylla wuelfingi are described and compared with other members of the subfamily Phasmatinae. The chromosomes of A. wuelfingi are rather large and their number is 2n ♂= 45, XO, 2n ♀= 46, XX; the metacentric X being the largest element of the set. Karyotype analysis shows a predominance of heterobrachial chromosomes and centromeric heterochromatin bands or blocks in all elements. Male meiosis is chiasmate, with mainly terminal chiasmata.
THE AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OF ORIUS WOLFF (HETEROPTERA: ANTHOCORIDAE)
Authors: Woodward T. E. , Postle A. C.
Published: April 2007

Abstract

Triphleps australis China, 1926 is synonymised with Anthocoris tantillus Motschulsky, 1863 (both now in Orius Wolff) and additional taxonomic and distributional data are provided for O. tantillus and O. armatus Gross, 1954. O. heterorioides sp. n. and O. chadwicki sp. n. are described. The 4 species are keyed and their placements within the genus are discussed.
EGGS OF AEDES VIGILAX (SKUSE) AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION ON PLANTS AND SOIL IN SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND SALTMARSH
Authors: Kay B. H. , Jorgensen* W. K.
Published: April 2007

Abstract

On saltmarshes ca 50 km south of Brisbane, Aedes vigilax eggs and egg shells were recovered from marine couch Sporobolus virginicus var. minor, samphire Sarcocornia quinqueflora, seablite Sueda australis and from the pneumatophores of the grey mangrove Avicennia marina var. australasica using a sieving flotation method of 85 ± 8% efficacy. Greatest numbers of both viable and hatched eggs were recovered from marine couch plants (41–50% from these samples) and their sods. On Sporobolus, 92% of the eggs were oviposited from 0–4 cm from the base of the plant. Because of its wide extent and its attractiveness, marine couch would seem to be the major oviposition site at which control attempts could be focused. Scanning electron micrographs and a description of the egg are provided.
TERATOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF WING BUDS IN A WORKER FROM AN INCIPIENT LABORATORY COLONY OF MASTOTERMES DARWINIENSIS FROGGATT (ISOPTERA: MASTOTERMITIDAE)
Authors: Watson J. A. L. , Abbey Hilda M.
Published: April 2007

A worker with well‐developed but aberrant wing buds is described from an incipient laboratory colony of Mastotermes darwiniensis, established as a primary pair 5 years previously, and half orphaned during its last year.
THE IMPACT OF PREDATORS ON LUCERNE APHIDS AND THE SEASONAL PRODUCTION OF LUCERNE IN THE HUNTER VALLEY, NEW SOUTH WALES
Authors: Bishop A. L. , Milne Wendy M.
Published: April 2007

A study was made on the impact of predators on the exotic aphids Acyrthosiphon kondoi Shinji (bluegreen aphid) and Therioaphis trifolii (Monell) f. maculata (spotted alfalfa aphid) in lucerne. The predator complex consisted mainly of Coccinella repanda Thunberg, Micromus sp., syrphid larvae, predatory mites and spiders. Predators significantly reduced numbers of aphids in 3 of 6 plant growth periods when aphids were abundant but they did not prevent significant yield Ioss. In combination with various parasitic hymenoptera, predators could be important pest management tools.
ACCEPTABILITY OF STYLOSANTHES SCABRA VOGEL AS A SUBSTRATE FOR LARVAE OF BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (CANESTRINI) (ACARINA: IXODIDAE)
Authors: Wilson L. J. , Sutherst R. W.
Published: April 2007

Larvae of the cattle tick, Boophilus microplus ascend pasture in order to transfer to a passing host. Larvae ascending stems of several species of the genus Stylosanthes are immobilised and killed by the sticky secretion produced by these plants. If these plants are to be effective as control agents for cattle tick, larvae must find them as acceptable as the alternative vegetation. A technique to compare the acceptability of stems of different pasture species to tick larvae is described. The acceptability of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) was compared with that of Stylosanthes scabra cv Fitzroy grown in a glasshouse for 1 month or in the field for 7 and for 18 months. The acceptability of straws coated with sticky S. scabra exudate, and of sticks of different colours or thicknesses was also investigated.

Compared with buffel grass, young stems of S. scabra or those grown in the glasshouse were less acceptable to larvae but thicker woody, 18 month old stems were more acceptable. The results suggest that larvae are unlikely to avoid mature Stylosanthes plants in the field. The sticky exudate from young S. scabra stems resulted in far fewer larvae coming to rest on coated straws. The colour of sticks did not influence the response of larvae but thicker sticks were more likely to be contacted than thin sticks. The implications of these results for the use of S. scabra as a tick control agent are discussed.
THE IMMATURE STAGES OF SOME AUSTRALIAN SPHAEROMIINI (DIPTERA: CERATOPOGONIDAE)
Authors: Elson‐Harris M. M.
Published: April 2007

The fourth instar larvae and pupae of Lanatomyia miles Debenham, Nilobezzia aranea Debenham and N. virago Debenham are described, together with the pupae of Hebetula tonnoiri (Lee), La. electra Debenham, Leehelea hispida Debenham, Le. wasselli Debenham, N. basispinigera Debenham, N. fuscitarsus Debenham, N. triquetrinotata Debenham and N. whartoni Lee. Keys are provided for fourth instar larvae and pupae. The pupal key also includes Mallochohelea satelles Debenham.
BOOK REVIEW
Authors: Wells A.
Published: April 2007

Atlas of Trichoptera of the SW Pacific‐Australian Region: Arturs Neboiss. Dr W. Junk: Netherlands, 1986. pp 286 + viii. US $85.00.
INFECTION OF SAMEA MULTIPLICALIS (GUENÉE) (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE) BY TWO NOSEM A SPP. (PROTOZOA: MICROSPORIDA)
Authors: Milner R. J. , Hines E. , Kassulke R. C.
Published: April 2007

A species of Nosema found in field infected Samea larvae is shown to be distinct from that previously eliminated from the laboratory colony imported from South America.
BOOK REVIEW
Authors: Rice M. J.
Published: April 2007

Acoustic and Vibrational Communication in Insects: K. Kalmring and N. Elsner (Eds). Parey: Berlin. 1985. pp 230. A $61.25
BOOK REVIEW
Authors: Stevens M. M.
Published: April 2007

The Leafhoppers and Planthoppers. L. R. Nault and J. G. Rodriguez (Eds). John Wiley and Sons, Brisbane. 1985. 500 pp. $143.90.
USE OF INSECTICIDES AND A PRESS WHEEL TO CONTROL SOIL INSECTS AFFECTING SORGHUM AND SUNFLOWER ESTABLISHMENT IN SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND
Authors: Radford B. J. , Allsopp P. G.
Published: April 2007

Field trials at 5 sites in southern Queensland were used to determine the effectiveness of soil compaction with a press wheel and various methods of application of 4 insecticides for the control of soil insect pests of sorghum and sunflower seeds and seedlings. The pests involved were black field earwigs, Nala lividipes (Dufour), sugarcane wireworms, Agrypnus variabilis (Candèze), seedharvesting ants (Pheidole sp. and an unidentified species), and false wireworms, Pterohelaeus alternatus Pascoe, P. darlingensis Carter, Gonocephalum macleayi (Blackburn), Cestrinus trivialis Erichson.

Some of the techniques of insecticide application improved establishment at 4 of the sites. Heptachlor was the most effective insecticide overall and caused no phytotoxicity to either crop. Chlorpyrifos and terbufos had apparent phytotoxic effects in some trials. Carbaryl which was applied only by water injection, was less effective than heptachlor and (sometimes) chlorpyrifos.

Where insecticides caused no apparent phytotoxicity, applications by seed dressing, presoaking, water injection, and in‐furrow spray generally were equally effective in improving establishment. Seed dressing and presoaking required less active ingredient and were the most efficient ways of applying insecticide.

Soil compaction with a press wheel also significantly increased establishment, at all sites for sunflower and at 4 sites for sorghum. Response to compaction by the press wheel at 2 sites was attributed solely to insect control as soil water was adequate and control plots had extensive insect damage and low emergence.
AN ADDITIONAL EXOTIC DYNASTINE TEMNORRHYNCHUS RETUSUS (F.) (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE) IN AUSTRALIA
Authors: Allsopp P. G.
Published: April 2007

The southern African dynastine Temnorrhynchus retusus (F.) is recorded from Albany, Western Australia. The capture of both sexes indicates that the species is established.
BOOK REVIEW
Authors: Moore A. D.
Published: April 2007

Insect Dormancy: an ecological perspective: H. V. Danks. Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Anthropods) 1987. pp 439. Can$50.
NITROGEN, LEAF TOUGHNESS AND THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF PAROPSIS ATOMARIA OLIVIER (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE)—A HYPOTHESIS
Authors: Ohmart C. P. , Thomas J. R. , Stewart L. G.
Published: April 2007

For the annual period of activity of Paropsis atomaria, November to May (2 generations), foliar nitrogen (N) concentrations in a major host, Eucalyptus blakelyi were found to vary between 2.44 and 1.38%. Neither growth nor development of older larvae would be limited by foliar N at most sites but fecundity and early larval survival may have been influenced adversely. In the laboratory all larvae which hatched on foliage with < 1% N died during the first instar. Leaves low in N are very tough and mortality probably resulted from inability of first instar larvae to feed rather than by N starvation. These findings suggest that N is not limiting for P. atomaria in most years since new foliage is normally abundant, soft and high in N. It would be limiting in years when new foliage is scarce and most foliage available is old, tough and low in N.
BOOK REVIEW
Authors: Gullan P. J.
Published: April 2007

Fauna of New Zealand, Number 11, Pseudococcidae (Insecta: Hemiptera): J. M. Cox, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington, New Zealand, 1987. pp. 230, 134 figures. NZ$43.00.
INHERITANCE OF RESISTANCE TO FENVALERATE IN HELIOTHIS ARMIGERA (HÜBNER) (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)
Authors: Gunning R. V. , Easton C. S.
Published: April 2007

Crosses between 3 single pairs of Heliothis armigera (Hübner) which were resistant and susceptible to the pyrethroid fenvalerate, indicated that resistance was incompletely dominant. The results of tests with fenvalerate on reciprocal crosses showed that resistance was autosomal. Further studies showed that resistance to other pyrethroids, cypermethrin, deltamethrin and permethrin, was also incompletely dominant.
FOUR NEW AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OF HYPSELOSOMA REUTER (HETEROPTERA: SCHIZOPTERIDAE)
Authors: Hill Lionel
Published: April 2007

Hypselosoma oncerochilotum, H. pachypechotum, H. schizobregmotum and H. trachypechotum are described from Queensland and additional information given for H. hickmani Wygodzinsky from Tasmania. The generic definition is amended and the 5 species are keyed. The male genitalia of Hypselosoma Reuter are described and morphological notes on the genus including reference to 6 undescribed New Caledonian species are given.
BOOK REVIEW
Authors: Rogers D. J.
Published: April 2007

Interactions of Plant Resistance and Parasitoids and Predators of Insects. D. J. Boethel and R. D. Eikenbary (Eds). Ellis Horwood: Chichester. 1986.
EFFECTS OF TRAP SIZE AND SCENT ON CATCHES OF THRIPS IMAGINIS BAGNALL (THYSANOPTERA: THRIPIDAE)
Authors: Kirk W. D. J.
Published: April 2007

In field experiments, the catch of Thrips imaginis Bagnall on horizontal white sticky traps with low U.V. reflectance increased according to a constant power of trap size. The scent of anisaldehyde increased trap catches by a factor of 3.3 for small traps and 1.8 for large traps. The relevance to host finding is discussed and the results are compared with those in the literature for aphids and another species of thrips.
TECHNIQUES FOR REMOVAL OF PANONYCHUS ULMI (KOCH) (ACARI: TETRANYCHIDAE) FROM SAMPLES OF APPLE LEAVES
Authors: Williams Magaret A.
Published: April 2007

A brushing machine removed larvae of European red mite, Panonychus ulmi (Koch), from apple leaf samples better than agitation in hot potassium hydroxide (P < 0.01) but the latter was superior for removal of eggs (P < 0.01). Other stages were extracted equally well by both techniques (P = 0.05). Mites removed by brushing machine were more readily sorted into life stages and generally this technique was simpler and faster to operate. A method utilising a modified counting disc for estimating mite numbers removed by brushing machine was developed.
NOTES ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF SOME AUSTRALIAN TENEBRIONOIDEA (COLEOPTERA)
Authors: Lawrence John F.
Published: April 2007

The following new combinations are proposed in Mycetophagidae: Litargus minor (Lea) (Triphyllus Latreille), L. intricatus (Blackburn) (Triphyllus) and L. multiguttatus (Lea) (Triphyllus). Anaplopus Blackburn is transferred from Tenebrionidae to Pythidae. The following species are moved from Palaestrida White in Meloidae to Morpholycus Lea in Pythidae: M. concolor (Macleay), comb. n., M. flabellicornis (Macleay), comb. n., and M. nigripennis (Macleay), comb. n. Xylophilostenus Lea is transferred from Aderidae to Scraptiidae.
THESEUS GROSSI SP. N. (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE) FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
Authors: McDonald F. J. D.
Published: April 2007

Abstract

Theseus grossi sp. n. is described from Northern Australia.
Book Review
Authors: Warhurst P.
Published: April 2007

Book reviews in this article:

Bees and their Keepers. Richard F. Trump, 1987.
THE GENUS HOLOSTASPELLA BERLESE (ACARINA: MACROCHELIDAE) IN AUSTRALIA
Authors: Halliday R. B.
Published: April 2007

Abstract

The Australian species of Holostaspella Berlese are H. ateucha sp. n., H. bifoliata (Trägårdh), H. crenulata Krantz, H. exornata Filipponi and Pegazzano and H. moderata Berlese. The male of H. crenulata is described for the first time; the females of the 5 species are keyed, as are the females of the Australian genera of Macrochelidae.