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REVISION OF THE SUBFAMILY SPHAERIDIINAE OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO (COLEOPTERA: HYDROPHILIDAE)
Authors: Smetana A 
Published: April 2011

AbstractA revision of the hydrophilid subfamily Sphaeridiinae (Coleoptera) is presented including a historical review, a discussion of diagnostic characters and techniques, and some conclusive remarks, mostly on the zoogeography of this group in North America.Thirteen genera and 62 species are recognized. Three genera, one subgenus, 12 species, and one subspecies are described as new.SphaeridiolinusMenozzi, 1921, is placed in synonymy withSphaeridiumFabricius, 1775;ErcyconRey, 1885, andParaliocercyonGanglbauer, 1904, are placed in synonymy withCercyonLeach, 1817. On the specific level,Phaenonotum dubiumSharp, 1882, is placed in synonymy withPh.exstriatum(Say, 1837);Sphaeridium quadrimaculatumHerbst, 1783,marginatumFabricius, 1787,daltoniStephens, 1829,semistriatumLaporte, 1840,testaceumHeer, 1841,humeraleWesthoff, 1881,nigrumCsiki, 1953, andpulchrumCsiki, 1953, withS.bipustulatumFabricius, 1781;Sphaeridium striolatumHeer, 1841,pictumMénétries, 1832,marginatumNormand, 1933,nigerrimumReitter, 1909,inhumeraleCsiki, 1953, andconfluensEndrÖdy-Younga, 1967, withS.scarabaeoides(Linné, 1758);Cercyon testaceusBlatchley, 1923, withC.praetextatus(Say, 1825);Cercyon fulvipennisMannerheim, 1852, withC.limbatusMannerheim, 1843;Cercyon mulsantiGanglbauer, 1904, withC.quisquilius(Linné, 1761);Cercyon impunctatusKuwert, 1890, andjanssoniNyholm, 1952, withC.unipunctatus(Linné, 1758);Cercyon incrematusNotman, 1920, withC.lateralis(Marsham, 1802);Cercyon erythropterusMulsant, 1840,discoidalisJ. Sahlberg, 1913,basillarisNotman, 1920, andbifenestratellusEndrÖdy-Younga, 1967, withC.haemorrhoidalis(Fabricius, 1775);Cercyon rufipennisCsiki, 1953, withC.impressus(Sturm, 1807);Cercyon rubripennisKuwert, 1890, withC.melanocephalus(Linné, 1758);Cercyon separandusRey, 1885, andpictithoraxGridelli, 1926, withC.terminants(Marsham, 1802);Cercyon binotatusStephens, 1829, andruficollisSchilsky, 1888, withC.litoralis(Gyllenhal, 1808);Cercyon falliWinters, 1944 (nomen nudum), withC.analis(Paykull, 1798);Cybocephalus unicolorMotschulsky, 1845, withCercyon adumbratusMannerheim, 1843;Cryptopleurum cereiSchwarz, 1899, withC.impressumSharp, 1882.Neotypes are designated forCercyon praetextatus(Say),C.occallatus(Say), andC.minusculusMelsh. Lectotypes are designated forDactylosternum advectumHorn,D.cacti(LeC.),Oosternum costatumSharp,Cercyon roseniKnisch,C.opacellusFall,C.pubescensLeC.,C.kulzeriKnisch,C.nevadanusKnisch,C.floridanusHorn,C.testaceusBlatch.,C.limbatusMannh.,C.fulvipennisMannh.,C.variegatusSharp,C.indistinctusHorn,C.adumbratusMannh.,C.fimbriatusMannh.,C.lunigerMannh.,C.maculatusMelsh.,Genyon navicularis(Zimm.),Megasternum posticatumMannh.,Cryptopleurum impressumSharp,C.cereiSchw., andC.subtileSharp.Keys to tribes, genera, and species are provided. The tribes and genera are described; each species is described and illustrated, and all available bionomic and distributional data are presented; distributional records are mapped.
A CATALOGUE OF THE EGGS OF SOME CANADIAN GEOMETRIDAE (LEPIDOPTERA), WITH COMMENTS
Authors: Salkeld E. H. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractPresented, with comments, are 131 plates of illustrations of geometrid eggs representing five subfamilies of the Geometridae: one species of Oenochrominae, 72 species of Ennominae, four species of Geometrinae, nine species of Sterrhinae, and 45 species of Larentiinae. The illustrations are useful as identification aids, in demonstrating relationships between species, and in assessing the validity of species groupings based on taxonomic criteria from other life stages.
A REVISION OF THE GENUSALEOCHARAGRAVENHORST OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE, ALEOCHARINAE)
Authors: Klimaszewski Jan 
Published: April 2011

AbstractA revision of the genusAleocharaof America north of Mexico is presented. Seven subgenera are redefined with 47 currently recognized species, of which nine are described as new (A.arizonica,A.cavernicola,A.curtidens,A.lobata,A.ocularis,A.nidicola,A.rufobmnnea,A.rufonigra,A.unicolor). The species are arranged according to their relationships into species groups within each subgenus. Sixty-one synonymies are newly established (the first specific name is valid): Subg. COPROCHARA,A.bimaculataGravenhorst =B.deserticolaCasey =B.innocuaCasey =B. obsolescens Casey =B. recta Casey;A.notulaErichson =A.duplicataErichson =B.nanellaCasey =B.nitidicollisCasey;A.suffusa(Casey) =B.acuminataCasey =A.verna brundiniBernhauer;A.vernaSay =A.alticolaSharp. Subg.XENOCHARA,A.lacertinaSharp =B.salicolaCasey =B.imbricataCasey =B.idoneaCasey =A.densiventrisBernhauer;A.sallaeiSharp =A.torquataSharp;A.puberulaKlug =B.bipartitaCasey;A.fumataGravenhorst =A.languidaSachse =B.defectaCasey =B.affluensCasey;A.castaneipennisMannerheim =A.glenoranaCasey =B.rotundicollisCasey =B.mannerheimiCasey =B.acomanaCasey =B.insulanaCasey =B.concurrensCasey =B.eludensCasey =A.oregonaHatch;A.quadrataSharp =B.uvidulaCasey =A.sparsicollisBernhauer. Subg.CALOCHARA,A.rubripennisCasey =A.rubripesBlatchley =A.wallawallaeHatch. Subg.ALEOCHARA,A.centralisSharp =A.stygialisSharp;A.gracilicornisBernhauer =A.kansanaCasey =A.pleuralisCasey =A.americanaCasey =A.ellipsicollisCasey;A.lustricaSay =A.pauperSharp =A.serrataSharp =A.texanaCasey =A.fusicornisCasey =A.sternalisCasey =A.algonquinaCasey =A.medialisCasey;A.tahoensisCasey =A.postpictaCasey =A.montanicaCasey;A.thoracicaCasey =A.collusorCasey. Subg.ECHOCHARA,A.lucifuga(Casey) =A.cavicola(Garman). Subg.EMPLENOTA,A.littoralis(Mäklin) =A.maritima(Casey) =P.arenariaCasey =E.quadriferCasey =E.trilimbataCasey =E.longicepsCasey. Subg.MASEOCHARA,A.validaLeConte =M.ponderosaCasey =M.robustaSharp =M.ruficaudaCasey;A.opacella(Sharp) =M.hogeiSharp =M.decipiensCasey;A.depressa(Sharp) =M.puberulaCasey =M.basalisCasey =M.mustaCasey.Ninety-three lectotypes and three neotypes are designated (neotypes are designated for:C.caviolaGarman,A.lustricaSay, andA.vernaSay).Keys to subgenera and species are provided. All species are described, each illustrated with line drawings and scanning electron microscope photomicrographs, and all available bionomic and distributional data are given. Emphasis was put on host records of thoseAleocharaspecies which may be used in biological control of some pest species of Diptera. The systematics and phylogeny of the subgenera and zoogeography of species are discussed.A checklist of NearcticAleocharaand a table listing the known host records for some species is added.
A TAXONOMIC CONSPECTUS OF THE BLONDELIINI OF NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES (DIPTERA: TACHINIDAE)
Authors: Wood D. M. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe species of the tribe Blondeliini of North and Central America and the West Indies (including Trinidad) are grouped into 55 genera. Included is an illustrated key to the genera, a diagnosis of each genus, a list of all generic synonyms, and a taxonomic catalogue of all species recorded from these regions, including their New World synonyms. Type status, type locality, and depository of primary type material is given for each nominal species. One hundred and seventy-seven new generic-level synonyms, 67 new species-level synonyms, and 321 new combinations are proposed.Didyma fuliginipennisWulp, belonging to the tribe Eryciini, was assigned to the genusAmetadoria(see under lectotype designation ofDidyma volucrisWulp). Three new species are described:Ligeria latigenan. sp., from Yukon;Policheta crassisetosan. sp., from Oregon; andSteleoneura novemmaculatan. sp., from Yukon, Banks Island, and Victoria Island. Lectotypes are designated for 93 nominal species.
The Genera and Species of the Nearctic Dolerini (Symphyta: Tenthredinidae: Selandriinae): Classification and Phylogeny
Authors: Goulet Henri 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe Dolerini consist of two genera (DolerusPanzer andPrionourgusGoulet).Prionourgusconsists of one species.Dolerusis subdivided into one species group and seven subgenera (nitensgroup,NeodolerusGoulet,AchaetoprionGoulet,OncodolerusGoulet,LoderusKonow,DicrodolerusGoulet,Doleruss. str. Panzer, andDosytheusLeach), and consists of 72 Nearctic species.Described as new are one genus [Prionourgus(type species:Dolerus salmaniRoss)], four subgenera [Neodolerus(type species:Dolerus sericeusSay),Achaetoprion(type species:Dosytheus maculicollisNorton),Dicrodolerus(type species:Dosytheus apricusNorton), andOncodolerus(type species:Loderus acidusMacGillivray)], 23 species [Dolerus abstrusus(type locality: Moose Factory, Ontario),Dolerus acer(type locality: Merritt Creek, Klamath County, Oregon),Dolerus aeneiceps(type locality: Robson, British Columbia),Dolerus alutaceus(type locality: Seymour, Illinois),Dolerus californicus(type locality: 1 mi. E Emigrant Gap, Placer County, California),Dolerus columbianus(type locality: Robson, British Columbia),Dolerus comatus(type locality: Pullman, Washington),Dolerus crinitus(type locality: Forestville, California),Dolerus decussatus(type locality: Chaffeys Locks, Ontario),Dolerusfaber(type locality, 25.5 mi. W Lakeview, Oregon),Dolerusfalcatus(type locality: Cheltenham, Pennsylvania),Dolerus fulgens(type locality: Huntingdon, Pennsylvania),Dolerus hebes(type locality: Marmora, Ontario),Dolerus incisus(type locality: Reindeer Depot, Northwest Territories),Dolerus inermis(type locality: Moscow, Idaho),Dolerus interior(type locality: Pullman, Washington),Dolerus laevis(type locality: Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California),Dolerus maritimus(type locality: Chase Lake, Snohomish County, Washington),Dolerus mimus(type locality: Gatineau Park, Quebec),Dolerus recurvans(type locality: Strawberry, California),Dolerus rossi(type locality: Fredericton, New Brunswick),Dolerus tacoma(type locality: Mount Rainier, Washington), andDolerus urustus(type locality: Tuscarora, Nevada)], and two subspecies [Dolerus elderi pacificus(type locality: Sumas Prairie, British Columbia) andDolerus konowi glacialis(type locality: Yakutat, Alaska)]. A new name,Dolerus sayi, is proposed forD.collarisSay, a junior secondary homonym.Treatment of each taxon includes synonymic list, diagnostic combination, descriptions, taxonomic notes, origin of new epithet, host and/or habitat, geographic distribution, and notes on affinities. In addition, under each species there is a discussion of geographical variation. Important character states are illustrated and geographical distribution is mapped for all species. Relationships between species of Dolerini are reconstructed from the analysis of structural characters using principles of cladistic systematics. Finally a classification is proposed for higher taxa of the Dolerini based on the reconstructed phylogeny.
CATALOGUE OF THE ORIBATIDA (ACARI) OF CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES AND CANADA
Authors: Marshall Valin G. , Reevrs R. Marcel , Norton Roy A. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe catalogue provides systematic information and collates biological and ecological references on species of the acariform mite suborder Oribatida known from North America. Despite the importance of oribatid mites in decomposition processes, this is the first such synthesis in over 75 years. The catalogue deals with 1177 species and subspecies in 329 genera, representing 108 families and 44 superfamilies. The geographical region covered is roughly the Nearctic Realm, excluding Greenland, Mexico, and oceanic islands. Fossil species are included, but quarantine interceptions are omitted. Also not treated are 16 species, listed in the literature as cosmopolitan or American, but whose occurrence in Canada and continental United States has not been confirmed. The systematic arrangement of higher taxa is compiled from many sources, but primarily expresses a functional compromise between the concepts of Grandjean and Balogh.Numerous taxonomic changes were required for the placement of taxa into a modern classification. Four family-group names are given new status (Nehypochthonioidea, Charassobatoidea, Tectocepheoidea, Achipterioidea) mostly to eliminate known polyphyletic taxa. New generic synonymies include:AcrotritiaJacot, 1923 andPeridromotritiaJacot, 1923 withRhysotritiaMärkel and Meyer, 1959;AlloribatesBanks, 1947 withXylobatesJacot, 1929; andBoreozetesHammer, 1955 withNeogymnobatesEwing, 1917. Fourteen species names are given new status, 24 others are newly synonymized, and 120 are placed in new combinations. Four recombinations resulted in junior secondary homonyms for which new names are proposed. Thirty-six species names are recognized as being of uncertain status: 20 nomina inquirendae, five nomina nuda, five unavailable names, two unplaced taxa, and four misidentifications.For each species and subspecies treated, pertinent information from 1229 references, selected on a global basis, is arranged into 14 subject categories, depending on availability of data. Direct information is provided on: location of type material, synonymies and combinations used in the literature, additional references to synonymies and combinations not included in the previous section, and distributional records (by provinces in Canada, states in the United States, and geographical realms outside North America). Number-coded literature references serve as a guide to species description, taxonomy, keys, works with numerous references, morphology, biology, food, miscellany (culture, extraction, parasitology, physiology), ecology, and remarks.
ODONATA OF PEATLANDS AND MARSHES IN CANADA
Authors: Hilton Donald F.J. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe 196 species of Odonata known to occur in Canada are divided into two suborders: Zygoptera (52 species) and Anisoptera (144 species). None of these exclusively occupies marshes or fens. One zygopteran (Nehalennia gracilis Morse) is restricted to bogs whereas Coenagrion interrogatum (Hagen) predominantly occupies mossy bogs or fens. The following anisopterans solely, or predominantly, occupy bogs (with some occasionally in Carex marshes and (or) fens): Gomphaeschna furcillata (Say), Aeshna septentrionalis Burmeister, A. sitchensis Hagen, A. subarctica Walker, Williamsonia fletcheri Williamson, Somatochlora brevicincta Robert, S. franklini (Selys), S. incurvata Walker, S. sahlbergi Trybom, S. septentrionalis (Hagen), S. whitehousei Walker, Nannothemis bella (Uhler), and Leucorrhinia patricia Walker. Most of this information is based upon collections of adults, but studies of larvae are needed to determine the adaptations necessary for life in bog, fen, or marsh habitats.
BITING FLIES (DIPTERA) OF PEATLANDS AND MARSHES IN CANADA
Authors: Lewis David J. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractA review of the literature on biting flies of Canadian peatlands and marshes reveals that 21 species of Culicidae, 43 species of Tabanidae, and 6 species of Ceratopogonidae are known to occur in such habitats. Of these 70 species of biting flies, 45 occur in bogs, 22 in fens, and 36 in marshes. Although the species composition of wetland culicids is largely known, immatures of many species of the tabanids and ceratopogonids have yet to be collected and/or described. Almost nothing is known about the biology of the immature stages in wetland habitats. Most species known to inhabit wetlands have been recorded from both peatlands and marshes, but there are representatives of all families that appear to be restricted to a particular type of wetland. Compounding this paucity of information on the biting flies of Canadian wetlands is the inconsistency and lack of specificity in describing wetland habitats.
THE SPECIES GROUPS OFGONATOCERUSNEES IN NORTH AMERICA WITH A REVISION OF THESULPHURIPESANDATERGROUPS (HYMENOPTERA: MYMARIDAE)
Authors: Huber John T. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractA provisional cladistic analysis of the species groups ofGonatocerusNees is presented, based on 24 characters. Six species groups are defined, but only the four Nearctic ones are described. The species groups proposed are theater,deficiens,litoralis,membraciphagus,straeleni, andsulphuripesgroups. Theatergroup is divided into themorrilli,ater(s.s.), andbucculentussubgroups. Keys are provided to distinguish the species groups, and females of thesulphuripes- andater-group species. Twenty-four species are recognized in thesulphuripesandatergroups for America north of Mexico. Eight species are recognized in thesulphuripesgroup, of whichcalifornicus,koebelei,maga,mexicanus,rivalis, andutahensisare redescribed. Two species,floridensisandlissonotus, are described as new. One new synonymy is proposed:titillatusis considered a junior synonym ofutahensis. Sixteen species are recognized in theatergroup, of whichashmeadi,capitatus,dolichocerus,fasciatus,latipennis,morrilli,novifasciatus,ovicenatus, andtriguttatusare redescribed. Seven species,bucculentus,enicmophilus,flagellatus,impar,incomptus,inexpectatus, andinflatiscapus, are described as new. Two new synonymies are proposed:maximusis considered a junior synonym oflatipennis, andmarilandicusa junior synonym ofdolichocerus. Lectotypes are designated forashmeadi,capitatus,koebelei,mexicanus,morrilli,ovicenatus,triguttatus, andutahensis.
SCIENTISTS, MODELS, AND RESOURCE MANAGERS
Authors: Walker H. Douglas , Cuff Wilfred R. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractConcerns are frequently expressed within the resource management community that many of the tools or models being developed to help people manage resources aren't being used. Less clear are the reasons, but a look at the contrasts between resource management and resource science provides some clues. The disciplinary organization of scientific knowledge, compared with the general nature of management problems, contributes to the gap between science and management. Many of the difficulties that resource scientists are experiencing are shared by management scientists attempting to provide problem-solving support to managers. In fact, management scientists who are developing tools for use by managers are sometimes said to be doing research on "toy" problems because of their tendency to oversimplify the "messes" or complex systems with which managers are trying to deal. To derive tools of use in solving real problems, some resource scientists will have to be willing to study and work with resource managers in the context where problems are faced.
BIOGEOGRAPHY AND ORIGINS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN STONEFLIES (PLECOPTERA)
Authors: Hynes H.B.N. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe present distributions of stonefly genera in North America, their occurrence as endemics, or as shared with the Far East, Europe and South America, are considered in conjunction with geological history. It is concluded that the Plecoptera of North America have four sources of origin.There was an ancient eastern fauna shared with Europe before the formation of the North Atlantic Ocean. A second group moved in from the west during the formation of the western mountains. After formation of the isthmus one genus moved northward from South America. After the Pleistocene period several species migrated from the Bering Strait region, possibly from an Alaskan refugium. Some of these have clearly moved eastward, but a few may have moved westward.
EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON DEVELOPMENTAL RATE AND ADULT WEIGHT OF AUSTRALIAN POPULATIONS OF ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM (HARRIS) (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE)
Authors: Lamb Robert J. , MacKay Patricia A. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThree populations of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), from locations between 27 and 36°S in eastern Australia were studied at five constant temperatures from 10 to 28 °C. A three-parameter, nonlinear equation accurately described developmental rate as a function of temperature for each of the five lines from each population. Maximum adult weight was attained at 20 °C. Wingless aphids developed faster and were heavier than winged aphids. There were no significant differences in developmental times among populations, and adult weights among populations differed only at 25 °C. These weight differences and other nonsignificant differences among populations showed no trends with the long-term average temperatures at the collection sites. This finding indicates that developmental rate and adult weight have not been adapted to temperature in the 5 years since the aphids were introduced. The maximum rate of development, optimum temperature for rapid development, developmental threshold, and optimum temperature for high adult weight were higher for the Australian populations than for North American populations, but these differences do not reflect adaptation to different environmental temperatures. We conclude that Australian populations of A. pisum did not originate in North America.
INDIVIDUAL FOOD CHOICES BY FORAGERS FROM THE SPECIES ACROMYRMEX OCTOSPINOSUS (REICH), THE LEAF-CUTTING ANT
Authors: Therrien Pierre 
Published: April 2011

AbstractForagers from the species Acromyrmex octospinosus (Reich) were given a choice between four different plant discs in the laboratory: Manihot esculenta (Crantz.) (cassava) varieties A and B; Ipomea batatas (L.) (sweet potato); and Dioscorea cayenensis cayenensis (Lam.) (yellow yam). Disc pick-up was not random among 8 of 11 individual foragers nor for the whole colony. Variations in preference were observed between days of the experiment and between foragers for the same day. Some foragers were not seen every day of the experiment. Variations between foragers might be an effect of age or genetic make-up. The existence of such variation may be adaptive for the colony as it ensures a better sampling of the plants available around the nest and avoids problems that would arise from the disappearance of a plant if it were the exclusive source of substrate for the colony.
STRESS SPECIFICITY OF MATERNAL EFFECTS IN HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS (BODDIE) (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) LARVAE
Authors: Gould F. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractQuercetin, a growth-inhibiting compound that is produced by many plants, was incorporated into an artificial diet and fed to Heliothis virescens (Boddie) larvae. Eggs were collected from females that had developed on this diet and from females that had developed on unadulterated artificial diet. Neonates from these eggs were placed on diets containing quercetin or other commonly occurring plant compounds (rutin, gossypol, gramine). Offspring from parents that had developed on quercetin-containing diet grew more slowly on diets containing quercetin, rutin, or gossypol, than did larvae from parents reared on unadulterated diet. Larvae from both types of parents grew at the same rate when reared on gramine-containing diet. Maternal, but not paternal, diet led to decreased growth of offspring on quercetin-containing diet. When reared on quercetin- and rutin-containing diets, offspring from parents that had developed on tobacco or soybean grew more slowly than larvae from parents reared on unadulterated diet.