bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
EFFECT OF A JUVENILE HORMONE ANALOGUE ON DEVELOPMENTAL RATE AND GROWTH RATE OF PROGENY IN PISSODES STROBI (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE)
Authors: McMullen L. H. , Sahota T. S. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractApplication of a juvenile hormone analogue (ZR-777), prepared from an emulsifiable concentrate, to adults or to host foliage retarded the developmental and growth rates of the progeny. Possible means of transmission of the effect to the progeny are discussed.
INSECT MORTALITY ASSOCIATED WITH SARAN PLASTIC SCREEN
Authors: Osgood C. E. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe factors responsible for heavy mortality of Culex tarsalis populations in saran plastic screen cages were investigated. Two compounds, Dow Corning® Antifoam A and Aldo® MLD (glyceryl monolaurate, Glyco Chemicals Ltd.), used as foam preventatives in screen processing, were tested with C. tarsalis. One of the compounds, Aldo® MLD, was shown to be toxic to mosquitoes. Toxic principles were removed easily from saran screening by washing with detergent and water.
DESCRIPTIONS OF IMMATURE STAGES OF THE CYNIPID HEXACOLA SP. NEAR WEBSTERI (EUCOILINAE: HYMENOPTERA), A LARVAL–PUPAL PARASITE OF HIPPELATES EYE GNATS (DIPTERA: CHLOROPIDAE)
Authors: Eskafi Fred M. , Legner E. Fred 
Published: April 2011

AbstractHexacola sp. near websteri (Crawford), an imported larval–pupal parasite of Hippelates eye gnats, was reared in the laboratory on this host and its immature stages were diagrammed. The duration of each stage at 26 °C was as follows: egg, 2 days; first instar larva, 2 days; second instar larva, 3 days; third instar larva, 4 days; and pupa, 6–7 days. The morphological characters are compared with those of related species and the feeding activity of the larva is described.
AN OVIPOSITION TRAP FOR ARBOVIRUS SURVEILLANCE IN CULEX SP. MOSQUITOES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)
Authors: Surgeoner G. A. , Helson B. V. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractA new trapping technique which selectively captures Culex sp. mosquitoes during oviposition is described. A comparison of this trap to CDC and CO2 traps is presented and the advantages of the oviposition trap for viral monitoring discussed.
LABORATORY REARING OF THE BANDED WOOLLYBEAR,PYRRHARCTIA (ISIA) ISABELLA(LEPIDOPTERA: ARCTIIDAE), ON DIFFERENT DIETS WITH NOTES ON THE BIOLOGY OF THE SPECIES
Authors: Goettel Mark S. , Philogène Bernard J. R. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe banded woollybear,Pyrrharctia (Isia) isabella(J. E. Smith,) was reared under laboratory conditions from egg to adult. Individually reared larvae were fed one of six artificial diets and fresh plantain at 26 °C, light/dark (h) 15/9. The times of moulting, larval and pupal weights, and adult characteristics (fertility, sex) were recorded.Larvae were easily reared on bean, wheat germ, casein – wheat germ and fresh plantain, while casein, alfalfa, and plantain diets proved unsatisfactory. Rearing procedure and developmental characteristics are discussed.
STUDIES ON THE ARTHROPOD FAUNA OF ALFALFA VIII. PARASITOID–HOST RECORDS
Authors: Wheeler A. G. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractParasitoid-host records were gathered during a study of the arthropod fauna of alfalfa Medicago sativa L., at Ithaca, N.Y., during 1966-71, Dates and number of rearings are given for 46 parasitic taxa. Nine new parasitoid-host relationships are reported.
REVISION OF THE WORLD SPECIES OF ARADOPHAGINI (HYMENOPTERA: SCELIONIDAE)
Authors: Masner Lubomir , Huggert Lars 
Published: April 2011

AbstractSeven species of Aradophagini are classified in three genera. Aradophagus Ashmead includes A. fasciatus (USA, Canada, Europe) A. pulchricornis n. sp. (Mexico, USA), and A. microps n. sp. (South India). Ladora n. gen. includes L. brunnea n. sp. (type-species: Morocco, Mallorca, Gambia), L. maura n. sp. (South Africa), and L. trjapitzini n. sp. (Central Asia). Abuko n. gen. with A. sarotes n. sp. (type-species: Gambia). The tribe Aradophagini is redefined and its taxonomic position in the family Scelionidae is discussed. Keys to genera and species of Aradophagini are given.
HEMITHEA AESTIVARIA IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: CHARACTERS OF A PALAEARCTIC GENUS AND SPECIES NOT PREVIOUSLY KNOWN FROM NORTH AMERICA (LEPIDOPTERA: GEOMETRIDAE: GEOMETRINAE)
Authors: Bolte K.B. , Munroe Eugene 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe palaearctic species Hemithea aestivaria (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae: Hemitheini), newly reported from British Columbia, is described, discussed and illustrated. The genus and species are new to the North American fauna.
EVALUATION OF A TRAP FOR THE CITRUS BLACKFLY, ALEUROCANTHUS WOGLUMI (HOMOPTERA: ALEYRODIDAE)
Authors: Meyerdirk D. E. , Hart W. G. , Burnside J. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe conventional yellow citrus blackfly trap was tested to determine whether size, shape, and a translucent versus an opaque material had any significant influence on capture of adults. The trap shape (square, rectangle, triangle, and circle) had no influence on efficiency, though the total number of adults caught per trap had a positive correlation with its surface area. Translucent traps were more attractive to adult citrus blackfly than opaque traps. Fluorescent yellow traps with a reflectance of 550–553 nm had a greater attractiveness than yellow with equivalent reflectance.
DEGREE-DAY RELATIONSHIPS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITHOCOLLETIS BLANCARDELLA (LEPIDOPTERA: GRACILLARIIDAE) AND ITS PARASITE APANTELES ORNIGIS (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE)
Authors: Johnson E. F. , Trottier R. , Laing J. E. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractDegree-day relationships in the development of Lithocolletis blancardella (Fab.) and Apanteles ornigis Weed, its major parasite, were established from laboratory and field studies in Ontario apple orchards during 1973, 1974, and 1975. Under constant laboratory conditions, temperature thresholds for development of overwintering pupae were estimated by three methods, and found to be 6.3°, 6.7°, and 5.7°C for L. blancardella, and 10.4°, 10.4°, and 11.3°C for A. ornigis. Degree-day accumulations in the field were calculated by two methods using daily maximum and minimum temperatures recorded from the pupal habitat and a Stevenson screen. Degree-days in the pupal habitat accumulated from 1 January, above 5.7°C for L. blancardella and 11.3°C for A. ornigis were more accurate than Stevenson screen degree-day accumulations for predicting first emergence; however, after emergence, seasonal development was best related to Stevenson screen degree-days accumulated from 1 April, above 6.7°C for L. blancardella and 10.4°C for A. ornigis. This study shows that degree-day relationships can be used in an apple pest management programme to optimize timing of insecticide applications against L. blancardella and preserve A. ornigis, its major natural enemy.
DENSITY-DEPENDENT INDUCTION OF DIAPAUSE IN THE CODLING MOTH, LASPEYRESIA POMONELLA (LEPIDOPTERA: OLETHREUTIDAE)
Authors: Brown G. C. , Berryman A. A. , Bogyo T. P. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractData are presented which show that first brood codling moth larvae have a higher diapause rate (and are thus univoltine) if reared in apples crowded with other larvae than if they are reared in uncrowded apples. From this relationship, a theoretical mechanism is proposed to help explain the interaction of genetic and nutritional effects in determining the dominant voltinism strain in codling moth populations.
INVESTIGATIONS OF EGG NICHES, EGGS, AND RATE OF OVIPOSITION FOR DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE)
Authors: Lashomb J.H. , Nebeker T.E. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractRelationships of egg niches and eggs per unit (cm) of gallery were studied. On average egg niches were found to overestimate eggs by 36%. The rate of egg deposition in the mid-portion of the infested bole was found to be less than the upper and lower portion.
SAFETY TESTS FOR THE BACULOVIRUS OF THYMELICUS LINEOLA (LEPIDOPTERA: HESPERIIDAE)
Authors: Smirnoff W. A. , McNeil Jeremy N. , Lamothe Pierre 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe baculovirus of Thymelicus lineola (Ochs.) has proved most effective as a microbial control agent of its host in numerous field trials, however, prior to its general use in an integrated control programme its possible deleterious effects on non-target organisms must be considered. Therefore the pathogenicity of this baculovirus to sheep and its cytopathogenicity to tissue cultures of lamb and calf testes were studied. Preliminary tests on 16 insect species were also carried out. No macro- or microscopic differences were detected between treated and control groups, suggesting that this baculovirus is quite specific and that its use as a microbial insecticide is feasible against T. lineola.
A SAMPLING PROGRAM DEVELOPED FOR POTATO LEAFHOPPER NYMPHS, EMPOASCA FABAE (HOMOPTERA: CICADELLIDAE), ON ALFALFA
Authors: Simonet D. E. , Pienkowski R. L. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractPopulations of potato leafhopper nymphs were sampled in two alfalfa fields throughout the summers of 1976 and 1977 in Montgomery County, Virginia. A dichlorvos-carton sampling method was used to collect nymphs from 3-stem alfalfa bouquets. Instars were based on head capsule measurements. The spatial distribution of nymphs generally fit the negative binomial model. Based on this distribution pattern optimum sample sizes were computed. The nymphal population can be reliably estimated within 20% c.v. during most of the alfalfa growth period. Although most variation was shown to be between samples and not between areas in the field, samples should be taken at random over the entire area of the field under study.
BROOD BIONOMICS OF BOMBUS RUDERATUS IN NEW ZEALAND (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE)
Authors: Pomeroy Nelson 
Published: April 2011

AbstractObservations of five free foraging colonies of Bombus (Megabombus) ruderatus (Fab.) are reported with respect to brood production and mortality. Emphasis is given to the nutrition of larvae and new adults, and larval ejection. Seasonal trends in the sex, caste, and size of adults are reported. Colony size was relatively large for a temperate Bombus species. Intraspecific variation in colony size was related to the timing of male production.
ZEBRA CATERPILLAR (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE): FOLIAGE CONSUMPTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LARVAE ON SUGARBEET
Authors: Capinera John L. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractMean durations (±S.D.) of zebra caterpillar larvae, Ceramica picta (Harris), stadia 1 to 6 were 3.5 ± 1.0, 2.9 ± 1.6, 3.3 ± 1.2, 3.0 ± 1.4, 3.4 ± 1.3, and 7.2 ± 1.1 days when fed sugarbeet foliage and reared at 27 °C. Mean lengths and weights of caterpillar larvae are presented for each day of development. Mean male pupal weight was 333.5 ± 34.4 mg and mean female pupal weight was 362.9 ± 53.0 mg. Fecundity is correlated with pupal weight. Foliage consumption increases in proportion to larval age, weight, and length. Mean total foliage consumption for instars 1 to 6 was 0.55 ± 0.27, 1.49 ± 0.82, 4.61 ± 2.98, 14.4 ± 8.50, 40.32 ± 14.55, and 210.88 ± 54.52 cm2. A method to estimate economic injury levels for zebra caterpillar on sugarbeet is discussed.
TWO NEW SPECIES OF CHALCIDOID WASPS (HYMENOPTERA) PARASITIC ON THE BALSAM GALL MIDGE (DIPTERA: CECIDOMYIIDAE) IN MAINE
Authors: MacGown M. W. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractPseudencyrtus borealis and Tetrastichus cecidivorus n. spp. are described as parasites of Paradiplosis tumifex Gagné. Both were reared from balsam fir needle galls in late summer and fall.
HOST DETERMINATION OF CHALCIDOID AND PROCTOTRUPOID HYMENOPTERA ASSOCIATED WITH TWO SPECIES OF MIDGES (DIPTERA: CECIDOMYIIDAE) FOUND IN NEEDLE GALLS OF BALSAM FIR
Authors: Connor Jonathan Y. , Osgood Eben A. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractFour species of Chalcidoidea: Tetrastichus marcovitchi (Cwfd.), Tetrastichus sp., T. whitmani (Grit.), Pseudencyrtus sp., and two species of Proctotrupoidea: Platygaster abicollis MacGown and Osgood and P. mainensis MacGown and Osgood were reared and identified as parasites of the balsam fir needle gallmaker, Paradiplosis tumifex Gagné. T. marcovitchi was the most abundant. No parasites were found on or reared from Dasineura balsamicola (Lintner). The rearing technique is given.
INFLUENCE OF SNOW COVER ON THE OVERWINTERING OF THREE SPECIES OF GALL-FORMING DIPLOLEPIS (HYMENOPTERA: CYNIPIDAE)
Authors: Shorthouse J. D. , Zuchlinski J. A. , Courtin G. M. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractPrepupae of three species of Diplolepis (D. nebulosa (Bassett) a leaf-gall-former, an undescribed stem-gall-former, and D. radicum (Osten Sacken), a root-gall-former) were overwintered at various heights above the ground. Most prepupae of all three species buried beneath the snow survived the winter, while only stem-gall-formers survived at a height subject to fluctuating snow depths. All specimens of the three species that overwintered above the snow were killed.
SHORT- AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF FOREST SPRAYING OF CARBARYL (SEVIN-4-OIL®) ON STREAM INVERTEBRATES
Authors: Courtemanch David L. , Gibbs K. Elizabeth 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe effect on stream invertebrates of carbaryl (Sevin-4-oil®) applied at a rate of 840 g A.I./ha for spruce budworm suppression in Maine was studied. Three streams in each of three different treatment areas were monitored: streams in areas sprayed with carbaryl for the first time, streams in areas sprayed 2 consecutive years, and streams in unsprayed areas.Initial postspray response was an increase in drift up to 170× in treated streams. Benthos samples showed significant declines among Plecoptera, Ephemeroptera, and Trichoptera on subsequent sampling dates. Plecoptera did not repopulate any treated stream by 60 days after treatment. Streams treated for the second consecutive year had very low prespray Plecoptera populations compared with those unexposed to carbaryl. Diptera, with the exception of Microtendipes, and Oligochaeta were unaffected.
ATTRACTION OF LASCONOTUS INTRICATUS KRAUS. (COLEOPTERA: COLYDIIDAE) TO THE AGGREGATION PHEROMONE OF THE FOUR-EYED SPRUCE BARK BEETLE, POLYGRAPHUS RUFIPENNIS (KIRBY) (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE)
Authors: Bowers W.W. , Borden J.H. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe cylindrical bark beetle, Lasconotus intricatus Kraus., is attracted to multiple-funnel traps baited either with black spruce logs infested with male four-eyed spruce bark beetles, Polygraphus rufipennis (Kirby), or the male-produced aggregation pheromone, 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol. The addition of the host terpenes, bornyl acetate and β-pinene, to 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol reduced the attraction of L. intricatus. 3-Carene, myrcene, and α-pinene appeared to have a partial inhibitory effect. Catches in spring and summer disclosed a high degree of temporal coincidence between the two species. We hypothesize that L. intricatus utilizes the aggregation pheromone of P. rufipennis as a host-finding kairomone.
APAMEA OPHIOGRAMMA (ESPER), A PALEARCTIC CUTWORM NEW TO NORTH AMERICA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)
Authors: Troubridge James T. , Fitzpatrick Sheila M. , Lafontaine J. Donald 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe palearctic cutworm, Apamea ophiogramma (Esper), is reported from North America for the first time. Four specimens were collected at a light trap in Langley, British Columbia, in 1989, 19 in 1990, and 38 in 1991. Descriptions of wing markings and genitalic characters that distinguish A. ophiogramma from the nearctic Oligia fractilinea (Grt.) are provided.
DEVELOPMENT AND SURVIVAL OF PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS (SAY) AND PODISUS SAGITTA (FAB.) (HETEROPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE) AT VARIOUS CONSTANT TEMPERATURES
Authors: Clercq P. De , Degheele D. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractDevelopment and survival of the predatory pentatomids Podisus maculiventris (Say) and Podisus sagitta (Fab.) were studied at six constant temperatures ranging from 19 to 35 °C. Time required for development from egg to adult ranged from 48.9 days (19 °C) to 18.9 days (30 °C) for P. maculiventris and from 51.9 days (19 °C) to 16.9 days (33 °C) for P. sagitta. At 33 °C, eggs of P. maculiventris did not hatch and development of nymphs that had emerged at 23 °C was retarded; none of the first-instar nymphs incubated at 35 °C survived the next moult. A constant temperature of 35 °C was fatal to P. sagitta eggs and extended the developmental period of nymphs from 23 °C. Egg hatch ranged from 47% (19 °C) to 57% (27 °C) for P. maculiventris and from 54% (33 °C) to 71% (27 °C) for P. sagitta. Nymphal survival was high at moderate temperatures, with 63–78% and 65–82% of the first-instar nymphs of the respective species reaching adulthood. Mortality during the nymphal stage was significantly increased at high temperatures, but was considerably lower for P. sagitta than for P. maculiventris. Lower threshold temperatures for egg and nymphal development were estimated to be 10.7 and 11.7 °C for P. maculiventris, and 13.3 and 12.2 °C for P. sagitta. Thermal requirements for these stages were 78.2 and 275.5 degree-days, and 60.9 and 265.5 degree-days, respectively. These observations suggest that P. sagitta is somewhat better adapted to high temperatures than is P. maculiventris.
TWO NEW MEXICANISOTOGASTRURA(COLLEMBOLA: ISOTOGASTRURIDAE)
Authors: Palacios-Vargas José G. , Thibaud Jean-Marc 
Published: April 2011

AbstractTwo new species ofIsotogastrura, one from the Pacific coast and one from the Atlantic coast, are described:Isotogastrura ahuizotlisp.nov. andIsotogastrura veracruzanasp.nov. A key for the five species known at present is included.
OLD WORLD PHEROMONE STRAIN IN THE NEW WORLD: SEX ATTRACT ANT COMPOSITION FOR THE CURRANT BORER, SYNANTHEDON TIPULIFORMIS CL. (LEPIDOPTERA: SESIIDAE), IN CANADA
Authors: Szöcs Gábor , Henderson Deborah , McNeil Jeremy N. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe field attractivity of (E,Z)-2,13-octadecadienyl acetate (E,Z-2,13-18:OAc) (30 μg loaded on red rubber tubing) alone or in combination with (E,Z)-3,13-octadecadienyl acetate (E,Z-3,13-18:OAc) (0.9 μg added) towards the male currant borer, Synanthedon tipuliformis Cl., (Lepidoptora: Sesiidae), was compared in British Columbia (B.C.) and in Quebec (Canada) by means of trapping trial. The binary mixture attracted males in significantly higher numbers into sticky traps than E,Z-13-18:OAc alone [17.0 male captures/trap/inspection versus 1.7 in Langley (B.C.), 32.7 versus 11.9 in De Roche (B.C.), and 5.3 versus 0.2 in Ile d’Orleans (Que.), respectively]. These results suggest that the Canadian currant borer populations belong to the same strain as those in Europe and New Zealand, with E,Z-3,13-18:OAc remaining an important attractant-synergistic component.
THEIMBECILLUSANDRUFUSGROUPS OF THE SPIDER GENUSPHILODROMUSIN NORTH AMERICA (ARANEIDA: THOMISIDAE)
Authors: Dondale C. D. , Redner J. H. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe 29 species and three subspecies comprising theimbecillusandrufusgroups of the genusPhilodromusin North America are described or redescribed, keyed, and illustrated. Theimbecillusgroup contains six species, of whichP.psaroniusis described as new and the female ofP.undarumBarnes is described for the first time. Therufusgroup contains 23 species and three subspecies, of whichP.cubanus,P.distans,P.schicki, andP.bimuricatusare described as new-species, andP.rufus quartusas a new subspecies.P.inaequipesBanks, 1900 is proposed as a new synonym ofP.minutusBanks, 1892, andP.michiganensisLevi, 1951 as a new synonym ofP.peninsulanusGertsch, 1934.P.mediocrisGertsch andP.minutusBanks are raised from synonymy, andP.pacificusBanks is raised from synonymy and made a subspecies ofP.rufusWalckenaer.
A REVISED CLASSIFICATION OF THE PIOPHILIDAE, INCLUDING ‘NEOTTIOPHILIDAE’ AND ‘THYREOPHORIDAE’ (DIPTERA: SCHIZOPHORA)
Authors: McAlpine J. F. 
Published: April 2011

AbstractThe systematic position of the Piophilidae sens. lat. within a group of nine schizophorous families with tephritid-like ovipositors (Lonchaeidae, Otitidae, Platystomatidae, Pyrgotidae, Tephritidae, Tachiniscidae, Richardiidae, Pallopteridae, and Piophilidae) is elucidated. It is shown to be a sister-group of the Pallopteridae, and these two families together with the Richardiidae comprise a monophyletic suprafamily unit within the larger group of families. The evolutionary changes that occurred within the Piophilidae are analyzed and the supposed phylogeny of its component taxa is portrayed. The family is redefined to include neottiophilids and thyreophorids and is classified into two subfamilies, Neottiophilinae and Piophilinae; the latter is divided into two tribes, Mycetaulini and Piophilini (with subtribes Piophilina and Thyreophorina). Twenty-three genera are recognized and taxonomically defined; this includes description of two new genera, Neopiophila and Parapiophila. Clusina Curran is synonymized withProtopiophila Duda (new synonymy), and four nominal species are placed in synonymy for the first time, i.e. Piophila anomala Malloch and Piophila setosa Melander and Spuler = Parapiophila vulgaris (Fallén) (new synonymy), Piophila flavifacies Brunetti = P. casei (Linnaeus) (new synonymy), and Mycetaulus pulchellus Banks = Mycetaulus longipennis Loew (new synonymy). Six new species, Actenoptera avalona (Newfoundland), Neopiophila setaluna (Northwest Territories), Protopiophila atrichosa (Peru and British Honduras), Protopiophila pallida (Peru and British Guiana), Prochyliza azteca (Mexico), and Prochyliza inca (Peru) are described. The following 20 new combinations are made: Mycetaulus lituratus (Melander and Spuler), Allopiophila testacea (Melander), Protopiophila nigriventris (Curran), Prochyliza lundbecki (Duda), nigricornis (Meigen), nigricoxa (Melander and Spuler) and nigrimana (Meigen), Arctopiophila arctica (Holmgren), Parapiophila atrifrons (Melander and Spuler), calceata (Duda), coerulescens (Zetterstedt), dudai (Frey), flavipes (Holmgren), lonchaeoides (Zetterstedt), nitidissima (Melander and Spuler), pectiniventris (Duda), penicillata (Steyskal), vulgaris (Fallén), and xanthopoda (Melander and Spuler). In all, 67 valid species are placed, their geographic distributions are outlined, and the zoogeographic implications are discussed. A lectotype is designated for Piophila flavitarsis Meigen = Madiza glabra Fallén (Milichiidae).A key to subfamilies, tribes, and genera is provided, and keys to world species are given where needed. An annotated world list of all names referred to the family (sens. lat.) is provided. The paper includes 58 figures, two tables, and 122 literature references.