bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
THE SUITABILITY OF TELEONEMIA PROLIXA (STÅL) FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF LANTANA CAMARA IN AUSTRALIA
Authors: HARLEY K. L. S. , KASSULKE R. C. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTThe host range of a lacewing bug, Teleonemia prolixa, was studied using 44 species or varieties of plants and results indicate that it is specific to Lantana camara. If it becomes established in Australia it could significantly reduce seed production by susceptible cultivars of L. camara.
MIGRATION OF THE ARMYWORM PERSECTANIA EWINGII MOTHS IN SPRING AND THE ORIGIN OF OUTBREAKS
Authors: HELM K. F. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTTrapping data from 3 sites in southern Australia and the results of winter field rearings and laboratory studies of larval development have provided evidecne in favour of the hypothesis that there is large scale wind‐borne displacement of the moth, Persectania ewingii in spring. Possible source areas of the migratory spring moths and conditions leading to outbreaks of the pest are also considered.
THE FIRST RECORD OF RACHELIA EXTRUSA (C. AND R. FELDER) (LEPIDOPTERA: HESPERIIDAE: TRAPEZITINAE) IN AUSTRALIA
Authors: ATKINS ANDREW 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTThe trapezitine skipper Rachelia extrusa (C. and R. Felder) is recorded for the first time from Australia. A male and female taken in north Queensland are described and compared with specimens from the Papuan faunal region. The adult male and female, male genitalia, antennal club, labial palpus and wing venation are figured.
AN UNUSUAL STRUCTURE IN FEMALES OF CICINDELA ALBICANS CHAUDOIR AND RELATED SPECIES (COLEOPTERA: CICINDELIDAE).*
Authors: FREITAG† R. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTA pair of unusual papillary flaps of abdominal tergum 6 is described in females of Cicindela albicans Chaudoir and observed in C. ypsilon Dejean and C. rafflesia Chaudoir.
A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF PTEROSTICHINI (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE) FROM CAPE YORK PENINSULA
Authors: Moore B. P. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTThe genus Notabax gen.n. and its type‐species, N. monteithi sp.n., are described from Iron Range, Cape York Peninsula, and compared with other Australasian Pterostichini.
CULICOIDES GLADYSAE SP. N. (DIPTERA: CERATOPOGONIDAE) FROM EASTERN AUSTRALIA, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF ITS LARVA AND PUPA AND A RE‐EXAMINATION OF C. MYKYTOWYCZI LEE AND REYE AND C. MOREENSIS LEE AND REYE
Authors: KETTLE D. S. , LSON M. M. E. , DYCE A. L. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTThe larva, pupa, male and female of Culicoides gladysae sp. n. are described from a series reared from larvae collected from leaf mould in a tree crotch at Mt Glorious, south‐east Queensland. Another series of all stages was collected from a tree cavity holding free water at McCarr's Creek, New South Wales. Detailed comparisons are made between C. gladysae, C. moreensis Lee and Reye and C. mykytowyczi Lee and Reye, and between the two series of C. gladysae.Allometric growth occurs in the palp and head/proboscis, but not in either the antenna or tarsus of C. gladysae.
EGG PRODUCTION, ADULT LONGEVITY AND MORTALITY OF THE STICK INSECT DIDYMURIA VIOLESCENS (LEACH) (PHASMATODEA: PHASMATIDAE) INHABITING MOUNTAIN ASH FOREST IN VICTORIA
Authors: NEUMANN F. G. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTLaboratory‐caged female adults of Didymuria violescens, a serious defoliator of mountain ash trees in parts of southern Victoria, took about 3 weeks to begin oviposition. The mean fecundity was 357 eggs per mated female and 401 eggs per virgin female, and reproductive periods averaged 86 d and 99 d respectivel. Daily egg production peaked at 6 eggs per female 32 d after oviposition commenced. Females outlived males by about 21 d. The pre‐reproductive and reproductive periods of females and the longevity of adults were longer, and the fecundity per female greater than those recorded previously for this species.In field cages, starvation seemed to be an important factor in lowering the fecundity of crowded females. Oviposition commenced early in February, peaked 1 1/2 months later, and ceased in June. Mated females laid significantly more viable eggs than virgin females. Mortality rose sharply with increased food shortage, especially for the males, indicating that adults have a limited capacity to store food.
THE LIFE HISTORY OF HYPOCHRYSOPS THEON MEDOCUS (FRUHSTORFER) (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE)
Authors: DANIELS G. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTThe previously unrecorded life history of Hypochrysops theon medocus (Fruhstorfer) from Iron Range, Claudie River district, north Queensland is described and figured. The larval food plant is the fern Drynaria quercifolia (L.) J. Smith (Filicales: Polypodiaceae).
ON THE PROTHORACIC SPIRACLES OF THE FIRST INSTAR LARVAE OF CALYPTRATE CYCLORRHAPHA (DIPTERA)
Authors: KITCHING R. L. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTA range of species of calyptrate Diptera are shown to be amphipneustic in their first larval instars, having minute, simple prothoracic spiracles. These structures are illustrated and discussed.
DISPERSAL OF CALIFORNIA RED SCALE (AONIDIELLA AURANTII (MASKELL)) (HOMOPTERA: DIASPIDIDAE) IN RELATION TO WEATHER VARIABLES
Authors: WILLARD J. R. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractDispersal of red scale as measured by sticky trap catches showed that 75% of the crawlers were dispersed horizontally from the foliage of the host tree while 18% went vertically downward and only 7% upward.Numbers of dispersing scales collected around the foliage of isolated trees were not equal in all directions. Percentages of scales trapped in different directions indicated that the crawlers were blown downwind.Multiple regression analyses of the number of scales collected on sticky traps in relation to weather variables showed that temperature, wind velocity and numbers of active crawlers at the source are the most important determinants of the size of the dispersing population. Spread of infestations and control of red scale are discussed in relation to these components of the weather.Observation in the field and experiments in the laboratory showed no evidence that the crawlers of red scale actively launched themselves into the air to initiate dispersal.
NOTES ON FLYING CHARACTERISTICS OF EURYGLOSSA (XENOHESMA) BEES AND HOW A GYNANDROMORPH RESOLVES A TAXONOMIC PROBLEM
Authors: EXLEY ELIZABETH M. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractFlying characteristics of Euryglossa (Xenohesma) males that help to explain the difficulties in recognising females of the group are given. A gynandromorph that seems to resolve the sex association problem is described.
LEAF DISC METHOD FOR REARING CALIFORNIA RED SCALE, AONIDIELLA AURANTII (MASKELL) (HOMOPTERA: DIASPIDIDAE)
Authors: Willard J. R. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTA leaf disc method of rearing California red scale, designed primarily for experimental studies in the laboratory, is described. Discs (21 mm diameter) cut from lemon leaves were floated on distilled water in plastic vials. Crawlers of red scale, transferred by brush to these discs, developed and reproduced normally. A single disc could support up to 64 mature scales. Other scales, including Aonidiella citrina (Coquillet), Coccus hesperidum L. and Saissetia oleae (Bernard), were also reared using the same method. Discs cut from lemon survived longer than those cut from other citrus species, but discs from rough lemon and Valencia orange were also useful. The method was found to be particularly useful for laboratory experiments requiring rapid and accurate observations of large numbers of individual scales.
THE LEPIDOPTEROUS FAUNA OF CAPEWEED (ARCTOTHECA CALENDULA) IN VICTORIA WITH KEYS FOR LARVAL IDENTIFICATION
Authors: Cordingley Charlma L. , Danthanarayana W. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTThe larvae of eleven species of Lepidoptera belonging to six families were found to feed on capeweed (Arctotheca calendula) in Victoria. Taxonomic descriptions of most of the larvae and keys for their identification are presented. Some of the Lepidoptera found are economically important.
EFFECT OF FIVE ACARICIDES ON TETRANYCHUS URTICAE (KOCH) AND ITS PREDATORS, STETHORUS SPP (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE) IN AN APPLE ORCHARD
Authors: Walters P. J. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTFive acaricides chlordimeform, binapacryl, phenisobromolate, cyclosulfyne and tricyclohexyltin‐hydroxide were screened against Tetranychus urticae (Koch), two spotted mite, and its coccinellid predators, Stethorus spp.Tricyclohexyltin‐hydroxide and cyclosulfyne were the most effective chemicals against T. urticae. Cyclosuffyne, phenisobromolate and chlordimeform were the least toxic acaricides to Stethorus spp for use in an integrated control program.
REGURGITATION OF HOST‐PLANT OIL FROM A FOREGUT DlVERTlCULUM IN THE LARVAE OF MYRASCIA MEGALOCENTRA AND M. BRACTEATELLA (LEPIDOPTERA: OECOPHORIDAE)
Authors: COMMON I. F. B. , BELLAS T. E. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractLiirvae of two members of the genus Mjwscicz are shown to be exceptional in the Lepidoptera in possessing it diverticulum of the foregut. In their diverticula are stored oils which are separated virtually unchanged from the food plants. These oils itre regurgitated when the larvae are mechanicnlly irritated, a form of behaviour which is probably defensive.
THE LARVAE OF CHRYSOMYA INCISURALIS (MACQUART) AND CH. (EUCOMPSOMYIA) SEMIMETALLICA (MALLOCH) (DIPTERA: CALLIPHORIDAE)
Authors: KITCHING R. L. , VOETEN R. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThird instar larvae of Chrysomya incisuralis and Ch. semimetallica are described and illustrated using scanning electron micrographs. The morphology of these two species is related to that of the known larvae of other members of the genus, and the earlier keys of Kitching are modified accordingly.
THE ARGIOLESTES PUSILLUS COMPLEX IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA (ODONATA: MEGAPODAGRIONIDAE)
Authors: WATSON J. A. L. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractA third species of the Argiolestes pusillus complex, A. parvulus sp. n., is described from the western coastal plain of south‐western Australia. A. parvulus occurs together with A. pusillus Tillyard, but not with A. pusillissimus (Kennedy) from the southern coastal region. The females of the three species can be identified only by association with males. Species of Argiolestes Selys known from eastern Australia are not as closely allied to the A. pusillus complex as species of the complex are to one another, indicating that speciation must have occurred within the south‐west.
32P LABELLING OF IMMATURE STAGES OF HELIOTHIS ARMIGERA (HÜBNER) AND H. PUNCTIGERA WALLENGREN. (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE): RELATIONSHIPS OF DOSE TO RADIOACTIVITY, MORTALITY AND LABEL HALF‐LIFE
Authors: Room P. M. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractAdult female H. armigera and H. punctigera were fed approx. 0.04 ml of 32P in 10% sucrose soln. ranging in concentration from 0.2 mCi/ml to 2.0 mCi/ml. The activity (adjusted to the time of feeding) of eggs laid six nights after the feed ranged from 400 to 8,700 CPM. Eggs laid on any night had about 100 CPM less adjusted activity than eggs laid on the previous night. Label half‐life at 28°C was 6.8 d for H. armigera and 7.9 d for H. punctigera between egg and large larval stages. Egg mortality in both spp. was not increased by feed concentrations of up to 0.6 mCi/ml. Development times were not increased by a concentration of 0.2 mCi/ml, but pupation was delayed by about 6 d by 1.0 mCi/ml. A concentration of 0.6 mCi/ml is suggested for field studies of natural mortality of eggs and the first three larval instars.
THE EFFECTS OF CYCLONE “TRACY” ON THE ANT OECOPHYLLA SMARAGDINA
Authors: Begg R. J. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe effects of cyclone “Tracy” on the ant Oecophylla smaragdina were studied in deciduous vine thickets near Darwin. Nests were found to be clumped together and were more common in selected plant species. The characteristics of such plants included having large regularly‐shaped leaves which were not too thick or leathery and were arranged in clusters at the ends of branches, and a lack of deciduousness. Numbers of nests were severely depleted in affected areas, and both old abandoned nests and freshly constructed nests were more common. Nests in affected areas were also in smaller trees and closer to the ground. More queens were found in nests from damaged areas.
TWO METHODS OF ASSESSING DAMAGE TO APPLES CAUSED BY LIGHT‐BROWN APPLE MOTH, EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA (WALKER)
Authors: Terauds A. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractRegular examination of both tagged and randomly selected fruit clusters for Epiphyas postvittana damage in a Tasmanian orchard revealed the progressive pattern of damage incurred during the 1970/71 fruit season. There was no significant difference (P>0.05) between injury levels estimated by the two methods indicating that the repeated handling of fruits during examination did not disturb E. postvittana larvae.
TWO NEW SPECIES OF AMBLYSEIUS BERLESE FROM AUSTRALIA (ACARI: PHYTOSEIIDAE)
Authors: Schicha E. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractFemales and males of Amblyseius thwaitei sp. n. from Ulmus glabra Huds. in the central tablelands of New South Wales and of Amblyseius bayviewensis sp. n. from Syncarpia glomulifera (Sm.) Niedenzu are described and figured. The two new species were found in association with phytophagous mites on the undersides of leaves. They resemble each other closely and are best compared with A. bellinus Womersley.
LABORATORY BIOLOGY OF THE RICE MIDGE, CHIRONOMUS TEPPERI SKUSE (DIPTERA: NEMATOCERA): MATING BEHAVIOUR, PRODUCTIVITY AND ATTEMPTS AT HYBRIDIZATION
Authors: Martin Jon , Porter D. L. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractSingle pair matings of Chironomus tepperï were carried out with the female active or anaesthetized. Males mated readily in both situations, with little evidence of courtship behaviour. Mated females resist further matings, passively at first but later adopting the “avoidance posture”. Females deposited eggs in gelatinous masses; unfed females laid only one or two egg masses for an average of 351 eggs while fed females laid up to six egg masses of progressively reduced size for an average of 531 eggs. Ch. tepperi males were also mated to anaesthetized females of other species. Although successful copulation occurred, no fertile egg masses were obtained.
MATING BEHAVIOUR OF THE QUEENSLAND FRUIT FLY, DACUSTRYONI (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE), IN FIELD CAGES
Authors: Tychsen Peter H. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe behaviour leading to mating in Dacus tryoni was studied in a field cage containing a peach tree. The behaviour in the field cage was similar to that which has been observed in nature. Under natural lighting conditions mating was entirely limited to a period of about half an hour as the light intensity fell at dusk, sexual activity beginning about 10 min before the official sunset time. All males in the cage aggregated into a loose flying swarm which soon settled on the windward side of the tree. Within the settled swarm each male defended a small area on a leaf where he stridulated and released pheromone. Females flew into the aggregation singly. Each female landed near a male and then walked up beside him. The male's behaviour did not change until the female entered his visual field. Then mounting occurred immediately and stable copulation was achieved within a few seconds. The relationship of the aggregation to the aerial swarming habit of many Diptera is discussed.
A REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN GENUS DUARINA DODD (HYMENOPTERA: SCELIONIDAE: SCELIONINAE)
Authors: Galloway I. D. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe Australian genus Duarina is revised and D. monteithorum sp.n. described and figured. A key to species is provided and the relationship between Duarina and Psilanteris Kieffer discussed.
FURTHER INFORMATION ON GLYCASPIS SPECIES (HOMOPTERA: PSYLLIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS, AND ON OTHER GLYCASPIS SPECIES
Authors: Moore K. M. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractFurther collections have extended the known distribution of Glycaspis blakei Moore in Western Australia, and added to the records of distribution and hosts for other Glycaspis species.
TWO HAEMATOPHAGOUS SPECIES OF CLERADA (HETEROPTERA: LYGAEIDAE) INHABITING THE NEST OF THE RINGTAIL POSSUM (PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS)
Authors: Wilton‐Smith P. D. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractTwo species of Clerada (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) found inhabiting the nests of ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus Boddaert) were shown to be haematophagous. Under laboratory conditions all instars of each species fed freely on man, mice and chickens but not on sunflower seeds. When starved, they would feed on other insects and even become cannibalistic. There are marked differences in generation time, ability to withstand starvation, and egg structure, between the two species.
THE GENUS KALOTERMES HAGEN IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA (ISOPTERA: KALOTERMITIDAE)
Authors: Sewell J. J. , Gay F. J. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractA second species of Kalotermes is described from Western Australia, K. aemulus sp. n., and the endemic K. hilli Emerson is redescribed. Although size of the soldier is highly variable in both species and provides no clear discrimination, ratios indicate distinct diagnostic differences particularly in the shape of the mandible. Soldiers of K. aemulus have a shorter apical tooth than those of K. hilli. K. aemulus has a wider distribution than K. hilli and extends into the hotter, drier areas of the south‐west. The median colony size of K. aemulus is about 430 and the average proportion of soldiers 9.3 per cent.
COMPARISON OF THE EFFICIENCY OF TWO TRAPS FOR MALE TEPHRITID FRUIT FLIES
Authors: Hooper G. H. S. , Drew R. A. I. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractComparison of traps of two designs, one a locally produced Steiner trap and the other designed by M. A. Bateman, baited with either cuelure or methyl eugenol showed that the Steiner trap caught significantly more male fruit flies.
A NEW SUBGENUS AND SPECIES OF TRICHOGRAMMA WESTWOOD (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA) FROM AUSTRALIA
Authors: Carver Mary 
Published: April 2007

AbstractA new subgenus Trichogrammanza is erected for Trichogramma funiculatum sp. n. reared from the eggs of the light brown apple moth and the oriental fruit moth at Loxton, South Australia. The female of the new species is a typical Trichogramma but the antenna of the male has two distinct funicle segments.
THE GENUS OPHIOMEGISTUS BANKS (ACARI: PARAMEGISTIDAE)
Authors: Domrow Robert 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe mite parasites of the genus Ophiomegistus are restricted to snakes and lizards in Malaysia, the Philippines, New Guinea and Australia. A key to the six known species is provided. The male of O. brachymeleus Voss is described for the first time. O. keithi sp. n. is figured and described from an unidentified lizard in Papua New Guinea. The range of O. mabuyae Voss is extended from the Philippines to Malaya and intraspecific variation in the male is figured. Fresh material of O. australicus (Womersley) comb. n. from a new Queensland host, Pseudechis australis (Gray) (Elapidae), is figured. Considerable intraspecific variation is figured for a species now newly recorded from various New Guinean snakes in addition to the original Philippine record; this is O. luzonensis Banks =O. buloloensis (Gunther) syn. n.
SWARMING BEHAVIOUR OF THE LESSER HOUSE FLY, FANNIA CANICULARIS, IN BRISBANE
Authors: HUNTER D. M. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractStudies of the lesser house fly, Fannia canicularis, in Brisbane, Queensland showed that males swarmed at closed in sites, such as under and inside houses. Flies preferred the centre of an area, though variations in light intensity and the presence of objects in the swarming area modified this behaviour. When temperatures remained above 15°C, swarming occurred from about sunrise to sunset, though on days with a maximum above 25 °C, few swarmed near midday. Males flew for long periods in semi‐rectangular circuits, though at high fly populations such circuits were often not completed as flies constantly chased each other. Resting males also chased flies or objects that moved rapidly within two metres of them; slow moving objects were ignored. Although F. canicularis forms swarms like smaller Diptera, this chasing of other males is characteristic of the waiting station and territorial defense of larger species. On coming to land, males preferentially faced and alighted head upwards; most then turned to rest head downwards, thus accounting for the head downwards posture of resting males noted here and elsewhere.
DREPANOXENUS BOS, A NEW TERMITOPHILOUS ALEOCHARINE FROM NORTH‐WESTERN AUSTRALIA (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE)
Authors: WATSON J. A. L. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractAn eighth species of Drepanoxenus Kistner and Watson, D. box sp. n., is described from larvae collected with an undescribed subleminean species of Drepanotermes Silvestri (Isoptera: Termitinae) in the northwest of Western Australia, and larval Drepanoxenus are keyed. It is the first record of a Drepanoxenus from nests of a subterranean species of Drepanotermes.
A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF THE GENUS PAROPSIS OLIVIER (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE) IN TASMANIA
Authors: LITTLE DAVID DE 
Published: April 2007

AbstractNine species of Paropsis, defoliators of eucalypts, occur in Tasmania. These species are indicated by a code; seven of them are identifiable from the literature, viz P. tasmanica Baly, P. rubidipes Blackburn, P. dilatata Erichson, P. incarnata Erichson, P. porosa Erichson, P. aegrota Boisduval and P. charybdis Stäl. The first five of these seven were originally described from Tasmanian material. A key to adults is given, and adults, larvae and eggs are described and figured. Records of Eucalyptus species on which each species of Paropsis was found at each collecting locality are given.
PARASITISM OF BANANA SCAB MOTH, NACOLEIA OCTASEMA (MEYRICK) (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE) IN NORTH QUEENSLAND
Authors: FRANZMANN B. A. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThree species of parasites were reared from larvae of Nacoleia octasema (Meyrick), taken from bananas in north Queensland during 1972/73. No parasites were reared from over 1 500 eggs collected during 1973/74. Indigenous parasites are shown to exert little effect on populations of N. octasema. Introduction of exotic parasites is suggested.
THE EXTERNAL MORPHOLOGY OF SCOLYPOPA AUSTRALIS (WALKER) (HOMOPTERA: RICANHDAE)
Authors: FLETCHER M. J. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe external morphology of the egg and five nymphal instars of Scolypopa australis are described fully for the first time. The adult is redescribed. The morphological features which change from instar to instar are discussed and used in a key to separate the adults and five nymphal instars. Size measurements, as well as the arrangement of sensory pits, and the structure of tarsi, hind legs and abdomen, provide useful characters for separation of instars.
THE OCCURRENCE IN AUSTRALIA OF DINIELLA BERGROTH (HEMIPTERA: LYGAEIDAE: RHYPAROCHROMINAE) WITH REDESCRIPTIONS OF TWO SPECIES
Authors: WOODWARD T. E. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe predominantly Oriental genus Diniella (Lethaeini) is newly recorded from the Australian region. The type‐species, D. glabrata (Stål), is redescribed and recorded from tropical Western Australia and north Queensland, and from Sarawak, East Malaysia. D. insignis Distant is synonymised with D. glabrata. D. pallipes (Scott) is redescribed and recorded from the extreme north‐east of Queensland.