bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
THE IMMATURE STAGES AND LIFE HISTORY OF THE JARRAH LEAFMINER, PERTHIDA GLYPHOPA COMMON (LEPIDOPTERA: INCURVARIIdAE)
Authors: Mazanec Z. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe morphology of egg, 4 larval instars, chaetotaxy of mature larva and pupa of the univoltine jarrah leafminer moth Perthida glyphopa, are figured and behaviour described. Barrel shaped eggs become flattened when deposited under the epidermis of a leaf of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata Smith). Apodous larva with long setae on the anterior of partly retracted head and sides of body segments, excavates a mine, avoiding thick veins and oil glands. On maturing it constructs a cell, enters the soil, aestivates and pupates. Wriggling of pupa's abdomen equipped with spines and setae forces it to the soil surface, where ecdysis occurs.
A NEW SPECIES OF PERILAMPUS LATREILLE (HYMENOPTERA: PTEROMALIDAE) FROM AUSTRALIA WITH NOTES ON ITS BIOLOGY
Authors: Galloway I. D. , Franzmann B. A. 
Published: April 2007

Abstract Perilampus franzmanni Galloway sp. n., a parasite of Orgilus lepidus Muesebeck, an introduced braconid parasite of potato moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller), is described and figured. Planidia of P. franzmanni fail to develop further when they attack unparasitised Ph. operculella larvae or those parasitised by the introduced encyrtid Copidosoma desantisi Annecke and Mynhardt.
EFFECT OF SEVERAL ADDITIVES TO CATTLE DUNG ON YIELD AND SIZE OF PUPAE OF THE BUSH FLY MUSCA VETUSTISSIMA WALKER (DIPTERA: MUSCIDAE) IN CULTURES
Authors: Campbell M. M. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe addition of 100 mL of blood and bone, a fertilizer derived from dried and crushed offal from slaughter houses, to 2L of cow dung significantly increased the yield of pupae of Musca vetustissima from laboratory cultures. The addition of up to 200 mL of blood and bone significantly increased the length of the pupae produced. The yields and lengths were significantly greater after addition of blood and bone than after addition of the same amounts of sawdust suggesting a nutritional effect from the blood and bone.
DISPERSION OF ARTHROPODS, FLOWER BUDS AND FRUIT IN COTTON FIELDS: EFFECTS OF POPULATION DENSITY AND SEASON ON THE FIT OF PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
Authors: Wilson L. T. , Room P. M. , Bourne A. S. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThree years data on insects and plant parts gathered using 3 sample methods (visual whole plant field observations, removal of plants in bags, sweepnet) were examined to determine the influence of several factors on the ‘fit’ of 8 discrete probability distributions. To enable ‘fits’ to be tested, critical values of the Kolmogorov‐Smirnov statistic for use with discrete distributions were obtained by Monte Carlo simulation.For data from all 3 sample methods most distributions gave worse fits as population density increased. Better fits were obtained early in the growing season but the effect was small. The Negative Binomial appeared to be the most robust model on which to base simultaneous sampling of plant parts and several species of arthropods because it was least sensitive to effects of population density. In data collected by sweep sampling, clumping was less evident, and the Poisson and Poisson with Zeros gave the best fits at low densities when the data were uniformly distributed (variance less than mean) and the Negative Binomial at high densities when the distributions were clumped.
BIOLOGY OF AUSTROASCA VIRIDIGRISEA (PAOLI) (HEMIPTERA: CICADELLIDAE)
Authors: Page F. D. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe mean duration of the egg stage of Austroasca viridigrisea on lucerne, at constant temperatures ranged from 19.1 ± 0.1 d at 20.0°C to 6.4 ± 0.1 d at 32°C and that of nymphs from 28.4 ± 0.5 d at 18°C to 8.8 d at 28.9°C. The threshold temperature for egg development was 12.9°C (10.8 to 15.0°C) and that of nymphs 13.3°C (10.6 to 15.9°C); 114 and 144 day‐degrees were required for egg and nymphal development respectively. Time of development for eggs calculated from these data agreed well with observed times under ambient conditions. Survival from egg to adult was generally high (0.80) at intermediate temperatures but was reduced at high (34.4°C) and low (20°C) temperature. The mean total fecundity of mated females over an 8 w observation interval was 54.7 ± 7.0 eggs on lucerne and 116.7 ± 13.5 on potato. On lucerne most eggs were laid in petioles with few in leaves and stems. On potatoes all above ground tissues appeared suitable.Data on the development of immatures at 27°C constant and adults at 20.7 to 29.8°C ambient on lucerne gave a finite rate of increase (λ) of 1.89 per week and a net reproduction rate (R0) of 29.15.
CRYPTOTERMES IN MANGROVES IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (ISOPTERA: KALOTERMITIDAE)
Authors: Miller L. R. , Paton R. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThree species of Kalotermitidae, Neotermes insularis (Walker), Cryptotermes domesticus (Haviland) and C. secundus (Hill), were found attacking mangroves in the Darwin region. C. domesticus has been found only in mangroves in the Northern Territory but in north Queensland it can be a destructive pest of timber in service. It is speculated that there may be 2 strains of C. domesticus in Australia; a possibly indigenous form in the mangroves near Darwin and an introduced strain infesting buildings in north Queensland.
ABUNDANCE AND MORTALITY OF OVERWINTERING HELIOTHIS SPP.
Authors: Wilson A. G. L. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractField surveys, field cage studies, and records of light trap catches wewe used to follow the abundance and mortailty of Heliothis punctiger (Wallengren) and H. armiger (Hübner), through the autumn, winter and spring, over a 9 year period.Both the timing of spring emergence and magnitude of moth flights of H. armiger were consistent with priotr observations of autumn and winter populations in the Namoi Valley. Subsequent abundance was greater in 2 seasons when wheat anthesis and spring emergence coincided, but overwintering populations declined considerably during the study period.Although H. punctiger was not usually abundant in the area during autumn and winter, earlier and larger moth flights of that species than of H. armiger occurred in spring, leading to heavier infestation of crops and pastures. Apparent anomalies in the early spring abundance of H. punctiger may be explained by migration from other areas, or early emergence of the non‐diapausing fraction of the population.Substantial parasitism of overwintering H. armiger by Ichneumonidae and Tachinidae was recorded, while mechanical destruction of pupae during cultivation of crop residues also caused heavy mortality.
CALCULATIONS OF TEMPERATURE‐DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT BY HELIOTHIS SPP. (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) IN THE NAMOI VALLEY, NEW SOUTH WALES
Authors: Room* P. M. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractPreviously published information on effects of constant temperatures on development by Heliothis spp. was used with long‐term temperature records for the Namoi Valley to calculate the durations of different developmental stages starting on each day of the year. Calculations of the number of generations per year and the period in which pupal diapause is necessary were consistent with light‐trap data and other observations published elsewhere. A figure showing times taken from oviposition to egg hatch and to one third‐grown larva in different months indicates numbers of days available after oviposition in which insecticides must be applied for maximum effect.
MOTORISED MECHANICAL SOIL SIEVE
Authors: Houston W. W. K. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractA motorised, mechanical sieve designed to extract laboratory reared dung beetle adults and broods from soil is described. The sieve, overall dimensions 1600 times 590 times 870 mm, has a readily interchangeable mesh. Throughput was about 8–10 times quicker with the mechanical sieve than with a hand‐held sieve.
SOURCES OF IMPORTATION, ESTABLISHMENT AND SPREAD IN AUSTRALIA, OF MICROCTONUS AETHIOPOIDES LOAN (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE), A PARASITOID OF SITONA DISCOIDEUS GYLLENHAL (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE)
Authors: Aeschlimann Jean‐Paul 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTFrom 1975 to 1979, biotypes of the braconid wasp Microctonus aethiopoides were forwarded from the Mediterranean region to be reared and released in south‐eastern Australia for control of the weevil Sitona discoideus. The origins of the various biotypes of the parasitoid are indicated. M. aethiopoides was recovered from most of the liberation sites. At sites where early releases were made, parasitisation rates of up to 62% per parasitoid generation, and initial dispersal of about 10 km per annum were recorded. The conditions influencing establishment and spread of the parasitoid are discussed.
THE EFFECT OF SUBSTRATE pH ON OVIPOSITION BY LUCILIA CUPRINA (WIEDEMANN), THE AUSTRALIAN SHEEP BLOWFLY
Authors: Emmens R. L. , Murray M. D. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTWhen female Lucilia cuprina were exposed to cotton wool pads treated with acidic or alkaline buffers, the flies laid significantly more eggs on the alkaline substrates. The results of a series of tests with buffers of varying alkalinity, ranging from pH 7 to 12, indicate that an optimum pH for oviposition is around 10.5.
ESTIMATING POPULATION DENSITY OF A CYRTOBAGOUS SP. (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) ON THE FLOATING WEED SALVINIA USING BERLESE FUNNELS
Authors: Boland N. P. , Room P. M. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTSalvinia containing 4 known population densities of adult Cyrtobagous sp. was dried in Berlese funnels. Weevils extracted were counted at 8 one‐hour intervals and at 24 h when the plant material was dry. Averaged over all population densities 47% of the weevils had been recovered after 4 h, 84% after 8 h and 95% after 24 h. Extraction was slightly more efficient at higher population densities.
A NEW GENUS AND THREE NEW SPECIES OF SPONDYLIASPIDAE (HOMOPTERA: PSYLLOIDEA) ON EUCALYPTUS
Authors: Taylor K. L. 
Published: April 2007

Abstract Kenmooreana gen. n. contains K. eudesmiae sp. n. (type‐species) and K. trilateralis sp. n. from Western Australia, and K. nigrifax sp. n. from Queensland and New South Wales. All 3 species construct fragile white lerps on Eucalyptus spp. K. trilateralis and K. nigrifax were each collected from species of Eucalyptus belonging to different subgenera.
THE EFFECT OF BREED AND COAT COLOUR ON NUMBERS OF THE BUFFALO FLY HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS EXIGUA DE MEIJERE, (DIPTERA, MUSCIDAE) ON BOVINE HOSTS
Authors: Doube B. M. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe numbers of buffalo flies on individual animals in a herd containing 4 water buffalo, 4 Brahman, 4 Belmont Red (50% Zebu blood) and 3 Hereford Shorthorn steers were counted on 11 occasions during the 1976/7 wet summer season at Rockhampton, (23°S, 150°W). There were consistent differences in the numbers of buffalo flies found on individual animals within a herd. On average there were about 5 times as many flies on the most heavily infested individual as on the least heavily infested. These differences persisted throughout the summer months and at times of high and low fly burdens. The differences were not related to the proportion of Brahman blood of the individual. The numbers of buffalo flies on cattle and water buffalo were similar. In another experiment, during the 1979/80 wet season, the numbers of buffalo flies were counted on 10 occasions on individual animals within separate herds of Brahman, crossbred and 7/8 British cattle maintained in adjacent paddocks. Coat colour did not influence the numbers of buffalo flies on individuals within each herd. The Brahman herd carried about half as many flies as the crossbred herd and about one third as many flies as the British breed herd.
THE IDENTITY OF KALOTERMES IMPROBUS HAGEN (ISOPTERA: KALOTERMITIDAE)
Authors: Watson J. A. L. , Gay F. J. , Barrett R. A. 
Published: April 2007

Abstract Kalotermes improbus belongs in the genus Bifiditermes Krishna; it is a senior synonym of B. condonensis (Hill). B. improbus occasionally attacks timber in service.
COLONIAL OVIPOSITION AND MATERNAL CARE IN TWO STRAINS OF LEPTOBYRSA DECORA DRAKE (HEMIPTERA: TINGIDAE)
Authors: Melksham J. A. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractTwo strains of the tingid, Leptobyrsa decora Drake, Peruvian and Colombian, are known. The life cycle and general behaviour of the Peruvian strain have already been described. The oviposition behaviour of the 2 strains appears to differ only in the number of eggs per batch laid by each female. Examination of the aggregation state, oviposition behaviour and brood care of these strains show that this is the result of different degrees of colonial oviposition and rates of dispersal of adults from the egg batches.
BLOOD‐SUCKING DIPTERA OF THE COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS
Authors: Murray M. D. , Marks E. N. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThree species of mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus (Skuse), Culex sitiens Wiedemann and Culex quinquefasciatus Say, were collected on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, in September 1980. Previous records of mosquitoes from these islands, their habits, breeding places, medical importance and possible control measures are discussed.
METHOD FOR INCREASED PRODUCTION OF EGGS OF COPRIS ISP ANUS L. AND COPRIS LUNARIS L. (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE)
Authors: Kirk S. A. , Feehan J. E. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractA method of increased production of eggs of the brood‐caring dung beetles Copris hispanus and C. ***inaris is described, which enabled 3 to 4 times as many eggs to be obtained as are normally laid each season *** the field.
OVERWINTERING OF PREPUPAE OF LUCILIA CUPRINA (DIPTERA: CALLIPHORIDAE) IN THE CANBERRA REGION
Authors: Dallwitz R. , Wardhaugh K. G. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractPrepupae of the Australian sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) which entered the ground during the summer and early autumn pupated within a few days. However, through late March and early April there was a transition to almost nil pupation. Spring emergence was synchronous amongst individuals which had entered the ground from late March through to October. This suggests that prepupae which did not pupate during autumn were not accruing any developmental increments at that time, and that they were in a state of developmental arrest. Development was also frequently arrested in prepupae placed at 16°C after leaving the food source. Such arrest was markedly more frequent amongst prepupae produced between the autumn and spring equinoxes than in the rest of the year. Since prepupae were deprived of obvious seasonal cues at 16°C, it appears that the overwintering state is at least partly determined in some earlier life stage. However, prepupae placed at 25°C after leaving the food source had uninterrupted development in all seasons. The difference between the responses to 16 and 25°C suggests that temperatures experienced by prepupae themselves are also important in determining the overwintering state.
ANTIFEEDANT PHYTOCHEMICAL BLOCKS OVIPOSITION BY SHEEP BLOWFLY
Authors: Rice M. J. , Sexton S. , Esmail A. M. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractExtracts of neem kernels powerfully deter oviposition by the sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann). An azadirachtin‐enriched, solvent extract has 100 to 1000 x more antiovipositant activity than crude, expressed neem oil.
A POSSIBLE STRIDULATORY ORGAN IN SOME PSYLLOIDEA (HOMOPTERA)
Authors: Taylor K. L. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractRows of teeth on the axillary cords of the mesoscutellum and metascutellum, with corresponding rows of teeth under the second anal veins of both wings of Schedotrioza spp. are illustrated. The possible use of these structures in stridulation is discussed.
A REINSTATEMENT AND REVISION OF THE GENUS THAUMATOSOMA SMITH (APOIDEA: MEGACHILIDAE)
Authors: King J. , Exley E. M. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe bee genus Thaumatosoma, sometimes treated as a subgenus of Chalicodoma Lepeletier, is reinstated and redefined. It includes 2 Australian species, T. duboulaii Smith and T. remeata (Cockerell) comb. n. The male of T. remeata is described for the first time. Floral associations and a distribution map are included.
THE EFFECT OF HOST PLANT ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND SURVIVAL OF THE IMMATURE STAGES OF EUPLOEA CORE CORINNA (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE)
Authors: Rahman Habib Ur , Zalucki Myron P. , Scheermeyer Elly 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe effects of 11 native and exotic host plants of Euploea core corinna (Macleay) on early instar survival and immature development were tested. Survival of first instars ranged from 94% (Nerium oleander) to ca 13% (Asclepias spp.). Host plant associations (N. oleander, Ficus benjamina, Parsonia straminea and A. fruticosa) also significantly affected immature development times, pupal weights, adult size and mortality in all instars.
A TECHNIQUE USED ON MOUNDS OF COPTOTERMES LACTEUS TO SCREEN POTENTIAL BAIT SUBSTRATES
Authors: French J. R. J. , Robinson P. J. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractA simple method designed to rapidly screen potential bait substrates on mounds of Coptotermes lacteus (Froggatt) is described. The apparatus is cheap, readily prepared in the laboratory, and easily installed in the field.
A NEW SPECIES OF CHORISTHEMIS TILLYARD (ODONATA: SYNTHEMISTIDAE)
Authors: Moulds M. S. 
Published: April 2007

Abstract Choristhemis barbarae sp. n. is described from Mt Lewis, north Queensland, Eusynthemis paradoxa Förster is placed as a junior synonym of Choristhemis flavoterminata (Martin), and a key to the species of Choristhemis is given.
SEASONALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY INDUCED POLYPHENISM IN EUREMA LAETA LINEATA (LEPIDOPTERA: PIERIDAE)
Authors: Jones R. E. , Rienks J. , Wilson L. 
Published: April 2007

Abstract Eurema sana (Butler) appears to be a seasonal morph of E. laeta lineata (Miskin): offspring with the “sana” phenotype were produced from “laeta” mothers by rearing the offspring at high temperatures and long photoperiods. The “laeta” morphs produced by rearing at lower temperatures and or a shorter photoperiod did not show the full range of underwing colour seen in field‐caught “laeia”.Field collections over 15 months in Townsville showed that the “sana” morph predominated from midsummer to mid‐autumn, the switch to “laeta” occurring in April‐May.
A REVISION OF CHALICODOMA (CHALICODOMOIDES) MICHENER (HYMENOPTERA: MEGACHILIDAE)
Authors: King J. , Exley E. M. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe subgenus Chalicodomoides of the resin bee genus Chalicodoma Lepeletier is revised. Two species are recognised: C. aethiops (Smith) and C. doddianum (Cockerell) =C. oppidale (Cockerell) syn. n. A key, line drawings and photographs enable separation of the species.
THE INFLUENCE OF SEX RATIO ON FEMALE DISPERSAL IN DANAUS PLEXIPPUS (L.) (LEPIDOPTERA: DANAIDAE)
Authors: Suzuki Y. , Zalucki M. P. 
Published: April 2007

bA capture‐recapture experiment on wanderer butterflies was conducted during summer, 1984 at 4 milkweed patches where nectar resources were abundant. The recapture rate was higher in males than in females in all the patches, indicating dispersal by females. Dispersal of females was facilitated by removing males in the study areas. Spermatophore counts showed that females mated up to 10 times. These results suggest that nutrients transferred from males during copulation are important resources for females.
TEINOGENYS MOONIENSIS SP. N. AND NEW LOCALITY RECORDS FOR OTHER SPECIES OF TEINOGENYS SHARP (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: DYNASTINAE)
Authors: Allsopp P. G. , Carne P. B. 
Published: April 2007

Abstract Teinogenys mooniensis is described from a series of 3 males collected at light at Moonie, south Queensland. The species‐groups of Teinogenys are formalised, a key is given for the males of the laevis species‐group and new locality records are given for T. laevis (Arrow), T. inermicollis (Lea), T. nitidus Sharp, T. inermis Blackburn, T. deceptus Carne, T. calvus (Blackburn), T. richardsae (Blackburn), T. aurilegulus (Blackburn) and T. dives (Blackburn).
CTENARYTAINA LONGICAUDA SP. N. (HOMOPTERA: PSYLLOIDEA) FROM LOPHOSTEMON CONFERTUS (R. BROWN) IN AUSTRALIA AND CALIFORNIA
Authors: Taylor K. L. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractCtenarytaina longicauda sp. n. has been collected in Queensland from Lophostemon confertus (R. Br.) and L. suaveolens (Soland. ex Gaertn.), and in 3 counties of California from ornamental trees of the former (previously Tristania conferta). Adult and nymphal characters of the genus are defined.
TRIMORPHIC SOLDIERS IN SCHEDORHINOTERMES SECLUSUS (HILL) (ISOPTERA: RHINOTERMITIDAE) AND NOTES ON BIOLOGY
Authors: Miller L. R. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractA third soldier form is recorded for Schedorhinotermes seclusus (Hill). The soldier, intermediate between the minor and major forms presently recognised, is associated closely with the reproductive centre of the colony. Nine nests are discussed and observations on these suggest that S. seclusus may construct secondary nests.
SKIN LESIONS CAUSED BY PAEDERUS AUSTRALIS GUÉRIN‐MÉNEVILLE (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE)
Authors: Whelan P. I. , Weir T. A. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractAn investigation of the circumstances surrounding an outbreak of painful skin lesions at Peppimenarti in the Northern Territory of Australia during 1985, and induction of lesions by application of Paederus australis Guérin‐Méneville to the skin indicates that contact with this beetle causes the lesions.
SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO FIELD DISTRIBUTION IN PANESTHIA CRIBRATA SAUSSURE (BLATTODEA: BLABERIDAE)
Authors: O'Neill S. L. , Rose H. A. , Rugg D. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractField distribution and laboratory investigations of the social behaviour of an Australian wood cockroach, Panesthia cribrata, are reported. These cockroaches are found in aggregations, most commonly containing a number of adult females, a single male and nymphs of various sizes. Agonistic behaviour is mainly restricted to adult males. This fighting does not lead to the development of hierarchies or defined territories, but results in the dispersal of adult males. Courtship is simple, the female being relatively passive and the male repeating a number of characteristic behavioural acts. P. cribrata evince many of the behaviours observed in other Blaberidae, but adaptation to its restrictive habitat may have resulted in the loss of some of the more intricate behavioural patterns and interactions present in these species. Similarities in the behaviour of P. cribrata and the primitive Cryptocercus punctulatus are probably due to both species inhabiting the same kind of environment and thus are examples of convergent evolution.
NATIVE PARASITOIDS AND PATHOGENS ATTACKING SAMEA MULTIPLICALIS GUENÉE (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE) IN QUEENSLAND
Authors: Semple J. L. , Forno I. W. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractFive parasitoids and 3 pathogens were found in Queensland attacking the introduced moth, Samea multiplicalis Guenée which was introduced into Australia as a biological control agent for the water weed, Salvinia molesta Mitchell. Twenty‐two per cent of larvae collected were parasitised and 90% of larval mortality was due to a braconid wasp, Protomicroplitis sp. A microsporidian, Nosema sp. ‘B', and 2 other unidentified pathogens were also present in ca 2% of the sample of S. multiplicalis.
AUSTRALIAN UROPODINA (ACARI: ANACTINOTRICHIDA). 1. AUSTRALOCILLIBA GEN. N. (CILLIBIDAE) 1
Authors: Athias‐Binche F. , Bloszyk Jerzy 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe new Australian genus Australocilliba is closely related to the European Cilliba von Heyden, the main distinguishing morphological features of the former being the presence of a claw on tarsus I, the extended anterior margin of the female epigynium and the elongate cheliceral digits. Two new species, A. kuchtaorum and A. hallidayi, are described.
NEW SPECIES OF TRINEMURA SILVESTRI (THYSANURA:NICOLETIIDAE) FROM AUSTRALIA
Authors: Smith G. B. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractTwo new species of Australian Nicoletiinae are described; Trinemura anemone sp. n. from caves in New South Wales and T. norfolkensis sp. n. from leaf litter on Norfolk Island. Nicoletia russendenensis Smith and Shipp is transferred to Trinemura Silvestri.