bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A TECHNIQUE FOR RECORDING EFFERENT NEURONE ACTIVITY FROM NORMAL AND POISONED CATTLE TICKS [BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (CANESTRINI)]
Authors: Binnington K. C. , Rice M. J. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractA technique is described for obtaining action potentials from tick efferent nerves. Electrical stimulation of the synganglion was shown to be promising for the investigation of tick motor neurone activity. With the continuously perfused suction electrode technique distinct effects on action potential frequency were obtained, following exposure to different groups of chemicals. These results are discussed on the basis of what is known of the neurochemistry of ticks and the mode of action of the chemicals concerned. The recording of relatively long action potentials supports the view that nerves associated with the lateral plexus contain neurosecretory cells as well as conventional axons.
THE RELATIVE EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY OF THREE METHODS FOR SAMPLING ARTHROPODS IN AUSTRALIAN COTTON FIELDS
Authors: Wilson L. T. , Room P. M. 
Published: April 2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

Abstract Euthera skusei Bezzi and E. rieki Paramonov are redescribed and 3 new species (E. illungnarra, E. lata and E. setula) are described. A key to species is provided, and eggs and first instar larvae are described where available.
A NEW SPECIES OF ORNITHONYSSUS SAMBON FROM TASMANIA (ACARI: DERMANYSSIDAE)
Authors: Domrow Robert 
Published: April 2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

AbstractA seventh Australian species ofOrthetrumNewman,O. serapiasp.n., is described. The closely allied speciesO. sabina(Drury) is redescribed and a neotype designated for it. The range ofO. serapiaextends from the southwest Pacific to, apparently, the Philippines where, as in Australia and New Guinea, it overlaps that ofO. sabina.
INTERPOLATING TEMPERATURES FOR SIMULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRESS OF PIERIS RAPAE (L.) (LEPIDOPTERA: PIERIDAE)
Authors: Samson P. R. 
Published: April 2007

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

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

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

AbstractWithin each larval instar of the ant lion, Myrmeleon pictifrons there is a linear, increasing relationship between larval size and pit size. Across instars mean pit diameter increases non‐linearly. Three larval instars may be distinguished readily on their body length.No pits are built in sand of moisture content greater than 4% and there is a substantial decline in pit size at moisture contents over 1.5%. The relationship between pit size and temperature is sigmoid, increasing from lower to higher temperatures. No pits are built in substrates of grain size greater than 1 mm and only small pits at grain size below 0.125 mm. In grain sizes between 0.125 and 1.0 mm pits of normal mean size are constructed although these figures have large associated variances.The results obtained are compared and contrasted with those of authors studying other species of pit‐building ant lions.
SIX NEW AUSTRALIAN CHIGGERS (ACARI: TROMBICULIDAE)
Authors: Domrow Robert 
Published: April 2007

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

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

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

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

AbstractOver 2 seasons, 1980–81 and 1981–82, the patterns of abundance of female bush flies, Musca vetustissima (Walker), at 3 field sites on the N. S. W. south coast varied little between sites but greatly between seasons. There was no direct relationship between the patterns of bush fly abundance and of native dung beetle catches at the same sites.Analysis of the results of dissection of the 1981–82 bush fly samples suggested that, although much oviposition had occurred, the mortality of the immature stages had been high. There was also more direct evidence that the bulk of the flies caught had recently immigrated, so that their numbers were largely independent of the results of local bush fly breeding. Although obscured by migrations of adult flies and by the high levels of immature mortality caused by other factors, the role of dung beetles as one of the causes could be inferred from the data to be of the same high order as indicated by published laboratory studies.
SURVIVAL OF SCLEROCYPHON BICOLOR CARTER (COLEOPTERA: PSEPHENIDAE) IN AN INTERMITTENT STREAM IN NORTH QUEENSLAND
Authors: Smith R. E. W. , Pearson R. G. 
Published: April 2007

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

Abstract Lucilia cuprina was reared successfully on a semi‐defined diet (YMA) consisting of milk powder, yeast and agar. There was much less variation in aldrin activity in larvae reared on YMA diet than in larvae reared on liver. Induction by 0.1% dietary sodium phenobarbital of aldrin epoxidase of larvae of L. cuprina was also examined using 2 strains, 1 susceptible (LS), the other organophosphorus resistant (Q), on liver and YMA. On liver, the increase in activity on a per larva basis was 10.0 fold for LS and 4.3 fold for Q, whereas, for YMA the increase was 12.5 fold and 11.3 fold, respectively.
THE AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OF MONOMACHIDAE (HYMENOPTERA: PROCTOTRUPOIDEA), WITH A REVISED DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAMILY
Authors: Naumann I. D. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe family Monomachidae is considered to compriseMonomachusKlug (from Australia and South America) andTetraconusSzépligeti (South America). A family diagnosis and key to genera are presented, and the generic placement of wing‐reduced South American females is discussed. Three Australian species ofMonomachusare recognised:M. antipodalisWestwood (=M. antipodalis bendoraRiek =M. osmondiRiek synn. n.),M. australicusGirault andM. hesperiussp. n. The dipterous host ofM. antipodalishas Gondwanan affinities.