bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
THE SPINOSA SPECIES‐GROUP, GENUS BOOPIA PIAGET (PHTHIRAPTERA: BOOPIIDAE)*
Authors: CLAY THERESA 
Published: April 2007

AbstractFour new species belonging to the Boopia spinosa species‐group parasitic on Australian Dasyuridae are described: B. greeni, type‐host Antechinus minimus (Geoffroy); B. murrayi, type‐host Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse); B. aquilonia, type‐host Antechinus bellus (Thomas); and B. lukoschusi, type‐host Sminthopsis murina (Waterhouse). The characters within the group are considered and some remarks included on the possible relationships of the species and their hosts. The correct interpretation of Harrison and Johnston's original description of B. brevispinosa is discussed.
RECORDS OF PSYLLA DODONAEAE TUTHILL (HEMIPTERA: PSYLLIDAE) IN AUSTRALIA, WITH NOTES ON ITS BIOLOGY
Authors: TAYLOR K. L. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe nymphs of Psylla dodonaeae, a species not previously recorded in Australia, distort the leaves of Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. and make use of host‐plant exudates for shelter.
A COMMON FELLOWSHIP OF ENDEAVOUR
Authors: MARKS ELIZABETH N. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractAspects of communication in science are illustrated from the author's professional career, from the experience of the Australian Entomological Society during its first decade, and from Australian mosquito research since 1955. With some notable exceptions, there has been good communication between scientists at the personal level, between entomologists and their Society, and between scientific bodies. On the other hand, important information on Australian mosquitoes has remained unpublished, or been disregarded because of inadequacies in communication between entomology and other disciplines.
A NEW GENUS AND FIVE NEW SPECIES OF SCATOPSIDAE (DIPTERA) FROM NEW GUINEA AND AUSTRALIA
Authors: COOK EDWIN F. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThree new species of Rhegmoclematini representing the heretofore undescribed genus Parmaferia are described. In addition, a distinctive new Australian species of Anapausis Enderlein and a new Australian species of Ferneiella Cook are described.
UNDERWATER SOUND PRODUCTION IN MICRONECTA BATILLA HALE (HETEROPTERA: CORIXIDAE).*
Authors: King I. M. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTMales of Micronecta batilla Hale produce three types of sound; females do not stridulate. All sounds have the same frequency range, which is about the same as that in M. gracilis Hale and M. australiensis Chen. The pattern and rate of amplitude modulation is different in each species.Observations of M. batilla during stridulation, and scanning E.M. examination showed that the strigil, a comb‐like structure on the 6th abdominal tergite of males, is almost certainly involved in stridulation. It is probably moved against the sharp edge of the 5th tergite (the “scraper”). Males of the other two species examined also have strigils on the 6th abdominal tergite.
PUPAE OF ALLODAPINE BEES (HYMENOPTERA: XYLOCOPINAE)*
Authors: Michener Charles D. , Scheiring Joseph F. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTExcept for hairs, pupae of allodapine bees have few characters not directly related to adult structures. The arrangement and attributes of the hairs, however, provide many characters which are described in this paper. In general, the groups of allodapine bees recognized previously on the basis of larvae and adults are supported by the hair patterns of pupae. Some or all of the longest hairs are hooked at their tips. Presumably these hooks serve to support the pupae where they are placed by adult bees. All the hairs presumably serve for protection against the surface of the rough burrow walls.
MONOAMINES IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE QUEENSLAND FRUIT FLY, DACUS TRYONI
Authors: Armati Patricia , Gilmour Darcy 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTThe distribution of monoamines in the nervous system of Dacus tryoni has been investigated by two fluorescent histological techniques. The trihydroxyindole method revealed fluorescent regions in the protocerebrum and tracts in the ventral nerve cord running through to the abdomen. The ovarian and spermathecal nerves were fluorescent, as was the stomatogastric nervous system, with the exception of the frontal ganglion. The tetrahydroisoquinoline method suggested that a secondary amine was the source. Fluorescence was greatly diminished in reserpine‐fed flies. Uptake of noradrenaline into the same areas listed above was demonstrated by the tetrahydroisoquinoline method in sections of reserpine‐fed flies.
CHEIROPLATYS VOLSELLUS SP. N. AND NOTES ON RELATED SPECIES (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: DYNASTINAE)
Authors: Carne P. B. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACT Cheiroplatys volsellus sp. n. is described and keys provided to distinguish it from C. excavatus Lea and C. nitidus Carne. The allotype ♀ and paratype ♀ of C. nitidus have proved to be females of C. excavatus. The true ♀ of C. nitidus, and that of C. borealis Carne, are described. New locality records are given for these species, and for C. amphioxus Arrow and C. solidus Carne.
PHYSICAL CONTROL OF INSECTS—RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Authors: Banks H. J. 
Published: April 2007

ABSTRACTThe scope of physical control of insects is summarised and recent developments (post—1969) in the field are reviewed. Physical control though offering great potential as a component of integrated control systems is not yet in widespread use against field pests. In stored commodity protection physical methods are of increasing importance and may completely replace current chemically‐based protectant methods. Direct insect control by ionising radiation has received much attention but large scale application appears doubtful. Application of many physical methods is restricted by high capital cost and lack of post‐treatment protection. A bibliography of recent reviews is given.
AMBLYSEIUS VICTORIENSIS (WOMERSLEY) AND A. OVALIS (EVANS) COMPARED WITH A NEW CONGENER FROM AUSTRALIA (ACARI: PHYTOSEIIDAE)
Authors: SCHICHA E. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe male and immature stages of Amblyseius victoriensis from citrus in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area of inland New South Wales (Australia) are described for the first time, and the female is redescribed. The adults of A. ovalis from rubber in Malaysia are redescribed. All stages of A. elinae sp. n. from citrus in coastal N.S.W. are described and illustrated. The three species resemble each other closely, but many differences are listed.
A REMARKABLE NEW GENUS OF COLEOPTEROID MIRIDAE FROM SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA)*
Authors: SLATER JAMES A. , GROSS GORDON F. 
Published: April 2007

Abstract Carvalhoma, a new genus of Miridae (Phylinae: Phylini) is described for two species, malcolmae sp. n. (type‐species) and taplini sp. n., which are described and figured.
TWO CHLOROPIDAE (DIPTERA) ENDOPARASITIC IN OTHER INSECTS
Authors: COLLESS D. H. , WHITTLE C. P. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractTwo cases are described of chloropid larvae parasitising other insects: Oscinosoma confluens (Malloch) comb. n. in eggs of a chrysomelid beetle, Paropsisterna beata (Newman); and Oscinosoma sp. in an unidentified caterpillar.
THE AUSTRALIAN TERMITE GENUS OCCULTITERMES EMERSON (ISOPTERA: TERMITIDAE: NASUTITERMITINAE)
Authors: GAY F. J. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe history and phylogenetic position of the Australian termite genus Occultitermes Emerson is discussed briefly. Additional data on the distribution and biology of the type‐species, O. occultus (Hill), are presented. A new species, O. aridus, is described.
BIOLOGY AND CAPACITY FOR INCREASE OF MONISTRIA DISCREPANS (WALKER) (ORTHOPTERA: PYRGOMORPHIDAE) IN THE LABORATORY
Authors: ALLSOPP P. G. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractA description is given of the development of Monistria discrepans (Walker) in the laboratory. The eggs undergo a diapause which is broken by incubation at low temperatures. Duration of nymphal development varies with temperature above 20°C and lasts 33.8 d for males and 47.7 d for females at 35°C. Survival is best (58%) at 25 and 30°C. The lifespan of females is more than 175 d at 27.5°C during which they produce an average of 1.71 egg pods with 31.8 eggs/pod. This slow rate of development and poor reproduction in the laboratory render the species unsuitable as a candidate for mass production.
ECTOPARASITES OF THE WILD RABBIT ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS (L.) IN VICTORIA: THE OCCURRENCE OF THE MITES LEPORACARUS GIBBUS (PAGENSTECHER) AND CHEYLETIELLA PARASITIVORAX (MEGNIN) AND THE LOUSE HAEMODIPSUS VENTRICOSUS (DENNY)
Authors: Shepherd Rosamond C. H. , Edmonds J. W. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractInformation on the infestation of wild rabbits by Leporacarus gibbus (Pagenstecher), Cheyletiella parasitivorax (Megnin) and Haemodipsus ventricosus (Denny) for Victoria is presented and discussed. Infestation rates were lowest in the dry north‐west region of the state. In other regions most rabbits were infested but there was a wide range in infestation numbers in all regions.
THE DISTRIBUTIONS OF THE AUSTRALIAN DRAGONFLIES (ODONATA): FIRST SUPPLEMENT
Authors: Watson J. A. L. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractFurther data are added to a 1974 checklist of Australian Odonata, with the regions in which the species occur. Six previously unrecognised species are recorded, increasing the known fauna to 269 species, 99 of which are Zygoptera and 170 Anisoptera.
A POSSIBLY UNIQUE FEEDING MECHANISM IN A DIPTEROUS LARVA (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE: CHAOBORINAE)
Authors: Colless Donald H. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe larva of Australomochlonyx nitidus Freeman is unique amongst Chaoborinae in being a filter‐feeder, and amongst Diptera in using for this purpose a conspicuous fan of hairs on the mandible, as well as a novel structure, the oral bullae. The fan hairs bear microscopic filaments that appear to convert the fan into a sieve.
A NEW GENUS AND TWO NEW SPECIES OF LETHAEINI (HEMIPTERA: LYGAEIDAE: RHYPAROCHROMINAE)
Authors: Woodward T. E. , Malipatil M. B. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe new genus Paramyocara is described to include P. iridescens sp. n. (type‐species) and P. punctatum sp. n. P. iridescens is recorded from eastern Queensland, New South Wales, and northern New Zealand (Auckland Province), and P. punctatum from eastern Queensland. Paramyocara is considered to be related to the endemic Australian genera Myocara Bergroth and Exomyocara Slater and Woodward.
THE BIOGEOGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE NEW GUINEA SPHINGIDAE (LEPIDOPTERA)
Authors: Mackey A. P. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractFrom studies of coefficients of faunal resemblance it appears that the sphingid fauna of New Guinea is of Oriental origin but more closely related to the fauna of Australia than south‐east Asia. This resemblance is seen to be due to faunal rarefaction along the distribution gradient from the centre of sphingid radiation (Indo‐China) to Australia/New Guinea and by secondary radiation in the latter area. This movement of sphingids was probably in the Pleistocene through Malaysia, Java, Sumatra and the Lesser Sunda Islands. An earlier (Miocene) invasion also of Oriental origin may explain the origin of the endemic Australian genera.
THE LIFE HISTORY AND BEHAVIOUR OF CHLENIAS SP., A GEOMETRID DEFOLIATOR OF RADIATA PINE IN TASMANIA
Authors: Madden J. L. , Bashford R. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractLarvae of a species of Chlenias (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) which normally feed on Eucalyptus spp, extensively defoliated Pinus radiata regeneration at Pittwater, Tasmania from 1968–1971.Pupation occurred beneath the litter and adults emerged from mid April to mid July when dusk temperatures were consistently below 4.5°C. The location of mates by flying males involved the release of pheromone(s) by female moths whose wings were expanded during copulation. Eggs were deposited in clusters on the terminal and youngest shoots of host trees. Incubation was approximately 70–80 days. There were six larval instars and defoliation became severe during the fourth and subsequent instars. Pupation occurred in a silken sand cocoon from early November to December. There was one generation per year.
POPULATION BIOLOGY OF CHLENIAS SP., A GEOMETRID DEFOLIATOR OF PINUS RADIATA IN TASMANIA
Authors: Madden J. L. , Bashford R. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractAn analysis of the factors influencing populations of the moth, Chlenias sp., is given with respect to the host tree, parasitism, predation and disease. The phenologies of these various agents are given, together with an account of their general behaviour and effectiveness. Predisposition of the host tree to attack by the woodwasp, Sirex noctilio F., following defoliation, is also discussed.
ASSORTATIVE MATING BETWEEN CULEX FATIGANS AND C. MOLESTUS (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE) UNDER SIMULATED FIELD CONDITIONS
Authors: Miles S. J. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractAssortative mating in a mixed population of Culex fatigans and C. molestus established in an outdoor population cage incorporating a simulated septic tank is examined using different electrophoretic alleles at the larval alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) locus, and the larval colour mutant “yellow larva” as markers. One egg raft out of 66 sampled over a period of 13 weeks was the result of an interspecific mating. Observations on C. fatigans and C. molestus populations established separately in the population cage indicate that the mate recognition system is not the only mechanism by which the genetic integrity of the two species is being maintained.
NOTOLIBELLULA BICOLOR, A NEW LIBELLULINE DRAGONFLY FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA (ODONATA: LIBELLULIDAE)
Authors: Theischinger G. , Watson J. A. L. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractA new genus and species of Libellulinae, Notolibellula bicolor, is described from the Northern Territory and the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Notolibellula appears to be most closely related to Agrionoptera Brauer.
LARVAL AND PUPAL ABNORMALITIES IN F1 PROGENY OF IRRADIATED MALE SPODOPTERA LITURA (F.) (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)
Authors: Etman Ahmed A. , Hooper G. H. S. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractMorphological abnormalities found in larvae and pupae of the F1 progeny of gamma‐irradiated male Spodoptera litura (F.) are described and illustrated.
THE SENSORY NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE ADULT CATTLE TICK BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS (CANESTRINI) IXODIDAE. PART III. ULTRA‐STRUCTURE AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF CHELICERAL RECEPTORS
Authors: Waladde S. M. , Rice M. J. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe inner and the outer cheliceral digits of the cattle tick B. microplus have been investigated with transmission electron microscopy and found to be innervated by sensory neurones. The outer digit has a terminal papilla innervated by two neurones which appear to be mechanoreceptors and two sensory pits, one pit innervated by eleven neurones some of which are chemoreceptors, and the other pit by a single neurone containing an unusual vacuolar organelle. A pair of neurones, which appear to be mechano‐receptors, innervate the shaft of the inner digit where it joins the cheliceral hood membranes. Thus a total of 16 neurones are located in each inner digit of the chelicerae of B. microplus. Each outer digit has a complement of 13 neurones of unknown function.Characteristic chemoreceptor responses to solutions of sodium chloride, adenosine triphosphate, reduced glutathione and bovine plasma have been recorded from the pit sensilla of the inner digit by electrophysiological techniques. This work adds a sensory function to the chelicerae of ticks, appendages that are generally regarded as mere cutting tools. The identification of chemosensory sensilla responding to blood chemicals within the feeding lesion may have implications for work on tick‐host specificity and the phenomenon of host resistance to ticks.
A NOTE ON FOOD AND FORAGING IN RELATION TO TEMPERATURE IN THE MEAT ANT IRIDOMYRMEX PURPUREUS FORM VIRIDIAENEUS*
Authors: Mobbs C. J. , Tedder G. , WADE A. M. , Williams R. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe foraging activity of the meat ant Iridomyrmex purpureus form viridiaeneus is closely correlated with temperature in an arid environment. The ants feed on a wide range of plant and animal material, travelling up to 100 m to gather food.
THE LIFE HISTORY OF MNESAMPELA PRIVATA (GUEN.) (LEPIDOPTERA: GEOMETRIDAE) A DEFOLIATOR OF YOUNG EUCALYPTS
Authors: Elliott H. J. , Bashford R. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe autumn gum moth, Mnesampela privata (Guen.), is a pest of eucalypts in southern Australia, often completely defoliating young trees, particularly those in the blue gum group. Its life cycle in southern Tasmania is described and notes on its host range and natural enemies are given. The pest status of M. privata is discussed in relation to future increases in the planting of susceptible species of eucalypts.
STUDIES ON THE EGG STAGE OF DIDYMURIA VIOLESCENS (LEACH) (PHASMATODEA: PHASMATIDAE) INHABITING MOUNTAIN ASH FOREST IN VICTORIA
Authors: Neumann F. G. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractAn account is given on aspects of the egg stage of the spur‐legged phasmatid Didymuria violescens inhabiting mountain ash forest. At 21‐23°C and 45% RH, fertilized egg embryos matured more rapidly than those unfertilized, but most eggs failed to hatch, suggesting that diapause in fully grown embryos (pharate nymphs) is not generally terminated near room temperature. Freshly laid eggs remained healthy under constant high temperatures and associated drying effects for 2 weeks, but desiccated during 4 weeks of exposure.AbstractOverwintering of partly developed eggs in mountain ash forest resulted in substantial hatching during spring/summer following oviposition, so that winter chilling appears to eliminate diapause in pharate nymphs. The viability of field‐oviposited eggs declined substantially within 2 years in litter, especially in those unfertilized and laid late in the season. Hatching occurred predominantly in fertilized eggs and mostly between October and February following the second winter, with peak emergence during mid‐November and December.
THE DISCOVERY OF THE GENUS BENGALIA ROBINEAU‐DESVOIDY (DIPTERA: CALLIPHORIDAE) IN AUSTRALIA
Authors: Farrow R. A. , Dear J. P. 
Published: April 2007

Abstract Bengalia torosa (Wiedemann) was taken at a light/water trap at Rimbija Island, Cape Wessel (11°1 ‘S 136°45′E), in January 1977. This is the first reliable record of the genus from Australia although it is widely distributed in the Orient, including Java.
THE BLACK CITRUS APHIDS, TOXOPTERA CITRICIDUS (KIRKALDY) AND T. AURANTII (BOYER DE FONSCOLOMBE) (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE)
Authors: Carver Mary 
Published: April 2007

AbstractThe geographical and temporal distribution, host plant range, feeding preferences and economic importance of the black citrus aphids, Toxoptera citricidus and T. aurantii, are discussed, with emphasis on the status of the two species in Australia.
TWO NEW SPECIES OF ANDREACARUS RADFORD FROM TASMANIA (ACARI: DERMANYSSIDAE)
Authors: Domrow Robert 
Published: April 2007

Abstract Andreacarus anadema and A. synoecus spp. n. are described from two murid rodents in Tasmania, Mastacomys fuscus Thomas and Pseudomys higginsi (Trouessart), respectively. They belong in the radfordi species‐group, a first key to the six known members of which is given.
A SAMPLING SCHEME FOR ESTIMATING POPULATION DENSITY OF THE JARRAH LEAF MINER, PERTHIDA GLYPHOPA (LEPIDOPTERA: INCURV ARIIDAE)
Authors: Mazanec Z. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractDensities of eggs, feeding and mature larvae of the jarrah leaf miner were estimated from samples of leaves, of larval cells from catches in cone traps placed under trees, of diapausing larvae from soil samples, and of moths from catches in emergence traps. Within the samples, homogeneity of variance and improved normality of numbers were achieved by transforming the original counts to In (x + 1).In general, percentage standard error of the mean increased as the population mean decreased and ranged from 4‐33% of the mean for eggs and larvae in leaves, and from 7‐41% of the mean for live larvae diapausing in soil and moths in emergence traps. To maintain precision of the estimated mean, more sample trees were needed when population density became low.The total population of the leaf miner per unit area of forest canopy and floor was estimated only in areas of high density. At low population densities, where only a few feeding larvae could be found and examined, estimates of total population could not be made. Such samples were used to identify the factors of larval mortality.
VARIATION IN THE ABDOMINAL STERNAL BANDING OF CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS SKUSE (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)
Authors: Kay B. H. 
Published: April 2007

SUMMARYMosquitoes identified as Culex sp. nr annulirostris, or termed atypical in Annual Reports of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, and with uninterrupted apical dark banding on abdominal sternites V‐VII, are variants of Cx annulirostris. Atypical progeny were reared from females of normal banding pattern and vice versa. The atypical pattern occurred 5‐12 times more often in males than females. An average of 2% of female Cx annulirostris sampled from 23 localities in Queensland and two in the Northern Territory were of the atypical pattern, which occurred more in the north than in arid inland centres.
A NEW SPECIES OF BLAESOXIPHA LOEW FROM AUSTRALIA (DIPTERA: SARCOPHAGIDAE)
Authors: Cantrell B. K. 
Published: April 2007

SUMMARY Blaesoxipha similis sp. n. is described from Australia and a key to the known species of the genus given. The female of B. hardyi Lopes is described for the first time and a comment made on the doubtful species B. gemina Hardy.
NOTES ON THE MALE OF ACEDESTIA CHERA JORDAN, AND ON THE AFFINITIES, CLASSIFICATION AND ZOOGEOGRAPHY OF THE GENERA ACEDESTIA JORDAN AND IDILLA SMIT (SIPHONAPTERA: HYSTRICHOPSYLLIDAE)*
Authors: Mardon D. K. 
Published: April 2007

SUMMARYThe male of Acedestia chera is described. An apparently unique sclerite of unknown origin is described from the base of the abdomen of Acedestia chera. The genitalia of Acedestia are compared with those of Idilla, Adoratopsylla Ewing, Doratopsylla Jordan and Rothschild, Xendaeria Jordan and Corrodopsylla Wagner. Phylogenetic relationships inferred are discussed in relation to zoogeography and classification. It is concluded that the relationship between Acedestia and Idilla is so close as to be incompatible with their present classification in separate tribes, which are therefore united in a single tribe, Acedestiini.
NOTES ON THE BIOLOGY AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE LIFE STAGES OF ONCOPERA PARVA TINDALE (LEPIDOPTERA: HEPIALIDAE)
Authors: Elder R. J. 
Published: April 2007

AbstractNotes on distribution, burrow type, food, laboratory rearing methods, length of the prepupal (last non‐feeding larval instar) and pupal stages, and times of emergence of the adults from the pupae are given. Descriptions and/or illustrations of all life stages except the egg are presented. The relationship of Oncopera parva to O. argentata Tindale and O. brachyphylla Turner is discussed and it is concluded that O. argentata is a form of O. parva. O. parva and O. brachyphylla are closely related and O. brachyphylla should therefore be retained in the genus Oncopera Walker, even though it lacks the hind tibial hair‐tuft in the male.
NEW RECORDS AND SPECIES OF CHIGGERS FROM AUSTRALASIA (ACARI: TROMBICULIDAE)
Authors: Domrow Robert 
Published: April 2007

AbstractNew hosts and significant extensions in geographical range are given for 36 species of chiggers in nine genera from Papua New Guinea, the Solomons, the New Hebrides and Australia: Ascoschoengastia Ewing (two), Eutrombicula Ewing (one), Guntheria Womersley (20), Leptotrombidium Nagayo, Miyagawa, Mitamura, Tamiya and Satori (two), Neoschoengastia Ewing (one), Neotrombicula Hirst (three), Siseca Audy (one), Trombicula Berlese (four) and Walchiella Fuller (two). Three species of Guntheria from Queensland and one of Trombicula from Papua New Guinea are described as new: G. bamaga from Rattus leucopus leucopus (Gray) (Rodentia: Muridae), G. kowanyama from Petaurus breviceps Waterhouse (Marsupialia: Petauridae), G. miles from Pseudechis colletti guttatus De Vis (Ophidia: Elapidae) and T. papua from an unidentified bat (Chiroptera).