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Book Review: Crop And Plant Protection, The Practical Foundations By Rudolph Heitefuss, V. K. Gupta
Book Review: Crop And Plant Protection, The Practical Foundations By Rudolph Heitefuss, V. K. Gupta
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This book integrates present knowledge in crop protection from the theoretical and practical points of view. Pest control Information derived from field like plant pathology, entomology, nematology and weed science is analyzed with reference to plant breeding and nutrition, agronomy and agricultural economics, and some general conclusions are drawn about prognoses, forecasting, and integrated pest control.
Las Especies Argentinas Y Paraguayas Del Género Cerceris Latreille, Des Los Grupos "Pollens" Y "Rugulosa", Manfredo A. Fritz
Las Especies Argentinas Y Paraguayas Del Género Cerceris Latreille, Des Los Grupos "Pollens" Y "Rugulosa", Manfredo A. Fritz
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The "pollens" group of Cerceris is established for C. furcifera Schletterer (Paraguay), C. mariusi sp. n. (Paraguay), C. nigrosa sp. n. (Argentina), C. pollens Schletterer (Argentina and Paraguay), C. serrana sp. n. (Argentina), and C. willineri Fritz (Argentina), and the "rugulosa" group for C. rugulosa Schrottky (Argentina). A key to the species of the "pollens" group is included. The subspecies Cerceris r. dismorphia Schrottky is not regarded as valid.
Book Review: Soil Biology Guide, Ross H. Arnett Jr.
Book Review: Soil Biology Guide, Ross H. Arnett Jr.
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Under the skillful direction of Professor Dindal of Syracuse University, the work of 54 authors, 11 years in the making, is blended into one large, useful volume treating the systematics and biology of all organisms involved in the soil ecology of North America, north of Mexico. The separate authors treat their special groups following a similar format throughout, covering the biology, taxonomy, and ecology of each soil biotic group. The amount of data presented varies with the extent of knowledge of the group treated. The 43 chapters cover all taxa from soil bacteria through the insects. The insects are covered …
Sandhill Crane Press Catalogs
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This is a catalog of the books now published by or available directly from The Sandhill Crane Press, Inc. All of the Flora & Fauna Publications books are now stored in our warehouse. They may be ordered from us, some at a significant discount, by using the order form sent with this catalog. Note that some books are in press, but they may be ordered at a prepublication price.
Apionidae From North And Central America. Part 1. Notes On The Classification Of The Apion Subgenus Trichapion Wagner With Description Of New Species From The United States Of America. (Coleoptera), David G. Kissinger
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Selected taxonomic characters of Apion species are redefined and explained including subcephalic ridge, sensory seta and macrochaeta. New species described are Apion (Trichapion) memnonmonum Kissinger, Black Mountains, North Carolina and Apion (Trichapion) nelsoni Kissinger from Davis Mts, Texas and Santa Rita Mts, Arizona. Supplemental descriptions or new records are given for the following species: Apion aequabile Fall, A. brunnicornis Fall, A. eccentricum Fall, A. minor Smith, A. punctulirostre Sharp and A. submetallicum Boheman.
A statistical test is used to evaluate the importance of a character in defining species groups in the Apion subgenus Trichapion Wagner. Eighteen characters met this criterion …
Revised Techniques For The Study Of Ant Larvae, George C. Wheeler, Jeanette Wheeler
Revised Techniques For The Study Of Ant Larvae, George C. Wheeler, Jeanette Wheeler
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In 1960 we published "Techniques for the study of ant larvae." We referred to it in 1976 and again in 1986. In the intervening years three authors have cited it and the quality of their drawings suggest they have benefited from our suggestions. The poor quality of most other recent drawings suggest they have not seen our article. Perhaps a 1960 reference is too old to be caught in latter-day "literature searches." Or, if the searcher did find it, he was unwilling to take the trouble to follow the recommended techniques. And troublesome they are, especially if one does not …
Lectotype Designations In The Buprestidae Collections Of The National Museum Of Natural History (Coleoptera), C. L. Bellamy, G. H. Nelson
Lectotype Designations In The Buprestidae Collections Of The National Museum Of Natural History (Coleoptera), C. L. Bellamy, G. H. Nelson
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Lectotypes are designated for the following species: A. aureocoerulans Obenberger, A. auroguttatus Schaeffer, A. cannulus Obenberger, A. carinellifer Obenberger, A. dolli Schaeffer, A. exclusus Obenberger, A. ferrisi Dury, A. huachucae Schaeffer, A. optatus Obenberger, A. pictithorax Obenberger, A. simillipictus Obenberger, A. subtropicus Schaeffer, Aphanisticus peninsulae Obenberger, Brachys fascifera Schwam, Buprestis adducta Casey, B. caliginosa Casey, B. disruptans Casey, B. fastidiosa Casey, B. flavopicta Casey, B. fulgens Casey, B. fusca Casey, B. graminea Casey, B. gravidula Casey, B. leporina Casey, B. maculipennis deficiens Casey, Chalcophora angulicollis montana Casey, C. laurentica Casey, Cinyra prosternalis Schaeffer, Conognatha fisheri Hoscheck, C. neutra Hoscheck, Cypriacis …
Records And Descriptions Of Costa Rican Cerambycidae, Part 1 : The Turrialba Valley, Frank T. Hovore
Records And Descriptions Of Costa Rican Cerambycidae, Part 1 : The Turrialba Valley, Frank T. Hovore
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Records from the Turrialba Valley region of Costa Rica are given for species of Cerambycidae heretofore unknown from Central America, or for which no previous specific information was recorded. The following species are recorded from Central America for the first time: Sphallambyx chabrillaci, Cycnoderus barbatus, Cylicasta nysa, Oncideres minuta, Dufauxia sp. indet., Onalcidion fibrosum, Nyssodrysola corticalis, Neoeutrypanus mutilatus, Anisopodus affinis, and Lithargyrus melzeri. Previously unrecorded locality or behavioral data are given for Xenochroma azurea, Chontalia cyanicolor, Omosarotes singularis, and Cephalodina crassiceps. New taxa described are: Ommata (Ecliptophanes) tommyi, sp. n., Eupogonius cryptus, sp. n., …
My Association With William Steel Creighton, George C. Wheeler
My Association With William Steel Creighton, George C. Wheeler
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The recent (1986) publication of “My Association with William Morton Wheeler” evidently stirred my latent autobiographical urge. It is quite reasonable that I should next apply it to William Steel Creighton, for he certainly ranks next to W. M. Wheeler among American myrmecologists. It will be quite different, however, because my actual association with Creighton was very brief twice a dinner guest in New York City and two visits in La Feria, Texas. Correspondence, however, is quite different. I received 45 letters from W. M. Wheeler between 1919 and 1936; the last was dated four months before his death. They …
New Country And State Records, And Other Notes For Mexican Buprestidae (Coleoptera), Richard L. Westcott, Thomas H. Atkinson, Henry A. Hespenheide, G. H. Nelson
New Country And State Records, And Other Notes For Mexican Buprestidae (Coleoptera), Richard L. Westcott, Thomas H. Atkinson, Henry A. Hespenheide, G. H. Nelson
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Treatment is provided for 224 species and subspecies in the genera Acherusia, Acmaeodera, Actenodes, Agaeocera, Agrilus, Anthaxia, Brachys, Buprestis, Chalcangium, Chrysobothris, Colobogaster, Cyphothorax, Dicerca, Dismorpha, Euchroma, Hiperantha, Hylaeogena, Leiopleura, Lius, Mixochlorus, Omochyseus, Pachyschelus, Polycesta, Psiloptera, Spectralia, Taphrocerus, Tetragonoschema, Thrincopyge, Trypantius and Tyndaris. Of these, 44 are recorded for the first time from Mexico and 175 represent new state records. Adult host and/or habitat information is provided, usually from the label data, for 93 of the taxa. Larval host records are indicated for Chrysobothris analis LeConte, C. capitata Gory and Laporte, C. multistigmosa (Mannerheim) and C. sallei Waterhouse. Acmaeodera sinaloensis …
The Hairstreak Butterfly Genus Noreena (Lycaenidae, Theclinae) And A New Species From Western Peru, Kurt Johnson
The Hairstreak Butterfly Genus Noreena (Lycaenidae, Theclinae) And A New Species From Western Peru, Kurt Johnson
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Noreena fracta is described from xeric habitat near Callao, Peru. Its divergent wing and genitalic characters further indicate high diversity in this seldom-collected thecline group.
Taxonomy And Diagnosis Of Conomyrma Insana (Buckley) And C. Flava (Mccook) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Clifford Johnson
Taxonomy And Diagnosis Of Conomyrma Insana (Buckley) And C. Flava (Mccook) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Clifford Johnson
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Documentation is developed for Conomyrma insana (Buckley) and C. flava (McCook) as valid names for two abundant species of ants in the United States. Taxonomic history, synonymies, diagnostic criteria, distribution and natural history for both species are reviewed. The intraspecific variability, particularly important for C. flava, is summarized. Neotype and lectotype specimens are designated for C. insana and C. flava respectively, and a key provided for all known Conomyrma species in the United States.
A Revision Of The South American Hairstreak Butterfly Genera Tergissima And Femniterga (Lycaenidae: Theclinae), Kurt Johnson
A Revision Of The South American Hairstreak Butterfly Genera Tergissima And Femniterga (Lycaenidae: Theclinae), Kurt Johnson
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Tergissima Johnson and Femniterga Johnson, originally described from four sympatric south-central Andean species, are revised to include, respectively, four and nine South American species (of which six are previously undescribed). New combinations include Femniterga cissusa (Hewitson), F. cinniana (Hewitson) and F. plumans (Druce), all transferred from Thecla; new species include Tergissima montanensis and T. shargeli, and Femniterga itaituba, F. megana, F. splendida and F. strobilata. A lectotype is designated for Thecla cissusa. Femniterga and Tergissima are part of a largely undescribed eumaeine assemblage also including Calycopis Scudder and Calystryma Field.
The Anthribidae Of The Seychelles And Mascarene Islands: Taxonomy, Keys, And A Bibliographic Catalogue (Coleoptera), Barry D. Valentine
The Anthribidae Of The Seychelles And Mascarene Islands: Taxonomy, Keys, And A Bibliographic Catalogue (Coleoptera), Barry D. Valentine
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All Seychelles and Mascarene taxa are discussed. Two subfamilies, eight tribes, and 28 genera are keyed. Xenoderes, new genus, is proposed for Homoeodera snelli Jordan, 1924. New generic synonyms are: Achoragus Jordan, 1914 (=Gomphides Jordan, 1936); Corynaecia Jordan, 1914 (=Megatermis Jordan, 1937). New specific synonym is: Phloeobius longicornis (Fabricius) (=Anthribus cervinus Klug). Additional keys are provided for six genera.
Synopsis Of The Genera And Subgenera Of The Tribe Peleciini, And Revision Of The Neotropical And Oriental Species (Coleoptera: Carabidae), S. L. Straneo, G. E. Ball
Synopsis Of The Genera And Subgenera Of The Tribe Peleciini, And Revision Of The Neotropical And Oriental Species (Coleoptera: Carabidae), S. L. Straneo, G. E. Ball
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Phylogenetic analysis of structural features of adults shows that the tribe Peleciini comprises eight genera, grouped in two subtribes: the southeastern Australian Agonicina (new status), including Pseudagonica Moore, 1960 (type species P. nitida Moore, 1960) and Agonica Sloane, 1920 (type species A. simsoni Sloane, 1920); and the Inabresian Peleciina (new status, with Peleciini and Disphaericini of authors), including the Neotropical Eripus Dejean, 1829 (type species E. scydmaenoides Dejean, 1829), Pelecium Kirby, 1817 (type species P. cyanipes Kirby, 1817), and Stricteripus, new genus (type species Pelecium peruvianum Straneo, 1953), the Oriental Ardistomopsis, new genus (type species Disphaericus myrmex, Andrewes, …
New Species And Notes On Mexican Hylesininae (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Thomas Atkinson
New Species And Notes On Mexican Hylesininae (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), Thomas Atkinson
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Two new species of Hylesininae, Cnesinus noguerae and Chramesus xalapae, are described from eastern Mexico. Distributional notes are given for an additional nine species of Hylesininae from Mexico. Cladoctonus cubensis Wood and Pseudochramesus jaliscoensis Wood are figured for the first time.
The Center For Systematic Entomology
The Center For Systematic Entomology
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The Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc., a non-profit scientific and educational foundation, international in scope, was formed April 2, 1986, chartered in the State of Florida. Its purposes are to seek financing and encourage other support for systematic entomology and to stimulate cooperation and coordination among interested agencies and individuals. Goals of the Center are pursued by a 9- member Board of Directors supported by the membership. The center strives to serve as a leadership organization for insect systematics.
New Records Of Lace Bugs From West Virginia (Hemiptera: Tingidae), Laura Torres-Miller
New Records Of Lace Bugs From West Virginia (Hemiptera: Tingidae), Laura Torres-Miller
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New West Virginia state records for 13 species of Tingidae are reported. Collection localities and hosts, when known, are also recorded.
Book Review: Larvas De Coleoptera Do Brasil By Cleide Costa, Sergio A. Vanin, And Sonia A. Casari-Chan, P. Jolivet
Book Review: Larvas De Coleoptera Do Brasil By Cleide Costa, Sergio A. Vanin, And Sonia A. Casari-Chan, P. Jolivet
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This is a remarkable new book which is certainly well above all that has been done up to now in this field. Moreover, it deals with a fauna on which we have very few biological data. One hundred nine beetle families are reviewed, from the curious Micromalthidae to the Curculionidae. Mrs. Costa showed me the proofs of the book in 1987 in Sao Paulo, and I had the opportunity then to admire the good quality and even perfection of the drawings.
Book Review: Biologie Des Coleopteres By Renaud Paulian, P. Jolivet
Book Review: Biologie Des Coleopteres By Renaud Paulian, P. Jolivet
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This entirely new book is the first on the biology of beetles since Crowson's book, published in 1981 by Academic Press. This new work in some ways completes Crowson's, but in no way is it a useless repetition. The two books together give a good idea of the biology of this enormous order, here comprising more than 200 families. Paulian's classification is slightly, but not fundamentally, different from Crowson's. There are excellent chapters on endogeous, caverniculous, aquatic, coprophagous, termitophilous, and myrmecophilous beetles. Termitophilous beetles have already been treated well in Termitologia by Grasse (1986, Masson, Paris). Paulian is a well-known …
Revision Of The Genus Dimarella Banks (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), Robert B. Miller, Lionel A. Stange
Revision Of The Genus Dimarella Banks (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), Robert B. Miller, Lionel A. Stange
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A taxonomic study of the new world genus Dimarella has led to the recognition of 17 species, 9 of which are newly described. Three subgenera are recognized, one of which is described as new. Larvae are described for 11 species and biological data are given. Keys to adults and larvae are provided as well as photographs of larvae and taxonomic drawings. Distribution is summarized in maps.
Volume 3, No. 1, March 1989 Contents
Volume 3, No. 1, March 1989 Contents
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VOLUME 3, NO. 1, MARCH 1989 Contents
A New Species Of Moranida Mansell From Venezuela (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae), Robert B. Miller, Lionel A. Stange
A New Species Of Moranida Mansell From Venezuela (Neuroptera: Nemopteridae), Robert B. Miller, Lionel A. Stange
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Mansell (1983) described two new species and genera of Crocinae from Peru and Bolivia bringing the total number of South American species of this subfamily to five species. However, all five species occur well south of the equator. Recently the authors discovered a sixth species in northern Venezuela greatly extending the northern range of the family in South America. This new species belongs to the genus Moranida Mansell. Both adults and larvae were found and are described here with a key to the species of Crocinae of South America. We also found and reared Moranida peruviensis Mansell from Lambayeque, Peru, …
Identification And Nesting Sites Of North American Species Of Dolichoderus Lund (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Clifford Johnson
Identification And Nesting Sites Of North American Species Of Dolichoderus Lund (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Clifford Johnson
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The identification of North American Dolichoderus species by-way-of existing keys is unnecessarily arbitrary and misdeterminations are likely between D. mariae and D. pustulatus, the latter species showing most morphological variation over its range. Diagnoses for the four described species and an undescribed form with a revised key and figures are given to aid entomologists working without identified voucher specimens. Nest data for species other than D. pustulatus in the Coastal Plain revealed below-ground nests or structures immediately at the ground sui-face. Colonies of D. pustulatus in Florida and southern Georgia have arboreal nests in the cavities of smaller limbs …
Book Review: Insect Spiracular Systems By T. B. Nikam And V. V. Khole., V. K. Gupta
Book Review: Insect Spiracular Systems By T. B. Nikam And V. V. Khole., V. K. Gupta
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The authors and the publisher are to be complimented for the production of this book summarizing the various aspects of the morphology, development and physiology of the insect spiracular systems. Emphasis has been given to those aspects of the insect spiracular systems that have received scant attention so far, like functional morphology and ecophysiological considerations. The role of spiraculo-trachial system thermoregulation has been explained and integrated with the role of haemolymph circulation. The biophysical aspects have been fully explained and integrated with morpho-physiological aspects.
A Revision Of The Genus Octotoma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Hispinae), C. L. Staines Jr.
A Revision Of The Genus Octotoma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Hispinae), C. L. Staines Jr.
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The New World species of Octotoma are revised and keys, diagnoses, and descriptions are provided for the nine known species. The authorship of the genus belongs to Chevrolat rather than Dejean. Octotoma intermedia, from Mexico, is described as new.