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First Records Of The Grasshopper Machaerocera Mexicana Saussure, 1859 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) From The United States And Sonora, Mexico, Robert A. Behrstock, Patrick H. Sullivan

Insecta Mundi

The grasshopper Machaerocera mexicana Saussure (Orthoptera: Acrididae) is added to the orthopteran faunas of the United States and Sonora, Mexico. Notes are presented on habitat and seasonality.

El saltamontes Machaerocera mexicana Saussure (Orthoptera: Acrididae) se agrega a las faunas ortópteros de los Estados Unidos y Sonora, México. Se presenta notas sobre su hábitat y estacionalidad.

A New Species Of Parochodaeus Nikolajev From The Southwestern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ochodaeidae, M. J. Paulsen

Insecta Mundi

A new species of Parochodaeus Nikolajev (Scarabaeoidea: Ochodaeidae) with extremely small adults is described from west Texas, P. pixius Paulsen. The species is compared with the sympatric P. biarmatus (LeConte), to which it is most similar in size.

Ixodes Affinis (Acari: Ixodidae) In Southeastern Virginia And Implications For The Spread Of Borrelia Burgdorferi, The Agent Of Lyme Disease, Robyn M. Nadolny, Chelsea L. Wright, Wayne L. Hynes, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Holly Gaff

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Ixodes affinis Neumann is a hard-bodied (ixodid) tick known to be a competent vector for Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease, and agents of other human diseases (Keirans et al. 1999). Ixodes affinis has been reported in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina and throughout coastal North Carolina (Clark et al. 1998, Harrison et al. 2010). Harrison et al. (2010) indicated that I. affinis was established throughout the coastal plain of North Carolina up to the Virginia border and suggested that I. affinis might occur in Virginia.