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A New Species Of Xiphosomella (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Keith R. Johnson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

The genus Xiphosomella belongs in the subfamily Cremastinae. This genus and Pristomerus differ from other genera of the subfamily in having a distinct thyridium on the second tergite. In Xiphosomella the thyridium is some distance from the base of the second tergite, while in Pristomerus the thyridium is very close to the base. Both genera may or may not have a spine on the under side of the hind femur. Xiphosomella may have an areolet. Most species of Xiphosomella are Neotropic. One species (dubia) has been described from the United States. This paper adds a second species.

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Odonata New To The Wisconsin State List, Mary Davis Ries

The Great Lakes Entomologist

The only extensive paper dealing primarily with the Odonata of Wisconsin is that of Muttkowski (19081, in which he included not only 78 species taken but 30 to be expected in the state. Subsequent records and corrections leave a total of 103 species for which definite evidence has been published (Ries, 1967:113).

The following account of new records of Anisoptera and Zygoptera taken during five seasons of collecting in the northern part of Wisconsin confirms the presence of four of the expected species mentioned by Muttkowski, and includes eleven others, making a total of 15 additions to the state list. …

An Emergence Trap For Aquatic Insects, Armond E. Lemke, Vincent R. Mattson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: The identification of organisms is a prerequisite to developing water quality criteria for aquatic life. Identification is necessary because differences in water quality requirements are specific and may be different for closely allied species. The taxonomy of various species, particularly those associated with the aquatic environment, is much more detailed and better known for adults than for immature instars. To facilitate correlation of adult and larval forms, a trap was needed to collect the emerging adults from the various streams.

Shoreline Aggregation Behavior Of Adults Of A Midge, Chironomus Sp. (Diptera: Chironomidae) At Solberg Lake, Wisconsin, Louis F. Wilson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: Adult chironomid midges are well known to visitors at northern Wisconsin lakes during the spring and summer. Although the larval stages of chironomids supplement the diet of fish, the adults are often a nuisance because they aggregate in huge aerial swarms near beaches, collect at lights, alight on various objects including people, and deposit green specks wherever they rest. The most familiar midge in Wisconsin is Chirononmus plumosus (L.) which has been studied at Lake Pepin (Johnson and Munger, 1930) and at Lake Winnebago (Burrill, 1913; Hilsenhoff, 1959,1966,1967).

United States Records Of Williamsonia Fletcheri (Odonata: Corduliidae), G. H. Beatty, A. F. Beatty

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: Foley (1966) reported specimens of Williamsonia fletcheri Williamson from rand Traverse County, Michigan as the first record of the species from the lower peninsula and "the second for the United States." However. two other records for the United States were overlooked and this was actually the fourth

A Pictoral Key And Annotated List Of Michigan Pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpionida), Gary V. Manley

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: Berlese or Tullgren funnel methods of extraction of forest litter fauna often produce minute arthropods called pseudoscorpions. These are relatively common but have received little attention. Because of the author's involvement with the Michigan State University soil zoology research project the potential significance of these animals has become a matter of interest. The Pictorial Key (Figs. 1 and 2) has been designed to assist in the identification of Michigan pseudoscorpions, and will be a useful starting point for further study of our species. Because pseudoscorpions are predaceous on many soil arthropods (Hoff, 1949), they are important in soil arthropod …

Agricultural Chemicals. Book I--Insecticides. W.T. Thomson. Thomson Publications (P.O. Box 989, Davis, California 95616), 1967. 366 P. $10.00., Norman C. Leeling

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: This book contains a wealth of information which would be extremely useful to people dealing with various aspects of insecticide usage ranging from laboratory investigations to field applications.

The Comparative Ethology And Evolution Of The Sand Wasps. Howard E. Evans. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. Xviii, 526 Pp. $15.00., Vincent G. Dethier

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: In one sense, ethology is natural history. In a more restricted sense, it is the description and classification of behavior viewed as a necessary prerequisite to analysis. The analyses that follow become more and more physiological as the tangle of facts unravels so that the ethology of the field inevitably becomes the ethology of the laboratory.

The Moth Book: A Popular Guide To A Knowledge Of The Moths Of North America. W.J. Holland. Edited By A.E. Brower. New York: Dover Publications, 1968. Xxiv, 479 Pp. 48 Colored Plates. $5.00., Ronald S. Wilkinson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: Despite its obvious limitations, Holland's Moth Book has been the standard amateur guide to the Heterocera of the United States since its original publication in 1903. Its remarkable popularity has largely been due to its colored plates, which illustrate a good selection of American moths, including a large proportion of such widely collected families as the Sphingidae and Saturniidae, as well as many of the Noctuidae. Holland's work has been the great standby of young collectors for many years, although the text could not really pass muster in 1903, and is so badly out of date in 1968 that …

Polykatianna Batchi: A New Species For North America (Collembola: Sminthuridae), Richard J. Snider

The Great Lakes Entomologist

While examining a collection of Collembola from Illinois, I came across a small specimen which looked like an immature Katiannina (Maynard and Downs, 1951). Using Salmon's key (1964), I traced the species to the tribe Katiannini, of which Katiannina is not a member. The species dealt with in this paper belongs to the genus Polykatianna Salmon (1946).

Three New Species Of Hyperaspis From Eastern North America (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), W. Y. Watson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: A number of apparently related species, including the three which are newly described in this paper, belong to the large binotata group of Dobzhansky (1941). It has been found necessary to re-examine this group and to divide it into smaller, more homogeneous species clusters. These new species clusters may indicate more clearly the relationships of the species involved.

Some Effects Of Photoperiod And Cold Storage On Oviposition Of The Cereal Leaf Beetle Oulema Melanopus (Coleptera: Chrysomelidae), R. V. Connin, O. K. Jantz

The Great Lakes Entomologist

An expanded program of research on the cereal leaf beetle, Oulema melanopus (L.), in various north-central states has made it necessary to develop methods of rearing all stages of the beetle for laboratory use. Because the insect survives diapause in the adult state (Castro, 1964 and Connin, et al., 1968) it must presently be stored 10-12 weeks at 38" F before consistent oviposition is obtained. Hoopingarner, et al. '(1965) indicated that, while males are sexually mature in the prediapause condition, the female was unwilling to mate until after diapause and was not mature sexually until after mating.

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Culture Techniques For Rearing Soil Anthropods, Richard J. Snider, James H. Shaddy, James W. Butcher

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: Interest in soil biology has been prompted by recent investigations into the action of insecticides on plants and animals. Observations in the field must be supplemented by laboratory investigations conducted under controlled conditions. Consequently, it becomes necessary to rear and handle soil animals under artificial situations for bio-assay and life cycle studies. When large numbers of individuals are required, special problems in maintenance and manipulation arise. Relatively inexpensive and simple methods for such projects are essential and this paper describes some of those techniques which we have found expedient.

Rearing And Description Of The Early Stages Of The Nearctic Species Of Peridea, With Special Reference To P. Basitriens (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae), J. Charles E. Riotte

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: The genus Peridea Stephens, according to Forbes (1948), is composed of two subgenera: Lophodonta Packard and Peridea. To the former belong the two species, angulosa (J.E. Smith, 1797) and ferruginea Packard, 1864; to the latter only one species, basitriens (Walker, 1855). The foodplant of angulosa is given by Forbes (1948) as "oak," that of ferruginea as "birch." The larva of basitriens has never been described, while the larvae of the other two species have been described and figured in color by Packard (1895).

Efforts to fill this gap in our knowledge have been made by several lepidopterists, but …

An Annotated List Of The Dermaptera, Dictyoptera, Phasmatoptera, And Orthoptera Of Michigan, Irving J. Cantrall

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: The only publication to date dealing exclusively with the Orthoptera and Dermaptera of Michigan is that of Pettit and McDaniel (1918). In the fifty years since their paper, several factors have combined to increase by nearly one-third the number of orthopterous and dermapterous taxa known for the state. These have been better understanding of the taxonomy of some groups, more extensive collecting, the establishment over the past several years of five advents, and the unquestioned northerly extension during the past two or three decades of the ranges of several species previously known to occur to the south in Ohio …

The Insects. Peter Farb And The Editors Of Life. New York: Time Inc., 1962. 192 Pp. $4.00., Richard C. Fleming

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: It is a pleasant surprise to find a book that can effectively communicate much information about insects to the lay public, amateur entomologist, and professional entomologist alike. In straight-forward language the author gives genuine insight into the morphology, physiology, behavior, evolution, and adaptation of insects. These areas are not treated as unrelated topics but are skillfully blended into a meaningful whole. The text is supported liberally with pertinent facts, clear drawings, and many photographs of remarkable quality. The lack of obvious mistakes indicates that editing has been carried out carefully.

Experimental Statistics In Entomology. F. M. Wadley. Washington, D. C.: Graduate School Press: U.S. Department Of Agriculture, 1967. Viii, 132 Pp. $6.50., Charles E. Cress

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: This book "is intended to help entomological workers who have a real interest, but little training. in applying statistical methods to research problems." The author has proceeded under the false assumption that removal of all mathematical precision and the elimination of the rationale behind statistical techniques results n simplification and clarification. This presents an insoluble dilemma to the statistically uninformed reader.

Insect Colonization And Mass Production. Edited By Carroll N. Smith. New York And London: Academic Press, 1966. Xxii, 618pp. $27.00., Brian O.C Gardiner

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: The mass production of insects appears to have started with the requirements of the rod-and-line fisherman for bait. For many years, using crude but effective methods, an individual could earn a living rearing millions of blowflies a week to meet this demand. The recent rise of the insecticide industry- and now, biological control--has meant an ever-increasing demand for many insect species. Not only does the testing of insecticides demand very large numbers of standard insects, but their release, either as parasites to control an economic pest, or as sterile males to 'use up' wild females, involves the laboratory production …

Why Not Eat Insects? Vincent M. Holt. Hanworth, Middlesex: Reprinted By E. W. Classey, 1967. 99 Pp. $2.10., Roland S. Wilkinson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: According to the British Museum Catalogue, this curious and interesting little work was first printed in 1885. F. S. Bodenheimer devotes several pages to it in his Insects as Human Food, and notes that the "booklet has now [1951] almost disappeared. In London it was apparently only available at the British Museum, where it was destroyed by bombing. The only copy to be found by the author was in the University Library at Oxford . . . "I have located no copies in the United States except the one at the USDA Library. Due to its extreme rarity, …

Some R.R. Dreisbach Collecting Localities In South-Eastern Texas And Northeastern Mexico, Irving J. Cantrall

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: During July and August, 1954 the late Robert R. Dreisbach of Midland, Michigan, devoted several weeks to the collection of insects in Texas and Mexico. Dreisbach was an extremely active and indefatigable person. His collecting efforts were not limited to the accumulation of materials of immediate interest to him, and he assembled large numbers of many species of insects. He maintained a general collection and, from time to time, sent portions of it to various specialists for determination. Numerous new species have been described from this material. In identifying the Orthoptera, I noted several discrepancies in the date-locality data …