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A Bibliography Of Varietal Resistance To The Rice Gall Midge, Orseolia Oryzae (Wood-Mason), P. K. Pathak, E. A. Heinrichs

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

This bibliography contains 330 published and unpublished references for the period 1881-1981. References are arranged alphabetically by author and are also classified by country and by subjects (mass rearing, screening, evaluation and utilization of resistant varieties, breeding for and inheritance of resistance, and biotype variation). Tables list resistant varieties identified, varietal sources used in breeding programs, varieties which have been released for cultivation by farmers and biotype classification.

European Corn Borer Parasitoids; Distribution In Southern Minnesota, W. V. Winnie, D. D. Sreenivasam, H. C. Chiang

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

During the 1940's and 1950's seven exotic parasitoids of the European corn borer (ECB) Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner), were released in Minnesota. This study was done to determine which introduced parasitoids became established and their distribution in Minnesota. The experiment was conducted during the summer of 1977 and fall of 1977, 78, 79- and 80 in conjunction with the annual ECB population surveys in southern Minnesota by the State Department of Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry. Three introduced parasitoids, Macrocentrus grandii Goidanich, Eriborus Terebrans (Gravenhorst), and Sympiesis viridula (Thomson) and two native parasitoids, lshnus inquisitorius artricollaris (Walsh) and Aplomya caesar (Aldrich) …

Ecological And Genetic Separation Of Three Sympatric Species Of Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) From The Kenya Coast, L. P. Lounibos, L. E. Munstermann

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Aedes ledgeri Huang, A. soleatus Edw. and A. calceatus Edw. of the group of A. aegypti (L.) of the subgenus Stegomyia collected on the coast of Kenya are distinguished on the strength of ecological and genetic (isozyme) data. The preferred oviposition sites of A. ledgeri and A. soleatus were tree holes above ground level, whereas A. calceatus favoured abandoned gastropod shells. A. ledgeri was most abundant in ecotonal habitats and A. soleatus in undisturbed forest At least two diagnostic enzyme loci separated each of the three species pairs. © 1981, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.

Distribution And Ecology Of Cavernicolous Coleoptera In Bat Cave, Carter County, Kentucky, David Bruce Conn

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Sciences and Mathematics at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science by David Bruce Conn on April 28, 1980.

Attempts To Enrich The Parasite Fauna Of The European Corn Borer In Minnesota, H. C. Chiang, D. F. Palmer

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Four parasitic insect species were tested in laboratory experimentation for adaptability to the European corn borer (ECB). Apanreles sesamiae, Apanteles flavipes and Chelonus knabi did not adapt to the ECB, Lixophaga diatraeae was able to survive on ECB. Three other species. Macrocentrus grandii, Eriborus terebrans and Lydella rhompsoni, all known parasites of ECB, were obtained and reared in the laboratory on ECB for propagation, release and ecological studies. Methodology for experimentation and propagation of parasites was described.

Bionomics Of Mallophaga Of Sharp-Tailed Grouse In South Dakota, Major L. Boddicker

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The ecologies of chewing lice (Insecta:Mallophaga) which parasitize sharp-tailed grouse, Pedioecetes phasianellus, were studied in southwestern South Dakota from 1964 to 1967. Five hundred twenty-eight hens, cocks and chicks were collected and examined for louse damage. Louse populations were monitored each month from December, 1964, to September, 1967. Five louse species which infested grouse in the study area were Goniodes nebraskensis Carriker, Amyrsidea megalosoma Overgaard, Lagopoecus perplexus Kellogg and Chapman, Goniocotes chrysocephalus and Lipeurus maculosis Clay. Goniodes nebraskensis fed on feather parts and skin debris and was found to have seasonally fluctuating populations. Cocks carried peak populations of 250 lice/host …

An Ecological Study Of Coleoptera Succession In Bovine Manure With Emphasis On Natural Enemies Of The Face Fly (Musca Autumnalis De Geer) In Eastcentral South Dakota, Howard Kessler

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The frequency and succession patterns of coleopterous species in cattle dung were determined for two localities in eastcentral South Dakota during 1969 and 1970. Thirty-nine species of beetles were screened as potential predators of the face fly, Musca autumnalis De Geer, a pest of cattle and horses; and 1 Coleoptera, 1 Hymenoptera and 1 nematode were screened as parasites of the same host. Succession studies of insects inhabiting bovine manure revealed that four families of Coleoptera were recovered from the manure and, in descending order of abundance, were Hydrophilidae, Staphylinidae, Scarabaeidae, and Histeridae. The hydrophilids were first to invade freshly …

Collecting Slime Flux Feeding Coleoptera In Japan, Brett C. Ratcliffe

University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers

Sappy wounds of injured or diseased trees entice a wide variety of insects. Carter (1945) stated that when fluxing is prolific or long continued, air-borne bacteria, yeasts, and fungi contaminate the oozing sap, ferment it and produce the material called slime flux. Apparently the oozing flux is toxic to the flux site and so prevents callusing by the tree. Consequently, the same tree usually can be a good collecting site for insects from year to year. My stay in Japan spanned four years, and collecting at flux sites was one of the most fruitful areas of endeavor. As soon as …

Seasonal Abundance And Distribution Of Benthic Fauna Within A Pond, Ellis L. Matheny, E. A. Heinrichs

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

A Tennessee pond was sampled weekly from June 18 to August 20, 1968, to determine quantitative differences among benthic organisms in sampling depths and dates. Annelids (Oligochaeta), Chironomidae larvae, and Chaoboridae larvae were the dominant organisms collected. Preferred depths existed for each group of organisms. Chaoboridae and Chironomidae exhibited distinct seasonal variations in numbers, with the population decreasing throughout the summer. Chaoboridae were the most and Chironomidae the least numerous of the 3 groups.

A National Program Of Research For Bees And Other Pollinating Insects And Insects Affecting Man, U.S. Department Of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture and State Agricultural Experiment Stations are continuing comprehensive planning of research. This report is a part of this joint research planning and was prepared under recommendation 2 (page 204, paragraph 3) of the National Program of Research for Agriculture.

Department Of Entomology Newsletter - No. 3, 1968, Bruner Entomology Club, Jon J. Tollefson

Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters

Bruner Entomology Club

University of Nebraska State Museum, Division of Entomology

Field Trip, 1968

Insect Pathology Program

New Staff: Earle S. Raun (Chairman), John B. Campbell, Thomas J. Helms

Undergraduates and Undergraduate Teaching

Staff: Roscoe E. Hill, Kenneth P. Pruess, James M. Shalk, J. Derril Munson, Walter R. Akeson, Robert E. Roselle, Donald E. Lawson, Earle S. Raun, S. Dean Kindler, Robert Staples, Lloyd W. Andersen, Harold J. Ball, George R. Manglitz, Paul C. Peterson, Calvin M. Jones, John B. Campbell, David L. Keith, Thomas J. Helms

Clerical and Technical Staff: Esther A. Schock, Carla M. Tollefson, Barbara J. Lloyd, …

Ecological Factors Controlling Population Distribution Of The Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus Orbicollis Say, Gerald L. Demoss

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the School of Sciences and Mathematics at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Biology by Gerald L. DeMoss on July 11, 1968.

Nocturnal Flights Of Triatoma Protracta (Uhler) As Indicated By Collections At Black Light Traps : (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), Robert D. Sjogren

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

An investigation into the environmental and ethological factors relating to summer flights of Triatoma protracta protracta (Uhler) was performed utilizing black light traps of original design. Field observations were conducted on 51 evenings during the period June 1 to October 31, 1964. The traps were operated on a surveillance basis for the remainder of a twelve month period.

A total of 398 adult Triatoma protracta were collected in traps around a residence located in the chaparral covered foothills 10 miles east of Redlands, California. In addition to observations on field behavior, laboratory dissections were performed on each bug to obtain …

Habits And Life History Of The Bronze Flea Beetle, Altica Tombacina (Mannerheim) (Coleoptera-Chrysomelidae), Jane C. Dirks-Edmunds

Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds Documents

This article, which was published in volume 39 issue 4 of the journal Northwest Science, describes a study that began in the fall of 1959 and was supported by federal grant G-8779. Dr. Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds's research focused on the little-known Bronze Beetle and involved several of her contemporaries, both within and outside the Linfield College Biology Department.

Insect Pests Of Cotton In The Ord River Irrigation Area, K T. Richards

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

COTTON is grown in the Ord Valley of north Western Australia, mainly as an annual, irrigated crop during the hot summer months of the "wet season".

It is usually planted in November-December and harvested March-May.

This period of growth corresponds closely to that of maximum insect activity.

The Darkling Beetles Of The Nevada Test Site (Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae), Willis A. Packham

Theses and Dissertations

In the desert areas of southwestern United States the Coleoptera, family Tenebrionidae, constitute a conspicuous part of the ground-dwelling insects. Most species are black or dull chestnut-brown. They are primarily nocturnal and during the day can be found under rocks, debris, loose bark, or in rodent burrows. On cloudy days they may be seen lumbering along the desert floor. Most tenebrionids feed on plant materials of various sorts. In August, 1959, Brigham Young University initiated an ecological study at the Nevada Test Site near Mercury in Nye County, Nevada. As part of that study, emphasis was given to the ground-dwelling …

Comparison Of Spider Populations Of Ground Stratum In Arkansas Pasture And Adjacent Cultivated Field, W. H. Whitcomb, Harriet Exline, Maxine Hite

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Of 64 species of spiders taken from the ground stratum of an Arkansas pasture and adjoining cotton field, only 26 were common to both. Twenty-two were collected only in the cotton field; 16, only in the pasture. Many of the 18 species of lycosids were taken in greater numbers in the cultivated field, especially Pardosa milvina and Lycosa helluo. Eight species of lycosids were found only in the cotton field; two, only in the pasture. Only Schizocosa avida, of the better represented lycosids, appeared to show no preference. Similar relationships are given for dictynids, erigonids, linyphiids, oxyopids, gnaphosids, clubionids, thomisids, …

Department Of Entomology Newsletter - No. 1, 1962

Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters

Foreword, the Editors, Norman L. Braasch and John Edman

Greetings, Roscoe E. Hill

Staff (photo)

Graduate Students (photo)

Courses Currently Offered in Entomology, Current Research Projects

Professional Staff biographies

Clerical and Technical Staff

Athletics

Alumni biographies

Letter From Lawrence W. Quate To Dr. Jane C. Dirks-Edmunds, Lawrence W. Quate

Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds Documents

This letter from Dr. Lawrence W. Quate is one of many such letters received by Dr. Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds. Dirks-Edmunds consulted a number of experts to help identify the specimens she collected while conducting fieldwork. Quate was an expert on midges, also known as psychodids. Many of the colleagues with whom Dirks-Edmunds corresponded resided far afield from her research site on Saddleback Mountain in Oregon.

Dirks-Edmunds, a 1937 graduate of Linfield College, graduated from the University of Illinois in 1941; she returned to teach in the Biology department at Linfield from 1941-1974.

First Report Of The Committee On Grasshopper Research Appointed By The American Association Of Economic Entomologists, Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State College

Agricultural Experiment Station Entomology Pamphlets (1940-1952)

This is the first report of the Committee on Grasshopper Research which was authorized at the San Francisco meeting of the American Association of Economic Entomologists in 1942.

The Insect Association Of A Local Enviornmental Complex In The Dsitrict Of Holmes Chapel, Cheshire., Alfred E. Cameron

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