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Nebline, September 1995

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

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Community & Leadership Development

Extension Calendar

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Nebraska Association for Family and Community Education News

and other extension news and events

Department Of Agricultural Meteorology Csrees Comprehensive Review

School of Natural Resources: Documents and Reviews

No abstract provided.

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, September/October 1995

Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Newsletter (1993–2000)

Contents:

Stauber Kicks off Extension Training

Sustainable Agriculture Field Day and Tour

Student Micro-farms a Field Tour Highlight

Beadle Center Dedication Speaker Focuses on Values

UNL Beadle Center's Namesake Was Also a Farmer

Rossman Farm Demonstrates Diversity

Organic Industry Prepares for New Labeling Standards

House-senate Conference Committee Supports Attra Funding

SWCS Call for Papers

The Probe, Issue # 158 - September 1995

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Wildlife relocation impacts both animals and humans
Massachusetts Court Okays Some Use of "Soft-Hold" Traps
Cousin of Lyme Disease?
Coyotes Continue as Overwhelming Predators Responsible for U.S. Sheep & Lamb Losses
Video Review: "Bat-Free Belfries: A Guide to Bat-Proofing." Produced by Pennsylvania State University, College of Agricultural Services. Content developed by Lisa M. Willias-Whitmer and Margaret C. Brittingham
FMC Corp. Predator Control Brochure
New Rabies Vaccine
Evaluation of the Super YardGard Electronic Device for Repelling Whitetailed Deer
Wolf Damage Control Program Sued

The Genus Tyrannochthonius In The Eastern United States (Pseudoscorpionida: Chthoniidae). Part I. The Historical Taxa, William B. Muchmore, Joseph C. Chamberlain

Insecta Mundi

All available material pertaining to Tyrannochthonius Chamberlin from the United States east of the Mississippi River has been examined. The range of the single species already described from this area, T. floridensis Malcolm and Muchmore, is extended. Ten new species are described here; all are troglobites from caves in Alabama.

Additions To The West Virginia Tingid Fauna (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae), Laura Torres-Miller

Insecta Mundi

New West Virginia state records for six species of Tingidae are reported. Localities, dates, and any biological data are given for each species.

A New Species Of Calligrapha (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) From Eastern North America, Shawn M. Clark, Joseph F. Cavey

Insecta Mundi

Calligrapha androwi is newly described from specimens collected in Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Alabama. It is placed in the subgenus BidensomelaMonros. Acalligrapha Monros and Coreopsomela Monros are reduced to subjective junior synonyms of Bidensomela Monros. A key to the striped species of Calligrapha occurring north of Mexico is adapted from Wilcox (1972) to include the new species.

Seven New Species Of Druciatus Marshall (Diptera; Sphaeroceridae; Limosininae), S. A. Marshall, S. Totton

Insecta Mundi

Druciatus nigritarsus new species is described from St. Vincent, Guyana, Ecuador and Peru, D. trisetus new species is described from Ecuador, Brazil and Guyana, D. dissidens and D. latisternus new species are described from Costa Rica, D. angustus new species is described from Mexico, D. campbelli new species is described from Guatemala, and D. petilus new species is described from Ecuador. A key is provided to the eight species in the genus Druciatus.

Cavatorella Spirodelae Deonier (Diptera: Ephydridae), A New Genus And New Species From Spirodela (Giant Duckweed) In China And Japan, D. L. Deonier

Insecta Mundi

The new genus, Cavatorella is described based on the sole known Cavatorella spirodelae, new species, many specimens of which were collected in China from the aquatic plant Spirodela polyrhiza L. (giant duckweed) in 1991. A few adults were collected in Japan in 1955.

The Planthopper Genus Acanalonia In The United States (Homoptera: Issidae): Male And Female Genitalic Morphology, Rebecca Freund, Stephen W. Wilson

Insecta Mundi

The issid planthopper genus Acanalonia is reviewed and a key to the 18 species provided. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of the complete external morphology of A. conica (Say), and descriptions and illustrations of the male and female external genitalia of the species of united States Acanalonia are given. The principal genitalic features used to separate species included: male-shape and length of the aedeagal caudal and lateral processes, and presence of caudal extensions; female -shape of the 8th abdominal segment and the number of teeth on the gonapophysis of the 8th segment.

Sclerocoelus And Druciatus, New Genera Of New World Sphaeroceridae (Diptera; Sphaeroceridae; Limosininae), S. A. Marshall

Insecta Mundi

The new genus Sclerocoelus is described for a large group of New World species including Sclerocoelus sordipes (Adams) new combination, Sclerocoelus regularis (Malloch) new combination, Sclerocoelus plumiseta (Duda) new combination, and about 40 undescribed species. The widespread Nearctic species Limosina sordipes Adams is redescribed and designated as the type species of Sclerocoelus. Lectotypes are designated for Limosina sordipes Adams and Limosina evanescens Tucker. The new genus Druciatus is described for a group of 7 undescribed species fiom Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. The type species, Druciatus ovisternus n.sp., is described from Dominica and the Dominican Republic.

Geographic Distribution Of The Gerridae In Argentina (Insecta, Heteroptera), Silvia A. Mazzucconi, Axel O. Bachmann

Insecta Mundi

Distributional data for the fourteen species of Gerridae known to occur in Argentina are given: Eurygerris fuscinervis (herein first recorded from San Juan and San Luis Provinces), Limnogonus (Limnogonus) aduncus (herein first recorded from Formosa Prov.), L. (L.) ignotus, L. (L.)profugus, L. (Neogerris) lubricus (herein first recorded from Cordoba Prov.), Brachymetra albinerva albinerva (herein first recorded from Salta Prov.), Rheumatobates (Rheumatobates) bonariensis, R. (R.)crassifemur crassifemur (herein first recorded from Santa Fe Prov.), Halobatopsis platensis, H. spiniventris (herein first recorded from Entre Rios Prov.), Metrobates plaumanni plaumanni, M. vigilis, Ovatametra gualeguay (herein first recorded from Buenos Aires Prov.), and Trepobates taylori …

The Planthopper Genus Phylloscelis In The United States (Homoptera: Dictyopharidae), Stephen W. Wilson, Kenneth R. Mcpherson

Insecta Mundi

The dictyopharid planthopper genus Phylloscelis is reviewed and a key to the four species provided. The morphology ofadult male and female P. pallescens Germar, P. atra Germar, P. rubra Ball, and P. pennata Ball is described and illustrated in detail. The species are separated principally by color patterns, wing venation, and features of the male and female external genitalia.

A New Genus And Species Of Stygobiontic Dytiscid Beetle, Comaldessus Stygius (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini) From Comal Springs, Texas, Paul J. Spangler, Cheryl B. Barr

Insecta Mundi

A new genus and species of stygobiontic bidessine dytiscid beetle, Comaldessus stygius, from Comal Springs, Texas, is described and compared with the proposed sister epigean genus Uuarus and the only other known stygobiontic bidessine water beetles, Trogloguignotus concii Sanfilippo from Venezuela and Uvarus chappuisi (Peschet) from Africa. Distinctive characters of the adult are illustrated with pen and ink drawings and scanning electron micrographs. The new taxon is the second stygobiontic bidessine genus with rudimentary eyes known from the Western Hemisphere and the first known from North America.

Occurrence Of The Milliped Ergodesmus Compactus Chamberlin In Canada (Polydesmida: Nearctodesmidae), Carl L. Whitney, Rowland M. Shelley

Insecta Mundi

Recent collecting in southcentral British Columbia, near the International Border, has confirmed the Canadian occurrence of the milliped Ergodesmus compactus Chamberlin, which was predicted by field work in the adjacent part of the United States. With Nearctodesmus insulanus (Chamberlin) occupying the Shuswap Highlands and the Pacific Coastal region, the Nearctodesmidae is known from three separate regions of Canada, all in British Columbia. Other millipeds in the northwestern United States that may be reasonably anticipated in western Canada are discussed.

Two New Species Of Euxesta Loew (Diptera; Otitidae), George C. Steyskal, Kurt M. Ahlmark

Insecta Mundi

Two new species of the genus Euxesta Loew are described and illustrated: E. pacifica from California and E. atlantica from Florida, in the quaternaria subgroup of the notata group. A key is presented to the two new species, as well as E. calligyna (Bigot 1857), E. quaternaria Loew (1868), E. luteocesta Foote (1960), and E. nigricans Wulp (1903) of the quaternaria subgroup.

Scorpions Of The Genus Diplocentrus (Diplocentridae) From Sonora, Mexico, With Description Of A New Species, W. David Sissom, Anne L. Wheeler

Insecta Mundi

To date, only two references place members of the genus Diplocentrus in Sonora, Mexico. The first was a passing comment by Francke (1975) that D. spitzeri Stahnke occurs in northeastern Sonora. The specimens he examined and used in his systematic studies on that species are the same as the ones reported here for the first time from a specific Sonoran locality. The second reference was by Sissom and Walker (1992) listing a single record of D. gertschi Sissom and Walker from Libertad on the northern coast.

Examination of material from the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), the California Academy …

The Nebraska Department Of Communication Studies Story: There Are Happy Endings That Go Beyond Football And A Good Crop Year, William J. Seiler

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

The following essay discusses the proposed targeting of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Department of Communication Studies for total elimination. The essay describes the department’s demographics, the university’s budget crisis, and the department’s status at its time of peril. The essay reveals how the department learned of the proposal to eliminate it, how the department reacted to the proposed cut, how the administration established an appeals process to the proposed cuts, what explanation and criteria were used to target the department, how the department responded to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affair’s (VCAA) criteria for targeting the department, how the VCAA …

Nectarivorous Feeding Mechanisms In Bats, Patricia W. Freeman

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Cranio-dental characteristics are quantified between micro- and megachiropteran nectarivores and compared with microchiropteran animalivores, frugivores, and megachiropteran frugivores. Microchiropteran nectarivores share many characteristics with megachiropteran nectarivores and frugivores, but differ in having a long, narrow head. Megachiropterans have wide zygomata, which would allow for more jaw musculature. Diminutive cheekteeth are characteristic of nectarivory in both suborders, but both have relatively large canines. Teeth in nectarivores can occupy as little as a tenth of the palatal area compared to nearly two-thirds in microchiropteran animalivores. The proportion that the dilambdodont stylar shelf occupies of molars in microchiropteran nectarivores can be as much …

Identification Of Gene Products Encoded By The Latency-Related Gene Of Bovine Herpesvirus 1, Ashfaque Hossain, L. M. Schang, Clinton J. Jones

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) establishes a latent infection in sensory ganglionic neurons of infected animals. Expression of latency-related (LR) gene products is controlled by a 980-bp fragment (LR promoter). DNA sequence analysis revealed that two major open reading frames (ORFs) are in the LR gene. Antibodies directed against both ORFs were generated in rabbits by using synthetic peptides. Antibody P2, which is directed to sequences near the amino terminus of ORF 2, recognized a 41-kDa protein in lytically infected cells, suggesting that ORF 2 encodes a protein. When the LR gene was inserted into a mammalian expression vector and subsequently …

Plans For Crash-Tested Bridge Railings For Longitudinal Wood Decks, Michael A. Ritter, Ronald K. Faller, Paula D. Hilbrich Lee, Barry Thomas Rosson, Sheila Rimal Duwadi

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

In the past decade, bridge railing design criteria have moved away from static-load design and have focused on full-scale crash testing as a more appropriate and reliable means of evaluating bridge railings. The five bridge railing plans presented reflect the results of a cooperative research project between the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; the USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboraotry; and the Federal Highway Administration. The project objective was to develop and crash test bridge railings and approach railing transitions for longitudinal wood bridge decks. The bridge railings were completed in accordance with AASHTO Performance Levell, Performance Level …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 27, No.3. September 1995

The Prairie Naturalist

SONGBIRD RESPONSES TO SAGEBRUSH REMOVAL IN A HIGH ELEVATION SAGEBRUSH STEPPE ECOSYSTEM ▪ L L Kerley and S. H Anderson

THE AVIFAUNA OF REMNANT TALLGRASS PRAIRIE NEAR BOULDER, COLORADO ▪ C E Bock, J. H Bock, and B. C Bennett

SHORT -TERM RESPONSES OF SMALL MAMMALS TO AUTUMN FIRE IN TALLGRASS PRAIRIE ▪ B.R. McMillan, D. E Brillhart, G A. Kaufman, and D. W. Kaufman

DIVERGENT SELECTION FOR SEED MASS IN FOXTAIL DALEA ▪ R. Bortnem and A. Boe

NOTES

American Woodcock Use of a Nest Box ▪ D.L. Bergman and J. M. Bergman

BOOK REVIEWS

Iowa's Vascular Plants ▪ …

Association Between Ns3 And Ns5 Proteins Of Dengue Virus Type 2 In The, Mini Kapoor, Luwen Zhang, Muralidhara Ramachandra, Jingo Kusukawa, Kurt E. Ebner, R. Padmanabhan

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

Dengue virus type 2, a member of the family Flaviviridae, encodes a single polyprotein precursor consisting of 3391 amino acid residues that is processed to at least 10 mature proteins by host and viral proteases. The NS3 protein contains a domain commonly found in cellular serine proteinases that in cooperation with NS2B is involved in polyprotein processing. In addition, NS3 and NS5 proteins contain conserved motifs found in several RNA helicases and RNA-dependent RNA polymerases, respectively. Both enzymatic activities have been suggested to be involved in viral RNA replication. In this report, we demonstrate that the NS3 and NS5 proteins …

Wpa News 48 (1995), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (August 1995), number 48

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Chemical Signals And Repellency: Problems And Prognosis, Gary K. Beauchamp

National Wildlife Research Center Repellents Conference 1995

The chemical senses (olfaction, gustation, and chemical irritation or pain) were likely the first to evolve. Their functions are among the most basic-to attract and to repel. Attracting compounds often signal food or sex; repelling compounds presumably signal danger. Among the chemical senses, only olfaction appears to have several functional roles, two of which are modulation of social behaviors and identification of food. Whether an odor attracts or repels often depends to a large degree on learning. Consequently, dissociated olfactory stimuli may be relatively poor candidates for repellents since, after repeated exposure, pest animals are likely to ignore them. Taste, …

Experiments On Chemical Control Of Behavior In Brown Tree Snakes, David Chiszar, Gordon H. Rodda, Hobart M. Smith

National Wildlife Research Center Repellents Conference 1995

The brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis), accidentally introduced on Guam shortly after World War 11, is the target of extensive efforts aimed at reducing populations and preventing their spread to other Pacific islands. Chemical attractants and repellents have been investigated, and this paper presents an overview of current knowledge. In particular, chemical cues that have strong effects in laboratory tests have had only modest (though significant) effects in field tests on Guam. Reasons for the different outcomes of laboratory and field studies are discussed along with recommendations for the redesign of laboratory experiments.

Responsiveness Of Brown Tree Snakes To Odors, Larry Clark

National Wildlife Research Center Repellents Conference 1995

The brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) is native to the islands of Papua New Guinea and Northern Australia. An introduced population on Guam has been implicated in the decline of that island's avifauna, and the snakes regularly cause power outages on the island. Concern exists for accidental introduction on the Hawaiian Islands. Traps baited with live mice have been used in control efforts, but the logistics of maintaining live mice in the field is difficult and expensive. This study has two objectives. First, using efficacy reports of small mammal and bird feces as attractants, we set out to …

Contributors

National Wildlife Research Center Repellents Conference 1995

Contributors

Behavioral Responses To Pine Needle Oil In The Northern Pocket Gopher, Gisela Epple, Dale L. Nolte, J. Russell Mason, Eugeny Aronov, Shirley Wager-Page

National Wildlife Research Center Repellents Conference 1995

For many herbivorous mammals, oils from conifers are feeding repellents. Our study investigated effects of pine needle oil on feeding and other behaviors of northern pocket gophers. In one-choice feeding trials pocket gophers were offered sweet potato from single feeding stations placed into each subject's home cage. Stations contained either a scent dispenser with pine needle oil or with mineral oil. Pine needle oil did not inhibit food retrieval under these conditions. Responses to pine needle oil and to a control odorant, d-pulegone, were also tested in mazes where subjects were offered choices between two goal boxes, each containing food …

Foreword

National Wildlife Research Center Repellents Conference 1995

There is an increasingly critical need for the development of repellents and other non-lethal methods for wildlife damage management. This increase in importance reflects the preferences of an urbanized citizenry for alternatives to traditional management methods, and a growing conviction among an increasing number of wildlife professionals that repellents and other nonlethal tools should be an important component of integrated wildlife damage management.