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A Preliminary Report On The Nebraska State Museum, Erwin H. Barbour

Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum (1924–2023)

The Nebraska State Museum has been established a sufficient number of years to make it widely known throughout the state, both by reputation and by personal visits. Incident to a growing clientele and an expanding correspondence, it is expedient that a concise circular letter be issued in bulletin form. Such a pamphlet can be promptly forwarded to inquirers and will offer obvious advantages over individual replies.

Two Fossil Hymenoptera From Florissant (Vespidae, Megachilidae), T. D. A. Cockerell

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A New Dasymutilla From Arizona, James Chester Bradley, J. Bequaert

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The Plains False Wireworm And Its Control, M. H. Swenk

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

The last three crops of winter wheat, and especially the crop of 1922-23, have been seriously injured in southwestern Nebraska and especially on the dry land farms of Cheyenne, Kimball, Banner, Morrill, Garden, Deuel , Keith, Perkins, and Hitchcock Counties, by an abundance of hard-bodied, cylindrical, shining waxy yellow, soil-infesting larvae. These greatly resemble wireworms and are often mistaken for them, but they differ conspicuously in being more active and having well-developed, club-shaped antennae, long and stout front legs, and a less flattened body with a distinctly upturned tip. These larvae destroy the planted seed in the fall and eat …

Vii: Expedition Of The California Academy Of Sciences To The Gulf Of California In 1921: The Bees (I), T. D. A. Cockerell

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Vestigial Pleometrosis In The North American Polistes Pallipes Lepeletier, Joseph Bequaert

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In the October-December, 1919, issue of this BULLETIN my esteemed friend, Mr. Wm. T. Davis, has published some observations of the common American social wasps, a most welcome addition to the scanty literature of the subject in America. Among other interesting points, he relates several cases in which two, three, or four queens of the common Eastern Polistes pallipes Lepeletier ( = metrica Say; variatus Say) had worked together in establishing a new colony, though in this as in other species of Polistes each queen as a rule starts her nest alone.

Two Nocturnal Bees And A Minute Perdita, T. D. A. Cockerell

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A Bee-Collecting Trip Across The Plains (Hym. : Apoidea, Sphecoidea), T. D. A. Cockerell

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Descriptions And Records Of Bees — Xcvii, T. D. A. Cockerell

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Humble Bees At Roundhay, Leeds, A. E. Bradley

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Eine Neue Prosopis-Art Aus Palastina., J. D. Alfken

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Schwarz, Kopf kurz, rund, etwas breiter als lang, glanzend, Oberkiefer in der Mitte rotbraun. Oberlippe rotbraun, in der Mitte mit zweiteiligem, schwarzem Hockerchen. Clypeus fein langsgerieft und fein zerstreut punktiert, die Riefen und Punkte ineinanderlaufend, Vorderrand rotbraun gefarbt, in der Mitte dieser Farbung mit gelbem Fleck. Stirnschildchen grob runzelig punktiert. Wangen mit groBem, dreieckigem, gelbem Fleck, der oben und unten schmal rotbraun gesaumt ist. Wangenanhang nicht vorhanden. Stirn dicht und ziemlich stark punktiert. Augenfurchen den oberen Augenrand uberragend, etwas nach den Nebenaugen gebogen. Scheitel zerstreut und fein punktiert, hinten mit sehr kurzen Harchen besetzt, die Punktzwischenraume glatt. Schlafen fein langsgerieft …

Some Colorado Bees, T. D. A. Cockerell

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Some Bees From Victoria, Mexico, T. D. A. Cockerell

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Some Bees From British Guiana, T. D. A. Cockerell

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8. The South And Central African Species Of The Genus Synagris Latreille (Hymenoptera), Joseph Bequaert

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This is the first of a series of articles in which I shall deal with the diplopterous wasps of South and Central Africa, south of 10° S. lat. The area under consideration includes the south-eastern portion of the Belgian Congo, or the Katanga district, which in its fauna and flora has many points in common with Northern Rhodesia, and differs considerably from the equatorial Congo belt. Since for lack of material the wasps of the Katanga could not be fully treated before, the present paper will supplement my Revision of Congo Vespidae (1918).

Enkele Beschouwingen Over Kleuren En Kleurgroepen Bij Plooivleugelige Wespen, (1), Joseph Bequaert

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De kleur der levende wezens is wellicht onder alle eigenschappen deze die het spoedigst de aandacht vestigt. Inderdaad berust het schoonheids-genot dat wij bij het beschouwen van vele dieren en planten smaken, grootendeels op hunne harmonische kleurteekening. Desniettegenstaande is het opmerkelijk dat wij uit een wetenschappelijk oogpunt veel beter over den vorm dan over de kleuren der levende wezens zijn ingelicht. Dit is mijns inziens aan twee hoofdredenen te wijten. Eene eerste moeilijkheid ligt in den aard zelf van het onderwerp. Waarneming in de natuur en experiment in den proeftuin of in het laboratorium hebben al spoedig geleerd hoe de …

Descriptions And Records Of Bees — Xcviii, T. D. A. Cockerell

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Zur Kenntnis Der Lebenweise Von Sphex Pachysoma Kohl., Josef Fahringer

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Los Ápidos De España Vi. Géneros Xylocopa Latr. Y Ceratina Latr., José María Dumset Y Alonso

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Zur Biologie Der Bienengattung Sphecodes Latr. (Hym.), Paul Blüthgen

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Onze Metselbijen (Osmia), B. E. Bouwman

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Experimental Pollination; An Outline Of The Ecology Of Flowers And Insects 5. Pollinators And Flowers Visited & 6. Flowers And Their Visitors, Frederic E. Clements, Frances L. Long

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Bulletin 106 - The Red-Legged Velvet Earth Mite, L. J. Newman

Bulletins 1 - 2999

This pest is sometimes called in error the "Red Spider" or the 'Earth Flea."

It is neither a spider nor a flea, being a species of mite.

It belongs to the family of mites known as the Eupodidae and to the Genus Notophallus. Many of the members of this family are predaceous, that is, they live upon other insects or animals, but the species we are dealing with appears to be wholly a plant feeder. A popular idea is that the mite lives and breeds in the earth. The rapidity with which newly planted vegetables become infested gives good excuse …

Insect Pests Of Stored Grains And Their Control, M. H. Swenk

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Circulars

In Nebraska there are about 20 species of insects that injure stored grain more or less. Some are beetles and their larvae, others are the caterpillars of small moths. To the farmer all are "weevil," although that name is really properly applied only to two beetle species-the granary weevil and the rice weevil. The following paragraphs and illustrations will describe the several more important stored grain pests to be found in this State, so that the farmer may recognize the particular pest or pests that are doing the injury to his grain, and may then apply the proper remedy.

The Taxonomy Of The Masarid Wasps, Including A Monograph On The North American Species, James Chester Bradley

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Iii. The Predaceous Enemies Of Ants, Joseph Bequaert

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The various means by which Nature prevents an excessive increase of the species not only forms in itself an interesting chapter of ecology, but its study is also of great importance in an understanding of the true meaning of Natural Selection. In the case of ants it has been contended that they are better defended than other insects against the attacks of predatory animals. Poulton evidently takes this for granted when he considers that ants, together with wasps, are among the favorite models for "mimicking" insects and other arthropods. These ant-like arthropods, having acquired by Natural Selection their resemblance "to …

Identity Of The Hawaiian Carpenter Bee Of The Genus Xylocopa (Hymenoptera), Philip H. Timberlake

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The Hawaiian carpenter bee has been established in the Islands for many years, and was first collected by Blackburn.

Observations On Xylocopa And Lithurgus (Hymenoptera), W. M. Giffard

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A Synopsis Of The Scarabaeidae Of Nebraska (Coleoptera), R. W. Dawson

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

Several years ago the writer undertook a study of the "June-bug" family (Scarabaeidae) for the state of Nebraska. The object of the study was two fold: First to determine the number and status of our species in this large and economically important family, and second to present a taxonomic review which would enable the beginning student, or interested amateur, to readily name with reasonable certainty any species which he might encounter in the state.

In the following pages 40 genera and 162 species are tabulated, and notes given on the abundance, seasonal and geographical distribution of the species within the …

A Synopsis Of The Syrphidae Of Nebraska With Descriptions Of New Species From Nebraska And Colorado, Everett E. Wehr

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

In June, 1907, Mr. Paul R. Jones published in the Journal of the New York Entomological Society "A Preliminary List of Nebraska Syrphidae with Descriptions of New Species.'" At that time there was available only a comparatively small collection of Syrphid flies, but apparently it contained a fairly good representation of the species found in the state. Subsequent collectors have contributed a considerable amount of new material from the state in which there are twelve additional species, two of which are· new. With these additions, the Nebraska list is increased to ninety species.

At the present time the classification of …