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Nebline, June 2002

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

NFBA Helps Producers Analyze Their Farming Business
Local Grower Turns to Barley Straw as an Alternative Crop
Propagation of Shrubs from Softwood Cuttings
Bindweed Season is Here
Night Blooming Flowers Offer Evening Enjoyment
2002 June/July Garden Calendar
See a Roach? Identify it Before you Spray
EQIP Works With Producers to Conserve Natural Resources
Are Carpenter Ants Killing My Trees?
EPA Urges Caution When Using Disinfectants in Ducts
Controlling Algae in Ponds and Lakes
Pesticide Container Recycling
Sample Your Hay to Get Accurate Nutrient Analyses
Wildflowers and Native Plants
Some Wood Mulches Can Encourage Turf Mushrooms
Control of Smooth Sumac
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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 14, No. 3, June 2002

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Using Inert Dusts To Detect And Assess Varroa Infestations In Honey Bee Colonies, P. A. Macedo, J. Wu, Marion D. Ellis

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Detection and assessment of varroa infestations in honey bee colonies are important for successful beekeeping. We examined the use of inert dusts to dislodge mites from adult honey bees that were isolated from their nest. Six dusts (powdered sugar, fine sugar, wheat flour, talcum powder, corn starch and baking soda) were evaluated for their ability to dislodge mites from adult bees collected in jars. We obtained the highest recovery rate with powdered sugar (92.9 ± 5.5%) and talcum powder (84.0 ± 5.6%). We also examined mite survival after recovery with inert dusts and compared it to mite survival after recovery …

Functional Response Of Orius Albidipennis (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) To Megalurothrips Sjostedti (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Linus M. Gitonga, W. A. Overholt, B. Löhr, J. K. Magambo, J. M. Mueke

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

A locally available anthocorid predator, Orius albidipennis Reuter, was evaluated as a candidate biocontrol agent for Megalurothrips sjostedti Trybom, a major pest of French beans, Phaseolus vulgaris (L), in Kenya. The functional response of adult O. albidipennis to larval and adult M. sjostedti was studied at 15, 25, and 28°C and densities of 5, 10, 20, and 30 larval and adult M. sjostedti per cage, over 24 h. More larvae and adult M. sjostedti were killed at the higher densities and with an increase in temperature. The data provided good fit to both type I and II functional response models. …

Review Of The Genus Acrobolbia With Remarks On Its Classification, And A Key To The World Genera Of Cyclocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), Mary Liz Jameson, Brett C. Ratcliffe, Vladislav Maly

University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers

The monotypic South American scarab genus Acrobolbia Ohaus, 1912 is reviewed and transferred to the tribe Cyclocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). It was formerly placed in the subtribe Acrobolbiina (Rutelinae: Rutelini) or subtribe Oryctomorphina (Dynastinae: Pentodontini), depending on the author. We discuss characters that warrant transfer, redescribe the genus (including the first description of a female), and briefly discuss natural history of A. macrophylla Ohaus, 1912. We include a key to males and females of all 14 genera of Cyclocephalini.

Odor Composition Of Preferred (Buffalo And Ox) And Nonpreferred (Waterbuck) Hosts Of Some Savanna Tsetse Flies, Nicholas K. Gikonyo, Ahmed Hassanali, Peter G.N. Njagi, Peter M. Gitu, Jacob O. Midiwo

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

A previous study on the feeding responses of tsetse flies, Glossina morsitans morsitans, implicated the existence of allomonal barriers, both volatile and nonvolatile, on the nonpreferred host, waterbuck, Kobus defassa. In the present study, electroantennogram-active compounds in odors from waterbuck were compared with those of two preferred hosts of tsetse flies, buffalo, Syncerus caffer, and ox, Bos indicus. Odors from the three bovids were trapped on activated charcoal and/or reverse-phase (octadecyl bonded) silica and analyzed with a gas chromatography- linked electroantennographic detector (GC-EAD) and, where possible, identified by using gas chromatography-linked mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and chromatographic comparisons with authentic samples. …

Evidence For A Compound In Comstock-Kellog Glands Modulating Premating Behavior In Male Desert Locust, Schistocerca Gregaria, Peter G.N. Njagi, B. Torto

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The Comstock-Kellog glands in adult females of certain acridid species, including the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria have been implicated as a source of volatiles that play a role in mating behavior. A dichloromethane extract of the glands was analyzed for metabolites by gas chromatography, coupled gas chromatography-electroantennographic detection, and mass spectrometry. Coupled gas chromatography-electroantennographic detector (GC-EAD) analysis revealed a component that elicited an electroantennogram response from the antenna of adult male S. gregaria. The compound was identified by GC-MS as pentanoic acid. The levels of the compound in the gland extract varied with age of female locust; it was present …

Name-Bearing Types And Taxonomic Synopsis Of Three Lycaenid Butterfly Taxa From Western Canada (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), Norbert G. Kondla, Crispin S. Guppy

The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey

We clarify which of two designated lectotypes of Chrysophanus florus Edwards, 1884 is valid. We also show that the putative holotype of Plebeius saepiolus insulanus Blackmore, 1920 is actually a lectotype. A valid neotype designation for Lycaena saepiolus amica Edwards, 1863 is provided. Publication dates are corrected and we also briefly review the various taxonomic interpretations and distributions that appear in the literature with respect to these taxa.

Hybosorids Of The United States And Expanding Distribution Of The Introduced Species Hybosorus Illigeri (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae), Federico C. Ocampo

University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers

ABSTRACT
Two species of Hybosoridae, Hybosorus illigeri Reiche and Pachyplectrus laevis LeConte, are distributed in the United States. For the introduced species H. illigeri, three new country records are reported (Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Venezuela); six new state records are recorded in the United States (Arkansas, Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, and Virginia); and 10 new state records are reported in Mexico (Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Querétaro, and Yucatán). Information on the predatory habits of H. illigeri and a report as a turfgrass pest in the state of Arizona are provided. Pachyplectrus …

Nebline, May 2002

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Farmers Learn About Biosolids!
2002 All-America Rose Selections
Walnut Caterpillar
Basil for Your Garden
Annual Vines in the Landscape
2002 May/June Garden Calendar
Ant Problems? Try a Baiting Approach
Workshop: Everything Homeowners Need to Know About Termite Control
2002 Household Hazardous Waste Collections
Backyard Wildlife: To Feed a Hummingbird
Cattail Control in Sewage Lagoons
Pesticide Disposal Program a Success
Storage Methods to Reduce Hay Losses
Latest U.S. Drought Monitor Map
Annual Observed Precipitation – Lincoln, NE (in inches, 1887-2001)
Herbicide Application
Maintain Drainfield for Long-Term Septic System Use
Controlling Dandelions
New Test For Lyme Disease
Lyme Disease and Tick Management …

The Pollinator Fauna Of Two Spring Wildflowers Of Midwestern Deciduous Forest, Erigenja Bulbosa And Claytonia Virginica, Robert P. Jean

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Eastern deciduous forests have spectacular spring floral display and a diverse array of insect pollinators. From March to May, some 20-25 species of understory herbs flower in west-central Indiana. I focused on the earliest species to bloom, Erigenia bulbosa (Apiaceae), and the most abundant, Claytonia virginica (Portulacaceae), which flowers immediately after Erigenia. l characterized insect visitor assemblages in terms of species richness and relative abundance, and measured visitation rates. For Erigenia (Chapter 1), I asked whether early flowering was necessarily associated with pollinator scarcity. I examined six sites in 2000 and resampled three of these in 2001. Erigenia attracted 10 …

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 14, No. 2, April 2002

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Nebline, April 2002

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The Nebraska Statewide Arboretum: A Gateway to Great Gardens
Plant a Moss and Wire Hanging Basket
Perennials with Interesting Flowers
2002 April/May Garden Calendar
Preventing Termite Infestations
Earth Day Events
Controlling Rabbit Damage in the Backyard
Warm Winter Improves Corn Flea Beetle Survival
Caution Urged When Using Anhydrous Ammonia
Are We Headed for Another Dry Year?
Security Concerns for Pesticides or Fertilizers
Lagoon Waste Systems
Planting Trees Properly
Using Wood Chips for Mulch Has Multiple Benefits
Composting Workshops
Healthy Eating: Enjoy Nebraska Foods
Let Children Play, Explore and Investigate to Learn About Food!
Focus on Food
USDA’s Meat and Poultry …

Crop Updates 2002 - Geraldton, Steve Penny Jr, Robin Wilson, Iian Barclay, Robyn Mclean, Robert Loughman, Jenny Garlinge, Bill Lambe, Neil Venn, Peter Clarke, Wal Anderson, Raffaele De Cima, James Bee, Darshan Sharma, Sheena Lyon, Melaine Kupsch, Mohammad Amjad, Pam Burgess, Veronika Reck, Brenda Shackley, Ray Tugwell, Bindi Webb, Robert Park, Daya Patabendige, Phil Michael, Debbie Thackray, Jenny Hawkes, Roger Jones, David Stephens, Bob French, Laurie Wahlsten, Glen Riethmuller, M. Bolland, P. White, T. Khan, Kevin Walden, Ravjit Khangura, Martin J. Barbetti, Graham Walton, Françoise Berlandier, Paul Carmody, Christiaan Valentine, Roy Latter, Keith Devenish, Bill Bowden, Michael O'Connell, Chris Gazey, David Gartner, Caroline Peek, David Rogers, Greg Shea, George Yan, Alexandra Douglas, Sally Peltzer, Paul Matson, David Minkey, Clinton Revell, Giles Glasson, Dean Thomas, Aik Cheam, Siew Lee, Mike Clarke, Peter Newman, Glenn Adam

Crop Updates

This session covers twenty seven papers from different authors:

1. Taking the Why out of Wyalkatchem – the new widely adapted wheat variety, Steve Penny Jr, Department of Agriculture

2. Future wheat varieties, Robin Wilson, Iain Barclay,Robyn McLean, Robert Loughman, Jenny Garlinge, Bill Lambe, Neil Venn and Peter Clarke

Department of Agriculture

3. Maximising wheat variety performance through agronomic management, Wal Anderson, Raffaele Del Cima, James Bee, Darshan Sharma, Sheena Lyon, Melaine Kupsch, Mohammad Amjad, Pam Burgess, Veronika Reck, Brenda Shackley, Ray Tugwell, Bindi Webb and Steve Penny Jr

Department of Agriculture

4. Cereal rust update 2002 – …

Observations On Possible Myrmecophily In Stephanucha Pilipennis Kraatz (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) In Western Nebraska, M. J. Paulsen

University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers

Little has been published on the life history of the five currently recognized species of Stephanucha Burmeister. Skelley (1991) published the most thorough treatment to date for S. thoracica Casey (recently synonymized with S. areata (F.) by Harpootlian 2001). Skelley located larvae in the mounds of the pocket gopher, Geomys pinetus Rafnesque, in Florida and was the first to describe an immature stage for the genus. Published accounts of Stephanucha species biology are consistent with respect to spring emergence, presence in sandy habitats, and a potential lack of adult feeding or liquid feeding (Lago et ul. 1979; Skelley 1991). Skelley …

Procoilodes Adrastus Ocampo, A New Genus And Species Of Miocene Hybosorid In Amber From The Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae), Federico C. Ocampo

University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers

Abstract
Procoilodes adrastus Ocampo (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae), a new genus and species of fossil hybosorid, is described from the Dominican Republic. The fossil is embedded in amber resin of Hymenaea protera Poinar (Leguminosae) and dates from the Miocene.

Resumen
Se describe Procoilodes adrastus Ocampo (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae), un nuevo género y especie de hybosórido de República Dominicana. Este fósil esta incluído en ambar originado de la resina de Hymenaea protera Poinar (Leguminosae) y data del Mioceno.

Dipsocoridae (Heteroptera) Found For The First Time In Florida, Susan E. Halbert, Julieta Brambila

Insecta Mundi

Dipsocorid bugs were found in samples collected from suction traps (Allison and Pike 1988) in a citrus nursery near LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida. In all, five specimens were collected: 15-22-X- 2001 (1 male), 22-29 X 2001 (1 female), 9-16-XI- 2001 (2 females), 16-21-XI-2001 (1 female). This is the first record of the family Dipsocoridae in Florida. Specimens are deposited in the Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA).

Insect Species Described From Big Bend National Park, Arnold F. Van Pelt

Insecta Mundi

The list contains 192 insect species, of which 139 are primary types. All have been described from material collected in or near Big Bend National Park, Texas.

Narceus Woodruffi Causey, A Forgotten Rnilliped Species (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae), Rowland M. Shelley

Insecta Mundi

Previous treatments of the east-Nearctic spirobolid genus Narceus Rafinesque have overlooked the name, N. woodruffi Causey. The holotype is lost, but examinations of a non-typical male and two paratype and three non-typical females show it to be a valid species, perhaps endemic to north Florida, distinguished by its small size and the configurations of the gonopods and coxal lobes of legs 3-6 in males. Supplemental anatomical notes are presented on the non-typical male along with comparative drawings of the lobes and gonopods of N. woodruffi, N. americanus (Beauvois), and N. annularis (Rafinesque); distributions of species of Narceus in Florida …

Larvae And Pupae Of Some New Guinean Tabanidae (Diptera). Ii. Species Of The Genus Tabanus Linnaeus, James T. Goodwin

Insecta Mundi

The larvae and pupae of Tabanus lenticulatus Oldroyd and T. papuensis Oldroyd are described, illustrated, and compared with the other described larvae of Australasian species of Tabanus Linnaeus.

Beetle Fauna Of The Island Of Tobago, Trinidad And Tobago, West Indies, Stewart B. Peck, Joyce Cook, Jerry D. Hardy Jr.

Insecta Mundi

Tobago is a biologically rich but poorly investigated island. In this paper we report the occurrence of 672 species of beetles representing 69 families. Of these, only 95 had been previously reported from the island.

Descriptions Of Four New Species Of Cryptolestes Ganglbauer, With A Revised Key To The New World Species And Notes On Other Species (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae), Michael C. Thomas

Insecta Mundi

The following new species of Cryptolestes Ganglbauer are described and illustrated: Cryptolestes obesus Thomas, new species, Brazil; Cryptolestes turnbowi Thomas, new species, Honduras and Mexico; Cryptolestes inyoensis Thomas, new species, California; Cryptolestes spectabilis Thomas, new species, Ecuador. A revised key to the New World species is provided. The male genitalia are illustrated and the female of C. calabozus Thomas is characterized, and new distribution records are provided for it, C. cornutus Thomas and Zimmerman, C. trinidadensis Thomas, C. curus Lefkovitch, and C. klapperichi Lefkovitch.

An Annotated Checklist Of Wisconsin Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera), Nadine A. Kriska, Daniel K. Young

Insecta Mundi

A survey of Wisconsin Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) conducted from literature searches, collection inventories, and three years of field work (1997-1999), yielded 177 species representing nine families, two of which, Ochodaeidae and Ceratocanthidae, represent new state family records. Fifty-six species (32% of the Wisconsin fauna) represent new state species records, having not previously been recorded from the state. Literature and collection distributional records suggest the potential for at least 33 additional species to occur in Wisconsin.

New Records Of Agromyzidae (Diptera) From Western Turkey, Hasan Sungur Civelek

Insecta Mundi

Specimens were collected once a week from Mugla province, western Turkey, in 2000 and 2001 from cultured and non-cultured plants. During this study Ophiomyia pulicaria ( Meigen, 1830); Aulagrornyza buhri (de Meijere, 1938); Chromatomyia scolopendri (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851); Liriornyza flaveola (Fallen 1823); Liriomyza sativae Blanchard, 1938; Phytomyza angelicae Kaltenbach, 1872; Phytomyza conyzae Hering, 1920; Phytomyza rufipes Meigen, 1830; Phytomyza thysselinivora Hering, 1924 are newly recorded for the Turkish leafminer fauna. Morphological descriptions, hosts and their general distributions are given.

A New Species Of Therion From The Sierras De Cordoba In Northwest Argentina (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Anomalinae), Charles C. Porter

Insecta Mundi

Abstract: Therion fidalgoi n. sp. is described from the Sierras de Cordoba in the upland subtropical thorn scrub of northwest Argentina. It differs from other South American Therion because of its strongly elevated, bilobed ocellar area, bidentate mandible, and unpectinate tarsal claws.

Resumen: Therion fidalgoi n. sp. habita en el Chaco Serrano de las Sierras de Cordoba en el noroeste subtropical de la Argentina. Se diferencia de las otras especies sudamericanas de su genero por tener el area ocelar del vertice muy elevada, abultada y bilobulada, la mandibula con dos dientes apicales, y las unas tarsales no pectinadas.

The Diversity And Floral Hosts Of Bees At The Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), Mark Deyrup, Jayanthi Edirisinghe, Beth Norden

Insecta Mundi

A list is provided of 113 species of bees and their 157 known floral hosts at the Archbold Biological Station(ABS), a 2105 ha site on the Lake Wales Ridge in Highlands County in south-central Florida. This is more species than might be expected at a single site so far south in Florida, based on previous studies in the Miami area and Everglades National Park, but fewer species than would be expected in an upland area of similar size with open habitats in north Florida, the mid-Atlantic states, or the upper Midwest. The small size of the fauna might be correlated …

New Records Of Tephritidae (Diptera) From Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Ii, Bruce D. Sutton, Gary J. Steck, Don Defoe

Insecta Mundi

Thirty additional species of tephritid flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP), including historical records, are presented together with information on host(s), if known, distributions, and life histories. This brings the total number of tephritid flies recorded from GSMNP to 46.

First Record Of The Family Roproniidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) From Florida, Charles C. Porter

Insecta Mundi

The Holarctic genus Ropronia Provancher has three species in North America: P. californica Ashmead (California, Oregon), P. pediculata Provancher (New York, Ontario), and R. garmani Ashmead known previously in the United States from New Hampshire to northern Georgia and west to Iowa (Townes 1948).

Nomenclatural And Taxonomic Changes, New Distribution And Biological Records For Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae ), C. L. Bellamy

Insecta Mundi

Replacement names, nomenclatural, distributional and biological notes are presented for 21 species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Agrilodes strandi ssp. meranus Obenberger, 1942, and Polybothris (Amphisbeta) vitalisi var. stygia, Obenberger, 1942, are proposed to allow the subspecies or variety names define the species, respectively, with strandi and vitalisi remaining in synonymy as nomina nuda. Acmaeodera ruficaudis macfadyeni is proposed as a new replacement name for Acmaeodera ruficaudis pinguis Holm, 1985, preoccupied by A. pinguis Fairmaire, 1902; Buprestis aenescens Wiedemann, 1823 is synonymized under Buprestis albomarginata Herbst, 1801; Buprestis planus Fabricius, 1798 is transferred to Dismorpha Gistel, 1848; Damarsila conturbata Thomson, 1879 …

A Review Of The Nearctic Jumping Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) Of The Subfamily Euophryinae North Of Mexico, G. B. Edwards

Insecta Mundi

The generic and specific composition of the Nearctic jumping spiders of the subfamily Euophryinae north of Mexico is reviewed, and the biogeographic affinities of the constituent groups are diagnosed. The five North American species of Habrocestum are removed from that non-euophryine genus; four are placed in the New Genus Naphrys, type species Habrocestum acerbum Peckham & Peckham 1909, creating the following New Combinations: Naphrys acerba (Peckham & Peckham), Naphrys bufoides (Chamberlin & Ivie 1944), Naphrys pulex (Hentz 1846), and Naphrys xerophila (Richman 1981). The fifth species is not an euophryine, and becomes Chinattus parvulus (Banks 1895), New Combination. Four …