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Reducing The Risk Of Invasive Forest Pests And Pathogens: Combining Legislation, Targeted Management And Public Awareness, Maartje J. Klapwijk, Anna J. M. Hopkins, Louise Eriksson, Maria Pettersson, Martin Schroeder, Ake Lindlow, Jonas Ronnberg, E Carina H. Keskitalo, Marc Kenis

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Intensifying global trade will result in increased numbers of plant pest and pathogen species inadvertently being transported along with cargo. This paper examines current mechanisms for prevention and management of potential introductions of forest insect pests and pathogens in the European Union (EU). Current European legislation has not been found sufficient in preventing invasion, establishment and spread of pest and pathogen species within the EU. Costs associated with future invasions are difficult to estimate but past invasions have led to negative economic impacts in the invaded country. The challenge is combining free trade and free movement of products (within the …

Bolivian Rhinotragini X. Odontomelitta Gen. Nov. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Robin O. S. Clarke

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Epimelitta postimelina Giesbert, 1996 and Odontocera apicula Bates, 1885 are transferred to the new genus Odontomelitta. Epimelitta postimelina, with closed procoxal cavities, cannot remain in Epimelittta Bates, 1870, a genus characterized by open procoxal cavities. The short elytra and tegmen (with caliper-shaped lateral lobes) of the aedeagus of both species excludes them from the genus Odontocera Audinet-Serville, 1833, with long elytra and tegmen (with strap-shaped lateral lobes). Both species are illustrated, and host plant and host flower records provided for O. apicula.

Pyroghatsiana: A New Genus Of Fire-Colored Beetles (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae: Pyrochroinae) From The Southern Ghats, India, Daniel K. Young

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Pyroghatsiana, a new genus of pyrochroine Pyrochroidae is described from the Southern Ghats of the Indian continental southern tip. The only known specimen is a female, Pyroghatsiana madurensis (Pic), new combination, originally placed in Dendroides Latreille, and subsequently transferred to Pseudodendroides Blair. Several striking differences including the dorsal interocular width between the compound eyes, shape and length of the third antennal segment, and shape of the pronotum preclude placement of Pyroghatsiana in either Dendroides, Pseudodendroides, or any other existing pyrochroine genus.

Studies On Palaearctic Onthophagus Associated With Burrows Of Small Mammals. V. A New Species Of The Semicornis Group From South-Central Iran (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini), Stefano Ziani

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A new Iranian, probably pholeophilous species of the scarabaeine genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802, O. roessneri n. sp., is described, illustrated, and its placement in the semicornis group within the subgenus Palaeonthophagus Zunino, 1979 is discussed. A key to the species of the group is presented.

Notes On Some Species Of Myzomorphus Sallé, 1850 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae, Anacolini), Amoret Spooner, Antonio Santos-Silva

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Notes on the type of Myzomorphus quadripunctatus (Gray, 1831) are provided, and a lectotype is designated for the species. The holotype male of M. poultoni Lameere, 1912, along with a second male, are figured for the first time, and compared with M. gounellei Lameere, 1912. Notes on Myzomorphus amabilis (Tippmann, 1960) and a key to known males of Myzomorphus are also provided.

Nuevo Género Y Especie De Rutelini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) De Los Andes Peruanos, José Mondaca, Gorky Valencia

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Peruquime nov. gen., is established for P. arequipensis nov. sp., a peculiar Scarabaeidae species discovered at high altitude in the Andes Mountains of southern Peru. The new genus and species is externally similar to some representatives of the subfamily Melolonthinae; however, important morphological characters place it within Rutelinae. Diagnostic characters, observations on the habitat, natural history and distribution of the new species are given. A distribution map, adult photographs and illustrations of some diagnostic features are included.

A New Species Of Paradiscopus Schwarzer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Acanthoderini) From Costa Rica, Josef Vlasak

Insecta Mundi

Paradiscopus monteverdensis Vlasak, new species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is described from Costa Rica. The new species is illustrated and a key is provided to Paradiscopus species

Two New Vaejovis C.L. Koch 1836 From Highlands Of The Sierra Madre Occidental, Durango, Mexico (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae), W. David Sissom, Matthew R. Graham, Taylor G. Donaldson, Robert W. Bryson

Insecta Mundi

Two new species of the mexicanus group of Vaejovis C.L. Koch are described from the Madrean pine-oak forests of the Sierra Madre Occidental in the state of Durango, Mexico. These species, Vaejovis sierrae sp. nov. and Vaejovis mcwesti sp. nov., are distinguished from each other and the only other species of the mexicanus group known from this mountain range, Vaejovis montanus Graham and Bryson, by morphometrics, carinal development of the pedipalps, granulation of the metasoma, and body size. A key to the species of the mexicanus group from the Sierra Madre Occidental is provided.

New Species Of Neocompsa And Tropidion From Bolivia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Neoibidionini), James E. Wappes, Antonio Santos-Silva

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Two Neoibidionini from Bolivia are described as new: Neocompsa schneppi sp. nov. and Tropidion

nancyae sp. nov. The new species are compared to closely related species and previous keys by Martins and Galileo

(2007, 2009) are modifi ed to include them. Illustrations of dorsal, ventral and lateral habitus, as well as head

structures are included for both species. Comments are also included on color and pattern variation of each species.

Revisión Taxonómica Del Género Hempelicoccus Kozár (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) Con Descripción De Una Especie Nueva, Diego J. Moreno, Patricia González, Lucía E. Claps

Insecta Mundi

Se describe e ilustra una especie nueva de Hempelicoccus Kozár. Se da una diagnosis del género. Se aportan datos de las ocho especies ya descritas, de hospederos, distribución y una clave dicotómica para las especies del género.

A new species of Hempelicoccus Kozár is described and illustrated. A genus diagnosis is given. Data of the eight species already described, hosts, distribution and a dichotomous key to the species of the genus are provided.

Nuevos Registros De Escarabajos Longicornios (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Para Venezuela, Carlos Taboada-Verona, Renato Mattei, Roberto Mattei, Carlos Aguilar Julio, Alfredo Lanuza-Garay

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Se reportan quince especies de escarabajos longicornios (Coleoptera; Cerambycidae) por primera vez

para Venezuela: Ambonus electus (Gaham, 1903), Eusapia guyanensis Huedepohl, 1988, Acyphoderes abdominalis

(Olivier, 1795), Isthmiade ichneumoniformis Bates, 1870, Drychateres bilineatus (Olivier, 1795), Polyschisis

rufi tarsalis Waterhouse, 1880, Carphina petulans (Kirsch, 1875), Lepturges zonula Monné, 1976, Oreodera albata

Villiers, 1971, Psapharochrus chrysopus (Bates, 1861), Estola fratercula Galileo y Martins, 1999, Oncideres cephalotes

Bates, 1865, Polyrhaphis spinosa (Drury, 1773), Nicias alurnoides (Thomson, 1857) y Ialyssus tuberculatus

(Olivier, 1795). Se da la distribución previa conocida para cada especie, así como los métodos de colecta e información

adicional sobre los sitios de …

Onciderini Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) Types Of The Field Museum Of Natural History (Fmnh), With A Brief History Of The Coleoptera Collection, Eugenio H. Nearns, Crystal A. Maier

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The primary types of Onciderini Thomson, 1860 of the Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH) are

catalogued and illustrated. Data on the original combination, current name, gender, and type locality are verifi ed

and presented. There are 14 primary types of Onciderini including fi ve in Oncideres Lacordaire, 1830; three in

Charoides Dillon and Dillon, 1945; and two in Jamesia Jekel, 1861. Of the 14 primary types, 13 were described by

L.S. Dillon and E.S. Dillon. One lectotype is designated. A brief history of the Coleoptera collection at the FMNH

is also presented.

A Revision Of The Genus Eremoleon Banks (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Nemoleontini), Robert B. Miller, Lionel A. Stange

Insecta Mundi

Descriptions or diagnoses are given for 36 species of New World Eremoleon including 12 new species:

Eremoleon attenuatus, E. durangoensis, E. jacumba, E. jamaica, E. inca, E. monagas, E. morazani, E. pygmaeus, E.

samne, E. tanya, E. tepuyiensis and E. venezolanus. A neotype is designated for Hesperoleon atomarius Navás 1933.

The larvae of 25 species are described and keyed. Keys to the adults and larvae are given, and biological notes are

provided. Twenty-five species were reared from larvae found in cave mouths, rock overhangs, or other less common

habitats; for example, E. nigribasis were found in deep recesses of …

New Species Of Microcaddisfl Ies (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) From The Western United States, Canada, Mexico And Belize, Steven C. Harris, Oliver S. Flint Jr.

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Nine new species of Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) are described and illustrated from the western United

States, Canada, Mexico, and Belize: Seven new species in the genus Neotrichia Morton, N. buenoi, N. chihuaha,

N. contrerasi, N. maya, N. palitla, N. pinnacles, and N. sandersoni, one new species in the genus Oxyethira Eaton,

O. pembertonensis, and one new species in the genus Metrichia Ross, M. mastelleri. As well, new records for N.

mobilensis and Mayatrichia tuscaloosa and new illustrations of the male genitalia of Neotrichia jarochita Bueno-

Soria and Mayatrichia tuscaloosa Harris and Sykora …

Two New Species Of Stag Beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) From Western Yunnan, China, Hao Huang, Chang-Chin Chen

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Himaloaesalus gaoligongshanus Huang and Chen, new species (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aesalinae) is described from the Gaoligongshan Mts., Yunnan, China. It is the fi fth species of the genus Himaloaesalus Huang and Chen. This new species is similar to the Himalayan species Himaloaesalus himalayicus Kurosawa and H. saburoi Araya et al., from which it is distinguished. The male and female genitalia of all the known species of Himaloaesalus are illustrated. Dorcus yongreni Huang and Chen, new species (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) is described from Ruili area, Yunnan, China. It belongs to the elegans group (Huang and Chen 2013). This new species is similar …

A New Species Of Cave Inhabiting Scotoleon Banks From Baja California (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Brachynemurini), Robert B. Miller

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A new species, Scotoleon stangei (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Brachynemurini), is described; it represents the first known species of Scotoleon Banks in which the larva inhabits the dark zone of caves. Descriptions are given of the adult, larva, and larval habitat.

Se describe una nueva especie, Scotoleon stangei (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Brachynemurini), que representa la primera especie de Scotoleon Banks que vive en la oscuridad de las cuevas. También, se describe el adulto y la larva además detalles sobre el ambiente larval.

First Record Of The Camphor Shot Borer, Cnestus Mutilatus (Blandford) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) In Pennsylvania, Lawrence Barringer

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Cnestus mutilatus (Blandford) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is reported from Pennsylvania for the first time, new state record. Specimens were collected using baited Lindgren funnels as early as 2013. Within Pennsylvania, C. mutilatus is now reported from Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, and York Counties.

Parajulid Milliped Studies Xii: Initial Assessment Of Ptyoiulus Cook 1895 And Neotype Designations For Julus Impressus Say 1821 And J. Montanus Cope 1869 (Diplopoda: Julida), Rowland M. Shelley, Jamie M. Smith

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Ptyoiulus Cook 1895, the dominant parajulid diplopod genus in the eastern United States (US), comprises two species – P. impressus (Say 1821), with a slanted, fl ared, circumferentially entire, and marginally serrate apical calyx on the anterior gonopod coxal process, and P. montanus (Cope 1869), n. comb., with a smooth, upright, cupulate calyx that is open caudad and coaxial with the process’ stem. The genus occupies a broad area between the Mississippi River and Atlantic Ocean extending from southern New England, Ontario, and Michigan to the Florida Panhandle and four small disjunct ones – from Montreal, Québec, to northern …

Defensible Space And Mitigating Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus Ponderosae Hopkins) Damage, Natalie L. Greynolds

Department of Entomology: Distance Master of Science Projects

Mountain pine beetles (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) are an endemic insect of western North American forests. The beetle’s range extends north to British Columbia in western Canada, south along the western United States and into northern Mexico. It has moved east into the states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. Live specimens of lodgepole (Pinus contorta var. latifolia), ponderosa (Pinus ponderosae), and white bark (Pinus albicaulis) Pines are preferred hosts. Climate conditions such as drought create outbreak conditions that last for only a few growing seasons or several years if these drought conditions continue. Mountain pine …

Beginning Beekeeping Handbook, Paul Timm, Marion D. Ellis

Department of Entomology: Distance Master of Science Projects

Why Honey Bees?

Where Do I Begin?

Honey Bee Biology and Behavior

Key Seasonal Hive Activities and Responsibilities

Developing and Adding Value to a Product

Marketing Your Product

Writing a Business Plan

Additional Resources

WHY HONEY BEES? It is a question that many people ask me. I ponder this question from time to time, reflecting back upon my own decision to enroll in a beekeeping course during my last undergraduate semester of college. I had no previous experience with honey bees nor did I know anyone that kept bees. Other than divine providence and a desire to learn about an …