Recently added articles from Florida Entomologist:
Is host size an indicator of quality in the mass-reared parasitoid Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)?(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a koinobiont endoparasitoid native from the Indo-Australian region that attacks late instars of several fruit-infesting tephritid flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) (Wharton & Gilstrap 1983). This parasitoid has been employed in ...
Rise and fall of red oak borer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, USA.(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; ... The Ozark highlands in northern Arkansas encompass approximately 6.5 million forested hectares, most of which are made up of oak-hickory forest type (Guldin et al. 1999). Overall, the red oak group (Quercus: Section Lobatae), and primarily northern red oak Q. rubra L., comprise ...
Life history of the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Dryophtoridae), in Southern Japan.(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; ... The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae), is widely distributed in southern Asia and Melanesia, and attacks various palm species such as Phoenix syluestris, Cocos nusifera and Metroxylon sago in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, ...
Effect of male accessory gland extracts on female oviposition and sexual receptivity of the Caribbean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae).(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; ... The Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew), is an important quarantine pest of citrus in Florida. Although its impact on citrus production is minor, its presence results in export restrictions. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry ...
First North American records of the east Palearctic seed beetle Bruchidius terrenus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae), a specialist on mimosa (Albizia julibrissin, Fabaceae).(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; ... The Old World genus Bruchidius, with about 300 described species (Kingsolver 2004), is represented in North America by 2 adventive species, B. villosus (F.) and B. cisti (F.). Both species apparently were accidentally introduced with seeds of their leguminous host plants (Bottimer 1968). ...