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No mitochondrial DNA variation in COI gene among widely distributed populations of a parthenogenetic praying mantid: a biogeographic puzzle Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Lawrence E Hurd, Gregory J Cooper, Paul R Cabe
The endemic North American praying mantid, Brunneria borealis Scudder (1896), is obligatorily parthenogenic and wingless. The species is both geographically widespread, distributed over an essentially continuous pericoastal range of more than 2,400 km from eastern Texas to central North Carolina, and abundant in early-stage successional old fields. We used mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) analysis
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Seasonal and lifecycle changes in behavior affect the trapping efficiency of an insect vector, Circulifer tenellus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Jillian J Foutz, W Rodney Cooper, Kylie Swisher-Grimm, David W Crowder
Accurate sampling of pests is the foundation of pest management. Choosing the best trap for pest monitoring can be complex, however, because trap performance is affected by pest preferences and behaviors. Moreover, preservation of DNA in traps is a consideration when insect specimens are used in molecular assays, such as the detection of insect-borne pathogens. We assessed the efficiency of 2 trap
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The role of ant-mediated biological interactions in agroecosystems Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Madison Sankovitz, Monique J Rivera, Tobias Manjarress, Kaitlyn M Mathis
Ants are common in agroecosystems, where they can significantly impact agricultural production and yield through interactions with other organisms. By regulating crop-damaging insects and occasionally pollinating flowers, ants provide ecosystem services. However, ants can harm crops through herbivory, tending hemipterans, eating beneficial arthropods, or vectoring disease. In this review, we provide
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Effects of study design parameters on estimates of bee abundance and richness in agroecosystems: a meta-analysis Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Hannah K Levenson, Bradley N Metz, David R Tarpy
Pollinators are critical for agricultural production and food security, leading to many ongoing surveys of pollinators (especially bees) in crop and adjacent landscapes. These surveys have become increasingly important to better understand the community of potential pollinators, quantify relative insect abundance, and secure crop ecosystem services. However, as some bee populations are declining, there
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Arthropod communities associated with gall-inducing Aciurina bigeloviae and Aciurina trixa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in New Mexico Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Quinlyn Baine, Emily E Casares, Daniel W W Hughes, Vincent G Martinson, Ellen O Martinson
Insect-induced galls are novel structures that serve as habitat to whole communities of associate arthropods that include predators, parasitoids, and inquilines. Galling insects are generally under-described, but their associate communities, which can include many specialist organisms, are virtually unknown, particularly in the southwest United States. Aciurina bigeloviae (Cockerell 1890) and Aciurina
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Demography, behavior, and morphology of the Northern Barrens tiger beetle, Cicindela patruela patruela (Coleoptera: Carabidae), on Île-aux-Allumettes, Quebec Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Clint D Kelly, Roxanne Gagnon, Maxime Larrivée, Michel Saint-Germain
The Northern Barrens tiger beetle (Cicindela patruela patruela, Dejean 1825) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) is globally rare and endangered in Canada. We know very little about this species’ behavioral ecology and despite there being only 2 remaining populations in Canada, we know very little about either’s demography. Here, we use capture–mark–recapture methods to estimate population size and movement of
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Habitat and benthic community correlates of Epeorus longimanus (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) microdistribution in a Colorado, USA, stream riffle Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Grant D De Jong
Little is known about the ecology of early instars of most aquatic insects, particularly their associations with microhabitat (<1 m2) features, such as sediment size distributions, other abiotic parameters, and the overall invertebrate community. This study sought to explore correlations between various biotic and abiotic parameters of a southern Colorado stream and the presence of early instars of
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Diversity, biology, and management of the pear psyllids: a global look Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-24 Stefano Civolani, Victoria Soroker, W Rodney Cooper, David R Horton
The pear psyllids (Cacopsylla Ossiannilsson; Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Psyllidae) are a taxonomically difficult group of at least 24 species native to the Palaearctic region. One or more species occur in most pear-growing regions, in some cases as invasive introductions. Existing reviews of this group are primarily of taxonomic focus with limited overviews of biology. The earliest biological studies of
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Toward a brighter future for entomological collections. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Susan Weller
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Comparing visitor motivation and demographics between an insect festival and science festivals Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Gwen Pearson, Emily Justus
Both science festivals and insect festivals have increased in frequency in the last few decades. In order to compare insect festivals with science festivals, we modified a validated science festival visitor survey (EvalFest) for Purdue’s Bug Bowl, a long-running insect festival. Benchmarking against EvalFest and Collaboration for Ongoing Visitor Experience Studies (COVES) results, we found that Bug
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The nutritional landscape in agroecosystems: a review on how resources and management practices can shape pollinator health in agricultural environments Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-06 Pierre W Lau, Isaac L Esquivel, Katherine A Parys, Keng-Lou James Hung, Priyadarshini Chakrabarti
Pollinator nutrition is a highly complex subject that we are just starting to unravel, from the multidimensional nature of bee forage (pollen and nectar) to how the abiotic environment can affect the resources available to bees. Doing so is of utmost importance, as improving pollinator resource availability and nutrition is one of the proposed mechanisms to improve populations and pollinator health
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A review of the entomofauna associated with decaying cacti in New World deserts Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-05 Ana Paola Martínez-Falcón, Laura Yáñez-Espinosa, Joel Flores, Jesús Israel Morales-Jiménez, Alfredo Ramírez-Hernández
Cactus species are well represented in arid and semiarid environments, where they sometimes even dominate the landscape, forming true cactus forests. In this review, we summarize for the first time the importance of cactus species as a wood resource for a neglected saproxylic (dead wood-dependent) entomofauna associated with decomposing and decomposed tissues in arid and semiarid environments. The
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Salivary protein expression profiles of five species of Pentatomidae (Hemiptera) Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-22 Adrian T Marshall, W Rodney Cooper, William B Walker, Mark R Wildung, Tobin D Northfield, Karol L Krey, Elizabeth H Beers
Stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) development typically requires feeding on a diversity of plant species and various plant tissues. During feeding, stink bugs discharge salivary enzymes with roles in extraoral digestion and countering plant defense responses. Although previous research has described digestive salivary proteins from stink bugs, less is known of the salivary proteins involved in the
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Description of Neoseiulus hexaporus sp. nov. and a redescription of Neoseiulus mumai (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) from Florida citrus groves Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Ismail Döker, Emilie P Demard, Samuel J Bolton, Jawwad A Qureshi
Predatory mites are effective natural enemies of small arthropods, including pest mites and insects, which provide biological control of several crop pests worldwide. The family Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) is a diverse group of predators found in cultivated crops and other habitats containing natural vegetation. Although some phytoseiid species are commercialized and widely used in biological
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Estimating the foraging range of Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) using land cover data Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Claire Elise Rutledge
Biosurveillance monitors the prey of the solitary buprestid-hunting wasp, Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), for the presence for emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis, Fairmaire: Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Still unresolved is the foraging range, and thus the surveillance range, of C. fumipennis. Foraging occurs in forest canopies and wasps are difficult to track. We assumed that the proportion
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How mixture of plant and prey diets affects long-term rearing of predatory mite Neoseiulus cucumeris (Acari: Phytoseiidae) Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-05-13 Shima Yazdanpanah, Yaghoub Fathipour
The phytoseiid mite Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is one of the well-known natural enemies across the globe which can feed on different types of pests and pollen grains. This predator was reared on the mixture of the stored products mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Acari: Acaridae) (as prey diet) along with different plant pollens (as plant diet) including almond (TA)
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Life cycle of Melittobia acasta (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) using Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as a host Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-04-22 Alan R Anderson, Ricardo A Ramirez, J Earl Creech, Theresa L Pitts-Singer
Megachile rotundata F. is the primary commercial pollinator for alfalfa seed production in North America. Managed M. rotundata populations are susceptible to several mortality factors including attack by parasitoids. One such parasitoid, Melittobia acasta Walker, is a multivoltine wasp whose infestations can decimate bee stocks. Details of M. acasta life history using M. rotundata as a host are needed
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Insights from specimen data for two economic Chrysobothris species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in the western United States Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Erica A Rudolph, Nik G Wiman
Chrysobothris mali Horn and Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) are wood-boring beetles native to western North America. Both species are highly polyphagous, feeding on a wide range of deciduous trees and shrubs, including fruit and nut trees as well as shade trees grown as nursery stock. Chrysobothris femorata is widely distributed across North America, while C. mali occurs
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Intrinsic competition between 2 pupal parasitoids of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-04-08 Amanda Montandon Garcez, Alexandra Peter Krüger, Dori Edson Nava
The parasitoids Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae Rondani (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) and Trichopria anastrephae Costa Lima (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) have great potential in controlling Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura); however, both, compete for the same resources. In this study, we evaluated whether the different stages of development of the primary parasitoid reduce the negative effect of intrinsic competition
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Extinction Threat to a Previously Undescribed Species of Gall Wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and Two Associated Parasitoid Species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae and Eulophidae) on a Threatened Rose Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Yoshihisa Abe, Tatsuya Ide, Kazunori Matsuo, Kaoru Maeto, Yajiao Wu
Diplolepis ogawai Abe and Ide sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) induces galls on Rosa hirtula (Regel) Nakai (Rosales: Rosaceae), which is endemic to a restricted area of Honshu, the main island of Japan. The gall is induced mainly on the leaf of R. hirtula in spring and the mature gall falls to the ground in early summer. The gall-inducing wasp emerges from the gall on the ground in the following spring
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Protein Deficient Diets: Cascade Effects on a Lepidopteran Pest and Its Parasitoid Wasp Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 V A D Hervet, R A Laird, K D Floate
The nutritional quality of herbivorous insects’ food can not only directly affect the herbivorous insects themselves, but can also indirectly affect their parasitoids. To investigate these cascading, multi-trophic effects, we reared cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), on artificial diets (8.1, 11.5, 16.75, 25.5, 34.25, and 43 g protein/liter diet) to assess how diet protein
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Predation by the Introduced Brown Widow Spider (Araneae: Theridiidae) May Explain Local Extinctions of Native Black Widows in Urban Habitats Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Louis A Coticchio, Richard Vetter, Deby L Cassill
Invertebrates that successfully colonize new habitats often share life history characteristics including high fertility, rapid development, and early maturation. Since its introduction into Florida, USA, the non-native Brown Widow, Latrodectus geometricus (Kock 1841, Araneae: Theridiidae), has rapidly expanded its range into urban areas as far north as Kansas and as far west as California. During its
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Trophic Ecology Drives Annual Variation in Abundance of Aphidophagous (Coccinellidae, Coleoptera and Chrysopidae, Neuroptera) and Phytophagous (Noctuidae, Lepidoptera) Insects: Evidence From Light Traps Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Alois Honěk, Ivo Novák, Zdenka Martinková, Pavel Saska, Ján Kulfan, Milada Holecová, Terézia Jauschová, Peter Zach
Using seventeen-year records of daily light trap catches of predatory Neuroptera (Chrysopidae, 13 species) and Coleoptera (Coccinellidae, 10 species), and of phytophagous Lepidoptera (Noctuidae, 79 species) we tested a hypothesis predicting that the range of annual fluctuations of catch size is greater in aphidophages, whose diet occurs irregularly and locally, than in phytophages, whose diet is available
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Cyclic Depsipeptides and Linear Peptides With Cytotoxic and Antiphytopathogenic Activities From Symbiotic Bacteria of Xenorhabdus (Enterobacteriales: Morganellaceae) Genus Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-12-17 Sahar Zolfaghariyan, Abolfazl Shakeri, Javad Asili, Saeed Tarighi, Peter Grün, Yi-Ming Shi, Helge B Bode, Javad Karimi
On the basis of biological activities of the ethyl acetate extracts of four Xenorhabdus sp., including Xenorhabdus nematophila FUM 220, Xenorhabdus nematophila FUM 221, Xenorhabdus bovienii FUM 222, and Xenorhabdus bovienii FUM 223, X. nematophila FUM 220 was preferentially selected to track the isolation of responsible compounds. Chemical study on the ethyl acetate extract of X. nematophila isolate
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Basis for the Management of Schistocerca cancellata (Orthoptera: Acrididae) Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-11-01 Júlia Birkhan, Beatriz Carrizo, María Guillermina Socías, Maria Kátia Matiotti da Costa, Jerson Carus Guedes, Flávio Roberto Mello Garcia
The locust species Schistocerca cancellata Serville, endemic to South America, is known for its ability to form dense swarms, which reach the status of agricultural pest for several crops in southern South America. This article aimed to gather more accurate information about the history, biology, ecology, and control of S. cancellata, because of the 2021 invasions, which threatened to invade the Brazilian
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Symbiotic Association Between Ants and Fungus Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-10-15 S Riaz, F Farooq, F Manzoor
Ants are eusocial insects belong to family Formicidae and live in symbiotic association with different species of the fungus. Fungi serving them as food and others relationship between fungus and ants is fungi increase the durability of the nest ants living in carton nests in the trees. Our goal was to investigate through literature obvious interactions between ants and common fungi, protection of
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Insect Gap Junctions Could Be a Potential Target for Pest Management Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-10-06 Prem Chand Sharma, Nitika Negi, Himanshu Thakur, Jabez Raju Battu, Matthew Turnbull
Gap junctions are integral membrane proteins that play a role in cell-to-cell communication. They are coded by the functional genes called connexins in chordates and innexins in invertebrates. However, recently pannexins were also found in mammalian genomes, which are homologous to insect innexins. Gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC) has different functions ranging from their role in ontogenesis
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Mosquitoes Eating Mosquitoes: How Toxorhynchites amboinensis, Psorophora ciliata, and Sabethes cyaneus (Diptera: Culicidae) Capture Prey. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-10-04 Robert G Hancock,Taylor Boyd,Shannon MacFadden,Aaron Sowders,W A Foster,L P Lounibos
High-speed microcinematography was used to elucidate the details of prey capture by the larvae of three predatory mosquito species. The obligate predators Toxorhynchites amboinensis and Psorophora ciliata exhibited a high degree of convergence as both utilize three essential elements: 1) abdominally-generated hemostatic pressure to propel the head towards the prey; 2) lateral palatal brushes (LPB)
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The Little Fire Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): A Global Perspective Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-09-14 M P Montgomery, C Vanderwoude, M Lintermans, A J Jasmyn Lynch
Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger) is an invasive tramp ant species that has been transported globally since [at least] the early twentieth century. It is often claimed that despite the negative impacts associated with this species and its listing among the world’s worst invasive species, very little research attention has been paid to W. auropuntata. Although the need for future research exists, there
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Methods Employed in the Determining Nectar and Pollen Sources for Bees: a Review of the Global Scenario Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-09-09 Ujjwal Layek, Nandita Das, Arijit Kundu, Prakash Karmakar
Flowering plants and pollinators are in a mutualistic association, where pollinators collect floral resources and plants receive pollination services. Bees and other pollinators are declining in many parts of the world, and their loss affects the functional composition of fauna, flora, and habitats. Different strategies are being deployed to improve pollinator services, including the management of
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Development and Temperature-induced Expression of a HSP90 Gene Lacking Introns in Cotesia chilonis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-09-03 Shuan-Gan Li, Chuan-Lei Dong, Feng Zhu, Fei Yang, Ming-Xing Lu, Yu-Zhou Du
Cotesia chilonis (Munakata) is the predominant parasitic wasp of Chilo suppressalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidea), a major rice pest in China. As climate change continues to intensify, C. chilonis and C. suppressalis must adapt to the increased frequency of adverse temperatures. In this study, the novel Cchsp90-2 was isolated and characterized from C. chilonis. The full-length Cchsp90-2 cDNA was
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Nitrogen Inventories and Nitrogenase Expression Rates of a Drywood and a Subterranean Termite Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Aaron Mullins, Rudolf Scheffrahn, Nan-Yao Su
Recent research has shown that a subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki) is dependent on dietary nitrogen in order to fulfill it's nitrogen requirements for colony growth and development. Crypototermes brevis (Walker) was chosen as a model for comparison, as it has no access to dietary nitrogen outside of it’s wood diet. A full nitrogen inventory before and after colony growth was conducted
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Insect Floral Visitors of Ptelea trifoliata (Rutaceae) in Iowa, United States Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-07-08 A J Talcott Stewart, M E O’Neal, W R Graves
Ptelea trifoliata L., is a North American tree that supports insect communities through floral rewards. Our objectives were to determine the importance of insects as pollinators of P. trifoliata; describe the community of floral visiting insects of P. trifoliata in Iowa, where no such information was available; and to note insect preferences for male or female flowers. Over two years, inflorescences
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The First Biological Portrait of Stalk-Eyed Fruit Flies: Life History, Reproductive Biology and Host Use Patterns in Pelmatops spp. (Diptera: Tephritidae) Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-07-04 Ning Huangfu, Yong Wang, Yu Zeng, Tock H Chua, Chaodong Zhu, Xiaolin Chen
The stalk-eyed fruit flies, with their eyes borne at the ends of long stalks, are distinctly different from all other members of the family Tephritidae (Diptera). They resemble stalk-eyed flies (Diptera, Diopsidae) but they are much larger and their antennae are located in the middle of the head instead of on the eye stalks. The stalk-eyed fruit flies are represented by two genera (Pelmatops Enderlein
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Sexual Dimorphism in Body Size and Wing Loading for Three Cicada Species Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Peijian Shi,Yabing Jiao,Karl J Niklas,Yirong Li,Xuchen Guo,Kexin Yu,Long Chen,Lawrence E Hurd
Abstract Sexual dimorphism in body size has been observed for many insect species. However, whether dimorphism influences the flight performance for closely related insects or between the genders of conspecifics has seldom been examined. Wing loading (i.e., body mass/total wing area, WL = M/A) is an important indicator of flight efficiency and maneuverability. We examined the potential for sexual dimorphism
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Whiteflies at the Intersection of Polyphagy and Insecticide Resistance Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Jermaine D Perier,Paulo S G Cremonez,Donald E Champagne,Alvin M Simmons,David G Riley
Abstract The sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), is one of the most damaging, polyphagous insect pests of agricultural cropping systems around the world. Insecticide control is one of the main tactics used to mitigate damage and crop injury caused by the species. Similarly, plant chemical defenses are primary natural mechanisms that reduce attacks from whiteflies
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Structure of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) Community in a Tropical Deciduous Forest in Northern Morelos, Mexico Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-03-17 José Guadalupe Martínez-Hernández,Angélica María Corona-López,Alejandro Flores-Palacios,Víctor Hugo Toledo-Hernández
Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the structure of the community and seasonality of the Cerambycidae family in the tropical deciduous forest (TDF) of San Andrés de la Cal, Tepoztlán in Morelos, Mexico. Following a year of systematic collections, and with the addition of data obtained from breeding chambers and sporadic collections, 155 species, 91 genera, 35 tribes, and 4 subfamilies
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Changes in Functional and Numerical Responses of the Parasitoid Wasp Trichogramma brassicae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) Over 45 Generations of Rearing on Ephestia kuehniella Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-27 Ehsan Ghaemmaghami, Yaghoub Fathipour, Abdoolnabi Bagheri, Ali Asghar Talebi, Gadi V P Reddy
We assessed the functional and numerical responses of Trichogramma brassicae Bezdenko under long-term rearing (45 generations, G5-G45) on eggs of a common factitious host, Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Under such long-term mass rearing, the function response of this parasitoid shifted from Type III (from G5 to G20) to Type II (from G25 to G45). The maximum attack rate (T/Th)
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Morphological Differentiation of Ventral Tarsal Setae and Surface Sculpturing of Theraphosids (Araneae: Theraphosidae) With Different Types of Lifestyles Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-12 Paweł Szymkowiak, Patryk Grabowski
The ventral surfaces of tarsi in spiders in the infraorder Mygalomorphae group play a key role in locomotion and burrow and nest construction. In our research, we analyzed the diversity of setae and patterns of sculpturing on tarsi in three species with different life strategies: a burrowing spider Brachypelma smithi (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897), a ground-dwelling spider, Pterinochilus murinus Pocock
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Diversity and Climatic Distribution of Moths in the Tribe Arctiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) in Mexico Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2022-01-08 M Montañez-Reyna, J L León-Cortés, F Infante, E J Naranjo, A Gómez-Velasco
The Mexican lepidopteran fauna is particularly diverse, but many moth groups remain poorly documented. The tribe Arctiini is a species-rich group that has been used as a reliable indicator of environmental change. However, little is known about the fauna of the tribe Arctiini in Mexico, and there is no exhaustive review of its diversity and distribution patterns. Our aims were: 1) to account for the
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Comparative Mitochondrial Genome Analysis of Mamestra configurata (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Noctuidae) and Other Noctuid Insects Reveals Conserved Genome Organization and Phylogeny Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-12-22 Jing-Ru Zhao, Si-Pei Zhang, Ying-Yu Tang, Wei-Zhong Wang, Bo-Ping Tang, Qiu-Ning Liu, Rui-Ping Yang
Mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) advance our understanding of molecular evolution and phylogenetic relationships. In this study, the mitogenome of Mamestra configurata was assembled, annotated, and analyzed. The total length of its genome was 15,322 bp; the A+T content accounted for 81.2%. Both the AT and GC skew values (−0.003 and −0.182) in the mitogenome of M. configurata were negative. Compared
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Darwin’s and Wallace’s Fascinations With Oversized Morphology and the Question of Developmental Plasticity Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-12-22 Kazuo Kawano
Darwin in his book, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, described his fascination with a male Chiasognathus grantii Stephens (Coreptera, Lucanidae), a stag beetle species with enormous mandibles. Wallace in his book, The Malay Archipelago, recorded his enchantment with a male Euchirus longimanus L. (Coreptera, Scarabaeoidae), a ‘chafer’ species with ‘immense fore-arms’ (tibia or femora)
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Investigating Liriomyza (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Populations From Northeastern Brazil: mtDNA Analyses of the Global Pests L. sativae and L. huidobrensis Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-12-21 V R Sousa, N S Dias-Pini, M S Couri, D M Takiya
Species of Liriomyza Mik (Diptera: Agromyzidae) occur worldwide and are economically important leafminers. However, populations of some pest species, although very similar morphologically, show highly divergent mtDNA sequences, suggesting that nominal species are in fact complexes of cryptic species. This study focuses on two globally invasive pests, L. huidobrensis (Blanchard) and L. sativae Blanchard
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Directed Sequencing of Plant Specific DNA Identifies the Dietary History of Four Species of Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera) Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-12-04 W Rodney Cooper, Adrian T Marshall, Jillian Foutz, Mark R Wildung, Tobin D Northfield, David W Crowder, Heather Leach, Tracy C Leskey, Susan E Halbert, James B Snyder
Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera) includes several families of sap-feeding insects that tend to feed on a wide-range of host plants. Some species within Auchenorrhyncha are major agricultural pests that transmit plant pathogens or cause direct feeding damage. Nearly all pest Auchenorrhyncha are highly polyphagous, have mobile nymphs, and colonize crops from noncrop habitats. We examined whether methods for
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Geographic Expansion of an Invasive Fly: First Record of Zaprionus tuberculatus (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the Americas Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-12-02 Fábio A G S Cavalcanti, Lais B Ribeiro, Gabriel Marins, Guilherme S S S Tonelli, Sônia N Báo, Amir Yassin, Rosana Tidon
Due to the increase in global transport in recent decades, species that flourish in human-altered environments are widening their geographical distribution. Consequently, endemic species are either declining or going to extinction. Here, we report the first occurrence of the Afrotropical fly Zaprionus tuberculatus Malloch in the Americas. This species has been recognized as invasive by the Invasive
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Phoresy Involving Insects as Riders or Rides: Life History, Embarkation, and Disembarkation Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-11-26 Renee M Borges
The ability to disperse is vital for all organisms, but especially for those whose habitats deteriorate, necessitating relocation to better feeding or breeding sites. Phoresy is assisted dispersal in which one organism uses another as its vehicle. In this review, phoresy will be largely restricted to cases wherein the rider is not parasitic on the vehicular stage used for dispersal, and in which insects
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The Biology and Research History of the Solitary Wasp Genus Bembix (Hymenoptera: Bembicidae): A Brief Review Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-11-10 J A Frank
Wasps of the genus Bembix (Fabricius) have enjoyed over 300 years as subjects of interest to entomologists and ethologists due to their large size and repertoire of dramatic nesting behaviors. This research history began with these wasps as the focus of brief behavioral accounts, which developed over time to yield detailed studies of the habits of individual species, as well as comparative studies
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Erratum to: Lady Beetle Assemblages (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Western South Dakota and Western Nebraska and Detection of Reproducing Populations of Coccinella novemnotata Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-10-29 Pamela B Bartlett, Louis S Hesler, B Wade French, Michael A Catangui, Janet H Gritzner
Correction of “Pamela B. Bartlett, Louis S. Hesler, B. Wade French, Michael A. Catangui, and Janet H. Gritzner. 2015. Lady Beetle Assemblages (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Western South Dakota and Western Nebraska and Detection of Reproducing Populations of Coccinella novemnotata. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am.”
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Spatial and Temporal Variation in Stored-Product Insect Pest Distributions and Implications for Pest Management in Processing and Storage Facilities Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-10-26 Alison R Gerken, James F Campbell
Insect infestations can result in a damaged or destroyed product, costing producers and retailers millions of dollars annually. Postharvest insects move through space searching for mates, food, and shelter. Movement of product, sanitation activities, and insecticide applications also drive their spatial distribution patterns. Determining spatial distributions and population density of insects provides
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The Innate Immune Response of Eusocial Hymenopterans to Viral Pathogen Challenge Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-10-21 V Renee Holmes, J Spencer Johnston
In recent years, insect immunology has expanded rapidly in research interest, and available literature has expanded in kind. Insects combat pathogens through a range of behavioral and physiological immune defenses. The need for robust immunity is especially important to eusocial insects; nestmate proximity increases exposure to and transmission of pathogens. Further, eusociality involves cohabitation
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Linking the Morphology of Sternal Glands to Rubbing Behavior by Vespa soror (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Workers During Recruitment for Group Predation Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-10-19 Heather R Mattila, Satoshi Shimano, Gard W Otis, Lien T P Nguyen, Erica R Maul, Johan Billen
The activities of social insect colonies are supported by exocrine glands and the tremendous functional diversity of the compounds that they secrete. Many social wasps in the subfamilies Vespinae and Polistinae have two sternal glands—the van der Vecht and Richards’ glands—that vary in their features and function across the species in which they are found. Field observations suggest that giant hornets
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From Pests to Keystone Species: Ecosystem Influences and Human Perceptions of Harvester Ants (Pogonomyrmex, Veromessor, and Messor spp.) Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-10-15 Derek A Uhey, Richard W Hofstetter
Harvester ants (Latreille) (Formicidae: Hymenoptera) have traditionally been labeled as pests within their native ranges from perceived effects on crop production and rangeland productivity. Yet, modern research casts doubt on many of these perceived detrimental effects and instead suggests that harvester ants act as keystone species that largely benefit both ecosystems and human activities. Through
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Male and Female Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Attraction to Sound and Its Relevance to Potential Applications in Vector Surveillance Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-10-06 Cassandra H Steele, Emily G McDermott
Mosquito hearing is a complex process primarily involved in intraspecific communication between males and females. Although mosquitoes previously were believed to possess a relatively rudimentary auditory system, we now know that they can hear sounds at greater distances and process sounds through an efferent pathway, similar to vertebrates. In mating swarms, mosquitoes use acoustic signals created
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Histological Atlas of the Internal Anatomy of Female Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) Mites in Relation to Feeding and Reproduction Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-10-01 Daniel E Sonenshine, Francisco Posada-Florez, Damien Laudier, Connor J Gulbronson, Samuel Ramsey, Steven C Cook
Histochemical staining of histological sections of Varroa destructor (Anderson and Trueman, 2000) mites reveal the internal body plan and are used to contrast the internal organs associated with feeding and reproduction of starved versus recently fed female mites. The gnathosoma is comprised of a powerful sucking pharynx, which employs 11 alternating dilator and constrictor muscles, the chelicerae
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Boll Weevil Eradication: A Success Story of Science in the Service of Policy and Industry Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-09-23 Tyler Jay Raszick
The boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is an infamous pest of commercially cultivated cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L. (Malvales: Malvaceae). Once the most important agricultural pest in the United States, the boll weevil spurred an unprecedented mobilization of federal support and cooperation among stakeholders, culminating in the eventual eradication of the species
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In Search of an Honest Butterfly: Sexually Selected Wing Coloration and Reproductive Traits From Wild Populations of the Cabbage White Butterfly Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-09-22 Anne E Espeset, Matthew L Forister
Sexual selection is central to many theories on mate selection and individual behavior. Relatively little is known, however, about the impacts that human-induced rapid environmental change are having on secondary sexually selected characteristics. Honest signals function as an indicator of mate quality when there are differences in nutrient acquisition and are thus potentially sensitive to anthropogenically
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Incorporating Sustainable and Technological Approaches in Pest Management of Invasive Arthropod Species Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-09-17 Lina Bernaola, Jocelyn R Holt
Invasive arthropods can cause negative impacts on human health, damage to agriculture crops, irreparable environmental impacts, and other economic losses. Although native arthropods can be pests, invasive arthropods can pose unique challenges for identification and management. Current tools to manage invasive arthropods often focus on immediate solutions, such as the application of synthetic chemical
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Arthropods and Fire Within the Biologically Diverse Longleaf Pine Ecosystem Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-09-08 Thomas N Sheehan, Kier D Klepzig
The longleaf pine Pinus palustris Miller (Pinales: Pinaceae) ecosystem once covered as many as 37 million hectares across the southeastern United States. Through fire suppression, development, and conversion to other plantation pines, this coverage has dwindled to fewer than 2 million hectares. A recent focus on the restoration of this ecosystem has revealed its complex and biologically diverse nature
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The Role of Experiments in Monarch Butterfly Conservation: A Review of Recent Studies and Approaches Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-09-08 Victoria M Pocius, Ania A Majewska, Micah G Freedman
Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) (Lepidoptera Danaidae Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus)) are an iconic species of conservation concern due to declines in the overwintering colonies over the past twenty years. Because of this downward trend in overwintering numbers in both California and Mexico, monarchs are currently considered ‘warranted-but-precluded’ for listing under the Endangered Species Act
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Molecular Advances in Larval Fruit Moth Identification to Facilitate Fruit Export From Western United States Under Systems Approaches Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (IF 2.3) Pub Date : 2021-09-08 Raymond Yokomi, Jennifer K Delgado, Thomas R Unruh, Nina M Barcenas, Stephen F Garczynski, Spencer Walse, Adalberto A Pérez de León, William Rodney Cooper
Molecular advances facilitate fruit export by improving rapid pest diagnosis by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and advanced sequencing technology. Improved pest detection provides timely certification of the quarantine pest-free status in the commodity being exported, avoiding unnecessary commodity treatment. The U.S.–Japan Systems Approach to export fresh cherries from the Western United States that