Pub Date : 2020-06-08DOI: 10.2317/0022-8567-92.3.549
Xing-yu Zhou, Jiawen Wang, Jing Zhang, Hua Yang, Wei Yang, Chun-ping Yang, Wei Zhou, Tao Li, Rulin Wang
ABSTRACT: Parocneria orienta Chao (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) is the primary defoliator of members of the conifer family Cupressaceae in China. Research is needed to identify the geographic distribution of P. orienta and its major areas of occurrence and to formulate measures for early warning, monitoring and control of this pest. Data on the occurrence P. orienta were collected from 4,688 monitoring sites in Sichuan Province, China from 2012 to 2016. Analyses of the spatial distribution and model fit were carried out using ArcGIS and Matlab software. We found that the occurrence of P. orienta complied with a normal distribution law (α = 1% confidence level) in terms of longitude and latitude and belonged to a generalized extreme-value distribution (α = 1% confidence level) in terms of elevation. According to the double factor variance analysis taking year-month as the time variance and longitude, latitude and elevation as the space variance, the hazard centroid shifted significantly by 6 minutes of longitude in March (105°46′37″E) and July (105°40′30″E) of the same year. The regions of greatest damage by P. orienta were located in eastern and southeastern parts of Sichuan Province (105.7°E–31.1°N, elevation 400 m), an area that features plains and low mountains with lush vegetation and abundant Cupressus funebris individuals.
{"title":"The Relationships Among Longitude, Latitude and Elevation of Occurrence of Parocneria orienta Chao (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in China","authors":"Xing-yu Zhou, Jiawen Wang, Jing Zhang, Hua Yang, Wei Yang, Chun-ping Yang, Wei Zhou, Tao Li, Rulin Wang","doi":"10.2317/0022-8567-92.3.549","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-92.3.549","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT: Parocneria orienta Chao (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) is the primary defoliator of members of the conifer family Cupressaceae in China. Research is needed to identify the geographic distribution of P. orienta and its major areas of occurrence and to formulate measures for early warning, monitoring and control of this pest. Data on the occurrence P. orienta were collected from 4,688 monitoring sites in Sichuan Province, China from 2012 to 2016. Analyses of the spatial distribution and model fit were carried out using ArcGIS and Matlab software. We found that the occurrence of P. orienta complied with a normal distribution law (α = 1% confidence level) in terms of longitude and latitude and belonged to a generalized extreme-value distribution (α = 1% confidence level) in terms of elevation. According to the double factor variance analysis taking year-month as the time variance and longitude, latitude and elevation as the space variance, the hazard centroid shifted significantly by 6 minutes of longitude in March (105°46′37″E) and July (105°40′30″E) of the same year. The regions of greatest damage by P. orienta were located in eastern and southeastern parts of Sichuan Province (105.7°E–31.1°N, elevation 400 m), an area that features plains and low mountains with lush vegetation and abundant Cupressus funebris individuals.","PeriodicalId":17396,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society","volume":"92 1","pages":"549 - 560"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49493269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-06-08DOI: 10.2317/0022-8567-92.3.536
Ji-Hye Song, Kisang Kwon, Nuri Lee, Hyojung Shin, Dong Woon Kim, Honggeun Kim, Ans O-Yu Kwon
ABSTRACT: Few reports have described the effect of starvation on insect muscle physiology and development. This study examined the role of troponin C (TnC) in the skeletal muscles and digestive tracts of the two-spotted cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus; Orthoptera: Gryllidae) during starvation and re-feeding. The TnC gene of G. bimaculatus (GrybiTnC) was cloned and found to encode a 153-amino-acid protein with a theoretical isoelectric point of 4.02 and molecular weight of 17,368.23 Da. Homology analyses revealed that GrybiTnC exhibited high amino acid similarities with TnCs from other insects, showing sequence identities ranging from ∼54 to 75%. GrybiTnC has two Ca2+-binding sites and five EF-hand motifs, similar to most TnC proteins. GrybiTnC gene expression was examined under starvation and re-feeding conditions in three different skeletal muscle and digestive tract regions. During starvation, GrybiTnC gene expression was unchanged in muscle but upregulated in the foregut and hindgut. Whereas GrybiTnC gene expression in muscle was similar under re-feeding and starvation conditions, it was upregulated in the foregut and midgut by re-feeding with carbohydrates and lipids and downregulated in the hindgut by re-feeding with carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
{"title":"cDNA Cloning and Expression Analysis of Troponin C from Gryllus bimaculatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)","authors":"Ji-Hye Song, Kisang Kwon, Nuri Lee, Hyojung Shin, Dong Woon Kim, Honggeun Kim, Ans O-Yu Kwon","doi":"10.2317/0022-8567-92.3.536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-92.3.536","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT: Few reports have described the effect of starvation on insect muscle physiology and development. This study examined the role of troponin C (TnC) in the skeletal muscles and digestive tracts of the two-spotted cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus; Orthoptera: Gryllidae) during starvation and re-feeding. The TnC gene of G. bimaculatus (GrybiTnC) was cloned and found to encode a 153-amino-acid protein with a theoretical isoelectric point of 4.02 and molecular weight of 17,368.23 Da. Homology analyses revealed that GrybiTnC exhibited high amino acid similarities with TnCs from other insects, showing sequence identities ranging from ∼54 to 75%. GrybiTnC has two Ca2+-binding sites and five EF-hand motifs, similar to most TnC proteins. GrybiTnC gene expression was examined under starvation and re-feeding conditions in three different skeletal muscle and digestive tract regions. During starvation, GrybiTnC gene expression was unchanged in muscle but upregulated in the foregut and hindgut. Whereas GrybiTnC gene expression in muscle was similar under re-feeding and starvation conditions, it was upregulated in the foregut and midgut by re-feeding with carbohydrates and lipids and downregulated in the hindgut by re-feeding with carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.","PeriodicalId":17396,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society","volume":"92 1","pages":"536 - 548"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42264930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-06-08DOI: 10.2317/0022-8567-92.3.497
D. Lagos-Kutz, M. Pawlowski, B. Diers, Swapna R. Purandare, K. Tilmon, G. Hartman
ABSTRACT: Since the discovery of the invasive soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura, in the USA in 2000, populations have expanded throughout the Midwestern USA and Canada. Its negative economic impact on soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] yield provides the impetus to continue investigating the effectiveness of host plant resistance which has been affected by soybean aphid biotypes that overcome soybean plants containing Rag (resistance to A. glycines) genes. In this study, 14 aphid clones collected on soybean and buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica L.) plants along with four known aphid biotypes (from our stock collection) were evaluated in no-choice assays by quantifying the number of aphids on soybean genotypes with Rag genes and the susceptible cultivar Williams 82. No-choice assays were conducted using detached leaves and whole plants. Inconsistent responses of the biotypes from the stock collection by using detached leaves confirm the efficacy of whole plant assays to accurately differentiate biotypes. None of the biotypes or field clones from Illinois, Indiana and South Dakota overcame the resistance of soybean genotypes LD14-8004 (Rag1) and PI437696. A soybean aphid clone from Wooster, Ohio readily colonized LD14-8002 (Rag2), but did not overcome any of the other resistance genes indicating that it is different from biotypes 3 and 4, which also overcome LD14-8002 (Rag2) and, respectively, LD14-8004 (Rag1) and LD14-8006 (Rag3).
{"title":"Virulence of Soybean Aphid, Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Clones on Detached Leaves and Whole Plants","authors":"D. Lagos-Kutz, M. Pawlowski, B. Diers, Swapna R. Purandare, K. Tilmon, G. Hartman","doi":"10.2317/0022-8567-92.3.497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-92.3.497","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT: Since the discovery of the invasive soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura, in the USA in 2000, populations have expanded throughout the Midwestern USA and Canada. Its negative economic impact on soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] yield provides the impetus to continue investigating the effectiveness of host plant resistance which has been affected by soybean aphid biotypes that overcome soybean plants containing Rag (resistance to A. glycines) genes. In this study, 14 aphid clones collected on soybean and buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica L.) plants along with four known aphid biotypes (from our stock collection) were evaluated in no-choice assays by quantifying the number of aphids on soybean genotypes with Rag genes and the susceptible cultivar Williams 82. No-choice assays were conducted using detached leaves and whole plants. Inconsistent responses of the biotypes from the stock collection by using detached leaves confirm the efficacy of whole plant assays to accurately differentiate biotypes. None of the biotypes or field clones from Illinois, Indiana and South Dakota overcame the resistance of soybean genotypes LD14-8004 (Rag1) and PI437696. A soybean aphid clone from Wooster, Ohio readily colonized LD14-8002 (Rag2), but did not overcome any of the other resistance genes indicating that it is different from biotypes 3 and 4, which also overcome LD14-8002 (Rag2) and, respectively, LD14-8004 (Rag1) and LD14-8006 (Rag3).","PeriodicalId":17396,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society","volume":"92 1","pages":"497 - 511"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42892407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-06-08DOI: 10.2317/0022-8567-92.3.569
Márcia Dos Santos Rapoza, J. Pitts, C. Waichert
ABSTRACT: Nesting, prey transportation mechanisms, and host preference are described for two Neotropical pompilid wasp species: Anoplius sp. and Anoplius triquetrus (Fox). Observations were made in a restinga area, in Regência district, Espírito Santo state, Brazil. Several Anoplius sp. individuals were observed foraging in small patches of vegetation along a beach, whereas A. triquetrus was observed and subsequently caught carrying a Psauridae spider into a nest on a sandy trail in a restinga forest. This is the first behavioral record for the genus Anoplius in South America. Finally, we formally move Psammochares triquetra (Fox) to the Anoplius subgenus Notiochares Banks.
{"title":"Behavioral Records on Neotropical Species of Anoplius Dufour (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)","authors":"Márcia Dos Santos Rapoza, J. Pitts, C. Waichert","doi":"10.2317/0022-8567-92.3.569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-92.3.569","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT: Nesting, prey transportation mechanisms, and host preference are described for two Neotropical pompilid wasp species: Anoplius sp. and Anoplius triquetrus (Fox). Observations were made in a restinga area, in Regência district, Espírito Santo state, Brazil. Several Anoplius sp. individuals were observed foraging in small patches of vegetation along a beach, whereas A. triquetrus was observed and subsequently caught carrying a Psauridae spider into a nest on a sandy trail in a restinga forest. This is the first behavioral record for the genus Anoplius in South America. Finally, we formally move Psammochares triquetra (Fox) to the Anoplius subgenus Notiochares Banks.","PeriodicalId":17396,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society","volume":"92 1","pages":"569 - 575"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46207834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-06-08DOI: 10.2317/0022-8567-92.3.526
Muhammad Imtiaz Shafiq, M. Sarmad, S. M. Zaka
ABSTRACT: The red cotton bug, Dysdercus koenigii F. (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae) is a destructive pest of cotton in the cotton belt region of Pakistan. This pest attacks the cotton bolls, mature cotton seeds and causes serious damage to premature bolls. A trial was conducted under laboratory conditions to check the predatory potential of A. coquebertii on different stages of D. koenigii. Four stages of D. koenigii i.e. 3rd, 4th, 5th nymphal instars and adults were provided to A. coquebertii adults to check their survival, fecundity response and feeding potential. Results were statistically significant when comparing feeding preferences of A. coquebertii on different stages of D. koenigii. Adult male and female longevity of A. coquebertii was significantly higher when these insects were fed with 3rd instar nymphs of D. koenigii, which was 115.25 ± 6.91 and 88.75 ± 4.64 days, respectively. Maximum egg laying percentage of 34% was recorded on medium 3 and minimum egg laying percentage of 16% was recorded on medium 2. Based on the results of this study, survival and fecundity rate of A. coquebertii can be highly affected when the suitable stage of D. koenigii is not present.
{"title":"Survival and Fecundity of Antilochus coquebertii (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae) on Different Stages of Dysdercus koenigii (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae)","authors":"Muhammad Imtiaz Shafiq, M. Sarmad, S. M. Zaka","doi":"10.2317/0022-8567-92.3.526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-92.3.526","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT: The red cotton bug, Dysdercus koenigii F. (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae) is a destructive pest of cotton in the cotton belt region of Pakistan. This pest attacks the cotton bolls, mature cotton seeds and causes serious damage to premature bolls. A trial was conducted under laboratory conditions to check the predatory potential of A. coquebertii on different stages of D. koenigii. Four stages of D. koenigii i.e. 3rd, 4th, 5th nymphal instars and adults were provided to A. coquebertii adults to check their survival, fecundity response and feeding potential. Results were statistically significant when comparing feeding preferences of A. coquebertii on different stages of D. koenigii. Adult male and female longevity of A. coquebertii was significantly higher when these insects were fed with 3rd instar nymphs of D. koenigii, which was 115.25 ± 6.91 and 88.75 ± 4.64 days, respectively. Maximum egg laying percentage of 34% was recorded on medium 3 and minimum egg laying percentage of 16% was recorded on medium 2. Based on the results of this study, survival and fecundity rate of A. coquebertii can be highly affected when the suitable stage of D. koenigii is not present.","PeriodicalId":17396,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society","volume":"92 1","pages":"526 - 535"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46087519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-13DOI: 10.2317/0022-8567-93.2.113
Melissa M. Schreiner, W. Cranshaw
ABSTRACT: Industrial hemp was found to support a diverse complex of arthropods in surveys of fields in eastern Colorado. In 2016-2018, surveys of industrial hemp in eight eastern Colorado counties, eighty families of arthropods were collected, primary taxa in the orders Diptera, Coleoptera, and Hemiptera. The arthropods collected from hemp included herbivores, natural enemies, pollen feeders, and incidental species. Hemp cultivars grown for seed and fiber had higher insect species richness compared to hemp grown for cannabidiol (CBD). Species that were observed to cause economic damage included: corn earworm, (Helicoverpa zea Boddie), hemp russet mite (Aculops cannibicola Farkas), cannabis aphid (Phorodon cannabis Passerini), and Eurasian hemp borer (Grapholita delineana Walker). In addition, serious damage to hemp plants was observed by grasshoppers, particularly the twostriped grasshopper, Melanoplus bivittatus Say, and the differential grasshopper, M. differentialis Thomas. This survey serves as the first checklist of arthropods associated with industrial hemp in any area of North America.
{"title":"A Survey of the Arthropod Fauna Associated with Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Grown in Eastern Colorado","authors":"Melissa M. Schreiner, W. Cranshaw","doi":"10.2317/0022-8567-93.2.113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-93.2.113","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT: Industrial hemp was found to support a diverse complex of arthropods in surveys of fields in eastern Colorado. In 2016-2018, surveys of industrial hemp in eight eastern Colorado counties, eighty families of arthropods were collected, primary taxa in the orders Diptera, Coleoptera, and Hemiptera. The arthropods collected from hemp included herbivores, natural enemies, pollen feeders, and incidental species. Hemp cultivars grown for seed and fiber had higher insect species richness compared to hemp grown for cannabidiol (CBD). Species that were observed to cause economic damage included: corn earworm, (Helicoverpa zea Boddie), hemp russet mite (Aculops cannibicola Farkas), cannabis aphid (Phorodon cannabis Passerini), and Eurasian hemp borer (Grapholita delineana Walker). In addition, serious damage to hemp plants was observed by grasshoppers, particularly the twostriped grasshopper, Melanoplus bivittatus Say, and the differential grasshopper, M. differentialis Thomas. This survey serves as the first checklist of arthropods associated with industrial hemp in any area of North America.","PeriodicalId":17396,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society","volume":"12 12 1","pages":"113 - 131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68677949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract: Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) play an important role in the sense of smell in parasitoid wasps, especially for locating hosts and mates. Clarifying the role of OBPs in information exchanges between parasitoid wasps and their environment is beneficial for understanding the sense of smell in parasitoid wasps. To this end, we cloned the OBPs, SsicOBP1 and SsicOBP2 (GenBank accession numbers: AKP80533.1 and AKP80534.1), of Scleroderma sichuanensis Xiao and then proceeded to conduct prokaryotic expression and qPCR analysis, and determine the binding capacity of SsicOBP1 and SsicOBP2 with 18 types of volatiles from Pinus massoniana Lambert using competitive binding (with 1-NPN as fluorescent probes). We found that SsicOBP1 and SsicOBP2 are expressed at high levels in the antennae of Scleroderma sichuanensis Xiao. Of the 18 types of P. massoniana volatiles, SsicOBP1 could bind effectively with ocimene (binding constant of 12.82 µM) and β-pinene (binding constant of 15.57 µM). SsicOBP2 could bind effectively with α-pinene (with a binding constant of 13.52 µM), ocimene (binding constant of 14.38 µM) and β-pinene (binding constant of 14.51 µM). From this, we could infer that SsicOBP1 and SsicOBP2 are general odorant-binding proteins, which play an important role in sensing plant volatiles.
{"title":"Molecular Characterization, Expression and Binding Specificity Analysis of the Odorant-Binding Proteins of Scleroderma sichuanensis Xiao (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)","authors":"Yuan-Yuan Tao, Xiao-qing Zhu, Wei Yang, Hua Yang, Chun-ping Yang, Fengrong Guan, Qing-Long Han","doi":"10.2317/0022-8567-92.2.459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-92.2.459","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract: Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) play an important role in the sense of smell in parasitoid wasps, especially for locating hosts and mates. Clarifying the role of OBPs in information exchanges between parasitoid wasps and their environment is beneficial for understanding the sense of smell in parasitoid wasps. To this end, we cloned the OBPs, SsicOBP1 and SsicOBP2 (GenBank accession numbers: AKP80533.1 and AKP80534.1), of Scleroderma sichuanensis Xiao and then proceeded to conduct prokaryotic expression and qPCR analysis, and determine the binding capacity of SsicOBP1 and SsicOBP2 with 18 types of volatiles from Pinus massoniana Lambert using competitive binding (with 1-NPN as fluorescent probes). We found that SsicOBP1 and SsicOBP2 are expressed at high levels in the antennae of Scleroderma sichuanensis Xiao. Of the 18 types of P. massoniana volatiles, SsicOBP1 could bind effectively with ocimene (binding constant of 12.82 µM) and β-pinene (binding constant of 15.57 µM). SsicOBP2 could bind effectively with α-pinene (with a binding constant of 13.52 µM), ocimene (binding constant of 14.38 µM) and β-pinene (binding constant of 14.51 µM). From this, we could infer that SsicOBP1 and SsicOBP2 are general odorant-binding proteins, which play an important role in sensing plant volatiles.","PeriodicalId":17396,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society","volume":"92 1","pages":"459 - 479"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44330423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-08DOI: 10.2317/0022-8567-92.2.488
L. Hesler, M. Brust
ABSTRACT: New geographical records of zoological species are often discovered through processing undetermined specimens. Here, new records of five native species of lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) are reported for the central United States based on processing previously undetermined material from entomological collections: Cephaloscymnus laevis Gordon, Hyperaspidius insignis Casey, Hyperaspis punctata LeConte, Hippodamia apicalis Casey, and Anatis lecontei Casey. The new record for C. laevis represents a considerable range extension northward, whereas records for the other four species denote relatively minor geographic range extensions. These findings support the notion that systematic processing of undetermined collection material will yield new insights into the geographic ranges of various zoological species and improve understanding of biodiversity.
{"title":"New Records of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from the Central United States","authors":"L. Hesler, M. Brust","doi":"10.2317/0022-8567-92.2.488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-92.2.488","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT: New geographical records of zoological species are often discovered through processing undetermined specimens. Here, new records of five native species of lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) are reported for the central United States based on processing previously undetermined material from entomological collections: Cephaloscymnus laevis Gordon, Hyperaspidius insignis Casey, Hyperaspis punctata LeConte, Hippodamia apicalis Casey, and Anatis lecontei Casey. The new record for C. laevis represents a considerable range extension northward, whereas records for the other four species denote relatively minor geographic range extensions. These findings support the notion that systematic processing of undetermined collection material will yield new insights into the geographic ranges of various zoological species and improve understanding of biodiversity.","PeriodicalId":17396,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society","volume":"92 1","pages":"488 - 491"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48971238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-01-08DOI: 10.2317/0022-8567-92.2.423
Brian D. Morice, W. Lord, J. Barthell, T. Jourdan, Tracy L. Morris
ABSTRACT: Scent training and field detection trials were conducted to determine if honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging behavior could be employed as a practical application in the location of vertebrate carrion. Resource recognition and querying trials consisted of two components. Honey bees were trained to associate chemical compounds found in decaying tissues with a high-quality food source via introduction of the compounds into a sugar solution. Randomized scented and non-scented sugar solution choices were subsequently provided to hived bees at varying distances within a rural outdoor study area. Following initial forager recruitment by scouts, twice the number of bees were observed feeding at carrion-scented stations. Additional field trials performed using wildlife carrion reinforced experimental results. Scent trained scout bees showed a marked interest in decomposing wildlife remains by aerially investigating and landing on the carrion. These findings demonstrate honey bee retention of carrion sensory recognition capabilities and support the crabronid wasp hypothesis of honey bee evolutionary origins. Applications for forensic remains detection, wildlife trafficking interdiction, and endangered species conservation are indicated.
{"title":"Necrophagy in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.); A Forensic Application of Scent Foraging Behavior","authors":"Brian D. Morice, W. Lord, J. Barthell, T. Jourdan, Tracy L. Morris","doi":"10.2317/0022-8567-92.2.423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-92.2.423","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT: Scent training and field detection trials were conducted to determine if honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging behavior could be employed as a practical application in the location of vertebrate carrion. Resource recognition and querying trials consisted of two components. Honey bees were trained to associate chemical compounds found in decaying tissues with a high-quality food source via introduction of the compounds into a sugar solution. Randomized scented and non-scented sugar solution choices were subsequently provided to hived bees at varying distances within a rural outdoor study area. Following initial forager recruitment by scouts, twice the number of bees were observed feeding at carrion-scented stations. Additional field trials performed using wildlife carrion reinforced experimental results. Scent trained scout bees showed a marked interest in decomposing wildlife remains by aerially investigating and landing on the carrion. These findings demonstrate honey bee retention of carrion sensory recognition capabilities and support the crabronid wasp hypothesis of honey bee evolutionary origins. Applications for forensic remains detection, wildlife trafficking interdiction, and endangered species conservation are indicated.","PeriodicalId":17396,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society","volume":"92 1","pages":"423 - 431"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47782365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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