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2. Integrative taxonomy of Nearctic and Palaearctic Aleocharinae: new species, synonymies, and records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
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Mikko Pentinsaari, Adam Brunke, and Jan Klimaszewski
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0106 biological sciences ,Canada ,Insecta ,Arthropoda ,DNA barcodes ,010607 zoology ,Zoology ,Staphylinidae ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Holarctic ,Genus ,morphology ,faunistics ,Animalia ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,biology ,rove beetles ,Staphylinoidea ,biology.organism_classification ,United States ,Adventive species ,Isoglossa ,Coleoptera ,Type species ,Geography ,QL1-991 ,North America ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Subgenus ,Aleocharinae ,Research Article - Abstract
A long tradition of separate Nearctic and Palaearctic taxonomic studies of the diverse aleocharine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) has obscured the recognition of Holarctic species and detection of adventive species in both regions. Recently, integrated study of the two regions through detailed morphological comparisons and development of an authoritatively identified DNA barcode reference library has revealed the degree to which these two aleocharine faunas are interconnected, both naturally and through human activity. Here this approach is adopted to recognize new species, reveal Holarctic species, and recognize adventive species in both North America and Europe. The following new species are described: Isoglossa triangularis Klimaszewski, Brunke & Pentinsaari, sp. nov. from British Columbia; Gnypeta impressicollis Klimaszewski, Brunke & Pentinsaari, sp. nov., from Ontario, Maryland and North Carolina; Aloconota pseudogregaria Klimaszewski, Brunke & Pentinsaari, sp. nov., from Ontario and Virginia; and Philhygra pseudolaevicollis Klimaszewski, Brunke & Pentinsaari, sp. nov. from eastern Canada. Dasygnypeta velata and Philhygra angusticauda are revealed to be Holarctic species, resulting in the following synonymies: Dasygnypeta velata (Erichson, 1839) = Gnypeta minuta Klimaszewski & Webster, 2008, syn. nov. and Philhygra angusticauda (Bernhauer, 1909) = Atheta (Philhygra) pinegensis Muona, 1983, syn. nov. The Nearctic species Hylota ochracea (and genus Hylota), Thecturota tenuissima, and Trichiusa robustula are newly reported from the Palaearctic region as adventive, resulting in the following synonymies: Hylota ochracea Casey, 1906 = Stichoglossa (Dexiogyia) forticornis Strand, 1939, syn. nov.; Thecturota tenuissima Casey, 1893 = Atheta marchii Dodero, 1922, syn. nov.; and Trichiusa robustula Casey, 1893 = T. immigrata Lohse, 1984, syn. nov. The Palaearctic species Amarochara forticornis, Anomognathus cuspidatus, Oligota pumilio, and Parocyusa rubicunda are newly confirmed from the Nearctic region as adventive, resulting in the following synonymies: Parocyusa rubicunda (Erichson, 1837) = Chilopora americana Casey, 1906, syn. nov. and Anomognathus cuspidatus (Erichson, 1839) = Thectura americana Casey, 1893, syn. nov. The genus Dasygnypeta, sensu nov. is newly reported from North America, Paradilacra is newly reported from eastern North America, and Haploglossa is newly reported from Canada, resulting in the following synonymy: Paradilacra densissima (Bernhauer, 1909) = Gnypeta saccharina Klimaszewski & Webster, 2008, syn. nov. Native Cyphea wallisi is newly reported from across Canada and C. curtula is removed from the Nearctic fauna. The status of both Gyrophaena affinis and Homalota plana is uncertain but these species are no longer considered to be adventive in North America. Three new combinations are proposed: Dasygnypeta baranowskii (Klimaszewski, 2020) and D. nigrella (LeConte, 1863) (both from Gnypeta) and Mocyta scopula (Casey, 1893) (from Acrotona). Dolosota Casey, 1910, syn. nov. (type species Eurypronota scopula Casey), currently a subgenus of Acrotona, is therefore synonymized with Mocyta Mulsant & Rey, 1874. Additionally, four new Canadian records and 18 new provincial and state records are reported.
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- 2021
3. A Review of Dung Beetle Introductions in the Antipodes and North America: Status, Opportunities, and Challenges
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S. C. Cairns, Kevin D. Floate, Zac Hemmings, Nigel R. Andrew, and Min R. Pokhrel
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0106 biological sciences ,Scarabaeidae ,Ecology ,biology ,Fauna ,Biological pest control ,Introduced species ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Coleoptera ,Feces ,010602 entomology ,Habitat ,Insect Science ,Geotrupidae ,North America ,Animals ,Cattle ,Ecosystem ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,New Zealand ,Dung beetle - Abstract
Following the introduction of cattle, exotic dung beetles (Coleoptera: Aphodiidae, Geotrupidae, Scarabaeidae) were imported into the Antipodes (Australia and New Zealand) and North America (primarily the United States) to accelerate the degradation of cattle dung on pastures. The history of dung beetle introductions between the two regions is similar but has not previously been assessed: this is important as new introductions are continuing in the regions. Here, we review these introduction programs, report on their current status, and discuss methodological advances. In doing so, we examine the accidental introduction of exotic (i.e., adventive) species and the contribution of both deliberately introduced and adventive species to endemic dung beetle faunas. Further, we provide a list of pest and parasite species whose populations can be reduced by dung beetle activity. We also identify a combined total of 37 introduced and 47 adventive dung beetle species that have become established in the Antipodes and North America, with exotic species dominating dung beetle assemblages from pasture habitats. Climatic and edaphic matches, the size of founding populations, abiotic and biotic stressors, and the time of year when releases are made are all critical determinants that affect the success of dung beetle introduction programs. Finally, we discuss opportunities, plus the risks and challenges associated with dung beetle introductions. We hope that this review will aid in the success of future introduction programs, either to enhance ecosystem services in areas that they are needed, or potentially to reestablish native species in regions where they have been extirpated.
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- 2021
4. Limited host range in the idiobiont parasitoid Phymastichus coffea, a prospective biological control agent of the coffee pest Hypothenemus hampei in Hawaii
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Mark G. Wright, Fazila Yousuf, David Honsberger, Lourdes Chamorro, Conrad P. D. T. Gillett, Peter A. Follett, Pablo Benavides-Machado, Marisol Giraldo-Jaramillo, and M. Tracy Johnson
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0106 biological sciences ,Eulophidae ,biology ,Coffea ,Biological pest control ,Zoology ,Parasitism ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Parasitoid ,010602 entomology ,Curculionidae ,PEST analysis ,Agronomy and Crop Science - Abstract
Phymastichus coffea LaSalle (Hymenoptera:Eulophidae) is an adult endoparasitoid of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera:Curculionidae:Scolytinae), which has been introduced in many coffee producing countries as a biological control agent. To determine the effectiveness of P. coffea against H. hampei and environmental safety for release in Hawaii, we investigated the host selection and parasitism response of adult females to 43 different species of Coleoptera, including 23 Scolytinae (six Hypothenemus species and 17 others), and four additional Curculionidae. Non-target testing included Hawaiian endemic, exotic and beneficial coleopteran species. Using a no-choice laboratory bioassay, we demonstrated that P. coffea was only able to parasitize the target host H. hampei and four other adventive species of Hypothenemus: H. obscurus, H. seriatus, H. birmanus and H. crudiae. Hypothenemus hampei had the highest parasitism rate and shortest parasitoid development time of the five parasitized Hypothenemus spp. Parasitism and parasitoid emergence decreased with decreasing phylogenetic relatedness of the Hypothenemus spp. to H. hampei, and the most distantly related species, H. eruditus, was not parasitized. These results suggest that the risk of harmful non-target impacts is low because there are no native species of Hypothenemus in Hawaii, and P. coffea could be safely introduced for classical biological control of H. hampei in Hawaii.
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- 2021
5. Forest Cover Changes in the Center of East European Plain Over the Last 150 Years
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M. V. Arkhipova
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Pyrus pyraster ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,030102 biochemistry & molecular biology ,biology ,Steppe ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Forestry ,Acer platanoides ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,03 medical and health sciences ,Geography ,Deciduous ,Betula pendula ,Prunus spinosa ,Period (geology) ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
Changes in forest cover in the center of the East European Plain (Central Russian Upland) from the end of the 19th century to the end of 20th century have been assessed. Over that period, forest cover has increased in the northern part of the studied territory and declined in the southern part. After the end of the 1990s and beginning of 2000s, increases in forest cover occurred within the subzones of mixed coniferous–broad-leaved forest, while in the southern regions it has hardly manifested at all. The fallow land overgrowth rate, without any anthropogenic interference, has been determined for the Central Russian Upland (from 10 to 50% of fallow area has been covered by forest vegetation over a period of 10 years), decreasing gradually in from west-northwest to east-southeast. Special attention is paid to the forests that grew on nonforested lands over a period of 150 years. This process occurs everywhere in the northern part of the Upland and along the river valleys in the southern part. The forest structure of newly formed forests is studied as well (deciduous, mixed, pine, and spruce). In the southern parts of the Central Russian Upland, the newly grown forests are mostly pine plantations. The analysis of the field data suggests that, in the Central Russian Upland, within the broadleaved forests subzone, fallows are usually overgrown with birch (Betula pendula), or, less frequently, with aspen (Populus tremula). On the western and southwestern slopes, the overgrowth occurs with broadleaved (Querqus robur and Acer platanoides), small-leaved (Populus tremula), and steppe species (Prunus spinosa, Malus praecox, and Pyrus pyraster). In the south, overgrown fallows are dominated by steppe or adventive species (Acer negundo).
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- 2020
6. Checklist of the Coleoptera of Mordovia State Nature Reserve, Russia
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Alexander B. Ruchin, Gennady B. Semishin, Leonid V. Egorov, Oleg I. Semionenkov, and Viktor B. Semenov
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0106 biological sciences ,Coleoptera checklist ,Insecta ,Arthropoda ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Fauna ,010607 zoology ,Biodiversity ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Russia ,Biodiversity beetles Coleoptera checklist eastern Europe Republic of Mordovia ,State (polity) ,lcsh:Zoology ,Biodiversity & Conservation ,Animalia ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,media_common ,Nature reserve ,eastern Europe ,Ecology ,Republic of Mordovia ,beetles ,Checklist ,Adventive species ,Coleoptera ,Geography ,Animal Science and Zoology - Abstract
All 2,145 species of Coleoptera from 88 families known to occur in Mordovia State Nature Reserve, Russia, are listed, along with their author(s) and year of description using the most recent classification framework. Adventive species for European Russia are indicated. There are 31 adventive species in the reserve, comprising 1.44% of the total beetle fauna.
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- 2020
7. Aleuroclava aucubae (Homoptera: Aleyrodinea), a new adventive species for Russian Black Sea Coast, and its concomitant entomoparasitic fungus Conoideocrella luteorostrata (Ascomycota: Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae)
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I.A. Gavrilov-Zimin and B.A. Borisov
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0106 biological sciences ,Clavicipitaceae ,biology ,Ascomycota ,Homoptera ,Hypocreales ,010607 zoology ,Fungus ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Aleuroclava ,Insect Science ,Botany ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Black sea ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
An Oriental species of whiteflies, Aleuroclava aucubae (Kuwana, 1911), was collected for the first time from the territory of Russia (the Black Sea Coast of Russian Caucasus, Sochi National Park). The species was found to form dense colonies of ultimolarvae (pseudopupae) on leaves of Ficus carica and Ulmus glabra. Some of the ultimolarvae were infected by the fungus Conoideocrella luteorostrata (Zimmermann, 1901) Johnson et al., 2009. A morphological description of the pseudopupa of A. aucubae, with the original figure and photos are provided.
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- 2020
8. THE STRUCTURE OF PHYLLOPHAGOUS INSECTS' COMPLEXES IN DECIDUOUS PLANTATIONS IN KHARKIV
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0106 biological sciences ,biology ,010607 zoology ,Hymenoptera ,Fraxinus ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Hemiptera ,Adventive species ,Aesculus ,010602 entomology ,Sorbus ,Tilia ,Botany ,Woody plant - Abstract
The study was aimed to analyze the complexes of phyllophagous insect species with different ways of feeding on woody plants of certain genera. In 2017–2019, the research was carried out in street, park, and forest park plantations of Kharkiv on the material of woody plants of 13 genera: Tilia, Acer, Quercus, Ulmus, Populus, Aesculus, Robinia, Fraxinus, Betula, Sorbus, Salix, Alnus and Corylus. A total of 159 species of phyllophagous insects from 94 genera of 27 families of six orders were identified there. Representatives of Lepidoptera constitute 50.3% by the number of species, 50 and 51.9% by the number of genera and families, respectively, and Coleoptera – 35.8% of species, 28.7 and 22.2% of genera and families, respectively. The identified species of phyllophagous insects were divided into four groups based on the lifestyle and structure of the feeding apparatus of larvae: chewers, miners, galleries, and suckers. It was found that chewers and miners represent the orders Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and Hymenoptera, gallers – Hymenoptera and Diptera, suckers – Homoptera and Hemiptera. The suckers dominate by the number of species. The adventive species were found among the lepidopterous miners: Cameraria ohridella (Deschka & Dimic, 1986); Macrosaccus robiniella (Clemens, 1859); Phyllonorycter issikii (Kumata, 1963) and Parectopa robiniella (Clemens, 1863), as well as among the dipterous gallers, Obolodiplosis robiniae (Haldeman, 1847) was revealed. More than 30 similar species of phyllophagous insects were identified at typical forest plants, the most of them at the hazel (Corylus) and oak (Quercus) – 77 and 73 species (48.4 and 45.9% of all identified species), respectively. The similarity of the complexes of chewers from leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) at plants of certain genera is less than that of lepidopterous chewers, which is due to the biological characteristics of these insects. Thus, the polyphagia of lepidopterous chewers is explained by the limited ability of caterpillars to migrate in search of food at high population densities and severe defoliation of preferred plant species. Unlike lepidopterous caterpillars, the adults of leaf beetles are able to fly long distances in search of preferred plant species.
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- 2020
9. СТРУКТУРА ВОДНОЇ ФЛОРИ ВОДОТОКІВ КІЛІЙСЬКОЇ ДЕЛЬТИ ДУНАЮ
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0106 biological sciences ,Potamogetonaceae ,Flora ,biology ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Rare species ,Najas marina ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Potamogeton gramineus ,Azolla filiculoides ,Botany ,Bolboschoenus maritimus - Abstract
The article deals with the results of the structural-comparative analysis of taxonomic, ecological and geographical structure of watercourses flora of the Kiliya Danube Delta. The list of the aquatic plants consists of 41 species from 27 genera, 21 families, 16 orders, 4 classes and 3 divisions. The analysis of the taxonomic composition of the main taxonomic units and the relationship between them showed that the Magnoliophyta division predominates (90.2%) there and the class Liliopsida dominates (83.8%) within the former. The first three leading families include Potamogetonaceae, Lemnaceae and Hydrocharitaceae, which make up 36.6% of the total flora. The flora consists of six adventive species, one of them is archeophyte (Acorus calamus L.) and five are kenophytes (Azolla caroliniana Willd., Azolla filiculoides Lamark., Elodea canadensis Michx., Sagittaria latifolia Willd., Vallisneria spiralis L.). Rare plants, which are protected throughout Ukraine in watercourses, are represented by three species: Salvinia natans (L.) All., Nymphoides peltata (S.G.Gmel.) Kuntze and Trara natans L. s.l. Regional rare species, which are protected only in the Odessa region. include five additional species: Lemna gibba L. (vulnerable), Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla (insufficiently studied), Najas marina L. (insufficiently studied), Potamogeton gramineus L. (insufficiently studied), Typha grossheimii Pobed. (insufficiently studied). The investigated ecological structure is represented by three ecotypes, among which the largest number of hydrophytes comprises 23 species (56.1%). It is dominated by an eco group of biofilms on the water surface (22%). The ratio of ecotypes of hydrophytes, helophytes, hygrohelophytes is 4: 2: 1. In the chorological spectrum of zonal geographical groups, the largest number of species belongs to the plurizonal group – 18 species (44%). Among the regional groups, a circumpolar distribution that is characteristic of 18 species (44%) predominates. By the nature of the distribution of species in oceanic or inland waters, the largest number of species belongs to the group indifferent to continentality and oceanicity. A similar spectrum is characteristic of the aquatic flora of Ukraine and other flora of the different Eurasia temperate zone region
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- 2020
10. Адвентивная флора Новосибирской области
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E. Yu. Zykova
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новосибирская область ,0106 biological sciences ,Flora ,распространение ,Introduced species ,Plant Science ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Invasive species ,Botany ,новые местонахождения ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,инвазивные растения ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Global and Planetary Change ,Ecology ,конспект флоры ,Species diversity ,Adventive species ,010601 ecology ,Plant ecology ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,Insect Science ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Species richness ,адвентивные виды - Abstract
Впервые cоставлен конспект адвентивной флоры Новосибирской области, насчитывающий 305 видов. 34 из них проявляют себя в качестве инвазивных. Показаны экологическая приуроченность видов, распространение по административным районам, отмечены способ заноса и степень натурализации на территории области. Критически обработаны коллекции Центрального сибирского ботанического сада, расширено представление о распространении 74 видов, 19 из которых являются редко встречающимися в области чужеземными видами.
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- 2019
11. Plant species diversity in urban areas of Northwest Siberia
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Elena Koptseva, Olga I. Sumina, Pavel Kirillov, Alexandr Egorov, and Alexandr Pechkin
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0106 biological sciences ,Vascular plant ,Flora ,biology ,Ecology ,Biodiversity ,Species diversity ,Introduced species ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,biology.organism_classification ,040401 food science ,01 natural sciences ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Adventive species ,0404 agricultural biotechnology ,Geography ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,Weed ,010606 plant biology & botany ,Woody plant - Abstract
The flora of two towns and two settlements in the northern taiga and forest-tundra of Northwest Siberia (Russia) are considered. Urban species lists are limited (61–119 vascular plant species) and mainly consist of native species with a predominance of perennial herbs. Various urban functional zones (industrial, residential, recreational, vegetable patches) differ by species composition, and this difference increases in the course of city development. In the industrial zone, vegetation composition is closer to the native flora, because of the low number of adventive species. Maximal diversity is due to decorative plants, cultivars and southern weed distribution, and is typical to residential neighborhoods. Species diversity increases mainly because of woody plants introduction. Alien species are represented generally by a small number of individuals. The severe climate and poor soils limit their abilities to spread in the Far North. Urbanization forces the reduction of aboriginal biodiversity, but in northern areas where native species have the adaptive advantage, this effect is minimal. Changes in flora since 1995 were analyzed in the town of Novy Urengoy (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia). Plant diversity increased by about 20 % in all functional zones, although some alien and natural species were not recorded in 2018.
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- 2021
12. CROP WILD RELATIVES IN MAGADAN PROVINCE OF RUSSIA: INVENTORYING AND CONSERVATION
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G. V. Talovina and E. V. Aistova
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Physiology ,Agroforestry ,plant genetic resources ,Botany ,Plant Science ,030105 genetics & heredity ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,crop wild relatives ,Crop ,03 medical and health sciences ,Geography ,QK1-989 ,Genetics ,magadan province of the russian far east ,indigenous species ,Molecular Biology ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,TP248.13-248.65 ,010606 plant biology & botany ,in situ conservation ,adventive species ,Biotechnology - Abstract
Background. Plant genetic resources (PGR) conservation is an indispensable condition for ensuring the country’s economic and environmental security. The most important component of the PGR status assessment is the study of crop wild relatives in a particular region. Within the framework of the work on inventorying crop wild relatives (CWR) in the regions of Russia, an inventory of CWR was for the first time made for Magadan Province, Far East region of Russia, to identify plant taxa that are prioritized for conservation and monitoring of their status in natural phytocenoses. Materials and methods. The material for the present research was taken from the data published on the vegetation of the studied region. Taxonomic analysis of CWR was performed using conventional floristic methods. In order to select priority species for conservation, the guidelines for PGR conservation adapted for Russia were used.Results and conclusions. A list of 232 CWR species belonging to 62 genera of 21 families has been compiled; it encompasses nearly 20% of the entire regional flora. The indigenous part of CWR amounts to ca. 60%, while the adventive part includes 40% of the total CWR number. Analysis of distribution of CWR species over the studied area showed that the greatest diversity of CWR species (81%) is concentrated in the Okhotsky floristic district. As a result of the analysis, 76 species occurring in Magadan Province were identified for prioritized in situ conservation.
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- 2019
13. Megabruchidius dorsalis (Fåhreus, 1839) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) is a new adventive species in the Kharkiv Region (Ukraine)
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Yu. V. Vasylieva and I.P. Lezhenina
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0106 biological sciences ,Botany ,010607 zoology ,Biology ,Megabruchidius ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species - Abstract
Larvae, pupae and imagoes of Megabruchidius dorsalis have been found in October 2018 as a result of examination of the beans of the honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) in the arboretum of the Dokuchaiev Kharkiv National Agrarian University. The seed beetles colonized in 52% of the beans harvested in the current year and in 81% of the beans harvested in the previous years.
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- 2018
14. Vascular Plant Biodiversity of Floodplain Forest in Morava and Dyje Rivers Confluence (Forest District Soutok), Czech Republic
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Radomír Řepka, Tomáš Koutecký, Jan Šebesta, and Petr Maděra
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0106 biological sciences ,Vascular plant ,Floodplain ,Biodiversity ,Endangered species ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,vascular plants ,QH540-549.5 ,biodiversity ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,geography ,forest district soutok ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Ecology ,biology ,Species diversity ,Forestry ,biology.organism_classification ,floodplain forest ,Adventive species ,morava and dyje rivers ,czech republic ,010606 plant biology & botany ,Global biodiversity ,Woody plant - Abstract
This paper presents an evaluation of full-area floristic investigation of floodplain forests in Soutok forest district (Židlochovice Forest State Enterprise) based on an individual forest stand inventory. The study area encompasses 5103 ha of forests, where 1186 segments were inventoried, and 71 223 single records about presence of vascular plant species were done. We found 761 taxa (species, subspecies and hybrids), out of which 655 were herbs, 106 woody plants, 156 were endangered species and 177 adventive species. The average area of a segment was 4.3 ha. The mean number of species per segment was 64.42 in a range of 4–180.
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- 2018
15. Species Composition and Population Dynamics of Dominant Dendrophagous Moths (Lepidoptera) in St. Petersburg and Its Environs
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S. V. Baryshnikova, A. V. Selikhovkin, N. V. Denisova, and Yu. A. Timofeeva
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0106 biological sciences ,Tortricidae ,education.field_of_study ,biology ,Population ,010607 zoology ,Phyllonorycter salicicolella ,Zoology ,Species diversity ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Bird cherry ,Insect Science ,education ,Phyllonorycter issikii ,Gracillariidae - Abstract
The paper summarizes new and literature data on the species composition, trophic relationships, and population dynamics of phyllophagous lepidopterans dominant on woody plants in St. Petersburg and its environs (Russia). Most of these species have concealed larvae (e.g., leaf miners and leaf rollers), and some of them are invasive. The data were accumulated during approximately a hundred years of observations and field collections. Concealed species form the dominant group within the studied complex of phyllophagous moths in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Province (27 species from 13 families). Changes in the composition of dominant pests of the dog rose, bird cherry, elm, poplar, and other woody plants have been recorded. Outbreaks of some species, such as Phyllonorycter salicicolella (Gracillariidae), Archips rosana (Tortricidae), Leucoma salicis, Lymantria monacha, and Orgyia antiqua (Erebidae), were recorded during the XX century but since about 1980 the population density of these species has remained at a very low level. Another group of species, which includes Phyllonorycter populifoliella (Gracillariidae), Batrachedra praeangusta (Batrachedridae), Acleris bergmanniana, and Epinotia abbreviana (Tortricidae), demonstrated a sharp increase in population density in the 1990–2000s, a phenomenon which had not been observed before. The possible causes of such population dynamics are discussed. The dominant species of phyllophagous micro-lepidopterans, including some recent invaders (e.g., Cameraria ohridella and Phyllonorycter issikii, Gracillariidae) and adventive species (e.g., Ph. populifoliella and Ph. acerifoliella, Gracillariidae) pose a serious threat to woody plants in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Province.
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- 2018
16. Influence of Invasive Plants Parthenocissus vitacea and Vinca minor on Biodiversity Indices of Forest Communities
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N. N. Panasenko and L. N. Anishchenko
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0106 biological sciences ,biology ,Ecology ,010607 zoology ,Biodiversity ,Introduced species ,Ecological succession ,Vinca minor ,biology.organism_classification ,Parthenocissus ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Invasive species ,Vitacea ,010606 plant biology & botany ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
The distribution and phytocenotic association of Parthenocissus vitacea and Vinca minor on the territory of the Bryansk oblast has been studied. An assessment of the distribution of invasive species is performed on a grid basis. Vinca minor is registered in 19 cells on the territory of the oblast, which is 4.9% of the total number of cells and 11.9% of the surveyed cells; Parthenocissus vitacea is registered in 50 cells, which is 12.8% of the total number of cells and 31.2% of the surveyed cells. The invasive status of Parthenocissus vitacea and Vinca minor is category 3: an adventive species whose invasions into natural and seminatural habitats in the region at the moment are rare and, as a rule, confined to the outskirts of populated areas, abandoned parks, and old plantings. The indices of successful invasion in forest communities is the formation of syntaxonomically valid variants of the communities of Corylo avellanae-Pinetum sylvestris Bulokhov et Solomeshch 2003 with depleted cenoflora. Invasive species change the phytosphere and reliably decrease the indices of α and β diversity, the structural indices of communities. The invasion of Parthenocissus vitacea and Vinca minor is successful due to active vegetative reproduction, allelopathic effects on native species, and decreasing illumination of the ground cover. The introduction of invasive species into complex pine forests blocks demutational changes of endogenous succession during the restoration of broad-leaved forests: they simplify the structure of communities and reduce the intensity of the mosaic. Parthenocissus vitacea and Vinca minor can exhibit signs of an edificator, a community builder, and a violent and transformer type. There has been only one case of a radical transformation of the natural community, registered on the territory of the Lyubin Khutor nature monument (Novozybkovskii district, Bryansk oblast).
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- 2018
17. Ten-year trends reveal declining quality of seeded pollinator habitat on reclaimed mines regardless of seed mix diversity
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Sarah Cusser, Karen Goodell, Andrew H. Lybbert, and Keng-Lou James Hung
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0106 biological sciences ,Ecology ,Wildflower ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,fungi ,food and beverages ,Growing season ,Plant community ,Flowers ,15. Life on land ,Biology ,Plants ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Habitat ,Abundance (ecology) ,Threatened species ,Seeds ,Species richness ,Pollination ,Ecosystem - Abstract
Plant-pollinator interactions represent a crucial ecosystem function threatened by anthropogenic landscape changes. Disturbances that reduce plant diversity are associated with floral resource and pollinator declines. Establishing wildflower plantings is a major conservation strategy targeting pollinators, the success of which depends on long-term persistence of seeded floral communities. However, most pollinator-oriented seeding projects are monitored for a few years, making it difficult to evaluate the longevity of such interventions. Selecting plant species to provide pollinators diverse arrays of floral resources throughout their activity season is often limited by budgetary constraints and other conservation priorities. To evaluate the long-term persistence of prairie vegetation seeded to support pollinators, we sowed wildflower seed mixes into plots on a degraded reclaimed strip-mine landscape in central Ohio, USA. We examined how pollinator habitat quality, measured as floral abundance and diversity, changed over 10 years (2009-2019) in the absence of management, over the course of the blooming season within each year, and across three seed mixes containing different numbers and combinations of flowering plant species. Seeded species floral abundance declined by more than 75% over the study, with the largest decline occurring between the fifth and seventh summers. Native and non-native adventive flowering plants quickly colonized the plots and represented >50% of floral community abundances on average. Floral richness remained relatively constant throughout the study, with a small peak one year after plot establishment. Plots seeded with High-Diversity Mixes averaged two or three more species per plot compared with a Low-Diversity Mix, despite having been seeded with twice as many plant species. Within years, the abundance and diversity of seeded species were lowest early in the blooming season and increased monotonically from June to August. Adventive species exhibited the opposite trend, such that complementary abundance patterns of seeded and adventive species blooms resulted in a relatively constant floral abundance across the growing season. Seeded plant communities followed classic successional patterns in which annual species quickly established and flowered but were replaced by perennial species after the first few summers. Long-term data on establishment and persistence of flower species can guide species selection for future-oriented pollinator habitat restorations.
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- 2021
18. Establishment of a non-native xyleborine ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus monographus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), new to North America in California
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Paul F. Rugman-Jones, Robert J. Rabaglia, Sheri L Smith, Marc F. DiGirolomo, Curtis Ewing, and Akif Eskalen
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0106 biological sciences ,Insecta ,Arthropoda ,010607 zoology ,Ambrosia fungi ,Ambrosia beetle ,medicine.disease_cause ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,California ,Quercus ,Curculionidae ,Infestation ,medicine ,Animals ,Animalia ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,biology ,Ecology ,Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I ,Biodiversity ,biology.organism_classification ,Adventive species ,Coleoptera ,Weevils ,Key (lock) ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Ambrosia ,Woody plant - Abstract
Specimens of an ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus monographus (Fabricius), were found infesting oak trees in California. This is the first record of this species established in North America. Based on collection information, this species most likely has been established in the Napa County area for several years. A modified key to Xyleborus in North America, and diagnosis of the species is provided.
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- 2020
19. First record of Stenopelmus rufinasus Gyllenhal, 1835 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Poland
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Marek Wanat
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0106 biological sciences ,azolla filiculoides ,erirhininae ,Zoology ,Biology ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,010602 entomology ,QL1-991 ,Insect Science ,Curculionidae ,tanysphyrini ,new record ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Stenopelmus rufinasus ,weevils ,adventive species - Abstract
Stenopelmus rufinasus, a North American weevil introduced to Europe along with the invasive aquatic fern Azolla filiculoides, has been recorded from Poland for the first time. Its locality is a natural oxbow lake of the River Odra in Wrocław, the only city in Poland where A. filiculoides has been repeatedly recorded over the last dozen years. The diagnostic characters of this weevil species, its biology, current distribution in Europe and its prospects in Poland are discussed.
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- 2018
20. Survey of the vascular plants of Sierra Chica, the untouched area of the Paititi Natural Reserve (southeastern Tandilia mountain range, Buenos Aires province, Argentina)
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Viviana M. Comparatore, Sara Isabel Alonso, and María Lis Echeverría
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0106 biological sciences ,Nature reserve ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Ecology ,QH301-705.5 ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Floristics ,Adventive species ,010601 ecology ,Geography ,Taxon ,Threatened species ,Species richness ,Biology (General) ,Endemism ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Mountain range - Abstract
The Paititi Natural Reserve is located in the southeastern part of the Tandilia mountain range (Buenos Aires province,Argentina). With the aim of recording the floristic richness of Sierra Chica, an untouched area of the reserve, all vascularplants were inventoried and categorized by family, status, and life form. Altogether, 364 taxa from 72 familieswere found, with the most predominant families being Poaceae (20.7%), Asteraceae (20.1%), and Fabaceae (5.8%).We found 95 adventive species, 4 cosmopolitan, and 265 native. The most abundant life forms were hemicryptophytes(33.1%), therophytes (30.6%), and criptophytes (22.6%); the therophytes were mostly represented by adventive species.We also found species that were known from Buenos Aires province but not from mountainous areas. Despitebeing a small area within Argentina, Sierra Chica constitutes a valuable refuge for native flora of the Tandilia mountainrange system, which is in danger of being affected by exotic plants.
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- 2017
21. A review of the Cercyon Leach (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae) of the Greater Antilles
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Arriaga-Varela, Emmanuel, Seidel, Matthias, Deler-Hernández, Albert, Senderov, Viktor, and Fikácek, Martin
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0106 biological sciences ,Male genitalia ,010607 zoology ,Zoology ,Occurrence data ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,DNA barcoding ,COI ,taxonomy ,larva ,lcsh:Zoology ,morphology ,DNA barcode ,Animalia ,Cayman Islands ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,14. Life underwater ,Megasternini ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,new species ,Caribbean ,Hydrophilidae ,biology ,Ecology ,biology.organism_classification ,Adventive species ,Coleoptera ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Sphaeridiinae ,biodiversity informatics ,Research Article - Abstract
The representatives of the genusCercyonLeach occurring in the Greater Antilles are reviewed. Ten species are recorded, of which five are described here as new:C. gimmelisp. n.(Dominican Republic),C. armatipenissp. n.(Dominican Republic),C. tainosp. n.(Dominican Republic),C. sklodowskaesp. n.(Jamaica) andC. spiniventrissp. n.(Dominican Republic). Diagnoses and detailed distributional data are also provided forC. floridanusHorn, 1890 (distributed in southeastern United States of America and Cayman Islands),C. insularisChevrolat, 1863 (endemic to the Antilles)C. praetextatus(Say, 1825) (widely distributed in the New World incl. Greater Antilles),C. quisquilius(Linnaeus, 1761) (an adventive species of Paleartic origin) andC. nigriceps(Marshall, 1802) (an adventive species probably of Oriental origin).Cercyon armatipenis, C. gimmeli, C. tainoform a group of closely related species only distinguishable by male genitalia and DNA sequences. A key to the Great AntilleanCercyonis provided and important diagnostic characters are illustrated. The larvae ofC. insularisandC. tainowere associated with adults using COI barcode sequences, illustrated and diagnosed. Full occurrence data, additional images and COI barcode sequences were submitted to open access on-line depositories in an effort to provide access to complete data.
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- 2017
22. A classification of the geothermal vegetation of the Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand
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M. C. Smale, Neil Fitzgerald, Michael J. Bergin, and Susan K. Wiser
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0106 biological sciences ,Hydrology ,geography ,Multidisciplinary ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Introduced species ,Soil science ,Vegetation ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Detrended correspondence analysis ,Soil temperature ,Volcano ,Ordination ,Geothermal gradient ,Geology ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
We undertook stratified random sampling of vegetation, soil chemical fertility and subsurface soil temperature at 38 sites on 15 geothermal fields in the Taupō Volcanic Zone, central North Island, New Zealand, to develop a quantitative classification of geothermal vegetation types and to identify the main environmental drivers of vegetation composition. We implemented this with the fuzzy classification framework of noise clustering. Gradients in composition were derived using Detrended Correspondence Analysis ordination and related to soil physical and chemical parameters using correlation. Of 166 plant species recorded, only seven native species were present in > 20% of plots and only four adventive species in > 5% of plots. Subsurface soil temperatures ranged from ambient (7 °C) to near-boiling (98.5 °C). Classification identified 16 vegetation associations, almost all dominated by indigenous species and unique to geothermal fields. Subsurface soil temperature was the main factor controlling veg...
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- 2017
23. On the identity of the adventive species of Eufriesea Cockerell in the USA: systematics and potential distribution of the coerulescens species group (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
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Victor H. Gonzalez, Marianna V. P. Simões, and Terry L. Griswold
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0106 biological sciences ,Insecta ,Kulbastavia ,Hymenoptera ,Carbotriplurida ,01 natural sciences ,Pollinator ,lcsh:Zoology ,Bilateria ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,EufrieseaCephalornis ,EufrieseaAnimalia ,Pterygota ,Apidae ,Melecta luctuosa ,orchid bees ,Circumscriptional names ,Adventive species ,Apoidea ,Boltonocostidae ,Eufriesea ,Tiphiinae ,Circumscriptional name ,Exebotrigona ,Coelenterata ,Systematics ,Arthropoda ,Pseudaugochlora ,Hymenopterida ,Nephrozoa ,Protostomia ,Basal ,Biology ,Circumscriptional names of the taxon under ,010603 evolutionary biology ,Euglossini ,Botany ,Animalia ,Eumetabola ,Mexico ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,HymenopteraAnimalia ,Strashila incredibilis ,biology.organism_classification ,Melittology ,010602 entomology ,Notchia ,Insect Science ,Ecdysozoa ,pollinators ,Entomology ,Anthophila - Abstract
In the summer of 2010, two male specimens of the neotropical orchid bee genus Eufriesea Cockerell were collected in the Guadalupe Mountains of western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, USA. We tentatively identified them as E. coerulescens (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau) because of the uncertainty surrounding the limits of this taxon and hypothesized that they were members of a persistent bee population, rather than long-distance transient vagrants. The goals of this paper are to clarify the identity of these specimens, assess the species limits of E. coerulescens, and to evaluate suitability of habitats in the USA for this adventive species. Herein, we revise the species in the coerulescens group using morphological features of both sexes and confirm that the specimens of Eufriesea from the USA are E. coerulescens. We recognize the following six species in the coerulescens group: E. coerulescens, E. micheneri Ayala & Engel, E. simillima (Moure & Michener), which is reinstated from synonym with E. coerulescens, and three new species from Mexico (E. barthelli Gonzalez & Griswold, sp. n., E. engeli Gonzalez & Griswold, sp. n., and E. oliveri Gonzalez & Griswold, sp. n.). To facilitate the identification of these taxa, we present a fully illustrated account of the species, comparative diagnoses, descriptions, and an updated key to all Mexican species of Eufriesea. Our analyses using species distribution modelling show an absence of suitable habitat for E. coerulescens in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, thus favoring the long-distance dispersal hypothesis. The analyses also suggest high suitability of habitats across the Caribbean and some areas in Florida, as well as in other regions in Mexico and Central America. We discuss the implications of these results and compare them with the predicted distribution available for the other two known adventive orchid bee species in the USA.
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- 2017
24. New Records of a European Psyllid,Arytainilla spartiophila(Foerster) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), in the Southeastern United States
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A. G. Wheeler
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0106 biological sciences ,Cytisus scoparius ,biology ,Bruchidius villosus ,Ecology ,Broom ,Voltinism ,010607 zoology ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Hemiptera ,Adventive species ,Invasive species ,010602 entomology ,Habitat ,Insect Science ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Arytainilla spartiophila (Foerster) is native to central and western Europe and a specialist herbivore on Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius [L.] Link; Fabaceae). This psyllid has been released for biological control and become established in exotic habitats where Scotch broom is invasive (Australia, New Zealand). Accidentally introduced into North America, it is known in the Pacific Northwest from California, Oregon, and Washington, and in Canada from British Columbia. Virginia has remained the only eastern North American record. Based on fieldwork in 2015 and 2016, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina are added to the psyllid's known eastern distribution. Its syntopy with Arytaina genistae (Latreille) at a site in western North Carolina represents the first eastern North American locale where both immigrant Palearctic psyllids of Scotch broom have been found. Adults (mainly males) of this univoltine species appeared in mid-April, numbers declined by mid- to late May when populations became...
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- 2017
25. Acizzia jamatonica (Kuwayama) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) and Bruchidius terrenus (Sharp) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): New Western U.S. Records of Immigrant Specialists on Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin; Fabaceae)
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E. Richard Hoebeke and A. G. Wheeler
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0106 biological sciences ,Albizia julibrissin ,Old World ,biology ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Immigration ,010607 zoology ,Forestry ,Fabaceae ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Hemiptera ,Adventive species ,010602 entomology ,Geography ,Insect Science ,Bruchidius terrenus ,Biological dispersal ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,media_common - Abstract
New U.S. records are given for two immigrant Old World insects established on mimosa, Albizia julibrissin (Fabaceae), based on collections from 2013 to 2015. The psyllid Acizzia jamatonica is newly reported from Arkansas (11 counties), Louisiana (3 parishes), and Oklahoma (3 counties); the westernmost collection site (95°34′) was in Oklahoma. New state records for the bruchine chrysomelid Bruchidius terrenus are Arkansas (2 counties), Kansas (1 county), Louisiana (3 parishes), Oklahoma (6 counties), and Texas (4 counties); it was taken as far west as 98°00′ in Kansas. Although the foci of introduction for both species are unknown, they might have entered the United States at southeastern ports (coastal, inland, or both) with the shipment of infested mimosa nursery stock from Asia. Following establishment, their spread north and west probably involved natural dispersal and movement of infested host plants (jump dispersal) within the United States.
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- 2017
26. Diaphania costata(F.) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae), a Commonly Misidentified Pest of Ornamental Apocynaceae in the Southern United States
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Matthew A. Bertone, James E. Hayden, Vernon A. Brou, and E. Richard Hoebeke
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0106 biological sciences ,biology ,Amsonia ,Diaphania costata ,Ecology ,Range (biology) ,010607 zoology ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Spilomelinae ,Lepidoptera genitalia ,010602 entomology ,Crambidae ,Insect Science ,Nearctic ecozone ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Diaphania costata (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is a leaffolder on Apocynaceae in the Neotropics and the southeastern United States. Adult moths photographed or captured at light in the United States have been commonly misidentified, and the species’ Nearctic distribution has been poorly documented. We provide diagnostic characters for larval and adult stages, compare it to related Old World taxa, and describe the damage to ornamental Vinca L. The species is not restricted to Texas but occurs as far east as the Atlantic Coast and as far north as Virginia. Specimens collected in daily surveys over many years indicate that the range of D. costata spread naturally from Louisiana and Texas from the 1980s into the 2000s.
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- 2017
27. Seasonal Abundance of the Adventive Chinese Tallowtree HerbivoreCaloptilia triadicae(Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) and Its Parasitoids
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K. Dyer, G. S. Wheeler, Susan A. Wright, and Stephen D. Hight
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0106 biological sciences ,Eupelmidae ,biology ,Ecology ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Parasitoid ,Lepidoptera genitalia ,010602 entomology ,Bethylidae ,Insect Science ,Triadica sebifera ,Weed ,Gracillariidae ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Chinese tallowtree, Triadica sebifera (L.) Small (Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae), is an invasive weed from southern China that is invasive in the Gulf states of the southeastern USA. One significant factor that contributes to the success of this weed has been the lack of herbivore species attacking it in the invaded range. However, the leafminer species Caloptilia triadicae Davis (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) was discovered feeding on Chinese tallowtree in Florida in 2008 and has now been found throughout much of the plant's invaded range. We monitored the seasonal abundance of C. triadicae populations and their associated parasitoids over 2 yr in Florida. Populations of C. triadicae peaked in Jun and Jul in 2013 and 2014. Parasitism averaged about 3.3% of larvae and pupae, with a peak of 12%. The most abundant parasitoid species was Goniozus sp. (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) (76% of all parasitoid individuals reared) and, second, Brasema sp. (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) (18% of parasitoids). Due to specific niche requirements and the apparent exploitation of leaf mines by these parasitoid species, it is doubtful they will attack species being considered for biological control of Chinese tallowtree.
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- 2017
28. An Update to the Adventive Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) of America North of Mexico, with Notes on Intercepted Species
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Michael J. Skvarla, Gary L. Miller, Robert G. Foottit, Eric Maw, Susan E. Halbert, and Andrew S. Jensen
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0106 biological sciences ,Ecology ,Systematic Entomology ,Biological pest control ,Aphididae ,Biology ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Hemiptera ,Invasive species ,Adventive species ,law.invention ,America north ,010602 entomology ,law ,Insect Science ,Quarantine ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Two hundred and sixty-two adventive aphids (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) have been previously reported in North America north of Mexico. We update this to include 25 previously unrecorded species, and include information on the location and date of first discovery, biogeographic origin, and economically important North American hosts for these species. The number of adventive species introduced per year has decreased overall since 1930.We discuss aphids intercepted at United States ports of entry and identified by the Systematic Entomology Laboratory from 2000–2016 and comment on how the composition of species intercepted may affect the adventive species that become established.
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- 2017
29. A New Species of the Plant Bug GenusRubrocuneocorisSchuh (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) from Hawaii
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Thomas J. Henry
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0106 biological sciences ,biology ,Host (biology) ,Ecology ,Male genitalia ,Heteroptera ,010607 zoology ,Phylinae ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Hemiptera ,Miridae ,Adventive species ,Genus ,Insect Science ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
A new species of the phyline plant bug genus Rubrocuneocoris Schuh (Hetereroptera: Miridae) is described from Hawaii. Although known only from the Oahu and Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands, it is considered an adventive species originating from elsewhere in eastern Asia or the Indo-Pacific Region. A diagnosis, description, habitus images, and illustrations of male genitalia are provided to help distinguish this new species from the other 13 previously known species of the genus.
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- 2017
30. New records of adventive species of Corylophidae and Silvanidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from the Western Caucasus
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A.V. Kovalev
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0106 biological sciences ,biology ,010607 zoology ,Zoology ,Silvanidae ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,010602 entomology ,Geography ,Insect Science ,Corylophidae ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Cucujoidea - Abstract
Three species of adventive beetles, Arthrolips fasciata (Erichson, 1842) from the family Corylophidae, Silvanoprus cephalotes (Reitter, 1876) and Psammoecus trimaculatus Motschulsky, 1858 from the family Silvanidae, are recorded from the Caucasian region and from Russia for the first time. Psammoecus trimaculatus is the first recorded from Europe, and A. fasciata and S. cephalotes are first recorded from Eastern Europe.
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- 2016
31. A guide to the identification of the terrestrial Isopoda of Maryland, U.S.A. (Crustacea)
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Jeffrey W. Shultz
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0106 biological sciences ,Arthropoda ,Fauna ,010607 zoology ,Nephrozoa ,Protostomia ,Introduced species ,Review Article ,Oniscidea ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Circumscriptional names of the taxon under ,Isopoda ,taxonomy ,Crustacea ,lcsh:Zoology ,Littoral zone ,Animalia ,Bilateria ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,Malacostraca ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Identification Key ,taxonomic key ,biology ,Ecology ,Cephalornis ,biology.organism_classification ,Adventive species ,Taxon ,Geography ,Habitat ,Notchia ,North America ,Ecdysozoa ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Neogene ,Coelenterata - Abstract
The terrestrial isopod fauna of Maryland is inferred using the taxonomic literature, internet-based citizen science projects, and original collecting. Twenty-two species are either known or are likely to occur in the state. This includes 17 mostly-European adventive species that comprise the vast majority of records. Of the five expected native species, three occur in or near marine or estuarine littoral habitats and each has yet to be recorded or recorded from only a single locality. This situation likely reflects the long history of systematic work on the European fauna and the availability of keys for the identification of these taxa, which contrasts with the limited taxonomic work on native species. A taxonomic key, illustrations, and brief descriptions of species known or expected to occur in Maryland are provided.
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- 2018
32. Review of Cryptophlebia Walsingham, 1900(Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) from Korea
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Sung-Soo Kim, Jae-Cheon Sohn, and Soowon Cho
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0106 biological sciences ,Tortricidae ,biology ,Cryptophlebia ,010607 zoology ,General Engineering ,Energy Engineering and Power Technology ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Lepidoptera genitalia ,Cryptophlebia ombrodelta ,Botany ,Taxonomy (biology) ,PEST analysis ,Thaumatotibia - Abstract
Two species of Cryptophlebia: C. nota Kawabe and C. ombrodelta (Lower), are reported from Korea for the first time. This is in fact the first record of Cryptophlebia from Korea, as the previous Korean records of the genus were based on one species, Cryptophlebia hematoma Diakonoff, currently assigned to Thaumatotibia Zacher. Photos of the superficial and genital features are provided for the two Korean species of Cryptophlebia and their distribution and host plants are summarized. Cryptophlebia ombrodelta is recognized as an adventive species in Korea and a potential pest on leguminoseous crops.
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- 2016
33. Host plants of Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera: Terebrantia: Thripidae) in New Zealand
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Nicholas A. Martin
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0106 biological sciences ,Orchidaceae ,Poales ,biology ,Thrips ,010607 zoology ,Thripidae ,Native plant ,biology.organism_classification ,Plant taxonomy ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Malvales ,Botany ,Animal Science and Zoology - Abstract
Based on institutional collections, database records, literature and new field collections, 247 breeding host associations were found in New Zealand for the four species of the subfamily Panchaetothripinae. The endemic Sigmothrips aotearoana bred only on indigenous plants (21 species). The three adventive species, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis, Hercinothrips bicinctus and Parthenothrips dracaenae, bred on indigenous plants in native ecosystems and on other plants in and outside native ecosystems; 165, 52 and 9 species, respectively. Of the 172 plant genera, only 17 hosted more than one species. Several plant families and orders hosted only one thrips species; notably, S. aotearoana on Orchidaceae and Loganiaceae; Hercinothrips bicinctus on Compositae (Asteraceae) and Solanales; Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis on Cornales, Ericales, Fagales, Malvales, Poales, Pinales, Rosales and Vitales. The robustness and usefulness of the patterns of host plant associations for predicting plant species at risk could b...
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- 2016
34. Naturalization of invasive Elodea canadensis Michx. in waters of the Republic of Bashkortostan
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A. A. Muldashev, Ya. M. Golovanov, and L. M. Abramova
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0106 biological sciences ,biology ,Range (biology) ,Ecology ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Elodea canadensis ,010607 zoology ,Introduced species ,Naturalization ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Aquatic plant ,Ecosystem ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
The data on the distribution of Canadian pondweed (Elodea canadensis), an invasive aquatic plant native to North America, in the Republic of Bashkortostan are presented. This species has widely expanded in Bashkortostan and poses a threat to the Southern Ural ecosystems. Canadian pondweed is naturalized in waters of this region and occurs in various aquatic vegetation types; it often replaces native species and forms monodominant communities of the Elodeetum canadensis association. The species is present in many other aquatic communities, including 32 associations and six unions of the Lemnetea and Potametea classes of aquatic vegetation. A map of the secondary range of Elodea canadensis on the territory of Bashkortostan is charted.
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- 2016
35. Honeydew Moth Cryptoblabes gnidiella (MILLIÈRE, 1867) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): an adventive species frequently imported with fruit to Poland
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Robert Rozwałka and Łukasz Dawidowicz
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0106 biological sciences ,Honeydew ,alien species ,Biology ,01 natural sciences ,Mediterranean Basin ,Lepidoptera genitalia ,pomegranate ,Cryptoblabes gnidiella ,Botany ,pest ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Pyralidae ,Cultivated plant taxonomy ,Ecology ,biology.organism_classification ,Adventive species ,010602 entomology ,QL1-991 ,Insect Science ,introduction ,poland ,PEST analysis ,first record ,Zoology ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Cryptoblabes gnidiella is an opportunistic species native to the Mediterranean region. This species has been reported from several dozen host plants, including many cultivated plants, especially fruit (e.g. grapes, lemons or pomegranates). It is considered a serious pest together with accompanying insects such as mealybugs. It is also suspected of being a vector of certain pathogens. The Honeydew Moth constitutes a threat not only to crops in the Mediterranean basin but is also becoming a problem in other parts of the world with a suitable climate, where this species has been accidentally imported. The records given here are from the time of year when pomegranates are commonly available on supermarket shelves. These data show that the import of this species is quite common and that the lack of such information hitherto may be due to its having been overlooked. This paper presents the first records of Cryptoblabes gnidiella in Poland.
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- 2016
36. First U.S. Records of the PalearcticMicropeza lateralisMeigen in North America (Diptera: Micropezidae)
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E. Richard Hoebeke and A. G. Wheeler
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0106 biological sciences ,Cytisus scoparius ,010602 entomology ,Micropezidae ,biology ,Ecology ,Insect Science ,Broom ,010607 zoology ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Adventive species - Abstract
New North American distribution records of the Palearctic micropezid fly Micropeza lateralisMeigen are given for the Pacific Northwest. In 2007, specimens of M. lateralis were beaten from Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) at two locales in Washington (new U.S. record). Micropeza chillcotti Merritt and Peterson, 1976 is proposed as a junior synonym of M. lateralis.
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- 2016
37. Larinus turbinatusGyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae), a Eurasian Weevil New to North America with a Summary of Other AdventiveLarinusin North America and a Key to Species
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E. Richard Hoebeke and Sven-Erik Spichiger
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0106 biological sciences ,Cirsium discolor ,biology ,Weevil ,010607 zoology ,biology.organism_classification ,Lixinae ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Larinus ,Cirsium pumilum ,Cirsium ,Insect Science ,Botany ,Carduus ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Larinus turbinatus Gyllenhal, a Palearctic weevil that feeds on thistle species of the genera Cirsium and Carduus (Asteraceae: tribe Cardueae), is newly reported for North America. It was first collected by sweep net sampling of flowers of pasture thistle Cirsium pumilum (Nutt.) Spreng. at Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania in late July 2011 and specimens were hand-collected from field thistle Cirsium discolor (Muhl. exWilld.) Spreng. at Gettysburg National Park, Adams County, Pennsylvania in late August 2012. This is the first published record of this Old World species in the Western Hemisphere. At present, five species of the genus Larinus are known as introduced into North America. These are L. turbinatus Gyllenhal, L. carlinae (Olivier) (known formerly as L. planus), L. curtus Hochhuth, L. obtusus Gyllenhal, and L. minutus Gyllenhal. Brief summaries of their hosts, distributions, biology and a key for their separation are provided.
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- 2016
38. Ptiliolum caledonicum(Sharp, 1872) andBaeocrara japonica(Matthews, 1885) (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea: Ptiliidae) New to Poland, with Additional Polish Records ofAcrotrichis nanaStrand, 1946
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Karol Komosiński and Dawid Marczak
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0106 biological sciences ,Biotope ,Ptiliolum caledonicum ,biology ,Ecology ,010607 zoology ,biology.organism_classification ,Acrotrichis ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,010602 entomology ,Ptiliidae ,Insect Science ,Staphylinoidea ,Baeocrara japonica - Abstract
We present faunistic data on two species new to Poland: Ptiliolum caledonicum (Sharp, 1872) and Baeocrara japonica (Matthews, 1885). Both species were found in the Mazury Lakeland in northeastern Poland. The latter species is regarded as an immigrant. Additionally, we confirm the presence of the rare Acrotrichis nana Strand, 1946 in Poland, previously only known from a single record from 2007. We provide further localities of this beetle in the Mazury Lakeland and the Mazovian Lowland in central Poland. Its dependence on dry biotopes is confirmed by specimens collected in old, dry, and fresh pine forests.
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- 2016
39. Checklist of the Coleoptera of New Brunswick, Canada
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Reginald P. Webster
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0106 biological sciences ,Canada ,Insecta ,Arthropoda ,Ecology ,Fauna ,010607 zoology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Checklist ,Coleoptera ,Geography ,Holarctic ,Animalia ,Animal Science and Zoology ,New Brunswick ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
All 3,062 species of Coleoptera from 92 families known to occur in New Brunswick, Canada, are recorded, along with their author(s) and year of publication using the most recent classification framework. Adventive and Holarctic species are indicated. There are 366 adventive species in the province, 12.0% of the total fauna.
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- 2016
40. VEGETATION SUCCESSION IN THE CERRADO–AMAZONIAN FOREST TRANSITION ZONE OF MATO GROSSO STATE, BRAZIL
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Beatriz Schwantes Marimon, Paulo S. Morandi, Fernando Passos, Mônica Forsthofer, Ben Hur Marimon-Junior, M. B. Xavier Valadão, Simone Matias Reis, and E. A. de Oliveira
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0106 biological sciences ,Pioneer species ,biology ,ved/biology ,Amazonian ,Biome ,Tachigali ,ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species ,Forestry ,Plant Science ,Ecological succession ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Shrub ,Adventive species ,Geography ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,010606 plant biology & botany ,Forest transition - Abstract
The occurrence of cerrado (as tree and shrub savanna is called in Brazil) and forest formations side by side is common at the southern margin of the Brazilian Amazonian Forest, and previous studies have demonstrated the advance of forests over cerrado areas. The aim of the present study is to provide an accurate documentation of the transition process between the two major biomes. Tree data (≥ 5 cm diameter at 0.3 m above soil level) from three plots of cerrado sensu stricto lying near three of cerradão (the taller, denser form of cerrado) were inventoried starting in 2002 in an area of 1.5 ha made up of 150 subplots of 10 × 10 m (50 in each area). This showed that the most important species of the cerradão were invading areas previously occupied by smaller, lower forms of cerrado (although it is sometimes difficult to define which are ‘forest’ and which ‘cerrado’ species as many are flexible in size – for instance Emmotum nitens can often be intermediate, establishing in cerrado that develops into cerradão and on to forest). Some typical species such as Eriotheca gracilipes and Emmotum nitens, established since the first inventories, have increased their populations (between 27 and 210%). Tachigali vulgaris, a typical, weedy, adventive species of the Cerrado–Amazonian Forest transition, showed the largest increase in abundance in areas of cerrado sensu stricto (between 100 and 1200%), and is probably the most important pioneer species in the initial advance of the forest into cerrado at the Southern Amazonian border.
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- 2015
41. Impacts of the Adventive PsyllidArytainilla spartiophila(Hemiptera: Psyllidae) on Growth of the Invasive WeedCytisus scopariusUnder Controlled and Field Conditions in California
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Lincoln Smith, Kent M. Daane, and Brian N. Hogg
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0106 biological sciences ,Weed Control ,Field experiment ,ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species ,Biological pest control ,Plant Weeds ,01 natural sciences ,Shrub ,California ,Intraspecific competition ,Hemiptera ,Botany ,Animals ,Pest Control, Biological ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Cytisus ,Cytisus scoparius ,Ecology ,biology ,ved/biology ,Broom ,food and beverages ,biology.organism_classification ,Adventive species ,010602 entomology ,Agronomy ,Insect Science ,Introduced Species ,Weed ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
The postrelease impact of weed biological control agents on their target weeds is rarely assessed. This study focuses on the impacts of the univoltine broom psyllid Arytainilla spartiophila Forster on the growth of its target weed, the invasive shrub Scotch broom, Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link (Fabaceae), in California. Arytainilla spartiophila is an adventive species that has been present in North America for several decades. In a greenhouse experiment, plant growth as measured by both height and total stem length (height + length of all branches) was reduced on plants that received psyllids, and psyllid densities were negatively correlated to proportional change in plant height. There were no effects on number of leaves, however. Furthermore, the psyllid had no statistically detectable impacts on plant growth parameters in a field experiment, underscoring how results obtained under controlled conditions may not fully predict the performance of biological control agents in the field. The high psyllid mortality that occurred at higher psyllid densities in both the greenhouse and the field suggests that the impacts of A. spartiophila may be moderated by intraspecific competition.
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- 2015
42. Baeoentedon balios(Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): a parasitoid of ficus whitefly,Singhiella simplex(Singh) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), new to the United States
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Andrew Polaszek and Zachary Lahey
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0106 biological sciences ,Eulophidae ,biology ,010607 zoology ,Biological pest control ,Ficus ,Hymenoptera ,Whitefly ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Hemiptera ,Adventive species ,Parasitoid ,010602 entomology ,Insect Science ,Botany ,Agronomy and Crop Science - Abstract
A new host and distribution record is provided for the whitefly parasitoid Baeoentedon balios Wang, Huang, & Polaszek (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Specimens were reared from ficus whitefly, Singhiella simplex (Singh) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), in St. Petersburg, FL, USA, representing the second confirmed host for B. balios, as well as the first record of Baeoentedon Girault from the Western Hemisphere.
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- 2017
43. Development of the elements of the biological system for protecting crops against the southern green stink bug Nezara viridula L. (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Krasnodar Krai
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E.G. Snesareva, Elena Rodionova, and M.V. Pushnya
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0106 biological sciences ,Environmental Engineering ,lcsh:QP1-981 ,Green stink bug ,lcsh:QR1-502 ,Biology ,Pentatomidae ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Hemiptera ,lcsh:Microbiology ,lcsh:Physiology ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,Adventive species ,Crop protection ,010602 entomology ,Agronomy ,Nezara viridula ,lcsh:Zoology ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,PEST analysis ,Scelionidae - Abstract
The article considers the issues related to the development of the methods of biological crop protection against the adventive species of pentatomides (Pentatomidae, Hemiptera) – the southern green stink bug Nezara viridula L. 1758. One of the main factors contributing to the significant spread of this multinucleated pest is the lack of effective control systems of this species, in particular, poor knowledge of local entomophages species. A number of the biological peculiarities of a stinkbug has been studied. For the first time in the Russian Federation, infection of the N. viridula eggs with the entomophage Trissolcus basalis Woll. 1858 (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) was determined We found that to control Nezara in such crops as soybeans, tomatoes and tobacco, it is possible to use the Fitoverm-M preparation (active ingredient – aversectin-C, 2 g/l).
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- 2020
44. Armored Scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) Pests onAbies fraseri(Pinaceae) Christmas Trees Imported into Florida
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Ian C. Stocks
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0106 biological sciences ,biology ,Fraser fir ,Ecology ,biology.organism_classification ,Diaspididae ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Hemiptera ,Adventive species ,010602 entomology ,Economic entomology ,Pinaceae ,Insect Science ,PEST analysis ,Fiorinia externa ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Summary Adventive and potentially pestiferous species are a constant threat to the agriculture of Florida. Fiorinia externa Ferris (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), the elongate hemlock scale, is a recent but persistently intercepted pest of Fraser fir and related species grown out-of-state and imported annually into Florida as cut Christmas trees. Although this and a second species, Hemiberlesia ithacae (Ferris) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), the hemlock scale, may not become established in Florida on native or cultivated hosts, the risk remains and illustrates the importance of continued vigilance against pest species incursion.
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- 2016
45. Enneboeus marmoratus Champion New to the USA, with a World Catalog of the Family Archeocrypticidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)
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Matthew L. Gimmel, M. Andrew Johnston, and Ottó Merkl
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0106 biological sciences ,Tenebrionoidea ,Insecta ,biology ,Arthropoda ,Champion ,Detritivore ,Archeocrypticidae ,Biodiversity ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Archaeology ,Adventive species ,Cucujiformia ,Coleoptera ,010602 entomology ,Geography ,Insect Science ,Animalia ,Polyphaga ,Taxonomy - Abstract
The Neotropical species Enneboeus marmoratus Champion, 1893 is reported from the USA based on the collection of three specimens in urban San Francisco, California, representing a new country record for the species. Additional specimens were observed and photographed at the same locality on various dates during August to October 2017. This is likely a recent introduction, and its level of establishment is unknown. This also represents the first record of Archeocrypticidae from California. Additional records of the only other known North American (north of Mexico) species, Enneboeus caseyi Kaszab, 1981, are provided. A world catalog of this small group of beetles is included.
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- 2018
46. First records of Cyclorhipidion fukiense (Eggers) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini), an ambrosia beetle native to Asia, in North America
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John S. Weaver, Miloš Knížek, Robert J. Rabaglia, and E. Richard Hoebeke
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0106 biological sciences ,South carolina ,Cyclorhipidion ,Insecta ,Asia ,Georgia ,Arthropoda ,South Carolina ,010607 zoology ,Ambrosia beetle ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Curculionidae ,Animalia ,Animals ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,biology ,Ecology ,Xyleborini ,Biodiversity ,biology.organism_classification ,Adventive species ,Coleoptera ,North America ,Key (lock) ,Weevils ,Animal Science and Zoology - Abstract
The Asian ambrosia beetle, Cyclorhipidion fukiense (Eggers) was detected for the first time in North America based on three specimens trapped in 2012 from three localities in South Carolina and two other specimens intercepted at the port of Savannah, Georgia, in 2010. The species is characterized, illustrated with high-resolution images, and compared with two other congeneric, adventive species (C. bodoanum and C. pelliculosum) presently established in eastern North America. Morphometric measurements are provided and a provisional key is presented to the species of Cyclorhipidion occurring in North America.
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- 2018
47. Canada’s Adventive Rove Beetle (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) Fauna: A Long-Term Case Study on the Detection, Origin, Introduction Pathways, and Dynamic Distribution of Non-native Beetles
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Adam Brunke and Jan Klimaszewski
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0106 biological sciences ,biology ,Ecology ,business.industry ,Fauna ,010607 zoology ,Western Palaearctic ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Moss ,Rapid detection ,Adventive species ,Family staphylinidae ,Geography ,Rove beetle ,Livestock ,business - Abstract
The family Staphylinidae, or rove beetles , consists of more than 62,290 described species worldwide, of which 1682 species have been recently recorded from Canada. One hundred and fifty-three of these species, in 73 genera and 13 subfamilies, are confirmed here as adventive; they constitute about 9% of the Canadian fauna and mostly originate from the western Palaearctic region. The highest number of adventive species is found in the Atlantic Provinces, Quebec, Ontario, and coastal British Columbia, which are areas with a long history of trade with Europe and Asia. Important historical pathways have been organic matter associated with livestock and soil used as dry ballast in ships destined for North America from Europe. Over Canada’s trade history, moss and soil, likely imported with plant stock, have become more important. Unlike other beetles, relatively few staphylinids associated with woody organic matter have become established in North America as adventive. Although it is difficult to reconstruct precise introduction timelines, it is clear that adventive rove beetle species have recently and will continue to become established in North America. The combination of high diversity , inadequate taxonomic knowledge, and incomplete sequence reference libraries poses challenges to the accurate and rapid detection of adventive rove beetles in Canada.
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- 2018
48. Les Abeilles de Martinique (Antilles françaises) et leurs relations avec la flore butinée (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae, Apidae)
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François Meurgey and Eddy Dumbardon-Martial
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0106 biological sciences ,food.ingredient ,biology ,Apidae ,010607 zoology ,Zoology ,Centris ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Megachile ,Apoidea ,010602 entomology ,food ,Insect Science ,Botany ,Exomalopsis ,Megachilidae ,Martinique ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
SummaryChecklist of bees from Martinique (French West Indies) and their relations with visited flowers (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae, Apidae). An annotated checklist of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) of Martinique, Lesser Antilles is presented. The bee fauna is constituted by 14 species: one endemic; five known only from the Insular Caribbean; four that occur both on mainland and the West Indies and three adventive species to the West Indies. Seven species are new island records: Megachile (Eutricharaea) concinna Smith 1879, Megachile (Pseudocentron) vitraci Perez 1884, Centris (Hemisiella) barbadensis Cockerell 1939, Centris (Centris) decolorata Lepeletier 1841, Centris (Centris) versicolor (Fabricius 1775), Exomalopsis (Exomalopsis) analis Spinola 1853 and Exomalopsis (Exomalopsis) similis (Cresson 1865). The list is arranged with data from literature and field researches carried out by the junior author between 2006 and 2014. A list of the visited flowers along with ecological notes ...
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- 2015
49. First records of Hylaeus (Paraprosopis) pictipes Nylander, 1852 (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) in North America
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Jason Gibbs and Holger H. Dathe
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0106 biological sciences ,Hylaeus pictipes ,Ecology ,biology ,QH301-705.5 ,Hymenoptera ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Archaeology ,Colletidae ,Adventive species ,Hylaeus ,Apoidea ,010602 entomology ,Paraprosopis ,Genus ,distribution ,Hylaeinae ,bees ,Biology (General) ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,adventive species - Abstract
Cavity-nesting bees, such as members of the genus Hylaeus Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Colletidae), are prone to accidental introductions by human-mediated transportation. The first records of Hylaeus (Paraprosopis) pictipes Nylander, 1852 in North America are reported. Hylaeus pictipes is a European species newly discovered from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA; and Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Notes on its identification and a discussion of exotic bees in North America are provided.
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- 2017
50. The parasitoid complex of the ambermarked birch leafminer, Profenusa thomsoni Konow (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), in Anchorage, Alaska and each species’ role in biological control
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Anna L. Soper and Roy G. Van Driesche
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0106 biological sciences ,biology ,Host (biology) ,Zoology ,Hymenoptera ,Birch leafminer ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Adventive species ,Parasitoid ,010602 entomology ,Ichneumonidae ,Insect Science ,Instar ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Tenthredinidae ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
Three parasitoids are known to attack the invasive leafminer Profenusa thomsoni Konow (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in Alaska: Lathrolestes thomsoni Reshchikov, Lathrolestes soperi Reshchikov (both Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) and Aptesis segnis (Provancher) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). The two Lathrolestes species have similar biology and attack early instar larvae as endoparasitoids within hosts in leaf mines. Of these, L. thomsoni was introduced from 2004 to 2009 as a biological control agent, while L. soperi is a native or adventive species. Aptesis segnis is a native or adventive ectoparasitoid attacking pupae and prepupae of P. thomsoni in their earthen cells in the soil. This 2006–2011 field assessed the relative importance of L. soperi and A. segnis, and their interactions, in areas near Anchorage where L. thomsoni had not yet reached by the time of the study. Lathrolestes soperi and Aptesis segnis, were found to cause 14 and 27% mortality to the pest, respectively. While A. segnis was at times a facultative hyperparasitoid, most commonly it was a primary parasitoid, attacking the host in the soil. These data describe the system before the arrival of the introduced parasitoid. Comparison to future studies after the introduced biocontrol L. thomsoni has spread and developed stable populations, will allow assessment of the impact of the released parasitoid on the host relative to the pre-existing level of control from other natural enemies.
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- 2019
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