INSECTS ASSOCIATED WITH PEACH WOOD IN EASTERN UNITED STATES

1972 ◽  
Vol 104 (10) ◽  
pp. 1593-1608 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Dolphin ◽  
T. E. Mouzin ◽  
M. L. Cleveland
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Insect Species ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Synanthedon Pictipes ◽  
Dormant Season ◽  
Wood Boring

AbstractLesser peachtree borers, Synanthedon pictipes (Grote & Robinson), were the principal insect species collected from caged peach wood, and American plum borers, Euzophera semifuneralis (Walker), were the second most common species. However, the population was diverse: 8 orders, 99 families, 222 genera, and 239 species were represented. Wood-boring insects were represented by 3 orders and 11 families. Many insects were apparently transients and were on the peach wood for protection during the dormant season when the peach wood was cut.

scholarly journals The world species of Balcha Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), parasitoids of wood-boring beetles

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1033 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
GARY A.P. GIBSON
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Emerald Ash Borer ◽  
Agrilus Planipennis ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
World Species ◽  
The World ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Wood Boring ◽  
Accidental Introduction

The world species of Balcha Walker (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) are revised, keyed and illustrated. Sixteen species are recognized, including two that are newly classified in the genus, B. reticulata(Nikol’skaya) n. comb. and B. splendida (Girault) n. comb., and eight that are described as new, B. camptogastra n. sp., B. dictyota n. sp., B. enoptra n. sp., B. eximiassita n. sp., B. laciniosa n. sp., B. punctiscutum n. sp., B. reburra n. sp., and B. reticulifrons n. sp. Evidence for the monophyly of Balcha is discussed and the 16 species are segregated into four species groups based on morphological features. Balcha indica (Mani & Kaul) is newly recorded from the eastern United States (Maryland, Michigan, Virginia) as an accidental introduction from the Oriental region and as an adventitious parasitoid of the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae).

Synopsis of the genus Orius Wolff in America north of Mexico (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae)

1963 ◽  
Vol 95 (6) ◽  
pp. 631-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard A. Kelton
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Palaearctic Region ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Orius Insidiosus ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Nearctic Region

AbstractFour species of Orius Wolff, a Holarctic genus, are known from the Nearctic region. Orius insidiosus (Say) is known from midwestern and eastern United States and eastern Canada, while O. tristicolor (White), shown here to be a valid species, is transcontinental in North America. O. minutus (L.), a common species in the Palaearctic region, is known from western North America. O. pumilio (Champ.) occurs in Florida. The distinguishing characteristics of the species are given, and a key is provided.

Assessment of Alternative Candidate Subcortical Insect Vectors From Walnut Crowns in Habitats Quarantined for Thousand Cankers Disease

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 882-893 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karandeep Chahal ◽  
Romina Gazis ◽  
William Klingeman ◽  
Denita Hadziabdic ◽  
Paris Lambdin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Insect Species ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Geosmithia Morbida ◽  
Pityophthorus Juglandis ◽  
Thousand Cankers Disease ◽  
Baited Traps ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Xylosandrus Germanus

Abstract Thousand cankers disease (TCD) results from the combined activity of the fungal pathogen, Geosmithia morbida Kolařík, Freeland, Utley, and Tisserat and its principle vector, Pityophthorus juglandis (Blackman) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Juglans L. spp. and Pterocarya Kunth spp. host plants. TCD has been reported from the eastern and western United States. To evaluate potential for other beetle species to vector the fungus in east Tennessee, specimens were collected using ethanol-baited traps that were suspended beneath crowns of TCD-symptomatic trees. Associations of G. morbida with insect species collected in traps were assessed in an unsuccessful, preliminary culture-based fungal assay, and then with a molecular-based detection method. For culture-based assays, rinsate from washed, individual insects was plated on nutrient media and growing colonies were subcultured to obtain axenic G. morbida cultures for identification. For the molecular-based method, G. morbida presence was detected by amplifying the previously developed, species-specific microsatellite locus GS004. Capillary electrophoresis was used to detect the amplified amplicons and representative reactions were validated using Sanger sequencing. Eleven beetle species were found to carry G. morbida, including Cnestus mutilatus (Blandford), Dryoxylon onoharaensum (Murayama), Hylocurus rudis (LeConte), Monarthrum fasciatum (Say), Monarthrum mali (Fitch), Xyleborinus saxesenii (Ratzeburg), Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky), Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) (all Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Stenomimus pallidus (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae), Oxoplatypus quadridentatus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae), and Xylops basilaris (Say) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae). These findings raise concerns that alternative subcortical insect species that already occur within quarantined habitats can sustain incidence of introduced G. morbida and contribute to spread within the native range of black walnut, Juglans nigra L., in the eastern United States.

Aggregations of the Snow-flea, Achorutes socialia Uzel (Collembola), Recurring Over Three Years

1950 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 84-85
Author(s):  
W. W. Judd
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The One

Aggregations of various species of spring-tails on the surface of the snow have been noted and reported upon by several authors. Of these species, the one occurring most commonly is Achorutes socialis Uzel (Podura nivicola Fitch) which Folsom (1916) records as being a common species in most parts of Europe and occurring in several localities in the north-eastern United States. MacNamara (1919b) studied the habits of this species as it appeared in the vicinity of Arnprior, Ontario, reporting that it “may be as thick as 500 to the square foot, while in hollows and depressions in the snow—such as foot-prints—from which they cannot escape, they sometimes accumulate in solid masses that could be ladled out with a spoon.” James (1933) noted an assemblage of this species at Pottageville, Ontario, and reported that “beneath the hemlocks they covered the snow with a frequency of over 400 to the square foot.” A related species, tentatively identified as A. bengtssoni Agren, appeared in a population estimated by Park (1949) as exceeding 4,000,000 from three exit holes in an area of six square feet in Illinois in December, 1946.

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