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Diorhabda Carinulata
''Diorhabda carinulata'' is a species of leaf beetle known as the northern tamarisk beetle, which feeds on Tamarix, tamarisk trees from southern Russia and Iran to Mongolia and western China.Tracy and Robbins (2009) provide a detailed review of the distribution, biogeography, biology, and taxonomy of ''D. carinulata'' that is a general source for most of this article. This beetle is used in North America as a biological pest control agent against saltcedar or tamarisk (''Tamarix'' spp.), an invasive species in arid and semiarid ecosystems (where ''D. carinulata'' and its closely related sibling species are also less accurately referred to as the 'saltcedar beetle', 'saltcedar leaf beetle', 'salt cedar leaf beetle', or 'tamarisk leaf beetle').(Tracy and Robbins 2009). Taxonomy The northern tamarisk beetle was first described from southern Russia as ''Galeruca carinulata'' Desbrochers (1870). Weise (1893) created the genus ''Diorhabda'' and erroneously placed the northern tamarisk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Desbrochers Des Loges
Jules Desbrochers des Loges (1836, Béthune, Pas de Calais-10 August 1913, Tours was a French entomologist. Desbrochers was an insect dealer at first based in Vitry-aux-Loges (1880–1887), then from 1888 in Tours. He described many species including the biological Pest (organism), pest control agent Diorhabda carinulata, Northern Tamarisk Beetle. Works Partial list *1870 Descriptions de Coléoptères nouveaux d’Europe et confins. ''L’Abeille'', Volume 7, Part 1: 10–135. *1881 Insectes coléoptères du nord de l’Afrique nouveaux ou peuconnus. Premier mémoire. Ténébrionides.''Bulletin de l’Académie d’Hippone'', 16: 51–168. *1893. Révision des espèces de curculionides appartenant à la tribu des Gymnetridae d’Europe et circa. ''Le Frelon'', 2 (10-11): 1–18. *1893 Révision des espèces de curculionides appartenant à la tribu des Gymnetridae d’Europe et circa.'' Le Frelon'', 2 (12): 19-36 *1893 Révision des espèces de curculionides appartenant à la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diorhabda Carinulata
''Diorhabda carinulata'' is a species of leaf beetle known as the northern tamarisk beetle, which feeds on tamarisk trees from southern Russia and Iran to Mongolia and western China.Tracy and Robbins (2009) provide a detailed review of the distribution, biogeography, biology, and taxonomy of ''D. carinulata'' that is a general source for most of this article. This beetle is used in North America as a biological pest control agent against saltcedar or tamarisk ('' Tamarix'' spp.), an invasive species in arid and semiarid ecosystems (where ''D. carinulata'' and its closely related sibling species are also less accurately referred to as the 'saltcedar beetle', 'saltcedar leaf beetle', 'salt cedar leaf beetle', or 'tamarisk leaf beetle').(Tracy and Robbins 2009). Taxonomy The northern tamarisk beetle was first described from southern Russia as ''Galeruca carinulata'' Desbrochers (1870). Weise (1893) created the genus ''Diorhabda'' and erroneously placed the northern tamarisk beet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insects Used For Control Of Invasive Plants
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. Their blood is not totally contained in vessels; some circulates in an open cavity known as the haemocoel. Insects are the most diverse group of animals; they include more than a million described species and represent more than half of all known living organisms. The total number of extant species is estimated at between six and ten million; In: potentially over 90% of the animal life forms on Earth are insects. Insects may be found in nearly all environments, although only a small number of species reside in the oceans, which are dominated by another arthropod group, crustaceans, which recent research has indicated insects are nested within. Nearly all insects hatch from eg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biological Pest Control Beetles
Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary information encoded in genes, which can be transmitted to future generations. Another major theme is evolution, which explains the unity and diversity of life. Energy processing is also important to life as it allows organisms to move, grow, and reproduce. Finally, all organisms are able to regulate their own internal environments. Biologists are able to study life at multiple levels of organization, from the molecular biology of a cell to the anatomy and physiology of plants and animals, and evolution of populations.Based on definition from: Hence, there are multiple subdisciplines within biology, each defined by the nature of their research questions and the tools that they use. Like other scientists, biologists use the scientifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galerucinae
The Galerucinae are a large subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), containing about 15,000 species in more than 1000 genera, of which about 500 genera and about 8000 species make up the flea beetle tribe Alticini. The division into tribes is more a matter of tradition than based on modern research. Some genera, for example '' Yingaresca'', are better considered ''incertae sedis'' due to a general lack of knowledge. And while a good case can be made for some tribes – namely the Alticini and Galerucini – being all but monophyletic even in their traditional delimitation, others, such as Luperini, appear to be just paraphyletic assemblages of primitive and more basal genera. Selected genera * '' Acalymma'' * '' Agelastica'' * '' Aplosonyx'' * ''Arima'' * '' Asbecesta'' * ''Aulacophora'' * '' Belarima'' * '' Calomicrus'' * '' Cneorane'' * '' Diorhabda'' * '' Diabrotica'' * '' Euluperus'' * '' Exosoma'' * '' Falsoexosoma'' * '' Galeruca'' * '' Galerucella'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weed Science Society Of America
The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) is a nonprofit, learned society focused on weed science. It was founded in 1956. The organization promotes research, education, and extension outreach, provides science-based information to the public and policy makers, and fosters awareness of weeds and their impact on both managed and natural ecosystems. President for 2018-19 is Scott Senseman from the University of Tennessee. WSSA has started the International Survey of Herbicide Resistant Weeds initiative to collect herbicide resistances. The WSSA classifies all herbicides by the mode of action. In 2017, WSSA began a partnership with Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press in the world. It is also the King's Printer. Cambridge University Pre ... to continue publication of the three WSSA journals: ''Weed Science'' , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Naviaux
Roger Naviaux (1926 – 26 March 2016) was a French entomologist known for his work on beetles. He described numerous species of beetle. '' Neocollyris naviauxi'', and '' Paraphysodeutera naviauxi'',J. Moravec, 2002. both in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fami ..., are named after him. Publications * * * * * References 1926 births 2016 deaths Place of birth missing Coleopterists {{entomologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) based in Riverdale, Maryland responsible for protecting animal health, animal welfare, and plant health. APHIS is the lead agency for collaboration with other agencies to protect U.S. agriculture from invasive pests and diseases. APHIS's PPQ is the National Plant Protection Organization for the U.S., and the agency's head of veterinary services/veterinary Deputy Administrator is the Chief Veterinary Officer of the United States. History APHIS was created in 1972 by Secretary's Memorandum No. 1769. The origins of the agency predate creation of USDA, to 1854 when the Office of Entomologist, Agricultural Section, U.S. Patent Office was created. It was the first of three agencies that eventually were merged to form APHIS. In 1881, a Cattle Commission was created in the Department of the Treasury that three years later was transferred to USDA. Plant quarantine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center For Biological Diversity
The Center for Biological Diversity is a nonprofit membership organization known for its work protecting endangered species through legal action, scientific petitions, creative media and grassroots activism. It was founded in 1989 by Kieran Suckling, Peter Galvin, Todd Schulke and Robin Silver. The Center is based in Tucson, Arizona, with its headquarters in the historic Owls club building, and has offices and staff in New Mexico, Nevada, California, Oregon, Illinois, Minnesota, Alaska, Vermont, Florida and Washington, D.C. Background Given a small grant by the Fund For Wild Nature, the organization started in 1989 as a small group by the name of ''Greater Gila Biodiversity Project'', with the objective to protect endangered species and critical habitat in the Southwestern United States. The organization grew and became the Center for Biological Diversity. Kieran Suckling, Peter Galvin, and Todd Schulke founded the organization in response to what they perceived as a failure o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empidonax Traillii
The willow flycatcher (''Empidonax traillii'') is a small insect-eating, neotropical migrant bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. There are four subspecies of the willow flycatcher currently recognized, all of which breed in North America (including three subspecies that breed in California). ''Empidonax'' flycatchers are almost impossible to tell apart in the field so biologists use their songs to distinguish between them. The binomial commemorates the Scottish zoologist Thomas Stewart Traill. Description and ecology Adults have brown-olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have an indistinct white eye ring, white wing bars and a small bill. The breast is washed with olive-gray. The upper part of the bill is gray; the lower part is orangish. At one time, this bird and the alder flycatcher (''Empidonax alnorum'') were considered to be a single species, Traill's flycatcher. The willow and alder flycatchers were considered the same species u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subtropical Tamarisk Beetle
''Diorhabda sublineata'' is a leaf beetle known as the subtropical tamarisk beetle (STB). The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1849. It feeds on tamarisk trees from Portugal, Spain and France to Morocco, Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and Iraq.Tracy and Robbins (2009) provide a detailed review of the distribution, biogeography, biology, and taxonomy of ''D. sublineata'' that is a general source for most of this article. It is used in North America as a biological pest control agent against saltcedar or tamarisk ('' Tamarix'' spp.), an invasive species in arid and semi-arid ecosystems (where the STB and its closely related sibling species also may be less accurately referred to as the 'saltcedar beetle', 'saltcedar leaf beetle', 'salt cedar leaf beetle', or 'tamarisk leaf beetle') (Tracy and Robbins 2009). Taxonomy The STB was first described from Annaba, Algeria as ''Galeruca sublineata'' H. Lucas (1849). Reiche and Saulcy (1858) erroneously placed ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larger Tamarisk Beetle
''Diorhabda carinata'' is a species of leaf beetle known as the larger tamarisk beetle (larger tamarisk beetle) which feeds on tamarisk trees from Ukraine, eastern Turkey and Syria east to northwest China, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan, extending as far south as southern Iran. It is used in North America as a biological pest control agent against saltcedar or tamarisk ('' Tamarix'' spp.), an invasive species in arid and semi-arid ecosystems (where the larger tamarisk beetle and its closely related sibling species also may be less accurately referred to as the 'saltcedar beetle', 'saltcedar leaf beetle', 'salt cedar leaf beetle', or 'tamarisk leaf beetle').Tracy, J. L.; Robbins, T. O. 2009Taxonomic revision and biogeography of the ''Tamarix''-feeding ''Diorhabda elongata'' (Brullé, 1832) species group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini) and analysis of their potential in biological control of Tamarisk.''Zootaxa'', 2101: 1-152. (PDF) Taxonomy The larger tamarisk beet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
