Where host plant goes, galls go too: new records of the Neotropical galling Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) associated with Calophyllum brasiliense Cambess. (Calophyllaceae) [PDF]
Check List, 2016 Calophyllum brasiliense, a Neotropical species, hosts seven galling Cecidomyiidae reported only for Brazil. Our hypothesis is the distribution of the galling insects associated with C. brasiliense is similar to that of the host plant.
Ígor Arriola +4 more
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Observations on the Interrelationships among Ants, Aphids, and Aphid Predators [PDF]
, 2017 Excerpt: The literature concerning the interactions of these insect groups is as interesting as it is extensive. It has generally been accepted that the relationship between ants and aphids has been one of mutualism in which ants derive all or a large ...
Glass, Arthur W +2 more
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, 2007 Published as part of Fiaboe, Komi K. M., Gondim, Manoel G. C., De, Gilberto J. & O, Callistus K. P., 2007, Surveys for natural enemies of the tomato red spider mite Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae) in northeastern and southeastern Brazil, pp.
Fiaboe, Komi K. M. +3 more
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First Record of Horidiplosis ficifolii Harris 2003 (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in the Czech Republic
Plant Protection Science, 2010 In November 2009 the gall midge species Horidiplosis ficifolii Harris 2003 was detected in the Czech Republic on leaves of an ornamental fig Ficus microcarpa. The insect is native to South East Asia, where it lives on the genus Ficus.
Jakub BERÁNEK, Ivana ŠAFRÁNKOVÁ
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Flower heating following anthesis and the evolution of gall midge pollination in Schisandraceae [PDF]
, 2010 Premise of the study: Flower heating is known from a few species in 11 of the c. 450 families of flowering plants. Flowers in these families produce heat metabolically and are adapted to beetles or flies as pollinators.
Chaw, Shu-Miaw +3 more
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Host Specialization in Plant-galling Interactions: Contrasting Mites and Insects
Diversity, 2019 Galling arthropods represent one of the most specialized herbivore groups. On an evolutionary scale, different taxa of insects and mites have convergently adapted to a galling lifestyle.
Walter Santos de Araújo +11 more
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The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America. Raymond J. Gagne. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY 14850. 1989. 356 pp. $45.00 (cloth). [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) Every once in a while a reference book comes along that is a special pleasure to review. Such a tome is The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America by Raymond J. Gagne.
Wilson, Louis F
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European Journal of Entomology, 2014 Morphological studies were carried out to determine whether females of the boxwood leafminer, Monarthropalpus buxi (Laboulbene) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) have a pheromone gland, its position and ultra-structure.
Paola RIOLO +4 more
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Arthropod Fauna Associated with Wild and Cultivated Cranberries in Wisconsin [PDF]
, 2018 The cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton) is an evergreen, trailing shrub native to North American peatlands. It is cultivated commercially in the US and Canada, with major production centers in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, Québec,
Chasen, Elissa M +5 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2008 A laboratory experiment was conducted to determine whether the predation strategy of larvae of the aphidophagous silver fly Leucopis annulipes Zetterstedt (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) is furtive, as are larvae of the aphidophagous midge Aphidoletes ...
Bruno FRÉCHETTE +2 more
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