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Behavioral Response of Plum Curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar, to Synthetic Fruit Volatile Lures and the Male-Produced Aggregation Pheromone 猕猴桃(Conotrachelus neenuphar)对合成果实挥发性诱饵及雄性聚集信息素的行为反应

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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology Pub Date : 2015-10-29 DOI: 10.1155/2015/350675

C. Akotsen-Mensah, H. Fadamiro

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引用次数: 3

Body Size of the Monomorphic Ant Lasius niger: Young Colonies along a Metal Pollution Gradient 单态黑蚁的体型:沿金属污染梯度的年轻蚁群

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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology Pub Date : 2015-10-20 DOI: 10.1155/2015/873415

I. Grześ, M. Okrutniak, Gracjan Antosik

引用次数: 5

Taxonomy and DNA Sequencing of Crematogaster coriaria Mayr, 1872 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with Redescriptions of the Worker, Queen, and Male Castes 1872年火化瘿蜂(Crematogaster coraria Mayr)的分类与DNA序列分析(膜翅目:蚁科)，并重新描述了工蜂、蜂后和雄蜂种姓

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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology Pub Date : 2015-10-13 DOI: 10.1155/2015/541351

Shingo Hosoishi, K. Ogata

引用次数: 4

An Insight into Sweet Potato Weevils Management: A Review 甘薯象鼻虫管理研究综述

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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology Pub Date : 2015-10-01 DOI: 10.1155/2015/849560

S. Hue, Min-Yang Low

引用次数: 27

Busy Bees: Variation in Insect Flower-Visiting Rates across Multiple Plant Species 忙碌的蜜蜂:昆虫访花率在多种植物物种中的变化

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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology Pub Date : 2015-06-09 DOI: 10.1155/2015/134630

M. Couvillon, Chandra M. Walter, Eluned M. Blows, T. Czaczkes, K. Alton, F. Ratnieks

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引用次数: 17

Search Rate and Functional Response of a Eusocial Insect (Oecophylla longinoda) in a Tanzanian Mango Orchard 坦桑尼亚芒果园内一种真社会性昆虫的搜索率和功能响应

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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology Pub Date : 2015-02-28 DOI: 10.1155/2015/817251

T. S. Fast, J. Axelsen, G. K. Lynegaard, M. Mwatawala, J. Offenberg

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引用次数: 3

Chemical Composition and Acaricidal Effects of Essential Oils of Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (Apiales: Apiaceae) and Lavandula angustifolia Miller (Lamiales: Lamiaceae) against Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) 小茴香精油的化学成分及杀螨作用。(蜜蜂亚目:蜂科)和薰衣草(叶螨亚目:叶螨科)防治荨麻疹叶螨(螨亚纲:叶螨科)

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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology Pub Date : 2014-12-14 DOI: 10.1155/2014/424078

A. Ebadollahi, Jalal Jalali Sendi, A. Aliakbar, J. Razmjou

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引用次数: 12

Age-Dependent Constraints of Sex Allocation in a Parasitoid Wasp 寄生蜂性别分配的年龄依赖性约束

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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology Pub Date : 2014-11-04 DOI: 10.1155/2014/363174

T. Ueno

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引用次数: 6

Molecular Population Structure of Junonia Butterflies from French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique 法属圭亚那、瓜德罗普岛和马提尼克岛朱尼亚蝴蝶的分子种群结构

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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology Pub Date : 2014-10-12 DOI: 10.1155/2014/897596

Amber P. Gemmell, Tanja E. Borchers, J. Marcus

{"title":"Molecular Population Structure of Junonia Butterflies from French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique","authors":"Amber P. Gemmell, Tanja E. Borchers, J. Marcus","doi":"10.1155/2014/897596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/897596","url":null,"abstract":"Up to 9 described species of Junonia butterflies occur in the Americas, but authorities disagree due to species similarities, geographical and seasonal variability, and possible hybridization. In dispute is whether Caribbean Junonia are conspecific with South American species. Cytochrome oxidase I (COI) barcodes, wingless (wg) sequences, and Randomly Amplified Fingerprints (RAF) were studied to reveal Junonia population structure in French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Argentina. Phylogenetic analysis of COI recovered 2 haplotype groups, but most Junonia species can have either haplotype, so COI barcodes are ambiguous. Analysis of nuclear wingless alleles revealed geographic patterns but did not identify Junonia species. Nuclear RAF genotyping distinguished 11 populations of Junonia arranged into 3 clusters. Gene flow occurs within clusters but is limited between clusters. One cluster included all Argentinian samples. Two clusters included samples from French Guiana, Martinique, and Guadeloupe and appear to be divided by larval host plant use (Lamiales versus Scrophulariales). Many Junonia taxa were distributed across populations, possibly reflecting patterns of genetic exchange. We had difficulty distinguishing between the Caribbean forms J. zonalis and J. neildi, but we demonstrate that Caribbean Junonia are genetically distinct from South American J. evarete and J. genoveva, supporting the taxonomic hypothesis that they are heterospecific.","PeriodicalId":20890,"journal":{"name":"Psyche: A Journal of Entomology","volume":"2014 1","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2014-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2014/897596","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"64728544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 16

Report on a Large Collection of Merope tuber Newman, 1838 (Mecoptera: Meropeidae), from Arkansas, with Notes on Collection Technique, Sex Ratio, and Male Clasper Size 1838年美国阿肯色州梅氏块茎(甲翅目:梅氏科)大量采集报告及采集技术、性别比和雄类大小的说明

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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology Pub Date : 2014-08-31 DOI: 10.1155/2014/530757

M. Skvarla, Jessica A. Hartshorn, A. Dowling

引用次数: 6