{"title":"THE GENUS DACUS FABRICIUS (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE)–TWO NEW SPECIES FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA AND A DISCUSSION OF SOME SUBGENERA","authors":"R. Drew","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00816.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00816.x","url":null,"abstract":"Two new species, Dacus (Bactrocera) allwoodi and Dacus (Didacus) hardyi, are described and figured. Subgenera Dacus Fabricius, Didacus Collart and Polistomimetes Enderlein (=Daculus Speiser syn. n.) are defined. Dacus (Dacus) armatus Fabricius, the type‐species of subgenus Dacus, Dacus (Polistomimetes) minax (Enderlein), the type‐species of subgenus Polistomimetes, are described and figured from their type specimens.","PeriodicalId":8614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Entomology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00816.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63040333","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}
{"title":"DREPANOXENUS BOS, A NEW TERMITOPHILOUS ALEOCHARINE FROM NORTH‐WESTERN AUSTRALIA (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE)","authors":"J. A. L. Watson","doi":"10.1111/J.1440-6055.1979.TB00812.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1440-6055.1979.TB00812.X","url":null,"abstract":"An eighth species of Drepanoxenus Kistner and Watson, D. box sp. n., is described from larvae collected with an undescribed subleminean species of Drepanotermes Silvestri (Isoptera: Termitinae) in the northwest of Western Australia, and larval Drepanoxenus are keyed. It is the first record of a Drepanoxenus from nests of a subterranean species of Drepanotermes.","PeriodicalId":8614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Entomology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/J.1440-6055.1979.TB00812.X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63040505","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}
{"title":"THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ABANTIADES LATIPENNIS (LEPIDOPTERA, FAMILY HEPIALIDAE) AND EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA AND EUCALYPTUS REGNANS IN TASMANIA","authors":"G. Kile, R. Hardy*, C. Turnbull","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00801.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00801.x","url":null,"abstract":"Larvae of Abantiades latipennis Tindale fed on callus tissue formed within lesions on the roots of two to eight year old saplings of Eucalyptus regnans F. von Mueller and E. obliqua L'Heritier in southern Tasmania. Larval feeding lesions occurred on all parts of the root system, although the majority were located on lateral roots. Roots of the larger more vigorous trees had the greatest number. Lesions could serve as infection courts for root‐rot fungi such as Armillaria sp. In the field, larvae constructed and occupied a near vertical but simple tunnel system which was associated with the host roots. The subterranean phase of the life cycle probably takes at least 18 months. The tachinid Rutilotrixa diversa Paramonov was identified as a larval parasite. Damage by A. latipennis and secondary root‐rot organisms may limit the development of some trees in fast growing even‐aged sapling stands. Large scale forest harvesting could favour an increased population of this species.","PeriodicalId":8614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Entomology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00801.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63039990","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}
{"title":"MOSAIC DOMINANCE IN THE INHERITANCE OF THE COLOUR PATTERNS OF COELOPHORA INAEQUALIS (F.) (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE)","authors":"K. J. Houston","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00810.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00810.x","url":null,"abstract":"Crosses were made between six forms of Coelophora inaequalis (F.) from the Brisbane area: nine‐spotted, elongated stripe, normal, black, five‐spotted and broken stripe. It was established that the inheritance of colour patterns in C. inaequalis is governed by mosaic dominance. These six forms are governed by four alleles with a dominance order of nine‐spotted normal black, elongated stripe black, while the elongated stripe and nine‐spotted alleles and the elongated stripe and normal alleles are co‐dominant and produce the five‐spotted and broken stripe forms respectively.","PeriodicalId":8614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Entomology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00810.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63040314","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}
{"title":"THE REPRODUCTIVE STATUS OF CHRYSOMYA SPECIES (DIPTERA: CALLIPHORIDAE) ATTRACTED TO LIVER‐BAITED BLOWFLY TRAPS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA","authors":"J. Spradbery","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00813.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00813.x","url":null,"abstract":"The reproductive status of five species of Chrysomya caught in liver‐baited traps in Papua New Guinea was determined. The species trapped were the Old World screw‐worm fly, Chrysomya bezziana Villeneuve and the blowflies, C. megacephala (F.), C. saffranea (Bigot), C. rufifacies (Macquart) and C. varipes (Macquart). The results were compared with data obtained by other workers for the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) and the American screw‐worm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel).","PeriodicalId":8614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Entomology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00813.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63040566","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}
{"title":"ABSENCE OF LARVAL FAT BODY IN THE BUFFALO FLY, HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS EXIGUA (DIPTERA: MUSC1DAE)","authors":"P. Ferrar","doi":"10.1111/J.1440-6055.1979.TB00805.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1440-6055.1979.TB00805.X","url":null,"abstract":"Larval fat body persists, as spherical particles, in most Diptera at the time of adult emergence. The present study and reports in the literature indicate its presence in 25 species of muscoid flies but not in the buffalo fly. the horn fly. or tsetse.","PeriodicalId":8614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Entomology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/J.1440-6055.1979.TB00805.X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63039770","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}
{"title":"SWARMING BEHAVIOUR OF THE LESSER HOUSE FLY, FANNIA CANICULARIS, IN BRISBANE","authors":"D. Hunter","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00806.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00806.x","url":null,"abstract":"Studies of the lesser house fly, Fannia canicularis, in Brisbane, Queensland showed that males swarmed at closed in sites, such as under and inside houses. Flies preferred the centre of an area, though variations in light intensity and the presence of objects in the swarming area modified this behaviour. When temperatures remained above 15°C, swarming occurred from about sunrise to sunset, though on days with a maximum above 25 °C, few swarmed near midday. Males flew for long periods in semi‐rectangular circuits, though at high fly populations such circuits were often not completed as flies constantly chased each other. Resting males also chased flies or objects that moved rapidly within two metres of them; slow moving objects were ignored. Although F. canicularis forms swarms like smaller Diptera, this chasing of other males is characteristic of the waiting station and territorial defense of larger species. On coming to land, males preferentially faced and alighted head upwards; most then turned to rest head downwards, thus accounting for the head downwards posture of resting males noted here and elsewhere.","PeriodicalId":8614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Entomology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00806.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63039822","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}
{"title":"THE LARVAE AND PUPAE OF IMMA ACOSMA (TURNER) AND I. VATICINA MEYRICK (LEPIDOPTERA: IMMIDAE), AND THE TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE FAMILY","authors":"I. F. Common","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00808.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00808.x","url":null,"abstract":"The external morphology and habits of the larvae and pupae of Imma acosma and I. vaticina from eastern Australia are described and figured. In the light of this new information, the taxonomic relationships of the family are discussed and a new superfamily, Immoidea, proposed.","PeriodicalId":8614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Entomology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00808.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63040036","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}
{"title":"THE SPERMATHECA AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES OF LETHAEINI (HEMIPTERA: LYGAEIDAE: RHYPAROCHROMINAE)","authors":"P. Khan, T. Woodward","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00809.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00809.x","url":null,"abstract":"The spermathecae of 25 species in 14 genera of Lethaeini are described and figured. A preliminary assessment is made of the value of the structure of the spermatheca as a taxonomic character, particularly at the generic level and as indicating relationships between genera. A convoluted mass of tubules, apparently a coiled gland, occurs near the entry of the spermathecal duct to the common oviduct in the two species of Lethaeus Dallas and the one species of Austroxestus Woodward studied. A dorsal sac opening into the genital chamber of the female is recorded in the species studied of Lethaeus, Neolethaeus Distant, Aristaenetus Distant, Myocara Bergroth, Exomyocara Slater and Woodward, Paramyocara Woodward and Malipatil, and an undescribed genus.","PeriodicalId":8614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Entomology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00809.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63040292","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}
{"title":"SWARMING, MATING and RESTING BEHAVIOUR OF THREE SPECIES OF BLACK FLY (DIPTERA: SIMULIIDAE)","authors":"D. Hunter","doi":"10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00800.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00800.x","url":null,"abstract":"The swarming behaviour of three species of Simuliidae in southern Queensland is described.","PeriodicalId":8614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Entomology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1979-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00800.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63039924","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}