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Submissions from 2014

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Influence of rice seeding rate on efficacies of neonicotinoid and anthranilic diamide seed treatments against rice water weevil, Jason Hamm, Srinivas Lanka, and Michael Stout

Evaluation of seed treatment insecticides for management of the rice water weevil, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in commercial rice fields in Louisiana, N. A. Hummel, A. Mészáros, D. R. Ring, J. M. Beuzelin, and M. J. Stout

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Development of microsatellites for population genetic analyses of tabanus nigrovittatus (Diptera: Tabanidae), Claudia Husseneder, Jennifer R. Delatte, Jeremy Krumholt, and Lane D. Foil

The use of systemic anthranilic diamide and neonicotinoid seed treatments in rice pest management, Srinivas K. Lanka and Michael J. Stout

Activity of chlorantraniliprole and thiamethoxam seed treatments on life stages of the rice water weevil as affected by the distribution of insecticides in rice plants, Srinivas K. Lanka, Michael J. Stout, Julien M. Beuzelin, and James A. Ottea

Evaluation of neonicotinoids as pyrethroid alternatives for rice water weevil management in water-seeded rice, Srinivas K. Lanka, Michael J. Stout, and James A. Ottea

A new species of leptochromus motschulsky (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Costa Rica, with notes on morphology and natural history, Nathan P. Lord, Christopher E. Carlton, and Richard A.B. Leschen

Host range tests reveal Paectes longiformis is not a suitable biological control agent for the invasive plant Schinus terebinthifolia, Veronica Manrique, Rodrigo Diaz, Todd Condon, and W. A. Overholt

Comparison of two populations of Pseudophilothrips ichini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) as candidates for biological control of the invasive weed Schinus terebinthifolia (Sapindales: Anacardiaceae), Veronica Manrique, Rodrigo Diaz, Lenin Erazo, Neha Reddi, Gregory S. Wheeler, Dean Williams, and William A. Overholt

Habitat suitability under changing climatic conditions for the exotic ambrosia beetle, Cnestus mutilatus (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) in the southeastern United States, Rabiu Olatinwo, Douglas Streett, and Christopher Carlton

Pseudostenosagola, a new genus from New Zealand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), J. S. Park and C. E. Carlton

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Protozoacidal Trojan-Horse: Use of a ligand-lytic peptide for selective destruction of symbiotic protozoa within termite guts, Amit Sethi, Jennifer Delatte, Lane Foil, and Claudia Husseneder

Efficacy of dermacor-X-100® seed treatment against diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on rice, Jaspreet K. Sidhu, Jarrod T. Hardke, and Michael J. Stout

Host-Plant Resistance in Pest Management, Michael J. Stout

Types and Mechanisms of Rapidly Induced Plant Resistance to Herbivorous Arthropods, Michael J. Stout

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Temperature-dependent development, cold tolerance, and potential distribution of cricotopus lebetis (Diptera: Chironomidae), a tip miner of hydrilla verticillata (Hydrocharitaceae), Karen N. Stratman, William A. Overholt, James P. Cuda, A. Mukherjee, R. Diaz, Michael D. Netherland, and Patrick C. Wilson

Submissions from 2013

Systematics and biology of cremastobombycia chromolaenae, new species (Gracillariidae), a natural enemy of chromolaena odorata (L.) king and H. Robinson (Asteraceae), Donald R. Davis, Rodrigo Diaz, and William A. Overholt

Biology and host specificity of anthonomus tenebrosus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) : A herbivore of tropical soda apple, Rodrigo Diaz, Octavio Menocal, Cecil Montemayor, and William A. Overholt

Discovery of the Rdl mutation in association with a cyclodiene resistant population of horn flies, Haematobia irritans (Diptera: Muscidae), Luísa N. Domingues, Felix D. Guerrero, Michael E. Becker, Montgomery W. Alison, and Lane D. Foil

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Effects of chlorantraniliprole and thiamethoxam rice seed treatments on egg numbers and first instar survival of Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), S. K. Lanka, J. A. Ottea, J. M. Beuzelin, and M. J. Stout

Systemic effects of thiamethoxam and chlorantraniliprole seed treatments on adult Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in rice, Srinivas K. Lanka, James A. Ottea, Jeffrey A. Davis, Amy B. Hernandez, and Michael J. Stout

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Ecological and Control Techniques for Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) Associated with Rodent Reservoirs of Leishmaniasis, Thomas M. Mascari, Hanafi A. Hanafi, Ryan E. Jackson, Souâd Ouahabi, Btissam Ameur, Chafika Faraj, Peter J. Obenauer, Joseph W. Diclaro, and Lane D. Foil

Insecticide-treated rodent baits for sand fly control, T. M. Mascari, R. W. Stout, J. W. Clark, S. W. Gordon, J. D. Bast, and L. D. Foil

Oral treatment of rodents with fipronil for feed-through and systemic control of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae), T. M. Mascari, R. W. Stout, and L. D. Foil

Detection and identification of amylostereum areolatum (Russulales: Amylostereaceae) in the mycangia of sirex nigricornis (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) in central Louisiana, Rabiu Olatinwo, Jeremy Allison, James Meeker, Wood Johnson, Douglas Streett, M. Catherine Aime, and Christopher Carlton

A revision of the New Zealand Genus Stenosagola Broun, 1921 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), J. S. Park and C. E. Carlton

Insects and Sustainability of Ecosystem Services, Timothy Duane Schowalter

Performance and preference of sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis, on rice cultivars, Jaspreet K. Sidhu, Michael J. Stout, and David C. Blouin

Effect of silicon soil amendment on performance of sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera:Crambidae) on rice, J. K. Sidhu, M. J. Stout, D. C. Blouin, and L. E. Datnoff

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Reevaluating the conceptual framework for applied research on host-plant resistance, Michael J. Stout

The influence of rice plant age on susceptibility to the rice water weevil, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus, M. J. Stout, J. C. Hamm, I. Abbe, and C. Bergeron

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Dissemination of bloodmeal acquired Rickettsia felis in cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis, Chutima Thepparit, Supanee Hirunkanokpun, Vsevolod L. Popov, Lane D. Foil, and Kevin R. MacAluso

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Effect of depth of flooding on the rice water weevil, lissorhoptrus oryzophilus, and yield of rice, Kelly V. Tindall, John L. Bernhardt, Michael J. Stout, and Donn H. Beighley

Submissions from 2012

First records of troglobitic beetles from arkansas: Two new species of speleochus park (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Bythinini), and synonymy of subterrochus park with speleochus, Christopher E. Carlton

Genetic, Molecular and Genomic Basis of Rice Defense against Insects, Hao Chen, Michael J. Stout, Qian Qian, and Feng Chen

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Arthropod community associated with tropical soda apple and natural enemies of Gratiana boliviana (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Florida, R. Diaz, K. Hibbard, A. Samayoa, and W. A. Overholt

Effect of elevated CO2 on tropical soda apple and its biological control agent Gratiana boliviana (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Rodrigo Diaz, Veronica Manrique, Zhenli He, and William A. Overholt

Polymorphism in Languria taedata LeConte, its occurrence in coastal Louisiana Spartina marshes, and clarification of some Motschulsky languriine types (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Languriinae), Matthew L. Gimmel, Christopher E. Carlton, and William H. White

Oviposition behavior of diatraea saccharalis (lepidoptera: Crambidae) on different rice cultivars in louisiana, Jason C. Hamm, Jaspreet K. Sidhu, Michael J. Stout, Natalie A. Hummel, and Thomas E. Reagan

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Effects of small-scale dead wood additions on beetles in southeastern U.S. pine forests, Kier D. Klepzig, Michael L. Ferro, Michael D. Ulyshen, Matthew L. Gimmel, Jolie B. Mahfouz, Allan E. Tiarks, and Chris E. Carlton

Temperature-dependent development and cold tolerance of microtheca ochroloma (coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a pest of cruciferous crops in the southeastern United States, Veronica Manrique, Rodrigo Diaz, Cecil Montemayor, Dafne Serrano, and Ronald D. Cave

Temperature-dependent development, diapause and cold tolerance of Gratiana graminea, a potential biological control agent of Solanum viarum in Florida, USA, Veronica Manrique, Rodrigo Diaz, and William A. Overholt

Description and biology of Paectes longiformis (Lepidoptera: Euteliidae), a new species from Brazil and potential biological control agent of Brazilian peppertree in Florida, Veronica Manrique, Rodrigo Diaz, Michael G. Pogue, Marcelo D. Vitorino, and William A. Overholt

Laboratory evaluation of oral treatment of rodents with systemic insecticides for control of bloodfeeding sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae), Thomas Michael Mascari, Rhett W. Stout, and Lane D. Foil

Evaluation of three feed-through insecticides using two rodent and two sand fly species as models, T. M. Mascari, R. W. Stout, and L. D. Foil

Laboratory evaluation of rubidium as a long-lasting marker for bloodfeeding sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae), T. M. Mascari, R. W. Stout, and L. D. Foil

Niche-based prediction of establishment of biocontrol agents: An example with Gratiana boliviana and tropical soda apple, A. Mukherjee, R. Diaz, M. Thom, W. A. Overholt, and J. P. Cuda

Effect of plant compounds on induced activities of defense-related enzymes and pathogenesis related protein in bacterial blight disease susceptible rice plant, Selvamathiazhagan Nisha, Kannan Revathi, Rajamanickam Chandrasekaran, Suyambulingam Arunachalam Kirubakaran, Subbiah Sathish-Narayanan, Michael Joseph Stout, and Sengottayan Senthil-Nathan

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Pyrosequencing-Based Analysis of the Microbiome Associated with the Horn Fly, Haematobia irritans, Azhahianambi Palavesam, Felix D. Guerrero, Andrew M. Heekin, Ju Wang, Scot E. Dowd, Yan Sun, Lane D. Foil, and Adalberto A. Pérez de León

Avian simuliotoxicosis: Outbreak in Louisiana, Rodney W. Schnellbacher, Kali Holder, Tim Morgan, Lane Foil, Hugues Beaufrre, Javier Nevarez, and Thomas N. Tully

Species of anillinus casey (coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae) described from Brazil and their relation to North American representatives of the genus, I. M. Sokolov and C. E. Carlton

Determination of common reed (Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steudel) varieties in Florida, Dean A. Williams, M. Hanson, R. Diaz, and W. A. Overholt

Submissions from 2011

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Calophya latiforceps, a new species of jumping plant lice (Hemiptera: Calophyidae) associated with schinus terebinthifolius (Anacardiaceae) in Brazil, D. Burckhardt, J. P. Cuda, V. Manrique, R. Diaz, W. A. Overholt, D. A. Williams, L. R. Christ, and M. D. Vitorino

A case of Cnestus mutilatus (Blandford) (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) females damaging plastic fuel storage containers in Louisiana, U.S.A., Chris Carlton and Victoria Bayless

Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomus intraradices) on the oviposition of rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus), Marco Cosme, Michael J. Stout, and Susanne Wurst

Differential performance of tropical soda apple and its biological control agent Gratiana boliviana (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in open and shaded habitats, Rodrigo Diaz, Carlos Aguirre, Gregory S. Wheeler, Stephen L. Lapointe, Erin Rosskopf, and William A. Overholt

Diapause induction in Gratiana boliviana (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a biological control agent of tropical soda apple in Florida, Rodrigo Diaz, William A. Overholt, Dan Hahn, and Ana C. Samayoa

A practical emergence chamber for collecting Coleoptera from rotting wood, with a review of emergence chamber designs to collect saproxylic insects, Michael L. Ferro and Christopher E. Carlton

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Horizontal transmission of Rickettsia felis between cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis, Supanee Hirunkanokpun, Chutima Thepparit, Lane D. Foil, and Kevin R. MacAluso

Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802, Josef Jelínek, Chris Carlton, Andrew R. Cline, and Richard A.B. Leschen

Cucujoidea, Latreille, 1802, Richard A.B. Leschen, Adam Ślipiński, John F. Lawrence, Andrew R. Cline, Michael A. Goodrich, Chi Feng Lee, Rolf G. Beutel, Juanita A. Forrester, Joseph V. McHugh, Floyd W. Shockley, et al.

Suitability of a new plant invader as a target for biological control in Florida, Veronica Manrique, Rodrigo Diaz, James P. Cuda, and William A. Overholt

Evaluation of mortality factors using life table analysis of Gratiana boliviana, a biological control agent of tropical soda apple in Florida, Veronica Manrique, Rodrigo Diaz, Stephen D. Hight, and William A. Overholt

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Oral treatment of rodents with insecticides for control of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) and the fluorescent tracer technique (FTT) as a tool to evaluate potential sand fly control methods, T. M. Mascari, J. Clark, S. Gordon, M. A. Mitchell, E. D. Rowton, R. Stout, and L. D. Foil

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Evaluation of juvenile hormone analogues as rodent feed-through insecticides for control of immature phlebotomine sandflies, T. M. Mascari, M. A. Mitchell, E. D. Rowton, and L. D. Foil

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Host specificity of Anthonomus tenebrosus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a potential biological control agent of tropical soda apple (Solanaceae) in Florida, J. Medal, N. Bustamante, E. Bredow, H. Pedrosa, W. Overholt, R. Díaz, and J. Cuda

Jasmonic acid-induced resistance to the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, in conventional and transgenic cottons expressing Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal proteins, Anna Mészáros, Julien M. Beuzelin, Michael J. Stout, Padma L. Bommireddy, M. Rita Riggio, and B. Rogers Leonard

A revision of the New Zealand genus Exeirarthra (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), J. S. Park and C. E. Carlton

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Acquisition of rickettsia felis by cat fleas during feeding, Kathryn E. Reif, Michael T. Kearney, Lane D. Foil, and Kevin R. MacAluso

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Preimplantation factor negates embryo toxicity and promotes embryo development in culture, Christopher W. Stamatkin, Reumen G. Roussev, Mike Stout, Carolyn B. Coulam, Elisabeth Triche, Robert A. Godke, and Eytan R. Barnea

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PreImplantation Factor (PIF) correlates with early mammalian embryo development-bovine and murine models, Christopher W. Stamatkin, Roumen G. Roussev, Mike Stout, Victor Absalon-Medina, Sivakumar Ramu, Chelsi Goodman, Carolyn B. Coulam, Robert O. Gilbert, Robert A. Godke, and Eytan R. Barnea

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Isolation of a rickettsial pathogen from a non-hematophagous arthropod, Chutima Thepparit, Piyanate Sunyakumthorn, Mark L. Guillotte, Vsevolod L. Popov, Lane D. Foil, and Kevin R. Macaluso

Submissions from 2010

Acute toxicity of chlorantraniliprole to non-target crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) associated with rice-crayfish cropping systems, Gary C. Barbee, W. Ray McClain, Srinivas K. Lanka, and Michael J. Stout

Detection of bluetongue virus RNA in field-collected culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) following the discovery of bluetongue virus serotype 1 in white-tailed deer and cattle in Louisiana, M. E. Becker, W. K. Reeves, S. K. Dejean, M. P. Emery, E. N. Ostlund, and L. D. Foil

A new species of Reichenbachia Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Great Smoky Mountains national park, U.S.A., Christopher E. Carlton

Characterizing the host specificity of Ischnodemus variegatus (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Blissidae) on two congeneric grass species, Rodrigo Diaz, William A. Overholt, Tim A. Heard, Ana Samayoa, and Rieks D. van Klinken

Detection of target site resistance to pyrethroids and organophosphates in the horn fly using multiplex polymerase chain reaction, L. D. Foil, F. D. Guerrero, and K. G. Bendele

Herbivore- and Elicitor-Induced Resistance in Rice to the Rice Water Weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel) in the Laboratory and Field, Jason C. Hamm, Michael J. Stout, and Rita M. Riggio

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Monitoring and first discovery of the Mexican rice borer eoreuma loftini (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Louisiana, N. A. Hummel, T. Hardy, T. E. Reagan, D. Pollet, C. Carlton, M. J. Stout, J. M. Beuzelin, W. Akbar, and W. White

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Monitoring and first discovery of the Mexican rice borer eoreuma loftini (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Louisiana, N. A. Hummel, T. Hardy, T. E. Reagan, D. Pollet, C. Carlton, M. J. Stout, J. M. Beuzelin, W. Akbar, and W. White

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Development of microsatellites for genetic analyses and population assignment of the cat flea (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae), Claudia Husseneder, Susan P. Garner, Lane D. Foil, and Kevin R. MacAluso

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Testing protozoacidal activity of ligand-lytic peptides against termite gut protozoa in vitro (Protozoa Culture) and in vivo (Microinjection into Termite Hindgut), Claudia Husseneder, Amit Sethi, Lane Foil, and Jennifer Delatte

Host feeding patterns of culex mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in east baton rouge Parish, Louisiana, Andrew J. MacKay, Wayne L. Kramer, Jennifer K. Meece, Robb T. Brumfield, and Lane D. Foil

Laboratory evaluation of insecticide-treated sugar baits for control of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae), T. M. Mascari and L. D. Foil

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Laboratory evaluation of novaluron as a rodent feed-through insecticide against sand fly larvae (Diptera: Psychodidae), T. M. Mascari and L. D. Foil

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Laboratory evaluation of the efficacy of fluorescent biomarkers for sugar-feeding sand flies (diptera: Psychodidae), T. M. Mascari and L. D. Foil

Oral treatment of rodents with ivermectin for the control of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) under laboratory conditions, T. M. Mascari and L. D. Foil

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Biological control of tropical soda apple (Solanaceae) in Florida: Post-release evaluation, J. Medal, N. Bustamante, W. Overholt, R. Diaz, P. Stansly, A. Roda, D. Amalin, K. Hibbard, R. Gaskalla, B. Sellers, et al.

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Host specificity tests of Gratiana graminea (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a potential biological control agent of tropical soda apple, Solanum viarum (Solanaceae), J. Medal, N. Bustamante, M. Vitorino, L. Beal, W. Overholt, R. Diaz, and J. Cuda

The effect of Gratiana boliviana (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) herbivory on growth and population density of tropical soda apple (Solanum viarum) in Florida, William A. Overholt, Rodrigo Diaz, Larry Markle, and J. C. Medal

Diversity and taxonomic review of Leptusa Kraatz (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A., with descriptions of four new species, Jong Seok Park, Christopher E. Carlton, and Michael L. Ferro

Identification of Nosema bombi Fantham and Porter 1914 (Microsporidia) in Bombus impatiens and Bombus sandersoni from Great Smoky Mountains National Park (USA), Yuliya Y. Sokolova, Igor M. Sokolov, and Christopher E. Carlton

New microsporidia parasitizing bark lice (Insecta: Psocoptera), Yuliya Y. Sokolova, Igor M. Sokolov, and Christopher E. Carlton

New species of Anillinus Casey (Carabidae: Trechinae: Bembidiini) from the Southern Appalachians and phylogeography of the A. loweae species group, Igor M. Sokolov and Christopher E. Carlton

Detection of west nile virus RNA in mosquitoes and identification of mosquito blood meals collected at alligator farms in Louisiana, Isik Unlu, Wayne L. Kramer, Alma F. Roy, and Lane D. Foil

Evidence of vertical transmission of West Nile virus in field-collected mosquitoes, Isik Unlu, Andrew J. MacKay, Alma Roy, Matt M. Yates, and Lane D. Foil

Submissions from 2009

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Life cycle and Larval Morphology of Diomus terminatus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and its potential as a biological control agent of Melanaphis sacchari (Hemiptera: Aphididae), W. Akbar, C. Carlton, and T. E. Reagan

Comparative freezing response of ejaculated and epididymal bovine spermatozoa, Raghava Alapati, Michael Stout, Robert A. Godke, and Ram V. Devireddy

Comparison of the permeability properties and post-thaw motility of ejaculated and epididymal bovine spermatozoa, R. Alapati, M. Stout, J. Saenz, G. T. Gentry, R. A. Godke, and R. V. Devireddy

Comparative acute toxicity of neonicotinoid and pyrethroid insecticides to non-target crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) associated with rice-crayfish crop rotations, Gary C. Barbee and Michael J. Stout