Alfred G. Wheeler
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View article: Rev. Modestus Wirtner: Biographical Sketch And Additions And Corrections To The Miridae In His 1904 List Of Western Pennsylvania Hemiptera
Rev. Modestus Wirtner: Biographical Sketch And Additions And Corrections To The Miridae In His 1904 List Of Western Pennsylvania Hemiptera Open
[Excerpt] The Rev. Modestus Wirtner's (1904) list of western Pennsylvania Hemiptera remains as the only useful general account of this group for the state. Earlier, Rathvon (1869) had published a short list of species from Lancaster County…
View article: Do Nymphs of the Treehopper Stictolobus minutus (Funkhouser) (Hemiptera: Membracidae) Specialize on Grasses?
Do Nymphs of the Treehopper Stictolobus minutus (Funkhouser) (Hemiptera: Membracidae) Specialize on Grasses? Open
A. G. Wheeler, Jr., Rothschild, Mark J. (2020): Do Nymphs Of The Treehopper Stictolobus Minutus (Funkhouser) (Hemiptera: Membracidae) Specialize On Grasses? Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 122 (1): 211-234, DOI: 10.4…
View article: Thomas J Henry: longtime friend, colleague, and preeminent heteropterist
Thomas J Henry: longtime friend, colleague, and preeminent heteropterist Open
Tom Henry came to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry (Harrisburg), in 1972). He recently had earned a B.S. degree in Entomology from Purdue University and was hired to identify insects, mainly those submit…
View article: <i>Urophora Quadrifasciata</i> (Diptera: Tephritidae), An Introduced Seedhead Fly New to Midwestern North America
<i>Urophora Quadrifasciata</i> (Diptera: Tephritidae), An Introduced Seedhead Fly New to Midwestern North America Open
The Old World tephritid Urophora quadrifasciata, a gall-inducing seed- head fly, was released in western and eastern North America for the biological control of knapweeds, Centaurea spp. (Asteraceae). Its establishment in the West (BC, CA,…
View article: Holarctic Insects Adventive in Michigan: New and Additional Records (Homoptera, Heteroptera, Coleoptera, Neuroptera)
Holarctic Insects Adventive in Michigan: New and Additional Records (Homoptera, Heteroptera, Coleoptera, Neuroptera) Open
Fourteen European insects in the Homoptera (4 species), Heteroptera (5), Coleoptera (4), and Neuroptera (1) are reported from Michigan. Ten are new state records (one new Ohio record is given). The point of entry for most of the species is…
View article: Late Lilac, <i>Syringa Villosa</i>: New Host of the Lace Bug <i>Leptoypha Mutica</i> (Heteroptera: Tingidae)
Late Lilac, <i>Syringa Villosa</i>: New Host of the Lace Bug <i>Leptoypha Mutica</i> (Heteroptera: Tingidae) Open
The lace bug Leptoypha mutica, a specialist on trees and shrubs of the Oleaceae, feeds mainly on ash, Fraxinus spp., and fringetree, Chionanthus virginicus. In July 1987 and 1988, nymphs and adults were observed on late lilac, Syringa vill…
View article: New distribution records and plant associations for Crophius scabrosus (Uhler, 1904) (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Oxycarenidae)
New distribution records and plant associations for Crophius scabrosus (Uhler, 1904) (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Oxycarenidae) Open
Previous distribution records and plant associations are reviewed for the little-known oxycarenid Crophius scabrosus (Uhler, 1904). Based on fieldwork in the western United States, Kansas and Wyoming are reported as new state records. Adul…