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A Phylogenetic Analysis and Revision of the Teleonemia Costa Generic Complex (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae)
(North Dakota State University, 2022)The Teleonemia Costa generic complex includes the genera Alveotingis Osborn & Drake, Eurypharsa Stål, Hesperotingis Parshley, Melanorhopala Stål, Teleonemia, and two undescribed genera. A phylogenetic analysis and revision ... -
Geographic Distribution and Effects of Transgenic Corn Hybrids and Chemical Insecticides on Northern and Western Corn Rootworms (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Northern (Diabrotica barberi Smith & Lawrence) and western (D. virgifera virgifera LeConte) corn rootworms are major corn (Zea mays L.) pests in North America. Integrated pest management (IPM) strategies used for corn ... -
Effects of Temperature on Pea Aphids, their Host Plants, and their Parasitoids
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Temperature has the potential to alter every aspect of an organism’s biology. This is especially true when we focus on small ectotherms such as insects. Understanding the effects of temperature on insects is particularly ... -
The Wheat-Hessian Fly Interaction: Co-Evolution and Ecology in an Economically Important Plant-Insect System
(North Dakota State University, 2013)The study of wheat’s H-gene mediated resistance to Hessian flies examined the cost of the constitutively expressed H-gene which functions in the plant’s surveillance system and the cost of the downstream induced response. ... -
Conspectus of Aeptini Stål, 1871 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae)
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The Pentatominae tribe Aeptini is revised. A key to the known genera is provided, together with redescription and figures. The genus Paramenestheus is revised, including a key to the species and figures to all the included ... -
Behaviors Mediate Aphid Interactions with Natural Enemies and the Environment
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Behavior is a crucial component of ecology that mediates how animals interact with one another and with the environment. Behaviors can allow animals to avoid the harmful effects of things like competition, predation, and ... -
IfSAR DTM-derived Predictive Flood Models: A Cost-effective Approach to Target Site- Specific Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Control Efforts
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The study area is the 400 km2 floodplain and wetlands of the upper Missouri River, located in the northwestern corner of North Dakota, near the community of Williston. Regional climate is semiarid, yet the Williston vector ...
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