Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) is a crop of major economic significance in Tanzania with annual revenue estimated at 100 Million USD. The current mean annual production of the crop is 68,000 MT of clean coffee of which 90...
The brown stink bug (BSB), Euschistus servus (Say)(Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is a serious economic pest of corn production in the southeastern United States. The BSB population dynamics was mon itored for 17 weeks fro...
benefited from the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(31440078,31501840);Shanxi Province Programs for Science and Technology Development(20150311010-7);Scientific and Technological Innovation Programs of Higher Education Institutions in Shanxi(2017169);Graduate Innovation Project in Shanxi Province(2016BY067)
Further geometric morphometric analysis of the genus Eysarcoris was done based on the former studies to classified the nine Eysarcoris species from China. In this study, six characters, such as forewing, hindwing, pyg...
This paper aimed to evaluate the direct and indirect effects of Bt cotton and no Bt cotton on the development and reproduction of the predator Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas). The experiments related to the direct and in...
supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(31440078,31501876,31501840);Shanxi Province Programs for Science and Technology Development(20150311010-7);the Research Equipment Development Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences(YZ201509);the Graduate Innovation Project in Shanxi Province,China(2016BY067)
The genus Eysarcoris can be easily distinguished from other genera through the two spots in the basal angle of the scutellum. Nevertheless, Eysarcoris species show complex variances. Geometric morphometric methods hav...
Coccinellid pupae use an array of defensive strategies against their natural enemies. This study aims to assess the efficiency of gregarious pupation as a defensive mechanism against intraguild predators and cannibals...
Bathycoelia natalicola (Distant) is the dominant stink bug on macadamias in South Africa. This insect occurred throughout the year but was particularly numerous during summer months when developing macadamia nuts were...
Carbula humerigera (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is redescribed in this paper. Genitalia in both male and female, including phallus, paramere and spermatheca, are figured. Specimens used in this research are deposited ...
supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (65012421);the National Natural Science Foundation (30870328,J0930005)
Three genera, Cuspicona Dallas, Hermolaus Distant and Oncinoproctus Breddin, and six species (Cuspicona antica Vollenhoven, Hermolaus typicus Distant, Menida atkinsoni Distant, Oncinoproctus griseolus Breddin, Paterc...