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A Survey on the Diversity of Armored Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) of Zamorano, Honduras
(Zamorano: Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, 2022, 2022)
Karyotypes and Repetitive DNA Evolution in Six Species of the Genus Mahanarva (Auchenorrhyncha: Cercopidae)
(2016-12-01)
Insects of the Cercopidae family are widely distributed and comprise 59 genera and 431 species in the New World. They are xylemophagous, causing losses in agricultural and pasture grasses, and are considered as emerging ...
Predicting the distribution of harmful species and their natural enemies in agricultural, livestock and forestry systems: An overview
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-11)
Predicting the potential distribution of harmful species to agriculture, livestock and forestry is decisive to prevent their impacts, especially when these are expanding their range due to global change. Recent advances ...
The pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of Tuta absoluta
(Springer, 2021-05-24)
Ecologists study how populations are regulated, while scientists studying biological pest control apply population regulation processes to reduce numbers of harmful organisms: an organism (a natural enemy) is used to reduce ...
Comparative morphology of immature stages of four species of Chinavia (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae), with a key to the species of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
(Pensoft Publ, 2013-01-01)
Chinavia Orian (1965) is one of the most diverse genera of Pentatomidae, distributed in the Afrotropical, Neotropical and Nearctic Regions. Thirty-two species are recorded for Brazil, some of them having potential economic ...
Push‐pull to manage leaf‐cutting ants: an effective strategy in forestry plantations
(Wiley, 2020-08)
BACKGROUND: Leaf‐cutting ants (LCAs) are amongst the most important forestry pests in South America. Currently, their control is carried out almost exclusively through the application of toxic baits of restricted use. Here ...
Checklist and description of three new chromatic patterns of Pachycoris torridus (Scopoli, 1772) (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae)
(Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade | BIOTA - FAPESP, 2016-04-12)
In the present paper, 27 chromatic patterns of the specie Pachycoris torridus (Scopoli, 1772) were grouped and three new patterns are described. Because of this high phenotypic polymorphism, P. torridus already been ...