@article {15702,
	title = {Pheromone trapping of the sugarcane weevil borer, Rhabdoscelus obscurus (Boisduval) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): an evaluation of trap design and placement in the field},
	journal = {Australian Journal of Entomology},
	volume = {46},
	year = {2007},
	month = {17},
	pages = {217-223},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The sugarcane weevil borer (Rhabdoscelus obscurus) is a pest of sugarcane and palm plantations in high rainfall areas of far north Queensland. Pheromone mass trapping of adult borers is an effective method of monitoring and may also impact on their population densities. Trials to evaluate different designs of pheromone trap showed the \&$\#$39;water trap\&$\#$39; to be the most effective in capturing the highest number of adult borers. The water trap is a 20 cm-diameter pot with a plastic bag inserted to hold water with pheromone lures and cane pieces held together in a plastic container suspended over the water from a square of wire mesh. Results also showed that adult borers in adjacent fields are able to sense the lures and migrate into treated fields. The sex ratio of captured borers in split-cane traps (which is a standard population monitoring tool) was male biased from February to April but was more balanced later in the year. However, the pheromone traps mainly attracted female borers all year round, except during May. Thus, we recommend pheromone traps to be deployed early in the season (November to early December) to attract the maximum number of adult females at a critical time for the population as it starts to build up. In addition, placing pheromone traps inside cane paddocks did not improve the total catch in most cases. Therefore, placing pheromone traps under the shade of trees outside the paddock or at the edge of the paddock under sugarcane can be a feasible mass trapping method that can easily be implemented by cane growers.},
	keywords = {Australasian region, Collecting techniques, Ecology, Habitat, Hosts, Land zones, parasite, Population dynamics, Population structure, Rhabdoscelus obscurus, Techniques},
	isbn = {1326-6756},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR14310066353},
	author = {Sallam, Mohamed N. and Peck, Darren R. and McAvoy, Catherine A. and Donald, David A.}
}
@article {15700,
	title = {Distribution and sampling of adults of Rhabdoscelus obscurus (Boisduval) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and their damage in sugarcane},
	journal = {Australian Journal of Entomology},
	volume = {40},
	year = {2001},
	month = {13},
	pages = {281-285},
	type = {Article},
	keywords = {Ecological techniques, Ecology, Habitat, Hosts, Land zones, parasite, Rhabdoscelus obscurus, Techniques},
	isbn = {1326-6756},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR13700066724},
	author = {Sallam, Mohamed N. and Garrad, Steven W.}
}
@article {13318,
	title = {Mycangia of the ambrosia beetle, Austroplatypus incompertus (Schedl) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae)},
	journal = {Australian Journal of Entomology},
	volume = {47},
	number = {1},
	year = {2008},
	month = {14 January},
	pages = {9-12},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Ambrosia beetles have an obligate relationship with the ambrosia fungi that they feed on. This requires that the beetles have means to transport those fungi when they colonise new hosts. Some ambrosia beetles have special structures called mycangia to transport fungi in. This paper describes the mycangia of the ambrosia beetle Austroplatypus incompertus and illustrates how the mycangical hairs are probably used by the beetle to acquire fungal spores for transport. The mycangia and probable method of fungal acquisition of this species are compared with those of other ambrosia beetles.},
	keywords = {Austroplatypus incompertus},
	isbn = {1326-6756},
	author = {Kent, Deborah S.}
}
@article {13217,
	title = {Insects associated with the fruit of Syzygium paniculatum (Magenta Lillypilly) and Syzygium australe (Brush Cherry)},
	journal = {Australian Journal of Entomology},
	volume = {49},
	number = {4},
	year = {2010},
	month = {5 November},
	pages = {296-303},
	abstract = {Forty-one insect species and morphospecies belonging to eight trophic guilds were reared from the fruit of cultivated and wild Syzygium paniculatum and Szygium australe (Myrtaceae) trees in Sydney and on the Central Coast of NSW. Species recovered from S. australe were primarily a subset of those recovered from S. paniculatum. Of the most commonly sampled species four were seed predators: Sigastus msp.1 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Anselmella miltoni (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), Megastigmus sp. (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) and Coscinoptycha improbana (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae). Megastigmus also appears to be an inquiline associated with A. miltoni. Coscinoptycha improbana is primarily a frugivore. The frugivore Bactrocera jarvisi (Diptera: Tephritidae) and the saprophage Ectopsocus msp.1 (Psocoptera: Ectopsocidae) were also relatively abundant in samples. The rearing of C. improbana, A. miltoni and B. jarvisi as well as the less commonly sampled Acroceuthes metaxanthana (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Tortricinae), three morphospecies of Holocola (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) and Isotenes miserana (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) from S. paniculatum and S. australe constitute new host records for these insects.},
	keywords = {Sigastus},
	isbn = {1326-6756},
	author = {Juniper, Peter A. and Britton, David R.}
}
@article {9638,
	title = {Biology and preliminary host range of Hydrotimetes natans Kolbe (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a natural enemy candidate for biological control of Cabomba caroliniana Gray (Cabombaceae) in Australia},
	journal = {Australian Journal of Entomology},
	volume = {50},
	number = {2},
	year = {2011},
	month = {5 May},
	pages = {200-206},
	abstract = {Cabomba caroliniana, otherwise known as cabomba, is a submerged, rooted macrophyte with heavily dissected leaves that produces flowers that extend above the water surface. It has been disseminated around the world by aquarium traders and enthusiasts, and has become a noxious weed in numerous countries, including Australia, where it often produces dense monospecific stands. It is considered native to southern parts of North and South America, and is a common plant in floodplain streams and lakes in north-east Argentina. Because of the lack of alternative control methods, a search for biological control agents was initiated in 2003. The most promising natural enemy found during surveys of C. caroliniana in Argentina was the aquatic weevil Hydrotimetes natans. The entire life cycle is completed on the plant, primarily underwater, except when the adults climb onto emergent flowers to mate. Larvae mine the stems, pupal cases are constructed in the leaf axils where the petiole joins the stem, and adults feed on the leaves and the stems, primarily at the growing tips. Field surveys of C. caroliniana and other submerged plant species, as well as results from preliminary laboratory host range trials suggest that the weevil is specific to cabomba. Adults were found only on other plant species when intertwined with C. caroliniana in the field and did not move onto other plant species in aquaria trials. The distribution of the larvae in the field was studied in relation to depth and plant size. No preferences for stem width or plant length were found, although a significant portion of the larval mines were located near the root crown of the plant. This information on the host specificity and biology of H. natans in its native range may guide researchers studying the laboratory fundamental host range and determining the potential effectiveness of the weevil for biological control of cabomba in its introduced range.},
	keywords = {Hydrotimetes natans},
	isbn = {1326-6756},
	author = {Cabrera-Walsh, Guillermo and Schooler, Shon and Julien, Mic}
}
@article {9230,
	title = {Effects of humidity on the response of the bark beetle Ips grandicollis (Eichhoff) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) to synthetic aggregation pheromone},
	journal = {Australian Journal of Entomology},
	volume = {50},
	number = {1},
	year = {2011},
	month = {7 February},
	pages = {48-51},
	abstract = {Environmental factors may affect chemical communication between individuals by limiting their ability to detect and respond to these signals. One such factor, high humidity, has been shown to interfere with the normal response of some invertebrate species to their attractant pheromones. The effect of humidity on the response of the five-spined bark beetle, Ips grandicollis, to a synthetic form of the aggregation pheromone component ipsenol, was tested in an experimental chamber in the laboratory. The response was measured as both the number of beetles to reach the pheromone source and the time taken, and was tested under high (>80\% relative humidity) and low (30[long dash]40\% relative humidity) conditions of humidity. There was no significant difference in response of beetles between the two treatments although there was a reduction in response in the high-humidity treatment when relative humidity levels were in excess of 90\%. These findings suggest that atmospheric humidity does not influence bark beetles response to synthetic pheromone, except perhaps in unlikely conditions of excessive humidity.},
	isbn = {1326-6756},
	author = {Bassett, Michelle A. and Baumgartner, John B. and Hallett, Monique L. and Hassan, Yasmin and Symonds, Matthew R. E.}
}
@article {2183,
	title = {Parasitism of the lucerne pest Sitona discoideus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and non-target weevils by Microctonus aethiopoides Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in south-eastern Australia, with an assessment of the taxonomic affinities of non-targ},
	journal = {Australian Journal of Entomology},
	volume = {44},
	year = {2005},
	note = {ORIG-Title-Journal-Volume-Combination:  Parasitism of the lucerne pest Sitona discoideus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and non-target weevils by Microctonus aethiopoides Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in south-eastern Australia, with an assessment of the taxonomic affinities of non-target hosts of M. aethiopoides recorded from Australia and New Zealand. Australian Journal of Entomology 44},
	pages = {192-200},
	keywords = {Sitona discoideus},
	author = {Barratt, B. I. P. and R. G. Oberprieler and Ferguson, C. M. and Hardwick, S.}
}
@article {2071,
	title = {Revision of the Trichosirocalus horridus (Panzer) species complex, with description of two new species infesting thistles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Ceutorhynchinae).},
	journal = {Australian Journal of Entomology},
	volume = {41},
	year = {2002},
	note = {ORIG-Title-Journal-Volume-Combination:  Revision of the Trichosirocalus horridus (Panzer) species complex, with description of two new species infesting thistles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Ceutorhynchinae). Australian Journal of Entomology 41},
	pages = {199-208},
	author = {Miguel Angel Alonso-Zarazaga and S{\'a}nchez-Ruiz,M.}
}
@article {1907,
	title = {Distribution and sampling of adults of Rhabdoscelus obscurus (Boisduval) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and their damage in sugarcane},
	journal = {Australian Journal of Entomology},
	volume = {40},
	number = {3},
	year = {2001},
	month = {13},
	pages = {281-285},
	type = {Article},
	keywords = {Ecological techniques, Ecology, Habitat, Hosts, Land zones, parasite, Rhabdoscelus obscurus, Techniques},
	isbn = {1326-6756},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR13700066724},
	author = {Sallam, Mohamed N. and Garrad, Steven W.}
}
@article {1908,
	title = {Pheromone trapping of the sugarcane weevil borer, Rhabdoscelus obscurus (Boisduval) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): an evaluation of trap design and placement in the field},
	journal = {Australian Journal of Entomology},
	volume = {46},
	number = {3},
	year = {2007},
	month = {17},
	pages = {217-223},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The sugarcane weevil borer (Rhabdoscelus obscurus) is a pest of sugarcane and palm plantations in high rainfall areas of far north Queensland. Pheromone mass trapping of adult borers is an effective method of monitoring and may also impact on their population densities. Trials to evaluate different designs of pheromone trap showed the \&$\#$39;water trap\&$\#$39; to be the most effective in capturing the highest number of adult borers. The water trap is a 20 cm-diameter pot with a plastic bag inserted to hold water with pheromone lures and cane pieces held together in a plastic container suspended over the water from a square of wire mesh. Results also showed that adult borers in adjacent fields are able to sense the lures and migrate into treated fields. The sex ratio of captured borers in split-cane traps (which is a standard population monitoring tool) was male biased from February to April but was more balanced later in the year. However, the pheromone traps mainly attracted female borers all year round, except during May. Thus, we recommend pheromone traps to be deployed early in the season (November to early December) to attract the maximum number of adult females at a critical time for the population as it starts to build up. In addition, placing pheromone traps inside cane paddocks did not improve the total catch in most cases. Therefore, placing pheromone traps under the shade of trees outside the paddock or at the edge of the paddock under sugarcane can be a feasible mass trapping method that can easily be implemented by cane growers.
},
	keywords = {Australasian region, Collecting techniques, Ecology, Habitat, Hosts, Land zones, parasite, Population dynamics, Population structure, Rhabdoscelus obscurus, Techniques},
	isbn = {1326-6756},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR14310066353},
	author = {Sallam, Mohamed N. and Peck, Darren R. and McAvoy, Catherine A. and Donald, David A.}
}
