The reason for this study was to compare the morphology of mites from three Japanese samples with topotypes Nalepa collection, in order correctly identify them. With purpose eriophyoid specimens were recovered five vials mite collection Natural History Museum Vienna. We identified seven species and a new combination is established one them - Aceria thomasi Aculops thymi, two labeled Thymus serp...

The developmental thresholds for Marmara gulosa Guillén & Davis (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) were investigated in the laboratory by using 17, 21, 25, 29, and 33 degrees C. The lowest mortality occurred in cohorts exposed to 25 and 29 degrees C. Other temperatures caused >10% mortality primarily in egg and first and second instar sap-feeding larvae. Linear regression analysis approximated the l...

Even though presently indigenous to eastern Himalaya in India, no Engelhardioideae have been reported from the Cenozoic sediments of India till date. Here, we report first Indian occurrence a characteristic engelhardioid winged samaroid fruit having tri-lobed wing (oblong-ovate median lobe and two lateral lobes) globose nut latest Neogene (Pliocene: Rajdanda Formation) Chotanagpur Plateau, Indi...

The evolution of specific seed traits in scatter-hoarded tree species often has been attributed to granivore foraging behavior. However, the degree to which foraging investments and seed traits correlate with phylogenetic relationships among trees remains unexplored. We presented seeds of 23 different hardwood tree species (families Betulaceae, Fagaceae, Juglandaceae) to eastern gray squirrels ...

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY Microsatellite loci were developed for a monotypic species endemic to subtropical China, Cyclocarya paliurus, to help infer the evolutionary histories of ancient monotypic genera in subtropical China. • METHODS AND RESULTS Using the Fast Isolation by AFLP of Sequences COntaining repeats (FIASCO) protocol, 28 primer sets were identified in two wild population...

Juglans regia e Carya illinoinensis, ambas da família Juglandaceae, são espécies de nogueiras conhecidas mundialmente pela produção das chamadas nozes, com crescente expansão área cultivada na América do Sul. Entretanto, nos últimos anos houve aumento incidência doenças nessas espécies, o que compromete a rentabilidade dos cultivos qualidade produto. Colletotrichum nymphaeae foi recentemente id...