The male karyotypes of 5 buprestid species belonging to 4 genera, 4 tribes and 3 subfamilies – Polycestinae, Chrysochroinae, Buprestinae from Armenia are described. In Acmaeodera flavolineata Laporte et Gory, 1835, Sphenoptera tamarisci beckeri Dohrn, 1866, Anthaxia olympica Kiesenwetter, 1880, A. amasina Daniel, 1903 and Chrysobothris affinis tetragramma Ménétriés, 1832 diploid chromosome numb...

ABSTRACT: The poplar flat headed borer is one of important pests of poplar trees. This pest, attacks many poplars in physiological weakness condition and causes considerable damage in nurseries, plantation and wood-lots. This survey carried out in 2008 in order to study the effect of distance and planting system on damage rate of Melanophila picta in poplar/alfalfa agroforestry system in comple...

Emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis (Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), plays a significant role in the health and extent of management of native North American ash species in urban forests. An economic analysis of management options was performed to aid decision makers in preparing for likely future infestations. Separate ash tree population valuations were derived from the i-Tree Street...

Field surveys of the emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, and associated parasitoids were conducted in Cranberry Township, PA from 11 Mar to 23 Oct 2008. Several species of parasitic Hymenoptera were collected from EAB-infested green ash trees or reared from late-instar EAB larvae, prepupae, and/or pupae. These included Balcha indica (Mani & Kaul), Eupelmus pini Taylor (Eupel...

The susceptibility of Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) to selected strains of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin and Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin was evaluated through bioassays with direct immersion or foliar exposure under laboratory conditions. Results showed that A. planipennis adults were susceptible to B. bassiana and ...

Tiny leaf-mining jewel beetle Trachys minutus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Trachysini), being a species with wide food specialization and distributed throughout the Palearctic, causes periodic outbreaks in linden plantations. Larvae of tiny mine leaves feed on their tissues, adults crown trees. Up-to-date information obtained during monitoring T. number from end May to beginning S...

Abstract Biosurveillance monitors the prey of solitary buprestid-hunting wasp, Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), for presence emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis, Fairmaire: Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Still unresolved is foraging range, and thus surveillance C. fumipennis. Foraging occurs in forest canopies wasps are difficult to track. We assumed that proportion conifer-feeding...