a faunistic list of syrphidae sampled in the agroecosystems of neyshabur (khorasan-razavi province) through malaise, yellow water traps and hand net is hereby presented for the first time. a total of 22 species were collected, including 13 species through malaise trap, 5 through yellow water trap as well as representatives of all species sampled through hand net. among the species collected, 8 ...

abstract during growing seasons of years 2006 & 2007, a faunistic survey on syrphidae family(diptera) in agroecosystems of neyshabor region, khorasan-e-razavi province was carried out. in this study, 3 collection methods: yellow water trap, malaise trap and sweeping net were applied. the results showed a large difference between different collection methods. specimens of 14 species collected by...

Appendix 1. Content knowledge and skills assessment questions forPOB (BIOL 1108K, Principles of Biology II). Content knowledge and skills were assessed with pre-exposure (beginning of semester) and post-exposure (end of semester) tests.* indicates correct answer. Content area Question Taxonomy Which definition best describes a species? a. A group of similar looking organisms that live in the sa...

Recent reports on insect decline have highlighted the need for long-term data communities towards identifying their trends and drivers. With launch of many new monitoring schemes to investigate over large spatial temporal scales, Malaise traps become one most important tools due broad spectrum species collected reduced capture bias through passive sampling insects day night. However, can vary i...

two species of cleonyminae (hymenoptera: chalcidoidea, pteromalidae), chalcedectus sinaiticus (masi, 1936) and notanisus vanharteni gibson, 2015 were found for the first time in iran. these species were collected from south of iran. notanisus vanharteni was reared on dorema ammoniacum (d. don.) and c. sinaiticus was collected by a malaise trap.

Tropical forests are predicted to harbor most of the insect diversity on earth, but few studies have been conducted to characterize insect communities in tropical forests. One major limitation is the lack of consensus on methods for insect collection. Deciding which insect trap to use is an important consideration for ecologists and entomologists, yet to date few study has presented a quantitat...

A new design of interception trap is presented based on a combination of features ofwindow and Malaise traps. The trap has been developed for study of the canopy faunas of rainforest trees, specifically Argyrodendron actinophyllum. Five such traps have been operated in SE Queensland for a year with catches being removed weekly. Coleoptera, Nematocera, Homoptera and Hymenoptera were the most abu...

Semiochemical-based exotic species surveys targeting forest Coleoptera have gradually expanded in North America and elsewhere. Determining how various factors affect trap catches and increase species richness in traps is important for maximizing the efficacy of survey efforts. Studies were conducted in southern Maine and New Hampshire by using ethanol and alpha-pinene as lures to determine the ...