Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volume 76 (4)

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REVIEW

Nestmate Recognition Assays As a Tool for Population and Ecological Studies in Eusocial Insects: A Review
Michael D. Breed

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms Identify mtDNA Haplotypes of Greenbug (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
Kevin A. Shufran

Burrowing Wolf Spiders, Geolycosa spp. (Araneae: Lycosidae): Gap Specialists in Fire-Maintained Florida Scrub
James E. Carrel

Variable Hessian Fly (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Populations in Cereal Production Systems in Eastern Washington
S. L. Clement, L.R. Elberson, F.L. Young, J.R. Alldredge, R.H. Ratcliffe, and C. Hennings

Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and Black-tailed Prairie Dogs (Sciuridae: Cynomys ludovicianus (Ord)): Associations between Two Rangeland Herbivores
Robin E. Russell and James K. Detling

Nesting and Social Behavior of a Wood-Dwelling Neotropical Bee, Augochlora isthmii (Schwartz), and Notes on a New Species, A. alexanderi Engel (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
William T. Wcislo, Victor H. Gonzalez, and Michael S. Engel

A New Species of Pseudosinella from Xinjiang, China (Collembola: Entomobryidae)
Fang Wang, Kenneth Christiansen, and Jian-Xiu Chen

A New Collembolan Species of the Genus Homidia (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from Hubei, China
Shaobo Jia, Jian-Xiu Chen, and Kenneth Christiansen

An Anteonine Wasp in Cenomanian-Albian Amber from Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)
Michael S. Engel

Redescription of the Intertidal Genus Brachypronomaea Sawada (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan with a Discussion of its Phylogenetic Relationships
Kee-Jeong Ahn, Munetoshi Maruyama, and Mi-Jeong Jeon

A New Species of Tipula (Lunatipula) from Louisiana (Diptera: Tipulidae)
George W. Byers

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New Records of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from North Dakota
P. P. Tinerella

Scytodes globula Nicolet, a Synanthropic Spitting Spider (Araneae: Scytodidae) Newly Discovered in North America
Hank Guarisco

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Ovarian Formula, Mature Oocyte, and Egg Index of the Bee Ctenoplectra (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae)
Jerome G. Rozen, Jr.

The Soybean Leaf Miner (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) as a Vector of Bean Pod Mottle Virus
B. J. Werner, R. K. Krell, L. P. Pedigo, and J. H. Hill

Induced Resistance Studied in Maize with the Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and the Chemical Inducer Actigard®
Stephen D. Danielson

The Mite Histiostoma halictonida Phoretic on Nocturnal Bees of the Genus Megalopta (Acari: Histiostomatidae; Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
Michael S. Engel and Alex Fain

A Few records of Owlflies (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae) Encountered while Collecting Odonata in the Southwestern United States and in Nicaragua
Roy J. Beckemeyer

Three Replacement Names in the Bee Genus Calliopsis (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
Alvin F. Shinn and Michael S. Engel

New Distribution Records and Taxonomic Comments on Parapartamona (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
Victor H. Gonzalez and Allan Smith-Pardo

A Survey of the North American Range of Megachile (Callomegachile) sculpturalis, an Adventive Species in North America
Wyatt A. Mangum and Suzanne Sumner

Notes on the Mating Behavior of Ptecticus nigrifrons (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
Stylianos Chatzimanolis

A Suitcase Trap for Sampling Macroinvertebrates in Dense Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
J. Checo Colon-Guad and William E. Kelso

Influence of Imidacloprid, a Chloronicotinyl Insecticide, on Host Choice and Movement Patterns of Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on Cantaloupe Plants (Cucumis melo L.)
Samielle K. Marklund, Lori J. Peterson, Teresa A. Hauser, Anne E. Chapman, Steven A. Kolmes, Robert L. Nechols, and Timothy J. Dennehy

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