Minutes of the Initial Meeting of the 1973 Governing Board Entomological Society of America

1973 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-31
Author(s):  
W. P. Murdoch
Keyword(s):  
Governing Board ◽  
Entomological Society ◽  
Initial Meeting

Reports to the Governing Board of the Entomological Society of America, 1954

1955 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-18
Author(s):  
R. L. Usinger ◽  
A. V. Mitchener ◽  
A. E. Michelbacher ◽  
D. E. Parker ◽  
C. E. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Governing Board ◽  
Entomological Society

Initial meeting held

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Wells
Keyword(s):  
Initial Meeting

The introduction of the eleven-spotted ladybird Coccinella undecimpunctata to New Zealand in 1874: the first use of a ladybird for biological control, or a spurious record created by cumulative misreporting?

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Galbreath ◽  
P. J. Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Historical Records ◽  
Entomological Society ◽  
Beneficial Insects ◽  
Coccinella Undecimpunctata

The introduction of the eleven-spotted ladybird Coccinella undecimpunctata to New Zealand in 1874 has been widely quoted as the first importation of an insect for biological control in New Zealand and one of the first anywhere. However, searches of historical records show no evidence that such an introduction was made or attempted. Instead, there is clear evidence that the presently accepted record arose by a process of cumulative misreporting. An account of discussions in the Entomological Society of London in December 1873 about possible introductions of various beneficial insects to New Zealand was misreported by the American entomologist C. V. Riley, and several subsequent authors restated his version with further modifications and additions. This created the record of the introduction of C. undecimpunctata to New Zealand in 1874 that has been accepted and repeated ever since.

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