A Message from the President of the Entomological Society of America to The American Phytopathological Society

1992 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Lowell R. Nault
Keyword(s):  
American Phytopathological Society ◽  
Entomological Society

scholarly journals Book Review Buntin G. D., Pike K. S., Weiss M. J., Webster J. A. 2007. (Eds.). Handbook of Small Grain Insects. Published jointly by the Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD and the American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN, USA. ISBN 978-0-9776209-1-3 & ISBN 780977-602913.

2008 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Jerzy Lipa
Keyword(s):  
American Phytopathological Society ◽  
Entomological Society

Book Review Buntin G. D., Pike K. S., Weiss M. J., Webster J. A. 2007. (Eds.). Handbook of Small Grain Insects. Published jointly by the Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD and the American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN, USA. ISBN 978-0-9776209-1-3 & ISBN 780977-602913.

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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