An Annotated List of the Cerambycidae of Michigan (Coleoptera) Part II, the Subfamilies Lepturinae and Lamiinae

(excerpt) This is a continuation of Part I of an annotated list of the Cerambycidae known from Michigan, and includes the remaining subfamilies Lepturinae and Lamiinae. The format is similar to that used in Part I. We have largely followed the systematic order of Chemsak and Linsley (1975) in this part of the list. Keys for the identification of adult Lepturinae can be found in Linsley and Chemsak (1972; in press). References to keys for adult Lamiinae are listed under that subfamily. Many larvae may be identified through the keys in Craighead (1923), but not all Michigan species are covere

Flower Records for Anthophilous Cerambycidae in a Southwestern Michigan Woodland (Coleoptera)

Flower records are listed for 33 species of anthophilous Cerambycidae based on a six-year study in an 80-ha woodland in southwestern Michigan. Included is the first published flower record for Gaurotes thoradca, taken from Cornus racemosa

Ecology of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Huron Mountains in Northern Michigan

Eighty-nine species of Cerambycidae were collected during a five-year survey of the woodboring beetle fauna of the Huron Mountains in Marquette County, Michigan. Host plants were determined for 51 species. Observations were made of species abundance and phenology, and the blossoms visited by anthophilous cerambycids

Cerambycid Host Plants in a Southwestern Michigan Woodland (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Host plant associations are listed for 61 species of Cerambycidae based on a six-year study in an 80-ha woodland in southwestern Michigan

Correct Identity of the Oak Twig Pruner (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

(excerpt) The oak twig pruner is a cerambycid of minor economic importance which is generally common through most of eastern North America. The adult beetles oviposit on living twigs of oak and other hardwoods, and the larvae bore within the twig, subsequently pruning it from the tree. Haldeman (1847) identified this borer as Elaphidion villosus (Fabricius), a species later placed in the genus Elaphidionoides by Linsley (1963). This identification has been accepted and followed by Baker (1972), Craighead (1923, 1950), Duffy (1960), Knull (1946). Linsley (1963), and many other authors

Observations on the Biology of the Oak Twig Pruner, \u3ci\u3eElaphidionoides Parallelus,\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Michigan

(excerpt) The oak twig pruner, Elaphidionoides parallelus (Newman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is rather common in southern Michigan where it attacks living oaks and other hardwoods. The damage it inflicts is rarely serious, but it may be considered a pest insect if only for the nuisance it creates for those who must clean up the often numerous small branches pruned from street, lawn, and park trees

New State Records of Cerambycidae From Michigan (Coleoptera)

(excerpt) Previously published lists of Cerambycidae from Michigan (Gosling 1973, Gosling and Gosling 1977) recorded 225 species from the state. Reassignment of Trachysida brevifrons (Howden) as a subspecies of Trachysida aspera (LeConte) (Linsley and Chemsak 1976) reduced the total by one. Recent collecting in St. Joseph County in southwestern Michigan and Marquette County in the Upper Peninsula has added three species to those already known from Michigan

Notes on the Genetics of \u3ci\u3ePhymatodes Testaceus\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Phenotype ratio for elytral coloration among reared offspring of Phymatodes testaceus suggests that this trait is controlled by a single gene with a dominant allele producing brown elytra and a reeessive allele for blue elytra. The brown-elytra phenotype previously has been reported as recessive in this species

Michigan Trees. Burton V. Barnes and Warren H. Wagner, Jr. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. 384 pages, 120 figures. 1981. 10.95(cloth),10.95 (cloth), 5.95 (paper).

(excerpt) Nearly all entomologists studying terrestrial insects in the Lake States region find it necessary to recognize and attempt to understand the woody plant communities in which they live. My own great interest in trees was an obvious corollary of my work with forest insects and began with a copy of Michigan Trees by Charles Otis

Measures to increase airfield capacity by changing aircraft runway occupancy characteristics

Airfield capacity and aircraft runway occupancy characteristics were studied. Factors that caused runway congestion and airfield crowding were identified. Several innovations designed to alleviate the congestion are discussed. Integrated landing management, the concept that the operation of the final approach and runway should be considered in concert, was identified as underlying all of the innovations