@article {1860, title = {A synopsis of the genus Scutigerella (Symphyla: Scutigerellidae)}, journal = {Annals of the Entomological Society of America}, volume = {35}, year = {1942}, month = {01/09/1942}, pages = {267-288}, abstract = {

Recommended citation: Michelbacher, A. E. (1942): A synopsis of the genus Scutigerella (Symphyla: Scutigerellidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 35 (3): 267-288. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/35.3.267

}, issn = {1938-2901, 0013-8746}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/35.3.267}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/35/3/267/33052}, author = {Michelbacher, A. E.} } @article {1156, title = {A Review of Terrestrial and Canopy Malaise Traps}, journal = {Annals of the Entomological Society of America}, volume = {114}, year = {2020}, month = {05/12/2020}, pages = {27-47}, abstract = {

Malaise traps are important tools for the large-scale collection of arthropod taxa. Here, an extensive review of the history and literature concerning Malaise and canopy traps is given. This review highlights how trap design and placement can affect trap catch, which will help researchers to make more informed choices when planning research endeavors. Additionally, terrestrial and canopy-style Malaise traps are compared to each other and other types of arthropod traps.

Remark: Chilopoda and Diplopoda, as per reference to Moeed \& Meads (1987), were overlooked on table 4, page 34.

}, keywords = {insect collecting, intercept trap, Malaise trap, review}, issn = {0013-8746}, doi = {10.1093/aesa/saaa044}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/114/1/27/6024562}, author = {Skvarla, Michael J. and Larson, Jonathan L. and Fisher, J. Ray and Dowling, Ashley P. G.} } @article {964, title = {The millipede-predation behavior of Promecognathus and Exceptional Cyanide Tolerance in Promecognathus and Metrius (Coleoptera: Carabidae)Abstract}, journal = {Annals of the Entomological Society of America}, volume = {113}, year = {2020}, month = {11/09/2020}, pages = {473-480}, abstract = {

Promecognathus (Carabidae) includes beetles that are specialist predators whose prey are polydesmidan millipedes that produce highly toxic hydrogen cyanide and benzaldehyde as a defense, and it is unknown how Promecognathus overcomes these chemicals. We observed Promecognathus laevissimus (Dejean, 1829) and P. crassus (LeConte, 1868) in the laboratory and found that they did not use behaviors to avoid the chemical defenses of their prey, Xystocheir dissecta (Wood, 1867) (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). We tested benzaldehyde as a feeding deterrent and found noticeable deterrence in all carabid beetles tested except Promecognathus species and Metrius contractus (Eschscholtz, 1829). A total of 18 carabid species were exposed to cyanide vapors in an enclosed chamber for 10 min to determine their relative tolerances. Promecognathus and M. contractus were unaffected by HCN exposures 7\–15 times greater than quantities that knocked down all other species. Promecognathus laevissimus and M. contractus were then exposed to high levels of HCN for 2 h, and while individuals of M. contractus succumbed, all P. laevissimus were still moving after 2 h. It is possible that Promecognathus evolved a high tolerance to cyanide as part of a suite of adaptations related to millipede predation. However, we have no plausible explanation for the high tolerance in Metrius, for which there is no evidence of millipede feeding. This is the first documented case of predatory insects that exhibit high tolerance and potential resistance to cyanide. Possibly, these beetles have a detoxification mechanism that is not cyanide specific, as their tolerance level far exceeds any dose they would encounter in their natural habitat.

}, keywords = {Carabidae, chemical ecology, predator{\textendash}prey relation, toxicology}, issn = {0013-8746}, doi = {10.1093/aesa/saaa023}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/aesa/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aesa/saaa023/5903281}, author = {Weary, Brandt P. and Will, Kipling W.} } @article {365, title = {Millipeds from Dominican Amber, with the Description of Two New Species (Diplopoda: Siphonophoridae) of Siphonophora}, journal = {Annals of the Entomological Society of America}, volume = {85}, year = {1992}, month = {01/07/1992}, pages = {363 - 369}, abstract = {

Representatives of 11 genera (Lophoproctus?, Glomeridesmus, Epinannolene, Siphonophora, Siphonotus, Docodesmus, lomus, Lophodesmus?, Psochodesmus, Dasyodontus, and Inodesmus?) are reported from Dominican amber, most of them constituting the first or oldest fossils of their corresponding higher taxa. Extant species of lomus and Inodesmus have not been reported from Hispaniola; a chelodesmid seems more closely related to South American genera than to present-day Caribbean diplopods. Siphonophora hoffmani spec. nov. and S. velezi spec. nov. are described from adults embedded in Dominican amber.

}, keywords = {Diplopoda, Hispaniola, Siphonophora spp., systematics}, issn = {0013-8746}, doi = {10.1093/aesa/85.4.363}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/aesa/85.4.363}, author = {Santiago-Blay, Jorge A. and Poinar, George O.} }