BIOLOGY OF THE RIO GRANDE BORDER REGION:
A BIBLIOGRAPHY






C. Invertebrate Zoology
      2. Terrestrial Invertebrate Zoology

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348. Arnett RH, Jr. 1965. Species of Oedemeridae of the Big Bend region of Texas. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 118(3523):47-56.

349. Ashe JS, Newton AF, Jr. 1993. Larvae of Trichophya and phylogeny of the tachyporine group of subfamilies (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with a review, new species and characterization of the Trichophyinae. Syst. Entomol. 18(4):267-86.

350. Berry RL. 1974. New species of Cryptadius from Texas and Sonora (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 76(2):172-7.

351. Blanchard A. 1966. A new species of Glaucina (Geometridae) from Texas. J. Lepid. Soc. 20(4):247-50.

352. Blanchard A. 1968. New moths from Texas (Noctuidae: Tortricidae). J. Lepid. Soc. 22(3):133-45.

353. Blanchard A. 1971. A new species in the genus Ursia Barnes & McDunnough (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 73(3):303-5.

354. Blanchard A. 1972. More new moths from Texas (Noctuidae). J. Lepid. Soc. 26(1):56-63.

355. Blanchard A. 1973. Record and illustration of some interesting moths flying in Texas (Sphingidae, Ctenuchidae, Noctuidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Pyralidae, Cossidae). J. Lepid. Soc. 27(2):103-9.

356. Blanchard A. 1973. Observations on some Phycitinae (Pyralidae) of Texas with descriptions of two new species. J. Lepid. Soc. 24(4):249-55.

357. Blanchard A. 1973. Two new species of Phycitinae from Texas with description of two new genera (Pyralidae). J. Lepid. Soc. 27(3):219-25.

358. Blanchard A. 1979. Five new species of the tribe Eucosmini (Tortricidae). J. Lepid. Soc. 33(4):209-15.

359. Blanchard A, Franclemont JG. 1981. Charadra ingenua Smith in West Texas (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Pantheinae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 83(4):797-8.

360. Blanchard A, Franclemont JG. 1982. A new species of Zale Hubner from Texas and New Mexico (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Catacalinae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 84(1):134-7.

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362. Blanchard A, Knudson EC. 1983. New North American species of Eucosmini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 85(4):845-52.

363. Blanchard A, Knudson EC. 1984. A new species of Tripudia Grote (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from western Texas. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 86(3):639-42.

364. Blanchard A, Knudson EC. 1984. Three new Tortricids (Lepidoptera) from Texas. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 86(2):446-51.

365. Blanchard A, Knudson EC. 1985. New U.S. records and other interesting moths from Texas. J. Lepid. Soc. 39(1):1-8.

366. Blanchard A, Knudson EC. 1985. Two new Phycitinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Texas and Alabama. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 87(2):475-9.

367. Blanchard A, Knudson EC. 1985. Two new species of Hexorthodes (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Texas and Arizona. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 87(4):777-82.

368. Blanchard A, Knudson EC. 1987. Note: Ethmia angustalatella Powell (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) description of the female and first U.S. records. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 87(3):680-1.

369. Boldt PE, Robbins TO. 1990. Phytophagous and flower-visiting insect fauna of Baccharis salicifolia (Asteraceae) in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Environ. Entomol. 19(3):515-23.

370. Boldt PE, Robbins TO. 1994. Phytophagous insect faunas of Baccharis salicina, B. pteronioides, and B. bigelovii (Asteraceae) in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Environ. Entomol. 23(1):47-57.

371. Clark WE. 1972. Report on weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) collected in the Big Bend National Park, Texas. 2 p. Located at: Big Bend National Park.

372. Clark WE, Ibarra-Diaz GE, Van Cleave HW. 1976. Taxonomy and biology of spittlebugs of the genera Aeneolamia Fennah and Prosapia Fennah (Cercopidae) in northeastern Mexico. Folia Entomol. Mex. 34:13-24.

373. Crawford CS. 1976. Feeding-season production in the desert millipede Orthoporus ornatus (Girard) (Diplopoda). Oecologia 24:265-76.

374. Crawford CS, Matlack MC. 1979. Water relations of desert millipede larvae, larva-containing pellets, and surrounding soil. Pedobiologia 19:48-55.

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376. Ferguson DC, Blanchard A, Knudson EC. 1983. A new genus and species of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) from Big Bend National Park, Texas. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 85(3):552-6.

377. Freeman HA. 1952. Two new species of Megathymus from Texas and Mexico (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera, Megathymidae). New York: By order of the trustees of the American Museum of Natural History. (American Museum Novitates: 1593) 9 p.

378. Freeman HA. 1964. A new species of Apodemia from Texas (Riodinidae). J. Lepid. Soc. 18(2):75-7.

379. Freeman HA. 1970. A new species of Piruna from Texas. J. Lepid. Soc. 24(4):247-9.

380. Fuchs TW, Harding JA. 1976. Seasonal abundance of arthropod predators in various habitats in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Environ. Entomol. 5(2):288-90.

381. Gaumer GC. 1973. Aestival tiger beetle fauna of Big Bend National Park. Cicindela 5(1):13-9.

382. Gertsch WJ. 1939. Report on a collection of Arachnida from the Chisos Mountains. Contrib. Baylor Univ. Mus. 24:17-26.

383. Griswold TL. 1986. Aculeate wasps and bees collected in West Texas. 6 p. Located at: Big Bend National Park.

384. Hedgecock AA. 1993. The population genetics of the scorpion Centruroides vittatus Say in Texas [MA thesis]. Boone (NC): Appalachian State University. 78 p.

385. Hook AW. 1981. Nesting biology of Tanyoprymnus moneduloides and Ammatomus icariodes. Entomol. Soc. Am. Newsl. 74(4):409-11.

386. Hook AW. 1982. Notes on nesting behavior of Ectemnius centralis (Cameron) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Entomol. News 93(3):75-6.

387. Hook AW. 1987. Nesting behavior of Texas Cerceris digger wasps with emphasis on nest reutilization and nest sharing (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Sociobiology 13(2):93-118.

388. Hovore FT, Penrose RL, Neck RW. 1987. The Cerambycidae or longhorned beetles of southern Texas: a faunal survey (Coleoptera). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 44(13):283-334.

389. Howden HF. 1960. A new species of Phyllophaga from the Big Bend region of Texas and Coahuila, with notes on other Scarabaeidae of the area. Can. Entomol. 92:457-64.

390. Howden HF. 1960. Two species of Cyrtinus LeConte (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Can. Entomol. 92(3):173-7.

391. Kendall RO. 1972. Three butterfly species (Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, and Heliconiidae) new to Texas and the United States. J. Lepid. Soc. 26(1):49-56.

392. Kendall RO. 1976. Larval food plants and life history notes for some metalmarks (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) from Mexico and Texas. Sarasota (FL): Allyn Museum of Entomology. (Bulletin of the Allyn Museum: 32) 12 p.

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394. Knull JN. 1944. Notes on Agrilus with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 37(1):75-83.

395. Knull JN. 1952. New species of North American Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Ohio J. Sci. 52(6):349-52.

396. Knull JN. 1960. A new subspecies of Agrilus from Texas (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Ohio J. Sci. 60(6):321-2.

397. Knull JN. 1962. Three new species of long-horned beetles from southern Texas with a key to the genus Obrium (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Ohio J. Sci. 62(2):105-7.

398. Loomis RB, Baccus JT, Wrenn WJ. 1972. The chiggers (Acarina: Trombiculidae) of Big Bend National Park, Texas. 17 p. Located at: Big Bend National Park.

399. Loomis RB, Crossley DA, Jr. 1963. New species and new records of chiggers (Acarina: Trombiculidae) from Texas. Acarologia (Paris) 5(3):371-83.

400. McElvare RR. 1966. New heliothid moth from the southwestern United States (Noctuidae). J. Lepid. Soc. 20(2):91-4.

401. Nelson JM, Crowell R. 1969. Notes on the nests and nesting habits of Polistes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Proc. West Va. Acad. Sci. 1969:57-60.

402. Norman C. 1986. Mexico acts to protect overwintering monarchs. Science 233:1252-3.

403. Nunez FS, Crawford CS. 1976. Digestive enzymes of the desert millipede Orthoporus ornatus (Girard) (Diplopoda: Spirostreptidae). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 55A:141-5.

404. O'Brien CW. 1973. Rhinanisus chisosensis, a new species of cossonine weevil in a genus new to the United States (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Coleopt. Bull. 27(1):7-10.

405. O'Connor BM, Whitaker JO, Easterla DA. 1977. A new species of Nycteriglyphus (Acari: Rosensteiniidae) from guano of Leptonycteris nivalis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 70(2):237-41.

406. Pilsbry HA, Cheatum EP. 1951. Land snails from the Guadalupe Range, Texas. Nautilus 64:87-90.

407. Pratt WL. 1969. Checklist of land snails known or believed to occur in Big Bend National Park. Located at: Big Bend National Park.

408. Pratt WL. 1971. Land snails of the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas. 5 p. Located at: Big Bend National Park.

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410. Pratt WL. 1971. Humboldtiana agavophila, a new helminthoglyptid land snail from the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas. Southwest. Nat. 15(4):429-35.

411. Price MA. 1958. A new species of tick from the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. J. Parasitol. 44(6):649-51.

412. Reyes JL, Valdez MT. 1981. Beekeeping in the "Comarca Lagunera" a heavy pesticide-use area in the northern part of Mexico. Am. Bee J. 121:653-5.

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414. Riddle WA. 1977. Comparative respiratory physiology of a desert snail Rabdotus schiedeanus, and a garden snail, Helix aspersa. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 56A:369-73.

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416. Rubink WL, Wilson WT, Resendez B. JJ, Maki DL. 1990. Pre-africanized Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) swarming dynamics in northeastern Mexico and southern Texas. J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 63(2):288-97.

417. Sanderson MW. 1939. A new genus of Scarabaeidae with descriptions and notes on Phyllophaga. J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 12(1):1-15.

418. Sanderson MW. 1948. Two undescribed species of Phyllophaga from Texas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. 504:1-6.

419. Sanderson MW. 1965. Phyllophaga saylori, n. sp., from Nuevo Leon, Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 31(20):559-62.

420. Scullen HA. 1948. New species in the genus Eucerceris with notes on recorded species and a revised key to the genus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Pan-Pac. Entomol. 24(4):155-80.

421. Shelley RM. 1989. Rhysodesmus chisosi new species, a biogeographically significant millipede from the Chisos Mountains, Texas (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Southwest. Nat. 34(2):219-24.

422. Sissom WD. 1990. Systematics of Vaejovis dugesi Pocock, with descriptions of two new related species (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Southwest. Nat. 35(1):47-53.

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424. Smith BB. 1972. Representatives of the class Arachnida specific to the Big Bend area. 17 p. Located at: Big Bend National Park.

425. Stahnke HL. 1956. A new species of scorpion of the Buthidae: Centruroides pantheriensis. Entomol. News 67(1):15-9.

426. Stahnke HL. 1967. Diplocentrus bigbendensis, a new species of scorpion. Entomol. News 78(7):173-9.

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428. Stopher DR II. 1995. Quantitative ecology of the terrestrial microgastropod fauna of Laguna Meadow, Big Bend National Park [MSc thesis]. Alpine (TX): Sul Ross State University. 288 p.

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430. Taylor DW. 1966. A remarkable snail fauna from Coahuila, Mexico. Veliger 9:152-228.

431. Thompson M. 1987. A comparison of West Texas and East Texas populations of Achurum sumachrasti [MA thesis]. Huntsville (TX): Sam Houston State University. 61 p.

432. Tinkham ER. 1941. Biological and faunistic notes on the Cicadidae of the Big Bend region of Trans-Pecos Texas. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 49:165-83.

433. Tinkham ER. 1943. Description and biological notes on a new saturnid of the genus Pseudohazis from the Big Bend region of Texas. Can. Entomol. 75(9):159-62.

434. Tinkham ER. 1944. Faunistic notes on the diurnal Lepidoptera of the Big Bend region of Trans-Pecos Texas, with the description of a new Melitaea. Can. Entomol. 76:11-8.

435. Tinkham ER. 1948. Faunistic and ecological studies on the Orthoptera of the Big Bend region of Trans-Pecos Texas. Am. Midl. Nat. 40(3):521-663.

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437. Triplehorn CA. 1971. A new species of Eleodes from Texas, with notes on the subgenus Promus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Ohio J. Sci. 71(1):56-9.

438. Van Pelt AF. 1969. Ants collected in Big Bend National Park. 3 p. Located at: Big Bend National Park.

439. Van Pelt AF. 1971. Trophobiosis and feeding habits of Liometopum apiculatum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Chisos Mountains, Texas. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 64(5):1186.

440. Van Pelt AF. 1975. 2100 ant colonies collected from Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, TX. 8 p. Located at: National Park Service, Southwest Support Office.

441. Van Pelt AF. 1975. Summary report on field collections of ants made in the summers of 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, and 1975. 8 p. Located at: Big Bend National Park.

442. Van Pelt AF. 1976. Nest relocation in the ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 69(3):493.

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