APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY

The bumblebee Bombus ardens ardens (Hymenoptera: Apidae) is the most important pollinator of Oriental persimmon, Diospyros kaki (Ericales: Ebenaceae), in Hiroshima, Japan

Establishment of a wheat banker plant system for the parasitoid Aphidius gifuensis against Myzus persicae in greenhouse chili pepper

Relationships amongst sex ratio of progeny in Anastatus disparis (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), sperm depletion and decreased fecundity

Analysis of the activity rhythm of the predatory bug Orius sauteri (Poppius) (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) for optimizing its selective light attraction

Steroid hormones in Acari, their functions and synthesis

Rapid development and characterization of EST-SSR markers for the honey locust seed beetle, Megabruchidius dorsalis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae), using de novo transcriptome analysis based on next-generation sequencing

Characterization of the channel-pores formed by Bacillus thuringiensis Cry46Ab toxin in planar lipid bilayers

Assessing the relationship between pest density and plant damage: a case study with the belowground herbivore Delia radicum (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) on broccoli

Estimation of dispersal distance of the soybean pod borer Leguminivora glycinivorella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) by mark–recapture experiments

Automated machine learning for identification of pest aphid species (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Ex vivo observation of insect hemocyte behavior against beads and nematodes in the presence of insect plasma

Detection of volatile pheromone candidates from the white-spotted longicorn beetle, Anoplophora malasiaca (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Seasonal occurrence and life cycle of lotus root nematode Hirschmanniella diversa (Tylenchida: Pratylenchidae) in lotus roots in paddy fields

Previous exposures to cues from conspecifics and ladybird beetles prime antipredator responses in pea aphids Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Effects of an alternative diet of Artemia cysts on the development and reproduction of Nesidiocoris tenuis (Hemiptera: Miridae)

Tebufenozide resistance in the smaller tea tortrix, Adoxophyes honmai (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): establishment of a molecular diagnostic method based on EcR mutation and its application for field-monitoring

Effects of direct or indirect treatment with insecticides on adult tea leafroller, Caloptilia theivora (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), and its progeny

Transmission of capsicum chlorosis virus by Thrips palmi (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

Greater degree of body size plasticity in males than females of the rhinoceros beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus

Cold treatment for guava fruits infested with oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Effects of temperature during successive generations on life-history traits in a seed beetle Callosobruchus chinensis (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera)

Mechanism of acequinocyl resistance and cross-resistance to bifenazate in the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Comparison in the flight ability between the soybean pod gall midge, Asphondylia yushimai and the aucuba fruit gall midge, A. aucubae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Developmental properties and parasitism capacity of the egg parasitoid Trissolcus japonicus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), reared on eggs of Glaucias subpunctatus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

Identification of novel genes expressed highly and selectively in the corpora allata of the silkworm, Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae)

Effects of radiofrequency on the development and performance of Callosobruchus chinensis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) on three different leguminous seeds

Prey selection behaviour in the multicoloured Asian ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Meta-analysis of the damage suppression effect of a double-layer fruit protection bag on fruit bug injuries of loquat fruits and evaluation by explicit solution of odds ratio

Effective line installation technique for preventing crow intrusion into orchards

Prądy łożyskowe w układach napędowych z silnikami indukcyjnymi

Development of magnetic attraction systems to mark and recapture a medically important vector, Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Ecological modeling and distribution analysis of digger scorpions: Odontobuthus doriae, Odonthubutus bidentatus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) and Scorpio maurus (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) in Iran using the maximum entropy method

A novel approach using microsporidia to estimate the flight route of the common cutworm, Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Cost-effective sampling for estimating species richness of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) using pitfall traps: efficiency of non-parametric species richness estimators

Influence of weed management on the abundance of thrips species (Thysanoptera) and the predatory bug, Orius niger (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) in citrus mandarin

Novel molecular identification methods for the larger black flour beetle, Cynaeus angustus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Identification of methyl 6-methylsalicylate as the trail pheromone of the Japanese pavement ant Tetramorium tsushimae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Spatial evaluation of the pesticide application method by farmers in a paddy field in the northern part of Vietnam

Identification of the Argentine ant Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) using an artificially synthesized trail pheromone and its effects on native Japanese ants

Mushroom sciarid fly, Lycoriella ingenua (Diptera: Sciaridae) adults and larvae vector Mushroom Green Mold (Trichoderma aggressivum ft. aggressivum) spores

Detection of Spalangia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) attacking Stomoxys calcitrans (Diptera: Muscidae) and their potential significance in the Japanese cattle industry

Geographic variation of temperature effects on initial colony development of Lasius japonicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Descriptions of two new species of the genus Lasioptera (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) that infest tomato in the Mediterranean Region and Hokkaido, Japan

Seasonal occurrence and host range of the predatory gall midge Diadiplosis hirticornis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a native natural enemy of Planococcus kraunhiae (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

Development and reproduction of the parasitic wasp Allotropa subclavata (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) on the Japanese mealybug Planococcus kraunhiae (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

A simple method using a folded structure for small-scale rearing of a phytoseiid mite, Gynaeseius liturivorus (Acari: Phytoseiidae), on eggs of Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Relationship between body size and ovariole number in three cerambycids inhabiting mulberry orchards