Annual Report of Introduced Beneficial Organisms Released in the United States and Territories - 1985

Section IV - Introduced Pollinators and Other Beneficial Species Released in the U.S. and Territories - 1985

Arranged Alphabetically by Genus-species of Released Organism, State, County

Species Released      Origin                 Released -
Genus                 Country,State          State, County     File Number
Species, Subspecies   Facilities             Total, Stage      Releaser Acronym,
Author                Collector                 No. of Sites      Name             Target
Order, Family            Acronym             Month /SEE NOTES  * = Specimens Kept  (at time of release) 

Euoniticellus         USA-CA                 TX Burleson       VTERL-GTF-85-0001-3    cattle dung &
intermedius           (orig. South Africa)      540  A    1    VTERL                  horn fly
(Reiche)              UCDC                   Jul               Fincher, G T
     Coleoptera
     Scarabaeidae

                      USA-CA                 TX Kleberg        VTERL-GTF-85-0001-2    SAME
                      (orig. South Africa)      730  A    1    VTERL
                      UCDC                   May               Fincher, G T

                      USA-CA                 TX Robertson      VTERL-GTF-85-0001-1    SAME
                      (orig. South Africa)      600  A    1    VTERL
                      UCDC                   Apr               Fincher, G T

Gromphas              Argentina              TX Kleberg        VTERL-GTF-85-0009      SAME
lacordairei           VTERL                      60  A    1    VTERL
(Brulle)              VTERL/GTF              Oct               Fincher, G T
     Coleoptera       BCWLSA/JAB
     Scarabaeidae

Liatongus             USA-HI                 TX Kleberg        VTERL-GTF-85-0008      SAME
militaris             (orig. South Africa)     1133  A    1    VTERL
(LaPorte)             VTERL                  Oct               Fincher, G T
     Coleoptera       HDA
     Scarabaeidae     HDAH/ERY

Onitis                USA-CA                 TX Burleson       VTERL-GTF-85-0007      SAME
alexis                (orig. South Africa)      600  A    1    VTERL
Klug                  UCDEXT                 Aug               Fincher, G T
     Coleoptera
     Scarabaeidae

                      USA-CA                 TX Kleberg        VTERL-GTF-85-0002      SAME
                      (orig. South Africa)     1777  A    2    VTERL
                      UCDEXT                 May               Fincher, G T

Onthophagus           Pakistan               TX Burleson       VTERL-GTF-85-0005      SAME
bonasus               VTERL                    4837e A    5    VTERL
(Fabricius)                                  Jun to Aug        Fincher, G T
     Coleoptera
     Scarabaeidae

Onthophagus           Pakistan               TX Kleberg        VTERL-GTF-85-0003      cattle dung &
bonasus               VTERL                    4923  A    2    VTERL                  horn fly
(Fabricius)                                        May         Fincher, G T
     Coleoptera
     Scarabaeidae

Onthophagus           USA-HI                 TX Kleberg        VTERL-GTF-85-0010      SAME
sagittarius           (orig. Sri Lanka)         300  A    1    VTERL
(Fabricius)           VTERL                  Oct               Fincher, G T
     Coleoptera       HDA/
     Scarabaeidae

Onthophagus           USA-GA                 TX Brazos         VTERL-GTF-85-0004      SAME
taurus                (orig. Europe)           2970  A    3    VTERL
Schreber              VTERL                  Jun to Aug        Fincher, G T
     Coleoptera
     Scarabaeidae

                      USA-GA                 TX Burleson       VTERL-GTF-85-0006      SAME
                      (orig. Europe)           4336  A    3    VTERL
                      VTERL                  Jul to Aug        Fincher, G T

Osmia                 Spain                  UT Cache          BBSL-85-0001           orchard crops
cornuta               SPINIAV/EA             ?     e A    1    BBSL
Latreille                                    Nov               Torchio, P F
     Hymenoptera                             NOTE: 010
     Megachilidae


NOTES

010 Released in greenhouse for biological studies.