Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper).

Mapping Intimacies ◽

10.1079/cpc.49834.20210100273 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Alberto Garcia-Moll

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

South America ◽

Central America ◽

Plant Species ◽

Hawaiian Island ◽

Endangered Plant ◽

Native Plant ◽

Native Plant Species ◽

The Family ◽

Northern South America

Abstract S. nitens (Thunberg) is a short-horned grasshopper classified in the Family Acrididae. It is native to southwestern North America, Central America and northern South America. It was first reported as invasive in the Hawaiian archipelago in 1964 and is now present on all the main Hawaiian islands. S. nitens is solitary and non-migratory, but under certain conditions can form swarms or outbreaks and cause damage to crops and native plant species. In 2002 and 2004 outbreaks on the Hawaiian island of Nihoa posed a threat to all the vegetation on the island, particularly endangered plant species.

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Introduced bees ( Osmia cornifrons ) collect pollen from both coevolved and novel host-plant species within their family-level phylogenetic preferences

Royal Society Open Science ◽

10.1098/rsos.200225 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (7) ◽

pp. 200225 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anthony D. Vaudo ◽

David J. Biddinger ◽

Wiebke Sickel ◽

Alexander Keller ◽

Margarita M. López-Uribe

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

East Asia ◽

Host Plant ◽

Plant Species ◽

East Asian ◽

Geographic Origin ◽

Native Plant ◽

Native Range ◽

Native Plant Species ◽

Host Plant Species

Studying the pollen preferences of introduced bees allows us to investigate how species use host-plants when establishing in new environments. Osmia cornifrons is a solitary bee introduced into North America from East Asia for pollination of Rosaceae crops such as apples and cherries. We investigated whether O. cornifrons (i) more frequently collected pollen from host-plant species they coevolved with from their geographic origin, or (ii) prefer host-plant species of specific plant taxa independent of origin. To address this question, using pollen metabarcoding, we examined the identity and relative abundance of pollen in larval provisions from nests located in different landscapes with varying abundance of East-Asian and non-Asian plant species. Our results show that O. cornifrons collected more pollen from plant species from their native range. Plants in the family Rosaceae were their most preferred pollen hosts, but they differentially collected species native to East Asia, Europe, or North America depending on the landscape. Our results suggest that while O. cornifrons frequently collect pollen of East-Asian origin, the collection of pollen from novel species within their phylogenetic familial affinities is common and can facilitate pollinator establishment. This phylogenetic preference highlights the effectiveness of O. cornifrons as crop pollinators of a variety of Rosaceae crops from different geographic origins. Our results imply that globalization of non-native plant species may ease the naturalization of their coevolved pollinators outside of their native range.

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The history of the family Onagraceae in Australia and its relevance to biogeography

Australian Journal of Botany ◽

10.1071/bt03033 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 51 (5) ◽

pp. 585 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Helene A. Martin

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

North America ◽

South America ◽

Late Cretaceous ◽

Early Oligocene ◽

The Family ◽

History Of ◽

Minor Part ◽

Northern South America ◽

Australian Flora

The family Onagraceae is a relatively minor part of the Australian flora but it has a long history in Australia: a probable Ludwigia dates from the Eocene; Fuchsia, not native to Australia today, is present from early Oligocene times; and Epilobium is found only in the Pleistocene. Onagraceae first appears in the Late Cretaceous in northern South America and southern North America, where it is thought to have originated, and Ludwigia dates from the Palaeocene. It is thought that Ludwigia migrated into Australia via a northern route. Fuchsia in Australia predates its first appearance in New Zealand, suggesting that New Zealand Fuchsia may have been derived from the Australian Fuchsia.

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Redefinition of the vittata species group of Epicauta Dejean (1834) (Coleoptera: Meloidae) and taxonomic revision of the species from southern South America

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2824.1.2 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2824 (1) ◽

pp. 21 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

MARÍA PAULA CAMPOS-SOLDINI ◽

SERGIO ALBERTO ROIG-JUÑENT

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

South America ◽

Central America ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Species Group ◽

South American ◽

South American Species ◽

Southern South America ◽

Northern South America ◽

First Time

The Epicauta vittata group are commonly known as striped blister beetles and was defined by previous authors to include 32 species, 18 from North America, Central America and northern South America, and 14 from southern South America. In the present revision we revised 22 species from South America, excluding the following southern South American species: E. borgmeieri Denier, 1935; E. floydwerneri Martínez, 1955; E. franciscana Denier, 1935; E. fulginosa (Oliver, 1795); E. purpureiceps (Berg, 1889); E. rutilifrons Borchmann, 1930; and E. zebra (Dohrn, 1876) because they do not have the diagnostic characters of the group. The species of the E. vittata group from southern South America are: E. bosqi Denier, 1935; E. clericalis (Berg, 1881); E. grammica (Fischer, 1827); E. leopardina (Haag-Rutemberg, 1880); E. luteolineata Pic, 1933; E. missionum (Berg, 1881); E. monachica (Berg, 1883); E. rutilifrons Borchmann, 1930; plus two more species E. excavata (Klug, 1825); and E. semivittata (Fairmaire, 1875) until now not included in other groups. We provide a complete diagnosis of the E. vittata group from southern South America, redescribing and illustrating all included species. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of female and male genitalia are presented for the first time for these species. Finally, we provide an identification key for the ten species presently included in the E. vittata group, and update the geographic distribution of each species.

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Bidens frondosa (beggarticks).

10.1079/cpc.108916.20210099948 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ian Popay

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

North America ◽

Plant Species ◽

Native Plant ◽

Native Plant Species ◽

Bidens Frondosa ◽

The World ◽

Environmental Weed ◽

Temperate Climates

Abstract B. frondosa is a herbaceous annual native to North America. It has been introduced widely in Europe and to other parts of the world and is mostly found in temperate climates. The majority of introductions into new countries are intentional, due to the medicinal, herbal and decorative properties ascribed to the species. However, seeds can be accidentally dispersed into new areas as they can adhere firmly to animal fibres such as wool. In Europe B. frondosa has been reported to out compete and interbreed with native plant species in particular those of the same genus. B. frondosa is classified as an environmental weed in New Zealand.

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Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides (Mexican flamevine).

10.1079/isc.120133.20203483303 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Julissa Rojas-Sandoval

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

Plant Species ◽

Ground Cover ◽

Native Plant ◽

Galápagos Islands ◽

Forest Edges ◽

Native Plant Species ◽

Northern Regions ◽

Stems And Leaves ◽

New Habitats

Abstract Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides is a vine species native to the Americas, from Mexico to the northern regions of South America, often cultivated for its showy flowers. It has been introduced in tropical and subtropical regions as a garden ornamental and for ground cover, from where it has successfully escaped from cultivation and can now be found naturalized along roadsides, forest edges, moist thickets and disturbed sites. P. chenopodioides is an aggressive plant that spreads extensively and quickly colonizes new habitats. Once established, it climbs over adjacent vegetation and forms a dense blanket of stems and leaves that shade-out native plant species. It has been listed as invasive in Anguilla and Hawaii, and as potentially invasive in Florida and Galapagos Islands.

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