Annual Report of Introduced Beneficial Organisms Released in the United States and Territories - 1982

Section IV - Introduced Pollinators and Other Beneficial Species Released in the U.S. and Territories - 1982

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) 

Chalicodoma           Egypt               NV Clark            BBSL-82-0001          alfalfa
nigripes              EGCU/SER                19  A      1    BBSL
(Spinola)                                 Apr to May          Parker, F D
     Hymenoptera
     Megachilidae

Euoniticellus         ?                   HI Hawaii           HDA-82-0004           cattle dung &
intermedius           CSIROC                 565  A      1    HDAH                  horn fly
(Reiche)                                  Oct                 Yoshioka, E R
     Coleoptera
     Scarabaeidae

                      USA, CA             TX Brazos           VTERL-GTF-82-0009     SAME
                      (ex South Africa)     1692  A      1    VTERL
                      UCDEXT              Jul to Nov          Fincher, G T

Onitis                USA, CA             TX Brazos           VTERL-GTF-82-0008-2   SAME
alexis                (ex South Africa)      202  A      1    VTERL
Klug                  UCDEXT              Sep                 Fincher, G T
     Coleoptera
     Scarabaeidae

                      USA, CA             TX Burleson         VTERL-GTF-82-0008-1   SAME
                      (ex South Africa)       38  A      1    VTERL
                      UCDEXT              Jul                 Fincher, G T

Onthophagus           Pakistan            TX Brazos           VTERL-GTF-82-0007-2   SAME
bonasus               VTERL                 1552  A      1    VTERL
(Fabricius)                               Jul to Sep          Fincher, G T
     Coleoptera
     Scarabaeidae

                      Pakistan            TX Burleson         VTERL-GTF-82-0007-1   SAME
                      VTERL                  218  A      1    VTERL
                                          Jul                 Fincher, G T

Osmia                 MD, Prince Georges  GA De Kalb          BIIL-SWTB-81-0025     apple, peach
cornifrons            BIIL/SWTB              150e A      1    COMBI
(Radoszkowski)                            Jan                 Batra, P
     Hymenoptera
     Megachilidae

Osmia                 MD, Prince Georges  MD Anne Arundel     BIIL-SWTB-82-0002     apple
cornifrons            BIIL/SWTB              150e A      1    MDLM
(Radoszkowski)                            Mar                 Monticello, L
     Hymenoptera
     Megachilidae

                      Japan, Honshu       MD Prince Georges   BIRL-81-0185          SAME
                      JANFTES/TK            9800e A      1    BIIL
                                          Apr                 Batra, S W T

                      MD, Prince Georges  VT Washington       BIIL-SWTB-82-0003     SAME
                      BIIL/SWTB              150e A      1    VTDAA
                                          Mar                 Drutschas, R A

Osmia                 Spain               UT Cache            BBSL-82-0002          SAME
cornuta               SPINIAV/EA            1568  A      1    BBSL
Latreille                                 May                 Torchio, P F
     Hymenoptera
     Megachilidae

Osmia                 UT, Cache           VA Nelson           BBSL-PFT-81-0002      SAME
lignaria propinqua    BBSL/PFT              6591e A      1    NCSU
Cresson                                   Apr                 Kuhn, E D
     Hymenoptera
     Megachilidae