Biology, Ethology, and Impact on the Host byConiatus tamarisci(F.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a Natural Enemy ofTamarixspp. (Tamaricaceae, saltcedar) in France

Biological Characteristics of <I>Cionus latefasciatus</I> (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Effects of Temperature on Its Growth and Development

“…et al 2006). C. latefasciatus produced more generations (9 Ð12 generations) than other species of Curculionidae in 1 yr, such as C. achates (only one generation) (Goodman et al 2006), C. tamarisci (three or four generations) (Fornasari 1998), and the important invasive rice water weevil, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel (two generations), in southern Zhejiang, China (Chen et al 2005, Shi et al 2007). C. latefasciatus female adults often switched from laying eggs on the surface of leaves to laying eggs into leaves when the temperature was high in the Þeld, a phenomenon that was also observed under laboratory conditions, which may be a good measure for C. latefasciatus to protect its egg at high temperature.…”

Biomass of Arthropod Trophic Levels onTamarix ramosissima(Tamaricaceae) Branches

“…T. ramosissima hybridizes in the United States with Tamarix chinensis Loureiro (Gaskin and Schaal 2002), and hybrids of these species comprise most Tamarix plants in the United States (Gaskin and Schaal 2003). TamariskÕs invasiveness, water uptake, and low diversity of dependent wildlife have made it the target of classical biological control (Fornasari 1997(Fornasari , 1998Sobhian et al 1998, Dudley et al 2000, DeLoach et al 2003, Lewis et al 2003a.…”

Field Evaluation of Natural Enemies ofTamarixspp. in Southern France

“…in southern France. Additional, detailed studies carried out in the laboratory and the field (Fornasari 1996(Fornasari , 1997(Fornasari , 1998; Sobhian, unpublished data) allowed us to obtain permission in 1996 to introduce P. nigrum, P. acuticorne, and C. tamarisci for further host-specificity testings under quarantine in Temple, TX. A petition for introduction of Corimalia tamaricis and Hypophyes pallidulus into the quarantine in Temple, TX, is in preparation, which will be submitted to the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for Biological Control of Weeds (for further information on TAG, see Coulson, 1992).…”

“…It is reported from the Mediterranean region, Italy (Liguria, Venezia, Veneto, Emilia, Toscana, Elba, Lazio, Campania, Sicily, and Sardinia) and from Corsica, Canary Islands, and all of the Sahara desert, but not in the Tangiers region, and has been found up to 2000 m elevation in the mountains (Zocchi, 1971, and the literature in it). Fornasari (1998) found the species during 1989 in Marche, Emilia, and Abruzzo, Italy. Gerling and Kugler (1973) collected C. tamarisci adults in Israel along the Mediterranean coast and the shores of the Dead Sea and also in Iran, Turkey, and India.…”

“…The last location is certainly an error, because no one else has found it in North America since Klima's report. Kocher (1961) reported it from Morocco except in the dry regions in the east and the south, and Fornasari (1998) collected it in Georgia during 1996.…”