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Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas

The Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas was the first larger publication series for the Division of Plant Industry (previously State Plant Board) and Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA). It emphasized manuscripts on taxonomy, ecology, biology, and zoogeography of arthropods, that were limited to Florida, southern US and the Caribbean. A second series, the Occasional Papers of the FSCA, was established to publish similar works as well as revisionary research that are not geographically limited. With many years of irregular releases where the two competed for manuscripts, followed by a decade of no publications in either, it was decided to discontinue the restrictive Arthropods of Florida series and have all larger publications placed in the Occasional Papers of the FSCA series.

  • Vol. 8 – The Scarab Beetles Of Florida

    (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Part I. The Laparosticti (Subfamilies: Scarabaeinae, Aphodiinae, Hybosorinae, Ochodaeinae, Geotrupinae, Acanthocerinae)

    Robert Eugene Woodruff |  Taxonomic Entomologist |  1973

    Beetles of the family Scarabaeidae are both destructive and beneficial. Many, like the Japanese beetle and Asiatic garden beeile, along with the larvae or “white grubs”, cause millions of dollars damage annually. Others are economically important because they are intermediate hosts for parasites of domestic animals. …read more…

  • Vol. 7 – Agromyzidae Of Florida

    With A Supplement On Species From The Caribbean

    Dr. Kenneth A. Spencer |  Carle E. Stegmaier, Jr. |  1973

    The family Agromyzidae consists of small to minute flies whose larvae are stem, seed, and leaf miners of a wide assortment of plants. Some species may cause moderate to serious damage to plants of economic importance. …read more…

  • Vol. 6 – Phytoseiidae Of Florida

     

    Martin H. Muma |  Harold A. Denmark |  1971

    Mites of the family Phytoseiidae are predominately predatory. They are the most important mite predators of plant-feeding mites. They are moderate to large size, flattened-oval to nearly hemispherical in shape and move about readily on strong robust legs. …read more…

  • Vol. 5 – A Synoptic Review Of North American, Central American, And West Indian Solpugida (Arthropoda: Arachnida)

     

    Martin H. Muma |  1970

    Solpugids or wind scorpions are large ferocious and voracious predatory arachnids that range in size from about one-half inch to over four inches in length . The largest North ,American species is slightly less than three inches long. …read more…

  • Vol. 4 – Scorpions, Whip Scorpions And Wind Scorpions Of Florida

     

    Martin H. Muma |  1967

    Entomologists of the Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture, provide an identification service for the State of Florida of insects, mites, spiders, scorpions, millipedes, centipedes and other arthropods. Fairly frequently, scorpions and other arachnids closely related to scorpions are received for identification and information is requested concerning the virulence of their stings or bites, their recognition characters, their… …read more…

  • Vol. 3 – Florida Armored Scale Insects

     

    George Wallace Dekle |  1965

    Florida Armored Scale Insects is the third volume of an irregularly appearing publication Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas, relating to the insects and other arthropods. Neighboring land areas include the southeastern United States, Bahama Islands, the West Indies, and land areas in and near the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. …read more…

  • Vol. 2 – The Widow Spiders of Florida

     

    John D. Mccrone |  Karl J. Stone |  1965

    Entomologists of the Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture, provide an identification service for the State of Florida of insects, mites, spiders, scorpions, millipedes, centipedes, and other arthropods. Spiders, particularly, seem to arouse the curiosity of many people who submit specimens for identification and request control recommendations. …read more…

  • Vol. 1 – Lepidoptera of Florida

    An Annotated Checklist

    C . P . Kimball |  1965

    This is not a text book, nor is it an analysis. Rather it is a compilation of the distribution, depositories, and oilier pertinent information relating to the Lepidoptera of Florida as gathered together from many sources. …read more…