Abstract Cassidinae (ca. 6000 species) is the second largest clade of Chrysomelidae (leaf
beetles; ca. 40,000 species). It has been historically treated as two separate subfamilies …

A. filiculoides is a floating, South American fern that is invasive on still and slow-moving
water bodies in South Africa, where dense mats of the weed degrade aquatic ecosystems …

The control of aquatic weeds in Africa, including Eichhornia crassipes, Azolla filiculoides,
Myriophyllum aquaticum, Pistia stratiotes and Salvinia molesta, is described in this chapter …

A flea beetle, Distigmoptera borealis, is documented for the first time to feed on liverworts,
Reboulia hemisphaerica (L.) Raddi (Aytoniaceae), and moss, Weissia controversa …

Abstract Genus Ivalia Jacoby is characterized morphologically, and Amphimeloides Jacoby
syn. nov. and Taizonia Chen syn. nov. are junior synonyms with it. Several Ivalia species are …

External characters of alticine and galerucine larvae were examined. Larvae with distinctly
different feeding habits were described in detail and their external features were illustrated …

Azolla Lam. is an aquatic fern taxon, which grows in symbiotic association with Anabaena
azolla Strasburger (Nostocales: Nostocaceae) within the dorsal leaf lobe cavities (Ashton …

The eggs, 1st and 3rd instar larvae of W alterianella bucki Bechyné are described and
illustrated. The life history of W. bucki is discussed and artificial rearing methods are …

The flea beetle, Pseudolampsis guttata (LeConte)(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) was
assessed for release on the South American fern, Azolla filiculoides Lamarck (Pteridophyta …

Immatures of Syphrea uberabensis guerini Bechyné (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Alticini).
Larva and pupa of Syphrea uberabensis guerini are described and illustrated for the first …