Scarab Beetle Bibliography - University of Nebraska State Museum

Ruther, J. and C. J. Mayer. 2005. Response of garden chafer, Phyllopertha horticola, to
plant volatiles: from screening to application. Entomologia Experimentalis et
Applicata 115(1):51-59.
Ruther J., T. Meiners, J. L. M. Steidle. 2002. Rich in phenomena-lacking in terms. A
classification of kairomones. Chemoecology 12(4):161-167.
Ruther, J., L. Podsiadlowski, and M. Hilker. 2001. Quinones in cockchafers: additional
function of a sex attractant as an antimicrobial agent. Chemoecology 11(4): 225-229.
Ruther, J., A. Reinecke, and M. Hilker. 2002. Plant volatiles in the sexual
communication of Melolontha hippocastani: response towards time-dependent bouquets
and novel function of (z)-3-hexen-l-ol as a sexual kairomone. Ecological Entomology
27(1): 76-83.
Ruther J., A. Reinecke, and M. Hilker. 2004. Olfaktorisch vermittelte Partnerfindung
beim Waldmaikäfer, Melolontha hippocastani Fabr. [Mate finding in the forest
cockchafer, Melolontha hippocastani Fabr., mediated by volatiles]. Laimburg Journal
1(2):197–199.
Ruther, J., A. Reinecke, T. Tolasch, and M. Hilker. 2001. Make love not war: a common
arthropod defence compound as sex pheromone in the forest cockchafer Melolontha
hippocastani. Oecologia 128(1): 44-47.
Ruther, J. and T. Tolasch. 2004. Attraction of garden chafer, Phyllopertha horticola, to
floral Japanese beetle lure. Journal of Applied Entomology 128(2):158-160.
Sadoyama, Y. and H. Nakamori. 2001. Changes in the vertical distribution of 3rd instar
larvae of Dasylepida sp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the soil of a sugar cane field.
Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology 45(4):209-211.
Sadoyama, Y., H. Oroku, and H. Nakamori. 2001. Injury of sugar cane roots by the
white grub, Dasylepida sp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), in the Miyako Islands. Japanese
Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology 45(2):89-91.
Saeki, Y., K. C. Kruse, and P. V. Switzer. 2005. Male preference for large females and
female reproductive condition in the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 78(1): 13-19
Saeki, Y., K. C. Kruse, and P. V. Switzer. 2005. Physiological costs of mate guarding in
the japanese beetle (Popillia japonica Newman). Ethology 111(9):863-877.
Saeki, Y., K. C. Kruse, and P. V. Switzer. 2005. The social environment affects mate
guarding behavior in Japanese beetles, Popillia japonica. Journal of Insect Science
5(18):1-6.
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