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FLIES
& MOTHS BREEDING IN ORGANIC WASTES
AND THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES
(Musca,
Stomoxys, Fannia, Tinea, etc.) Please CLICK on publication number to view: 27. Legner, E. F. 1965. Un complejo de los artrópodos que influyen los estadios
juveniles de Musca domestica L. en Puerto Rico. Carib. J. Sci. 5(3-4): 109-115. 28. Legner, E. F. 1965. Natural and induced
control of houseflies with parasites in southern California. The Calif. Golden Egg 4(6): 18. 33. Legner,
E. F., E. C. Bay & C. W. McCoy.
1965. Parasitic natural
regulatory agents attacking Musca domestica L. in Puerto Rico. J. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico 49(3): 368-376. 35. Legner, E. F., E. C. Bay, H. W. Brydon
& C. W. McCoy. 1966. Research with parasites for biological
control of house flies in southern California. Calif.
Agric. 20(4): 10-12. 36. Legner, E. F.
1966.
Parasites of the house fly and other filth-breeding Diptera in
southern California. J. Econ. Entomol. 59(4):
999-1001. 37. Legner, E. F. & C. W. McCoy. 1966. The housefly, Musca domestica Linnaeus, as an exotic species in the Western
Hemisphere incites biological control studies. Canad. Entomol. 98(3):
243-248. 38. Legner, E. F. & H. W. Brydon. 1966. Suppression of dung inhabiting fly populations by pupal
parasites. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 59(4) 638-651. 40. White,
E. B. & E. F. Legner. 1966. Notes on the life history of Aleochara taeniata, a staphylinid parasite of the house fly, Musca domestica. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 59(3): 573-577. 44. Legner et
al. (with V. E. Burton, A. S. Deal, W. C.
Fairbanks, G. P. Georghiou, E. C. Loomis & M. H. Swanson). 1966.
Fly control on poultry ranches.
Univ. of Calif. Agric. Ext. Serv. Publ. AXT-72, Rev. 16 pp. 46. Legner, E. F. 1967. Behavior changes
the reproduction of Spalangia cameroni, S. endius, Muscidifurax raptor, and Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) at increasing fly host
densities. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer.
60(4): 819-826. 47. Legner, E. F.
1967.
The status of Nasonia vitripennis as a natural parasite of
the house fly, Musca domestica. Canad. Entomol. 99(3): 308-309. 48. Legner, E. F. & D.
Gerling. 1967. Host-feeding and
oviposition on Musca domestica by Spalangia cameroni, Nasonia vitripennis, and Muscidifurax raptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) influences their longevity and
fecundity. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer.
60(3): 678-691. 49. Legner, E. F., E. C. Bay & E. B.
White. 1967. Activity of parasites from Diptera: Musca
domestica, Stomoxys calcitrans, Fannia canicularis and F. femoralis, at sites in the Western
Hemisphere. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 60(2): 462-468. 50. Bennett, F. D. & E. F. Legner. 1967. Memorandum on the
possibilities of biological control of the muscid flies by hymenopterous parasites.
Wld. Hlth. Org. VBC/67.22. 12
pp. 52. Legner,
E. F. & G. S. Olton. 1968. The biological method and integrated
control of house and stable flies in California. Calif. Agric. 22(6): 1-4. 53. Legner, E. F. & G. S. Olton. 1968.
Activity of parasites from Diptera:
Musca domestica, Stomoxys calcitrans, and species of Fannia, Muscina, and Ophyra
II. at sites in the Eastern
Hemisphere and Pacific area. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 61(5): 1306-1314. 54. Gerling, D. & E. F.
Legner. 1968. Developmental
history and reproduction of Spalangia
cameroni, parasite of synanthropic
flies. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer.
61(6): 1436-1443. 56. Legner et
al. (with Anderson, J. R., A. S. Deal, E.
C. Loomis & M. H. Swanson).
1968. Fly control on poultry
ranches. Univ. of Calif. Agric. Ext.
Serv. Publ. AXT-72. Rev. 13 pp. 57. Legner, E. F. 1969. Adult emergence
interval and reproduction in parasitic Hymenoptera influenced by host size
and density. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer.
62(1): 220-226. 61. Legner, E. F. & D. J. Greathead. 1969.
Parasitism of pupae in East African populations of Musca domestica and Stomoxys calcitrans. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 62(1):
128-133 63. Legner, E. F. & E. C.
Bay. 1970. The introduction of
natural enemies in California for the biological control of noxious flies and
gnats. Proc. Calif. Mosq. Contr.
Assoc., Inc. 37: 126-129. 66. Legner, E. F. 1970. Contemporary
considerations on the biological suppression of noxious brachycerous Diptera
that breed in accumulated animal
wastes. Proc. Calif. Mosq. Contr.
Assoc., Inc. 38: 88-89. 68. Legner et
al. (with Anderson, J. R., W. R. Bowen, A.
S. Deal, G. P. Georghiou, E. C. Loomis & M. H. Swanson). 1970-1971. Fly control on poultry
ranches. Univ. of Calif. Agric. Ext.
AXT-72. 16 pp 70. Legner, E. F. & G. S. Olton. 1970.
Worldwide survey and comparison of adult predator and scavenger insect
populations associated with domestic
animal manure where livestock is artificially congregated. Hilgardia 40(9): 225-266. 72. Legner, E. F. 1971. Some effects of the
ambient arthropod complex on the density and potential parasitization of
muscoid Diptera in poultry
wastes. J. Econ. Entomol. 64(1): 111-115. 74. Legner,
E. F. & G. S. Olton. 1971. Distribution and relative abundance of
dipterous pupae and their parasitoids in accumulations of domestic animal
manure in the southwestern United States.
Hilgardia 40(14): 505-535. 80. Legner, E. F.
1972.
Observations on hybridization and heterosis in parasitoids of synanthropic
flies. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer.
65(1): 254-263. 85. Anderson,
J. R., W. R. Bowen, A. S. Deal, G. P. Georghiou, E. F. Legner, E. C. Loomis
& M. H. Swanson. 1972. Fly control on poultry ranches. Univ. of Calif. Publ. AXT-72. 18 pp 88. Legner, E. F. & E. J. Dietrick. 1972. Inundation with
parasitic insects to control filth breeding flies in California. Proc. Calif. Mosq. Contr. Assoc., Inc. 40: 129-130. 90. Legner,
E. F. & J. H. Poorbaugh, Jr.
1972. Biological control of
vector and noxious synanthropic flies:
a review. Calif. State Dept.
Publ. Health, Vector Views 19(11):
81-100. 94. Legner, E. F. & W. R. Bowen. 1973. Influence of
available poultry manure breeding habitat on emergence density of
synanthropic flies (Diptera). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 66(3):
533-538. 95. Legner,
E. F. & R. E. Eastwood.
1973. Seasonal and spatial
distribution of Tinea fuscipunctella on poultry
ranches. J. Econ. Entomol. 66(3): 685-687. 96. Olton,
G. S. & E. F. Legner. 1973. House fly breeding and associated
parasitoids in decaying melon fields.
J. Econ.
Entomol. 66(4): 909-911. 98. Legner,
E. F., W. R. Bowen, W. D. McKeen, W. F. Rooney & R. F. Hobza. 1973.
Inverse relationships between mass of breeding habitat and
synanthropic fly emergence and the measurement of population densities with
sticky tapes in California inland valleys.
Environ. Entomol. 2(2):
199-205. 112. Legner, E. F., R. D. Sjogren
& I. M. Hall. 1974. The biological
control of medically important arthropods.
Critical Reviews in Environmental Control 4(1):
85-113. 120. Olton,
G. S. & E. F. Legner. 1974. Biology of Tachinaephagus zealandicus
(Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), parasitoid of synanthropic Diptera. Canad. Entomol. 106(8): 785-800. 127. Legner,
E. F., B. B. Sugerman, H.-S. Yu and H. Lum.
1974. Biological and
integrated control of the bush fly, Musca
sorbens Wiedemann and other filth breeding Diptera in Kwajalein Atoll,
Marshall Islands. Bull. Soc. Vector
Ecol. 1: 1-14. 131. Olton, G. S. & E. F. Legner. 1975.
Winter inoculative releases of parasitoids to reduce houseflies in
poultry manure. J. Econ. Entomol. 68(1): 35-38. 133. Legner, E. F. & E. J. Dietrick.
1974.
Effectiveness of supervised control practices in lowering population
densities of synanthropic flies on poultry ranches. Entomophaga 19(4):
467-478. 134. Legner,
E. F., W. R. Bowen, W. F. Rooney, W. D. McKeen & G. W. Johnston. 1975.
Integrated fly control on poultry ranches. Calif. Agric. 29(5): 8-10. 143. Legner, E. F. & G. S. Olton. 1975.
Filth fly sources in decaying melon fields in southern California's
low deserts. Calif. Agric. 29(1): 10-11. 152. Anderson,
J. R., W. R. Bowen, A. S. Deal, G. P. Georghiou, E. F. Legner, & M. H.
Swanson. 1975. Fly control on poultry ranches. Univ. of Calif. Leaflet 2505. 17 pp. 155. Legner, E. F. 1976.
The Musca sorbens Wiedemann complex in Kwajalein
Atoll, Marshall Islands. Entomol. News 87(1-2):
39-48. 157. Legner, E. F. 1976. Low storage
temperature effects on the reproductive potential of three parasites of Musca domestica. Ann. Entomol.
Soc. Amer. 69(3): 435-441. 159. Legner,
E. F., G. S. Olton, R. E. Eastwood & E. J. Dietrick. 1975.
Seasonal density, distribution and interactions of predatory and scavenger
arthropods in accumulating poultry wastes in coastal and interior southern
California. Entomophaga 20(3): 269-283. 162. Legner, E. F., I. Moore & G. S. Olton. 1976.
Tabular keys and biological notes to common parasitoids and
synanthropic Diptera breeding in
accumulated animal wastes. Entomol.
News 87(3 & 4): 113-144. 164. Bay, E. C., C. O. Berg, H. C. Chapman &
E. F. Legner. 1976. Biological control of medical and
veterinary pests. In: "Theory and Practice of
Biological Control," p. 457-79.
C. B. Huffaker (ed.). Academic Press, Inc., New York, London. 169. Legner, E. F. 1977. Temperature,
humidity and depth of habitat influencing host destruction and fecundity of
muscoid fly parasites. Entomophaga
22(2): 199-206. 175.
Legner, E. F. & I. Moore.
1977. The larva of Platystethus spiculus Erichson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) and its occurrence
in bovine feces in irrigated pastures.
Psyche 84(2): 158-164. 176. Legner, E. F. 1978. Part I: Parasites and predators introduced against
arthropod pests. Diptera. In: Introduced Parasites and Predators of Arthropod Pests and
Weeds: a World Review (C. P. Clausen,
ed.), pp. 335-39; 346-55. Agric. Handbk. No. 480, ARS, USDA, U. S. Govt. Printing Off., Wash., D.
C. 545 pp 178. Legner, E. F. 1978. Natural enemies imported
in California for the biological control of face fly, Musca autumnalis
DeGeer, and horn fly, Haematobia irritans (L.). Proc.
Calif. Mosq. & Vector Contr. Assoc., Inc. 46: 77-79. 182. Legner, E. F. 1979. Prolonged culture
and inbreeding effects on reproductive rates of two pteromalid parasites of
muscoid flies. Ann. Entomol. Soc.
Amer. 72(1): 114-118. 183. Legner, E. F. 1979. Reproduction of Spalangia endius, Muscidifurax raptor and M. zaraptor on fresh
vs. refrigerated fly hosts. Ann.
Entomol. Soc. Amer. 72(1): 155-157. 189. Legner, E. F. 1979. The relationship
between host destruction and parasite reproductive potential in Muscidifurax raptor, M. zaraptor, and Spalangia endius
[Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae].
Entomophaga 24(2): 145-152. 200. Legner, E. F. 1981. Improving
commercial biological control of filth flies with parasites. pp. 5-10.
In: U. S. Dept. Agric. Publ. A-106.2F64,
"Status of Biological Control of Filth Flies." 212 pp. 201. Legner, E. F. et al.
(with E. C. Loomis, J. R. Anderson, W. R.
Bowen, A. S. Deal, R. A. Ernst & G. P. Georghiou). 1981.
Integrated management of pest
flies on poultry ranches. Univ. of
Calif. Leaflet 2505: 18 pp. 202. Legner, E. F., D. J. Greathead & I. Moore. 1981.
Equatorial East African predatory and scavenger arthropods in bovine
excrement. Environ. Entomol. 10(5): 620-625. 206. Legner, E. F. & M. E. Badgley.
1982.
Improved parasites for filth fly control. Calif. Agric. 36(9 & 10):
27. 207. Legner, E. F., E. J.
Dietrick & D. J. Blehm. 1982. New parasitic
insects for biological control of synanthropic flies. Proc. Calif. Mosq. & Vector Contr.
Assoc., Inc. 50: 45-47. 213. Legner, E. F. 1983. Broadened view of Muscidifurax parasites associated with
endophilous synanthropic flies and sibling species in the Spalangia endius complex. Proc.
Calif. Mosq. & Vector Contr. Assoc., Inc. 51: 47-48. 214. Legner, E. F. 1983. Requirements for
appraisal of the role of parasitic insects in the natural control of
synanthropic Diptera. Proc. Calif. Mosq. & Vector Contr. Assoc., Inc.
51: 97-98. 215. Legner, E. F. & R. W.
Warkentin. 1983. Questions
concerning the dynamics of Onthophagus
gazella (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
with symbovine flies in the lower Colorado Desert of California. Proc. Calif. Mosq. & Vector Contr.
Assoc., Inc. 51: 99-101. 218. Legner, E. F. 1985. Effects of
scheduled high temperature on male production in thelytokous Muscidifurax uniraptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Canad. Entomol. 117(3):
383-389. 220. Legner, E. F. & R. W. Warkentin. 1985. Genetic improvement and inbreeding effects
in culture of beneficial arthropods.
Proc. Calif. Mosq. & Vector Contr. Assoc., Inc. 52: 156-161. 222. Legner, E. F. 1985. Natural and induced
sex ratio changes in populations of thelytokous Muscidifurax uniraptor
(Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 78(3): 398-402. 227. Legner, E. F. 1986. The requirement for
reassessment of interactions among dung beetles, symbovine flies and natural
enemies. Entomol. Soc. Amer. Misc. Publ. 61: 120-131. 228. Legner, E. F. 1986. Breeding superior
parasitoids of Diptera using a novel extranuclear inheritance mechanism. Proc. Calif. Mosq. & Vector Contr.
Assoc., Inc. 44: 156-159. 229. Legner, E. F. 1986. Trapping efficiency
of exophilous synanthropic Diptera increased through considerations of
behavior. Proc. Calif. Mosq. &
Vector Contr. Assoc., Inc. 54:
160-162. 230. Legner, E. F. 1987. Transfer of
thelytoky to arrhenotokous Muscidifurax
raptor Girault & Sanders
(Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Canad. Entomol. 119(3): 265-271 232. Legner, E. F. 1987. Pattern of
thelytoky acquisition in Muscidifurax
raptor Girault & Sanders
(Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Bull.
Soc. Vector Ecol. 12(2): 517-527. 233. Legner, E. F. 1987. Inheritance of
gregarious and solitary oviposition in Muscidifurax
raptorellus Kogan & Legner
(Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Canad. Entomol. 119(9):
791-808. 234. Legner, E. F. 1987. Some quantitative
aspects of inheritance in breeding synanthropic fly parasitoids. Bull. Soc. Vector Ecol. 12(2); 528- 533. 238. Legner, E. F. 1988. Quantitation of
heterotic behavior in parasitic Hymenoptera.
Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 81(4):
657-681. 239. Legner, E. F. 1988.
Hybridization in principal parasitoids of synanthropic Diptera: the genus Muscidifurax (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Hilgardia 56(4): 36 pp. 241. Legner, E. F. 1988. Studies of four
thelytokous Puerto Rican isolates of Muscidifurax
uniraptor [Hymenoptera:
Pteromalidae]. Entomophaga 33(3); 269-280. 245 Legner, E. F. 1989. Fly parasitic wasp,
Muscidifurax raptorellus Kogan & Legner (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
invigorated through insemination by males of different races. Bull. Soc. Vector Ecol. 14(2): 291-300. 246. Legner, E. F. & E. J.
Dietrick. 1989. Coexistence of
predatory Muscina stabulans and Ophyra aenescens
[Dipt.: Muscidae] with dipterous prey
in poultry manure. Entomophaga
34(4): 453-461. 251. Legner, E. F., W. D. McKeen
& R. W. Warkentin. 1990. Inoculation and
spread of parasitic wasps to control filth flies in poultry houses. Calif. Mosq. & Vector Contr.
Assoc., Inc. 57: 146-150. 252. Legner, E. F., W. D. McKeen
& R. W. Warkentin. 1990. Inoculation of
three pteromalid wasp species (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) increases
parasitism and mortality of Musca domestica L. pupae in poultry
manure. Bull. Soc. Vector Ecol.
15(2): 149-155 253. Legner, E. F. 1990. Increasing
parasitism and mortality of synanthropic Muscidae. Proc. 2nd Intern. Cong. Dipterology, Bratislava, Aug 27 - Sept. 1, 1990: 131. 256. Legner, E. F. 1991c. Influence of Onthophagus gazella on hornfly, Haematobia
irritans density in irrigated
pastures. Entomophaga 36: 547-53. 261. Legner, E. F. 1995.
Biological control of Diptera of medical and veterinary
importance. J. Vector Ecology 20(1):
59-120. 262. Legner. E. F. 1995. Host specificity
patterns and determinants in hymenopterous parasitoids: constraint to the use of new associations.
In: Paper No. 62, Abstracts 13th
International Plant Protection Congress, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2-7 July
1995. European J. Plant Pathology, Kluwer Academic Publ. 264. Etzel, L. K. & E. F.
Legner. 1999. Culture and
Colonization. In: T. W. Fisher
& T. S. Bellows, Jr. (eds.), Chapter 15, p. 125-197, Handbook of Biological Control:
Principles and Applications.
Academic Press, San Diego, CA 1046
p. 265. Gordh, G., E. F. Legner & L. E.
Caltagirone. 1999. Biology of parasitic Hymenoptera. In: T. W. Fisher & T. S. Bellows, Jr.
(eds.), Chapter 15, p. 355-381, Handbook
of Biological Control: Principles and
Applications. Academic Press, San
Diego, CA 1046 p. 266. Garcia, R. & E. F.
Legner. 1999. Biological control
of medical and veterinary pests. In: T. W. Fisher & T. S. Bellows, Jr.
(eds.), Chapter 15, p. 935-953, Handbook
of Biological Control: Principles and
Applications. Academic Press, San
Diego, CA 1046 pp. |