Source: MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY submitted to NRP
BIOLOGY, DISTRIBUTION AND SYSTEMATICS OF MONTANA INSECTS
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
HATCH
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0200123
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
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Proposal No.
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Multistate No.
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Project Start Date
Oct 1, 2010
Project End Date
Sep 30, 2015
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY
(N/A)
BOZEMAN,MT 59717
Performing Department
Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology
Non Technical Summary
Wood- and grain-associated species of long-horned beetles, metallic wood-borers, powder-post beetles, wood wasps and bark beetles will be surveyed in the State, with a goal of documenting the species naturally present and their distribution, as well as to detect any new invading species that can damage the urban, commercial and wild forests of Montana or our grain stores. The resulting information will be published in scientific journals, and a photographic atlas published on the internet in a format useful to the public. In cooperation with the Montana Department of Agriculture and USDA, discovery of new invading species will be communicated to the public in a timely manner. Students will be involved in significant ways throughout the project, and will gain valuable research, laboratory and field experience.
Animal Health Component
(N/A)
Research Effort Categories
Basic
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Applied
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Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
13631101130100%
Knowledge Area
136 - Conservation of Biological Diversity;

Subject Of Investigation
3110 - Insects;

Field Of Science
1130 - Entomology and acarology;
Goals / Objectives
Goal 1 will be a series of peer-reviewed papers and electronic publications resulting from work conducted under the previous Project. Output 1A will be publication of a paper on the nomenclature of the bostrichids Output 1B will be publication of a paper on synonymies of genera and descriptions of new genera and species Output 1C will be publication of revisions of 5 genera of Dinoderinae Output 1D will be release of a LUCID key to the genera of world Bostrichidae, Goal 2 will be to survey wood-associated insects of the Cerambycidae, Buprestidae, Bostrichidae, Siricidae and Scolytinae of Montana, in cooperation with the Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) and others. The primary goal of this work is a better understanding of what native and invasive species of wood associate insects are present in Montana, and how they are distributed. Under this goal the Objective will be to survey localities in 20-22 counties each year for the duration of the Project, pending continued support from MDA. Emphasis will be on a combination of expected portals for introductions and areas under-represented in our knowledge of the Montana's fauna. I will identify the Cerambycidae, Buprestidae, Siricidae and Bostrichidae using published literature, with back-up, as needed, by collaborators Lingafelter (Cerambycidae) and Bellamy (Buprestidae). Scolytinae will be sent to collaborator LaBonte, who has been recently funded by USDA APHIS to identify this group for the Pacific Northwest region. Vouchers will be returned to the MTEC. Output 2A will be new collections of wood-associated insects from around Montana to be deposited in the Montana Entomology Collection (MTEC). Output 2B will be recuration of the material of these groups already in the MTEC. Output 2C will be a database of Montana specimens in the MTEC and the Cope and Huther collections of Cerambycidae. Output 2D will be a photographic atlas of the Cerambycidae and Buprestidae of the State Output 2E will be an updated list of the Scolytinae and Siricidae, distributed over the internet. Goal 3 looks to the discoveries of new records and detection of invasive species expected to result from the efforts under Goal 2. Adaptive management of the project will adjust the objectives and outputs depending on discovery of any new pests in the State, and the needs of managers to deal with them. Output 3A will be papers in peer-reviewed journals that report these discoveries. Goal 4. Undergraduate and graduate students will be trained in survey and taxonomic work, photo-documentation and systematic research techniques.
Project Methods
Methods for Goal 1 are now limited to writing, as the research is complete. Methods for Goal 2. In cooperation with, and funded by the MDA, an intern will be employed to place and run a series of traps according to USDA APHIS criteria in 20-22 counties each year. MDA will provide funding of an intern salary, a vehicle, travel expenses and supplies for field and laboratory work each year. I will recruit, supervise and mentor the interns. A combination of hand collecting, Lindgren Funnels, light traps, flight intercept traps, and sticky traps will be utilized, baited with ethanol and pheromones. Traps will be checked bi-weekly during the flight season. In addition, Cooperator Orty Bourquin of Columbus will run an extra series of traps in Stillwater Co. The specific sampling localities will be chosen in consultation with Ian Foley and Patricia Denke of the MDA, with the goal of covering likely areas of introduction as well as under-collected areas. New material generated will be sorted, cleaned, mounted and identified for incorporation into the MTEC, using standard curatorial methodology. Specimens already in the MTEC, which already contains a good start on this project, will be reidentifed. Buprestidae and Cerambycidae from previous MDA survey work will be mounted, identified and incorporated into the MTEC. A database of specimen data will be created, and all known Montana records incorporated into it. Literature records and MTEC material will form the foundation of this database. Cooperators James Cope of Ennis, and Jeffery Huether of New York have extensive collections of Montana cerambycids, the data from which will be incorporated into the database. The University of Montana collections in the lab of Douglas Emlin will be identified and databased. MTEC volunteer Byron Weber of Missoula will be encouraged to continue collecting and running traps, increasing our coverage. Photography students from MSU will be employed through the Undergraduate Scholars Program to produce high quality AutoMontage images of each species of Cerambycidae and Buprestidae. The resulting images will then be assembled into a web-based Photographic Atlas of the Cerambycidae and Buprestidae of Montana. Under Goal 3, discovery of new invasive species will be reported to MDA and USDA, and actions thereafter will be coordinated with the regulatory agencies. Detection of important new pests will result in adaptive management of the situation, in coordination with our collaborators, to inform the public, further detail the infestation and provide support to eradication efforts. Other new records will be reported via the normal publication process. Goal 4 will be pursued under all of the other Goals as students are involved in field work, laboratory work, photodocumentation and publications.

Progress 10/01/10 to 09/30/15

Outputs
Target Audience:The audience for our work is the scientific community, regulatory agencies, land management groups, the agricultural and forestry community, and students, as well as the public at large. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Field work, curation and taxonomic training involved three graduate students and three undergrads. A computer science graduate student was involved in web design and applications. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Results have been disseminated via journal publications, presentations at professional meetings, seminars and public presentations. Data have been made available to the general public via websites (see Products). What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We shall continue in the same general vein to further produce products under this project.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Surveys were conducted in 25 counties of Montana during 2015, the material sorted and cleaned. Material from 2013-2014 field seasons was evaluated and mounted. Identifications of target groups were upgraded, and loans made to further the identification upgrades. Publications were published, see Products.

Publications

  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Montana Wood Boring Insect Project - Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae). http://mtent.org/Cerambycidae.html
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Montana Wood Boring Insect Project - Metallic Flathead Borers (Buprestidae) http://mtent.org/Projects/WBIP/Buprestidae/Buprestidae.html
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Bumble Bees of Montana http://mtent.org/Projects/Bees%20of%20Montana/bumble_bees/bumble_bees.html
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: . McKenna, D.; A. Wild, K. Kanda, C. Bellamy, R. Beutel, M. Caterino, C. Farnum, D. Hawks, M. Ivie, M. Jameson, R. Leschen, A. Marvaldi, J. McHugh, A. Newton, J. Robertson, M. Thayer, M. Whiting, J. Lawrence, A. Slipinski, D. Maddison, B. Farrell. The Beetle Tree of Life Reveals Coleoptera Survived End Permian Mass Extinction to Diversify During the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution. Systematic Entomology 40: 1-46.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Konstantinov, A. S., A. Linzmeier, S. M .Clark, M. A. Ivie. Review of the West Indian genus Monotalla Bechyn� (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) with description of five new species. ZooKeys 505: 117136.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Runyon, J. B., M. A.Ivie and N. L. Evenhuis. Case 3681. Liancalus Loew, 1857 and Scellus Loew, 1857 (Insecta, Diptera,DOLICHOPODIDAE): proposed conservation of the names by designation of Dolichopus regius Fabricius, 1805 as type species for Anoplomerus Rondani, 1856. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 72(2) June 2015: 129-133.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2015 Citation: Anderson, R. S., and M. A. Ivie. Two new species of metallic green Pandeleteius from the West Indies (Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Entiminae; Tanymecini). Coleopterists Bulletin 69: 319-323.


Progress 10/01/13 to 09/30/14

Outputs
Target Audience: The primary audience for this project is the scientific community, with outreach to citizens and students for educational purposes. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Nothing Reported How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Journal articles, presentations at professional meetings, websites and news releases were used to disseminate results. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Work on these goals will be prioritized in 2014, with progress on goals 1-4 planned.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Progress toward these goals continues.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Ivie, M. A., S. Medrano-Cabral and E. R. Martin�z. 2014. Chalcophora virginiensis (Drury) a Newly Established Invasive in the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). 68: 712713.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Etzler, F. E., K. W. Wanner, A. Morales-Rodriquez, and M. A. Ivie. 2014.DNA barcoding to improve the species level management of wireworms. Journal of Economic Entomology 107: 1476-1485.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Ivie, M. A. and M. F. Geiser. 2014. Tylocerus crassicornis (Dalman, 1823), type species of Tylocerus Dalman, 1823 (Coleoptera: Cantharidae: Silinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 68: 111114.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Kirk C. Tonkel, B. G. Rector, W. S. Longland, L. A. Dimitri and M. A. Ivie. 2014. Stephanopachys conicola Fisher (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) feeding on decaying western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook. var. occidentalis) berries: a novel association for Bostrichidae. Coleopterist Bulletin 68: 403-406.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Masek, M., M. A. Ivie, V. Palata and L. Bocak. 2014. Molecular phylogeny and classification of Lyropaeini (Coleoptera: Lycidae) with description of larvae and new species of Lyropaeus. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62: 136145.


Progress 01/01/13 to 09/30/13

Outputs
Target Audience: The primary audience for this project is the scientific community, with outreach to citizens and students for educational purposes. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Two Graduate students and several undergraduates were trained under goal 4. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Journal articles, presentations at professional meetings, websites and news releases were used to disseminate results. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Work on Goal 1 will be prioritized in 2014, with progress on goals 1-4 planned.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Journal papers and web sites were published that are directly applicable to goal 2. Survey collections were conducted in 15 counties and the material processed in support of goal 2A. Recuration of the Buprestidae was finished under Goal 2 B. Websites were launched completing goal 2D. Material was identified by collaborators including Ted MacRae, following the untimely loss of Charles Bellamy Progress on goal 1 was made, with the target of publication in that area in 2014. Two Graduate students and several undergraduates were trained under goal 4.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Kippenhan, M.G, D. W. Brzoska, R. C. Winton and M. A. Ivie. 2013. New records for Brasiella argentata pallipes Fleutiaux and Sall� (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) from the West Indies. Coleopterists Bulletin 67: 411-415.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Maier, C. A., and M. A. Ivie. 2013. Reevaluation of Chalcophora angulicollis (LeConte) and Chalcophora virginiensis (Drury) with a review and key to the North American Chalcophora Dejean, (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 67: 457-469.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Lingafelter, S. W., and M.A. Ivie. 2013. A new genus of mimetic longhorned beetle from St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Rhinotragini). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 115: 268273.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Maier, C. A., and M. A. Ivie. 2013. Species and Records of Chrysobothris (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Monserrat, Saba, and Anguilla with a key to Chrysobothris of the thoracica-group in the West Indies. Coleopterists Bulletin 67: 81-88.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Hart, C. J., J. S. Cope and M. A. Ivie. 2013. A checklist of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of Montana with distribution maps. Coleopterists Bulletin 67: 133-148
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Hart, C. J., and M. A. Ivie. 2013. Synonymy of Megacyllene comanchei Rice and Morris and Megacyllene angulifera (Casey) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 67: 89-93 .
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Etzler, F. E., J.Huether, P. J. Johnson, F. W. Skillman, Jr., and M. A. Ivie. 2013. Use of Morphology and CO1 BarCoding to Test the Validity of Tetraopes huetheri Skillman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 67: 46-49.
  • Type: Theses/Dissertations Status: Other Year Published: 2013 Citation: Etzler, F. E. 2013. Identification of Economic Wireworms Using Traditional and Molecular Methods. MS Entomology Thesis. 303 pp.
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2012 Citation: Wanner, K., M. A. Ivie and J. Beck. Wireworm.org
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Ivie, M. A. and J. Beck. Montana Entomology Collection (MTEC). http://mtent.org/
  • Type: Websites Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Ivie, M. A., C. Hart and J. Beck. Montana Wood Boring Insect Project: Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae). http://mtent.org/Cerambycidae.html
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Ivie, M. A., K. Arend, T. MacRae, C. Hart and J. Beck. Montana Wood Boring Insect Project: Metallic Flathead Borers (Buprestidae). http://mtent.org/Projects/WBIP/Buprestidae/Buprestidae.html MTEnt.org


Progress 01/01/12 to 12/31/12

Outputs
OUTPUTS: Specimens from previous trapping years were a priority for mounting and labeling, with all backlogs of wood boring beetles being finished in August. Extensive trapping with Lindgren funnels and other methods in previously underrepresented counties was conducted in 2012, and by the end of the year, all cerambycids and most wood borers were mounted and labeled. Some 26,000 specimens were prepared during 2012 as a result of this project. PARTICIPANTS: USDA Gary Adams, Montana Department of Agriculture; Ian Foley, Graduate Student; Frank Etzler, Graduate Student; Soon Kim, undergrad; and after June, Graduate Student Charles Hart; Undergraduates Asa Staven and Hanna Barres. Employees Sarah Suta and James Beck. TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
Very large additions to the species present in Montana, and improved documentation of the distribution within Montana was achieved. Students were trained in survey techniques, collecting methods and curation. Two students wrote their first scientific papers for publication.

Publications

  • Ivie, M. A. and D. A. Pollock. 2012. The Familial Placement of Cladobradus Pic (Coleoptera: Ptilodactylidae, Dascillidae, Mycteridae). Coleopterists Bulletin 66: 7-13.


Progress 01/01/11 to 12/31/11

Outputs
OUTPUTS: Activities: Extensive trapping across Montana for wood boring insects produced a very large amount of material. Collaboration with USDA, Montana Department of Ag, and the MSU Undergraduate Scholars Program greatly multiplied our efforts. Sorting, cleaning and mounting material from previous years and 2011 has resulted in a large number of new specimens, covering previously uncollected parts of the State. Events: Information was provided via Montana Ag Live TV programs, Master Gardener presentations, and a joint USDA, MDA, MSU information transfer meeting. Services: Four undergraduates and a graduate student were included in the project as educational activities. Products included 3 funded grants contributing to this project's goals. PARTICIPANTS: USDA Aphis; Gary Adams, Montana Department of Ag; Ian Foley, MSU Graduate Student; Frank Etzler, MSU Undergraduate Student; Genna Boland; Charles Hart; Asa Stavens; Kevin Roskie TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
Changes in knowledge followed the documentation of additional species that occur in Montana, as well as greatly increased knowledge of the distribution within the State. Change in conditions followed the training of lab participants so that they are far more effective in generating new data.

Publications

  • Ivie, M. A. and M. V. L. Barclay. 2011. The familial placement and specific membership of Escalerina Bolivar y Pieltain and Paulusiella Mandl, with new synonymies (Coleoptera: Elateridae, Dascillidae, Drilidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 65: 167-172.
  • Ivie, M. A. 2011. How We Love Our Specimens: Notes on Curatorial Dedication, Synonymy and Biology in the Platydascillinae (Coleoptera: Byturidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 65: 50-52.
  • Maier, C. A., M. A. Ivie, J. B. Johnson and D. R. Maddison. 2010. A New Northern-most Record for the Family Hydroscaphidae LeConte, with Description of a New Species (Coleoptera: Hydroscaphidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 64: 289-302.
  • Ivie, M. A. 2010. Additions and corrections to Borowski and Wegrzynowicz's world catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Zootaxa 2498: 28-46.
  • Winton, R. C., M. G. Kippenhan and M. A. Ivie. 2010. New State Record for Cicindela arenicola Rumpp (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) in Southwestern Montana. Coleopterists Bulletin 64:43-44.
  • Ivie, M.A., F. Etzler, L. Ivie, and R. O'Neill. 2010. Smoky-winged Ash Aphid in Northwest Montana. Montana State University Ag Alert. 4 pp.


Progress 01/01/09 to 12/31/09

Outputs
OUTPUTS: Presentation of the invited symposium presentation: Ivie, M. A. The glories that are Bostrichidae. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, 16 December, 2009. PARTICIPANTS: Ross Winton, graduate student, received training in imaging and taxonomy Crystal Maier, graduate student, received training with LUCID software, imaging and taxonomy TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audience is quarantine inspectors, systematists and stored products specialists. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
This Project has resulted in great strides in new knowledge of the Dinoderinae and Bostrichidae in general, in terms of information needed to stabilize the taxonomy of the group. Information and material has been generated to clarify the phylogeny of the group, 2 graduate students have benefited from the research opportunities provided and are expected to finish soon. A computer-based key to the genera of bostrichids has been started, and a variety of other manuscripts are in progress.

Publications

  • No publications reported this period


Progress 01/01/07 to 12/31/07

Outputs
OUTPUTS: Funding was obtained to study type material in Brussels and Tervern, Belgium, and the trip undertaken successfully. Specimens from the Natural History Museum in Basel were borrowed to obtain more exemplars of taxa under study. Determination of nearly 3,000 specimens of bostrichids were undertaken to become better acquainted with the variation in the group. Photographic documentation of the species-level characters was continued. PARTICIPANTS: Michael A. Ivie TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audience for the final products will include Homeland Security port inspectors, grain quality evaluators, storage facility operators, insect taxonomists and others. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: The decision was made to incorportate LUCID internet key technology into the goals of the project, because of its greater usefulness and more wide dissemination. This was made possible by funding from USDA-APHIS.

Impacts
The project is still in the data gathering phase, and no impacts are yet available. A PDF library of world literature on the group has been generated, including OCR conversion, allowing the existing information on the group to be more widely available.

Publications

  • No publications reported this period


Progress 01/01/06 to 12/31/06

Outputs
Museum specimens continue to be received, databased and studied. Illustrations are prepared. A LUCID key is being developed in cooperation with PPQ/APHIS/USDA.

Impacts
With the development of the collaboration with PPQ APHIS, the identification tools will be in the hands of port identifiers, making identification of specimens more rapid at critical points.

Publications

  • No publications reported this period


Progress 01/01/05 to 12/31/05

Outputs
Material of the Dinoderinae is still being amassed. Manuscripts are in progress. Support for the project was obtained via a Tree of Life grant from the National Science Foundation. A fully automated Automontage system was obtained and installed under support by the National Science Foundation.

Impacts
Currently, identifications are being done by the PI for various State, Federal and foreign agencies. This impact is positive, but unsustainable, so the goal is to provide the tools to allow the agency personnel to identify the materials themselves.

Publications

  • No publications reported this period


Progress 10/01/04 to 12/31/04

Outputs
This report covers the first 3 months of a five-year project, and as such there is not much to report. Literature has been gathered, contacts made, and specimens assembled for the beginning of the project.

Impacts
This project will allow the timely determination of intercepted infestations by Dinoderinae to allow early detection of new and emerging pest threats to the international grain stream.

Publications

  • No publications reported this period