An Annotated List of the Cerambycidae of Michigan (Coleoptera) Part II, the Subfamilies Lepturinae and Lamiinae

(excerpt) This is a continuation of Part I of an annotated list of the Cerambycidae known from Michigan, and includes the remaining subfamilies Lepturinae and Lamiinae. The format is similar to that used in Part I. We have largely followed the systematic order of Chemsak and Linsley (1975) in this part of the list. Keys for the identification of adult Lepturinae can be found in Linsley and Chemsak (1972; in press). References to keys for adult Lamiinae are listed under that subfamily. Many larvae may be identified through the keys in Craighead (1923), but not all Michigan species are covere

Guidelines for peer observation of learning and teaching

These guidelines have been prepared as a starting point for schools of education or education departments wishing to undertake peer observation of learning and teaching, particularly as preparation for a Subject Review. While the guidelines are designed to have general applicability to any department, the particular circumstances and the requirements of specific subjects will almost certainly mean that there will be variations in practice between departments and subject area

An Annotated List of the Cerambycidae of Michigan (Coleoptera) Part I, Introduction and the Subfamilies Parandrinae, Prioninae, Spondylinae, Aseminae, and Cerambycinae

The Cerambycidae are generally acknowledged as one of the most popular families of Coleoptera, and it is not surprising that they have been collected widely in Michigan. Andrews (1916, 1921, 1929), Hatch (1924), Hubbard and Schwarz (1878), and Wickham (1895), included Cerambycidae in published lists of insects from various localities in the state. The present list, however, is the first to include records of collections made throughout Michigan. Some regions of the state have been rather thoroughly collected, particularly the southeastern counties. Collecting throughout Michigan has been sufficient to consider this list as essentially complete, although continued studies in the southwestern Lower Peninsula and the western Upper Peninsula will undoubtedly add a few species to the records

Correct Identity of the Oak Twig Pruner (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

(excerpt) The oak twig pruner is a cerambycid of minor economic importance which is generally common through most of eastern North America. The adult beetles oviposit on living twigs of oak and other hardwoods, and the larvae bore within the twig, subsequently pruning it from the tree. Haldeman (1847) identified this borer as Elaphidion villosus (Fabricius), a species later placed in the genus Elaphidionoides by Linsley (1963). This identification has been accepted and followed by Baker (1972), Craighead (1923, 1950), Duffy (1960), Knull (1946). Linsley (1963), and many other authors

New State Records of Cerambycidae From Michigan (Coleoptera)

(excerpt) Previously published lists of Cerambycidae from Michigan (Gosling 1973, Gosling and Gosling 1977) recorded 225 species from the state. Reassignment of Trachysida brevifrons (Howden) as a subspecies of Trachysida aspera (LeConte) (Linsley and Chemsak 1976) reduced the total by one. Recent collecting in St. Joseph County in southwestern Michigan and Marquette County in the Upper Peninsula has added three species to those already known from Michigan

Cerambycid Host Plants in a Southwestern Michigan Woodland (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Host plant associations are listed for 61 species of Cerambycidae based on a six-year study in an 80-ha woodland in southwestern Michigan

Saint Paul’s doctrine of sin

St. Paul sees sin both as 'prenomic’ ("in. the world before the law was given" Rom.5.13) and as revealed by the law. The law was meant to "make alive" (Gal.3.21), but Paul came to see that the law reveals man's inability to fulfil God's, demand, and, in fact, energises 'prenomic' sin, making it '.transgression’. This realisation does not affect Paul's estimate, of-the law; rather, the law's failure, to fulfil its function in man is explained by the fact that man, as flesh, is "sold under sin" (Rom.7.14). The flesh is not inherently sinful, but is dominated by the power of sin. "All have sinned" (Rom.3.23) and sin is essentially one, though three, forms of sin are to be found in Paul's, thought. 'Prenomic' sin is a dominant feature of human activity or living which distinguishes it as resulting in alienation from God. This conception is made concrete in two directions. Firstly, transgression, which requires the context of the law, has the elements of defiance of God's demand and subjective guilt. Secondly, sin personalised is the hidden power of sin, which holds man in slavery. St. Paul is not so much concerned, with the origin of sin as with its consequences of alienation from God, 'more sin’ and death. It is as God reveals himself in the work of Christ and the gift of the Spirit that sin is revealed; it is in the revelation of Christ that God’s purpose of faith is made known and man's failure to fulfil God's purpose is revealed. The Christian though Christ has condemned sin in the flesh (Rom.8.3), has to contend with the fact that he is still in the flesh, as he awaits the full outworking of God's action in Christ in the resurrection of the dead

Ecology of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Huron Mountains in Northern Michigan

Eighty-nine species of Cerambycidae were collected during a five-year survey of the woodboring beetle fauna of the Huron Mountains in Marquette County, Michigan. Host plants were determined for 51 species. Observations were made of species abundance and phenology, and the blossoms visited by anthophilous cerambycids

Notes on the Genetics of \u3ci\u3ePhymatodes Testaceus\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Phenotype ratio for elytral coloration among reared offspring of Phymatodes testaceus suggests that this trait is controlled by a single gene with a dominant allele producing brown elytra and a reeessive allele for blue elytra. The brown-elytra phenotype previously has been reported as recessive in this species