Josephine Cardale

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Josephine Cardale
Nationality Australian
Alma mater University of Queensland
Scientific career
Fields Entomology
Institutions CSIRO,
Australian National Insect Collection
Thesis The biology of amegilla friese (hymenoptera, apoidea)

Josephine Christina Cardale worked as an entomologist for CSIRO from 1967 to 2001. She was a collection manager of Hymenoptera at the Australian National Insect Collection. [1]

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Career

Prior to working for CSIRO, her Master of Science thesis at University of Queensland focused on The biology of amegilla friese (hymenoptera, apoidea). [2] Her thesis focused on describing the females of Amegilla (Amegilla) pulchra (Smith) at nesting sites in Brisbane, Queensland. It also discusses four parasites from A. pulchra cells, and the behaviour of females of Amegilla (Asarapoda) sp. at a nesting site in Brisbane.

During her work at CSIRO, she took part in the pre-wet survey for insects which may indicate environmental pollution at McArthur River, Northern Territory (October–November 1975). [3] The survey was contracted by Mimets Development Pty.Ltd., a subsidiary of Mt Isa Mines. The resulting "Report on a survey of the Insects of the McArthur River Area, NT" recommended insect populations for monitoring effects of water pollution.

Cardale was also part of an intensive collecting trip to the Iron Range area of Cape York, Queensland (June–July 1986), which garnered 50,000 specimens (Upton, p. 240). She was also in the team which recorded some insects in Australia for the first time during a trip to Kununurra (Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia, May 1983) (Upton, pp. 243–4).

She was credited with working with Dr John Lawrence in collecting most of the specimens of Psocoptera from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. [4]

Cardale's volume of the Zoological Catalogue of Australia was reviewed by C.D. Eardley as "...indispensable to anyone interested in Australian bees or pollination biology." [5]

Namesakes

The parasitoid wasp species Ondontacolus cardaleae Valerio & Austin, sp. n. was named after Cardale, who collected the species. [1] [6]

She is also the namesake of another parasitoid wasp species which she collected, Ophelosia josephinae sp.n. [7] and a cuckoo wasp, Primeuchroeus cardaleae Bohart. [8]

She is also the namesake of a further parasitoid Ichneumon wasp 'Denticeria cardaleae,' which she collected. sp.n [9]

Publications

Awards

Cardale was highly commended in the Australian Society of Indexers Medal Award (1992) [11] for her index to Insects of Australia: A Textbook for Students and Research Workers. [12] [13]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parasitoid</span> Organism that lives with its host and kills it

In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Braconidae</span> Family of wasps

The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera, with about 17,000 recognized species and many thousands more undescribed. One analysis estimated a total between 30,000 and 50,000, and another provided a narrower estimate between 42,000 and 43,000 species.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Platygastridae</span> Family of wasps

The hymenopteran family Platygastridae is a large group of exclusively parasitoid wasps, mostly very small (1–2 mm), black, and shining, with geniculate (elbowed) antennae that have an eight-segmented flagellum. The wings sometimes lack venation, though they may have slight fringes of setae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parasitoid wasp</span> Group of wasps

Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causing the death of these hosts. Different species specialise in hosts from different insect orders, most often Lepidoptera, though some select beetles, flies, or bugs; the spider wasps (Pompilidae) exclusively attack spiders.

<i>Amegilla</i> Genus of insects, blue-banded bees

Amegilla is a large genus of bees in the tribe Anthophorini. It has been split into many subgenera, including Asaropoda, Micramegilla,Notomegilla and Zonamegilla.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Labeninae</span> Subfamily of wasps

The Labeninae is a subfamily within the parasitoid wasp family Ichneumonidae. The family is divided into 12 extant genera grouped within four tribes.

<i>Leptocybe invasa</i> Species of wasp

Leptocybe invasa, the blue gum chalcid wasp or eucalyptus gall wasp, is a chalcid wasp which is the only species in the monotypic genus Leptocybe in the subfamily Tetrastichinae, of the family Eulophidae. It is a gall wasp which causes the formation of galls on a number of species of Eucalyptus, it was described in 2004 after galls were found in river red gums in the Mediterranean and Middle East and has since been found to be a widespread species where its host trees are planted. It is indigenous to Australia.

<i>Thyreus caeruleopunctatus</i> Species of bee

Thyreus caeruleopunctatus, commonly known as the chequered cuckoo bee, is a parasitic bee of the genus Thyreus, also called cuckoo bees. It is a stocky bee, notable for its brilliant metallic blue and black banded colors. Like other Thyreus, they are kleptoparasites of Amegilla species. They are found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

<i>Ropalidia revolutionalis</i> Species of wasp

Ropalidia revolutionalis, the stick-nest brown paper wasp, is a diurnal social wasp of the family Vespidae. They are known for the distinctive combs they make for their nests, and they have been found in Queensland, Australia in the areas of Brisbane and Townsville. They are an independent founding wasp species, and they build new nests each spring. They can be helpful because they control insect pests in gardens.

Anaphes nitens is a species of fairyfly, a chalcid wasp in the family Mymaridae. Native to Australia, it is an egg parasitoid of the gum tree snout beetle, a pest of Eucalyptus trees, and has been used in biological pest control of that species.

Mikeius hartigi is a species of wasp found in Australia, the type species of its genus. Species of Mikeius are thought to be associated with hosts that induce galls on Acacia and Eucalyptus species.

John Stuart Noyes is a Welsh entomologist.

Syntretus is a genus of parasitoid wasps. Most parasitize adult hymenopterans, though one species parasitizes adult Drosophila fruit flies.

<i>Inopus rubriceps</i> Species of fly

Inopus rubriceps, known generally as the sugarcane soldier fly or Australian soldier fly, is a species of soldier fly in the family Stratiomyidae. The fly acts as a host for the parasitoid wasps Neurogalesus carinatus and Neurogalesus militis. The species causes damage to pasture, as well as oat and maize crops, however the degree of damage it causes means it is not considered a major pest.

<i>Trissolcus oenone</i> Species of wasp

Trissolcus oenone is a parasitoid wasp in the family Platygastridae, native to Australia and New Zealand. It parasitises the eggs of stink bugs (Pentatomidae), but little is known about its biology.

<i>Cuspicona simplex</i> Species of true bug

Cuspicona simplex, commonly known as the green potato bug, is a herbivorous species of stink bug native to Australia and introduced to New Zealand. It feeds on nightshades. It is primarily known as a pest of potatoes, tomatoes, and other crops in the nightshade family.

<i>Netelia producta</i> Species of wasp

Netelia producta is a species of ichneumonid wasp in the subfamily Tryphoninae found in Australia.

<i>Megischus</i> Genus of insects

Megischus is a genus of crown-wasps in the parasitoid family Stephanidae. There are over 90 species globally distributed throughout the Neotropical, Palearctic, Afrotropical, Oriental, Australasian, and Oceanian zoogeographical regions.

Enoggera is a genus of wasp in the Pteromalidae family. It is native to Australia and has five known species. It was introduced to South Africa to serve as biological pest-control against the Eucalyptus destroying beetle, Trachymela tincticollis.

Alloxysta thorpei is a species of parasitoid wasp belonging to the family Figitidae. The species was first described by Mar Ferrer-Suay and Juli Pujade-Villar in 2012, and is found in Australia and New Zealand.

References

  1. 1 2 Valerio, Alejandro A. (2013). Systematics of Old World Odontacolus Kieffer s.l. (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s.l.): parasitoids of spider eggs. Pensoft Publishers Ltd. pp. 31–32.
  2. ↑ Cardale, Josephine Christine (1 January 1967). The biology of amegilla friese (hymenoptera, apoidea) / by Josephine Christine Cardale (Thesis). Brisbane: Thesis MSc - University of Queensland, Brisbane.
  3. ↑ Upton, Murray S. (1997). A rich and diverse fauna: the history of the Australian National Insect Collection 1926-1991. Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing. p. 237. ISBN   978-0643063228.
  4. ↑ Smithers, C. N. (1995). "Psocoptera (Insecta) of Christmas Island". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 9 (3): 529–61. doi:10.1071/IT9950529.
  5. ↑ Eardley, C.D. (1994). "Book reviews: Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 10. Hymenoptera: Apoidea" (PDF). African Entomology. 2 (1): 77.
  6. ↑ G. V. Maynard (May 1997). "Revision of Leioproctus (Anacolletes) Michener and Description of a New Subgenus Leioproctus (Odontocolletes) (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)" (PDF). Australian Journal of Entomology. 36 (2): 141–143. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1997.tb01446.x . Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  7. ↑ Berry, Jocelyn Asha (1994). The systematics of the Australasian Eunotinae (Hymenoptera: pteromalidae). Canberra. pp. 207–209. doi:10.25911/5d7785e9db067 – via Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ↑ Bohart, Richard M. (March 1988). "A key to species of the genus Primeuchroeus and descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)". Insecta Mundi. 2 (1): 24–25.
  9. ↑ Gauld, Ian (1984). Introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia. p. 235.
  10. ↑ Cardale, Josephine (1 June 1968). "Immature Stages of Australian Anthophorinae (hymenoptera: Apoidea)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 7 (1): 35–41. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1968.tb00698.x . ISSN   1440-6055.
  11. ↑ "Australian Society of Indexers Medal Award (1992)" (PDF). InCite: 13. 14 December 1992.
  12. ↑ CSIRO Division of Entomology (1991). Insects of Australia: A Textbook for Students and Research Workers (2nd ed.). University of Melbourne Press.
  13. ↑ "Highly Commended indexes". www.anzsi.org. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
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