Achillea spp. by Edward F. Gilman, Terry DelValle

“… Achillea species are 18- to 36-inch-tall perennials that bear masses of flowers throughout the summer (Figure 1). …”
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Reniform Nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford & Oliveira (Nematoda: Tylenchida: Tylenchoidea: Hoplolaimidae: Rotylenchulinae) by Koon-Hui Wang

“…The term 'reniform' refers to the kidney-shaped body of the mature female. There are ten species in the genus Rotylenchulus. Rotylenchulus reniformis is the most economically important species (Robinson 1997 ) and is called the reniform nematode. …”
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Foliar Nematode Aphelenchoides spp. (Nematoda: Aphelenchida: Aphelenchoididae) by Lindsay Wheeler, William T. Crow

“…Ten other species of Aphelenchoides also are recognized as facultative plant-parasites, but these are not as commonly encountered or as economically significant as the aforementioned species. …”
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Terrestrial Amphipods or "Lawn Shrimp," (Crustacea: Amphipoda) by Thomas R. Fasulo

“…These terrestrial species are sometimes referred to as "lawn shrimp" due to their similarity to true shrimp. …”
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Pythium Blight on Overseeded Turfgrass by Philip F. Harmon, Carol M. Stiles, Lawrence E. Datnoff

“… Pythium blight or cottony blight rapidly kills cool-season turfgrasses overseeded as winter cover of warm-season species. The disease can occur on bermudagrass in the summer, but disease severity on this warm-season species often is limited when compared to the damage caused to cool-season turfgrass. …”
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Stink Bugs in Florida Rice by Ron Cherry

“…This was the first report of this species being found in commercial rice fields in the United States. …”
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Parascedosporium and its relatives: phylogeny and ecological trends by M. Lackner, G.S. de Hoog

“…Significantly different ecological trends were observed between resolved species aggregates. The Pseudalleseheria and Seedosporiurn pro/ifieans clades were the only lineages with a marked opportunistic potential to mammals, while Petriella species were associated primarily with soil enriched by, e.g.dung. …”
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Testing spore amyloidity in Agaricales under light microscope: the case study of Tricholoma by Alfredo Vizzini, Giovanni Consiglio, Ledo Setti

“…Abstract Although species of the genus Tricholoma are currently considered to produce inamyloid spores, a novel standardized method to test sporal amyloidity (which involves heating the sample in Melzer’s reagent) showed evidence that in the tested species of this genus, which belong in all 10 sections currently recognized from Europe, the spores are amyloid. …”
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Oriental Rat Flea Xenopsylla cheopsis (Rothschild, 1903) (Insecta: Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) by Chad L. Cross, Jason L. Williams, Andrea Lucky

“…In addition to its role as a vector of the plague bacterium, this species can vector other pathogens and at least two tapeworm parasites of humans (Marquardt, et al. 2000; Gage 2005). …”
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Green lacewings (of Florida) Neuroptera: Chrysopidae by Lionel A. Stange

“…In Florida, there are 22 species in 9 genera, all placed in the subfamily Chrysopinae (Penny et al. 1997). …”
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The Laccate Ganoderma of the Southeastern United States: A Cosmopolitan and Important Genus of Wood Decay Fungi by Andrew L. Loyd, Jason A. Smith, Brantlee S. Richter, Robert A. Blanchette, Matthew E. Smith

“… Ganoderma Karst. is a large and diverse genus of wood decay fungi that can rot the roots and/or lower trunk of many tree species. There are several laccate (varnished or polished) Ganoderma species that are found in the southeastern United States and this six-page fact sheet provides an overview of the different species. …”
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Pythium Blight on Overseeded Turfgrass by Philip F. Harmon, Carol M. Stiles, Lawrence E. Datnoff

“… Pythium blight or cottony blight rapidly kills cool-season turfgrasses overseeded as winter cover of warm-season species. The disease can occur on bermudagrass in the summer, but disease severity on this warm-season species often is limited when compared to the damage caused to cool-season turfgrass. …”
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Managing Whiteflies on Landscape Ornamentals by Eileen A. Buss, Catherine M. Mannion, Lance S. Osborne, Adam G. Dale

“…There are more than 1,500 species worldwide and over 75 reported in Florida. …”
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Florida Carpenter Ants by R. J. Vazquez, Philip G. Koehler, Roberto M. Pereira, Jack Warner, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn

“… Carpenter ants are in the genus Camponotus, in which up to over 900 species have been described worldwide. They get their common name, “carpenter ant,” because some species excavate nests in wood. …”
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Terrestrial Amphipods or "Lawn Shrimp," (Crustacea: Amphipoda) by Thomas R. Fasulo

“…These terrestrial species are sometimes referred to as "lawn shrimp" due to their similarity to true shrimp. …”
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Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) and False Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa juncta (Germar) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) by Richard L. Jacques, Jr.

“… True "potato beetles" are members of the beetle genus Leptinotarsa, with 32 species in North America, including Mexico; 10 species in the continental United States, including two species in Florida. …”
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Why morphology matters: the negative consequences of hasty descriptions of putative novelties in asexual ascomycetes by Ondřej Koukol, Gregorio Delgado

“…As a result, the accelerated rate of species descriptions has been unfortunately accompanied by numerous cases of overlooking previously described and well documented species, some of them that have been known for more than a century. …”
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RECENT OCCURRENCES OF THE GREAT ANTSHRIKE TARABA MAJOR (AVES: THAMNOPHILIDAE) IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS OF THE LARGEST URBAN AREA IN SOUTH AMERICA by Fabio Schunck, Marcus Azevedo

“… The Great Antshrike Taraba major is a forest bird species with wide occurrence in the driest environments of South America, including in Brazil. …”
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Diversity of hydrozoans on artificial substrates in large commercial ports of the Sea of Marmara by Yüksel Esin, Isinibilir Melek, Martell Luis

“…Research on biofouling assemblages in large ports is crucial for economic, environmental and regulatory purposes, as it provides critical information for managing marine ecosystems, preventing the spread of invasive species and developing effective antifouling strategies. …”
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Morphological and Molecular studies of Acanthobra marmid Heckel, 1843 (Piscies, Cypriniformes, Leuciscidae) from the Middle of Iraq by Hind Dyia Hadi, Abed Hassan Baraaj, Atheer Hussein Ali

“…      Leuciscidae species are the abundant and widely distributed fish species in Iraq's inland waters. …”
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