Entomologist's Monthly Magazine - Vol. 160, No. 1, 2024
Published: 1/26/2024
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On the classification of sphecodine bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
By: MICHAEL S. ENGEL
Page: 1-52
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Taxonomic notes are presented for the exclusively cleptoparasitic halictine bee subtribe
Sphecodina (Halictinae: Halictini). Keys are presented to the Western and Eastern Hemisphere
genera of Sphecondina. In the New World fauna, the genus Melissocleptis Gonçalves is considered
a subgenus of Austrosphecodes Michener s.l., and the following species transferred:
Austrosphecodes (Melissocleptis) albifacies (Gibbs), A. (M.) capriciosus (Schrottky), A. (M.) coriae
(Moure & Hurd), A. (M.) diablotinus (Gibbs), A. (M.) genaroi (Engel), A. (M.) nigritus (Ashmead),
A. (M.) tainoi (Engel), A. (M.) variabilis (Schrottky) comb. n. A key is provided to the subgenera of
Microsphecodes Eickwort & Stage s.l., with Trichosphecodes subgen. n., established for those
species with elongate ocular setae. Keys are also presented for the species of Microsphecodes s.str.
and Trichosphecodes, along with the descriptions of the species Microsphecodes (Microsphecodes)
eickworti sp. n., M. (M.) multirugosus sp. n., M. (M.) quechua sp. n., and M. (Trichosphecodes)
trichophthalmus sp. n. The Brazilian species Nesosphecodes depressus Gonçalves is transferred to
Notoclops gen. n., resulting in the new combination Notoclops depressus (Gonçalves) comb. n. A
key is presented to New World subgenera of Sphecodes Latreille, with the following new or
resurrected groups: Proteraner Robertson, Drepanium Robertson, Sphecodium Robertson,
Asphecodium subgen. n., and Boreosphecodes subgen. n. The following new species are described
among New World Sphecodes: Sphecodes (Asphecodium) brevisulcatus sp. n., S. (Sphecodium)
eustauros sp. n., S. (S.) electrum sp. n., S. (Sphecodes) zacatuche sp. n. The genus Caenosphecodes
gen. n. is proposed for Sphecodes pseudoredivivus Astafurova & Proshchalykin and S. redivivus
Blüthgen, differing from Sphecodes by the elongate free part of the marginal cell, in this respect
resembling New World Microsphecodes. This results in the combinations Caenosphecodes
pseudoredivivus (Astafurova & Proshchalykin), C. sauteri (Meyer), C. simlaensis (Blüthgen), and
C. redivivus (Blüthgen) comb. n. The currently employed characters for subgenera of Eupetersia
Blüthgen s.l. fail to distinguish the groups. Accordingly, the key to subgenera is revised and the
species newly organized as to subgenera. Cephalosphecodes subgen. n. is established for Eupetersia
macrocephala Pauly and E. mandibulata Blüthgen, Xanthocleptis subgen. n. is proposed for E.
reticulata (Benoist), and Pollinicleptis subgen. n. is erected for E. nathani Baker, E. malayensis
(Blüthgen), E. sabahensis Pauly, and E. singaporensis Pauly. A new species of Nesoeupetersia, E.
dnophera sp. n., is described from Sabah, Malaysia and a tentative key provided to species of the
subgenus. Thrausmus Buysson and Callosphecodes Friese are treated as independent genera, and
the latter considered close to Melittocleptes gen. n., with Melittocleptes insularis (Smith) comb. n.
as type species. A key is presented to Old World subgenera of Sphecodes, with the following new or
resurrected groups: Proteraneropsis subgen. n., Paradrepanium subgen. n., Eusphecodes subgen. n.,
Sabulicola Verhoeff, aenocleptes subgen. n., Xystoclops subgen. n., Callocleptes subgen. n., and
Nomiocleptes subgen. n.
Notes on taxonomy and geography of Bembidion (Neja) leucoscelis Chaudoir and Bembidion (Neja) curtulum Duval (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiina)
By: PAOLO NERI & LUCA TOLEDANO
Page: 53–66
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The systematic relationship of Bembidion (Neja) leucoscelis Chaudoir, 1850, and Bembidion
(Neja) curtulum Duval, 1851, is examined. A new subspecies of B. curtulum from the Middle East
is described and the subspecies tripolitanum Schatzmayr, 1937, is assigned to Bembidion
curtulum (comb. n). The distribution of the species and subspecies is re-examined and the main
diagnostic characters emphasized, including the importance of aedeagal structure and elytral
microsculpture. The species Bembidion (Chlorodium) almum almum Sahlberg, 1900, is reported
for Armenia and the Altaj Republic (Russia). A key to the species of Bembidion subgenus Neja
Motschulsky, 1864, with elytra not microsculptured or with microsculpture restricted only at the
extreme of elytral apex, is provided.
SHORT NOTE The occurrence and dominance of an unusual male form of the stonefly Leuctra nigra (Oliver) (Plecoptera: Leuctridae) in Ireland – with a description of the infrasubspecific f. hibernica
By: HUGH B. FEELEY, RYAN MITCHELL & CRAIG R. MACADAM
Page: 67–71
Type: Short Notes
SHORT NOTE The association of the parasitoid Xorides filiformis (Gravenhorst) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) with the longhorn beetle Pyrrhidium sanguineum (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the United Kingdom
By: PETER C. BARNARD
Page: 72–74
Type: Short Notes
BOOK REVIEW BEES OF THE WORLD: A GUIDE TO EVERY FAMILY by Laurence Packer.
By: LIAM CROWLEY
Page: 75–76
Type: Book Review
BOOK REVIEW BRITISH & IRISH BUTTERFLY RARITIES: MIGRANTS, EXTINCTIONS & INTRODUCTIONS by Peter Eeles
By: ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON
Page: 77
Type: Book Review
BOOK REVIEW ANTS: A VISUAL GUIDE, by Heather Campbell & Benjamin Blanchard
By: MIKE FOX
Page: 78
Type: Book Review
NOTICE IRISH BIOGEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY – BULLETIN No. 46
Page: 78
Type: Editorial