Entomologist's Gazette - Vol. 64, No. 2, 2013

Published: 3/1/2013

Article Details for this issue

Editorial

Page: 67

BOOK REVIEW: Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region, Nymphalidae part V. Subfamily Nymphalinae. Tribes Nymphalini, Kallimini, Junoniini. G.C. Bozano & A. Floriani (ed. G.C. Bozano)

By: Tennent, J.

Page: 67-68

The Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758) / Pontia edusa (Fabricius, 1777) complex (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): confirmation of the presence of Pontia daplidice in Cyprus, and of Cleome iberica DC. as a new host-plant for this species in the Levant

By: John, E., Wiemers, M., Makris, C. & Russell, P.

Page: 69-78

Synopsis:
Molecular analysis of Pontia specimens from Cyprus has shown incontrovertibly that the species present on the island is Pontia daplidice. Examination of additional Pontia specimens from adjacent mainland countries of the Levant indicates that Cyprus was populated from the south-east or east, not from the north (Turkey). In addition to the previously established use of Cleome iberica by the related Pontia chloridice, the authors report on the first use of this hostplant by P. daplidice in the Levant.

Lepidoptera: regular prey of crab spiders (Arachnida: Thomisidae) that are ‘ambush predators’, with observations from the southern Ural Mountains in early summer 2012

By: W. JOHN TENNENT & PETER RUSSELL

Page: 79–83

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Data and photographs are presented regarding a diversity of Lepidoptera species successfully captured by crab spiders of the family Thomisidae, particularly in the southern Ural Mountains of the Russian Federation in early summer 2012. These included Hemaris fuciformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae), a large and robust prey species for a small spider. Further discussion is presented on insect prey, and on sphingids previously reported as falling prey to thomisid spiders.

NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS To which Melitaea species does nigrogygia Verity, 1938 belong? Observations on a Croatian population ofMelitaea phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), with rearing results and comments on f. occitanica Staudinger, 1871 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) – corrigendum

By: PETER RUSSELL

Page: 84

Type: Short Notes

Increasing numbers of records of Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Danainae; Hesperiidae) in the Eastern Aegean islands

By: JOHN MARTIN & PETER RUSSELL

Page: 85–93

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
The reports of Danaus chrysippus and Pelopidas thrax from the Eastern Aegean islands are reviewed, in particular those of the past 20 years, which indicate a large increase in sightings since the mid 1990s. Recent records indicate that breeding colonies of D. chrysippus may have become established on Lésvos, Chíos and Kós and this report suggests that this may also be the situation on Sámos. The coincidence of this butterfly with Pelopidas thrax on some islands, including Kós and Sámos, upon which it has almost certainly become established, is also discussed. Recent records of the two species from the adjacent coast of Turkey and Cyprus are also commented upon.

BOOK REVIEWS The Meadow Brown Butterflies, by George Thomson

By: PETER RUSSELL

Page: 94-96

Type: Book Review

BOOK REVIEW Flies. The Natural History and Diversity of Diptera, by Stephen A Marshall

By: PETER J. CHANDLER

Page: 96-100

Type: Book Review

Recent records of Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from Madeira, Portugal, with a resumé of historical records from Macaronesia

By: W. JOHN TENNENT, ANTÓNIO M. FRANQUINHO AGUIAR, DAVID HEALEY & ANDRÉ FERREIRA

Page: 101–108

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Occurrence of the migrant nymphalid butterfly Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764), on the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo (Portugal) in November 2012 is reported and discussed. Historical records of H. misippus on the islands of Macaronesia (Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira, Cape Verde Islands) are briefly examined; the appearance of the migrant pierid butterfly Catopsilia florella Fabricius, 1775, and its apparent failure to persist on Madeira between 1999 and 2003 is also considered. Anecdotal evidence regarding the reason occasional small-scale migrations may fail to persist is briefly explored.

A note on the wing pattern of European butterflies (Lepidoptera)

By: OTAKAR KUDRNA

Page: 109–110

Type: Paper

Newly discovered morphs of Zygaena dorycnii Ochsenheimer, 1808 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae, Zygaeninae) in the Crimea, Ukraine

By: KONSTANTIN A. EFETOV & VLADIMIR V. SAVCHUK

Page: 111–115

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Yellow, melanistic and suffused-confluent morphs of Zygaena dorycnii are newly recorded from the Crimea.

Pseudochazara pakistana Gross, 1978, proposed as the valid name for the Asian butterfly Eumenis mniszechii balucha f. pallida Evans, 1932 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)

By: ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON

Page: 116–118

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Pseudochazara pakistana Gross, 1978, is here proposed as the valid name for the taxon Pseudochazara lehana pallida Sakai, 1981, formerly Eumenis mniszechii balucha f. pallida Evans, 1932, and a junior secondary homonym of Pseudochazara pallida (Staudinger, 1901).

Observations on synanthropy in Callimorpha dominula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae) in England

By: PAUL F. WHITEHEAD

Page: 119–122

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Callimorpha dominula (Linnaeus, 1758) is presently expanding and consolidating its range in and around the fringes of English towns over a wide area. In a suburban garden in Malvern an association with cultivated native hygrophilous foodplants was confirmed early on in this process. More recently, larvae have been recorded exploiting a wider range of foodplants including cultivated peonies, which are not native to Britain; therefore the range of acceptable foodplants is likely to extend further. Based on evidence from the conurbations of Bath, Malvern, Evesham and Winchcombe, the years 2005 and 2006 appear to mark the commencement of significant synanthropy in English C. dominula.

A reassessment of the identity of Elachista densicornella Hodgkinson, 1879 (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae)

By: S. D. BEAVAN & R. J. HECKFORD

Page: 123–127

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
This paper confirms Elachista densicornella Hodgkinson, 1879, as a junior synonym of E. cingillella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855), as stated by Bradley (1963: 159–161) and not a junior synonym of E. cingillella ♂ and of E. unifasciella (Haworth, 1828) ♀, as given by Bland (1996: 391–392). It is also noted that ‘densicornella’ has been misspelt as ‘densicornuella’ in certain literature.

Description of a new species of Deinodryinus Perkins (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) from Greece

By: MASSIMO OLMI

Page: 128–130

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Deinodryinus hedqvisti Olmi sp. nov. is described from Crete, Greece. The new species is close to Deinodryinus tussaci Olmi, 1991, known from Morocco. The main differences between the two species are presented.

Cryptus genalis Tschek, 1872 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), a gregarious ectoparasitoid in scarabaeid pupal chambers

By: MARTIN SCHWARZ, JACEK HILSZCZAŃSKI & MARK R. SHAW

Page: 131–134

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Cryptus genalis Tschek is recorded as a gregarious parasitoid in pupal chambers of Protaetia hieroglyphica (Ménétriés) in Georgia. A review of the status of the nominal species Cryptus mokrzeckii Kurdjumov resulted in its being removed from synonymy with Cryptus apparitorius (Villers) and being placed as a junior synonym of C. genalis (syn. nov.).