Entomologist's Gazette - Vol. 73, No. 3, 2022
Published: 8/26/2022
Article Details for this issue
EDITORIAL
Page: 129
Type: Editorial
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS Genista tinctoria confirmed as a foodplant of Prolita solutella (Zeller, 1839) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
By: S. D. BEAVAN
Page: 130–132
Type: Short Notes
Incurvaria ullae sp. n. (Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae) from the Alps of Grisons, Switzerland
By: JÜRG SCHMID
Page: 133–143
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Incurvaria ullae sp. n. is described from a subalpine peat bog biotope in the Swiss Alps. It is
compared morphologically, genitically and by DNA barcode to I. vetulella (Zetterstedt, 1839)
and I. ploessli Huemer, 1993. Detailed observations about its biology are reported.
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS Interspecific courtship attempt in Lepidoptera (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
By: PETER B. HARDY
Page: 144
Type: Short Notes
Rediscovery of Zygaena theryi Joannis, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) in Algeria
By: WINFRIED DAUNICHT & RIADH MOULAÏ
Page: 145–149
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
After the last documented sighting 39 years ago, Zygaena theryi Joannis, 1908 was
rediscovered in Algeria. The locality is briefly described and shown with photographs, and also
live photographs of a live adult are provided.
Early observations confirm overwintering success of Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in 2021/2022, enhancing potential for establishment in Cyprus
By: EDDIE JOHN, HASAN BAGLAR, GEORGE KONSTANTINOU, ONAT BASBAY & MUDAR SALIMEH
Page: 150–154
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Following the arrival in Cyprus of Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758 in the autumn of 2021,
an unusually severe winter in the eastern Mediterranean in 2021/2022 raised concern about the
ability of the taxon to overwinter successfully, as had been achieved in Mediterranean Turkey
and Syria in recent years. In Cyprus, early observations in April 2022, followed by the
appearance of a new generation in June, allayed such concerns, and are reported upon here.
Behavioural observations on Anoplius nigerrimus (Scopoli, 1763) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)
By: PAUL F. WHITEHEAD
Page: 155–158
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Two instances of prey abandonment by Anoplius nigerrimus (Scopoli, 1763), a widely
distributed spider-hunting wasp, are documented. In one instance a paralysed spider had been
transported 5.75 m up the vertical side of a building in Gloucestershire. The ritualised
settlement of a prey ownership dispute between two female wasps is described.
Some previously unpublished scanning electron micrographs of lepidoptera showing differences in eye structure
By: ADRIAN SPALDING
Page: 159–164
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Many Lepidoptera have corneal nipples of varying length on the surface of the eye, although
corneal nipples are absent in some Lepidoptera species. There are several theories as to the
function of these nipples. Figures showing corneal nipples for a number of species are shown
here for the first time.
Rearings of four European Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), three new to Britain including a new species of Cotesia Cameron, 1891
By: MARK R. SHAW
Page: 165–175
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Cotesia carterocephali sp. nov. is described from a single gregarious brood reared from a posthibernation
final instar larva of the hesperiid butterfly Carterocephalus palaemon in Scotland.
Details of English rearings of two other Microgastrinae recorded from Britain for the first time
are also given: Distatrix pompelon, gregariously from the erebiid lymantriine Orgyia antiqua (also
recorded from the same host in Austria), and Dolichogenidea hemerobiellicida, solitarily from the
coleophorid Coleophora hemerobiella (with a record from possibly the same host in the
Netherlands). The non-British Glyptapanteles aletta is recorded as a solitary parasitoid of
Limenitis populi in Finland, France and Germany: a previous host record for this parasitoid is
regarded as incorrect.
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS Colletes marginatus Smith, 1846 (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) on Hilbre Island and established on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire
By: P. F. WHITEHEAD
Page: 176–178
Type: Short Notes
The larvae of Demetrias (Aetophorus) imperialis (Germar, 1823) and Syntomus foveatus (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785) (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Lebiini)
By: MARTIN L. LUFF
Page: 179–184
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The previously unknown larvae of Demetrias (Aetophorus) imperialis (Germar, 1823) and
Syntomus foveatus (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785) are described and figured from British
material. A key to British genera of Lebiini larvae is provided.
Neoxorides montanus Oehlke, 1966 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Poemeniinae) new to Britain from Tatton Park, Cheshire (V. C. 58)
By: TONY HUNTER
Page: 185–188
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The parasitoid wasp Neoxorides montanus Oehlke, 1966 (Ichneumonidae: Poemeniinae) is
recorded new to Britain from a single female found resting on a fallen Larch (Larix decidua
Mill.) during a nocturnal invertebrate survey at Tatton Park, Cheshire. This increases the
number of recorded UK Neoxorides species to two. Information on the recognition of the
recorded UK species is included, along with a brief discussion on their distribution and
published hosts.
BOOK REVIEW His Imperial Majesty. A Natural History of the Purple Emperor by Matthew Oates
By: ADRIAN SPALDING
Page: 189–190
Type: Book Review