Entomologist's Monthly Magazine - Vol. 159, No. 3, 2023
Published: 7/28/2023
Article Details for this issue
An illustrated key to Anthophoroides Cockerell & Cockerell, with the description of three new species (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
By: MICHAEL S. ENGEL
Page: 147–167
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Three new species of the cosmopolitan bee genus Anthophora Latreille are described and
figured from North America, all of the subgenus Anthophoroides Cockerell & Cockerell and all
based on a series of females and males. Anthophora (Anthophoroides) buchmanni sp. n. from
Arizona, USA and Sonora, Mexico; A. (A.) cinerula sp. n. from California, Nevada, Utah, and
Arizona, USA; while A. (A.) kellieae sp. n. is recorded from southern California and Arizona, USA
and Baja California, Mexico. An illustrated key is presented to the species of Anthophoroides.
The barkfly Trimerocaecilius becheti Meinander (Psocoptera: Pseudocaeciliidae) new to Britain
By: SCOTTY G. DODD, KEITH N.A. ALEXANDER & CHARLES LIENHARD
Page: 168–170
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The barkfly Trimerocaecilius becheti Meinander, 1978 (Psocoptera: Pseudocaeciliidae) is
added to the British list and its origins discussed.
The first records of the assassin bug Nagusta goedelii (Kolenati) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in Switzerland
By: PIERRE LORIA, KEVIN GURCEL, CHRISTINA LEHMANN-GRABER & JOHN HOLLIER
Page: 171–174
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The range expansion of the assassin bug Nagusta goedelii (Kolenati, 1857) has brought this
species to Switzerland. The first observations and first museum specimen from Switzerland are
documented.
A new species of Dioxys Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville from southern Spain, with notes on the classification of Dioxyini (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
By: MICHAEL S. ENGEL
Page: 175–182
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
A new Palearctic species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Dioxys Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville
(Megachilinae: Dioxyini) is described and figured from southern Spain. Dioxys falsificus sp. n. is
most similar to D. pumilus Gerstäcker, a species that occupies areas more easterly around the
Mediterranean (at least from Sardinia eastward and potentially in eastern Morocco eastward). It
is possible that historical records of D. pumilus from southern Spain apply to D. falsificus. A
revised key is provided to the genera of Dioxyini, and the South African Dioxoides alata
Michener is transferred to Notodioxytes gen. n.
The Blue-winged grasshopper Oedipoda caerulescens caerulescens (Linnaeus) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) new to Britain
By: ALEX J. RAMSAY
Page: 183–186
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The blue-winged grasshopper Oedipoda caerulescens caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Acrididae: Locustinae) is recorded as potentially breeding in mainland Britain for the first time
from Kent. Notes on its distribution and habitat are provided.
Distinguishing Melanotus castanipes (Paykull) and Melanotus villosus (Geoffroy in Fourcroy) (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
By: PAUL F. WHITEHEAD
Page: 187–193
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Characters for separating two sympatric species of click beetle: Melanotus castanipes
(Paykull, 1800) and Melanotus villosus (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785) and their later instar larvae
are provided and illustrated.
A new species of Spiniphora Malloch (Diptera: Phoridae) from Sri Lanka and Thailand
By: R. HENRY L. DISNEY
Page: 194–196
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
A new species of phorid: Spiniphora experadenya sp. n. is described from Sri Lanka and
Thailand.
Two new species of Clystopsenella Kieffer from Belize and Peru (Hymenoptera: Scolebythidae)
By: MICHAEL S. ENGEL
Page: 197–204
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Two new species of the scolebythid wasp genus Clystopsenella Kieffer (Scolebythidae:
Scolebythinae) are described and figured. Clystopsenella maya sp. n., is reported from Belize,
representing the northernmost extant occurrence for the genus. Clystopsenella kampa sp. n., is
described from the southwestern Amazonian region of Madre de Dios, Peru, and intermingles
traits of both C. pacifica Lepeco & Melo and C. longiventris Kieffer. A revised key is presented
to the species of the genus.
SHORT NOTE: The mating swarm of Cricotopus bicinctus (Meigen) (Diptera: Chironomidae) on Öland Island, Sweden
By: BJÖRN S. EDMAN
Page: 205–206
Type: Short Notes
New data on Philanthus Fabricius species (Hymenoptera: Spheciformes) from Kuwait with some biological observations
By: MOHAMMAD A.J. MARAFI, HASSIB BEN KHEDHER & EIMAN MANSOURY
Page: 207–212
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Based on literature and newly-collected material, we list a total of five species of the genus
Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 (Apoidea) from Kuwait. The subspecies Philanthus coarctatus
coarctatus Spinola, 1839, is recorded locally for the first time, while the species Philanthus
triangulum (Fabricius, 1767) has new governmental records. The two taxa are illustrated in detail
by digital photos. We also provided field observations for P. coarctatus coarctatus and both global
and local geographical distributions of all species.
ENTOMOLOGIST’S GAZETTE & ENTOMOLOGIST’S MONTHLY MAGAZINE FIRST PAPER REMINISCENCE Golden age for chalcid studies
By: STEPHEN COMPTON
Page: 213–214
Type: Short Notes
BOOK REVIEW: PSOCIDS AS GLOBAL PESTS OF STORED PRODUCTS, edited by Christos G. Athanassiou & Manoj K. Nayak
By: TIM R. NEW
Page: 215–216
Type: Book Review