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