Entomologist's Monthly Magazine - Vol. 160, No. 4, 2024
Published: 10/25/2024
Article Details for this issue
EDITORIAL Retirement of two Editorial Board Members
By: ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON & IAN JOHNSON
Page: 231
Type: Editorial
SHORT NOTE Entedon insignis Erdös (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Entedoninae) reared from Larinus carlinae (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) new to Britain from Kent
By: M.T. JENNINGS
Page: 231–233
Type: Short Notes
BOOK REVIEW URBAN PEST MANAGEMENT: AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, 2nd Edition, edited by Partho Dhang
By: PETER BARNARD
Page: 234
Type: Book Review
Anthrenus sarnicus Mroczkowski (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae): a peculiar species indeed
By: GRAHAM J. HOLLOWAY & DAVID B. PINNIGER
Page: 235–242
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
In several respects, Anthrenus (Anthrenodes) sarnicus Mroczkowski, 1962, is a ‘peculiar species’, a term used by Mroczkowski (1962) to describe the structure of the male genitalia. Here we review what is known about the species’ distribution, carry out a morphological examination, and present images of the male and female genitalia.
Fossil halictine bees from the Upper Miocene of Murat, France (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
By: MICHAEL S. ENGEL & ANDRÉ NEL
Page: 243–250
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The first fossil halictine bees (Halictidae: Halictinae) are described from the Upper Miocene (Messinian) diatomites of the Konservat-Lagerstätte of Sainte-Reine, near Murat, France. Two partial specimens are documented, one of the subtribe Gastrohalictina with its characteristic weakened distal wing venation, and the other of the subtribe Halictina. The fossils are described as Lasioglossum (Dialictus) muratense sp. n. and Halictus? messinicus sp. n.
An account of the Shoot-flies of the genus Atherigona (Diptera: Muscidae) from Réunion with the description of a new species
By: JOHN C. DEEMING & MARTIN J. EBEJER
Page: 251–262
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The species of Atherigona found on the island of Réunion are listed with the collection data. Where known, notes are given on biology, ecology and parasitoids. Atherigona brunnisquama sp. n. is described and illustrated. Geographical distribution outside the island is included.
Are Dermaptera the hosts of the genus Orionis S.R. Shaw (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae)?
By: LENNART BENDIXEN & MARK R. SHAW
Page: 263–265
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
An observed and photographed instance of apparent oviposition by the euphorine braconid Orionis coxator into an adult female of the earwig Apterygida albipennis is reported from Saxony, Germany. If verified by future work this would be the first host known for the genus Orionis and the first known ichneumonoid primary parasitoid of Dermaptera. This preliminary publication aims to enable others to seek the necessary confirmation.
A macrocephalic halictine bee from the middle Miocene of Öhningen, Germany (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
By: MICHAEL S. ENGEL
Page: 266–274
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The bee family Halictidae is reported for the first time from the Miocene maar of Öhningen, Germany. The family is represented by a distinctive species attributed to the nominate genus Halictus Latreille (Halictinae: Halictini: Halictina). Halictus archaeocephalus sp. n. is remarkable given that the holotype is a macrocephalic female, with an enlargement of the head quite similar to that of some females in eusocial species of Halictus. This suggests that this species was perhaps also dynamically eusocial and may even have been facultatively eusocial like some of its modern congeners. Regardless, it represents the first example of macrocephaly in the fossil record of halictine bees.
A new species of Rhadinobracon Szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) from Spain, with probable host record
By: MARK R. SHAW, JOSÉ VICENTE FALCÓ & RAFAEL OBREGÓN
Page: 275–282
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Rhadinobracon hispanicus sp. n. is described and illustrated from specimens reared from dead and dying wood of Quercus rotundifolia Lamarck collected in Huelva province, S.W. Spain. The only xylophagous insects also reared were the buprestid beetle Acmaeodera octodecimguttata (Piller & Mitterpacker) (Buprestidae), which is considered to be almost certainly the host. Rhadinobracon is largely Afrotropical, Middle Eastern and Indian in distribution and the new species represents a large expansion of the known range of the genus. The new species exhibits considerable sexual dimorphism in respect of the hind leg, and an earlier male specimen (now lost) from a different locality in Spain clearly, from photographs and an outline description, belongs to the same species.
Dermestes undulatus Brahm rediscovered in Wales – and its differentiation from Dermestes murinus Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
By: GRAHAM J. HOLLOWAY, CHRISTIAN OWEN & GEORGE TORDOFF
Page: 283–286
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Dermestes undulatus Brahm is a scarce species in the United Kingdom. Here we report on the rediscovery of D. undulatus from southern Wales, specifically the island of Flat Holm. The historic and current distribution of D. undulatus in the UK is explored. Dermestes undulatus sits within the subgenus Dermestinus Linnaeus, along with D. murinus Linnaeus. The differentiation of D. undulatus from D. murinus is considered.
Rediscovery of Banchus crefeldensis Ulbricht (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) in Ireland
By: NOREEN O’ REILLY & JASWINDER S. BOPARAI
Page: 287–292
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
A male Banchus crefeldensis Ulbricht, 1916, collected from Esknamucky Glen, Co. Kerry (a new county record), is documented with extensive photographs as the first Irish record of the species since 1936.
Age-dependent body mass changes in adult black field crickets Teleogryllus commodus (Walker) (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)
By: ROBERT STURM
Page: 293–298
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Body mass should not be regarded as constant during an adult insect’s life span. To investigate this hypothesis in black field crickets Teleogryllus commodus (Walker, 1869), the mean body mass (mg) of a cohort of adult male (n = 20) and single-mated female (n = 20) crickets was measured daily for 60 days from adult moult to late senescence. Both male and female crickets increased in body mass during the first 20 days and then showed a continuous decrease in body mass. Whilst any body mass gained between prematurity (P) (first 5 days) and sexual maturity (SM) (day 6 to 40) phases was not statistically significant in either sex, body mass loss between sexual maturity and senescence (S) (day 41 till death) was statistically significant.
New woodlands are boosting the Shetland Islands’ sawfly diversity (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Tenthredinidae)
By: REBECCA NASON & ANDREW LISTON
Page: 299–303
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Five species of sawfly are recorded for the first time from the Shetland Islands, four of which were found in a planted woodland first established in 1996. All five use shrubs and trees as larval hosts: two are attached to Alnus Mill., and three exclusively or mainly to Salix L. Whereas the Alnus-feeders have almost certainly been introduced to Shetland, the history of the Salix-feeders in the archipelago is unclear. Pristiphora sermola Liston, 1993, is faunistically noteworthy, having previously been recorded in the British Isles from only two localities in the Scottish mainland. With these additions, the known sawfly fauna of Shetland now comprises 13 established species, with one more needing confirmation.
BOOK REVIEW METAMORPHOSIS: HOW INSECTS ARE CHANGING OUR WORLD by Erica McAlister with Adrian Washbourne
By: ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON
Page: 304
Type: Paper
NEW NAMES PUBLISHED IN VOLUME 160 (2024)
Page: 305-306