Entomologist's Monthly Magazine - Vol. 154, No. 1, 2018
Published: 1/26/2018
Article Details for this issue
EDITOR'S NOTE & ANNOUNCEMENT - K.G.V. SMITH
Page: i
Type: Editorial
Morphological recognition of the species of the Megaselia lucifrons (Schmitz) group (Diptera: Phoridae)
By: R. HENRY L. DISNEY & SIBYLLE HÄGGQVIST
Page: 1–7
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The morphological recognition of the males of the three species of the Megaselia lucifrons (Schmitz) species group is clarified along with the recognition of the females of two of the species.
Caddisfly (Trichoptera) records from Altnaharra, Scotland
By: ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON & PETER BARNARD
Page: 8
Type: Short Notes
The genus Tolmerinus Bernhauer in Borneo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae)
By: GUILLAUME DE ROUGEMONT
Page: 9–15
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The genus Tolmerinus Bernhauer is recorded from Borneo for the first time with the descriptions of three new species: T. brunneus sp. n., T. sharpi sp. n. and T. tutus sp. n.
Four new beetles from Borneo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae)
By: GUILLAUME DE ROUGEMONT
Page: 16–20
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Four new species from Borneo belonging to the genera Paederidus Mulsant & Rey, 1878, Astenus Dejean, 1833, and Dibelonetes Sahlberg, 1846, are described.
Revision of Indian species of Leptacis Förster (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Platygastridae) – III
By: K. VEENAKUMARI, PETER N. BUHL, PRASHANTH MOHANRAJ & F.R. KHAN
Page: 21–52
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
[Continued from EMM 153(4): 279–312]
Two species of whitefly and six species of scale insect (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae and Coccoidea), new for Antigua, Lesser Antilles
By: CHRIS MALUMPHY
Page: 53–59
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Two species of whitefly and six species of scale insect are recorded for the first time from the island of Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean: Aleyrodidae – Dialeurodes schefflerae Hodges & Dooley and Minutaleyrodes minuta (Singh); Coccidae – Milviscutulus mangiferae (Green); Conchaspididae – Conchaspis angraeci Cockerell; Diaspididae – Duplachionaspis divergens (Green), Mycetaspis personata (Comstock), Parlatoria proteus (Curtis); and Pseudococcidae – Ferrisia dasylirii (Cockerell). The geographical distribution, host range and economic importance of each of the whiteflies and scale insects are summarised. Three of these species, D. schefflerae, M. minuta and D. divergens are native to Asia and have been spreading in the Caribbean in recent years, most probably with plant trade.
Further occurrence records for the Winterbourne Stonefly Nemoura lacustris Pictet, 1865, (Plecoptera: Nemouridae)
By: GLORIA TAPIA, J.A.B BASS & A. HOUSE
Page: 60–64
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Observations on the distribution and biology of the Winterbourne Stonefly Nemoura lacustris Pictet, 1865, are provided for central southern England in 2016.
Modeling the climatic suitability for Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and its host fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae)
By: JANET M. LANE, SUNIL KUMAR, WEE L. YEE & JOHN D. STARK
Page: 65–78
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Releases of the parasitoid Fopius arisanus (Sonan) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) have significantly reduced fruit fly populations, especially for its preferred host Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae, Dacinae) in climatically suitable areas where the species can become established for long-term control. The maximum entropy model (MaxEnt) was used to create niche models to find overlapping regions of climatic suitability for B. dorsalis and F. arisanus to pinpoint suitable release locations. Models for both species performed very well. Temperature seasonality contributed the most to the fly model, followed by precipitation of the wettest quarter, which also had the highest gain for the parasitoid model. The calculated niche overlap between the two species was high. The parasitoid model had less climatic suitability than for B. dorsalis. According to the fly model, parts of the Mediterranean, the Americas, most of Sub-Saharan Africa, northern China, and northern Australia are at risk for invasion. Suitable parasitoid release locations include parts of the Americas, regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, and coastal Queensland. Previously proposed release locations in most of California, Peru, and Argentina were unsuitable.