Entomologist's Monthly Magazine - Vol. 155, No. 3, 2019

Published: 7/26/2019

Article Details for this issue

A review of the Moroccan species of Lauxaniidae (Diptera: Acalyptrata)

By: MARTIN J. EBEJER & KAWTAR KETTANI

Page: 139–150

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
The faunistic knowledge of the Lauxaniidae of Morocco is reviewed. Nineteen species are recorded for the first time bringing the total number known from this country to 26. Full data are given with a summary distribution of each species outside Morocco.

Remarks on the identity and distribution of Styphlus syriacus Stierlin, 1881, and S. penicillus Schoenherr, 1826, (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Styphlini)

By: CHRISTOPH GERMANN

Page: 151–158

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
The holotypes of Styphlus syriacus Stierlin, 1881, and Styphlus penicillus Schoenherr, 1826, were examined. As a consequence, other available specimens of both species were re-examined, which led to a re-evaluation of their morphological characters, and distribution. Styphlus syriacus is widely distributed in the eastern Mediterraneum, whereas S. penicillus is restricted to Mallorca and southern France.

A new flower fly from the Afrotropics (Diptera: Syrphidae)

By: PIERE GOELDIN DE TIEFENAU† & F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON

Page: 159–162

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
A new species of syrphid, Xanthandrus magnificus Thompson, is described from ‘Sao Tome’, off the coast of Gabon, Africa

Hydroptila vectis Curtis, 1834, new to Ireland and the first Irish adult of Tricholeiochiton fagesii (Guinard, 1879) (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae)

By: JAMES P. O’CONNOR

Page: 163–167

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
The caddisfly Hydroptila vectis Curtis, 1834, (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) is added to the Irish list based on four males taken in a Malaise trap in Glenveagh National Park, Co. Donegal, in north-west Ireland. In addition, a female of the caddisfly Tricholeiochiton fagesii (Guinard, 1879) was collected in another Malaise trap in the Ballycroy National Park, Co. Mayo. This is the first Irish adult of the species although the larvae have been taken at several other localities.

SHORT NOTE: First record of the bee genus Meliturgula from Niger (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)

By: MICHAEL S. ENGEL

Page: 168–170

Type: Short Notes

A new species of Aphis Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Picris echioides in Britain

By: ROGER L. BLACKMAN, ROBERT BRIGHTWELL, ROBERT D. DRANSFIELD & PAUL A. BROWN

Page: 171–177

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Aphis cornuta sp. n. living on the basal parts of Bristly Oxtongue, Helminthotheca echioides (L.) Holub (= Picris echioides L.), is described, based on apterous and alate viviparous females, oviparous females and apterous males collected in southern England.

SHORT NOTE: A new name for Oedichirus nitidiventris Rougemont, 2018, (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Paederinae)

By: GUILLAUME DE ROUGEMONT

Page: 178

Type: Short Notes

Catocala Schrank species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in Iran with new distribution data

By: SOUSAN ALAVI, MEHDI ESFANDIARI & MOHAMMAD MAHDI RABIEH

Page: 179–186

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
The holarctic moth genus Catocala Schrank (1802) (Erebidae: Erebinae, Catocalini) includes about 300 species that are often monophagous on oak (Quercus), willow (Salix) and poplar (Populus). In this research, we studied the moths of the genus Catocala in Iran that were collected by light traps in different Iranian provinces, mostly during 2010 –2018. Our results revealed eight species and two subspecies of Catocala from the provinces of Kermanshah, Lorestan, Chaharmahal-va Bakhtiari, Ilam, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh-va Boyerahmad, Fars, Kerman, Khorasan-e Jonubi, Yazd and Khorasan-e Razavi. Among the records there are 14 new provincial records. Overall, we list 20 species and four subspecies of Catocala as occurring in Iran. This list is compiled from our own research and a review of existing literature.

New species of Ctenaugochlora from northwestern Ecuador (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

By: MICHAEL S. ENGEL

Page: 187–192

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
The bee subgenus Ctenaugochlora Eickwort (Halictinae: Augochlorini) is recorded from Ecuador for the first time, and a new species is described and figured. Caenaugochlora (Ctenaugochlora) isaaci sp. n., represents the first confident record of its subgenus in South America and can be distinguished from its closest relatives on the basis of head shape, integumental sculpture, inner metatibial spur morphology, propodeal lamellae, and general coloration. A revised key to the species of Ctenaugochlora is provided.

First report of invasive scale insects feeding on the threatened plants Calyptranthes kiaerskovii Krug & Urban and Calyptranthes thomasiana O.Berg in the British Virgin Islands

By: C. MALUMPHY, S. BÁRRIOS, M.R. CORCORAN, M.D. SANCHEZ, N. HARRIGAN, O.A. MONSEGUR-RIVERA & M.A. HAMILTON

Page: 193–199

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Invasive scale insects are reported for the first time feeding on the threatened endemic Kiaerskov’s lidflower Calyptranthes kiaerskovii and Thomas’ lidflower Calyptranthes thomasiana (Myrtaceae) in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock, Ceroplastes rubens Maskell, Paratachardina pseudolobata Kondo & Gullan and an undetermined diaspidid were found on C. kiaerskovii; and C. rubens, Ceroplastes stellifer (Westwood), P. pseudolobata and an undetermined asterolecaniid on C. thomasiana. The significance of these findings and the on-going threats faced by these plant species in the wild are discussed. C. rubens, C. stellifer, P. howertoni Hodges & Hodgson and P. pseudolobata are recorded here for the first time from BVI.

Species of Aprostocetus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) associated with eggs of Lestes Leach (Odonata)

By: R.R. ASKEW & C.E. HERMOSILLA

Page: 200–208

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Aprostocetus citripes (Thomson) is recorded as an egg parasitoid of Lestes virens (Charpentier) in Spain, the first host record for this species. Aspects of its biology are described. Three other species of Aprostocetus whose larvae develop on Lestes eggs are discussed.

On the type locality of Borgatomelissa niveopilosa (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)

By: MICHAEL S. ENGEL

Page: 209–211

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
The type locality of the bee Borgatomelissa niveopilosa Patiny is established as southern Yemen.

SHORT NOTE: Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis (Blanchard) (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Paracaeciliidae) continues to expand across western Britain and Ireland

By: K.N.A. ALEXANDER

Page: 212–213

Type: Short Notes

BOOK REVIEW: INNUMERABLE INSECTS: THE STORY OF THE MOST DIVERSE AND MYRIAD ANIMALS ON EARTH, by Michael S. Engel

By: PETER C. BARNARD

Page: 214

Type: Book Review