Entomologist's Monthly Magazine - Vol. 156, No. 2, 2020
Published: 4/24/2020
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Anormogomphus kiritshenkoi Bartenev, 1913 (Odonata: Gomphidae) in Iran: some remarks on its biology, ecology and distribution
By: DIETMAR IKEMEYER & THOMAS SCHNEIDER
Page: 69–78
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Anormogomphus kiritshenkoi Bartenev, 1913 was found in Iran in 2019, with more than 20
individuals observed at the Karkheh and Shadegan rivers, Khuzestan Province in SW Iran. In
2019 the first floods for decades occurred in this region with high water levels in the floodplains
of the lower Karkheh and Shadegan rivers. We believe that this flooding of the lowland plains
promoted the appearance of A. kiritshenkoi, because the species had not been seen for decades in
the region. Most of the specimens were resting on plants of Suaeda aegyptiaca growing on small
dams close to the riverside, probably creating a favourable microclimate in this saline and hot
environment. The region covered by the Karkheh and Shadegan rivers is geographically part of
the Mesopotamian Marshes, and A. kiritshenkoi was recorded from the Iraqi part of the marshes
in the 1920s.
New synonymy and taxonomic changes in Australian and oriental pin-hole borers (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Platypodinae)
By: ROGER A. BEAVER & SUNISA SANGUANSUB
Page: 79–86
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The following new synonymies are proposed: Crossotarsus armipennis Lea, 1910 (= Platypus
quadricinctus Schedl, 1962, syn. nov.; = Crossotarsus nitescens Schedl, 1979, syn. nov.);
Crossotarsus serratulus Browne, 1964 (= Platypus boettcheri Schedl, 1966, syn. nov.); Platypus
quercivorus (Murayama, 1925) (= Crossotarsus brevidens Browne, 1975, syn. nov.).
Crossotarsus platypoides Browne, 1955 comb. res., and Platypus lawasensis Browne, 1970,
comb. res., are restored to their original genera from their current inclusion in Peroplatypus
Wood, 1993.
A new Microdon ant fly from Sri Lanka (Diptera: Microdontidae)
By: F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON
Page: 87–91
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
A new species of ant fly, Microdon semipetiolatus is described from Sri Lanka.
SHORT NOTE Idiomacromerus terebrator (Masi, 1916) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Torymidae) new to Britain
By: M. T. JENNINGS
Page: 92
Type: Short Notes
Notes on the classification of certain colletid bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
By: MICHAEL S. ENGEL
Page: 93–101
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Sundry descriptive taxonomic accounts are presented for colletid bees in the Diphaglossinae,
Paracolletinae, and Euryglossinae. The following new taxa are established: Ptiloglossium, gen. n.
(Diphaglossinae: Dissoglottini); Trichocolletini, tribe n., and Anthoglossini, tribe n. (Para -
colletinae); Pachyprosopini, tribe n. (Euryglossinae); Stichohesma, gen. n., Dolichohesma, gen.
n., and Exleyhesma, gen. n. (Euryglossinae: Euryglossini).
SHORT NOTE Pseudopsocus rostocki, Kolbe, 1882 (Psocodea: Elipsocidae) new to Scotland
By: STEPHEN MORAN
Page: 102
Type: Short Notes
A new species of Aenigmatias Meinert (Diptera: Phoridae) from Slovakia, whose larvae parasitise a queen ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
By: LUKÁŠ JANCÍK & R. HENRY L. DISNEY
Page: 103–108
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Aenigmatias exreginae sp. n. is described from Slovakia. Its larvae were parasites of a queen
of Formica truncorum Fabricius, which survived the infestation.
Aenigmatias exreginae sp. n. bol opísaný zo Slovenska. Jeho larvy parazitujú samicu mravca
Formica truncorum Fabricius, ktorá žije ďalej po napadnutí.
SHORT NOTE A record of Trox cadaverinus Illiger, 1801 (Coleoptera: Trogidae) from Eastern France
By: MARC E. MIQUEL
Page: 109–110
Type: Short Notes
Recruitment of native parasitoids by an introduced gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in Britain and France
By: M.T. JENNINGS & R.R. ASKEW
Page: 111–116
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The invasive chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
is a major pest species of Castanea spp. worldwide. It only arrived in Britain in 2015 and the
parasitoid community associated with it was studied in 2019. Eight native species of chalcidoid,
previously known to be associated with oak gall wasps, were identified. These results are
compared to a similar study (2016–2019) in France where four parasitoids were reared. However,
this community included the deliberately introduced Torymus sinensis Kamijo, a specific
biological control agent of D. kuriphilus. The presence of T. sinensis and the differences between
the two communities is discussed.
Sicus ogumae (Matsumura, 1916) recorded from Finland, new to Europe (Diptera: Conopidae)
By: JENS-HERMANN STUKE, JERE KAHANPÄÄ, ANTTI HAARTO & IIRO KAKKO
Page: 117–125
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Sicus ogumae is recorded in Europe for the first time, with 58 locations reported from Finland.
Its worldwide distribution is described and new records are added from China, Japan, Mongolia
and Russia. The identification, distribution, taxonomy and known biology of S. ogumae are
summarised.
BOOK REVIEW WASP by Richard Jones
By: ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON
Page: 126
Type: Book Review
First Baltic record of Plagiolepis alluaudi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a tropical ant found in an Estonian greenhouse
By: JAMES K. WETTERER
Page: 127–128
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
I report the first Baltic record of the tropical ant species Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae), found living in a greenhouse at the Botanical Garden of the
University of Tartu, Estonia. This species, thought to be native to Madagascar and neighbouring
islands, has been previously reported from numerous greenhouses in Western Europe, where it
can be a pest through tending of plant-feeding Hemiptera. Although P. alluaudi can be an outdoor
pest in tropical and subtropical areas, this ant does not appear to pose a threat of expanding into
local natural habitats in temperate areas.
SHORT NOTE Ormyrus orientalis Walker, 1871 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Ormyridae) new to Britain
By: M.T. JENNINGS
Page: 129–130
Type: Short Notes
SHORT NOTE Erotolepsia Howard, 1894 and some other Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) from Montserrat
By: RICHARD R. ASKEW
Page: 131–134
Type: Short Notes