Entomologist's Monthly Magazine - Vol. 157, No. 1, 2021

Published: 2/26/2021

Article Details for this issue

A new British mayfly: Siphlonurus aestivalis (Eaton, 1903) (Ephemeroptera: Siphlonuridae)

By: CRAIG R. MACADAM & ANDREW FARR

Page: 1-7

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
The mayfly Siphlonurus aestivalis is described as new to the British Isles, confirmed by morphological features and DNA barcoding. A key to the British Siphlonuridae is presented together with a review of British records of S. aestivalis and S. armatus. Siphlonurus aestivalis appears to be widely distributed and is likely to be recorded in further locations. S. armatus is now only known from a single location.

SHORT NOTE Silvanoprus fagi (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) in West Sussex, V.C. 13.

By: JON COOTER

Page: 8

Type: Short Notes

Foiling crypsis: Surveying Lepidoptera caterpillars with UV light

By: DAVID MOSKOWITZ

Page: 9-16

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
This paper investigates the use of UV light (385–395nm) to detect lepidopteran caterpillars in ecological surveys. This is a relatively rapid, inexpensive, non-invasive and straightforward technique that could be used for ecological surveys including citizen science projects.

Lepidoptera of the Falkland Islands (7): Records of crambid moths (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

By: ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON

Page: 17-20

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Records are given for the four resident species of grass moth (Crambidae) currently known from the Falkland Islands. Images of fresh specimens are provided as an aid to field identification.

The agamic generation of Andricus quercuscorticis (Linnaeus, 1761) (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) colonising an internal aerial root of oak Quercus robur L. in Worcestershire, England

By: PAUL F. WHITEHEAD

Page: 21-24

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
A gall of a cynipid wasp was observed on an internal aerial root of oak Quercus robur L., in unusual conditions at Madresfield, Worcestershire, during November 2020. The circumstances are described with reference to relevant literature.

A new species allied to the adikeshavus species group of Idris Förster (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from India

By: K. VEENAKUMARI* & PRASHANTH MOHANRAJ

Page: 25-29

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
A new species of Idris – Idris mutilus sp. n. – with character states deviating from the adikeshavus-species group of this genus is described from India.

New combinations in Pacific ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)

By: ROGER A. BEAVER

Page: 30-34

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
The following new combinations are proposed: Euwallacea deplanatulus (Schedl, 1950), E. planipennis (Schedl, 1955), Stictodex sulcicauda (Schedl, 1972), Streptocranus longicollis (Browne, 1977), Truncaudum baculum (Beeson, 1929) all from Xyleborus Eichhoff, 1864.

The families Bibionidae and Scatopsidae in Malta (Diptera: Nematocera)

By: MARTIN J. EBEJER

Page: 35-37

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
The families Bibionidae and Scatopsidae of the Maltese Islands are reviewed and listed with new records and comments on phenology.

SHORT NOTE Torymus sinensis (Kamijo, 1982) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Torymidae) reared from galls of Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in Kent, England

By: M.T. JENNINGS

Page: 38-40

Type: Short Notes

Some Anthomyiidae (Diptera: Muscomorpha, Calyptrata) of the Maltese Islands

By: MARTIN J. EBEJER

Page: 41-48

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
The literature on the Anthomyiidae of the Maltese Islands is reviewed. A total of 22 species are listed, of which two are rejected and 10 are recorded for the first time. Species are annotated with new data where this is available. The fauna is briefly discussed in its geographical context. All species are common and widespread around the Mediterranean.

OBITUARY GUILLAUME MARIE DE ROUGEMONT (1945–2020)

By: JON COOTER

Page: 49-70

Type: Obituary

BOOK REVIEW BUTTERFLY BIOLOGY SYSTEMS: CONNECTIONS AND INTERACTIONS IN LIFE HISTORY AND BEHAVIOUR by Roger L.H. Dennis

By: ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON

Page: 71-72

Type: Book Review

BOOK REVIEW FIELD GUIDE TO THE DRAGONFLIES OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE 2nd Edition, by Klass-Douwe B Dijkstra & Asmus Schröter

By: DR PAM TAYLOR

Page: 73–75

Type: Book Review

NOTICE IRISH BIOGEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY – BULLETIN No. 44.

Page: 76

Type: Editorial