Entomologist's Monthly Magazine - Vol. 157, No. 2, 2021

Published: 4/30/2021

Article Details for this issue

EDITORIAL

By: IAN JOHNSON & ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON

Page: 77

Type: Editorial

Synopsis:
I am very pleased to announce that Andrew Wakeham-Dawson is resuming his role as Editor-in-Chief of Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine. IAN JOHNSON ZooBank registration and EMM: some clarification on authors’ responsibilities ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON

SHORT NOTE Aprostocetus eriophyes (Taylor, 1909) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Tetrastichinae) reared from Phytoptus avellanae Nalepa (Acari: Eriophyoidea, Phytoptidae) in Kent, England

By: M.T. JENNINGS

Page: 78–80

Type: Short Notes

Descriptions of five new shiny Dichaetomyia species from Madagascar (Diptera: Muscidae)

By: EBERHARD ZIELKE

Page: 81–103

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Five new species of the genus Dichaetomyia are described from Madagascar as Dichaetomyia ambrea sp. n., Dichaetomyia besseta sp. n., Dichaetomyia doubla sp. n., Dichaetomyia montea sp. n., and Dichaetomyia ranoa sp. n. The body colour of the five species is shiny metallic blue, green or violet and the colour combinations are similar to Dichaetomyia tristis (Zielke, 1972). The species, however, differ significantly from one another in other taxonomic characteristics which are commonly used in other genera to distinguish species.

Two new species of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Vietnam

By: PETER N. BUHL

Page: 104–108

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Isostasius reticulaticeps sp. n. (male) and Platygaster brevilobata sp. n. (female) from the north of Vietnam are described and illustrated.

Annotated Checklist of the British Dacnusini and the Dapsilarthra genus group of the Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae)

By: H. CHARLES J. GODFRAY

Page: 109–145

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
An annotated checklist of the British Dacnusini and the Dapsilarthra genus group of the Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae) is provided. In addition to a species list with synonymy (based on Broad, Shaw & Godfray 2016) further details are given of: (i) intrageneric groupings; (ii) a reference to each species’ treatment in the unindexed and multipart major revisions of Nixon & Griffith; (iii) a hypothesis about host range, where known (about three quarters of species), and the evidence upon which this is based; (iv) DNA barcode BIN references where available (currently for about half the species); (v) any further relevant notes. Brief mention is made of 10 likely new species which require further material before they can be described. 23 new ‘nation’ records (i.e. for Scotland, Wales etc.) and 29 new parasitoid-host associations are recorded.

Empididae (Diptera: Brachycera) of the Maltese Islands

By: MARTIN J. EBEJER

Page: 146–150

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
An account is given of the Empididae of Malta. The eleven species known to inhabit the islands are listed with data for the eight species not previously published. The paucity of species on the Maltese Islands is briefly discussed in the context of the distribution of the family and some aspects of its ecology.