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History, Distribution, And Identification Of Exoteleia Dodecella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) In North America, With Insights Into The Systematics Of Exoteleia Wallengren Using Characters Of The Adult, Immatures, Bionomics, And Dna Barcodes, David Adamski, Jean-Francois Landry, Steven C. Passoa, Robert Tracy
History, Distribution, And Identification Of Exoteleia Dodecella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) In North America, With Insights Into The Systematics Of Exoteleia Wallengren Using Characters Of The Adult, Immatures, Bionomics, And Dna Barcodes, David Adamski, Jean-Francois Landry, Steven C. Passoa, Robert Tracy
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Exoteleia dodecella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), a native of Europe, was first documented from North America at several locations in eastern Canada. Additional records indicate this moth has now spread throughout New England and west to northern Pennsylvania, New York, and possibly into Michigan in the United States. A second introduction of E. dodecella has occurred near the Vancouver area of British Columbia in Canada. To help with the identification of E. dodecella, morphological, biological, and molecular evidence are presented. Key features of the adult, larval, and pupal morphology are compared to other species of Exoteleia and illustrated with line …
A Review Of African Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae), With New Taxa Reared From Native Fruits In Kenya, David Adamski, Robert S. Copeland, Scott E. Miller, Paul D. N. Hebert, Karolyn Darrow, Quentin Luke
A Review Of African Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae), With New Taxa Reared From Native Fruits In Kenya, David Adamski, Robert S. Copeland, Scott E. Miller, Paul D. N. Hebert, Karolyn Darrow, Quentin Luke
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Twenty-five species of African Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) are reviewed; 12 species are redescribed, and 13 species are described as new. Rearing of Lepidoptera ancillary to sampling efforts targeted for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and their parasitoids was conducted in and near forested areas in coastal, central highland, and western highland habitats in Kenya. Reared moths were associated with fruits of 64 plant species in 34 families. Two new species, Blastobasis millicentae and Neoblastobasis perisella, were discovered in mixed original type series of species described by Meyrick and also reared from fruit. Eight new species, Blastobasis acirfa, B. aynekiella, B. …
A Revision Of Ganaspidium Weld, 1952 (Hymenoptera, Figitidae, Eucoilinae): New Species, Bionomics, And Distribution, Matthew L. Buffington
A Revision Of Ganaspidium Weld, 1952 (Hymenoptera, Figitidae, Eucoilinae): New Species, Bionomics, And Distribution, Matthew L. Buffington
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The New World eucoiline genus Ganaspidium is revised. Species in this genus are parasitoids of some of the most pestiferous species of leaf-mining Agromyzidae (Diptera), including the notorious Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess). The following new species are described: Ganaspidium didionae, G. eldiablo, G. fl emingi, G. kolmaci, and G. konzaensis. Ganaspidium navajoe (Miller), comb. n., is recognized as junior synonym of G. pusillae Weld (syn. n.). Ganaspidium nigrimanus (Kieff er) and G. utilis Beardsley are removed from synonymy, and together with G. hunteri (Crawford), are now in Banacuniculus Buffington. Species of Ganaspidium are recorded from a wide geographic …
Revision Of The Genus Ambracius Stål, 1860 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae: Clivinematini), With Descriptions Of Three New Species, Paulo Sérgio F Ferreia, Thomas J. Henry
Revision Of The Genus Ambracius Stål, 1860 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae: Clivinematini), With Descriptions Of Three New Species, Paulo Sérgio F Ferreia, Thomas J. Henry
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The clivinematine genus Ambracius Stál is revised and the three new species Ambracius alineae from Venezuela, A. liviae from the United States (Texas), and A. rudybuenoi from Panama are described and illustrated. The previously known species Ambracius capucinus (Reuter), A. dufouri Stál, A. mexicanus Carvalho, A. pallescens (Distant), A. rubricosus (Distant), and A. vittatus Carvalho are redescribed. A key to species is provided to aid in identification.
Description Of The Larva Of Lophodiplosis Trifida, An Australian Gall Midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) And Biocontrol Agent Of Paperbark In Florida, Usa, Raymond Gagne, Susan Wright, Matthew F. Purcell, Bradley T. Brown, Paul D. Pratt, Ted D. Center
Description Of The Larva Of Lophodiplosis Trifida, An Australian Gall Midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) And Biocontrol Agent Of Paperbark In Florida, Usa, Raymond Gagne, Susan Wright, Matthew F. Purcell, Bradley T. Brown, Paul D. Pratt, Ted D. Center
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Lophodiplosis trifida Gagné, an Australian gall midge on paperbark, Melaleuca quinquenervia (Myrtaceae), is a recent release in southern Florida for the biological control of that host. The larval stage is described for the first time and compared to that of other Lophodiplosis species. Photos of galls and illustrations of larvae are provided. Second and third instars of L. trifida are unusual among Cecidomyiidae for the lack of setae on most papillae.
Apostasimerini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae). Rectification Of Authorship, Year Of Publication, Rank, And Taxa Included Full Access, Jens Prena
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Kuschel (1952) transferred Erirhinoides mourei Bondar, 1943 to Apostasimerus Schönherr, 1844 and indicated a possible synonymy with A. serrirostris Boheman, 1844. The suggestion was based on work on numerous collections, not on direct comparison of specimens. Recently I had the opportunity to study the Gregorio Bondar Collection at the American Museum of Natural History, New York and compared the lectotype of A. mourei (designated by Vaurie 1953) with images of the holotype of A. serrirostris and with specimens of the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Apostasimerus mourei (Bondar) is here regarded as a new junior subjective synonym of …
Ecological Traits Of A New Aphid Parasitoid, Endaphis Fugitiva (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), And Its Potential For Biological Control Of The Banana Aphid, Pentalonia Nigronervosa (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Frédéric B. Muratori, Raymond J. Gagne, Rusell H. Messing
Ecological Traits Of A New Aphid Parasitoid, Endaphis Fugitiva (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), And Its Potential For Biological Control Of The Banana Aphid, Pentalonia Nigronervosa (Hemiptera: Aphididae), Frédéric B. Muratori, Raymond J. Gagne, Rusell H. Messing
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Most parasitoids of aphids are small wasps belonging to the families Braconidae or Aphelinidae. However, some dipteran parasitoids are also known to use aphids as hosts. We describe and give life-history information on a new species of aphid parasitoid, Endaphis fugitiva Gagné and Muratori, found to parasitize the banana aphid, Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel, the vector of banana bunchy top virus. Field and laboratory observations show that fly eggs are laid on the leaves near an aphid colony, the newly hatched fly larvae search for hosts while crawling on the leaf, and then penetrate the aphid between the legs and thorax. …
Taxonomy Of Janetiella Thymi (Kieffer) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) And Of The Species Formerly In Janetiella That Feed On Vitis (Vitaceae), Raymond Gagne
Taxonomy Of Janetiella Thymi (Kieffer) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) And Of The Species Formerly In Janetiella That Feed On Vitis (Vitaceae), Raymond Gagne
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
The poorly known European species Janetiella thymi (Kieffer), type species ofJanetiella Kieffer (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), is redescribed. Gall makers on grape that were formerly placed in Janetiella are shown to be distinct from that genus and transferred to Vitisiella Fedotova & Kovalev, a genus recently erected for a species on grape in Siberia. Among the distinguishing traits of Vitisiella, more fully characterized here than previously, are the closed costal vein at its juncture with R5, the deeply divided male hypoproct, and the conspicuous dorsolateral sclerites of the ovipositor. Janetiella brevicauda Felt, also redescribed, and Cecidomyia oenephila Haimhoffen, both previously …
The Genus Arnoldiola (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) In The Nearctic Region, With New Synonymies And Combinations, Raymond Gagne
The Genus Arnoldiola (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) In The Nearctic Region, With New Synonymies And Combinations, Raymond Gagne
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Six nominal species of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) originally assigned to four separate genera and recognized here as three valid species are transferred to Arnoldiola Strand. They are as follows: Arnoldiola azaleae (Felt 1907a), new combination (from Oligotrophus Latreille); Arnoldiola caudata (Felt 1915), new combination (from Phytophaga Rondani) and new synonym of A. azaleae; Arnoldiola brevicornis (Felt 1907a), new combination (from Janetiella Kieffer); Arnoldiola tiliacei (Felt 1907a), new combination (from Janetiella) and new synonym of A. brevicornis; Arnoldiola castaneae (Felt 1909), new combination (from Rhopalomyia Rubsaamen); and Arnoldiola ligni (Felt 1915), new combination (from Janetiella) and new synonym …
Two New Species Of Compsolechia Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Associated With Casearia (Flacourtiaceae) In Coastal Dry-Forests Of Western Mexico, David Adamski, Karina Boege
Two New Species Of Compsolechia Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Associated With Casearia (Flacourtiaceae) In Coastal Dry-Forests Of Western Mexico, David Adamski, Karina Boege
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Two new species of Compsolechia Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), C. camilotus Adamski and C. vittatiella Adamski, are described from dry-forests in western Mexico. Larvae of both species were collected on leaves of Casearia nitida (L.) Jacq. (Flacourtiaceae), a new host record for the genus. Photographs of larvae and their shelters and adult moths are provided. In addition, illustrations of the male and female genitalia of the adults, larval chaetotaxal maps, and scanning electron micrographs for both species are included. The pupa of only C. camilotus was available for description.
Two New Species Of Wockia Heinemann (Lepidoptera: Urodidae) From Coastal Dry-Forests In Western Mexico, David Adamski, Karina Boege, Jean-Francois Landry, Jae-Cheon Sohn
Two New Species Of Wockia Heinemann (Lepidoptera: Urodidae) From Coastal Dry-Forests In Western Mexico, David Adamski, Karina Boege, Jean-Francois Landry, Jae-Cheon Sohn
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Two new species of Wockia Heinemann, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Urodidae), W. chewbacca and W. mexicana, are described from primary dry-forests in western Mexico. A new host record is reported for the genus from larvae of W. chewbacca feeding on leaves of Casearia nitida (L.) Jacq. (Salicaceae). Several shared genitalic features and DNA barcode similarities suggest a congeneric relationship between the two Mexican species but uncertain generic placement within Urodidae. Scanning electron micrographs of the larva and illustrations of the larva and pupa of Wockia chewbacca are provided, along with illustrations of male and female genitalia of both Mexican species. Three …
Data Publication And Dissemination Of Interactive Keys Under The Open Access Model, Lyubomir Penev, Michael Sharkey, Terry Erwin, Simon Van Noort, Matthew Buffi Ngton, Katja Seltmann, Norman Johnson, Matt Taylor, F. Christian Th Ompson, Michael J. Dallwitz
Data Publication And Dissemination Of Interactive Keys Under The Open Access Model, Lyubomir Penev, Michael Sharkey, Terry Erwin, Simon Van Noort, Matthew Buffi Ngton, Katja Seltmann, Norman Johnson, Matt Taylor, F. Christian Th Ompson, Michael J. Dallwitz
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Th e concepts of publication, citation and dissemination of interactive keys and other online keys are discussed and illustrated by a sample paper published in the present issue (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.21.271). The present model is based on previous experience with several existing examples of publishing online keys. However, this model also suggests ways to publish, cite, preserve, disseminate and reuse the original data fi les to the benefi t of future workers, the authors, and society in general. To be regarded as a “formal scientifi c publication,” an online key should satisfy the same criteria of peer review, registration, persistence, bibliographic …
The Evolution Of Food Preferences In Coccinellidae, José Adriano Giorgi, Natalia J. Vandenberg, Joseph V. Mchugh, Juanita A. Forrester, S. Adam Ślipiński, Kelly B. Miller, Lori R. Shapiro, Michael F. Whiting
The Evolution Of Food Preferences In Coccinellidae, José Adriano Giorgi, Natalia J. Vandenberg, Joseph V. Mchugh, Juanita A. Forrester, S. Adam Ślipiński, Kelly B. Miller, Lori R. Shapiro, Michael F. Whiting
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Despite the familiarity and economic significance of Coccinellidae, the family has thus far escaped analysis by rigorous phylogenetic methods. As a result, the internal classification remains unstable and there is no framework with which to interpret evolutionary events within the family. Coccinellids exhibit a wide range of preferred food types spanning kingdoms, and trophic levels. To provide an evolutionary perspective on coccinellid feeding preferences, we performed a phylogenetic analysis of 62 taxa based on the ribosomal nuclear genes 18S and 28S. The entire dataset consists of 3957 aligned nucleotide sites, 787 of which are parsimony informative. Bayesian and parsimony analyses …
Book Review Of The Wood Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Lestremiinae) Of Fennoscandia And Denmark By Mathias Jaschhof And Catrin Jaschhof, Raymond Gagne
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
The present study is the result of a four-year project supported by the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative to collect and systematize the Lestremiinae. It fleshes out the skeleton presented in Jaschhof (1998) of this group for the Palearctic Region, bringing to bear the broad knowledge gained from the authors’ studies since 1998 from Japan, Malaysia, South Africa, and New Zealand and Mathias Jaschhof’s subsequent studies of the Mamaev types. More species of wood midges (n = 203) are now known from Sweden than any other country or all of the Western Hemisphere. The fact that until the 1990s only four species …
Redescription Of Anovia Circumclusa (Gorham) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Noviini), With First Description Of The Egg, Larva, And Pupa, And Notes On Adult Intraspecific Elytral Pattern Variation, Juanita A. Forrester, Natalia J. Vandenberg, Joseph V. Mchugh
Redescription Of Anovia Circumclusa (Gorham) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Noviini), With First Description Of The Egg, Larva, And Pupa, And Notes On Adult Intraspecific Elytral Pattern Variation, Juanita A. Forrester, Natalia J. Vandenberg, Joseph V. Mchugh
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Anovia circumclusa (Gorham), a neotropical lady beetle, recently was recorded in North America for the first time. Previously, only the adult form of this beneficial predator had been described. This paper provides a redescription of the adult and the first descriptions of the egg, larva, and pupa. Diagnostic characters for the genus and species are given, and intraspecific color variation in Anovia adults is discussed.
A New Filatima Busck (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Associated With Lupine And Early Herbivore Colonization On Mount St. Helens, David Adamski, Jennifer L. Apple, John G. Bishop
A New Filatima Busck (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Associated With Lupine And Early Herbivore Colonization On Mount St. Helens, David Adamski, Jennifer L. Apple, John G. Bishop
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Filatima loowita, n. sp. is described from the Pumice Plain on Mount St. Helens in Washington, United States. An apparent specialist on lupine, early instars feed as leaf-miners, while later instars tie leaflets together into silken tunnels and feed externally, mainly on the leaf tissue. The larvae make webbed tunnels, which extend from the root bundles to the uppermost leaves of the plant. Illustrations are provided of the adult male and female genitalia, and chaetotaxal maps of the last-instar larva, supplemented with scanning electron micrographs and images of the host on the volcano.
A New Holcocera Clemens From Guatemala And Redescription Of H. Iceryaeella (Riley) From The United States (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae: Holcocerini): Two Congeners With Incidental Preference For Avocado, David Adamski, Mark Hoddle
A New Holcocera Clemens From Guatemala And Redescription Of H. Iceryaeella (Riley) From The United States (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae: Holcocerini): Two Congeners With Incidental Preference For Avocado, David Adamski, Mark Hoddle
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Two species of Holcocera Clemens (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae: Holcocerini) are known to feed on Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae), but their frequency of infestation appears low. One species, Holcocera plagatola, n. sp., from Guatemala, is described herein. Holcocera iceryaeella (Riley) is known only from California and has been recorded on many different host plants; it is also known to be a predator of immature Hemiptera and scale insects. Photographs of the imagos of both Holcocera species are included, in addition to illustrations of the male and female genitalia. We comment on host preferences for both species.
Redescription And Immature Stages Of Promalactis Suzukiella (Matsumura) (Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae), A New Introduction Into The United States, David Adamski, Gary F. Hevel, Alan Pultyniewicz
Redescription And Immature Stages Of Promalactis Suzukiella (Matsumura) (Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae), A New Introduction Into The United States, David Adamski, Gary F. Hevel, Alan Pultyniewicz
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Promalactis suzukiella (Matsumura) was discovered independently several times over the past 5 years throughout the northeastern United States by private collectors and biophotographers. These discoveries represent the first records of this species in the United States and validate its approximate distributional range. Color photographs and a redescription of the adult, including the male and female genitalia, are provided. The larva and pupa of Promalactis are described in detail for the first time, with scanning electron micrographs and chaetotaxal maps. A lectotype for Borkhausenia suzukiella Matsumura, 1931, is designated herein. The importance of ‘‘backyard collecting’’ and amateur biophotography is emphasized, and …
Description, Circumscription And Phylogenetics Of The New Tribe Zaeucoilini (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae), Including A Description Of A New Genus, Matthew L. Buffington
Description, Circumscription And Phylogenetics Of The New Tribe Zaeucoilini (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae), Including A Description Of A New Genus, Matthew L. Buffington
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Neotropical eucoiline genera that have been included in and allied with the Zaeucoila genus group are redescribed. Following character analysis and phylogenetic reconstruction (25 taxa, 96 morphological characters, 1452 ribosomal and mitochondrial characters), this informal genus group was found to be monophyletic, and hence raised to formal recognition as a tribe of eucoilines, namely Zaeucoilini new tribe. Through phylogenetic reconstruction, Aegeseucoela Buffington was determined to be polyphyletic; the type species of Aegeseucoela, A. grenadensis (Ashmead), is transferred to Agrostocynips comb.n.; the orphaned species, A. flavotincta (Kieffer), is transferred to Marthiella Buffington gen.n., comb.n. Based on the …
Not All Oak Gall Wasps Gall Oaks: The Description Of Dryocosmus Rileypokei, A New, Apostate Species Of Cynipini From California, Matthew L. Buffington, Shelah I. Morita
Not All Oak Gall Wasps Gall Oaks: The Description Of Dryocosmus Rileypokei, A New, Apostate Species Of Cynipini From California, Matthew L. Buffington, Shelah I. Morita
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Cynipini gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) are commonly known as oak gall wasps for their almost exclusive use of oak (Quercus spp.; Fagaceae) as their host plant. Previously, only three of the nearly 1,000 species of Cynipini have been recorded from hosts other than Quercus. These three are known from western chinquapin (Chrysolepis), chestnut (Castanea) and tan bark oak (Lithocarpus), all lineages of Fagaceae related to Quercus. Here we describe Dryocosmus rileypokei Morita & Buffington, new species, a second species of cynipine which attacks Chrysolepis. Unlike the previously known gall wasp …
A Revision Of Anacharoides Cameron, 1904 (Hymenoptera, Figitidae) With A Description Of A New Species, Matthew L. Buffington, Simon Van Noort
A Revision Of Anacharoides Cameron, 1904 (Hymenoptera, Figitidae) With A Description Of A New Species, Matthew L. Buffington, Simon Van Noort
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Anacharoides Cameron is revised and six species are recognized: A. nicknacki Buffington & van Noort, sp. n., A. pallida Quinlan, A. paragi Benoit, A. quadrus Quinlan, A. striaticeps Cameron and A. stygius Benoit. A key to species is provided. Anacharoides striaticeps was determined to be a variable species, and consequently a number of names have been proposed for this species. Here we clarify the identity of A. striaticeps and provide evidence for the following new synonymies of A. striaticeps: Anacharoides elongaticornis Benoit, syn. n., Anacharoides eurytergis Benoit, syn. n., Anacharoides decellius Quinlan, syn. n., Anacharoides sanitas …
A New Species Of Invasive Gall Wasp (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) On Blue Gum (Eucalyptus Globulus) In California, John La Salle, Gevork Arakelian, Rosser W. Garrison, Michael William Gates
A New Species Of Invasive Gall Wasp (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) On Blue Gum (Eucalyptus Globulus) In California, John La Salle, Gevork Arakelian, Rosser W. Garrison, Michael William Gates
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The blue gum gall wasp, Selitrichodes globulus La Salle & Gates, n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae), is described as an invasive gall inducer on blue gum, Eucalyptus globulus Labill. (Myrtaceae), in California.
A New Species Of Cecidomyia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Feeding On Resin Of Baldcypress, Raymond Gagne, Kenneth Hibbard
A New Species Of Cecidomyia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Feeding On Resin Of Baldcypress, Raymond Gagne, Kenneth Hibbard
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Cecidomyia lamellate Gagné, new species, is described from adults of both sexes, pupae, and larvae taken from resin in branchlet swellings of baldcypress, Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. (Taxodiaceae), in Fort Pierce, Florida. Some anatomical characters of the new species depart from the previously known limits of the genus. Baldcypress is the first known non- Pinaceae host of Cecidomyia.
A New Lestodiplosine (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Preying On The Avocado Lace Bug, Pseudacysta Perseae (Heteroptera: Tingidae) In Southern Florida, Raymond J. Gagne, Jorge E. Pena, Flor E. Acevedo
A New Lestodiplosine (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Preying On The Avocado Lace Bug, Pseudacysta Perseae (Heteroptera: Tingidae) In Southern Florida, Raymond J. Gagne, Jorge E. Pena, Flor E. Acevedo
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
A species new to science, Tingidoletes praelonga Gagné (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), was recently discovered preying on the avocado lace bug, Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann) (Heteroptera: Tingidae), in Florida, USA. A new genus is described to receive the new species.
A Revision Of Australian Thrasorinae (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) With A Description Of A New Genus And Six New Species, Matthew L. Buffington
A Revision Of Australian Thrasorinae (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) With A Description Of A New Genus And Six New Species, Matthew L. Buffington
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
A new genus of Thrasorinae (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) is described from Australia, and includes specimens reared from an unidentified Ophelimus species (Eulophidae: Ophelimini) on Eucalyptus cinerea (Myrtaceae). Mikeius, new genus, includes six species: M. berryi sp. n., M. gatesi sp. n., M. grandawi sp. n., M. hartigi (Girault) n. comb., M. neumanni sp. n. and M. schauffi sp. n.; M. hartigi is designated as the type species of Mikeius. Thrasorus Weld is revised, and the description of T. schmidtae sp. n. is provided, as well as a redescription of T. pilosus Weld. All records to date indicate that species of …
North American Species Of Agrostocynips Diaz (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae), Parasitoids Of Agromyzidae (Diptera): Bionomics And Taxonomy, Matthew L. Buffington, Sonja J. Scheffer
North American Species Of Agrostocynips Diaz (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae), Parasitoids Of Agromyzidae (Diptera): Bionomics And Taxonomy, Matthew L. Buffington, Sonja J. Scheffer
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
The genus Agrostocynips Diaz is redescribed, as well as two species endemic to the Nearctic: Agrostocynips diastrophi (Ashmead) and A. robusta (Ashmead). Previous to this study, only Neotropical species of Agrostocynips were well diagnosed both taxonomically and biologically. Agrostocynips belongs to the Zaeucoila group of genera, which are Neotropical eucoilines that principally parasitize Agromyzidae (Diptera); among these genera, species of Agrostocynips are some of the few representatives that are found in the Nearctic. Detailed host records and biological notes are provided for the Nearctic species.
A New Species Of Schizomyia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), A Pest Of Fernaldia Pandurata (Apocynaceae) In Central America, Raymond Gagne, Rafael Menjivar
A New Species Of Schizomyia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), A Pest Of Fernaldia Pandurata (Apocynaceae) In Central America, Raymond Gagne, Rafael Menjivar
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A new species of gall midge, Schizomyia loroco Gagné (Diptera:Cecidomyiidae), is described from loroco, Fernaldia pandurata (A. DC.) Woodson (Apocynaceae), from El Salvador. Females lay eggs in flower buds that then produce characteristic galls. The new species is described, illustrated, and compared to its congeners.
Donald Morgan Anderson 1930–2005, Raymond Gagne
Donald Morgan Anderson 1930–2005, Raymond Gagne
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
‘‘By Golly’’ was Don’s strongest oath. He was a gentle, unassuming person, a conscientious scientist, and a dutiful colleague. Don passed away on his 75th birthday, Dec. 27, 2005, of congestive heart failure at a nursing home in western New York. He had retired in 1990 from his position as research entomologist in the Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA at the Natural History Museum in Washington, DC. Following his retirement he had worked every day of every other week at the museum, spending his alternate week in Hinsdale, New York. In Jan. 2002, while looking after his sister’s affairs in Wisconsin …
Seven New Species Of Elaphidiini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) From The Dominican Republic With Taxonomic Notes, New Country Records, And A Key To Elaphidion Audinet-Serville From Hispaniola, Steven Lingafelter
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Seven new species, two new combinations, two new synonyms, and four new country records of Elaphidiini longhorned woodborers (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Dominican Republic are presented. Elaphidion compressipenne Fisher is transferred to Ceresium Newman as C. compressipenne (Fisher), new combination. Callidium lucidum Olivier is transferred to Metaphrenon Martins as M. lucidum (Olivier), new combination. A neotype (USNM) is designated for Elaphidion fullonium Newman, and Elaphidion confusum Fisher is a new synonym of that species. Elaphidion pilosum Fisher is a new synonym of Anelaphus mutatum (Gahan). Nesiosphaerion testaceum (Fisher), Anelaphus crispulum (Fisher), and Elaphidion androsensis Fisher are recorded for the first …
First Florida Records For Anovia Circumclusa (Gorham) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Noviini): A Natural Enemy Of Icerya Genistae Hempel (Hemiptera: Margarodidae), Juanita A. Forrester, Natalia J. Vandenberg
First Florida Records For Anovia Circumclusa (Gorham) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Noviini): A Natural Enemy Of Icerya Genistae Hempel (Hemiptera: Margarodidae), Juanita A. Forrester, Natalia J. Vandenberg
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Lady beetles in the tribe Noviini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) are well-known control agents for scale insects. The tribe consists of ~ 80 species divided among three genera, and is represented on every continent except Antarctica. Anovia Casey is native to North and South America, Novius Mulsant is restricted to Australia, and Rodolia Mulsant, while native to Australia, has been widely introduced to other regions of the world.