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Descriptions Of Two New Species Of False Click Beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) From The Bahamas, Robert L. Otto

Insecta Mundi

Specimens of Eucnemidae collected in the Bahamas were re-evaluated following initial identifications completed in 2007. Two new species of false click beetle (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) are described from several islands in the Bahamas. These new species are: Golbachia rufa sp. nov. and Fornax bahamiensis sp. nov. Diagnostic differences are noted for each species and compared with similar species found in both Cuba and the United States.

First Records Of Hippodamia Variegata (Goeze) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) For Iowa, U.S.A., Louis S. Hesler, M. J. Hatfield

Insecta Mundi

Hippodamia variegata (Goeze) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a Palearctic lady beetle that has become established in North America, is reported for the first time from the state of Iowa, U.S.A. The earliest specimen of H. variegata from Iowa was collected in 2009, with two subsequent specimens in 2012. Collection records of an advancing, non-native species like H. variegata are important for determining comparative rates of geographic spread across various regions and understanding its invasion dynamics.

Description Of A New Species Of Toumeyella Cockerell (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) On Crataegus Mexicana Moc. And Sessé Ex Dc. (Rosaceae), Takumasa Kondo, Héctor González

Insecta Mundi

A new species of soft scale from Mexico, Toumeyella crataegi Kondo and González sp. nov., (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) collected on Crataegus mexicana DC. (Rosaceae), is described and illustrated based on the adult female. An updated taxonomic key to the soft scale insects of the genus Toumeyella Cockerell known from Mexico is provided. The specific epithet of Toumeyella martinezi Kondo and González is here emended to T. martinezae. A checklist with information on geographical distribution, host plants and brief notes of all 18 currently known species of Toumeyella is provided.

Una nueva especie de escama blanda de México, Toumeyella crataegi …

New Records And Diagnostic Notes On Large Carpenter Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Genus Xylocopa Latreille), From The Amazon River Basin Of South America, Jonathan R. Mawdsley

Insecta Mundi

Previously unpublished museum specimen records are presented for 23 species of the genus Xylocopa Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae) collected in portions of the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela within the Amazon River basin of South America. Dichotomous keys and dorsal habitus photographs are provided for the identification of females of the 13 species of Xylocopa subgenus Neoxylocopa Michener, and females of the 10 species of Xylocopa subgenus Schonnherria Lepeletier, that have been recorded to date from the Amazon River basin.

Melipona Beecheii Bennett (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Origen, Estudios Y Meliponicultura En Cuba, Julio A. Genaro, Walberto Loriga

Insecta Mundi

Melipona beecheii Bennett is a common bee, native to Mexico and some parts of Central America. There has been much speculation about his presence in Cuba and Jamaica. The origin, the studies carried out, and the development of meliponiculture in Cuba are reviewed. The main diagnostic characteristics between M. beecheii and Apis mellifera Linnaeus, the only two highly social and domesticated species in Cuba, are presented. The historical trend has been the independent capture of colonies of M. beecheii, in the wild, by untrained farmers. These colonies are kept inside the trunks or branches of the trees that the …

New Species Of Elaphidiini From Central America (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), James E. Wappes, Juan Pablo Botero, Antonio Santos-Silva

Insecta Mundi

Four new species of Elaphidiini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) are described: Psyrassa vandenberghei Wappes, Botero and Santos-Silva, from Nicaragua; Psyrassa androwi Wappes, Botero and Santos-Silva, from Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama; Psyrassa vandevenderi Wappes, Botero and Santos-Silva, from Mexico; and Aneflomorpha monzoni Wappes, Botero and Santos-Silva, from Guatemala.

Remarks On The Subgenus Cylinderina Rivalier (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae: Cylindera) From The Philippines With Description Of A New Species 144. Contribution Towards The Knowledge Of The Cicindelidae, Jürgen Wiesner, Charles Dheurle

Insecta Mundi

Cylindera (Cylinderina) sierramadrensis Wiesner and Dheurle, new species (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) is described from Luzon. Re-descriptions of the other seven species of this subgenus (C. (C.) nanula (Horn, 1937), C. (C.) nana (Schaum, 1862), C. (C.) pseudonana (Horn, 1924), C. (C.) werneri Wiesner, 1988, C. (C.) rothschildi (Horn, 1896), C. (C.) genieri Cassola and Werner, 2003, C. (C.) vandenberghei Dheurle, 2016) are provided together with a key and pictures of their habitus, labrum and aedeagus.

Aquatic Invertebrate Community Structure, Biological Condition, Habitat, And Water Quality At Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri, 2005-2014, David E. Bowles, L. W. Morrison, J. T. Cribbs

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Ozark National Scenic Riverways (OZAR) was established to protect the corridor of the Current River and its major tributary, the Jacks Fork. The Current River is one of the few remaining free-flowing rivers in the U.S., with much of its base flow coming from several large springs. To assess the biological condition of these rivers, aquatic invertebrate community structure was monitored from 2005 to 2014. Benthic invertebrate samples and associated habitat and water quality data were collected from each of nine sampling sites using a Slack-Surber sampler. The Stream Condition Index (SCI), a multimetric index that incorporates taxa richness, EPT …

Hart Prairie Preserve Site Visit To Assess Aspen Health Nature Conservancy, Flagstaff, Az, Amanda Grady

Aspen Bibliography

On June 11, 2018, Amanda Grady, Entomologist, Arizona Zone, Forest Health Protection, performed a site visit to evaluate aspen health on the Nature Conservancy lands at Heart Prairie Preserve (HPP) near Flagstaff. Specifically, the evaluation was to determine whether or not the aspen within exclosures on Fern Mountain have symptoms or signs of Oystershell scale (OSS), an emergent forest pest contributing to aspen decline in northern Arizona.

Seven New Taxa From The Butterfly Subtribe Euptychiina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) With Revisional Notes On Harjesia Forster, 1964 And Pseudeuptychia Forster, 1964, Shinichi Nakahara, Keith R. Willmott, Olaf H. H. Mielke, Johanna Schwartz, Thamara Zacca, Marianne Espeland, Gerardo Lamas

Insecta Mundi

Seven new euptychiine (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) taxa are described and named herein, namely Harjesia argentata Nakahara, Zacca and Lamas, n. sp., Orotaygetis Nakahara and Zacca, n. gen., O. surui Nakahara, Zacca and Lamas, n. sp., Euptychoides sanmarcos Nakahara and Lamas, n. sp., Pseudeuptychia cuzquenya Nakahara and Lamas, n. sp., P. languida austrina Nakahara and Lamas, n. ssp., and Godartiana astronesthes Lamas and Nakahara, n. sp. A revisional note is provided for Harjesia Forster, 1964 and Pseudeuptychia Forster, 1964, and as a result, Taygetis vrazi Kheil, 1896 is removed from Harjesia and a new …

Nueva Especie De Aleuropleurocelus Drews Y Sampson (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Y Clave Para Especies Del Grupo De Forma Oval, Oscar Ángel Sánchez-Flores, Vicente Emilio Carapia-Ruiz

Insecta Mundi

En este estudio se describe una nueva especie de mosca blanca Aleuropleurocelus chamaedoreaelegans Sánchez-Flores y Carapia-Ruiz sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) encontrada en el envés de las hojas de Chamaedorea elegans Mart. en el Estado de Puebla (México). Se proporcionan microfotografías de estructuras morfológicas de puparios, se discute la separación con otras especies cercanas de Aleuropleurocelus Drews y Sampson, y se propone una clave para especies del grupo de forma oval.

The Encyclopedia Of North American Drosophilids Volume 1: Drosophilids Of The Midwest And Northeast, Thomas Werner, Tessa Steenwinkel, John Jaenike

Open Access Books

The Encyclopedia of North American Drosophilids: Volume 1: Drosophilids of the Midwest and Northeast provides an introduction to the flies of the family Drosophilidae of the Midwest and Northeast of the United States, as well as nearby regions in Canada. The book strives to facilitate identification of most of the drosophilid species in this region and provides remarks on interesting aspects of their biology and suggestions for future research on them. The book is intended for researchers, teachers, and students wishing to discover the diversity of these flies.

Version 4 is a major update that covers new species and includes …

Jeweled Spider Flies (Eulonchus Tristis) Are Important Pollinators Of Iris Bracteata, A Rare Siskiyou Mountain Endemic, Jean-Paul E. Ponte

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

Little is known about the pollination biology of the Pacific Coast Irises (Iris: series Californicae, hereafter PCI), especially who visits and pollinates their flowers. In general, Iris flowers are considered bee-pollinated, however, flies in the genus Eulonchus (Acroceridae) are known to visit some PCI members. Therefore, I assessed the relative importance of Eulonchus and other insect visitors to the pollination of a rare PCI species native to the Siskiyou Mountains, I. bracteata.

Methods. I quantified pollinator importance for all flower visitors at sites in northern California and southern Oregon as the product of average visit rate and …

Diversity Of Water Bugs In Gujranwala District, Punjab, Pakistan, Muhammad Shahbaz Chattha, Abu Ul Hassan Faiz, Arshad Javid, Irfan Baboo, Inayat Ullah Malik

Journal of Bioresource Management

Water bugs fall under the order Hemiptera, suborder Heteroptera, which is further divided into two types, i.e., semi-aquatic (Gerromorpha) and true water bugs (Nepomorpha). They play a vital role as biological control agents and also a source of food for fishes, birds and other aquatic organisms. The present work was carried out to ascertain aquatic Hemiptera in different lentic and lotic water bodies of various sizes in Gujranwala district, Pakistan. A total of 10 species belonging to five families were identified. Species include Nepa ruber Linnaeus, Laccotrephes elongatus Montandon, Ranatra filiformis Fabricius (Nepidae), Corixa substriata Uhler, Micronecta proba …

Comparison Of Three Benthic Macroinvertebrate Passive Sampling Devices For Non-Wadeable Streams, Kelsey A. Laymon

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Rivers and streams provide essential ecosystem services to the degree that the monitoring and maintenance of these systems becomes imperative. Biomonitoring provides managers and policymakers with the tools to make informed decisions, and macroinvertebrates are often the object of biomonitoring because they are ubiquitous in most systems and are known to be good indicators of water quality. However, methods for sampling macroinvertebrates in non-wadeable streams (i.e., large rivers) have not been standardized across states and regions and an established method for macroinvertebrate biomonitoring in large rivers of Georgia is not currently available. My study compared macroinvertebrates collected with three types …

New Records And Combinations In Neotropical Premnobius Eichhoff (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Ipini) With An Illustrated Key To New World Species, Thomas H. Atkinson, Alexander V. Petrov, Carlos A. H. Flechtmann

Insecta Mundi

Three Neotropical species are transferred to the genus Premnobius Eichhoff (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Ipini): Premnobius assiduus (Schedl, 1961, from Xyleborus), P. flechtmanni (Wood, 2007, from Acanthotomicus) and P. neoajunctus (Schedl, 1967, from Xyleborus). An illustrated key is presented for the native and introduced species of the genus known from the New World.

Expanded Concept And Revised Taxonomy Of The Milliped Family Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895 (Polydesmida: Leptodesmidea: Xystodesmoidea): Incorporations Of Euryuridae Pocock, 1909 And Eurymerodesmidae Causey, 1951, Taxon Revivals/Proposals/Transferrals, And A Distributional Update, Rowland M. Shelley, Jamie M. Smith

Insecta Mundi

Euryuridae Pocock 1909 and Eurymerodesmidae Causey 1951, both endemic to the eastern/central United States (US), are incorporated into Xystodesmidae Cook 1895 and reduced to subfamilies and (sub)tribes n. stats. Euryurina and Melaphina Brolemann 1916, n. stats., are sister-taxa that differ primarily in epiproctal configurations and comprise Euryurini; sister-taxa Eurymerodesmina and Nannariina Hoffman 1964, n. stats., the latter transferred from Xystodesminae, comprise Eurymerodesmini, n. stat., in which plesiomorphic forms exhibit sublinear, “stick-like,” and subapically curved/bent gonopodal acropodites with moderately-long to long hairs, often with distal tufts, on their “inner” surfaces. Additional transferrals include Wamokia Chamberlin from the …

Erratum To Cano (2018): A New Anomiopus Westwood (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) From The Mayan Biosphere Reserve, Petén, Guatemala, Enio B. Cano

Insecta Mundi

After publication of Cano (2018), it was noticed that the wrong holotype photographs of Anomiopus cirulito Cano were included in Figure 3, resulting in images that did not correspond to the captions. The author and the Insecta Mundi editorial staff apologize for this error. The intended version of Figure 3 is reproduced here. Insecta Mundi has also released a revised version of the Cano (2018) manuscript, with this error corrected. However, the revised version is not an official peer-reviewed article, and anyone wishing to reference the findings of Cano (2018) should cite the original manuscript or this erratum.

A New Species Of Philacelota Heller (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Melolonthini) From Flores Island, Indonesia, Jiri Zidek

Insecta Mundi

Philacelota jakli sp. n. (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Melolonthini) is described, illustrated and compared with the other two known congeners, P. submaculata Heller and P. sulana Heller. Philacelota sub maculata is here designated the type species for the genus.

New Species And Records Of Elateridae (Coleoptera) From Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila, Mexico, Paul J. Johnson, David C. Lightfoot

Insecta Mundi

Eleven species of Elateridae (Coleoptera) were collected during a two-year arthropod inventory survey at the Cuatrociénegas Natural Protected Area, Coahuila, Mexico. Aeolus cuatro new species, Horistonotus coahuila new species, and Megapenthes cienegas new species are described for the first time. Additionally reported as new state records are Conoderus athoides (LeConte), C. lividus (De Geer), Deilelater mexicanus (Champion), Esthesopus parcus Horn, and Dipropus rufulus (Candèze). Sixteen species of click beetle are now recorded from Coahuila. The sampled habitats and the environmental setting are briefly described with images of each sampling site.

Once especies de Elateridae (Coleoptera) fueron recolectadas durante …

Description Of Phyllium (Phyllium) Conlei, New Species, And A First Look At The Phylliidae (Phasmatodea) Of The Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, Royce T. Cumming, Pablo Valero Riquelme, Sierra N. Teemsma

Insecta Mundi

The Phylliidae (Phasmatodea) diversity of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia is preliminarily examined, and revealed to be notably lacking in completeness with only two species currently recorded. Of the nine islands/ island groups within the Lesser Sunda Islands, only the westerly islands (Bali and Lombok) have single species recorded: Phyllium (Pulchriphyllium) pulchrifolium Audinet-Serville, 1838, from Bali, and Phyllium (Phyllium) conlei Cumming, Valero, and Teemsma, new species, from Lombok. The latter species is herein described and differentiated from congenerics. To conclude, with so few species recorded from the Lesser Sunda Islands, a key to species for Java and the Lesser …

Are Miami Blues In Cuba? A Review Of The Genus Cyclargus Nabokov (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) With Implications For Conservation Management, Deborah L. Matthews, Jacqueline Y. Miller, Andrew D. Warren, James K. Toomey, Roger W. Portell, Terry A. Lott, Nick V. Grishin

Insecta Mundi

We review the genus Cyclargus Nabokov (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) based on detailed comparative analyses of wing patterns, genitalia, and mitochondrial COI DNA barcode sequences, and suggest that Cyclargus is composed of four species: C. thomasi (Clench), C. woodruffi (W. Comstock and Huntington), C. ammon (Lucas), and C. dominica (Möschler). The following new subjective synonyms are proposed: C. erembis Nabokov syn. n. and C. kathleena K. Johnson and Matusik syn. n. are C. thomasi noeli (W. Comstock and Huntington); C. sorpresus K. Johnson and Matusik syn. n. and C. shuturn K. Johnson and Bálint syn. n. are C. ammon; and Cyclargus …

Generic Changes In The Stag Beetle Tribe Aesalini (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aesalinae) With The Description Of Two New Species, M. J. Paulsen

Insecta Mundi

The status of genera and species in the stag beetle tribe Aesalini (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aesalinae) is revised. The Asian subgenus Zelenkaesalus Krikken, formerly included within Echinoaesalus Zelenka, is elevated to generic level based on the presence of complete ventral sulci and the form of the ocular canthus. This results in the following new combinations: Z. cechovskyi (Huang et al.), Z. gedeensis (Huang and Wu), Z. javanus (Krikken), Z. sabahensis (Zelenka), and Z. timidus (Krikken). Zelenkaesalus pazuzus Paulsen, new species, is described from the Philippines and is the first record of the subfamily for the country. A new genus Strabaesalus …

Four Submarginal Cells On A Forewing Of Melitoma Taurea (Say) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), And A Summary Of Known Records Of Atypical And Variable Numbers Of Submarginal Cells, Eugene J. Scarpulla

Insecta Mundi

A specimen of Melitoma taurea (Say) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) was captured on Hart-Miller Island, Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore County, Maryland. The specimen possessed the typical three submarginal cells on the right forewing but exhibited four submarginal cells on the left forewing due to the presence of an additional submarginal crossvein dividing the second submarginal cell. The presence of four submarginal cells is a rare occurrence in bees. Besides documenting this occurrence, this paper presents a summary of known published and previously unpublished records of atypical and variable numbers of submarginal cells. Published records were found for 66 species: Colletidae (1), Andrenidae (28), …

Revisión Taxonómica De Pseudococcus Westwood (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) De Centro Y Sud América Con Descripciones De Especies Nuevas, María C. Granara De Willink, Patricia González

Insecta Mundi

Se tratan 50 especies de Pseudococcus Westwood (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) encontradas en Centro y Sud América. Se describen 16 especies nuevas: Pseudococcus acaena Granara de Willink sp. n., P. bahiensis Granara de Willink sp. n., P. calchaquii Granara de Willink sp. n., P. chaquensis Granara de Willink sp. n., P. colombiensis Granara de Willink sp. n., P. cubaensis Granara de Willink sp. n., P. cuyoensis Granara de Willink sp. n., P. debilis Granara de Willink sp. n., P. dumetum Granara de Willink sp. n., P. insuetus Granara de Willink sp. n., P. lanatii Granara de Willink, sp. n., P. neuquenensis Granara …

Primer Registro De Omosita Colon (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae) Recolectada En Cadáveres De Cabrito (Capra Aegagrus Hircus Linnaeus) En Buenavista, Saltillo Coahuila, México, Hermelindo Hernádez-Torres, Oswaldo García-Martínez, Isabel Salazar-García, Luis Alberto Aguirre-Uribe, Sergio Rene Sánchez-Peña

Insecta Mundi

Adultos de Omosita colon (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae) recolectados sobre cadáveres del cabrito (Capra aegagrus hircus (Linnaeus)) en las etapas de post-descomposición y esqueletonización, representa el primer reporte de esta especie en carroña para Saltillo, Coahuila, México. Para esta región de México se sugiere a O. colon como un indicador potencial en la entomología forense para determinar el periodo en que una persona o animal fallecen. Se presenta una descripción general del género y características taxonómicas de la especie para su identificación.

Adults of Omosita colon (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae), collected on goat (Capra aegagrus hircus (Linnaeus)) carcasses …

Description Of Two New Bolivian Cerambycidae And A Costa Rican Record For An African Prionine (Coleoptera), James E. Wappes, Antonio Santos-Silva, Maria Helena M. Galileo

Insecta Mundi

Two new species of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) are described from Bolivia: Compsibidion woodleyi Wappes, Santos-Silva and Galileo (Cerambycinae: Neoibidionina): and Drycothaea dozieri Wappes, Santos-Silva and Galileo (Lamiinae: Calliini). Illustrations of the new species are included. Mallodon downesii Hope, 1843 (Prioninae: Macrotomini) is reported for the first time in Costa Rica.

Phyllium (Phyllium) Letiranti Sp. Nov. (Phasmida: Phylliidae) A New Leaf Insect From Peleng Island, Indonesia, Royce T. Cumming

Insecta Mundi

A new species of leaf insect, Phyllium (Phyllium) letiranti Cumming and Teemsma, new species (Phasmida: Phylliidae), is described from a series of males, females, and eggs from Peleng Island, Indonesia. This new species is the first record of the family Phylliidae on the island and is here differentiated from congeners. Keys to males, females, and eggs of the Phyllium species of Sulawesi and Peleng islands are included within.

A Revision Of The Genus Navasoleon Banks (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Nemoleontini), Lionel A. Stange, Robert B. Miller

Insecta Mundi

Nine species of Navasoleon (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Nemoleontini) are recognized in the present work with the description of seven new species: N. amazonas Stange, N. brasiliensis Miller, N. egeri Stange, N. lithophilus Miller, N. lotti Stange, N. tarsalis Miller, and N. venezolanus Stange. Navasoleon bosqui (Navás) is designated a nomen dubium. A key to the species is provided as well as to the genera of Nemoleontini with closing pretarsal claws. The larvae of two species are described and keyed with biological notes. Biological data presented in Miller and Stange (1985), erroneously attributed to N. bolivianus (Banks), has now been …

A New Colombian Pest Species Of The Genus Poecilocloeus Bruner (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Proctolabinae) On Coffee, With A Key To The Neotropical Species, Luis Miguel Constantino, Oscar J. Cadena-Castañeda, Juan Manuel Cardona Granda, Pablo Benavides M., Carmenza Góngora B.

Insecta Mundi

A remarkable new species of Poecilocloeus (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Proctolabinae) found damaging coffee plantations in the Western Andes of Colombia is described and named P. coffeaphilus n. sp. This new species is part of a distinct and colorful group of Proctolabinae grasshoppers, with most species found at low altitudes in the rainforest of the Amazon basin. In contrast, the new species is found at elevations of 1600 to 1800 m in the canopy of dense cloud forests, in the southwestern part of the department of Antioquia (Western Cordillera, Colombian Andes). Information about the natural history, behavior, natural enemies and control strategies …