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Some Corrections And Remarks Regarding The Nomenclature Of Neotropical Athyreini, Passalini, Phanaeini, Rutelini, Cyclocephalini, Dynastini And Oryctini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Auke J. Hielkema

Insecta Mundi

A number of nomenclatural issues regarding Neotropical Scarabaeoidea are addressed. Athyreus soesilae Makhan, 2008 is synonymized with Neoathyreus (Neoathyreus) excavatus (Laporte, 1840) (Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae: Athyreini). Scalmus Zang, 1905 is replaced with its senior synonym Neleuops Kuwert, 1891, nec Neleurops Kuwert, 1891, and the four species it presently contains are thus transferred to Neleuops (Passalidae: Passalinae: Passalini). The spelling of the name Oxysternon oberthueri Olsoufieff, 1924, a junior synonym of Oxysternon (Oxysternon) conspicillatum (Weber, 1801), is fixed (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini). The year of description of Oxysternon (Oxysternon) festivum (Linnaeus, 1758) is corrected, its existing lectotype invalidated, and a new lectotype designated …

The Mantispidae Of The West Indies With Special Reference To The Dominican Republic (Neuroptera: Mantispidae), Kevin M. Hoffman, Oliver S. Flint Jr, Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert

Insecta Mundi

The Antillean fauna of Mantispidae (Neuroptera) consists of six species in four genera, all in the subfamily Mantispinae. Two new species are here described: Leptomantispa antillesensis Hoffman, n. sp., is described from Puerto Rico, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands (Grand Camanoe, Guana, Tortola), United States Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas), Dominica, and Guadeloupe, and Leptomantispa hispaniolaensis Hoffman, n. sp. is described from Hispaniola (Dominican Republic). Mantispilla zayasi Alayo is synonymized under Leptomantispa pulchella (Banks), new synonomy, and Mantispilla taina Alayo is synonymized under Zeugomantispa minuta (Fabricius), new synonomy. Climaciella cubana Enderlein is recorded for the first time from …

First Record Of Conognatha Iris Iris Olivier (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) For Venezuela, Cristian Pineda, Carlos Taboada-Verona

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Conognatha iris iris Olivier (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) is recorded for the fi rst time for Venezuela. The record is based on a single female specimen from Caicet hill, Amazonas state. A map of the known distribution of the taxon is provided.

Se registra por primera vez la presencia de Conognatha iris iris Olivier (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) para Venezuela. El registro se basa en un ejemplar hembra proveniente de cerro Caicet, Estado Amazonas. Se presenta un mapa de la distribución conocida para el taxón.

Cicindela. Vol. I., No. I. March, 1969. Edited By R.L. Huber, R.G. Graves And H.L. Willis. Osseo, Minnesota. 24 Pp. $3.50/Volume., Louis F. Wilson

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Excerpt: Cicindela, a new entomological journal for cicindelophiles, is an experiment in extreme specialization. Supporting enthusiasts chose the scope as world-wide Cicindelidae over the alternatives of world-wide Caraboidea (Carabidae and Cicindelidae), and Nearctic Caraboidea, or Nearctic Cicindelidae. Ronald L. Huber, instigator and spearhead of the publication, proposes to publish it in quarterly numbers to total approximately 100 pages per volume each year.

Mariposas De Venezuela. Michael Schmid And Bradford M. Endicott. Copenhagen: L. Levinson, 1968. Spanish-English Text. Xii, 68 Pp. $9.95., Ronald S. Wilkinson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: Despite a rather steep price caused by a small press run and many colored plates, this seems to be the only amateur handbook of Venezuelan Lepidoptera, and it will have a limited appeal to American amateurs with South American material in their collections. 132 species, most of them common, are discussed and illustrated. There is a brief introduction on collection and preparation.

Introduction To Applied Entomology. L.H. Rolston And C.E. Mccoy. New York: Ronald Press, 1966. V, 208 P. $5.00., Louis F. Wilson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: The authors of this book state that they have "attempted to extract the concepts and principles [of applied entomology], and present them in a context that will be useful to the college-level reader [in order] to give students an understanding of these basic concepts and so enable them to analyze problems and make correct decisions." They have, indeed, extracted many concepts and principles, but this information has been distilled to a degree that it is unlikely to be useful to students. Although the student would learn about some entomological problems and some ways of combating them in the book, …

The Biology Of Pseudoscorpions. Peter Weygoldt. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard University Press, 1969, Viii 145 Pp. $6.00., Sigurd Nelson Jr.

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: This is the first comprehensive approach to the biology of pseudoscorpions. Through excellent discourse and a well-organized presentation the author aims to stimulate more interest in this diverse yet little-known group.

Curwen's Aurelian Calendar. 1970. Sponsored By The Society For The Promotion Of Nature Reserves (Great Britain). 14 Pp. Obtainable From E.W. Classey Ltd., 353 Hanworth Rd., Hampton, Middlesex, England. $1.56., Ronald S. Wilkinson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: We have never before reviewed a calendar, but this lovely production of the Curwen Press should be of interest to many entomologist. Each month's page features a finely executed color plate from an eighteenth-century rarity, James Dutfield's A New and Complete Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies (London, 1748-9). Thirteen Lepidoptera are illustrated with their immature stages, foodplants, and in a few cases, ichneumons that parasitize them. Descriptions of the insects are taken from Dutfield's work, and a modern commentary on each species is included.

Melanderia. Vol. I. 1969. R.D. Akre, Editor; C.A. Johansen, Associate Editor. Irregualr Publication Of The Washington State Entomological Society, Department Of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99163, 35 Pp. Free To Members Of Wses And Major Institutions., Julian P. Donahue

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Excerpt: The dolichopodid fly Melanderia mandibulata Aldrich was named in honor of its discoverer, A.L. Melander, who was prominent in Northwestern entomology during the first quarter of this century. In its name, this new journal also honors the memory of Dr. Melander.

Moths And How To Rear Them. Paul Villiard. New York: Funk And Wagnalls, 1969. Xiv, 242 Pp. $10.00., Ronald S. Wilkinson, Julian P. Donahue

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: W.J.B. Crotch's A Silkmoth Rearer's Handbook (1956) and Wild Silk Moths of the United States by Michael Collins and Robert Weast (1961) have been standard rearers' manuals for some time, but both are limited to one group of large moths, and there has been a decided need for a low-priced guide covering rearing procedures for a much wider range of Lepidoptera. For a number of reasons, Villiard's book falls short of this goal.

Seven Illustrations From Maurice Sand's Le Monde Des Papillons (1867), R. S. Wilkinson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: The tailpieces and rear cover illustration in this issue are six vignettes and the frontispiece from a popular nineteenth-century French work for beginning amateur lepidopterists, Maurice Sand's Le monde des papillons (Paris, 1867). The frontispieces (our rear cover) depicts a melange of collecting equipment, including a ring net for aerial collecting, a folding sweeping net, an entomological satchel, various forceps, a pupa-digging spud, a collecting tin for larvae, a lantern, a collecting box into which adult specimens were pinned, and several items which have disappeared from our modern list of paraphernalia.

Tendipes Plumosus (Diptera: Tendipedidae) At Solberg Lake, Wisconsin, Henry Townes

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: In a recent issue of The Michigan Entomologist, Wilson (1969) reported on the behavior and abundance of a species of "Chronomus" on the shore of Solberg Lake, Wisconsin. I have been able to examine about 100 of the specimines collected by Prof. Wilson.

Colloquia Entomologica Ii: A Remarkable Sale Of Victorian Entomological Jewelry, R. S. Wilkinson

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Excerpt: The insect brooch was a popular genre of Victorian jewelry, and the late Dr. Moser Lyon Stadiem of New Orleans owned one of the finest private collections of Victorian jewelry in the United States. Dr. Stadiem's rarities, valued at over a million dollars, were obtained by the Famous-Barr Company of St. Louis five years after his death in 1964. 294 lots of the collection were sold at auction by Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York City, on 6 October 1969, and among these were some of the finest known examples of the great age of entomological jewelry.

Occurence And Habits Of Somatochlora Incurvata, New For Pennsylvania (Odonata: Corduliinae), Clark N. Shiffer

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Excerpt: On July 21, 1969, two males and three females of the little-known species Somatochlora incurvata Walker were taken by the author at a tamarack bog in Clinton County, Pennsylvania. The bog, called "Tamarack Swamp" on the Pennsylvania State Geologic Survey map (15 minute series, topographic, Renovo West Quadrangle) is situated east and southeast of the small village of Tamarack. Three additional males were collected on July 26, 1969, and four females on August 9, 1969. Other individuals, mostly males, were seen on each occasion.

A Note On Adult Overwintering Of Dasymutilla Nigripes In Michigan (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), David A. Evans, Bruce R. Miller

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Excerpt: Although Dasymutilla nigripes (Fabricius) is one of the more common Michigan velvet ant species, little is known about its life cycle. In his summary of mutillid life cycles, Michel (1928) indicated that mutillids of northern latitudes probably overwinter in the prepupal stage within the subterranean cells of their hymenopterous hosts. Bohart and McSwain (1939) cited prepupal overwintering as normal for Dasymutilla sackenii (Cresson) in California. However, Potts and Smith (1944), also working in California, collected overwintering adult female Dasymutilla aureola pacifica (Cresson).

Winter Occurrence Of Zorotypus Hubbardi (Zoraptera) In Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Edward C. Mignot, John O. Sillings

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Excerpt: The states of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa are at the northern periphery of the known range of Zorotypus hubbardi Caudell (Riegel and Ferguson, 1960). This species, the only species of Zoraptera found in Indiana, has previously been reported from Posey County (Riegel and Ferguson, 1960), Franklin County, Greene County, Vanderburgh County, and Warren County (Riegel, 1963).

Estimating The Number Of Eggs Per Egg Mass Of The Forest Tent Caterpillar, Malacosoma Disstria (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae), J. A. Witter, H. M. Kulman

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Calculation of the number of eggs per egg mass of the forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hiibner, is required in survey and population studies. Eggs are usually laid in cylindrical masses around twigs of trees. Hodson (1941) determined the number of eggs in egg masses of the forest tent caterpillar by counting the number of eggs around the circumference and multiplying by the number of rows. This technique is apparently reliable for comparative counts, but because the eggs are frequently laid in oblique rather than straight rows on the twig, counts of both length and circumference are subject to error. …

Townend Glover (1813-83) And The First Entomological Light Trap, Ronald Sterne Wilkinson

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Townend Glover, first U.S. Department of Agriculture entomologist and unacknowledged inventor of the first successful light trap for insects, was one of the more interesting entomological investigators in mid-nineteenth century America. Modern historians who have written brief notices of Glover have gained most of their information from a very rare Government pamphlet by his friend and assistant Charles Dodge (1858), who unfortunately does not mention the matter of the light tray at all. The present account, assembled from various nineteenth century sources, briefly summarizes Glover's career and presents evidence for his invention of the portentous "American Moth Trap."

Moths Of The Douglas Lake Region (Emmet And Cheboygan Counties), Michigan: I. Sphingidae - Ctenuchidae (Lepidoptera), Edward G. Voss

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Excerpt: For more than 60 years, workers at the University of Michigan Biological Station have been concerned with the flora and fauna of the "Douglas Lake Region" - now generally defined, for ease of boundaries. as Emmet and Cheboygan counties, which share the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

In 1915, Paul S. Welch published a list of Lepidoptera taken in the immediate vicinity of Douglas Lake, based on collections made from 19 1 1 to 19 13. The list includes 16 species in the families here considered (those before the Noctuidae in most checklists). A somewhat larger …

Introduction To Zoology. T. H. Savory. New York: Philosophical Library, 1968. Viii, 239 Pp. $6.00., Sigurd Nelson Jr.

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Excerpt: This book would delight the traditional zoologist as its emphasis is on systematics and evolution. primarily based on morphology. By the author's own admission he neglects areas concerning histology, embryology, physiology and genetics, while giving little time to areas he terms animal biology--symbiosis, parthenogenesis, behavior and parasitism. Dr. Savory feels the aforementioned areas warrant volumes of their own. Yet this book is titled Introduction to Zoology. Perhaps a better title would be Introduction to Zoology, Part I. Systematics and Evolution.