bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Definition and revision of the Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck) group (Araneae: Theridiidae)
Authors: Oksala Ilkka , Hippa Heikki
Published: July 2010

The monophyletic Enoplognatha ovata group is defined on the basis of the following synapomorphic characters: subapical first metatarsal trichobothrium, sclerotized and modified apex of the conductor in the male palpal bulbus, and strongly developed copulatory pockets in the female vulva. In the group the male conductor and the female epigynal openings together with the copulatory pockets form a coadapted functional unit which might prevent interspecific copulation. The hitherto known range of the group covers the western Palaearctic and, apparently through recent introduction by man, the eastern and western Nearctic. Three species are included: E. ovata (Clerck) (Palaearctic, Nearctic), E. latimana n. sp. (southern Middle Europe, Nearctic) and E. penelope n. sp. (Mediterranean). The characteristics of the species are described and discussed both at the individual and population levels.
Erythroneurine leafhoppers from Rwenzori National Park, Uganda (Homoptera: Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae). I
Authors: Ahmed Manzoor , Einyu Peter
Published: July 2010

Studies have been made on the erythroneurine genera and species from the wild life reserve area of Uganda, known as Rwenzori National Park. The description includes seven new species under three genera i.e. Gamhialoa edromai. G. lutfyi. G. hihisci. Lublinia acaciae, L. katookyensis, Empoascanara katungurica, and E. uguncluna.
Pauropoda (Myriapoda) from the Seychelles
Authors: Scheller Ulf
Published: July 2010

Pauropoda have been collected from the Seychelles for the first time. 16 species were found belonging to one genus in Millotauropodidae and three genera in Pauropodidae. Allopauropus fjellbergi, scychellicus, maheicus, extenuatus, guadrídentatus and acutilinguis and Cauvetauropus proprius and clavistylus were new to science and are described and figured. A close study of Millotauropus silvestrii revealed new taxonomical features which indicate that the genera Millotauropus Remy and Rosettauropus Hüther are much more akin than was earlier considered or even so close that they may be placed in a single taxon. From distributional point of view the Pauropoda of the Seychelles are built up of an impoverished old element of widespread species and of Ethiopian-Oriental elements which can be recognized in the faunas of adjacent islands.
Taxonomy, morphology, phylogenetic relationships and distribution of Micropsectra Kieffer, 1909 (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Säwedal Lars
Published: July 2010

Micropsectra Kieffer, 1909 is described and diagnoses presented for the imaginal (♂♂), pupal and larval stages; females of the notescens-group are described. The genus contains at present 83 species of which 9 are described on females. The type material for 16 of these species has not been found. 142 species which have been listed under Micropsectra are presented in alphabethical order. This list contains: name of author, reference to description. name of original genus, present status of species, reference to the paper in which this was listed, collection in which the type material is deposited. Morphological characteristics, evolutionary trends and phylogenetic relationships of Micropsectra are discussed. The genera Rheotanytarsus, Parapsectra, Krenopsectra, Micropsectra and Paratanytarsus form a monophyletic group within the tribe Tanytarsini. The group is referred to as the Micropsectra series. Rheotanytarsus, the most plesiomorphic genus in the series, has a worldwide distribution. This supports the conclusions reached by the morphological analysis. The genera Parapsectra and Krenopsectra are only known from the Palaearctic and Nearctic Regions. The great majority of Micropsectra species are found in the Palaearctic and Nearctic Regions. A smaller number of species occur in the northern part of the Oriental Region, which has the same environmental conditions as the adjacent areas of the Palaearctic Region. Two doubtful species have been reported from India. Genus Paratanytarsus has a wider distribution but clearly has its origin on the northern hemisphere. The habitat selection in the Micropsectra series is studied and compared with the phylogeny. The species within the plesiomorphic genera Rheotanytarsus, Parapsectra and Krenopsectra are found in streams and springs. In the more apomorphic genus Micropsectra many of the species occur in these types of habitats, though there are also a comparatively high number of species occurring in lakes. Paratanytarsus, the most apomorphic genus contains species which inhabit shallow standing waters. It seems probable that the ancestor of the Micropsectra series was an inhabitant of running water. A lectotype is designated for Tanytarsus retusus Goetghebuer.
The Zosteractinidae, a Nearctic family of millipedes (Diplopoda, Julida)
Authors: Enghoff Henrik
Published: July 2010

The Zosteractinidae are resurrected as a valid family to accomodate Zosteractis interminata Loomis, 1943, Ameractis satis Causey, 1959, and A. chirogona n.sp. Evidence for the relationship between Zosteractis and Ameractis is presented. Supplementary notes on the morphology and distribution ofZ. interminata and A. satis are given and the vulvae are illustrated for the first time. Notes on the postembryonic development of Ameractis spp. are presented.
South American micropterigid moths: two new genera of the Sabatinca-group (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae)
Authors: Nielsen Ebbe Schmidt , Kristensen Niels P.
Published: July 2010

The basic divisions of the family Micropterigidae are discussed. Hypomartyria micropteroides n.gen., n.sp. from Osorno province, Chile, and Squamicornia aequatoriella n.gen., n.sp. from Napo province, Ecuador, are described; they are the first genuine micropterigids recorded from South America. The new taxa are assigned to the Sabatinca-group of genera, and their cladistic relations within the group are tentatively assessed. Hypomartyria appears to be derived from an ancestor closely similar to that of the entire group. Squamicornia exhibits some possible synapomorphies with Old World southern hemisphere taxa. There is no evidence that the two South American genera are each other's closest relatives.
Identities and relationships of the previously confused genera Odonteucoila, Coneucoela, and Trichoplasta (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea: Eucoilidae)
Authors: Nordlander Göran
Published: July 2010

The identities and the relationships of Odonteucoila Ashmead, 1903, Coneucoela Kieffer, 1909, and Trichoplasta Benoit, 1956, are discussed and the re-defined genera are described. The use of some morphological terms are defined and other new terms are proposed. Lectotypes are designated for Odonteucoila chapadae and Coneucoela brasiliensis (type-species of the respective genera); four new synonymies and fourteen new combinations are proposed. Odonteucoila auct. is considered polyphyletic. The re-defined genus Odonteucoila is placed in the Chrestosema group of genera and appears to have a strictly Neotropical distribution. Species from other parts of the world, previously assigned to Odonteucoila, are transferred to Trichoplasta, which is closely related to Rhoptromeris. The type-species of Trichoplasta, T. basilewskyi Benoit, 1956, is synonymized with T. tanganyikensis (Weld, 1944) n. comb. (originally described in Coneucoela). Coneucoela brasiliensis Kieffer, 1909, is the only recognized Coneucoela species and it is considered to belong to the Ganaspis complex of genera. A cladistic analysis of the Rhoptromeris group of genera concludes the paper.
Four new species of Microlepidoptera from northern Europe
Authors: Svensson Ingvar
Published: July 2010

Four new species are described, viz. Depressaria nemolella n.sp. and Pseudatemelia elsae n.sp. (Oecophoridae), Mompha complexa n.sp. (Momphidae) and Trifurcula (Fedalmia) rodella n.sp. (Nepticulidae).
Megaselia argiopephaga n.sp. (Diptera: Phoridae), an oriental scuttlefly whose larvae feed on spider eggs
Authors: Disney R.H.L.
Published: July 2010

Megaselia argiopephaga n.sp. is described from a single male from Sri Lanka and a series of adults, puparia and larvae obtained from the egg sacs of spiders, of the genus Argiope, in New Guinea.
Tydessa n.gen. from Japan (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae)
Authors: Peacock Enid R.
Published: July 2010

Dasytes lewisi Pic is transferred from the Melyridae (Cleroidea) to a new genus in the Pyrochroidae (Cucujoidea), forming the new combination Tydessa lewisi (Pic).
Tanytarsus bernhardi new name for Tanytarsus longitarsis sensu Lindeberg 1967, nec Kieffer, 1911 (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Säwedal Lars
Published: July 2010

Tanytarsus bernhardi new name is proposed as a replacement name for Tanytarsus longitarsis sensu Lindeberg 1967. The study of the syntype material (1 ♂) has shown that Tanytarsus longitarsis Kieffer, 1911 is not conspecific with T. longitarsis sensu Lindeberg 1967. The identity of Chironomus longitarsis Zetterstedt, 1838 and its assignment to the genus Micropsectra Kieffer is discussed.
The Coniopterygidae of Ceylon (Neuroptera)
Authors: Meinander Martin
Published: July 2010

In addition to four previously recorded species from Sri Lanka, 4 additional species are recorded, two of which are South Asian, two new: Coniopteryx (Xeroconiopteryx) latistylus n.sp. and C. (C.) ceylonica n.sp.
Taxonomical studies on Mymaridae (Hymneoptera) from Malaysia
Authors: Sveum Per
Published: July 2010

Gonatocerus sarawakensis n.sp. and Polynema robusta n.sp. are described. Polynema oophaga Subba Rao, 1970 is regarded as a new synonym of P. mendeli Girault, 1913. Corrections and additions to earlier descriptions of P. mendeli are given, as well as a breif note on the generic position of P. mendeli and P. robusta.
Identities of Hydroporus eugeniae Zaitzev and H. nigellus Mannerheim (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Authors: Nilsson Anders N.
Published: July 2010

Hydroporus tartaricus LeConte, 1850, is restricted to the Nearctic region. In Fennoscandia this name has included the two species H. eugeniae Zaitzev, 1909, and H. nigellus Mannerheim, 1853. Separating characters are given together with notes on the distribution of this species-pair. Lectotypes are designated for H. nigellus Mannerheim, H. geniculatus Thomson, H. longitarsis J. Sahlberg, H. sieversi J. Sahlberg, H. subseriatus J. Sahlberg and H. afflatus Scholz. The last one is placed in synonymy with H. eugeniae Zaitzev.
Oschia dorsenna n. gen., n. sp. and Saetheria hirta n.sp., two new members of the Harnischia complex (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Sæther Ole A.
Published: July 2010

A generic diagnosis is given for the male imago of Oschia n. gen. The genus differs from all other members of the Harnischia complex in having well developed superior volsella and reduced antepronotum with the scutum protruding hunch-like forward. It probably is related to the genera Cyphomella Saeth. and Paracladopelma Harn. The generic diagnosis of Saetheria Jackson is emended for the larva and a generic diagnosis for the female given. The type spcies of Oschia, O. dorsenna n. sp. is described from the male imago. Saetheria hirta n. sp. is described from the female imago, pupa and larva and compared with Saetheria tylus (Townes).
Thyreophora anthropophaga Robineau-Desvoidy, an 'extinct' bone-skipper rediscovered in Kashmir (Diptera: Piophilidae, Thyreophorina)
Authors: Michelsen Verner
Published: July 2010

Material of a small thyreophorine fly collected on the carcass of a horse in Kashmir is referred to Centrophlebomyia Hendel and found probably identical with Thyreophora anthropophaga Robineau-Desvoidy, a species with has remained unrecognized since its description in 1830. It is redescribed and compared with C. furcata (Fabricius).
Two new aphrotenian larval types from Chile and Queensland, including Anaphrotenia lacustris n.gen., n.sp (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Brùndin Lars
Published: July 2010

Two as yet unknown larvae of the circum-Antarctic subfamily Aphroteniinae, one belonging to Paraphrotenia cf. excellens Brundin, the other representing the new genus and species Anaphrotenia lacustis, are described. While the other members of the subfamily are confined to mountain streams, the larva of anaphrotenia has been found in the littoral zone of a shallow subtropical lake on Fraser Island off the coast of Queensland. Besides some peculiar specializations this larva attracts interest because of the primitive construction of the head capsule where the genae ventrally are widely separated and the wide medial interspace is occupied by a longitudinal postmental plate that is not fused with the genal margins. In these respects the Anaphrotenia larva stands out as the most plesiomorphic chironomid larva as yet known; and it comes probably rather close to the larva of the dipteran ancestor. With its closed head capsule and specialized mouth parts the predatory Paraphrotenia larva appears much more apomorphic. But it retains several comparatively plesiomorphous characters, and among the predatory species of the chironomid larvae it represents a very remarkable type. In both genera the crop is developed as a diverticulum from the oesophagus. The presence of a special, sac-like grinding mill at the caudal end of the crop in both genera seems to be unique. — The paper ends with a discussion on a comparative basis of some aphrotenian larval characters and their anagenetic status. Special attention is paid to the mentum and the development of ventromental and dorsomental teeth within Chironomidae. Also discussed is the independent development of predatory habits and their combination with special morphological traits within different monophyletic groups. Of special interest is the comparatively late occurrence of such habits and corresponding morphological traits high up in the chironomid hierarchy within the Harnischia-group, a phenomenon that is believed to be a case of evolutionary reversal.
Larval and pupal descriptions of Asynarchus contumax McLachlan, 1880 and A. lapponicus Zetterstedt, 1840, with notes on bionomics in Centr. Norway (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae)
Authors: Solem John O.
Published: July 2010

The larva and pupa of Asynarchus contumax are described for the first time, and compared with these of A. lapponicus. The two species live in temporary and permanent pools and have one year life cycles. Emergence and flight periods of both species were restricted to late June and early July in a pool with a short drying-up period. The flight period of A. lapponicus in a permanent pool was from early July to early September. A. lapponiclls was the dominant species in pools above the tree line, in the 1ow alpine belt, whiter, contumax was dominant in the sub-alpine belt. Neither species had an imaginal diapause. The active life of A. lapponicus and A. contumax, e.g. larval growth, pupation, emergence, mating, egg maturation, and oviposition, lasted 3-5 months, and 7-9 months were passed in a passive stage, probably inside the gelatinous matrix. The egg-masses laid on dry ground in basins during July-August were exposed to air temperatures of -20 to -30°C in late autumn in 1979, but larval hatching was normal next spring.
The Old World Microveliinae (Hemiptera: Veliidae) I. The status of Pseudovelia Hoberlandt and Perivelia Poisson, with a review of Oriental species
Authors: Møller Andersen N.
Published: July 2010

This paper is the first of a series of re visionary works concerned with the Old World Microveliinae. The taxonomic status of Pseudovelia Hoberlandt is discussed. In order to serve the stability of nomenclature, P. tibialis Esaki & Miyamoto is designated as new type-species to replace Microvelia majnr Poisson (misidentified, belongs to the genus Xiphoveloidea Hoberlandt). Perivelia Poisson is a new synonym of Pseudovelia, which is redescribed. The Oriental species of Pseudovelia s.str. are reviewed and a key is given. Four new species are described: P. longitarsa (China), P. buccula (Thailand), P. lundbladi (Peninsular Malaysia), and P. borneensis (Sarawak, Sabah) n.spp. The following nomenclatural changes are presented: P. crassipes (Lundblad) n.syn. (= P. sexualis (Paiva) n.comb.), P. hypodonta (Lundblad), P. tjurupensis (Lundblad), and P. feuerborni (Lundblad), all n.comb.
The status of the staphylinid genera Derops Sharp and Rimulincola Sanderson (Coleoptera)
Authors: Smetana A.
Published: July 2010

The systematic position of the genus Derops Sharp, 1889 (several species in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions) within the family Staphylinidae and its relationship to the genus Rimulincola Sanderson, 1947 (one species in the eastern Nearctic region) are discussed. The genus Derops is shown to be congeneric with Rimulincola, which becomes a junior synonym of Derops. — The genus Derops is removed from the subfamily Phloecharinae and reassigned to the subfamily Tachyporinae as a separate new tribe Deropsini. A key to the tribes of Tachyporinae is given. — Derops kasugaensis (Sawada, 1956) is placed in synonymy with Derops longicornis Sharp, 1889. The published data on the ecology of species of Derops are summarized and detailed ecological observations by the author on D. divalis (southern Illinois) andD. longicornis (Japan, Honshu) are given and compared. The disjunct (eastern and/or midwestern North America-southeastern Asia) type of geographical distribution of Derops is discussed and compared with similar distributions of the syrphid genus Pterallastes Loew (Diptera and some plant genera). This distribution pattern is considered to be unique within the order Coleoptera.
A new species of Botanophila Lioy from Denmark (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)
Authors: Michelsen Verner
Published: July 2010

Botanophila helviana n.sp. is described and figured on basis of a small material of both sexes from Denmark. Its relationships within the large genus Botanophila are unsettled, and the larval habits are unknown. However, the structure of the female terminalia suggests a larval association with the floral parts of some dicotyledonous flowering plant.
Pteromalus sonchi n.sp. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), a parasitoid of Tephritis dilacerata (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae), living in flower-heads of Sonchus arvensis L. (Asteraceae) in Sweden
Authors: Janzon Lars-Åke
Published: July 2010

Pteromalus sonchi n.sp., a parasitoid of the fruit-fly Tephritis dilacerata (Loew) living in flower-heads of Sonchus arvensis L., is described both as adult and larva.
Erythroneurine leafhoppers from Rwenzori National Park, Uganda (Homoptera: Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae). II
Authors: Einyu Peter , Ahmed Manzoor
Published: July 2010

The typhlocybine leafhoppers of Rwenzori National Park, a famous game area of Uganda were partly described by Einyu & Ahmed (1979 a, b, c). The present description consists of six new species of Erythroneurini from the same area. These are Molopopterus ishashaensis, fmbecilla rhyncosiae, Accacidia kenyii, Accacidia chamburasca, Helionidia indigoferae and Lamtoana hoslundiae.
Chilenomyia paradoxa gen. n., sp. n. and Chilenomyiinae, a new subfamily among the Chironomidae (Diptera)
Authors: Brundin Lars
Published: July 2010

Male and female of Chilenomyia paradoxa are described. An outstanding autplesiomorphy of the male hypopygium, even as compared to Diptera in general, is apparently the presence of two pairs of well developed gonocoxites. The anterior pair of large, simple lobes is homologous with laterosternite IX of other chironomid males and with gonocoxite IX of the females. The posterior pair, consisting of gonocoxites + gonostyli, is enclosed between the anterior lobes and corresponds to the clasper apparatus of other Chironomidae. The male clasper of Chironomidae is hence evidently a derivative of sternite X and not of sternite IX as hitherto assumed. A further indication of this is the wellknown intimate connection between the claspergonocoxites and sternapodeme X. However, in Chilenomyia the sternapodeme forms a simple semicircular arch ending in sharp points deep into the cavity of the gonocoxites, while in other chironomids the sternapodeme is firmly connected with the anterodorsal margin of the gonocoxites. The Chilenomyia pattern is probably an autapomorphy. Another autapomorphy is displayed by the subapically inserted gonostyli which have rotated through 90° so that the normally frontal surface becomes directed dorsad, meaning that each gonostylus forms a clasper together with the apical end of the gonocoxite. This and supporting evidence lead to the conclusion that Chilenomyia deserves a new subfamily, Chilenomyiinae, which forms the sister group of a monophyletic group comprising all other chironomid subfamilies except Telmatogetoninae.
Scoliopteryx aksuana Sheljuzhko, 1955—a distinct species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Authors: Mikkola Kauri
Published: July 2010

On the basis of 1 d and 1 ♀, in coll. Püngeler, Berlin, it is stated that Scoliopteryx aksuana Sheljuzhko, 1955-described with some doubt from 1 ♀ from Turkestan—is a separate species. Both sexes and their genitalia are figured and compared to S. libatrix f. pallida Spuler, 1908, also described from Turkestan. The names connected with Scolíopteryx Germar are reviewed.
New and little-known Indian Asilidae (Diptera) VI. Key to Indian Ommatius Wiedemann with descriptions of fourteen new species
Authors: Parui P. , Joseph A.N.T.
Published: July 2010

The following new species are described and figured: Ommatius indicus, O. dravídicus, O. tuberculatus, O. hulli, O. jabalpurensis, O. andamanensis, O. pseudodravídicus, O. nicobarensis, O. pashokensis, O. tamenensis, O. hradskyi, O. arunachalensis, O. kempi and O. tandoni. A key to the Indian species of Ommatius Wiedemann is given.
Post-embryonic development of Lithobius tenebrosus fennoscandius Lohmander (Chilopoda: Lithobiidae)
Authors: Andersson Göran
Published: July 2010

The variation during development in the following characters of Lithobius tenebrosus fennoscandius (= L. nigrifrons fennoscandius) is described: body-length, head-length, ratio head-length/body-length and head-length/head-width, number of coxal pores, ocelli, antennal articles and teeth on forcipular coxosternite, projections on tergites 9, 11 and 13, spinulation on the last pair of legs, accessory apical claws on the 15th pair of legs, genitalia and the pattern on the cephalic shield. Also the difference between male and female and the correlation with size within each post-larval stadium are given. The boundary between juvenile and adult stadia and the number of post-larval stadia are discussed. Male secondary sex-characters, which have been used to distinguish L. t. setiger and L. t. sulcatipes were not found in the Swedish material examined here.
Post-embryonic development of Lamyctes fulvicornis Meinert (Chilopoda: Henicopidae)
Authors: Andersson Göran
Published: July 2010

Lamyctes fulvicornis is spanandric and most probably thelytokous in Sweden. The variation during development in the following characters is described: body-tength, head-length, ratio head-length/body-length and head-length/head-width, number of coxal pores, ocelli, antennal articles and teeth on forcipular coxosternite, projections on tergites 9, 11 and 13, spinulation, accessory apical claws on the 15th pair of legs, genitalia and the pattern on the cephalic shield. Also correlation with size within each post-larval stadium is given. The boundary between juvenile and adult stadia and the number of post-larval stadia are discussed.
Revision of the Anthomyza species of Northwest Europe (Diptera: Anthomyzidae) II. The pallida group
Authors: Andersson Hugo
Published: July 2010

Anthophilina pallida Zetterstedt, 1838, Sapromyza unguicella Zetterstedt, 1838, Anthomyza neglecta Collin, 1944, Anthomyza dissors Collin, 1944, and Anthomyza dissors var. dorsata Collin, 1944, are revised and lectotypes designated. The valid species Anthomyza pallida (Zetterstedt), A. dissors Collin, A. dorsata Collin, A. neglectu Collin, and A. paraneglecta Elberg are briefly described and the male and female terminalia figured. Distributional and ecological data from Sweden are presented.
The genus Symploce Hebard. I. Species from the West Indies. (Dictyoptera: Blattariae, Blattellidae)
Authors: Roth Louis M.
Published: July 2010

The following nine species of Symploce are found in the West Indies: bicolor (Beauvois), cristata Rehn & Hebard, flagellata Hebard, hebardi Princis, jamaicana (Rehn), morsei Hebard, munda Gurney, pallens (Stephens) and ruficollis (Fabricius). All but pallens occur only in the West Indies. S. pallens is an African species and probably the most widely distributed member of the genus. Generic characters are redefined, and all the above species are redescribed using some characters not previously considered. A key is given for the males.
The second- and third-instar larvae of Hygrotus decoratus (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Authors: Cuppen Jan G.M. , Nilsson Anders N.
Published: July 2010

The morphotogy of the second and third larval instars of Hygrotus decoratus (Gyllenhal, 1810) is described from specimens from the Netherlands. The descriptions are based on specimens taken together with adults. Some information is given on the natural history of the species, and characters for separation of the Dutch Hygrotus larvae are presented.
The Yponomeutoidea: a reassessment of the superfamily and its suprageneric groups (Lepidoptera)
Authors: Kyrki Jorma
Published: July 2010

The monophyly of the Yponomeutoidea is demonstrated by a single autapomorphy, the presence of pleural lobes on 8th abdominal segment in the male. The taxonomic history of the superfamily is reviewed and the diagnostic characters listed. Fifteen informal suprageneric groups are included pending a phylogenetic reclassification of the superfamily. The groups are indicated by the most prominent genus contained in each: Acrolepia Curtis, Argyresthia Hübner, Atteva Walker, Bedellia Stainton, Glyphipterix Hübner, Heliodines Stainton, Leucoptera Hübner, Lyonetia Hübner, Ochsenheimeria Hübner, Orthotaelia Stephens, Plutella Schrank, Prays Hübner, Scythropia Hübner, Yponomeuta Latreille and Ypsolopha Latreille. For each group autapomorphies and a tentative list of included nominal genera are given. The diagnostic characters of the genus groups are tabulated. The Ochsenheimeriidae and Lyonetiidae (with subfamilies Bedelliinae and Cemiostominae) are assigned to the Yponomeutoidea. Family group taxa excluded from the Yponomeutoidea after the year 1970 are reviewed. The Douglasiidae are excluded from the Yponomeutoidea and allocated to the Tineoidea. The Bucculatricidae, often included as subfamily in the Lyonetiidae, belong to the Tineoidea. Four genus groups, the Homadaula, Lucturu, Schreckensteinia and Urodus groups, are discussed and excluded from the Yponomeutoidea. Their exact systematic position needs further study.
Review of Colobaea Zetterstedt (Diptera: Sciomyzidae), with a new species from northern Fennoscandia
Authors: Rozkošný Rudolf
Published: July 2010

The sciomyzid genus Colobaea Zetterstedt is characterized with notes on synonymy and a diagnosis. The distribution of the known species is summarized, a new species, C. nigroaristata sp.n., is described and included in a key to the species.
Notes on the Insect Collection of Charles De Geer, with a revision of his species of Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae and Muscidae (Diptera)
Authors: Persson Per Inge , Michelsen Verner , Pont Adrian C.
Published: July 2010

Notes are given on the life of Charles De Geer ( 1720-1778), on the history of his insect collection, and on some nomenclatural aspects of his work. The 10 species he described into the present families Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae and Muscidae are listed, their typematerial and identities discussed, and iectotypes designated where appropriate. 4 new synonyms are established: Fannia scalaris (Fabricius, 1794) (syn: minordomestica De Geer, 1776), Pegomya steini Hendel, 1925 (syn: fungorum De Geer, 1776, preocc.), Pegomya testacea (De Geer, 1776) (syn: silacea Meigen, 1830), and Lucilia caesar (Linnaeus, 1758) (syn: viridicaerulea De Geer, 1776).
Wing polymorphism in Amara quenseli (Schönherr) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Iceland
Authors: Bengtson S.-A. , Erikstad K.E.
Published: July 2010

In Iceland the carabid beetle Amara quenseli (Schönherr) is polymorphic for wing length and frequencies of macropterous, brachypterous, and intermediate individuals were scored in different habitats. Macroptery and brachyptery varied geographically between < 1-28 % and 14-43 %, respectively. Long-winged individuals are assumed to represent a flying morph, and the frequency is related to the relative age and stability of the habitats. Females tend to show a higher degree of macroptery (and a seasonal decline) than males, which is thought to reflect differences in activity patterns of the sexes. The wing polymorphism is adaptive in response to the environmental conditions, rather than indicating the age of the population.
Additions and corrections to M. G. Fitton's "A catalogue and reclassification of the Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) described by C. G. Thomson"
Authors: Horstmann Klaus
Published: July 2010

In a revision of 24 species of Ichneumonidae described by C. G. Thomson 7 lectotypes are designated, 4 new synonyms are established, and Mesoleius nemati Thomson (preocc. in Mesoleius by Tryphon nemati Ratzeburg) is renamed Mesoleius (Campodorus) nematicida nom.n.
Revision of the genus Stigmatonotum Lindberg (Hemiptera Lygaeidae)
Authors: Slater James A. , Zheng Le-Yi
Published: July 2010

The genus Stigmatonotum is redescribed, an analysis of important taxonomic and phylogenetic characters given and a key to species included. All species are diagnosed or described. Two new species are described, S. elongatum (Tanzania, Natal) and S. attenuatum (Ghana). S. carinatum Linnavuori is synonymized with S. afra StÅl. Plociomera japonica Distant and S. minutum Malipatil are synonymized with S. geniculatum (Motschulsky). Linnavuori's record of S. capucinum and Hsiao et al.'s of S. rufipes are referred to S. geniculatum. Lectotypes are selected for S. rufipes and S. geniculatum. Humilocoris Harrington is noted as having an erroneous type species. The status of the genus relative to Stigmatonotum is discussed. The third, fourth, and fifth instars of S. capucinum are described. Habitat notes are included for several species and general distributional data given for all species. There is a discussion of plesiomorphic and apomorphic character states. A cladogram is provided.
Descriptions of 3rd instar larvae of Craspedoxantha polyspila Bezzi and C. marginalis (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Gambia
Authors: Janzon Lars-Åke
Published: July 2010

The last larval stages of Craspedoxantha polyspila Bezzi and C. marginalis (Wiedemann) are described. Larvae of the fruit-flies C. polyspila, Urophora sp. and Acanthiophilus sp. were found in flower-heads of Centaurea perrottetii DC., which also were infested by caterpillars of a noctuid moth, Eublemma sp. Larvae of C. polyspila were the most numerous, and they were attacked by Ormyrus sp., a hymenopteran parasitoid. In flower-heads of Vernonia perrottetii Sch. Bip. only C. marginalis was found.
A new name for Tanytarsus maritimus Edwards, 1926 nec Meunier, 1904 (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Ashe Patrick
Published: July 2010

A new name, Tanytarsus upoluensis, is proposed for Tanytarsus maritimus Edwards, 1926 which is preoccupied by Tanytarsus maritimus Meunier, 1904.
A new species of Pteromalus Swederus (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) parasitic in galls of Pontania Costa (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
Authors: Askew R.R.
Published: July 2010

Description and biological data are given for Pteromalus pontaniae sp. n., a parasite in galls of alpine Pontania species on Salix, together with observations on the biologically allied species Pteromalus capreae (Linnaeus) and P. dolichurus (Thomson).
The species of Henotesia Butler (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) in western West Africa
Authors: Usher M.B.
Published: July 2010

Three taxa of Henotesia have been recorded in West Africa: H. peitho, H. decira and H. elisi. The male genitalia of the latter, which is rare and confined to areas of upland savanna, are illustrated. There is a discussion of the characters which have been used to separate H. peitho and H. decira. These characters are shown to be extremely variable, and, since the male genitalia appear to be identical, H. decira is synonymised with H. peitho.
Ilybius angustior (Gyllenhal) and I. picipes (Kirby) as distinct, holarctic species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Authors: Persson Sven
Published: July 2010

The current concept of Ilybius angustior (Gyllenhal) in Europe and North America has involved two species. I. picipes (Kirby) previously a junior synonym of I. angustior is available for the other species. Lectotypes are designated for both species. The two species are habitually very simitar but show useful diagnostic characters in the genitalia of both sexes. Also, the upper surface of I. picipes is dull, not aeneous as in most specimens of I. angustior. Both species have a holartic distribution. I. picipes is here recorded from Finland, Sweden, Norway and Canada. Distribution maps for Sweden are given for both species.
The genus Symploce Hebard. IV. Species from Borneo (Kalimantan, Sabah, Sarawak), Sumatra and West Malaysia. (Dictyoptera: Blattaria, Blattellidae)
Authors: Roth Louis M.
Published: July 2010

Eight species of Symploce are described, of which the following 6 are new: bicolorata (Kalimantan, Sabah), bidiensis (Sarawak), ferruginea (Sabah ; West Malaysia), paralarvata (West Malaysia), propexcavata (Sabah), and spinistylifera (Sabah). Symploce excavata (Shelford) (Sarawak), and S. larvata (Hanitsch) (Kalimantan, Sarawak; Sumatra) are redescribed. Symploce incerta (Hanitsch) (Sumatra), and S. obtusifrons (Walker) (Sarawak) are placed incertae sedis. The species are arranged in 4 species-groups, and a key is given to the males.
Latibulocrinis, a new genus of Tortricini with a sexually dimorphic hindwing anal tuft (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Authors: Tuck Kevin R.
Published: July 2010

Latibulocrinis gen.n. is described, with type-species curiosa sp.n. from Brunei and Buru (Indonesia). The relationships of the genus are discussed with particular reference to sexual dimorphism of the hindwing anal tuft, not previously noted in the Tortricini. The occurrence of a hindwing cubital tuft or pecten is reported for several genera of the tribe. The genitalia of the first known female of Archigraptis Razowski are illustrated.
A new species of Saldula from the Far East of the USSR with comparative notes on the Saldula-Micracanthia complex (Heteroptera: Saldidae)
Authors: Lindskog Per
Published: July 2010

Saldula ambigua sp.n. is described from southern Primorski Region, USSR. The relationships of the new species are not quite clear (only female known). It is compared with the opacula species group and Saldula guamensis Drake & Hottes. The distribution of some somatic characters within the Saldula-Micracanthia complex and their taxonomic significance are briefly discussed.
The genus Symploce Hebard. V. Species from mainland Asia (China, India, Iran, Laos, Thailand, South Vietnam, West Malaysia). (Dictyoptera: Blattaria, Blattellidae)
Authors: Roth Louis M.
Published: July 2010

Twelve species of Symploce are treated in this paper, of which the following 4 are new: bipinnacula (South Vietnam), perakensis (West Malaysia), singaporensis (West Malaysia), and unistyla (Laos, Thailand). The following species are redescribed: forficula Bey-Bienko (China, Thailand), indica (Brunner) (West Malaysia), ligulata (Bey-Bienko) (China, Thailand), nigroalba (Hanitsch) (South Vietnam), and quadripunctata (Hanitsch) (South Vietnam, Sumatra, West Malaysia). Three species, namely, marginata (Bey-Bienko) (China), popovi (Bey-Bienko) (China), and zarudniana Bey-Bienko (Iran), were not seen but brief descriptions are given from the literature. A key is given for males.
Four new species of the Cryptochironomus fulvus (Johannsen) species complex (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Mason P.G.
Published: July 2010

Four new nearctic species belonging to the Cryptochironomus fulvus species complex are discussed. The male imago, pupa and larva of C. curryi; the male and female imagines, pupae and larvae of C. conus, C. eminentia, and C. ramus are described and important taxonomic features figured. Preliminary keys to male imagines and pupae of the known nearctic species in the complex are given.
The Paiearctic species of the Phorbia curvicauda (Zetterstedt) group (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)
Authors: Ackland D.M. , Michelsen Verner
Published: July 2010

A taxonomic treatment of Phorbia curwcauda (Zetterstedt) (syn: remotella Zetterstedt; pygialis Pandelle) and 4 closely related Palearctic species is given. Two species, P. bartaki sp. n. and P. melania sp. n., are widespread in Europe but have previously been confused with P. curvicauda. Another two species, P. falcata sp. n. and P. italica sp. n., are described from Mongolia and Italy respectively. Keys to males and females are provided.
The genus Symploce Hebard. VII. African species (continued). (Dictyoptera: Blattaria, Blattellidae)
Authors: Roth Louis M.
Published: July 2010

The following 4 new species of African Symploce are described: kanemensis, lundi, tchadiana, and togoana. Five species are redescribed, viz., armigera Princis, bifida Princis, relucens (Gerstaecker), royi Princis, and sudanica Rehn. The taxa are assigned to 2 species groups, and a key to males is given.
The genus Episymploce Bey-Bienko. III. Species from Laos, North and South Vietnam and Thailand. (Dictyoptera: Blattaria, Blattellidae)
Authors: Roth Louis M.
Published: July 2010

The following 8 species of Episymploce, of which 5 are new, are described: baileyi sp.n. (Laos), bispina (Bey-Bienko) (North Vietnam), daksongensis sp.n. (South Vietnam), degerboli sp.n. (Thailand), fangensis sp.n. (Thailand), siui sp.n. (South Vietnam), tertia (Bey-Bienko) (China, Thailand), and tridens (Bey-Bicnko) (China, Laos). A key to the males is given.
A provisional phylogenetic check-list of the western palaearctic Nepticulidae, with data on hostplants (Lepidoptera)
Authors: van NIEUKERKEN Erik J.
Published: July 2010

A checklist, containing all discribed Nepticulidae from the western palaearctic region, is provided. All species-group names given to western palaeartic species are listed, including those in synonymy, whether available or not. Eleven new synonymies are established at generic level, and 18 at species level; 48 new combinations are made and two lectotypes are designated. The arrangement of species reflects present phylogenetic opinion. Hostplant data are provided for each species, and a systematic catalogue concludes this paper.
Redescription of Parameletus chelifer Bengtsson and P. minor (Bengtsson), with keys to nymphal and adult stages of the Fennoscandian species of Siphlonuridae (Ephemeroptera)
Authors: Nilsson Jan , Söderström Olle
Published: July 2010

It is established by electrophoretic analysis and morphological examination that Parameletus chelifer and P. minor are two separate species. A redescription of the major life-stages of the two species is given together with notes on the distribution in northern Fennoscandia. Keys to adult and nymphal stages are given for Fennoscandian species of the family Siphlonuridae. Lectotypes are designated by the senior author for P. chelifer Bengtsson and P. minor (Bengtsson).
The taxonomy, mycangia and biology of Hypothenemus curtipennis (Schedl), the first known cryphaline ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)
Authors: Beaver R.A.
Published: July 2010

Hypothenemus curtipennis (Schedl) is the first true ambrosia beetle known in the scolytid tribe Cryphalini. The male of the nominate subspecies is described from Fiji. Cryphalomorphus samoanus Browne is transferred to Hypothenemus, and considered a subspecies of H. curtipennis confined to Samoa. The life cycle, host trees, gallery system and causes of mortality of H. c. curtipennis are described. The species shows inbreeding polygyny.
The Homoptera types described by John Scott in the family Delphacidae (Hemiptera)
Authors: Wilson M.R. , Webb M.D.
Published: July 2010

The work of the British hemipterist John Scott (1823 - 1888) is outlined with particular reference to the Delphacidae (Homoptera). Details of his collection in the BMNH and Bolton Museum are given and the type material of 20 European and one South American species of Delphacidae, described by Scott, is documented. The following new synonymies are established: Scottianella Anufriev (= Lamprvdelphax Fennah), Florodelphax leplosoma (Flor) (=Liburnia guararnanensis Scott), Flastena jumipennis (Fieber) ( = Libumia lelhierryi Scott) and Toya propinqua (Fieber) (= Liburnia marshalli Scott). Ten lectotypes are designated.
The transfer of Orthocladius rusticus Goetghebuer to Chaetocladius with a redescription of the type (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Soponis Annelle R.
Published: July 2010

The holotype male of Orthocladius rusticus Goetghebuer is redescribed and the species is transferred to the genus Chaetocladius.
The genus Symploce Hebard. VI. African species. (Dictyoptera: Blattaria, Blattellidae)
Authors: Roth Louis M.
Published: July 2010

The following 4 new African species of Symploce are described: jarivarensis, kibalituriensis, kumari, and somaliensis. Nine species are redescribed, viz., digitifera Rehn, divisa Princis, incuriosa (Saussure), kenyensis Chopard, macroptera (Walker), marshallae Kumar, natalensis (Walker), sikorae (Saussure). and triangulifera Princis. The species are placed in four species groups, and a key to males is given.
Studies on species of Holarctic Pardosa groups (Araneae, Lycosidae). III. Redescriptions of Pardosa algens (Kulczynski), P. septentrionalis (Westring), and P. sodalis Holm
Authors: Kronestedt Torbjörn
Published: July 2010

Three Pardosa species assigned to the modica group are redcscribed and illustrated: P. algens (Kulczynski) (with P. johanseni Gertsch and P. townsendi Gertsch placed as junior synonyms) from northern Siberia and arctic North America; P. septentrionalis (Westring) from Scandinavia and northern Euro-Russia into NW Siberia; and P. sodalis Holm (with P. bargusinensis Šternbergs placed as junior synonym) from widely separated localities in Siberia and NW North America (Alaska, Yukon). Geographical variation is noted in P. algens but infraspecific taxa are not formally adopted. Some reflections on the distribution of wolf spiders in arctic Nearctic are presented.
The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) described by C. P. Thunberg
Authors: Pope R.D.
Published: July 2010

The Coccinellidae described or recorded by C. P. Thunberg between 1781 and 1820 are examined and identified using the Thunberg collections in the University of Uppsala, Sweden. The results are presented with the original species names and published localities set out in alphabetical order, followed in each case by the presently valid combination, known distribution, bibliographic references to any previously published change of name, type data and comment. 66 lectotypes are here dcsignated and three previous designations quoted. 21 new synonymies, and 12 new combinations are proposed.
Babindellinae, a new subfamily of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Australia, with a discussion of symmetry in the dipteran male postabdomen
Authors: Bickel Daniel J.
Published: July 2010

Babindella physoura and B. whianensis gen. et spp. n., are described from Queensland and New South Wales, respectively. Babindella is distinctivc in having a symmetrical male postabdomen with the seventh and eighth segments fused, ands is regarded as the sole representative of a new dolichopodid subfamily, the Babindellinae. The development of symmetry in the diptcran male postabdomen is discussed.
A taxonomic review of Guttipelopia (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Bilyj B.
Published: July 2010

The generic diagnosis of Guttipelopia Fittkau is revised and expanded with particular emphasis given to the larval cephalic setae and Iabral sensilla, which are homologized to conform with the terms applied to the other chironomid subfamilies. A historical account is given to the nomenclatural changes for G. guttipennis, from van der Wulp (1861) to the present and a male imago is designated as the Iectotype for the species. The conspecificity of Nearctic Guttipelopia multipunctata (Curran) and Palaearctic G. guttipennis (v. d. Wulp) is confirmed and G. currani Beck & Beck is considered a new junior subjective synonym of the latter species. Redescriptions of larva, pupa, and imagines of both sexes are given for G. guttipennis and G. rosenbergi Bilyj with a key to their separation. Information is also provided on their geographic distributions, larval habitats and phenologies.
A new species of Helochares from Israel, with a key to the European and some Near East species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
Authors: Hansen Michael , Hebauer Franz
Published: July 2010

A new species of Helochares of the lividus group, H. (s.str.) lividoides sp.n., is described from Israel. Nine other species of Helochares have hitherto been recorded from Europe or the eastern Mediterranean: viz., H. lividus (Forster), H. obscurus (Müller), H. punctatus Sharp, H. livornicus Kuwert, H. sharpi (Kuwert), H. mentinotus Kuwert, H. longipalpis (Murray). H. pallens (MacLeay), and H. minwissimus Kuwert. A key to these species is given, and the male genitalia of H. lividoides sp.n. and H. lividus are figured. H. (s.str.) nigritulus Kuwert and H. (Hydrobaticus) melanophthalmus (Mulsant), both previously mentioned from Europe, are briefly discussed, and not considered elements of the European fauna.
Allozyme variation supports the recognition of Agabus lapponicus (Thomson) (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) as a distinct species
Authors: Nilsson Anders N. , Stille BO , Douwes Per
Published: July 2010

Allozyme electrophoresis of the diving beetles Agabus congener (Thunberg) and A. lappanicus (Thomson) yie)ds clear interspecific differences. Populations of A. congener from Sweden and Seotland are monomorphic at a phosphogtucomutase locus, whereas in populations of A. lapponicus from N Sweden two alleles appear at about equal frequencies. In samples from the area of sympatry in northern Sweden only mates could be identified and tested for allozyme variation. The results provide evidence in favour of the recognition of A. congener and A. lapponicus as separatc species.
Revision of European species of Phytomyptera Rondani (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Authors: Andersen Stig
Published: July 2010

Based on apomorphic characters of the male and female genitalia, evidence is provided for the monophyly of genus Phytomyptera Rondani (incl. Elfia Robineau-Desvoidy) and its placement in the monophyletic tribe Graphogastrini Townsend (= Elfiini Tschorsnig). A complete, annotated list of generic names regarded synonymous with Phytomyptera is given. The systematic position of Graphogastrini is discussed, with a key to the included genera. The 15 Palaearctic species of Phytomyptera are treated in a key, while a detailed survey is given of the 12 species presently known from Europe. The different species are mainly characterized by previously ignored, strongly diagnostic features of the male and female genitalia. Host relationships and other biological aspects are summarized, and the taxonomic importance of various characters of the adults and immatures is evaluated. Special emphasis is given to the structure of the aedeagus which primitively is a very complex organ with three outlets (gonopores) formed by the endophallus, here defined as a more or less sclerotized distal section of the sperm duct. This typically forms a capsule with three tubular exit branches. Based on a phylogenetic character analysis, the Palaearctic species are referred to five species-groups used in the construction of a cladogram. Three nominal species in Phytomyptera. minutissima (Zetterstedt), riedeli (Villeneuve) and vaccinii Sintenis, are removed from synonymy (spp. rev.). P. vivipara (Brauer & Bergenstamm) = P. minutissima (Zetterstedt) (syn. rev.), and P. gracilariae (Hering) = P. vaccinii Sintenis (syn. n.). Two Patagonian species are removed from Phytomyptera: vibrissata Aldrich to the closely related genus Planomyia Aldrich (comb. n.), and interrupta Aldrich which seems referable to tribe Leskiini.