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On some weevil species described by Linnaeus (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)
Authors: Alonso-Zarazaga Miguel A. , Thompson Richard T.
Published: July 2010

The identities of seven weevil species described by Linnaeus are discussed and lectotypes designated for six of them, viz. Curculio craccae, C. frumentarius, C. algirus, C. cloropus, C. ater, and C. trifolii. A Iectotype is also designated for Curculio sanguineus De Geer. Curculio frumentarius L. is shown to be a senior objective synonym of C. [Apion] sanguineus De Geer. The next available name for A. frumentarium auctt., non (L.), is A. haematodes Kirby (SP. REV.). A. rubiginosum Grill is confirmed as the valid name for A. sanguineum auctt., non (De Geer). Curculio algirus L. is transferred from Lixus to Lixomorphus and becomes a senior synonym of Lixomorphus barbarus (Olivier) and L. ocularis (F.) (SYNN. N). The next available name for Lixus algirus auctt., non (L.), is L. angustatus (F.)(SP. REV.) and that for Curculio (BrachycerusJ algirus F., nec L., is B. muricatus Olivier (SP. REV.). The traditional interpretation of Curculio [Rhynchaenus]fagi L. is confirmed. Curculio cloropus L. is shown to be a senior synonym of Phyllobius viridicollis (F.) (SYN. N.) and not of Rhyncolus ater (L.), as commonly supposed. Curculio ater L. is confirmed as type species of Rhyncolus Germar.
Revision of the genus Erianthus StÅl in Thailand and Malaysia (Orthoptera: Eumastacoidea: Erianthinae)
Authors: Ingrisch Sigfrid , Willemse Fer
Published: July 2010

The species of the genus Erianthus StÅl, 1875 from Thailand and West Malaysia are revised. A key to the species is included, using the inner aspect of the male subgcnital lateral lobes as an additional useful diagnostic character. Five new species are described: Erianthus manueli sp.n., E. pyramidalis sp.n., E. serratus sp.n., E. inhamatus sp.n., and E. angulatus sp.n. First descriptions are given of the females of Erianthus guttatus (Westwood, 1842), E. rehni Descamps, 1975, E. fruhstorferi C. Bolívar, 1930, and E. versicolor Brunner, 1898. Faunistic data and a distribution map are added.
Revision of the genus Clypeodytes Régimbart in Africa (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Authors: Biström Olof
Published: July 2010

The african species of Clypeodytes Régimbart, 1894 are taxonomically revised based on studies of the adults. Descriptions, diagnoses, a key to the males, distribution maps and brief notes on the biology are given. The systematics of the genus is discussed. The following new species are described: C. pseudolentus (Kenya), C. spangleri (Kenya), C. submarginatus (Central African Republic, Zaire), C. divoi (Ivory Coast), C. flexuosus (Mali, Nigeria, Central African Republic), C. densepunctatus (Angola, Namibia/South West Africa), C. viator (Uganda), C. weberi (Cameroon), C. roeri (Namibia/South West Africa), C. eboris (Ivory Coast), C. perlautus (Zaire, Uganda), and C. bicolor (Zaire). The following new synonymies are established: C. bedeli Regimbart, 1895 = C. latissimus Guignot, 1958; and C. meridionalis Régimbart, 1895 (the valid name) = C. seminulum Régimbart, 1895 and = C. voiensis Guignot, 1938. A lectotype has been designated for C. bedeli Régimbart, 1895, C. proditus var. procerus Omer-Cooper, 1959 and C. sordidipennis Régimbart, 1903.
Revision of the genus Aschitus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in Europe and Soviet Asia
Authors: Jensen Peter Bonde
Published: July 2010

The tribe Microteryini Hoffer, 1955 is proposed a junior synonym of Discodini Hoffer, 1954. The genus Aschitus Mercet is newly defined and a key is provided to females of 20 Palaearctic species. In new limits Aschitus includes the genera Anicetellus Szelényi and Viggiania Trjapitzin as junior synonyms, and 18 speeies are transferred to Aschitus as combs. n., viz. submetallicus Szelenyi from Anicetellus, aeneiventris (Walker), barbarus (Dalman), hemipterus (Nikolskaja), lichtensiae (Howard), matritensis (Mercet), triozae (André), zarina (Walker) from Encyrtus, axius (Trjapitzin), carpathicus (Hoffer) (nom. praeocc., = hofferi nom. n.), ilus (Trjapitzin), itylus (Trjapitzin), narzykulovi (Sharipov), problematicus (Hoffer), sugonjaevi (Trjapitzin) from Microterys, carpathicus (Hoffer), mongolicus (Myartseva) and naiacocci (Trjapitzin) from Paraphaenodiscus. Aschitus balcanicus sp. n. is described from Greece and Yugoslavia. Lectotypes are designated for Encyrtus barbarus Dalman, Metallon usticorne Erdös and Microterys nikolskajae Erdös. Aschitus hofferi nom. n. is proposed as a replacement name for Mícroterys carpathicus Hoffer, 1977.
The genus Aphanommata Wollaston, 1873 in the Old World (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Cossoninae)
Authors: Alonso-Zarazaga Miguel A.
Published: July 2010

The current concept of Aphanommata Wollaston, 1873 is revised and Brachytemnoides Folwaczny, 1973 is synonymized with it (SYN. N.). The genus and the two Old World species, A. euphorbiarum (Wollaston, 1867) and A. filum (Mulsant & Rey, 1858) (COMB. N.), are briefly redescribed and keyed, and their genitalia figured for the first time. A checklist of the 5 included species is added.
The coral bugs, genus Halovelia Bergroth (Hemiptera, Veliidae). II. Taxonomy of the H. malaya-group, cladistics, ecology, biology, and biogeography
Authors: Møller Andersen N.
Published: July 2010

Marine bugs of the genus Halovelia Bergroth inhabit intertidal coral reefs and rocky coasts along the continents and islands bordering the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and western Pacific Ocean as well as island groups and atolls in these areas. In Part I of this work, the genus Halovelia was redescribed together with five previously known species; fifteen new species were described. In the present part, two previously known species are redescribed and eight species described as new, all belonging to the H. malaya Esaki-group: H. sulawesi sp.n. (Sulawesi); H. abdominalis sp.n. (Java, West Malaysia); H. nicobarensis sp.n. (Nicobar Islands); H. convexa sp.n. (Maldive Islands); H. poissoni sp.n. (Kenya, Tanzania); H. seychellensis sp.n. (Seychelles, Madagascar); H. depressa sp.n. (Madagascar); and H. mauricensis sp.n. (Mauritius). A key to the species of the H. malaya-group is included. Using the computer programs PAUP and Hennig86, a cladistic analysis of relationships between the species of Halovelia was performed. Other genera of Haloveliinae were used as outgroup taxa. 46 characters (each with 2-4 states) are listed. The cladistic analysis of the character state matrix yields 18 equally parsimonious cladograms, each 155 steps long. The preferred cladogram is evaluated both by characters and by clades. An account is given of the ecology and biology of the coral bugs, chiefly based upon original observations by the author. The distributions of each of the 30 species of Halovelia are mapped and discussed. The historic biogeography of the species is analysed using two different methods of cladistic (or vicariance) biogeography: component and parsimony analysis. Reduced area cladograms are produced for most species-groups as well as a summary cladogram for these groups. The biogeographic history of Halovelia is discussed in the light of these results and compared with the biogeography of other marine Haloveliinae, the marine Gerridae, and other groups of Indo-Pacific animals.
The Cylindroiulus perforatus-group, with the description of a new species and notes on variation within C. perforatus Verhoeff, 1905 (Diplopoda, Julida: Julidae)
Authors: Read Helen J.
Published: July 2010

A large collection of the Iberian millipede Cylindroiulus perforatus (Verhoeff 1905) has been examined. Examination of the gonopods revealed variation in the shape of the solenomerite which may have a regional basis. A distinctive feature of this species is the hole in the promerite. Some specimens were discovered which have entire promerites when examined using the electron microscope, although appearing perforated under the light microscope. These individuals do not appear to differ from the others in any other respects. An additional species in the perforatus-group from Portugal, C. fenestratus sp. n., is described which also has a perforate promerite, but differs from perforatus in the shape of the paracoxal process and the telson.
Revision of the Sylvestris Group of Ectobius Stephens in Europe (Blattaria: Blattellidae)
Authors: Bohn Horst
Published: July 2010

A revision of the species of Ectobius Stephens closely related to E. sylvestris (Poda) (= Sylvestris Group) is presented. The characters defining the Sylvestris Group are discussed, and it is pointed out that the group extensively conforms with a major part of the species belonging to the genus Phyllodromica Fieber. Evidence is provided that Ectobius and Phyllodromica are paraphyletic groups. Five species are recognized, viz. E. sylvestris, E. lucidus (Hagenbach) (= fernandesi Harz), E. brunneri Seoane, E. eckerleini Harz, and E. pyrenaícus, a species described as new from the Pyrenees. The species chopardi Fernandes, currently recognized in Phyllodromica, is also treated as it shows great similarity with E. pyrenaicus sp. n.
A review of the type material of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) described by F.W. Hope, and by E. Mulsant in the Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford
Authors: Booth R.G. , Pope R.D.
Published: July 2010

The type material of Coccinellidae described by F.W. Hope and by E. Mulsant from the collections of F.W. Hope and J.O. Westwood is reviewed. Lectotypes for Hope's species are designated (with a single exception) from material in the British Museum (Natural History). The majority oflectotypes for Mulsant's species described from Hope's and Westwood's material is located in the Hope Entomological Collections, University Museum, Oxford. The identity of a species is discussed where confusion concerning a name has occurred in the past, or where the current interpretation differs from the original description or type material. Brachiacantha bipartita Mulsant is resurrected from synonymy with B. westwoodii Mulsant. The following new synonymies are recorded (valid name first): Ballida brahamae Mulsant = Palaeoeneis aurantiaca Crotch = Eoneda sumatrensis Iablokoff-Khnzorian; Calvia quattuordecimguttata (Linnaeus) = Oenopia dorsonotata Mulsant; Calvia vulnerata (Hope) = C. uniramosa (Hope) = C. flaccida Mulsant = C. vishnu (Crotch) = C. krishna (Crotch) = C. buddha (Crotch); Coelophora saucia (Mulsant) = Lemnia melanota Mulsant; Rodolia sexnotata (Mulsant) = R. guerinii (Crotch); Scymnus nubilus Mulsant = S. curtisii Mulsant = S. lateralis Sicard. The following are new combinations: Afidentula stephensi (Mulsant) (from Epilachna); Horniolus guimeti (Mulsant) (from Scymnus); Rhyzobius waterhousei (Mulsant) (from Scymnus); Rodolia sexnotata (Mulsant) (from Epilachna).
Morphological variation in Aradus cinnamomeus (Heteroptera: Aradidae): patterns within parapatric alternate-year populations
Authors: Heliövaara Kari , Väisänen Rauno
Published: July 2010

Morphological variation in the pine bark bug Aradus cinnarnomeus Panzer was studied by making 43 metric measurements of the head, thorax and abdomen of adult males and 40 of the females (n = 1884). The amount of individual variation in males and females was studied both in pooled bug material and separately in two parapatric alternate-year cohorts, i.e. in the Finnish eastern even-year and the western odd-year reproducing populations. The first three dimensions in a principal components analysis accounted for 36% of the variation present in males in the pooled data and for 43% of the variation in females, respectively. There appeared to be different trends in individual variation within the western odd-year cohort and within the eastern even-year cohort. The first principal component describes the general size of the bug in all analyses, while the second and third components correlate best with different measurements depending on the sex and the cohort examined.
The life cycle of Gootiella tremulae Tullgren, 1925 with descriptions of all viviparous morphs and a redescription of Gootiella alba Shaposhnikov, 1952 (Homoptera: Aphidoidea: Pemphigidae)
Authors: Danielsson Roy
Published: July 2010

The heteroecious species Gootiella tremulae has Juniperus spp. as secondary host plant but anholocyclic hibernation on roots of Juniperus is common. All viviparous morphs are described including the first instar larvae of the second and third generations. The known morphs of Gootiella alba are described and the possible affinity of this species to Aploneura juniperi is discussed.
Clydesmithia canadensis, a new genus and species of Pemphigidae living on Populus in North America (Homoptera: Aphidoidea: Pemphigidae)
Authors: Danielsson Roy
Published: July 2010

Clydesmithia canadensis, a new genus and species of aphid living on Populus trichocarpa and P. balsamifera in Canada is described. The fundatrigeniae are apterous and contain embryos of the exul type. No alate specimens are known and the species is probably monophagous on Populus. Fundatrix, apterous viviparous female and first instar larvae of the second and third generations are described.
Description of a new genus in the Chlidanotini and review of phylogenetic relationships among chlidanotine tribes (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Chlidanotinae)
Authors: Brown John W.
Published: July 2010

Pseudocomotis, new genus, is described to accommodate Orthotaenia scardiana Dognin, Cnephasia citroleuca Meyrick (both formerly in Orthocomotis Dognin), Eulia agatharcha Meyrick, and two new species, serendipita and albolineana. The presence of a broad saccus - vincu-1um complex, hami, a hairpencil from abdominal segment VIII in the male, and the wide basal separation of hindwing veins M2 and M3, indicate that Pseudocomotis belongs in the Chlidanotini (Chlidanotinae). The single female associated with the new genus lacks the abdomen, prohibiting genitalic diagnosis and comparison with closely related genera. Phylogenetic relationships among the Polyorthini, Hilarographini, and Chlidanotini are discussed.
Revision of the genus Ochterus Latreille in the Australian region (Heteroptera: Ochteridae)
Authors: Baehr Martin
Published: July 2010

The Ochterus of the Australian region are revised. Following species are described as new: Ochterus occidentalis sp. n., O. nigrinus sp. n., O. bacchusi sp. n., O. kokodae sp. n., O. monteitheorum sp. n., O. paucistriata sp. n., O. louisiadae sp. n., O. alticola sp. n., O. cheesmannae sp. n., and O. latior sp. n. O. pseudosecundus Baehr is ranked a subspecies of O. secundus Kormilev. For O. australicus Jaczewski a lectotype is designated. O. dufourii (Montrouzier) is completely, most other species are partly redescribed. Analysis of distribution shows a surprising high number of species in Australia and New Guinea, compared with the whole Oriental region, as well as the large South Asiatic Islands. The possible reasons for this richness are discussed. A detailed analysis, however, must await a thorough revision of the Oriental and African Ochterid fauna.
A review of Sharp's types of Aleochara from Latin America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Authors: Klimaszewski Jan
Published: July 2010

A review of David Sharp's types of Aleochara from Mexico, and Central and South America is presented. Nineteen species are treated here, one of which is described as new (A. felixiana), seven are redescribed [A. angusticeps Sharp, A. funestior Sharp, A. mexicana Sharp, A. oxypodia Sharp, A. simulatrix Sharp, A. gracilis (Sharp), and A. duplicata (Sharp)] and one [A. miradoris Sharp] is put in synonymy under A. mexicana Sharp. The remaining ten species were treated in my 1984-revision of North American Aleochara but are here included in a checklist with references to description, redescription, and illustrations. Some additional information is provided for previously synonymized A. torquata Sharp (= A. sallaei Sharp), and for A. quadrata Sharp. Illustrations of genitalic structures of both sexes are provided for the first time for the seven redescribed species. Lectotypes are designated for A. angusticeps, A. duplicata, A. funestior, A. mexicana, and A. oxypodia.
Revision of the genus trichomasthus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in Europe and Soviet Asia
Authors: Vladimorovich Sharkov Andrey , Bonde Jensen Peter
Published: July 2010

The genus Trichomasthus Thomson is defined and a key is provided to 19 Palaearctic species. Five new species from Soviet Far East are described by Sharkov: T. extimus sp.n. and T. leptocerus sp.n. from Kurile Islands, T. ortivus sp.n. from Primorsky Territory, and T. sachalinensis sp.n. and T. storozhevae sp.n. from Sachalin. T. terebratus sp.n. from Yugoslavia is described by Jensen. All the species are described or redescribed in the same way.
Miriamrothschildia, a new cockroach genus from the Seychelle Islands (Dictyoptera, Blattaria: Blattellidae)
Authors: Roth Louis M.
Published: July 2010

Miriamrothschildia gen. n. from the Seychelle Islands is described. It includes the following 5 species which Bolívar described in the genus Onychostylus Bolívar: badia, biplagiata, gardineri, labrynthica, and zonata. These are redescribed and a key is provided to distinguish between them.
The coral bugs, genus Halovelia Bergroth (Hemiptera, Veliidae). I. History, classification, and taxonomy of species except the H. malaya-group
Authors: Møller Andersen N.
Published: July 2010

Marine bugs of the genus Halovelia Bergroth inhabit intertidal coral reefs and rocky coasts along the continents and larger islands bordering the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and western Pacific Ocean as well as on island groups and atolls in these areas. A historical review of the study of the genus is presented and different views upon its classification discussed. The genus Halovelia is redescribed together with its type species, H. maritima Bergroth, and four other previously known species. Fifteen new species are described: H. carolinensis sp.n. (Caroline Islands), H. halophila sp.n. (Sumbawa, Sabah), H. corallia sp.n. (Papua New Guinea, Australia: Queensland), H. esakii sp.n. (Solomon Islands, Irian New Guinea, Moluccas, Sulawesi, Sumbawa, Palau Islands, Philippines), H. polhemi sp.n. (Australia: Northern Territory), H. solomon sp.n. (Solomon Islands), H. novoguinensis sp.n. (Papua New Guinea), H. fosteri sp.n. (Fiji Islands), H. tongaensis sp.n. (Tonga Islands), H. heron sp.n. (Australia: S. Queensland), H. fijiensis sp.n. (Fiji Islands), H. inflexa sp.n. (Sudan, Red Sea), H. annemariae sp.n. (Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea), H. lannae sp.n. (Java, Singapore, West Malaysia, Sabah, Philippines), and H. wallacei sp.n. (Sulawesi, Sumbawa). Two names are synonymized: H. marianarum Usinger syn.n. (= H. bergrothi Esaki) and H. danae Herring syn.n. (= H. bergrothi Esaki). The following species are removed from the genus Halovelia: H. papuensis Esaki, H. loyaltiensis China, and H. (Colpovelia) angulana Polhemus. A key to the species is included. The taxonomy of the H. malaya-group will be presented in Part II of this work together with the cladistics, ecology, biology, and biogeography of the genus.
Metriocnemus van der Wulp: a new species and a revision of species described by Meigen, Zetterstedt, Stæger, Holmgren, Lundström and Strenzke (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Sæther Ole A.
Published: July 2010

The congenerity of Dolichopelma Lundström, 1915 and Chasmatocladius Kieffer, 1911 with Metriocnemus v.d. Wulp, 1874 is confirmed. Types from the Meigen Collection in Paris, the Holmgren Collection in Stockholm, the Zetterstedt Collection in Lund, the Stæger Collection in Copenhagen, and the Thienemann Collection in Munich have been examined. M. albolineatus (Meigen, 1818) is a senior synonym of M. atratulus (Zetterstedt, 1850) and probably of M. hirticollis (Stæger, 1839); M. obscuripes (Holmgren, 1869) a senior synonym of M. eurynotus (Holmgren, 1883), M. transgressus (Holmgren, 1883), M. ripicola (Holmgren, 1883), and M. hygropetricus Kieffer, 1912. M. brevinervis (Holmgren, 1869) is a senior synonym of Paraphaenocladius despectus (Kieffer, 1926). M. atratulus subsp. corticalis Strenzke, 1950a is raised to the species level. M. atriclava sensu Edwards 1929 is probably not identical to M. atriclava Kieffer, 1921. A diagnosis for the genus is given. M. brusti sp.n. is described as male imago, female and pupa, and a possible variety of M. obscuripes as female imago, pupa and larva. M. obscuripes and M. ursinus (Holmgren, 1869) are redescribed in all stages and both sexes; M. albolineatus and M. fuscipes (Meigen, 1818) as male imago, pupa and larva; M. hirticollis as female imago; M. corticalis as male imago and pupa; and M. longipennis (Holmgren, 1883) and M. atriclava sensu Edwards as male imago. The importance of including extensive morphometric descriptions when doing revisionary studies is shown.
Re-appraisal of the Australian genus Eutermiphora Lea (Diptera: Phoridae)
Authors: Disney R.H.L.
Published: July 2010

The Australian genus Eutermiphora Lea is characterised by a forward cxtension of the anterior dorsal region of the abdomen, which obscures most of the thorax from view. This gave rise to the erroneous statement that both wings and halteres were missing in this genus. An amplified description of E. abdominalis is provided and its correct placement in Schmitz's (1929) key to world genera indicated.
Reassessment of the genus Rhigognostis Zeller, with descriptions of two new and notes on further seven Palaearctic species (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)
Authors: Kyrki Jorma
Published: July 2010

The genus Rhigognostis Zeller in Staudinger, 1857 (= Caunaca Wallengren, = Subeidophasia Weber) is redescribed. Plutella dalella Stainton [= Plutella senilella Zetterstedt] is designated as type species of Rhigognostis. Palaearetic species of the genus, except the Tibetan R. viatica (Durrant, 1906) COMB.N., are keyed and figured. The N. European distribution of the species is mapped and notes on the ecology are presented for most of the species. Two species are described as new, sibirica from eastern Siberia and kuusamoensis from northern Fennoscandia. The newly validated R. schmaltzella (Zetterstedt) COMB.N. (= immaculicornella (Guenée) SYN.N., = horticola (Tengström) SYN.N., = incarnatella var. norvegicella (Strand) SYN.N.) is redescribed. Lectotypes for Plutella schmaltzella Zetterstedt, P. horticola Tengström and P. bicingulata Zeller (a junior synonym of Rhigognostis annulatella (Curtis)) are designated. Additional species transferred to Rhigognostis are R. wolfschlaegeri (Rebel) COMB.N., R. japonica (Moriuti) COMB.N., R. kovacsi (Gozmany) COMB.N., as well as the Nearctic R. interrupta (Walsingham) COMB.N. and R. poulella (Busch) COMB.N., which are not treated in this paper. Plutella sera Meyrick, included in the genus Caunaca by Moriuti (1977), is provisionally transferred to the genus Leuroperna Clarke as L. sera (Meyrick) COMB.N
The Mediterranean species of Pegoplata (section cuticornis) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)
Authors: Michelsen Verner
Published: July 2010

The monophyly of the following anthomyiid aggregates is substantiated: The Myopininae/ Myopinini = (Enneastigma Stein + Calythea Schnabl & Dziedzicki) + (Pegoplata Schnabl & Dziedzicki + Myopina Robineau-Desvoidy). The Afrotropical species tarsata (Adams), ornata (Bezzi) and two Oriental species, fulva (Malloch), henanensis (Ge & Fan), all currently recognized in Nupedia Karl, are either referable to Enneastigma or to a new genus in the Enneastigma + Calythea lineage. The recent inclusion of Nupedia in Pegoplata is accepted, but it is pointed out that Pegoplata s. lat. is probably paraphyletic in terms of Myopina. The monophyly of Pegoplata (section cuticornis) is confirmed, and it is argued that its sister group is section acutipennis. Section cuticornis is found to include 1 Holarctic, 2 Nearctic, and 6-7 Palearctic species of which 4 new ones are described from the Mediterranean: P. granadensis sp. n. from Sierra Nevada in Spain, and P. freidbergi sp. n., P. grandis sp. n. and P. hermonensis sp. n. from Mt. Hermon at the Lebanese/Syrian border. The Mediterranean species, which are shown to constitute a monophyletic group, are keyed and subjected to cladistic and biogeographic analyses.
Oriental Peltoperlinae (Plecoptera): A generic review and descriptions of a new genus and seven new species
Authors: Stark Bill P.
Published: July 2010

Several new and poorly known Oriental peltoperlid species are described, and keys are provided for Asian genera of Peltoperlinae and for the species of Cryptoperla Needham, 1909. Peltopteryx zwicki gen. et sp. n. is described from Assam; other new taxa include Cryptoperla akha sp. n. (Thailand), C. kali sp. n. (Assam), C. karen sp. n. (Thailand), C. kumari sp. n. (Assam), C. meo sp. n. (Thailand), and C. naga sp. n. (Assam). Peltoperlodes Kawai, 1968 is placed in synonymy with Cryptoperla, and a male Iectotype is designated for C. fraterna (Banks). Available eggs are illustrated with SEM photomicrographs.
A revision of the genus Metrocoris Mayr (Heteroptera: Gerridae) in the Malay Archipelago and the Philippines
Authors: Polhemus Dan A.
Published: July 2010

The genus Metrocoris Mayr is revised for the Malay Archipelago and the Philippines. Five new species are described: M. sunda from the Lesser Sunda Islands, M. borneensis and M. tigrinus from Borneo, M. celebensis from Celebes, and M. luzonicus from Luzon. Redescriptions are given for 5 species previously recorded from the region: M. philippinensis Den Boer, M. strangulator Breddin, M. tenuicornis Esaki, M. squamifer Lundblad, and M. nigrofasciatus Distant. Keys to all species are given for males and females, accompanied by figures of key characters, and distribution maps are given for all species.
Trioxys apterus sp. n. from Ecuador, a new wingless species of Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Authors: Gärdenfors Ulf
Published: July 2010

Trioxys apterus sp. n., a wingless species from Napo, Ecuador is described. Its morphology, systematic position and adaptation to the environment are discussed.
Larvae of Xestia kolymae (Herz) and X. lorezi (Staudinger) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), with notes on the geographical variation of the latter
Authors: Ahola Matti , Lafontaine J. Donald
Published: July 2010

The larval descriptions of Xestia kolymae (Herz, 1903) and of two subspecies of X. lorezi: X. l. lorezi (Staudinger, 1891) and X. I. ogilviana Lafontaine, 1987, are given. Both holarctic species belong to the subgenus Pachnobia Guenée, 1852 sensu Lafontaine et al. (1987) and are compared with the larvae of X. tecta (Hübner, 1808) and X. I. kongsvoldensis (Grönlien, 1922). Drawings of hypopharyngeal complexes, mandibles and labra as well as illustrations of larvae are presented. Notes of chaetotaxy are given as ratios of setal distances. Large geographical variation of morphology, chaetotaxy and ornamentation of X. lorezi is tabulated and discussed. Mouthparts of larvae of the subgenus Pachnobia are preliminarily discussed with some larvae of related subgenera Schoyenia Aurivillius, 1883 and Anomogyna Staudinger, 1871.
A new genus of cambaloid millipedes from Vietnam (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Cambalopsidae)
Authors: Enghoff Henrik , Mauriès Jean-Paul
Published: July 2010

Chonecambala crassicauda gen.n., sp.n. is described from Vietnam, prov. Ninh-Binh. The genus is referred to the family Cambalopsidae, subfamily Pericambalinae, but differs from other pericambalines in having the lamellae linguales undivided. Alternative hypotheses about this difference are discussed.
The generic composition and relationships of the Cylindroiulini - a cladistic analysis (Diplopoda, Julida: Julidae)
Authors: Read Helen J.
Published: July 2010

An analysis is given of the relationships between the genera of the tribe Cylindroiulini. The situation at present is reviewed first. Various characters are described which are subsequently used in the construction of a cladogram. The result is the splitting of the genus Allajulus Koch into three genera, Allajulus, Cylindroiulus Verhoeff, and Kryphioiulus gen. n., this last genus being erected for occultus C. L. Koch. Use of a computer program, PAUP (phylogenetic analysis using parsimony), in general confirms these divisions. The nominal genera Micromastigoiulus Verhoeff, Dendroiulus Verhoeff, Solaenoiulus Schubart, Olisteroiulus Lohmander are synonymized with Cylindroiulus. The position of the Cylindroiulini within the family Julidae is also discussed and a preliminary phylogeny presented. A key to the genera and species of the tribe Cylindroiulini, omitting species in the genus Cylindroiulus, is given in an appendix.
A catalogue of the Hedylidae (Lepidoptera: Hedyloidea), with descriptions of two new species
Authors: Scoble Malcolm J.
Published: July 2010

All genus group and species group names of the Hedylidae (Hedyloidea) are catalogued. Thirteen new species group synonymies are made and eight new species group names are recombined. Fourteen lectotypes are designated, and two new species are described.
Revision of the coroebine genus Coraebosoma Obenberger (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae)
Authors: Bellamy C.L.
Published: July 2010

The coroebine genus Coraebosoma Obenberger is revised for the first time with six new species, five described from the Philippine Islands: C. samarense from Samar Is., C. panayense from Panay Is., C. negrosianum from Negros Is., C. sibuyanicum from Romblon and Sibyan Is., C. violaceum from Mindanao Is. and C. indicum, from southern India. The genus is redescribed with the type-species, C. manilense Obenberger, C. carteri Hoscheck and new species diagnostically described. A key to separate the species, illustrations, and a distribution map are presented along with discussion on the generic relationships. The species are cladistically analyzed and supported by an area cladogram.
Revision of the genus Mitelloides Evans, with two new species from northern Australia (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)
Authors: Stevens M.M.
Published: July 2010

The genus Mitelloides Evans is revised. Three species are recognised and described; M. moaensis Evans (the type species) and two new species, M. thorntonensís and M. mouldsi. A key to the males of the genus is provided, and the known distributions of all species are mapped. The genus is known only from north-east Queensland, the Torres Strait Islands, and Papua New Guinea.
A review of the genus Sapromyza Fallén in Israel with remarks on S. (Sapromyzosoma) quadripunctata (Linneaus) (Diptera: Lauxaniidae)
Authors: Yarom Ilan
Published: July 2010

Nine species of the genus Sapromyza Fallén are recorded from Israel: S. (Sapromyzosoma) quadricincta Becker, S. (Sapromyza) bisigillata Rondani, S. (Sapromyza) gozmanyi Papp and S. (Sapromyza) intonsa Loew and five species are described as new: S. (Sapromyzosoma) israelis, S. (Sapromyza) hermonensis, S. (Sapromyza) multímaculata, S. (Sapromyza) intonsina, S. (Sapromyza) freidbergi. A neotype for S. (Sapromyzosoma) quadripunctata L. is designated and S. (Sapromyzosoma) senilis Meigen is resurrected from synonymy. A key is provided for the Israeli species of Sapromyza. The general distribution, the distribution within Israel and illustrations of the terminalia of both sexes are provided for all the Israeli species.
A revised key to Australasian and Oriental Conicera (Diptera: Phoridae), with three new species
Authors: Disney R.H.L.
Published: July 2010

A key to the males of the nine species of Conicera now known from the Australasian and Oriental Regions is provided. C. malae sp. n., C. sulawesae sp. n. and C. torautensis sp. n., from Sulawesi, are described. C. hawaiiensis Colyer is synonymised with C. formosensis Brues.
The Cylindroiulus truncorum-group (Diptopoda: Julidae)
Authors: Enghoff H. , Korsós Z.
Published: July 2010

The four species of the C. truncorum-group are reviewed: Cylindroiulus truncorum (Silvestri, 1896), C. parisiorum (Brölemann & Verhoeff, 1896), C. bellus (Lignau, 1903) and C. arborum Verhoeff, 1928. Male gonopods and female vulvae of each species are fully described and illustrated. Non-sexual characters such as developmental stadia, numbers of segments and anal setae, and metazonital sculpture, are also discussed. A key to the species is given, and a new synonymy: C. costatus Verhoeff, 1941 = C. bellus (Lignau, 1903), is established. As an addendum, Julus luscus Meinert, 1868 is reconsidered, and a lectotype is designated.
Revision of the Loboptera species of Spain (Blattaria: Blattellidae)
Authors: Bohn Horst
Published: July 2010

The species of the genus Loboptera Brunner v. W. of Spain are revised. Five new species and a new subspecies are described: L. andalusica, L. barbarae, L. delafrontera, L. jensi, L. juergeni, and L. decipiens nevadensis. L. canariensis Chopard, so far only known from the Canaries, is newly recorded from Spain (incl. Balearic Is), and Corsica. With the two species already known, L. decipiens (Germar) and L. hispanica Harz, a total of eight species are found in Spain. The relevant structures for the discrimination of the species - supraanal plate and subgenital plate, paraproct and phallomere structures in the males, valves with associated sclerites and spermathecae in females - are described and depicted for all species. An identification key to the Spanish species is also given.
Review of the fuscoaenea species-group of Scythris (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae)
Authors: Bengtsson Bengt Å.
Published: July 2010

The Scythris fuscoaenea species-group of Scythrididae, exclusively confined to Europe, is defined and reviewed. It includes the following species: fuscoaenea (Haworth, 1828), parafuscoaenea sp. n., vartianae Kasy, 1962, tenuivittella (Stainton, 1867), vittella (O. G. Costa, 1836), dissimilella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855), derrai sp. n. and traugotti sp. n. Scythris parafuscoaenea sp. n. is closely related to fuscoaenea and is found in Spain and France. The other two new species are hitherto only recorded from isolated localities, A. derrai sp. n. from Sardinia and A.traugotti sp. n. from southern Spain. Male and female genitalia of all species are illustrated.
The aquatic Phoridae (Diptera)
Authors: Disney R.H.L.
Published: July 2010

A key to the Phoridae whose larvae are aquatic or semi-aquatic (hydrophilous) is provided. Megaselia humida sp. n. and M. kovaci sp. n. are described from Malaysia. M. bivesicata Schmitz andM deningi Disney are reported to be highly variable species and two synonyms are proposed, thereby both resolving the problem of the supposedly unknown male of the former and revealing that many critical couplets in Borgmeier's keys to Australasian and Oriental Megaselia are unreliable. Preliminary keys to larvae and pupae are provided.
Tibiotarsal chaetotaxy in Willemia Börner, with description of a new species from North America (Collembola: Hypogastruridae)
Authors: Fjellberg Arne
Published: July 2010

Four types of tibiotarsal chaetotaxy are observed among Willemia species. Most species display an almost complete 'poduromorph' pattern, but the three species multilobata Gers & Deharveng, arida sp.n. and buddenbrocki Hüther differ by an increasing reduction in number of setae. W arida sp. n. is described from dry habitats in Colorado, Alberta, British Columbia and Alaska.
Systematics and biology of Rhoptromeris strobigena sp. n., a parasitoid of chloropids inhabiting conifer cones (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Eucoilidae)
Authors: Nordlander Göran , Grijpma Peter
Published: July 2010

Rhoptromeris strobigena is described, compared with related species, and included in a supplement to a previous key to NW European Rhoptromeris spp. Observations on its biology and courtship behaviour are reported. The parasitoid was reared from puparia of Gaurax and Hapleginella spp. (Diptera: Chloropidae) obtained from cones of Abies procera, Larix decidua, and L. kaempferi growing in the Netherlands. Specimens collected in Sweden and Italy were also examined. In contrast to most other Rhoptromeris spp., R. strobigena does not exhibit morphological features linked to reduced flight capacity. The retained good power of flight and an association with trees are considered as plesiomorphic conditions, which R. strobigena shares with most species of the closely related genera Armigerina, Nordlanderiana and Trichoplasta. A checklist of Holarctic Rhoptromeris spp., including nine valid species, presents one new generic synonym (Striatellia Belizin = Rhoptromeris Förster) and two new combinations. Another three new combinations and two new synonyms are given in a list of species excluded from Rhoptromeris, which are assigned to the genera Didyctium, Leptopilina, or Trichoplasta.
Review of species of Entedon Dalman having a complete frontal fork with redefinition of the species-group of cioni Thomson (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
Authors: Askew R.R.
Published: July 2010

Species of Entedon having a frontal fork with impressed arms extending to the eyes are reviewed and a key is given. Most but not all species having this character belong to the species-group of Entedon cioni which is redefined to exclude apparently unrelated forms. The reliability of certain specific characters is assessed, and in an account of the biology of Entedon it is proposed that their koinobiotic development is conducive to a narrow host range. Taxonomic, biological and distributional data are given in a check-list to Palaearctic and Nearctic species assigned to the species-group of E. cioni. Four new species of Entedon are described: E. incultus sp. n. and E. setifrons sp. n. from Britain and E. oxys sp. n. from Spain belong to the cioni species-group; E. albiscapus sp. n. from France is an isolated species.
First description of the male and the larva of Camptopteromyia fractipennis de Meijere from Malaysia (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
Authors: Rozkošny Rudolf , Kovac Damir
Published: July 2010

Descriptions of the male and larva of the Oriental soldier fly Camptopteromyia fractipennis de Meijere are given. Adults were reared from larvae collected inside internodes of bamboo in Malaysia. Distinguishing characters of the adults, larvae and puparia are described and illustrated. Notes are provided on the biology of C. fractipennis, and the systematic position of the genus is briefly discussed.
Revision of the species of Pollenia Robineau-Desvoidy described by Camillo Rondani (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Authors: Rognes Knut
Published: July 2010

The four nominal species of Pollenia Robineau-Desvoidy described by Camillo Rondani are revised. Lectotypes are designated and a synopsis of all names treated is provided. Pollenia paupera Rondani, 1862 is established as the valid name for Pollenia longitheca Rognes, 1987 (syn. n.). Pollenia ruficrura Rondani, 1862 (stat. rev.) is reestablished as a valid taxon.
Redescription and systematic position of Heteroisotoma Stach (Collembola: Isotomidae)
Authors: Potapov M. , Stebaeva S.
Published: July 2010

A reexamination of Isotoma carpenteri Börner, 1909 (Far East), I. dilatosetosa Martynova, 1980 (Jakutia), I. jacutica Martynova, 1980 (Jakutia) and Sibirisotoma stebajevae Rusek, 1991 (Soviet Asia) indicates that they all belong to the same taxon, Heteroisotoma Stach, which is redescribed and given rank as subgenus in Isotoma Bourlet.
Collembola of the Canary Islands. I. Introduction and survey of the family Hypogastruridae
Authors: Fjellberg Arne
Published: July 2010

After one year of collecting, the number of known Collembola species from the Canary Islands was increased from 41 to about 220. Identification keys to the Canarian families and genera are given. Keys, taxonomical notes and details of distribution and ecology are given for 29 species of the family Hypogastruridae. The following new species are described: Xenylla hexagona sp. n., X. gomerensis sp. n., X. laurisilvae sp. n., Xenyllogastrura arenaria sp. n., X. reducta sp. n., Acheroxenylla canariensis sp. n., A. furcata sp. n., Acherongia huetheri sp. n.
The first records of fossil Corethrellidae (Diptera)
Authors: Borkent A. , Szadziewski R.
Published: July 2010

The first fossil Corethrellidae, represented by two male adult Corethrella, are described. One, C. prisca sp. n., is from Saxonian amber collected in East Germany and is of Miocene age (22 Ma). The other, C. nudistyla sp. n., is from Dominican Republic amber and is 15-40 million years old. The family Corethrellidae, because of its phylogenetic position, is presumably of at least Jurassic age. The fossils are typical members of the genus Corethrella and belong to a clade which is the sister group of a single species in New Zealand.
Watermites (Hydrachnidia: Aturidae) of the genus Albia Thon from Asia and Australasia with descriptions of eleven new species
Authors: Wiles P.R.
Published: July 2010

Eleven new species of watermites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of the genus Albia Thon are described: one from Sulawesi, Indonesia; one from Peninsular Malaysia and nine from Papua New Guinea. A key to the Asian and Australasian species is included.
A new species of Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae), from Norway
Authors: Grootaert Patrick , Jonassen Terje
Published: July 2010

Platypalpus norvegicus sp. n., a sister species of P. pulicarius (Meigen), is described and illustrated. It was found in large numbers on the small island of Ostøya in the Oslofjord.
A reappraisal and revision of the genus Anthracalaus Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
Authors: Calder Andrew A. , Von Hayek C.M.F.
Published: July 2010

The genus Anthracalaus Fairmaire is redefined to include 17 species distributed throughout the Oriental and Australasian (IndoPacific) regions as well as a disjunct species from Arizona, U.S.A. These species are figured, redescribed or described as new, and a key is provided for their separation. Five new species, A. brittoni and A. kimberleyensis from Australia, A. lamingtonensis from New Guinea, A. solomonensis from the Solomon Islands and A. fleutiauxi from Vietnam, are described. The types of twelve previously described species have been examined and lectotypes are designated for A. agrypnoides Fleutiaux, A. australis Fleutiaux, A. moricii Fairmaire, Corymbites bengalensis Candèze, Neopristilophus confusus Fleutiaux, and N. dissimilis Fleutiaux. The following specific synonymies are proposed: Anthracalaus pasteuri Candèze = Anthracalaus westermanni(Candèze); Homotechnes brunneus Fleutiaux = Anthracalaus bengalensis (Candèze); and both Neopristilophus confusus Fleutiaux and N. dissimilis Fleutiaux = Anthracalaus morosus (Candeze).The taxa Neopristilophus bengalensis (Candèze), N cirratipilis (Candèze), N. luzonicus (Candèze), N. morosus (Candèze) and N. novaguinensis Van Zwaluwenburg are transferred to Anthracalaus. The monobasic genus Pseudomelanactes Mathieu is proposed as a new junior synonym of Anthracalaus As the type species of Pseudomelanactes, agrypnoides Van Dyke (1932) is a senior secondary homonym of Anthracalaus agrypnoides Fleutiaux (1940), edmondi is proposed as a replacement name for the latter. The species are cladistically analyzed. The resultant cladogram implies a link between the Oriental/Nearctic regions exclusive of Australia + New Guinea + Solomon Islands.
New species of Neotropical leafhoppers in the tribe Youngolidiini with a revised key to species (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae)
Authors: Nielson M.W.
Published: July 2010

Nine new species of leafhoppers in the tribe Youngolidiini are described and illustrated. These include Rikana aculeala; Pilosana stylata, P. gladia, P. cristata, P. hamata; Youngolidia hirsuta, Y delta, Y. paracrista, and Y. aviculifera. A revised key to species in the genera Rikana, Pilosana, and Youngolidia is also presented.
New species of Neotropical leafhoppers in the tribe Teruliini with a revised key to some species (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae)
Authors: Nielson M.W.
Published: July 2010

Seven new species in three genera are described and illustrated from the Neotropical region. New species include: Docalidia argutiae from Brazil, D. testa, D. acus, D. filamenta from Peru, D. lamina from Ecuador, Perulidia lobata from Ecuador and Stalolidia curta from Brazil. A revised key to species in the genera Perulidia and Stalolidia is also presented. Five species are briefly discussed and illustrated to show intraspecific variation in relation to geographic distribution.
Redefinition of Agria Robineau-Desvoidy, Angiometopa Brauer & Bergenstamm and Toxonagria Shewell, with the description of a new species (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
Authors: Pape Thomas
Published: July 2010

The genera Agria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, Angiometopa Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889, and Toxonagria Shewell, 1987 are diagnosed and their monophyly discussed. Diagnostic character states for the three genera in their present definitions are: Agria: Phallic tube with a pair of lateral sclerotizations slanting antero-ventrally from the apex; acrophallus strongly tapering. Angiometopa: Gonostylus with membranous lobe at base; phallic tube with a pair of armlike processes encompassing base of acrophallus. Toxonagria: Male hind femur thickened and curved; male cercus straight; acrophallus with broad, membranous phallotreme; male gonocoxal lobe with an extra subapical tooth or hook. The name Omocera Lioy, 1864 (an objective senior synonym of Angiometopa) is preoccupied by Omocera Chevrolat, 1835 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Angiometopa is proposed as a senior synonym of Sarcofahrtia Parker, 1916, syn.n. Agria hikosana (Kurahashi, 1975), comb.n., Agria shinonagai (Kurahashi, 1975), comb.n., and Agria mihalyii (Rohdendorf & Verves, 1978), comb.n. are transferred from their previous position in Angiometopa. Angiometopa bajkalensis Kolomyietz & Artamonov, 1981 is recorded from the Nearctic Region for the first time (Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), and Toxonagria arnaudi sp.n. is described from Canada (British Columbia) and USA (California).
Revision of the intertidal aleocharine genus Pontomalota Casey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with a discussion of its phylogenetic relationships
Authors: Ashe James S. , Ahn Kee-Jeong
Published: July 2010

A systematic revision of the aleocharine genus Pontomalota is presented. Pontomalota is redescribed, and two species are recognized, one of which is described as new (P. terminalia Ahn and Ashe, Type locality-Point Reyes, North Beach, California). P. californica Casey, P. nigriceps Casey, P. luctuosa Casey, and P. bakeri Bernhauer are shown to be color variants of one species and are synonymized under the name P. opaca (LeConte). A key is provided for separation of the known species of Pontomalota, and illustrations of diagnostic features are provided. The geographical body color variation of P. opaca from British Columbia to Baja California is described. In general, the body color of P. opaca varies from black in the north (Canada, Washington to N. California) to light brown in the south (S. California, Baja California) along a more or less continuous dine. Based on mouthpart structure and genitalic structure, as well as narrowly separated mesocoxal cavities and elytra shorter than pronotum, Pontomalota is hypothesized to be more closely related to tribe Phytosini than tribe Athetini. Within the Phytosini, members of Pontomalota are very similar to those of Thinusa Casey in a number of characters.
The larva of Trachys troglodytes (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) and a key to the trachyine larvae of Scandinavia
Authors: Bíly Svatopluk
Published: July 2010

Last instar larva of Trachys troglodytes is described from Denmark and a key for all larvae of the subfamily Trachyinae from Denmark and Fennoscandia is given. Host plants of all species are reported as well.
The Australian cockroach genus Choristima Tepper (Blattaria, Blattellidae: Ectobiinae)
Authors: Roth Louis M.
Published: July 2010

Diagnostic characters are given for the Australian cockroach genus Choristima Tepper. There are at least 12 species, of which 9 are described as new. Choristimodes Hebard is synonymized with Choristima. A key is given to identify the adults. Subfamily placement of Choristima and its closely related genera is discussed.