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Particulate Matter in Ambient Air
Authors: Görgen Reinhold , Lambrecht Udo
Published: July 2010

Numerous studies have demonstrated the negative effect of particulate matter on human health. The EU therefore introduced ambitious limit values for particulate matter (PM10) in ambient air as early as 1999: an annual limit and a daily limit that can be exceeded on up to 35 days a year. These values are binding since 2005. The daily limit is still exceeded in many cities throughout Europe. Heated debates on the future of the daily limit are taking place at all levels of the EU in the context of the negotiations on the Commission's proposal on a new Air Quality Directive. Suggestions range from allowing a compliance time extension to increasing the number of days the daily limit can be exceeded, and abolition of the daily limit value. The deliberations have not yet been concluded, but the decisive European institutions have voiced support for keeping the daily limit while at the same time extending the compliance deadline. In this article, we will make the point that the problem can most probably be solved by allowing a compliance extension of around 5 years after the new directive enters into force. This would give the competent local authorities and the EU the time necessary to intensify their measures in order to comply with the daily limit in most areas where it is currently exceeded. An increase in the number of days the limit values may be exceeded, as called for by the European Parliament (EP), would therefore amount to an unnecessary lowering of the limit value.
European species of subgenus Moerophora Foerster of Xorides Latreille (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Xoridinae), with descriptions of two new species
Authors: Hilszczanski Jacek
Published: July 2010

The European species of the subgenus Moerophora Foerster, 1869, of the genus Xorides Latreille, 1809 (= Xorides rufipes species-group, Wahl 1997) (Ichneumonidae: Xoridinae) are reviewed. A key to the species and notes on their distribution are provided. Seven species are recorded from Europe: X. (M.) austriacus (Clément), X. (M.) ephialtoides (Kriechbaumer), X. (M.) jakovlevi (Kokujev), X. (M.) rufipes (Gravenhorst), X. (M.) rusticus (Desvignes) and two new species, X. (M.) flavotibialis and X. (M.) ilignus, which are described. Macrosterotrichus bischoffi (Clément) is synonymized with Xylonomus rusticus Desvignes. Xorides (M.) rufipes is recorded as new to Croatia and Bosnia.
Fossil water striders in the Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha)
Authors: Andersen Nils Møller
Published: July 2010

Water striders (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha) live on the surface film of freshwater. Adults are often flightless and therefore not prone to be caught in resin exuded by trees on land and subsequently preserved as amber inclusions. Nevertheless, a small number of gerromorphan bugs have so far been reported from Baltic amber. The present paper reports on eight species of Gerromorpha in the Eocene Baltic amber, describing Electrogerris kotashevichi gen. et sp. n. (Gerridae, Gerrinae), Succineogerris larssoni gen. et sp. n. (Gerridae, Gerrinae), and Balticovelia weitschati gen. et sp. n. (Veliidae, Veliinae) and redescribing Electrovelia baltica Andersen (Veliidae, Veliinae) and Metrocephala anderseni Popov (Hydrometridae, Hydrometrinae) based upon additional and better preserved specimens. Finally, the phylogenetic, palaeobiological, and biogeographic significance of these amber fossils are discussed.
A new genus and species of haplothripine thrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) with a prominent dorsal projection from the head
Authors: Collins Dominique W.
Published: July 2010

A new genus and species, Sinuothrips hasta, is described from Phragmites imported into England from Turkey. It is similar in most character states to the common genus Haplothrips, but with the tergites bearing a transverse row of discal setae and the head a large dorsal projection.
The Trepobatinae (Gerridae) of New Guinea and surrounding regions, with a review of the World fauna. Part 5. Taxonomic and distributional addenda
Authors: Polhemus Dan A. , Polhemus John T.
Published: July 2010

The small waterstriders of the subfamily Trepobatinae have radiated extensively on New Guinea and surrounding archipelagos. The present contribution is the fifth in a series of reports dealing with this endemic fauna, and presents taxonomic and distributional addenda to our previous tribal level treatments. The following new species are described: Ciliometra setosa from southern Papua New Guinea, Ciliometra waigeo from Waigeo and Batanta Islands, Ciliometra minajerwi from southern Irian Jaya, Stygiobates iweka from southern Irian Jaya, Stygiobates mubi from southern Papua New Guinea, Stygiobates rajana from Waigeo and Gam Islands, Calyptobates kopi from southern Irian Jaya, and Calyptobates kamoro from southern Irian Jaya. The previously unknown male of Iobates somare Polhemus & Polhemus is also described, and new distribution records are provided for the following taxa based on recent collections in northern New Guinea and the Raja Ampat Islands: Iobates affinis (Esaki), Metrobatopsis flavonotatus Esaki, Stygiobates iriana Polhemus & Polhemus, Pseudohalobates inobonto Polhemus & Polhemus, Stenobates australicus Polhemus & Polhemus, Stenobates fakfak Polhemus & Polhemus, Stenobates kamojo Polhemus & Polhemus and Rheumatometroides sele Polhemus & Polhemus. New distribution records are also provided for the following species occurring outside the New Guinea region, based on recent collections in Southeast Asia: Calyptobates samarinda Polhemus & Polhemus from Sumba, and Naboandelus signatus Distant from southern Vietnam. Revised keys are presented for the New Guinea species of Ciliometra, Stygiobates, Iobates and Cryptobates, accompanied by updated distribution maps and illustrations of key characters.
Taxonomic changes in the genera Oosternum Sharp and Paroosternum Scott (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
Authors: Hansen Michael
Published: July 2010

Examination of the relevant types and other material of species of Oosternum Sharp and Paroosternum Scott has proven it necessary to establish the following taxonomic changes: The genus Pemelus Horn, 1890 is considered a junior synonym of Oosternum Sharp, 1882. Cercyon sorex Sharp, 1874, currently placed in Oosternum, is transferred to Paroosternum. The following new specific synonymies are established (senior synonym given first): Paroosternum degayanum Scott, 1913 = Oosternum ecarinatum Orchymont, 1942; Cercyon sorex Sharp, 1874 [now Paroosternum s.] = Oosternum horni Orchymont, 1914. Oosternum sharpi nom. n. is proposed as a new replacement name for Oosternum costatum Sharp, 1882 nec (Le-Conte, 1855).
New species and a new key to Oriental Puliciphora (Diptera: Phoridae)
Authors: Disney R.H.L.
Published: July 2010

Puliciphora destituta sp. n. from Java, P. fosteri sp. n. from Sabah, P. sumatrae sp. n. from Sumatra are described. P. pallicauda Schmitz is synonymised with P. beckeri Meijere. A revised key to the females of the Oriental Region is provided.
Systematics of Cetema Hendel (Diptera: Chloropidae): revision of the Nearctic species and phylogeny and zoogeography of the Holarctic fauna
Authors: Savage Jade , Wheeler Terry A.
Published: July 2010

The Holarctic genus Cetema Hendel is revised, with special reference to the Nearctic fauna. There are four Nearctic species: C. elongata Meigen; C. nigripalpis sp. n., C. procera Loew, and C. subvittata Loew. This is the first record of the Palaearctic species C. elongata in the Nearctic region. All Nearctic species are described and illustrated. The Palaearctic species C. paramyopina Collin is synonymized with C. neglecta Tonnoir and a key to all described species of Cetema is provided. A phylogenetic analysis supports the monophyly of the genus, as well as the monophyly of the subgenera Archecetema Nartshuk and Cetema. The Nearctic species do not form a monophyletic group. Zoogeographic analysis suggests that the genus originated in the eastern Palaearctic and subsequently colonized North America via a Beringian connection, probably in the early to mid-Tertiary. Following speciation in the eastern Nearctic, the more derived lineages of Cetema recolonized the western Palaearctic, probably via a North Atlantic land connection prior to the late Miocene.
The sawflies of the Pontania crassispina-group with a key for the genera of the subtribe Euurina (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae, Nematinae)
Authors: Vikberg Veli , Zinovjev Alexey G.
Published: July 2010

Eupontania Zinovjev, 1985, originally described as a subgenus of Pontania, is treated as a distinct genus of the subtribe Euurina Vikberg, which consists of the genera Euura Newman, Eupontania Zinovjev (stat. n.), Pontania A. Costa and Phyllocolpa Benson. Separate keys are given to distinguish these genera and the species-groups of Pontania and Phyllocolpa, and for 11 species of the Pontania crassispinu-group. A new species, Pontania rotundidentata sp. n. is described from eastern North America. The lectotypes are designated for P. crassispina (Thomson) and P. joergenseni Enslin. Pontania devincta MacGillivray (syn. n.) is treated as a synonym of P. populi Marlatt.
Taxonomic survey of the New Caledonian species of Helicopsyche described by H. H. Ross (Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae)
Authors: Johanson Kjell Arne , Schefter Patricia W.
Published: July 2010

Eleven out of twelve species of New Caledonian Helicopsyche described by H. H. Ross in 1975 were re-examined. Extended descriptions of the males include characters of the head, wing, leg and genitalia. The females of H. boularia, H. caledonia, H. edmundsi and H. hollowayi are described for the first time. Larvae of H. arenaria, H. boularia, H. caledonia, H. edmundsi, H. hollowayi, H. kariona and H. lapidaria are newly associated to species and described. Also the pupae of H. arenaria, H. caledonia, H. edmundsi, H. kariona, H. koumaca, H. lapidaria and H. starmuehlneri are described.
The genus Acipes in Spain, with the description of a new cavernicolous species (Diplopoda, Julida, Blaniulidae)
Authors: Enghoff Henrik , Mauriès Jean-Paul
Published: July 2010

New material of Acipes continentalis Enghoff, 1986, is described from prov. Madrid. A. andalusius sp. n. is described from a cave in prov. Jaén.
Fifteen new genera of Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera), with remarks on the generic classification of the family
Authors: Hansen Michael
Published: July 2010

The present state of knowledge about hydrophilid genera is outlined, and comments are given on the taxonomic history of the group, generic concepts in the family, and criteria for establishing new genera. Fifteen new genera are described for 31 new and one known species: Grodum gen. n. erected for G. striatum sp. n. (type of genus) and G. endroedyi, both from South Africa; Phelea gen. n. erected for P breviceps sp. n. from Tasmania; Enigmata gen. n. erected for E. brunnea sp. n. from Madagascar; Quadriops gen. n. erected for Q. depressus sp. n. (type of genus) from Ecuador and Peru, Q. dentatus sp. n. from Venezuela, Q. politus sp. n. from Peru, Q. similaris sp. n. from Venezuela and British Guiana, and Q. reticulatus sp. n. from Costa Rica and Panama; Megagraphydrus gen. n. erected for M. politus sp. n. from Taiwan, M. jaechi sp. n. from Peninsular Malaysia, M. siamensis sp. n. (type of genus) from Thailand, M. regularis from Thailand, and M. attenuatus from Vietnam; Enochrella gen. n. erected for E. aberrans sp. n. from the Philippines; Pseudorygmodus gen. n. erected for Cylorygmus flintispangleri Moroni from Chile; Afrotormus gen. n. erected for A. metallescens sp. n. (type of genus) and A. minutus, both from South Africa; Toma gen. n. erected for T. pusilla sp. n. from West Africa to Zambia; Lulu gen. n. erected for L. sagitta sp. n. from Brazil; Platycyon gen. n. erected for P. striatus sp. n. from Papua New Guinea, P. wauensis sp. n. (type of genus) from Papua New Guinea, P. confusus from Irian Jaya, P. subopacus sp. n. from New Britain, P. superficialis sp. n. from New Britain and New Ireland, and P. reticulatus sp. n. from New Guinea; Kahanga gen. n. erected for K. inconspicua sp. n. from Peninsular Malaysia; Colerus gen. n. erected for C. fascicularis sp. n. from Madagascar; Bolbonotum gen. n. erected for B. raigrum sp. n. from Philippines, B. myophallus sp. n. (type of genus) from Malaysia (Sarawak) and Indonesia, and B. oosternoides from Thailand; Delimetrium gen. n. erected for D. sericeum sp. n. from South Africa. Six genera are placed in the subfamily Hydrophilinae: Grodum, Phelea and Enigmata in the tribe Anacaenini; Quadriops, Megagraphydrus and Enochrella in the tribe Hydrophilini (subtribe Acidocerina). The remaining genera are placed in the subfamily Sphaeridiinae: Pseudorygmodus in the tribe Rygmodini; Afrotormus in the tribe Tormissini; Toma in the tribe Coelostomatini; Lala in the tribe Omicrini; Platycyon, Kahanga, Colerus, Bolbonotum and Delimetrium in the tribe Megasternini.
Larval morphology of the Palaearctic genera Deronectes Sharp and Scarodytes Gozis (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae), with implications for the phylogeny of the Deronectes-group of genera
Authors: Hendrich Lars , Alarie Yves , Nilsson Anders N.
Published: July 2010

Description of larval instars of Deronectes depressicollis Rosenhauer 1856, D. lareynii (Fair-maire 1858), D. latus (Stephens 1829), D. aubei (Mulsant 1843), and Scarodytes halensis (Fabricius 1787) is presented including a detailed chaetotaxic and porotaxic analysis of the cephalic capsule, head appendages, legs, last abdominal scgment and urogomphi. A phylogenetic analysis of 14 genera of the tribe Hydroporini, based on 22 larval characteristics was conducted with Hennig86. Three of the branches of the strict consensus tree have a statistical support greater than 60% according to the Parsimony Jackknifer. One of the supported clades is Antiporus Sharp + Nebrioporus Régimbart + Neonectes J. Balfour-Browne + Oreodytes Seidlitz + Stictotarsus Zimmermann + Scarodytes Gozis, of which the sister-group is the genus Deronectes Sharp. Consequently larval characters, in contrast to adult characters support the inclusion of Antiporus, Neonectes and Oreodytes in the Deronectes-group of genera. All members of this clade are characterized by: (i) presence of an occipital suture in first instar, (ii) presence of a constriction at level of occipital suture, (iii) absence of maxillary cardo, and (iv) insertion of the primary seta MX I on the maxillary stipes. Scarodytes is postulated to share a monophyletic origin with Nebrioporus, Stictotarsus, and Antiporus based on (i) the presence of natatory setae on femora, tibiae, and tarsi and (ii) the shape of the urogomphomere I which is more than 3.10 times longer than urogomphomere 2.
The new genera Procydrela and Rotundrela, sister taxa for Storenomorphinae and Cydrelinae (Araneae: Zodariidae)
Authors: Jocqué Rudy
Published: July 2010

The new genera Procydrela and Rotundrela are described from the Cape region in South Africa. Each genus is represented by two new species, the former by P. procursor (♂,♀) and P rimacola (♂), the second one by R. rotunda (♂,♀) and R. orbiculata (♂,♀). The systematic position of Prncydrela is not entirely clear but it may be regarded as the sister taxon of Cydrelinae and Storenomorphinae combined, whereas Rotundrela belongs in the Cydrelinae and appears to be the sister taxon of the remaining genera in that subfamily. Both genera possess a prolateral abdominal sigillum. The laterally compressed, disk-shaped palpal bulbus of Rotundrela is a unique feature and not found elsewhere in spiders.
Revision of Afromaculepta gen. n., a monophyletic group of Afrotropical galerucine leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Authors: Wagner Thomas , Hasenkamp Ruth
Published: July 2010

Monolepta frontalis Chevrolat, 1837, a species described from the Cape of Good Hope, shows strong differences in external and genitalic characters from M. bioculata (Fabricius, 1781), type species of Monolepta Chevrolat, 1837. Herein, M. frontalis Chevrolat, 1837 is transferred to Afromaculepta gen. n., and designated as type species. Monolepta octomaculata Jacoby, 1895, and M. decemmaculata Jacoby, 1886 are also transferred to the new genus. Further, four nominal species, Monolepta estcourtiana Jacoby, 1899, M. contaminata Weise, 1914, M. nodieri Laboissière, 1919, and M. senegalensis Bryant, 1948 are newly synonymised with Afromaculepta decemmaculata (Jacoby, 1886). Three new species of Afromaculepta are described: A. klausi sp. n., A namibiae sp. n., and A. ursulae sp. n. This study, based on revision of material from all major collections, includes distribution maps, an identification key, and a phylogenetic analysis.
Phylogenetic systematics of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea): A reappraisal based on larval and adult morphology
Authors: Morrone J.J. , Marvaldi A.E.
Published: July 2010

A cladistic analysis of Curculionoidea based on 100 morphological characters (28 from larvae and 72 from adults) is presented. The 13 terminal taxa correspond to 7 extant families of Curculionoidea of which the largest, Curculionidae, is represented by 7 smaller units. The terminal units are defined by morphological autapomorphies taken from published information on larvae and adults. The chrysomeloid Palophaginae was used as outgroup. The cladogram shows that there is a basal dichotomy in the superfamily, Nemonychidae-Anthribidae being the monophyletic sister taxon to the remaining families, which follow the sequence Belidae, Attelabidae, Caridae, Brentidae, and Curculionidae. The units of Curculionidae are related as follows: Ithycerinae, Microcerinae, Brachycerinae, Ocladiinae, Dryophthorinae, Erirhininae, and 'Curculionidae s.str.'. Important areas where further work should be directed are: the sister group relationship of Nemonychidae and Anthribidae, and the recognition of monophyletic subfamilies within the Curculionidae s.str. as well as the placement of Platypodinae.
Phylogeny of the water strider genus Aquarius Schellenberg (Heteroptera: Gerridae) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphology
Authors: Andersen Nils Møller , Damgaard Jakob , Sperling Felix A.H.
Published: July 2010

We examined phylogenetic relationships among gerrid water striders of the genus Aquarius Schellenberg using molecular and morphological characters. The molecular data sets included 780 bp sequence data from the mitochondrial gene encoding cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI), and 515 bp sequence data from the nuclear gene encoding elongation factor I alpha (EF-1α). The morphological data set was a slightly modified version of a previously published data set. We included all 17 known species and one subspecies of Aquarius as well as five species from three related genera, Gigantometra gigas, Limnoporus esakii, L. rufoscutellatus, Gerris pingreensis, and G. lacustris. Unweighted parsimony analyses of the COI data set gave a single most parsimonious tree (MPT) with a topology quite similar to the morphological tree. Parsimony analyses of the EF-1α data set gave 3 MPT's and a strict consensus of these trees gave a tree with a slightly different topology. A combined analysis of the three data sets gave a single MPT with the same topology as for the morphological data set alone. The phylogeny of Aquarius presented here supports the monophyly of the A. najas, remigis, conformis and paludum species groups as well as previous hypotheses about their relationships. On the other hand, the inclusion of molecular data weakens the support for the monophyly of the genus Aquarius, and questions the specific status of the eastern North American A. nebularis (as separate from A. conformis) and members of the Nearctic A. remigis group. Finally, we discuss the implications of the reconstructed phylogeny in the biogeography and ecological phylogenetics of Aquarius.
Systematic and cladistic analysis of the myrmecophilic genus Gymnopria Loiácono (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae)
Authors: Loiácono Marta S. , Margaría Cecilia B.
Published: July 2010

Seven new species of Gymnopria Loiácono from Brazil are described and illustrated: Gymnopria clavata, G. coriacea, G. distinguenda, G. elongata, G. masneri, G. minima and G. pilosa. A generic redescription of Gymnopria and a key to species are given. A cladistic analysis of the nine known species, using Szelenyiopria Fabritius to root the tree, resulted in four most parsimonious cladograms, the preferred is (Szelenyiopria (G. masneri ((G. minima - G. elongata) ((G. distinguenda - G. clavata) (G. pilosa (G. coriacea (G. lucens - G. pampeana))))))).
Systematics of Mallochianamyia Santos-Neto (=Gayomyia Malloch), an unplaced genus of Neotropical acalyptrate flies (Diptera: Schizophora)
Authors: Wheeler Terry A.
Published: July 2010

Mallochianamyia Santos-Neto was proposed as a replacement name for Gayomyia Malloch, 1933 (preoccupied by Gayomyia Banks, 1913), an unplaced genus of acalyptrate Diptera from Chile and Argentina. The genus comprises 12 species: M. cladostyla sp. n.; M. fenestrata sp. n.; M. flavitibia sp. n.; M. furcata sp. n.; M. gallina sp. n.; M. latigena sp. n.; M. magnipalpis sp. n.; M. nigrohalterata (Malloch) comb. n.; M. penai sp. n.; M. setosa sp. n.; M. truncata sp. n.; M. vexans sp. n. All new species are illustrated and a key to species of Mallochianamyia is provided. The monophyly of the genus is supported by three characters of the male and female genitalia. Mallochianamyia is most closely related to the New World genera Paraleucopis Malloch and Schizostomyia Malloch and an undescribed Australian genus. The group cannot be placed in any established family as currently defined, although there are affinities to some families in the Asteioinea sensu J. F. McAlpine (1989). Research on the morphology and relationships of genera related to Mallochianamyia is required to clarify the familial status of the group.
Revision of Chinese Euplectromorpha Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
Authors: Huang Da-Wei , Zhu Chao-Dong
Published: July 2010

This paper treats the Chinese species of Euplectromorpha Girault. Nine valid species are recognized and a key to species is provided. Five species were previously known from China: E. breviealcar (Lin), E. clavata (Lin), E. contingens (Lin), E. interrupta (Lin), and E. simplicicornis (Lin). E. inaequalis (Lin) is proposed as a new synonym of E. brevicalcar. One species is newly recorded from China: E. bicarinata (Ferrière). Three new species, E. conjuncta, E. triangularis, and E. acuticlavata, are described and compared with related species. One new combination is proposed, Aroplectrus areolatus (Ferrière), transferred from Neoplectrus.
On the phylogeny of the Dytiscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) with emphasis on the morphology of the female reproductive system
Authors: Miller Kelly B.
Published: July 2010

Characters from adult morphology are analyzed cladistically to infer the phylogeny of the family Dytiscidae. The analysis is based on examination of 233 species of Dytiscidae and several outgroup taxa including members of Noteridae, Amphizoidae, Hygrobiidae and Carabidae. Members of all currently recognized tribes of Dytiscidae are represented except Anisomeriini Brinck, Hydronebriini Guignot and Carabhydrini Watts. Emphasis is placed on identifying informative characters from the female genital system that comprise 34 of the resulting 101 total characters. The consensus of the most parsimonious trees is well resolved and supports recognition of ten subfamilies of Dytiscidae including; Matinae van den Branden, Laccophilinae Gistel, Coptotominae van den Branden, Copelatinae Erichson, Hydroporinae Aubé, Agabinae Thomson, Colymbetinae Erichson, Lancetinae van den Branden and Dytiscinae Leach. Also, Hydrodytes Miller, NEW GENUS, is erected and placed in its own subfamily, Hydrodytinae, NEW SUBFAMILY, to include two species previously placed in Agaporomorphus Zimmermann (Copelatinae), H. opalinus (Zimmermann) (NEW COMBINATION) and H. dodgei (Young) (NEW COMBINATION). Hydrodytinae is sister group to Hydroporinae and is diagnosed by the presence of anterior apodemes on the gonocoxae, several characters of the metendosternite (each synapomorphic with Hydroporinae), lack of pseudotetramerous pro- and mesotarsi, lack of a declivitous prosternum and prosternal process, the scutellum visible with the elytra closed (all plesiomorphic), the rami of the female genitalia sinuate and dorsally with an opalescent sheen (each autapomorphic for Hydrodytinae). Matinae is resolved as the sister group to the remaining Dytiscidae. Hyphydrini Sharp is found to be paraphyletic with respect to Pachydrini Biström, Nilsson and Wewalka, and the latter is relegated to a junior subjective synonym of the former (NEW SYNONYMY). Hydroporini Aubé and Hygrotini Portevin are found to be para- or polyphyletic. No changes are made to the classification of these taxa since character evidence is relatively weak, and taxon sampling within Hydroporinae is inadequate to justify changes. Carabdytes Balke, Hendrich and Wewalka is found to be the sister taxon to the remaining Colymbetinae, and because of its unique combination of characters and phylogenetic placement it is included in its own tribe, Carabdytini Pederzani (RESURRECTED). All other examined tribes of Dytiscidae are monophyletic. The female genitalia are described and figured for numerous taxa across the family, and numerous other characters are described and figured. The evolution of various features of the female genitalia within Dytiscidae is discussed. The resulting phylogenetic hypothesis is compared and contrasted with other phylogenetic proposals.
Blackburnia gastrellariformis sp. n. (Coleoptera: Carabidae), from Molokai: successful prediction of a new taxon by reconciled tree analysis
Authors: Liebherr James K.
Published: July 2010

Blackburnia gastrellariformis sp. n., is described from East Molokai, Hawaii. Based on cladistic parsimony analysis of adult characters, the species is hypothesized to be most closely related to B. komohana Liebherr & Zimmerman of West Maui, with these two species comprising the adelphotaxon to the East Maui species pair, B. haleakala Liebherr & Zimmerman + B. putealis (Blackburn). Previous reconciled tree analysis for the Hawaiian Blackburnia radiation conducted before discovery of B. gastrellariformis found a general pattern in which Molokai and West Maui were hypothesized as sister-areas to the exclusion of the East Maui volcano, Haleakala, though the less common, incongruent area relationship of (Molokai (West Maui + East Maui) was also represented in the taxon-area cladogram. In the present reconciled tree analysis, the closest hypothesized relationship of B. gastrellariformis and a West Maui species corroborates the more common pattern by replacing items of error in the previous analysis with the newly discovered species. Elevational habitat shifts are invoked to explain the occurrence of numerous sister-species pairs in Molokai and West Maui, currently separated by the Pailolo Channel, relative to species occupying Haleakala.
Morronia brevirostris, a new genus and species of Entimini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) from Islas Malvinas
Authors: Posadas Paula , Ocampo Federico C.
Published: July 2010

A new genus of entimine weevils, Morronia gen. n., is described as endemic to the Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands). It is distinguished from the other genera of Entimini by the following combination of characters: frons without fovea; rostrum lacking carinae, as long as wide; and foretibia with external margin straight and a spatula-like projection. Diagnoses, descriptions and illustrations of the new genus and its only species, M. brevirostris sp. n., are given. We also present a check-list of the Curculionidae recorded from the Islas Malvinas. It contains 22 species in 13 genera and 3 subfamilies. Also included is a key to the species of the Entiminae that inhabit the archipelago.
Mimumesa littoralis (Bondroit), M. oresterus (van Lith), and M. unicolor (Vander Linden): notes on similarity, synonymy, and identification (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)
Authors: Budrys Eduardas
Published: July 2010

Mimumesa oresterus (van Lith) was found to be less different from regional populations of M. unicolor (Vander Linden) than are regional populations of the closely related species M. littoralis (Bondroit) among themselves, and M. oresterus is therefore synonymized with M. unicolor. The East Asiatic population of M. littoralis is comparatively dissimilar to conspecific European and Central Asiatic populations morphometrically and in some details of male genitalia, and after additional studies it might be considered as a subspecies. An identification key with new structural and morphometric characters to distinguish M. littoralis and M. unicolor is presented.
The greenhouse thrips, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis, and its generic relationships within the subfamily Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
Authors: Trueman John W.H. , Marullo Rita , Mound Laurence A.
Published: July 2010

The subfamily Panchaetothripinae, comprising 35 genera and 98 species, includes several pest species of which the most notorious is the greenhouse thrips, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis. In an attempt to establish the sister-group of Heliothrips, the relationships of this genus to 31 of the other genera in the subfamily were examined cladistically, using 35 parsimony-informative morphological characters. The analysis indicated that there was no support for two of the three tribes into which this subfamily is customarily arranged, the Monilothripini and the Panchaetothripini, but weak support for the tribe Tryphactothripini. No clear sister-group relationship could be identified for the New World genus Heliothrips, although it grouped with three old world genera Australothrips, Retithrips and Rhipiphorothrips. It is concluded that a morphological data set is not capable of producing a robust phylogeny of the Panchaetothripinae, and that the subject requires re-examination using molecular data.
Agabus alexandrae sp. n. from Morocco, with a molecular phylogeny of the Western Mediterranean species of the A. guttatus group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Authors: Ribera Ignacio , Hernando Carles , Aguilera Pedro
Published: July 2010

A new species of the Agabus guttatus group, A. alexandrae sp. n., is described from the Moyen Atlas in Morocco. A phylogeny of most of the Western Mediterranean species of the group based on Cytochrome Oxydase I and 16S rRNA sequences (approximately 1,250 bp) shows that A. alexandrae sp. n. is sister to the remaining species of the group. The evolutionary history of the species of the group is tentatively reconstructed, based on a Maximum Likelihood estimate of divergence time of approximately 2% per MY for the combined 16S and COI genes, similar to other estimates of evolutionary rates of the mitochondrial DNA of Coleoptera.
Redescription of the little-known Australian geometrid moth Palleopa innotata Walker, 1866 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)
Authors: Young Catherine J. , Mcquillan Peter B.
Published: July 2010

The previously overlooked geometrid genus Palleopa Walker, which includes one described, widespread species: innotata, is reviewed. The genus has an eastern Bassian distribution, south of latitude 28°S, in the moist forests and woodlands of south eastern Australia from sea level to over 1000m. The distinctive larvae feed on the foliage of Eucalyptus trees. The immature stages are described and the life cycle is illustrated for the first time.
Exoprosopa pandora (Fabricius, 1805) (Diptera: Bombyliidae) and related species in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin
Authors: Greathead D.J.
Published: July 2010

Anthrax pandora Fabricius, the type species of the genus Exoprosopa Macquart, was described from Algeria but the species has seldom been recognised by subsequent authors. Comparison of specimens from Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco with photographs of the badly damaged syntypes showed that Exoprosopa baccha Loew syn. n. is a synonym and establishes the distribution of E. pandora as North Africa, the Levant and southern Balkans. A key is provided for the identification of E. pandora and similar species from Europe and the Mediterranean Basin (viz., E. bowdeni Sanchez-Terrón, E. capucina (Fabricius), E. cleomene Egger, E. italica (Rossi), E. jacchus (Fabricius)) and their distributions are clarified.
Systematic revision of the genera Chalinus Konow, 1897 and Mocsarya Konow, 1897 (Hymenoptera: Orussidae)
Authors: Vilhelmsen Lars
Published: July 2010

The genera Chalinus Konow and Mocsarya Konow are revised. Eight species are recognised in Chalinus: C. berlandi Guiglia, C. braunsi (Enslin), C. haugi du Buysson, C. imperialis (Westwood), C. orientalis Guiglia, C. purpureiventris Cameron, C. somalicus Guiglia, C. timnaensis Kraus. Chalinus balianii Guiglia is proposed as a new synonym of C. berlandi Guiglia, C. schulthessi Guiglia as a new synonym of C. braunsi (Enslin), and the synonymy of C. congoensis Guiglia with C. imperialis (Westwood) is reestablished. Two species are recognised in Mocsarya: M. metallica (Mocsáry); M. syriaca Benson. Two nominal species, Oryssus oberthueri Saussure and Oryssus plumicornis Guérin-Menneville are treated as species inquirendae in Chalinus. Keys, redescriptions and distribution maps are provided for all recognised species.
Silky lacewings (Neuroptera: Psychopsidae) from the Eocene-Paleocene transition of Denmark with a review of the fossil record and comments on phylogeny and zoogeography
Authors: Andersen Stig
Published: July 2010

Thirty-four fossil insect wings from the Fur Formation of Denmark (Eocene-Paleocene transition) are recognised as neuropteran forewings standing close to extant Psychopsidae (silky lacewings). This affinity is based primarily on their possession of a vena triplica in the forewing. A new genus, Palaeopsychops gen. n. and four new species, P. latifasciatus sp. n. (type species), P. abruptus sp. n., P. angustifasciatus sp. n. and P. maculatus sp. n. are described. Palaeopsychops is identified mainly by the shape of vena triplica and costal space and by the venation of radial space. The new genus appears most closely related to some fossil species of the North American Eocene, while it appears only remotely related to the psychopsid genus Propsychopsis Krüger described from Baltic amber (European Eocene). The different species of Palaeopsychops are separated on relatively minor differences in wing venation and pigmentation. The entire fossil record of psychopsid-like Neuroptera are reviewed and issues of phylogeny and zoogeography are discussed. A total of 5 extant and 21 fossil genera are recognised in the Psychopsidae lineage based on an extended vena triplica definition. The lineage goes back at least to the Upper Triassic. An attempt is made to gather the psychopsid genera into larger natural entities. Extant Psychopsidae are restricted to S. Africa, Australia and SE. Asia. It is suggested that the present relictual distribution is mainly caused by extinction events.
Monophyly, composition, and relationships within Saturniinae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): Evidence from two nuclear genes
Authors: Friedlander Timothy P. , Peigler Richard S. , Regier Jerome C. , Mitter Charles
Published: July 2010

The approximately 1500 species of Saturniidae or wild silk moths, which include some of the largest of all lepidopterans, have provided important model systems for studies of ecology, developmental genetics, and behavior. Such studies would benefit from a robust comparative framework, but there has been little phylogenetic analysis of this family. To address this, we use nuclear gene sequences to test hypotheses about the monophyly and internal relationships of the large and geographically widespread subfamily Saturniinae (63 genera, 644 spp.). Extending our previous examination of the genera of Attacini, we analyze coding sequence from elongation factor-1α (1240 nt) and dopa decarboxylase (typically 1051 nt) in 64 species representing four of five tribes in Saturniinae, 11 of 16 genera in Saturniini, and outgroups in Saturniidae and other bombycoids. The results support a recent postulate that Saturniinae, largely Oriental and Palearctic in distribution, should include the African Micragonini. The alternative that Micragonini or some subgroup thereof constitute its own subfamily (previously called Ludiinae) is shown to result in a paraphyletic Saturniinae. Micragonini group strongly with the tribe Bunaeini, also African. Monophyly for Saturniinae, including Micragonini, is strongly supported, as is a basal split between Attacini + Saturniini and Bunaeini + Micragonini. As a consequence, a postulated affinity to the African tribes of two Madagascan endemic Saturniini, thus rendering Saturniini paraphyletic, is rejected. However, there is no strong evidence either way on monophyly of Saturniini versus paraphyly with respect to the clearly monophyletic Attacini (atlas moths and relatives). This result reflects generally weak resolution of deeper divergences in Saturnini. Several lower-level groupings within Saturniini are strongly corroborated, including the tailed-hindwinged 'moon moths' (Argema, Actias, Graellsia) that specialize on resinous hostplants, and Saturnia sensu lato, a consolidation of eight small, former genera.
The limits of the family Evaniidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) and a new genus from Lebanese Amberamber
Authors: Basibuyuk Hasan H. , Fitton Mike G. , Rasnitsyn Alexandr P. , Quicke Donald L.J.
Published: July 2010

The definition of the family Evaniidae is revised and Cretevaniidae are synonymised with Evaniidae based on evidence derived from recently described Mesozoic taxa and a new genus and species, Lebanevania azari, described here from Lebanese amber. A fore leg with a long trochanter and a 12-segmented antenna are autapomorphies of the new genus. A large, high and wide head and a high and short mesosoma are derived characters shared with other Evaniidae. The new genus also has complete fore wing venation and lacks a tubular petiole, which are ground plan features of the Evanioidea. A cladistic analysis of fossil and extant members of the superfamily Evanioidea and notes on fossil taxa are presented.
A revision of the wasp genus Dohchurus Latreille, 1809 in Australia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Ampulicidae)
Authors: Ohl Michael
Published: July 2010

The Australian species of Dolichurus Latreille are revised. The revision includes a key to species, diagnoses, descriptions, illustrations of important characters, and distribution maps. Four species are recognised, three of which are new: D. ]astos sp. n., D. carbonarius, D. crenatus sp. n., and D. yungaburra sp. n. Relationships among Australian Dolichurus and extralimital species are briefly discussed.
A systematic revision of the plantbug genus Kirkaldyella Poppius (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae: Austromirini)
Authors: Moulds Timothy , Cassis Gerasimos
Published: July 2010

The genus Kirkaldyella is revised and thirteen species are described, twelve of which are new: K. adunca, K. anasillosi, K. argoantyx, K. boweri, K. carotarhani, K. mcalpinei, K. mcmillani, K. ngarkati, K. notaurantia, K. ortholata, K. pilosa and K. schuhi. The type species, K. rugosa Poppius is redescribed and illustrated. The biology and host associations of the species are discussed. A cladistic analysis of the species is given with all the relationships fully resolved, aside from the most terminal clade (K. notaurantia + K. schuhi + K. rugosa). The analysis is based primarily on characters of the male genitalia.
Cladistic analysis of the genus Dichaetophora Duda (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and a revised classification
Authors: Toda Masanori J. , Hu Yao-Guang
Published: July 2010

Phylogenetic relationships among the genus Dichaetophora, the genus Nesiodrosophila and the Lordiphosa tenuicauda species-group and some possibly related genera of Drosophilinae were analyzed in this study using 30 morphological characters derived from 34 species. It is concluded that the three taxa constitute a monophyletic group, within which three monophyletic groups are recognized: Dichaetophora + Nesiodrosophila comprise a monophyletic group, while the L. tenuicauda group is divided into two monophyletic groups. This clade is revised as the genus Dichaetophora, with its three constituent monophyletic groups treated as new specis-groups: the agbo, the tenuicauda and the acutissima groups. Nesiodrosophila becomes a junior synonym. A key to the species-groups is provided.
The Fanniidae (Diptera) described by J. W. Zetterstedt
Authors: Pont Adrian C.
Published: July 2010

The twenty names described by Zetterstedt in the Fanniidae are revised, and lectotypes designated where appropriate. Four new synonyms are proposed: Fannia armata (Meigen, 1826) (syn: albinervis Zetterstedt, 1845; glaucescens Zetterstedt, 1845), Fannia canicularis (Linnaeus, 1761) (syn: impura Zetterstedt, 1838), and Piezura graminicola (Zetterstedt, 1846) (syn: boletorum Rondani, 1866). As a result, two names are raised from synonymy: Fannia lucidula (Zetterstedt, 1860) (for glaucescens of authors [misidentifications]), and Piezura pardalina Rondani, 1866 (for graminicola of authors [misidentifications]).
Heliconandria, a new genus of aleocharine staphylinid beetle from Ecuador and Peru (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Authors: Hanley Rodney S.
Published: July 2010

The aleocharine staphylinid genus Heliconandria, new genus, is proposed and diagnosed based on external structural features, especially those of the mouthparts, and male and female genitalia. Three new species are also described, H. wettersteniana, gynochela, and H. peoechma, with a key to differentiate them and numerous illustrations of diagnostic features presented.
A phylogenetic revision of Calydna and relatives (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)
Authors: Hall Jason P.W.
Published: July 2010

A phylogenetic revision of the Neotropical riodinid genus Calydna Doubleday and relatives is presented. A phylogenetic analysis for all twenty species of Calydna using thirty-eight characters of adult morphology generated four most parsimonious cladograms. Calydna is characterised to contain eighteen species, divided here into three monophyletic species groups with the relationship caieta group + (thersander group + hiria group). A new genus Echydna Hall gen. n. is described for the most basal clade, containing chaseba Hewitson and punctata C. & R. Felder, which are transferred from Calydna (combs. n.). The taxonomy, morphology, biogeography and biology of both genera are discussed, locality data is listed and mapped, and the adults and male and female genitalia are illustrated for all species. Concealed male abdominal androconial scales, which phylogenetically unite the thersander and hiria groups, are reported for the first time outside of the tribes Symmachiini and Nymphidiini. Two new species are described, Calydna jeannea sp. n. and Calydna nicolayi sp. n., and the replacement name fissilisima is provided for the unavailable name fissilis Stichel; maculosa Bates is transferred from Calydna to Callistium Stichel (comb. n.).
The Trepobatinae (Gerridae) of New Guinea and surrounding regions, with a review of the world fauna. Part 6. Phylogeny, biogeography, world checklist, bibliography and final taxonomic addenda
Authors: Polhemus Dan A. , Polhemus John T.
Published: July 2010

The small waterstriders of the subfamily Trepobatinae have radiated extensively on New Guinea and surrounding archipelagos. The present contribution is the sixth in a series of reports dealing with this endemic fauna, and presents a cladistic analysis at the generic level for the subfamily, a biogeographic analysis, a world checklist, a complete bibliography, and final taxonomic addenda. The taxonomic appendix contains new distributional records for Stygiobates mubi Polhemus & Polhemus, and descriptions of the following new taxa: the new genus Talaudia to hold the previously described Andersenella nilsi Chen & Nieser from the Talaud Archipelago; Metrobatoides bifurcatus sp. n. from northern central Irian Jaya; and Iobates ivimka sp. n. from southern Papua New Guinea. The current cladistic analysis supports the previously proposed tribal classification, with the Metrobatini, Trepobatini, Naboandelini, and Stenobatini all resolved as discrete monophyletic groups. Our cladistic and biogeographic analyses also suggest that the current distribution of trepobatine genera in the New Guinea region has been strongly influenced by past tectonic events, most notably the accretion of island arc terranes derived from the Solomons and Halmahera arc systems. This has led to distinct areas of freshwater and marine endemism among the Metrobatini and Stenobatini in the areas surrounding Halmahera, the Vogelkop Peninsula, and northeastern New Guinea plus nearby islands. By contrast, the distribution of Naboandelini in the New Guinea region suggests a vicariance pattern with Australia across the Torres Strait.
Distribution patterns and taxonomy of some legume-feeding psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) and their hosts from the Iberian Peninsula, Morocco and Macaronesia
Authors: Percy Diana M.
Published: July 2010

Distribution patterns between continental and continental-island sister taxa are compared for some legume-feeding psyllids (Arytaininae, Psylloidea) and their host plants (Genisteae, Leguminosae). The host plant genera Adenocarpus, Chamaecytisus, Retama and Teline are characterized by distribution disjunctions, which sometimes match the disjunctions in the associated psyllids. Sister taxa pairs of Retama- and Teline-feeding psyllids from the continent and Macaronesian islands exhibit a similar geographic disjunction as their host plants, but this pattern is not found in Adenocarpus- or Chamaecytisus-feeding psyllids and their hosts. In addition, three closely related continental psyllids reflect the distribution of their Adenocarpus hosts in the montane regions of Morocco and Andalusia, but are not related to other Adenocarpus-feeding species. These examples suggest that among the Genisteae-feeding psyllids, shared distribution patterns with their hosts are localized rather than characteristic of the group as a whole. Six new species of psyllid, which feed on legume shrubs in the Genisteae, and are endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco, are described and illustrated. These species are in two taxonomically complex arytainine genera, Arytainilla and Livilla. Immature stages provide additional morphological characters useful for resolving taxonomic relationships within the Arytaininae, and the 5th instar nymphs of several species are described and illustrated. Genistoid-feeding psyllids are not known from all genera in the Genisteae but this may be due to incomplete sampling of rarer genistoid legumes. The majority of psyllids newly described here are narrow range endemics in either Andalusia or Morocco; one species occurs in both Andalusia and Morocco, and one species is more widespread in the Iberian Peninsula.
Revision of the Neotropical genus Syntomoneurum Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
Authors: Wheeler Terry A. , Brooks Scott E.
Published: July 2010

The Neotropical genus Syntomoneurum Becker is revised. The genus is defined within the subfamily Dolichopodinae on the basis of the possession of a strong basiventral seta on the fore femur, a single notopleural seta, and very reduced pulvilli on the midleg and hindleg in both sexes. Males also possess a cluster of 2-3 strong setae on both the fore femur and mid coxa. One new species, Syntomoneurum giganteum Brooks is described and the three previously known species (S. alatum Becker, S. anale Parent, S. beckeri Parent) are redescribed. A lectotype is designated for S. alatum. A key to the species is provided. Evidence supporting the placement of Syntomoneurum in the subfamily Dolichopodinae near Tachytrechus Haliday is discussed.