bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Revision of the panteli-group of Phyllodromica in Spain and Morocco (Blattaria: Blattellidae: Ectobiinae)
Authors: Bohn Horst
Published: July 2010

Bohn, H.: Revision of the panteli-group of Phyllodromica in Spain and Morocco (Blattaria: Blattellidae: Ectobiinae). Ent. scand. 24: 49-72. Copenhagen, Denmark. April 1993. ISSN 0013-8711. The species of the panteli-group are characterized by lobiform wings in both sexes and very specialized glands on tergite 7 in the males consisting of two pairs of long tubular pouches. The five or six species are distributed in southern Spain (P. panteli (Bolívar), P. coniformis sp. n., P. ignabolivari sp. n.) and northern Morocco (P. Janeri (Bolívar), P. vignai (Failla & Messina), P. sp. B). The distribution pattern suggests a colonization of Morocco from Spain across the Strait of Gibraltar. The characteristics of the panteli-group are reported, the relationship with other groups is discussed, all species are described and depicted, and keys for the identification of males and females are presented.
A revision of the Agabus chalconatus- and erichsoni-groups (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), with a proposed phylogeny
Authors: Nilsson Anders N. , Fery Hans
Published: July 2010

Fery, H. & Nilsson, A. N.: A revision of the Agabus chalconatus- and erichsoni-groups (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), with a proposed phylogeny. Ent. scand. 24: 79-108. Copenhagen, Denmark. April 1993. ISSN 0013-8711. The Holarctic chalconatus- and erichsoni-groups, with 19 and three species respectively, are revised. The following seven new species are described: Agabus balkei from Siberia, Agabus jaechi from Turkey, Agabus larsoni from Canada, Agabus lenkoranensis from Azerbaijan, Agabus pederzanii from Italy, Agabus samokovi from Bulgaria, and Agabus wewalkai from Turkey. Lectotypes are designated for the following nominal species: Dytiscus chalconatus Panzer, 1796, Dytiscus nigroaeneus Marsham, 1802, Colymbetes montanus Stephens, 1828, Agabus neglectus Erichson, 1837, Agabus subtilis Erichson, 1837, Agabus gagates Aubé, 1838, Agabus altaicus Gebler, 1848, Agabus erichsoni Gemminger & Harold, 1868, Gaurodytes lutosus Crotch, 1873, Agabus fuscoaenescens Régimbart, 1877, Agabus aenescens Poppius, 1905, Agabus satunini Zaitzev, 1913, and Agabus melanocornis Zimmermann, 1915. The following new synonyms are established: Agabus altaicus Gebler, 1848 = Agabus subtilis Erichson, 1837; Agabus melanocornis Zimmermann, 1915 = Colymbetes montanus Stephens, 1828; Gaurodytes bulgaricus Csiki, 1943 = Dytiscus conspersus Marsham, 1802; Agabus skiathos Hinterseher, 1981 = Agabus pseudoneglectus Franciscolo, 1972; and Agabus maestroae Fresneda & Hernando, 1987 = Agabus albarracinensis Fery, 1986. Agabus aenescens Poppius, 1905, and A. satunini Zaitzev, 1913, are recognized as valid species (sp. rev.). The chalconatus-group is divided into four subgroups and the phylogeny of the group is reconstructed. The relationships of the chalconatus- and erichsoni-groups with other Agabus species-groups and with Ilybius Erichson are discussed.
The Trepobatinae (Heteroptera: Gerridae) of New Guinea and surrounding regions, with a review of the world fauna. Part 1. Tribe Metrobatini
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 first in a series of reports dealing with this endemic fauna, and presents a revised tribal level classification for the Trepobatinae, with the following new tribes proposed: Metrobatini, type genus Metrobates Uhler; Naboandelini, type genus Naboandelus Distant; Stenobatini, type genus Stenobates Esaki; Trepobatini, type genus Trepobates Uhler. A key to the tribes is provided, followed by a taxonomic treatment of the new tribe Metrobatini and its constituent genera. The following new taxa are proposed within Metrobatini: Andersenella gen. n., monobasic, type species Andersenella binotata sp. n.; Metrobatoides gen. n., monobasic, type species Metrobatoides genitalis sp. n.; Ciliometra gen. n., including type species Ciliometra kiunga sp. n., plus Ciliometra femorata sp. n. and Ciliometra sepik sp. n.; Iobates gen. n., including type species Metrobatopsis affinis Esaki (as Iobates affinis, comb. n.), plus Iobates salaw ati sp. n. and Iobates somare sp. n.; Stygiobates gen. n., including type species Stygiobates iriana sp. n., plus Stygiobates morotai sp. n.; Metrobatopsis insularis sp. n., Metrobatopsis mussau sp. n., Metrobatopsis lannae sp. n. and Metrobatopsis browni sp. n. in the previously described genus Metrobatopsis Esaki. The genus Metrobatopsis and previously included species Metrobatopsis flavonotatus Esaki and Metrobatopsis solomonensis Hungerford & Matsuda are redescribed. Habitat and distributional notes are given for all the above taxa, accompanied by figures of key characters and distribution maps.
Larval systematics of North American Cycloneda Crotch (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Authors: Gordon Robert D. , Vandenberg Natalia
Published: July 2010

Fourth instar larvae of the three North American species of Cycloneda Crotch, C. sanguinea (L.), C. munda (Say), and C. polita Casey are described, keyed, illustrated, and compared with the congeneric South American C. ancoralis Mulsant and with examples from other New World coccinelline genera.
The genus Macrocerca Hanitsch with descriptions of new species (Blattaria, Blattidae: Macrocercinae, subfam. n.)
Authors: Roth Louis M.
Published: July 2010

Two known species of the blattid genus Macrocerca Hanitsch are redescribed, and 7 new species from New Guinea are described. A key is provided to distinguish the adults. The genus, previously in the Blattellidae, is placed in the Blattidae: Macrocercinae (subfam. n.), between the Blattinae and Polyzosteriinae.
Revision of the genus Melanolestes StÅl (Heteroptera: Reduviidae, Peiratinae)
Authors: Coscaron MARIA DEL CARMEN , Carpintero Diego L.
Published: July 2010

Melanolestes is a Nearctic and Neotropical genus of predatory reduviid bugs. It is revised and a diagnosis is given. The species up to date includes: M. argentinus Berg, M. degener Walker, M. morio Erichson, M picicornis StÅl, M. picinus StÅl and M. picipes (Herrich-Schaeffer) and all are redescribed. Three new species, M. goiasensis, M. lugens and M. minutus, are described. A key is presented and the main taxonomic characters (head, pronotum, scutellum, male and female genitalia) are illustrated. Distribution maps and a table with measurements and ratios are included.
The phylogeny of the Tipula (Acutipula) maxima species group, with notes on its distribution (Diptera: Tipulidae)
Authors: De Jong Herman
Published: July 2010

The phylogeny of the Circum-Mediterranean Tipula (Acutipula) maxima species group (Diptera, Tipulidae) is analysed on the basis of 35 morphological characters. Including T. (A.) luctuosa Mannheims, the group comprises 18 species. The subspecies T. (A.) maxima balcanica Vermoolen and T. (A.) transcaucasica latifurca Vermoolen are raised to species rank. The subspecies T. (A.) maxima pseudogigantea Strobl is no longer recognized as a valid taxon. The females of the species T. (A.) cretensis Vermoolen and T. (A.) cypriensis Vermoolen are described for the first time and details of their terminalia are illustrated. A key to the species of the maxima group is presented and their distribution is briefly discussed.
Limnophyes Eaton from China, with the description of five new species (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Xinhua Wang  , Sæther Ole A.
Published: July 2010

Limnophyes palleocestus sp. n., L. verpus sp. n. and L. bullus sp. n. are described as male and female imago; L. orbicristatus sp. n., and L. opimus sp. n. as male imago. The new species all belong in the minimus group. L. orbicristatus occurs in the Oriental region, L. opimus in the Palaearctic region, while the other species are present in both regions with L. verpus recorded also from North Korea. New records are given for L. asquamatus Andersen, L. brachytomus (Kieffer), L. minimus (Meigen) (with a new record from Burma), and L. difficilis Brundin.
The Bombycoidea: Phylogeny and higher classification (Lepidoptera: Glossata)
Authors: Minet Joel
Published: July 2010

This paper is chiefly aimed at reassessing the limits of four bombycoid families, namely the Eupterotidae, Saturniidae, Lemoniidae, and Brahmaeidae. An incompletely resolved cladogram is proposed for the whole 'bombycoid complex' (Mimallonoidea + Lasiocampoidea + Bombycoidea). Within the Bombycoidea, the primary dichotomy is considered to lie between the Eupterotidae + Bombycidae s.lat. + Endromidae + Mirinidae + Saturniidae, and the Carthaeidae + Lemoniidae + Brahmaeidae + Sphingidae. Sharing at least nine synapomorphies, the Lemoniidae and Brahmaeidae are regarded as reliable sister groups, and the Lemoniidae + Brahmaeidae are proposed as a sister group to the Sphingidae. Another newly proposed clade groups together the Endromidae, Mirinidae and Saturniidae. At family level, the Hibrildidae are synonymized with the Eupterotidae (syn. n.), for which the most significant autapomorphy lies in a previously unnoticed particularity of the female hind leg (distitarsus typically provided with a midventral row of spines). Sexual dimorphism in leg structure also leads to a redefinition of the Saturniidae, a family which must include, with subfamily rank (stat. rev.), the 'Oxytenidae' and 'Cercophanidae' of modern authors. A pair of distal, tooth-like structures on the fourth tarsomere of the female fore leg can thus be ascribed to the ground plan of the Saturniidae, along with a few other convincing autapomorphies. On the other hand, the 'Apatelodidae' are only tentatively placed in the 'Bombycidae sensu lato', a group provisionally resurrected insofar as the Apatelodidae sensu auct. prove to be diphyletic. As a matter of fact, the 'apatelodid' subfamily Epiinae is synonymized with the Bombycinae (syn. n.) in consideration of a rather large number of synapomorphies. When more extensively studied, the morphology of the eighth sternum of the male abdomen might lead to a slightly different, more restricted, concept of the Bombycidae (Le. excluding 'true' Apatelodidae). Often regarded as incertae sedis, the African genera Sabalia Walker and Spiramiopsis Hampson are definitely assigned to the Lemoniidae and Brahmaeidae respectively. Autapomorphies of these two families are recorded and discussed, as are those found to characterize the Sphingidae. Three subfamilies are tentatively recognized within the latter (Smerinthinae stat. rev., Sphinginae, Macroglossinae), five within the Eupterotidae (Hibrildinae, Tissanginae, Janinae, Panacelinae, Eupterotinae), and four within the Bombycidae s.lat. (Apatelodinae, Phiditiinae subfam. n., Prismostictinae [= Oberthueriinae, syn. rev.], Bombycinae). Three of these subfamilies are considered in a new sense, viz. the Panacelinae, Apatelodinae, and Bombycinae. Although the phylogeny of the Saturniidae is not fully taken into account in the present study, the composition of three saturniid subfamilies is critically examined (Oxyteninae, Cercophaninae, Ludiinae), and the Oxyteninae are viewed as the most 'primitive' member of the family.
Revision of the Hydroporus nigellus complex (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) inciuding multivariate species separation
Authors: Nilsson Anders N.
Published: July 2010

The six species assigned to the Holarctic nigellus complex of Hydroporus Clairville are revised, and a key is given to the separation of males. Species limits were studied biometrically, chiefly using body length, penis length and male protarsal width. Principal components analysis was used to combine size variables taken from samples throughout species ranges. The two Holarctic species H. geniculatus Thomson, 1854, and H. nigellus Mannerheim, 1853, are separated on tarsal width, with H. nigellus being circumboreal and H. geniculatus confined to NW Europe and NW North America. Of the four other species H. semenowi Jakowlew, 1897, is Palearctic, and H. despectus Sharp, 1882, H. tartaricus LeConte, 1850, and H. tenebrosus LeConte, 1850, are Nearctic. Lectotypes are designated for the following nominal species: Hydrocoptus obscuripes Motschulsky, 1860, Hydroporus caminarius Motschulsky, 1860, Hydroporus despectus Sharp, 1882, Hydroporus eugeniae Zaitzev, 1909, Hydroporus lugubris Motschulsky, 1845, Hydroporus melancholicus Motschulsky, 1860, Hydroporus opacus Wehncke, 1871, Hydroporus pyrenaeus Wehncke, 1871, Hydroporus rusticus Sharp, 1882, Hydroporus semenowi Jakowlew, 1897, and Hydroporus tartaricus LeConte, 1850. The following new synonymies are established: Hydroporus longitarsis J. Sahlberg, 1910, and Hydroporus afflatus Scholz, 1917 = Hydroporus semenowi Jakowlew, 1897; Hydrocoptus obscuripes Motschulsky, 1860, Hydroporus pyrenaeus Wehncke, 1871, Hydroporus bungei Zaitzev, 1910, and Hydroporus tungus Zaitzev, 1910 = Hydroporus nigellus Mannerheim, 1853; Hydroporus eugeniae Zaitzev, 1909 = Hydroporus elongatulus Sturm, 1835.
Phylogenetic relationships and classification of ectatommine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Authors: Lattke John E.
Published: July 2010

The phylogenetic relationships between the genera of ants considered until now as ectatommines are investigated using cladistic methods. They are found polyphyletic and a new arrangement is proposed. Paraponerini is reinstated for Paraponera; Proceratiini is reinstated for Proceratium and Discothyrea. The tribe Ectatommini is reduced to the following genera: Ectatomma, Rhytidoponera, Gnamptogenys, Heteroponera and Acanthoponera. Aulacoponeis placed in an informal genus group. Most fossils though to be ectatommines can not be reliably determined as such and probably belong to other formicid groups. Palaeogeography coupled with the present distribution of the taxa supports an origin of Ectatommini sometime about the early Oligocene.
Pyralidae of Aldabra Atoll 2. Epipaschiinae: Lepipaschia gen. n., with a new species from Aldabra and another from Burkina Faso, West Africa
Authors: Alma Solis M. , Shaffer Jay C.
Published: July 2010

Lepipaschia gen. n. is comprised of two new species, L. inornata, the type species, described from Aldabra Atoll in the western Indian Ocean and recorded from Madagascar, and L. limbata described from Burkina Faso, West Africa. Illustrations of adults, wing venation, male antennae, heads, genitalia of both sexes, and the male eighth abdominal segment are included for both species.
Revision of the genus Laranda Walker (Orthoptera, Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) with notes on its distribution and biology
Authors: Desutter-Grandcolas Laure
Published: July 2010

Five species of crickets were up to now included in the Neotropical genus Laranda Walker, 1869. Three of these species (L. aptera Chopard, L. marmorata Redtenbacher and L. annulata Bolivar) are removed from the genus. The two remaining species are solely known from the female holotypes. Laranda is redefined on the basis of both sexes, its monophyly is established and its phylogenetic relationships discussed. Four new species (L. major, L. meridionalis, L. castanea and L. singularis) are described. The distribution of the species suggests that Laranda is an endemic element of the Atlantic forest zone of Brazil. Field observations indicate that species of Laranda are nocturnal and cavicolous; they could be more specifically attracted to dead trees or branches.
Description and immature stages of Hirtodrosophila batracida sp. n. (Diptera: Drosophilidae), a predator of frog embryos
Authors: Grimaldi David
Published: July 2010

The unique biology of a drosophilid whose larvae are predators of the Central American glass frog, Centrolenella fleischmanni (Boettger), was presented in detail by Villa. Here, the correct assignment of the species is made to the genus Hirtodrosophila Duda (previously identified as a species of Zygothrica Wiedemann), the species is described, and fine morphological features of the larvae are described. The species is described from specimens from Nicaragua, although there are other unconfirmed records from throughout Central America. Relationships of H. batracida, n.sp. with several other species in the genus are briefly discussed. Hirtodrosophila are only known to be mycophagous; the only conceivable host shift was from fungi to frog's eggs.
Revision of C. G. Thomson's nominal species of Aylacini (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
Authors: Nieves-Aldrey J.L.
Published: July 2010

The 13 nominal species described by C. G. Thomson in Aulax Hartig (= Aylax Hartig) in 1877 are reviewed and lectotypes designated. Redescriptions are given of four of the six currently valid species. Timaspis luteipes (Thomson) and T. pilicornis (Thomson) are new combinations. The following new synonymies are proposed: Aulax artemisiae Thomson, A. crassinervis Thomson and A. foveigera Thomson = Aulacidea hieracii (Bouché, 1834); Aulax punctipleuris Thomson = Phanacis centaureae Förster, 1860; Timaspis papaveris Kieffer in Goury & Gignon, 1905 = Timaspis luteipes (Thomson); Aulax abbreviatus Thomson and A. foveicollis Thomson = Xestophanes potentillae (Retzius in De Geer, 1873); Aulax rugiscuta Thomson = Andricus quercusradicis (Fabricius, 1798).
Taxonomy and biology of two related species of gall-making sawflies from the Pontania viminalis-group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
Authors: Zinovjev A.G.
Published: July 2010

The gall-making sawfly, Pontania (Eupontania) aestiva (Thomson, 1862) (= P. norvegica Kopelke, 1991, ?P. varia Kopelke, 1991) is treated as a valid species. The lectotype of Nematus aestivus Thomson, 1862 is redescribed. Pontania aestiva produces leaf-galls on Salix myrsinifolia (= nigricans, borealis) in Northern Europe and probably in the mountains of Central Europe. Populations of this species from the British Isles are considered as a separate subspecies, P. aestiva harrisoni Benson, 1940. Galls found on Salix purpurea x viminalis and S. purpurea in Northern England and Southern Scotland have an unusual shape, which probably is correlated with development on a subsidiary host plant. Similar host induced differences have been shown for P. viminalis (Linnaeus, 1758), which has normal galls on Salix purpurea, but abnormal galls on Salix babylonica reared under laboratory conditions. Morphological differences of adults are described to differentiate the sawfly species.
Revision of the European Helicopsyche (Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae)
Authors: Johanson Kjell Arne
Published: July 2010

All nominal species of European Helicopsyche are critically assessed. A neotype for H. shuttleworthi Siebold, 1856, the type species of Helicopsyche, is designated which fixes the name as a valid senior synonym of H. revelieri McLachlan, 1884 and H. corsica Vaillant, 1953. The senior synonym Helicopsyche helicifex (Allen, 1857) is suggested to replace H. sericea Hagen, 1864 and H. lusitanica McLachlan, 1884, and the senior synonym Helicopsyche crispata (Benoit, 1857) to replace H. agglutinans (Tassinari, 1858) and H. sperata McLachlan, 1876. Helicopsyche fannii Rougemont, 1879 is a nomen nudum. The females of Helicopsyche helicifex and H. megalochari Malicky, 1974 are described for the first time. The first keys to males and females of the European Helicopsyche are presented.
The Sigmocheirini, a xystodesmid milliped tribe in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, U.S.A. (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)
Authors: Shelley Rowland M.
Published: July 2010

The xystodesmid milliped tribe Sigmocheirini occupies a band along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and eastern fringe of the San Joaquin Valley from Placer to Kern counties, California. It is comprised of two genera, Sigmocheir Chamberlin, with three species occurring from Placer to Tulare counties, and the monotypic Ochthocelata gen. n., the sole component, O. adynata sp. n., occurring in northern Kern County. The species of Sigmocheir display a distinctive, trimaculate pigmentation pattern with yellow middorsal and paranotal spots; the coloration of O. adynata is unknown. Sigmocheir calaveras Chamberlin is a senior name for S. dohenyi Chamberlin, the spelling of which was subsequently corrected to danehyi and assigned to the new genus, Tuolumnia, a synonym of Sigmocheir. Sigmocheir furcata sp. n. is proposed for forms from the northern generic range. The southernmost species is S. maculifer (Chamberlin), comb. n., transferred from Harpaphe Cook. The Sigmocheirini are related to the sympatric tribe Xystocheirini; relationships within Sigmocheir are hypothesized as maculifer + (calaveras + furcata).
A phylogenetic analysis of the subfamilies of Anyphaenidae (Arachnida, Araneae)
Authors: Ramírez Martin J.
Published: July 2010

Anyphaenidae are diagnosed by the pattern of tracheal system, the forwardly advanced tracheal spiracle, and the lamelliform claw tuft setae. Cladistic analyses of the relationships of the anyphaenid genera are made from a selection of 9 exemplar taxa scored for 20 characters. In result, three subfamilies are proposed. Malenellinae subfam. n. is erected for Malenella nana gen. & sp. n. from southern Chile. This subfamily is considered as the sister group of all other anyphaenids. Anyphaeninae and Amaurobioidinae form a monophyletic group united by the orientation of the claw tuft setae and the grooved cymbial tip. Anyphaeninae are diagnosed by three characters associated with the advancement of the spiracle toward the epigastric furrow. Amaurobioidinae are diagnosed by the ingression of the median hematodocha in the male tegulum, and a characteristic secondary conductor. The relationships among the genera of Amaurobioidinae are discussed. The complex tracheal system of anyphaenids develops, during ontogeny, from a simple four-branched system. The genera Aysenia (from Clubionidae), Philisca (from Miturgidae) and Sanogasta (from Corinnidae) are transferred to Anyphaenidae: Amaurobioidinae.
Larval morphology of Systolosoma Solier and Trachypachus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Trachypachidae) with phylogenetic considerations
Authors: Beutel R.G. , Arndt E.
Published: July 2010

Larvae of Trachypachus Motschulsky and both species of Systolosoma Solier are described. External and internal features are interpreted phylogenetically. A sistergroup relationship between the genera Systolosoma and Trachypachus is supported by the results of the study. Larval autapomorphies of the Trachypachidae are the presence of a ventral sensorial field on antennomere III which replaces the lateral appendage, the presence of additional apical setae on maxillary palpomere III, and short and horn-shaped urogomphi. Autapomorphies of Systolosoma are the presence of a large sensorial area on antennomere IV, the kidney-shaped, convex sensorial field on antennomere III, the increased number of additional setae on maxillary palpomere III, the high degree of reduction of the urogomphi, the reduced primary setae LA7 (ligular region of prementum) and UR9 (apex of urogomphi), and fused sternal sclerites. A possible autapomorphy of Trachypachus is the presence of two sensorial areas on the dilated apical part of the distal maxillary palpomere. The sistergroup relationship between Trachypachidae and Dytiscoidea is strongly supported by the presence of caudal tentorial arms in larvae of both trachypachid genera. 1st instar larvae of Systolosoma lateritium are fully as large as 2nd instar larvae of S. breve. This, in combination with a similar size of the adults, suggests that the number of larval instars has been reduced in S. lateritium.
Homology and phylogenetic implications of male genitalia in Diptera - Eremoneura
Authors: Monty Wood D. , Sinclair Bradley J. , Cumming Jeffrey M.
Published: July 2010

Homologies of male genitalic structures in the Eremoneura (Empidoidea + Cyclorrhapha) are examined and implications for the phylogenetic relationships of the included families are discussed in light of other characters. A revised epandrial hypothesis for the evolution of male genitalia within the Eremoneura is presented, based on comparison of male genitalic features throughout the Brachycera, and a periandrial hypothesis is rejected. Ground plan modifications of the genitalia of Eremoneura include complete sclerotization of the subepandrial membrane along its length to form a subepandrial sclerite, formation of bacilliform sclerites, loss of the lateral ejaculatory processes of the sperm pump, development of a deeply emarginate epandrium, and fusion of the hypandrium with the gonocoxites. Ground plan apomorphies of the Cyclorrhapha, including Opetiidae, consist of a sperm pump separated from the base of the phallus, circumversion of the genitalia, loss of the gonocoxal apodemes, and development of surstyli. The ground plan of the Empidoidea is characterized by the apomorphic loss of gonostyli, and the development of a sperm pump with a lever-like ejaculatory apodeme. Surstyli have developed independently in several lineages of Empidoidea, parallel to their development in Cyclorrhapha, as have losses of the gonocoxal apodemes. The above characters support the monophyly of the Eremoneura and also indicate that the Empidoidea and Cyclorrhapha are sister groups, as opposed to alternative hypotheses that suggest the Empidoidea is paraphyletic with respect to the Cyclorrhapha. The monophyly of Cyclorrhapha, exclusive of Opetiidae, is supported by the presence of a phallapodeme. The Lonchopteridae and Phoroidea are united partially on the basis of a similar reduction of pregenital sclerites in the male. The Phoroidea is characterized by the apomorphic loss of gonostyli and abdominal spiracle 7 in the male. The Syrphoidea and Schizophora are hypothesized to share a synapomorphic lever-like phallapodeme. The Syrphoidea is characterized by a right-side deflexion of the hypopygium, whereas the Schizophora possess gonostyli that are adducted against the hypandrium, and circumversion that is completed entirely within the puparium.
Revision of the Afrotropical-Oriental Rhantus rugulosus-clade (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Authors: Balke Michael
Published: July 2010

Rhantus rugulosus Régimbart, 1899, R. rohani Peschet, 1924, R. colymbitoides Gschwendtner, 1932 and R. tigris sp. n. form a monophyletic group, here referred to as the R. rugulosus-clade. The ground pattern of this group is discussed, and the species are briefly described. R. rugulosus + R. tigris is the sister group of R. rohani + R. colymbitoides. The former is Oriental, the latter Afrotropical. The extant distribution range of the R. rugulosus-clade, i.e., a disjunct range with species occurring either in the Oriental or the Afrotropical region, is explained by Miocene dispersal and late Cenozoic vicariance events.
Taxonomic revision of the Oriental species of Dicranopselaphus Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Psephenidae: Eubriinae)
Authors: Yang Ping-Shih , Lee Chi-Feng
Published: July 2010

The genus Dicranopselaphus Guérin-Méneville (= Spineubria Nakane, syn. n.) from the Oriental region is revised. Twenty-seven species are recognized, of which twenty-one are described as new: D. bicolor, D. brevicornis, D. doiinthanonus, D. emasensis, D. fangensis, D. flavus, D. jaechi, D. jiangxiensis, D. malickyi, D. morimotoi, D. sichuanensis, D. nagaii, D. nantai, D. nepalensis, D. sabahensis, D. sakaii, D. sarawacensis, D. schneideri, D. similis, D. taiwanus, and D.yamasakii. The following combinations and synonyms are proposed: Grammeubria emmanueli Pic, 1918 and G. atra Pic, 1938 = D. emmanueli (Pic); Grammeubria javana Pic, 1916 = D. javanus (Pic); Ectopria multimaculata Pic, 1934 = D. multimaculatus (Pic); Spineubria reticulata Nakane, 1952 = D. reticulatus (Nakane); Grammeubria rufa Pic, 1916 and Spineubria yasumatsui Chûjô & Satô, 1975 = D. rufus (Pic); and Grammeubria testaceicornis Pic, 1923 = D. testaceicornis (Pic). Lectotypes are designated for D. emmanueli, D. javanus, D. multimaculatus, D. rufus, and D. testaceicornis.
A new species of Anopheles subgenus Kerteszia (Diptera: Culicidae) from Venezuela
Authors: Navarro Juan Carlos , Harbach Ralph E.
Published: July 2010

Anopheles auyantepuiensis sp. n. of the subgenus Kerteszia is described and distinguished from Anopheles neivai. The larval and pupal stages and important features of the adult female are illustrated. Information is provided on the bionomics and taxonomy of the species.
A sit-and-wait predatory chironomid from tropical Brazil- Fittkauimyia crypta sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Nolte Ulrike , Serrano Mirian A.S.
Published: July 2010

A new species of Fittkaumyia from central Brazil, F. crypta sp. n., is described as larva, pupa, male and female imago, and observations on the habitat and biology are given. F. crypta is easiest to distinguish from the other three known species of this genus in the pupal stage by the numerous lateral taeniae on segment VIII. Our study reveals that three characters, previously considered to be valid on generic level (overlapping anal lobe points, antepronotum reduced, eyes not irridescent), do not apply to F. crypta.
Revision of the orthoclad genus Propsilocerus Kieffer (= Tokunagayusurika Sasa) (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Sæther Ole A. , Xinhua Wang
Published: July 2010

Generic diagnoses to all stages of the genus Propsilocerus Kieffer, 1923 (= Tokunagayusurika Sasa, 1978, syn. n.) are given. Parsimony analyses of the primitive orthoclads show that either the more plesiomorphic genera of Orthocladiinae form a monophyletic group or Propsilocerus may be more closely related to less plesiomorphic groups. Chasmatonotus Loew forms its likely sister group. The genus is monophyletic in all cladograms. A synapomorphic diagram for Propsilocerus shows P. sinicus sp. n. forming the sister species of the other four species. Keys are given to all stages. Propsilocerus sinicus is described from male and female imagines and as pupa; P. akamusi (Tokunaga) is redescribed in all stages and in all larval instars; P. taihuensis (Wen, Zhou & Rong) comb. n. as male and female; P. paradoxus (Lundström) as male, female and pupa; and P. lacustris Kieffer is described in all stages.
Sticholeia - a new genus of Leiini, with comments on the systematic position of Allactoneura de Meijere (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)
Authors: Söli Geir E.E.
Published: July 2010

A new genus, Sticholeia, is erected to comprise two new species, cheesmanae and dolichostyla, from New Guinea and Vanuatu, respectively, and an unnamed female from Indonesia. Members of the new genus have two ocelli, a row of strong bristles near the hind margin of the eyes, tibial trichia arranged in regular rows, and strongly prolonged male terminalia. Despite featuring some characters supposed to be diagnostic for the subfamily Manotinae, the new genus is attributed to the tribe Leiini of Sciophilinae. The genus may represent the sistergroup of Allactoneura de Meijere plus Leiella Enderlein. Judged from the distribution of characters among Leiini the monotypic tribe Allactoneurini is rejected.
The milliped order Callipodida in western North America (Schizopetalidae: Tynommatinae), and a summary of the New World fauna
Authors: Shelley Rowland M.
Published: July 2010

In western North America, the milliped order Callipodida is represented by the Colactidini, Tynommatini stat. n., and Diactidini tribus n., in the subfamily Tynommatinae, family Schizopetalidae; a coordinate tribe, the Texophonini, occurs on the Gulf Coast of south Texas. The Tynommatini consists of two genera and four species: Tynomma mutans (Chamberlin), T. magnum Buckett & Gardner, and T. gardneri sp. n., occurring around Monterey and San Pablo/San Francisco Bays, California, and Idrionaria dineh gen. n. & sp. n., in Washington County, Utah. The Colactidini ranges from Durango, Mexico, to central Utah and California east of the Sierra Nevada, with disjunct areas in southern California and Baja California, the latter extending northward to metropolitan San Diego. It is represented by two genera and 6 species: Colactis Loomis: C. tiburona (Chamberlin), utorum (Chamberlin), and protenta and quadrata, both by Loomis; and Heptium Loomis: H. carinellum and scamillatum, both by Loomis. The Diactidini, occupying coastal southern California and the adjacent fringe of Baja California, is comprised of three genera and 10 species: Diactis Loomis: D. soleata, triangula, and frondifera, all by Loomis, and amniscela, cupola, jacinto, procera, and strumella, all spp. n.; Florea sinuata gen. n. & sp. n.; and Caliactis bistolata gen. n. & sp. n. The following new synonymies are proposed: C. yuma Chamberlin, sideralis Loomis, and loomisi Hoffman under C. tiburona; C. briggsi Shear and saxetana and baboquivari, both by Loomis, under C. utorum; H. canum Chamberlin under H. carinellum; and Etiron paroicum and pearcei, both by Chamberlin, under D. triangula and T. mutans, respectively. The eastern Nearctic callipodid fauna is summarized and significant new localities are reported; Tetracion antraeum Hoffman, stat. n., is elevated from a subspecies of T. jonesi Hoffman.
Revision of the megerlei-group of the cockroach genus Phyllodromica Fieber (Blattaria: Blattellidae, Ectobiinae)
Authors: Vidlicka LUBOMÍR , Majzlan Oto
Published: July 2010

The species of the megerlei-group are characterised by shortened wings with typical scattered dark spots and large simple glands on tergite 7 without inner structures. Two of the species are widely distributed from south-eastern Germany to Romania and Ukraine (P. megerlei Fieber) or from Turkey to Syria (P. asiatica Bey-Bienko), the third is endemic for eastern Bulgaria (P. pulcherrima sp. n.). The characteristics of the megerlei-group are described and the relationships with the tyrrhenica-group are discussed.
The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Galapagos Islands, with notes on the New World fauna
Authors: Sinclair Bradley J. , Bickel Daniel J.
Published: July 2010

The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) are reviewed. The fauna comprises 17 species, which are described, illustrated, and keyed. Further, relevant New World taxa are discussed, with information on diagnostic characters, species groupings and new synonyms. Nine species are newly described: Amblypsilopus depilis, Medetera galapagensis, Paraclius desenderi, Chrysotus baerti, Asyndetus wigginsi, A. maelfaiti, A. cavagnaroi, A. mystacinus, and A. bursericola. The following synonyms are newly established: Condylostylus longicornis (Fabricius) (=C. detitaticauda Van Duzee), Chrysotus brevicornis Van Duzee (= C. brevispina Van Duzee, = C. latifacies Van Duzee, = C. mexicanus Robinson), and Asyndetus tibialis (Thomson) (= A. ridiculus Parent). The ecology and origin of the Galápagos Dolichopodidae are discussed, and the fauna is regarded as an extension of the New World mainland coastal and littoral fauna. New distributional records from North and South America are included, and the systematic relationships of Galápagos species are discussed.
Australian Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera): redescription of the named species
Authors: Johansson Roland , Hoare Robert J.B. , Nielsen Ebbe S. , Van Nieukerken Erik J.
Published: July 2010

The named Australian species of Nepticulidae are redescribed and illustrated. The genitalia of all but one species are described and illustrated, in most cases for the first time. Of the 16 species treated, 13 belong to the probably endemic genus Pectinivalva Scoble: P. caenodora (Meyrick), P. chalcitis (Meyrick), P. commoni Scoble, P. endocapna (Meyrick), P. gilva (Meyrick), P. melanotis (Meyrick), P. anazona (Meyrick), P. funeralis (Meyrick), P. libera (Meyrick), P. planetis (Meyrick), P. primigena (Meyrick), P. trepida (Meyrick) and P warburtonensis (Wilson). The remaining three are referable to the worldwide genus Stigmella Schrank: S. leucargyra (Meyrick), S. phyllanthina (Meyrick) and S. symmora (Meyrick). Pectinivalva is provisionally split into two informal species groups (the 'commoni' group and the 'funeralis' group), and a diagnosis is provided for these. Brief details of biology are given where known.
A taxonomic revision of the hoeneella species-group of the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg (Lepidoptera: Adelidae)
Authors: Hirowatari Toshiya , Kozlov Mikhail V.
Published: July 2010

A group of very similar greyish to ochreous brown species of Nemophora Hoffmannsegg with raised scales on frons, narrow pale forewing fascia and epiphysis absent, is revised. Four species of this group, all distributed in South-Eastern Asia, are recognized: N. aritai sp. n. from Taiwan, N. marisella sp. n. from Amami Is., Japan, N. hoeneella (Caradja & Meyrick) comb. n. from continental China, and N. issikii sp. n. from Taiwan. The type series of N. hoeneella is discussed. The monophyly of the species-group is demonstrated and the tentative relationships of its species are discussed. A key to species based on external characters and male gcnitalia is provided; adults and male genitalia are described and illustrated.
On the morphology of the gnathos in the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera)
Authors: Maes K.V.N.
Published: July 2010

The homologous use of the term gnathos according to Klots is analysed in the Pyraloidea. A structure of tegumental origin erroneously believed to be the gnathos by various authors in the Crambidae, here named the pseudognathos, is described. The occurrence of these structures in the different subfamilies of Pyralidae and Crambidae is discussed.
Michaelshaffera gen. n. - a pyraloid taxon lacking an abdominal tympanal organ (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Authors: Solis M. Alma
Published: July 2010

Michaelshaffera gen. n. is comprised of two species, M. maidoa (Schaus), new combination, the type species, described from French Guiana, and a new species, M. beckeri, here described from South America. The assignment of taxa to the Pyraloidea is based primarily on characters of the tympanal organs and immature stages. Michaelshaffera lacks a tympanal organ and the immatures are unknown. The rationale for the placement of this genus in the Pyraloidea and lower hierarchical ranks is discussed based on other morphological characters.
A review of the Phycitinae of the Galápagos Islands (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Authors: Neunzig H.H. , Landry Bernard
Published: July 2010

Based on the examination of more than 800 specimens of Phycitinae (Pyralidae) from the Galápagos Archipelago, 12 species are recognized. The new genus Shafferiessa is described to accommodate the two species: S. galapagoensis sp. n. and S. pumila sp. n. Macrorrhinia pinta sp. n. is also added to the number of endemic phycitines. New food plant records are provided for two species. Fundella agapella Schaus, 1923, is treated as a junior synonym of Fundella argentina Dyar, 1919.
A review of the Palaearctic blackfly subgenus Simulium (Rubzovia) with the emphasis on S. (R.) paraloutetense, a species confined to Gran Canaria Island (Diptera: Simuliidae)
Authors: Nilsson A.N. , Crosskey R.W. , Malmqvist B.
Published: July 2010

The larval and pupal stages of Simulium (Rubzovia) paraloutetense Crosskey are described following their first discovery in a spring trickle in Gran Canaria Island where the species is endemic; data from the polytene chromosomes of the larval silk glands are included. Subgeneric placement of the species is revised in light of all the findings. A diagnosis for the subgenus Rubzovia, a discussion of its geographical distribution and habitat, and a key to the four known species are included.
A larval brush-footed butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Dominican amber, with a summary of fossil Nymphalidae
Authors: Poinar George , Hammond Paul C.
Published: July 2010

The first fossil member of the family Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera) in Dominican amber and the first fossil nymphalid caterpillar is placed near the genus Smyrna of the tribe Coloburini (Nymphalinae) on the basis of the morphology, position and arrangement of its spines. The larva is regarded as prototypic ancestor near the Pycina-Vanessa lineage and its closest descendants probably occur in Central and South America, thus illustrating yet another case of disjunct distribution in the Dominican amber fauna. This represents the second family of butterflies reported from Dominican amber (previously only the Riodinidae). A summary of the confirmed cases of fossil Nymphalidae is presented.
Palaearctic occurrence of the genus Synophromorpha (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) confirmed on the basis of a new species from Japan
Authors: Abe Yoshihisa
Published: July 2010

Synophromorpha Ashmead is a genus of cynipid inquilines associated with Diastrophus galls on Rubus bushes. All described species, except S. tobiasi which doubtfully belongs to the genus, are restricted to the Nearctic Region. Synophromorpha taketanii sp. n., a fifth species of this genus, is described from Japan. This is the first reliable record of the genus from the Palaearctic Region and reveals that Synophromorpha has a disjunct distribution. Adults of S. taketanii emerged from stem galls on Rubus palmatus. Study of Periclistus natalis and P. quinlani showed that Synophromorpha and Periclistus intergrade. It is considered preferable to retain these two as separate genera on the basis of their host associations.
Review of the genus Hypocera Lioy (Diptera: Phoridae)
Authors: Buck Matthias , Brown Brian V.
Published: July 2010

The species of Hypocera are reviewed and their identities more completely defined. H. flavipennis (Enderlein) is synonymized with H. rectangulata Malloch (syn. n.). New characters are given to aid recognition of males of the closely similar Nearctic Region species H. americana Borgmeier and H. ehrmanni Aldrich. Life history observations and first larval descriptions are given for H. mordellaria (Fallén), which is a scavenger on dead insects. A phylogenetic analysis and a key to species are provided.
The Methiini of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with notes on the circum-Caribbean species
Authors: Keith Philips T. , Ivie Michael A.
Published: July 2010

The Methiini of the West Indies are revised. Cyanomethia pseudothonalmus, new genus, new species and Methia jamaicensis new species are described. Methia pusilla, M. constricticollis, M. impressicollis, M. insularum, M. pallida, M. pulchra, M. punctata, and M. rhizophorae are new synonyms of M. necydalea. Keys to genera of Methiini and species of Methia in the West Indies are given and the biology and morphological variation of the genus Methia discussed. A phylogenetic analysis of the Methiini is conducted to determine relationships among the genera, and the zoogeographic patterns of species found in the West Indies is included.
Larvae of Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): tribal diagnoses and phylogenetic key, with a proposal about natural groups within Entimini
Authors: Marvaldi Adriana E.
Published: July 2010

The larvae of tribes of the broad-nosed weevil subfamily Entiminae (Pachyrhynchini, Ectemnorhinini, Alophini, Sitonini, and Entimini) are keyed and diagnosed on the basis of phylogenetically important characters. The Entimini are grouped in three informal but possibly natural subsets (A, B, and C). Correspondence between these larval groups and traditional adult arrangements is discussed on the basis of a cladistic analysis. Illustrations of larval diagnostic features in Entimini and a cladogram are provided.
Pedrowygomyia, a new Neotropical genus of Prosimuliini (Diptera: Simuliidae): Gigantodax s. lat. split into two genera
Authors: Miranda-Esquivel Daniel Rafael , Coscarón Sixto
Published: July 2010

A cladistic analysis of the species groups recognized in Gigantodax Enderlein, using morphological characters, shows that Gigantodax s. lat. is paraphyletic. From a phylogenetic standing Gigantodax must be split into two monophyletic entities: Gigantodax s. str. and the G. cortesi species group. The new genus Pedrowygomyia is proposed for the G. cortesi species group. It presently contains four species, P. cortesi, P. jatunchuspi, P. punapi and P. chacabamba (all new combinations).
A new genus, Atrichadenotecnum, of the tribe Psocini (Psocoptera: Psocidae) and its systematic position
Authors: Yoshizawa Kazunori
Published: July 2010

A new genus, Atrichadenotecnum, is described in the tribe Psocini of the family Psocidae (Psocoptera). Atrichadenotecnum ryukyuense sp. n., A. tayal sp. n., and A. quadripunctatum sp. n. are described and Atrichadenotecnum nudum (Thornton, 1961) comb. n. and Atrichadenotecnum quinquepunctatum (McLachlan, 1872) comb. n. are transferred from the genus Trichadenotecnum Enderlein. The new genus is regarded as the sister-group of the genus Psocus Latreille.
Towards Modern Music in Romania
Authors: Sandu-Dediu Valentina
Published: July 2010

Too little known in the West, modern Romanian scores are being gradually discovered nowadays, beginning with those of George Enescu. For decades underestimated as a creator, Enescu has been re-evaluated and recently recognized as an original and authentic representative of an Eastern European music school, comparable with JanáČek or Szymanowski. The Romanian music of the past fifty years, due to the political and ideological situation of Romania, similar to other countries of the ex-communist Eastern European bloc, has been isolated geographically but not aesthetically. The great diversity of modern or avant-garde trends in Western European and North American music is also present in the output of Romanian composers of the same period, combined in various degrees with autochthonous nuances. Originating primarily in the two major oral traditions, namely peasant folk music and religious Byzantine music, these have compelled Romanian composers to find their own musical language. However, Romanian composers coming of age in the second half of the 20th century took their first steps on a well-established territory, from the standpoint of composition, style, and aesthetics. A solid school of music - built on structural foundations that gave it a distinct language - had already been established in Romania in the first half of the 20th century. Therefore, the following essay is a chronological outline of the historical development of Romanian composition, a process governed primarily by the tension between national elements and global trends.
Urban Self-Identification in East Central Europe Before the Great War: the Case of Cracow
Authors: Wood Nathaniel D.
Published: July 2010

Abstract: This article explores the development of urban and interurban identities in fln-de-siècle East Central Europe as alternative sources of identity that do not fit simply within standard national-historical narratives. The author focuses on Cracow as an example of this trend. Analyzing three popular illustrated newspapers from the city, he argues that thanks to popular press representations of the big city at home and abroad, as well as the experience of urban life itself, Cracovians began to develop distinct urban and interurban identities. The mass circulation press was a major vehicle in fostering and developing a shared sense of modem, urban identity among its readers. How were modem metropolitan identities created in East Central Europe in the decades before the Great War, and how were such identifications informed by tropes already in use elsewhere? In general, scholarship about East Central Europe for this period has focused on the question of nationalism and its relation to politics. Even in studies of urban centers, like Prague, Budapest, and Vienna, nationality issues have often had precedence.' This is not unwarranted, as national identification defined many of the terms of urban interaction in the ethnically diverse cities of the region. But what if strong urban and interurban identities also arose during this period, identities that overlapped with, and at times even supplanted, national ones? "Islands in a sea of rural, peasant settlements," the large cities of East Central Europe were qualitatively different from the landscape that surrounded them, as Ivan Berend has observed.2 It should come as no surprise that as their citizens became accustomed to life in the city, they recognized these differences. In their introduction to The City in Central Europe, Malcolm Gee, Tim Kirk, and Jill Steward