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Revision of European and North African Folsomides Stach with special emphasis on the Canarian fauna (Collembola: Isotomidae)
Authors: Fjellberg Arne 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe genus Folsomides Stach, 1922 is redefined and given a narrow definition based on a limited set of consistent morphological characters: Position and distribution of tergal macrosensilla, chaetotaxy of mouth region, tibiotarsi, ventral tube and furca. Eighteen new species are described from the Canary Islands: semiparvulus sp. n., xerophilus sp. n., vinosus sp. n., cumbrosus sp. n., unicus sp. n., terrus sp. n., pocosensillatus sp. n., nigrocellatus sp. n., teno sp. n., oromii sp. n., ononicolus sp. n., graminis sp. n., famarensis sp. n., pinicolus sp. n., intermedius sp. n., tonellus sp. n., supranubius sp. n. and analuisae sp. n. The following European/African species are redescribed: parvulus Stach, portucalensis Gama, angularis (Axelson), cf. petiti Delamare, lawrencei Gers & Deharveng, cf. zairensis Martynova, nanus Ellis and centralis (Denis). Highly discriminate species characters are found in maxillary palp, tibiotarsal chaetotaxy and distribution of tergal microsensilla. A number of species are removed from Folsomides, and Subisotoma Stach, 1947 is given generic rank.
Cinara smolandiae sp. n. from Juniperus communis in Sweden and a key to the species in the subgenus Cupressobium Borner (Homoptera: Aphidoidea: Lachnidae)
Authors: Danielsson Roy , Carter Clive 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe apterous and alate viviparous females of Cinara smolandiae, a new species of aphid living on Juníperus communis stems in Sweden, is described and figured. A key is given to the Cinara spp. belonging to the subgenus Cupressobium, together with comparative biological information about rostral length and feeding site of Cinara spp. on Cupressaceae.
A world catalogue of fossil and extant Corethrellidae and Chaoboridae (Diptera), with a listing of references to keys, bionomic information and descriptions of each known life stage
Authors: Borkent Art 
Published: July 2010

AbstractBorkent, A.: A world catalogue of fossil and extant Corethrellidae and Chaoboridae (Diptera), with a listing of references to keys, bionomic information and descriptions of each known life stage. Ent. scand. 24: 1-24. Copenhagen, Denmark. April 1993. ISSN 0013-8711. A world list of species of fossil and extant Corethrellidae and Chaoboridae provides a catalogue of all valid names and their synonyms, original author, type-locality, type status and depository, distribution and the citation of authors who give the latest descriptions of the male adult, female adult, pupal, larval and egg stage. References to the most recent keys, descriptions, and bionomic information for each genus are also listed. A synopsis is given of the current state of systematic progress in each family. Nomenclatorial problems are also discussed. Sayomyia lanei Belkin, Heinemann & Page is a new junior synonym of Chaoborus braziliensis (Theobald), and Chaoborus annulatus Cook is recognized as a new junior synonym of C. festivus Dyar & Shannon. Corethrella kerrvillensis (Stone), Corethrella manaosensis (Lane & Cerqueira), and Chaoborus boliviensis (Lane & Heredia) are recognized as new combinations.
Remarkable stasis in some Lower Tertiary parasitoids: descriptions, new records, and review of Strepsiptera in the Oligo-Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic
Authors: Grimaldi David , Kathirithamby Jeyaraney 
Published: July 2010

AbstractKathirithamby, J. & Grimaldi, D.: Remarkable stasis in some Lower Tertiary parasitoids: descriptions, new records, and review of Strepsiptera in the Oligo-Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic. Ent. scand. 24: 31-41. Copenhagen, Denmark. April 1993. ISSN 0013-8711. 25-30 million years of parasite stasis is recorded in amber from the Dominican Republic, by the finding of a species of strepsipteran morphologically indistinguishable from Bohartilla melagognatha Kinzelbach, 1969 (Bohartillidae), and two species very close to Caenocholax fenyesi (Pierce 1909) (Myrmecolacidae). A new record is made of a species previously described from Dominican amber, Myrmecolax glaesi Kinzelbach, 1983. The history of the Tertiary strepsipteran fauna is discussed. Minimal ages of taxa are extrapolated based on these amber and other fossils, higher-level cladistic relationships, and fossil dating of major host groups. These new findings are consistent with Kinzelbach's hypotheses of an ancient, Lower Cretaceous/Jurassic origin of the Strepsiptera.
Identification of three previously unknown morphs of Acyrthosiphon svalbardicum Heikinheimo (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Spitsbergen
Authors: Coulson S.J. , Block W.C. , Webb N.R. , Bale J.S. , Hodkinson I.D. , Strathdee A.T. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractStrathdee, A. T. et al.: Identification of three previously unknown morphs of Acyrthosiphon svalbardicum Heikinheimo (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Spitsbergen. Ent. scand. 24: 43-47. Copenhagen, Denmark. April 1993. ISSN 0013-8711. Descriptions are given of the previously unknown fundatrix, oviparous female and apterous male of Acyrthosiphon svalbardicum Heikinheimo. The host plant is Dryas octopetala L. The systematic relationship is discussed.
The mouthparts of Ancyla and the reduction of the labiomaxillary complex among long-tongued bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)
Authors: Silveira Fernando A. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe short mouthparts of Ancyla oraniensis Lepeletier are described and illustrated for the first time, and are briefly compared with those of Tarsalia ancyliformis Popov. The other known genera of long-tongued bees with shortened proboscides are pointed out. In all of them the glossa has become shorter than the prementum and the galeal blade shorter than the stipes; the two basal segments of the labial palpi have been shortened and the posterior surface of the glossa has been exposed. These features make these labiomaxillary structures very similar to those of typical short-tongued bees. It is suggested that, for bees feeding exclusively in shallow flowers or in food stored in nests, there might be advantages in having the short-tongued type of mouthparts.
A review of the Oriental species of Dnopherula Karsch (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
Authors: Ingrisch Sigfrid 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe Oriental species of the genus Dnopherula, prior to Jago (1971) known as Aulacobothrus, are revised from material in European collections. Nine species and subspecies are redescribed and extensively figured from type material. D. taeniatus (Bolívar, 1902), formerly regarded a synonym of D. luteipes (Walker, 1871), is re-estaolished as a good species. D. physopoda (Navás, 1904) becomes a new synonym of D. taeniatus (Bolívar, 1902), and D. collinus (Uvarov, 1929) a new synonym of D. bolivari (Uvarov, 1921); the status of D. infernus (Bolívar, 1902) is reduced to subspecific level under D. luteipes (Walker, 1871). Bidentacris Zheng, 1982, and Parvibothrus Yin, 1984, become new generic synonyms of Dnopherula Karsch, 1896. The systematic status and possible synonymy of species described in recent years from China, Nepal and India under the generic names Dnopherula, Bidentacris or Parvibothrus are discussed according to the descriptions. But no taxonomic changes are made, as the type material was not studied.
Revision of the tribe Hydarini in the Oriental region (Hemiptera, Heteroptera: Coreidae)
Authors: Brailovsky H. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe tribe Hydarini StÅl (Coreidae) from the Oriental region is revised: seven species in four genera are recognized, of which Hydarella chiangdaoensis from Thailand and Laos and H. sundae from the Lesser Sunda Islands are newly described. A key to the known taxa is given and new records are added which extend the distributional range of the Hydarini from China in the north to the Lesser Sunda Islands in the south.
Homology and phylogenetic implications of male genitalia in Diptera - Lower Brachycera
Authors: Sinclair Bradley J. , Gumming Jeffrey M. , Monty Wood D. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractHomology of male genitalic structures in the lower Brachycera is examined and implications for the phylogenetic relationships of the included families are discussed in light of other characters. The following character states belong to the ground plan of the Brachycera: the aedeagus is enclosed in a parameral sheath; the sperm pump possesses paired articulated lateral sclerites, and a large ejaculatory apodeme with a terminal endoaedeagal process; the epandrium and hypandrium are separate; the hypandrium is separate from the gonocoxites; and the gonostyli articulate and move in the horizontal plane. The placement of Heterostomus in Xylophagomorpha is supported, based on modifications of the sperm pump. The presence ofaedeagal tines suggests that Bolbomyia, which is currently placed in the Rhagionidae, may be more closely related to Athericidae + Tabanidae. The expanded first segment of the female cercus supports the monophyly of the Tabanomorpha, including Vermileonidae. The transfer of the Pantophthalmidae to the Stratiomyomorpha is confirmed on the basis of modifications of the sperm pump. The Stratiomyomorpha is hypothesized to be the sister group of the Muscomorpha (sensu Woodley 1989) based on the apomorphic development of a composite structure termed the phallus. The monophyly of the Muscomorpha is supported by gonostyli that articulate and move obliquely or dorsoventrally. The presence of acanthophorites in females is considered apomorphic for the Heterodactyla (Bombyliidae + Asiloidea + Eremoneura). Bombyliidae (exclusive of Mythicomyiinae and Heterotropus) is defined on the basis of reduced gonocoxal apodemes. Gonostyli retracted to a subapical position and a hinged larval metacephalic rod are considered apomorphic for the Asiloidea (exclusive of Bombyliidae) + Eremoneura. Hilarimorpha and Apystomyia are removed from the Bombyliidae based on the subapical placement of the gonostyli, and together with Apsilocephala are placed as incertae sedis in Therevidae. Apiocera is considered the sister group to the remaining apiocerids + Mydidae on the basis of absence of gonostyli and lateral ejaculatory processes in the latter lineage.
Phylogenetic analysis of Gyrinidae based on characters of the larval head (Coleoptera: Adephaga)
Authors: Beutel R.G. , Roughley R.E. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractCharacters of the head of larvae of Gyrinidae were examined and evaluated phylogenetically. The groundplan of the family cannot be reconstructed as long as the larvae of Spanglerogyrus are unknown. The monophyly of Gyrinidae or Gyrininae is demonstrated by several autapomorphies such as the absence of a tentorial bridge and a completely divided prementum. Gyrinidae are the sistergroup of all other Adephaga. Partial reduction of the maxillary fossa, palpiform maxilla, and loss of one stipitopalpal muscles are synapomorphies of Adephaga excl. Gyrinidae. Presence of a series of small hooks proximal to the lacinia, and elongation of the prepharynx are possible autapomorphies of Gyrinini. The monophyly of the enhydrine genera + Orectochilini is supported by strong elongation of antennomeres and palpomeres, an improved mandibular channel, vestigial or absent retinaculum, and by a specialized prepharyngeal filter apparatus. The monophyly of Dineutus + Andogyrus + Macrogyrus is suggested by the extreme elongation of the cardines. Orectochilini are characterized by the presence of tormae and the absence of clypeolabral teeth.
A taxonomic review of the pondskater genus Gerris Fabricius in China, with two new species (Hemiptera: Gerridae)
Authors: M∅LLER ANDERSEN N. , Chen Ping-Ping 
Published: July 2010

AbstractA taxonomic review of all species of the pondskater genus Gerris Fabricius known from China (including Taiwan and Hong Kong) is presented with descriptions of two new species, Gerris (Gerriselloides) lundbladi sp. n. from Sichuan, China, and G. (Gerris) lobatus sp. n. from Sichuan and Tibet, China. A lectotype is selected for Gerris lepcha Distant and its synonymy of G. gracilicornis (Horváth) is verified. The status of G. (Gerriselloides) tigrinus Brown and G. (Gerris) sahlbergi Distant as separate species are confirmed. Keys for the identification of the genera of Gerrinae and all species of Gerris occurring in China are presented.
First Palaearctic and Oriental records of the orthoclad genus Antillocladius Sæther (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Xinhua Wang  , Sæther Ole A. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractTwo new species, from Palaearctic and Oriental China, Antillocladius scalpellatus sp. n. and A. zhengi sp. n. are described as male imagines. Both belong in the pluspilalus group.
Tenebrionidae from Dominican amber (Coleoptera)
Authors: Doyen John T. , Poinar George O. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractOnly few fossil Tenebrionidae have been described, mostly from Baltic amber (see Spahr 1981). The only fossils described from the New World appear to be a few species from Florissant shales (Wickham 1913; 1914a, b), those from the California asphalt deposits (Doyen & Miller 1980) and a single species from Dominican amber (Kaszab & Schawaller 1984). Based on Wickham's description and illustrations, the fragmentary fossils he placed in or near extant genera may be ascribed to Tenebrionidae only with uncertainty. In contrast, the Tenebrionidae from the California asphalts all clearly represent species which occur in the immediate area today, and are probably best regarded as subfossils. Screening of many thousands of Dominican amber inclusions has gradually resulted in the accumulation of 29 species of Tenebrionidae, represented by 50 specimens. The account which follows possibly represents the most comprehensive taxonomic survey of any large insect family known to occur in Dominican amber.
The southern Palearctic genus Enneastigma Stein (Diptera: Anthomyiidae): Taxonomy of Mediterranean species, phylogeny and ancestral areas analysis
Authors: Michelsen Verner 
Published: July 2010

AbstractEnneastigma is a small genus of myopinine anthomyiids which comprises five species in the Mediterranean subregion (E. compressum Stein, E. rarum sp. n., E. rufitibia sp. n., E. triplex Loew, E. triseriatum Stein) and two species in SE Palearctic part of China (E. pilosiventrosum Fan & Chen, E. shanghaiensis Fan & Chen). All species appear to be univoltine and only active during the cooler parts of the season. The larvae may all be coprophagous. The Mediterranean species are revised with keys to males and females and illustrated descriptions of males, females and eggs. One lectotype is designated. A cladistic analysis was conducted which also included the Chinese species. This resulted in a single, most parsimonious phylogeny. The resulting area cladogram was used to assess the alternative methods for estimating ancestral areas as proposed recently by K. Bremer and F. Ronquist. It is concluded that the best results are obtained by using a refined Ronquist analysis.
Redescription and lectotype designation of Hymenaphorura sibirica (Tullberg, 1876) (Collembola: Onychiuridae)
Authors: Weiner Wanda Maria , Fjellberg Arne 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe original material of Hymenaphorura sibirica (Ibllberg) was examined and a redescription of the species is presented. A lectotype is designated.
The beetle-mimicking cockroach genera Prosoplecta and Areolaria, with a description of Tomeisneria furthi gen. n., sp. n. (Blattellidae: Pseudophyllodromiinae)
Authors: Roth Louis M. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractBased on front leg armament, wing venation, and male subgenital plate and genitalia, the buprestid-like cockroach genus Areolaria is synonymized with the coccinellid/chrysomelid/ generalized beetle-like genus Prosoplecta. Tomeisneria furthi, a new genus and species of coccinellidlike cockroach from New Guinea is described. The genera are placed in the Blattellidae: Pseudophyllodromiinae.
A new genus of Aeshnini (Odonata: Aeshnidae) from the Andes, with description of a new species
Authors: De Marmels Jürg 
Published: July 2010

AbstractAndaeschna gen. n. is established for three neotropical species currently assigned to Aeshna (Aeshna s.str.) Fabricius: Andaeschna unicolor (Martin, 1908) comb. n., A. rufipes (Ris, 1918) comb. n., and A. andresi (Racenis, 1958) comb. n. (type species). A fourth species, Andaeschna timotocuica sp. n., is described from Venezuela. The male lectotype of A. unicolor is redescribed. Andaesehna shares some peculiar character states with the Old World species 'Anaciaeschna' isoceles (Müller, 1767), but a close phylogenetic relationship between the two can not be demonstrated convincingly, and the true generic affiliation of the latter is unknown.
Cytological identities of Simulium tuberosum and S. vulgare (Diptera: Simuliidae), with notes on other Palearctic members of the S. tuberosum species-group
Authors: Kuusela Kalevi , Adler Peter H. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractCytological studies of Simulium tuberosum s.l. from the type locality in northern Finland demonstrate the presence of three reproductively isolated species. One of these species, here designated FGIO, has not previously been described cytologically, whereas the remaining two cytospecies, AB and FGI, are both well known from North America and Norway. FGIO differs from its close relative, FGI, by one fixed inversion in IIS, one in IIL, and a unique sequence in the distal half of IIIL. Morphological characters of the larvae corroborate the cytological evidence for three distinct species. On the basis of morphological evidence, we suggest that AB is true S. tuberosum (Lundström) and FGI is S. vulgare Dorogostaisky, Rubtsov & Vlasenko. The identity of FGIO remains unknown, although it might be S. tumulosum Rubtsov. Morphological and chromosomal notes on S. tuberosum s.l. from Germany and England are also given; we suggest that the species known from England as S. tuberosum is actually unnamed. Overall, our study provides a blueprint for dealing with nominal taxa that are shown to be composites of sibling species.
Description of the preimaginal stages of Dactylosternum cacti (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae)
Authors: Archangelsky Miguel 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe immature stages of Dactylosternum cacti (LeConte, 1855) are described, and information on the biology of this species is included. The larva of this species is compared to a larva associated with adults of Dactylosternum subrotundum (Fabricius, 1792) from Brazil; differences between both larvae raise questions about their congenerity.
Cretaceous weevils from southern Africa, with description of a new genus and species and phylogenetic and zoogeographical comments (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)
Authors: Rayner R.J. , Kuschel G. , OBERPRIELER R.G. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe mid-Cretaceous weevil fossils from the Orapa Diamond Mine in Botswana are studied, and a new genus and species, Orapaeus cretaceus Kuschel & Oberprieler, is described. This fossil genus is placed in the tribe Eurhynchini of Brentidae and compared with the two extant genera of the tribe. With the discovery of Orapaeus, the family Brentidae can, for the first time, be traced back to Cretaceous times, and there is evidence that the brentid subfamilies and perhaps also the tribes were already differentiated by the Middle Cretaceous. By contrast, the modern families of angiosperm plants were evidently not yet established by then. In consideration of the palaeoflora of Orapa, it is concluded that the environment probably was tropical and the area well vegetated, but that no clues are present as to the likely hostplant(s) of Orapaeus. The differences between Orapaeus and the extant Eurhynchini suggest that the fossil insect fauna of Orapa is generally assignable to extinct forms, and these differences do not support a hypothesis of prolonged evolutionary stasis.
Types of Flatidae (Homoptera) in the Stockholm Museum with lectotype designations. Part 2
Authors: Medler John T. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractLectotypes and paralectotypes are designated for species of flatid planthoppers described by Jacobi, Haglund, Melichar, and Stal. The genitalia of lectotype males are illustrated. New synonyms (junior synonym first) are established as follows: Flatoidinus obscurus Metcalf & Bruner = Flatoides dotatus Melichar (Flatoidinus); Ormenis obtusa Melichar and O. stupida Melichar = Ormenis media Melichar (Anormenis); Poeciloptera sinuatipennis StÅl = Phalaenomorpha sinuatipennis StÅl (Dascalia); Poeciloptera fallaciosa StÅl and P. fuscoconspersa StÅl = Poeciloptera antiqua StÅl (Paradascalia); Mesophylla marginata Jacobi = Mesophylla correcta Melichar (Phylliana); Euphanta insignis Lallemand = Hypsiphanta minax Jacobi; Burnix Medler = Hypsiphanta Jacobi. New status: Cerynia incurva Melichar, not a variety of Flata albata StÅl; Ormenis indigena Melichar, not a synonym of Ormenis fuscomarginata Melichar (Melicharia); Flatoides insularis (Melichar), not a variety of Flata tortrix Guérin-Méneville.
Revision of the Lipotactinae, a new subfamily of Tettigonioidea (Ensifera)
Authors: Ingrisch Sigfrid 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe Oriental tettigonioid genera Lipotactes and Mortoniellus were formerly included in the Australian subfamily Tympanophorinae. The genera however differ from Tympanophora by the tuberculate thoracic sterna, the small thoracic auditory spiracle, the compressed protibia, the spination of pro- and mesotibiae, the shape of the pronotum, and the possession of styli on the male subgenital plate. The erection of a new subfamily, Lipotactinae, is proposed to include Lipotactes and Mortoniellus. Mortoniellus is retained as a valid genus, but its differences from Lipotactes are redefined. The genera differ in the shape of the frons, the position of the fastigium verticis and the sculpturation of the pronotum. The species are revised. L. hamatus (Karny, 1931) comb. n. and L. sinicus (Bei-Bienko, 1959) comb. n. are transferred to Lipotactes, M. azuriventer (Karny, 1924) comb. n. to Mortoniellus, M. concolor Kästner, 1933 stat. n. is upgraded to species level, M. chopardi Zeuner, 1936 syn. n. becomes a new synonym of M. karnyi Griffini, 1909. Eight species are new to science: L. siebersi sp. n., L. virescens sp. n., L. longicauda sp. n., L. minutus sp. n., L. sulcatus sp. n., M. ovatus sp. n., M. macrognathus sp. n. and M. parvus sp. n. As a result, Lipotactes contains now 14, Mortoniellus 7 species. A key to the species and a distribution map is given. Information on stridulation of some of the species is also provided.
A taxonomic revision of the askoldella species-group of the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg (Lepidoptera: Adelidae)
Authors: Kozlov Mikhail V. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractA group of externally very similar, grey species of the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg, whose females possess a brush of dark scales at the middle of their antenna, is revised. Five species of this group, all distributed in South-East Asia, are recognized: N. griseella (Walsingham) sp. rev. [= cyphozona (Meyrick) syn. n. ; = tricrates (Meyrick) syn. n.] from India, Burma and Nepal; N. ichnodesma (Meyrick) comb. n. from India and W Malaysia; N. cassiterites (Meyrick) comb. n. from India only; N. askoldella (Millière) [= irroratella (Christoph) ; = niphites (Meyrick) syn. n.] from China, S Korea, Japan, Khabarovsk and Primorye regions of Russia; N. chionites (Meyrick) comb. n. from India and Thailand. Data on all primary types are provided; lectotypes are designated where necessary. The monophyly of the group and the relationships of its species are discussed. Keys to species based on external characters and male genitalia are provided; adults and male genitalia are described and illustrated.
Collembola of the Canary Islands. II. Family Odontellidae
Authors: Fjellberg Arne 
Published: July 2010

AbstractFive species and two genera of Odontellidae are reported from the Canary Islands. Two species are described as new: Axenyllodes microphthalmus sp. n. and Axenyllodes nematodes sp. n. A supplementary description is given to Pseudostachia populosa (Selga).