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Parepisparis Bethune-Baker and the composition of the Oenochrominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
Authors: Scoble Malcolm J. , Edwards E.D. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe classification of Parepisparis Bethune-Baker (Geometridae: Oenochrominae) is revised. The genus occurs in New Guinea (i.e., Irian Jaya and part of Papua New Guinea) and Australia. Seventeen species are included, seven of them new. Three genera (Onychopsis Prout, Peratodactyla Turner, and Epicampyla Turner) are newly synonymized with Parepisparis. Larvae are described for two species. The monophyly of Parepisparis is based largely on the shape of the valva of the male genitalia supported, to some extent, by that of the bursa copulatrix of the female genitalia, the colour pattern of the wings and, possibly, the presence of dorsal prothoracic processes and modified setae in the larva. The Oenochrominae are a polyphyletic subfamily, with the Oenochrominae s. str. here confined to the so-called robust-bodied members of the grouping. This excludes the slenderbodied species, and various geometrid genera that have been added to the oenochromines by default.
A catalogue of the family-group names in the Geodephaga, 1758-1985 (Coleoptera: Carabidae s. lat.)
Authors: Madge Ronald B. 
Published: July 2010

Abstract470 family-group names in the Geodephaga are recorded with their authors and dates. 393 are based on type genera. Names originally proposed in a vernacular form are noted, along with their first subsequent Latinization. Names based on type genera which are junior homonyms, unjustified emendations or incorrect subsequent spellings are also indicated. In addition, where a type genus has an irregular stem the correct form is given.
A taxonomic study on the Palearctic species of Chrysonotomyia Ashmead and Neochrysocharis Kurdjumov (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
Authors: Hansson Christer 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe taxonomic status and range of Chrysonotomyia Ashmead and Neochrysocharis Kurdjumov are discussed. The seven Palearctic species of Chrysonotomyia are reviewed and a key to the species is presented. The Palearctic species of Neochrysocharis are revised, and a key to the species is given. Twenty species are recognized. Two of the species are described as new: acuminata and ambitiosa, both from Greece. Six new synonyms are suggested: Neochrysocharis badghysi Ryabtschinsky, N. rezniki Ryabtschinsky = N. albiscapus Erdös; N. aeneicrus Erdös = N. clinias (Walker); Chrysocharis obscuripes Förster, N. trifolii Erdös = N. formosa (Westwood); N. graminearum Szelényi & Szöcs = Chrysocharis chlora Graham. The species Neochrysocharis immaculata Kurdjumov previously synonymized with N. aratus (Walker), and later re-erected, is again put as synonym under aratus. Five new combinations are suggested: Achrysocharella chlorogaster Erdös, A. sericea Erdös, Chrysonotomyia longiventris Askew, Closterocerusformosus Westwood, all four to Neochrysocharis; Neochrysocharis chlora (originally in Chrysocharis) is transferred back to Chrysocharis. Lectotypes are designated for Entedon lanassa Walker, Neochrysocharis aeneicrus, N. albiscapus, N. cuprifrons Erdös, N. iris Erdös and Chrysocharis obscuripes. Some changes to update the Entedontinae from the key in Peck et al. (1964) are suggested.
Polistine wasps of the subgenera Stenopolistes and Megapolistes from the Philippine, Moluccan and Bismarck Islands (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
Authors: Petersen B∅RGE 
Published: July 2010

AbstractNine species and nine subspecies are treated. New species and subspecies of Polistes (Stenopolistes) described are: buruensis, williamsi, simulatus obiensis, simulatus halmaheirensis, simulatus morotaiensis, asterope narupi and asterope arvidi. New subspecies of Polistes (Megapolistes) described are: tepidus manusensis, tepidus theodori, arthuri vechti, penthicus ater. Lectotypes are designated for Polistes simulatus Smith, 1861, P. arthuri Cameron, 1901 and P. novaepomeraniae Schulz, 1905. Polistes colonicus Smith, 1861 is a new synonym of Polistes lateritius Smith, 1857. The three subspecies of P. (Stenopolistes) asterope in the Bismarck Islands form an evolutionary lineage presumably reflecting time of isolation.
A new genus of the Lygus complex from China, with descriptions of six new species (Hemiptera: Miridae)
Authors: Zheng Le-Yi , Chao Yu  
Published: July 2010

AbstractHeterolygus, a new genus of the Lygus complex, is described and includes ten species from the mountainous areas of Western and Central China. Lygus trivittulatus Reuter, 1906, Charagochilus duplicatus Reuter, 1901, Lygus clavicornis Reuter, 1906 and Lygus validicornis Reuter, 1906 are transferred here as new combinations; descriptive notes of these species are given as amendments to the original descriptions. Six new species are described: H. fusconiger, H. tenuicornis, H. univittatus, H. yadongensis, H. flavoventris, and H. longus.
A new genus of myrmicine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Venezuela
Authors: Lattke John 
Published: July 2010

AbstractBased upon a single alate female the ant genus Bariamyrma from southern Venezuela is described as new. Recognized as a member of the lower Myrmicinae, its closest affinities with other myrmicines appear to be in the group of genera related to Lordomyrma.
Revised key to Puliciphora (Diptera: Phoridae) of the Australasian and Oriental Regions, with third report of a larval Parasitica (Hymenoptera) in an adult fly
Authors: Disney R.H.L. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe genus Loxauchenia Schmitz & Mjöberg is synonymised with Puliciphora Dahl (syn. n.). Puliciphora malae sp. n. from Sulawesi is described. A revised key to the Puliciphora females of the Australasian and Oriental Regions is provided. The larval exuvium of a parasitoid Hymenopteran is reported in the abdomen of an adult fly.
New Species of Docalidia from the Neotropical Region (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae)
Authors: Nielson M.W. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractFifteen new species of Docalidia are described and illustrated. These are bracchia, temeratis, spira, and morosa from Ecuador, simplex from Ecuador and Peru, ampla, nitida, paraserra, tenuatis, steveni, dextra, oblonga, paradiscissa, adami from Peru and matthewi from Venezuela. Docalidia zanoli Nielson is a lapsus calami and is emended as follows: Docalidia zanolae Nielson.
Revision of the genus Letana Walker, 1869 (Grylloptera: Tettigonioidea: Phaneropteridae)
Authors: Ingrisch Sigfrid 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe Oriental genus Letana is fully revised. 22 species are recognised. Male and female abdominal terminalia, the phallus sclerite and the stridulatory apparatus of males are introduced as useful diagnostic characters. Keys for males and females to the species are included. L. brunneri (Krausze, 1904) and L. melanotis Bey-Bienko, 1956 become new synonyms of L. rubescens (StÅl, 1861). Nine new species are described: L. infurcata sp. n., L. bulbosa sp. n., L. megastridula sp. n., L. intermedia sp. n., L. bilobata sp. n., L. magna sp. n., L. digitata sp. n., L. emanueli sp. n., and L. gracilis sp. n. First descriptions are given for the female of L. recticercis Chopard & Dreux and for the male of L. serricauda Ingrisch. The relations between the species are discussed on basis of the phallus sclerite. Faunistic data and distribution maps are added.
A new species of Bioblapsis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Scotland parasitising a mycophagous hoverfly, Cheilosia longula (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Authors: Rotheray Graham E. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractBioblapsís mallochi sp. n., from Scotland is described and a key is given to adult Bioblapsis. The host of B. mallochi is the syrphid Cheilosía longula, which breeds in fruiting bodies of Boletus fungi growing in the ground flora of pinewoods. The host of Bioblapsis polita (Vollenhoven) appears to be species of the hoverfly genus Ferdinandea which are associated with sap-flows on deciduous trees. These are unusual host species for diplazontines which are more typically associated with predacious hoverflies.
A revision of the Neotropical types described as Spaniotoma (Limnophyes) by Edwards 1931, with the description of Edwardsidia gen. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Sæther Ole A. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe types of six species of chironomids from Patagonia and South Chile, described by Edwards in 1931 as belonging to the subgenus Limnophyes Eaton of the genus Spaniotoma Philippi, are revised. Four species belong in the minimus group of genus Limnophyes sensu Sasther 1990. L. collaris (male and female), L. subnudicollis (male), and L. brachyarthra (male and female), all are plesiomorphic members of the group and show relationships with L. er Saether as well as with species near L. minimus (Meigen). L. griseata apparently forms the sister species of the Palaearctic L. bidumus Sasther. The remaining two species are members of a new genus, Edwardsidia, characterized by coarse punctation of microtrichia on the wing membrane, strong apical seta on the antenna, acrostichals starting in front, and virga consisting of a strong, single, parallel-sided spine. The affinities of the new genus are uncertain. It may be a member of the Limnophyes group or be more closely related to Pseudorthocladius Goetghebuer, Gymnometriocnemus Goetghebuer or Parasmittia Strenzke.
Taxonomic and functional significance of the presternal area in Haemogamasus mites (Acari-Mesostigmata: Laelapidae), with a revised key to Fennoscandian species
Authors: Lundqvist Lars 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe presternal area is described for adult females and males of the eight Scandinavian species of the genus Haemogamasus. This area contains suture lines with more or less conspicuous denticles. The denticles cover the posterior wall of the postcapitular furrow and probably act as a barrier to overflow of liquid accumulation during feeding. The presence of denticles in the presternal area may be correlated with, and an extension of, the elaboration of rows of deutosternal denticles on the ventral face of the subcapitulum. The configuration of the denticles can be used as a diagnostic character at the species level. Keys to the species, based on this character as well as others of adult females and males, are given.
Rediscovery of Knowltonella idahoensis Wray, an autapomorphous Schoettella Schäffer (Collembola: Hypogastruridae)
Authors: Fjellberg Arne 
Published: July 2010

AbstractSeveral collections of Knowltonella idahoensis Wray, 1958 were made from bark scales on live spruce and pine in the Kananaskis Valley, Alberta. The species is redescribed and given the status of subgenus (monotypic) of Schoettella Schäffer.
A revision of the genus Paroecus Becker (Diptera: Lauxaniidae)
Authors: Yarom Ilan 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe genus Paroecus Becker is revised, redefined, and its relations with other genera are discussed. P. signatipes Loew is redescribed. P. simplicipes from Hungary and P. tibialis from Israel are described as new. A key to the species, illustrations of the head, male hind leg, and the terminalia of both sexes are provided.
A new genus of Cryptocephalinae from Australia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Authors: Reid C.A.M. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractSemelvillea gen.n. is described from eastern Australia, with nine species, all of which are new: acaciae, bunyae, eungellae, hirsuta, nothofagi, parva, punctata, tasmaniae and waraganji. The genus is related to Arnomus Sharp in Cryptocephalinae and a partial phylogeny of the species of Semelvillea is proposed using Arnomus as an outgroup. The host-plants include Acacia, Eucalyptus and Nothofagus, and the implications of the species phylogeny for host-plant relationships and biogeography are briefly considered.
Enzyme electrophoresis shows that Heptagenia dalecarlica Bengtsson and H. sulphurea (Müller) (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) are bona species
Authors: Saura A. , Savolainen E. , Hantula J. , Lokki J. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractHeptagenia dalecarlica and H. sulphurea are a species pair, the adults of which are difficult to distinguish; likewise the species diagnostic criteria of the nymphs have been considered doubtful. Population samples from these two species, and from H. fuscogrisea and H. joernensis were studied with enzyme electrophoresis. The results show that H. sulphurea and H. dalecarlica have taxon-specific alleles indicating that they are closely related but reproductively isolated species. They are only distantly related to the other two Heptagenia species examined.
Chromosomal, morphological and biological differences between Chironomus tenuistylus Brundin and C. longistylus Goetghebuer (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Fennoscandia and the USA
Authors: Wülker Wolfgang F. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe karyotype of Chironomus tenuistylus, unlike that of C. longistylus, lacks large heterochromatic blocks at the centromeres and a nucteotus in arm C. Also, the banding pattern in 4 of the 7 chromosome arms differs between the species. The banding patterns belong to the most primitive ones in the thummi-complex. An inversion polymorphism has been found in arms A and B of C. tenuistylus, in arm B (rarely D and F) of C. longistylus. The larvae of C. tenuistylus have a distinct dark stripe on the clypeus and blackish coloured antennal pedicel and gula, and also differ in certain head measurements. Male adults of C. tenuistylus are larger than those of C. longistylus and the anal point of the male hypopygium is not as broad. Both species show an holarctic distribution (Fennoscandia and northern USA). The breeding habitats overlap to some extent, but C. tenuistylus apparently prefers polyhumic waters, whereas C. longistylus prefers flat, eutrophied lakes and pools. Adults of C. tenuistylus emerge in autumn, those of C. longistylus in summer.
Revision of the Loboptera species of Morocco (Blattaria: Blattellidae: Blattellinae)
Authors: Bohn Horst 
Published: July 2010

AbstractIn this second part of a revision of the genus Loboptera Brunner v. W., the Moroccan species are treated. In addition to the 6 species already known (L. alluaudi Chopard, L. decipiens (Germar), L. irregularis Chopard, L. maroccana Bolívar, L. minor Bolivar, L. truncata Chopard), 5 new species and 1 new subspecies are described (L. cuneilobata, L. cryptofoveata, L. foveolata, L. glandulifera, L. ovolobata, L. minor semicirculolobata). Only one of the species (L. decipiens) has a wide distribution; the other species appear to be endemic to Morocco except for L. ovolobata which also reaches into western Algeria. The endemic species (incl. L. ovolobata) form a well defined group of closely related species (the maroccana group). The characteristics of the maroccana group are described. A key for the identification of the Moroccan species is also given.
A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the spider genus Machadonia Lehtinen (Araneae, Lycosoidea)
Authors: Griswold Charles E. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe twelve species of Machadonia, all occurring in southern Africa, are revised and illustrated and a key to species is provided. Machadonia is considered as incertae sedis in the superfamily Lycosoidea. The following five new species are proposed: Machadonia meikleae, M. sibyna, M. acaenata, M. transversa, and M. Ieleupi. A cladogram for those 9 species known from both sexes is proposed.
Morphological variation of Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus) in eastern Fennoscandia (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
Authors: Heliövaara K. , Somerma P. , Väisänen R. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractMorphological variation in Parnassius mnemosyne (Linnaeus, 1758) was studied using 20 measurements of the wing shape, venation and coloration in males and females of eastern Fennoscandian populations. The type specimens were analysed. The results were related to the previous subspecific division proposed by Bryk. The results suggest that the type specimens (nominate ssp.) can be classified together with the populations from southwestern Finland. The populations of the Åland archipelago seem to form a distinctive group (ssp. ugrofennica Bryk), differing from both the nominate subspecies and the Swedish ssp. romani Bryk. The results on the Karelian material agree well with Bryk's classification (ssp. karjala, ssp. poppii). The only Finnish inland population at Somero differs only slightly from other SW Finnish populations. The loss of populations in Finland has not resulted in losses of taxa at a subspecific level.
First Nearctic record of the orthoclad genus Tavastia Tuiskunen (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: Sæther Ole A. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe male imago of Tavastia cristacauda sp. n. is described from a swamp in Michigan and the Blue Ridge in North Carolina. The new species shows that Tavastia most likely belongs to the Pseudosmittia group of genera. The combination of hairy eyes and wings with no setae on squama, and ridged, hairy anal point is unique among orthoclads.
The genus Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken (Diptera: Bombyliidae) in tropical Africa
Authors: Greathead D.J. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe 11 species of Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken listed for the Afrotropical region are reviewed. Anthrax caffra Wiedemann is shown to be a species of Exoprosopa Macquart. T. calochromatus Bezzi, T. macquarti Bezzi, T. kappa Bowden and T. subperspicillaris Bezzi are reduced to subspecies of T. elegans Wiedemann, from the southern Palaearctic Region. T. idolus Hesse and T. speciosus Hesse are designated synonyms of T. perspicillaris hessei Bowden which therefore becomes a synonym of T. perspicillaris idolus Hesse. One new species, T. heliocheili sp. n. is described from specimens reared from Heliocheilus albipunctella (de Joannis) (Noctuidae) in Mali and Senegal. A key to the 11 species and subspecies now recognized is provided.
Larval head structures of Omophron and their implications for the relationships of Omophronini (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Authors: Beutel R.G. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractInternal and external structures of the head of larvae of Omophron variegatum and O. limbatum were examined and interpreted phylogenetically. Omophronini are characterized by many internal and external autapomorphic features. Omophronini belong to a monophyletic unit within Carabidae which does not include Trachypachini, Gehringiini, Metriinae, and Paussinae (Anisochaeta sensu Jeannel 1941-42). A sistergroup relationship between Omophronini and the remaining taxa of this monophyletic unit is suggested by two synapomorphic character states of the latter group. One common derived character state suggests a sistergroup relationship between Omophronini and Opisthiini. Three apomorphic character states may indicate the monophyly of a large group within Carabidae which includes Scaritini and the following tribes and subfamilies in Lindroth's classification (Caraboidea Limbata sensu Jeannel 1941-42).
The Stigmella paradoxa species-group (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) in the USSR
Authors: Puplesis Rimantas 
Published: July 2010

AbstractA brief review and a key to the Holarctic Stigmella paradoxa species-group are given. Stigmella juryi sp. n. from the Crimea and western Kopet-Dag ridge (Turkmeniya) and S. montana sp. n. from the Turkestan ridge and western Tyan Shan are described. They represent the first records of the paradoxa group from the USSR.
A fossil termite bug, Termitaradus protera sp. n. (Hemiptera: Termitaphididae), from Mexican amber
Authors: Doyen John T. , Poinar George O. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractA termite bug, Termitaradus protera sp. n. (Termitaphididae: Hemiptera) from Mexican amber, represents the first known fossil of this family. The fossil species differs from the nine extant species by its larger size, the larger number of lobules present in each body segment and the distinctly geniculate antennae. Two shriveled termite bodies lying next to the fossil suggest that contrary to traditional opinion, termitaradids may indeed be predatory on termites. The presence of a termitaradid in Mexican Tertiary deposits suggests a wider distribution of these forms in the past than is inferred by the distribution of extant forms.
Revision of the cluster-flies of the Pollenia vagabunda species-group (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Authors: Rognes Knut 
Published: July 2010

AbstractWithin Pollenia Robineau-Desvoidy, a vagabunda species-group is defined and described. It consists of three species new to science: P. bezziana sp. n., P. stigi sp. n. and P. verneri sp. n. and two redescribed species: P. contempta Robineau-Desvoidy and P. vagabunda (Meigen). It is monophyletic on the basis of synapomorphies in the male cerci and the number of the inner posthumeral setae. Its sister-group is believed to be the viatica species-group. A key is provided and terminalia of both sexes illustrated for all species as far as these are known. A neotype is designated for Pollenia contempta Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830. A lectotype is designated for Pollenia hasei Séguy, 1928b. P. contempta is widely distributed in the western Mediterranean region and is the sister species of P. vagabunda with a much wider distribution in Europe. P. vagabunda is also reported from the U.S.A. for the first time. P. bezziana is described from Italy, P. verneri from Spain and Portugal, and P. stigi from high altitude in the Moyen Atlas mountains of Morocco. Musca varians Meigen in Morge (1975), nomen nudum, is established as a new synonym of Musca vagabunda Meigen, 1826.
The cockroach genus Allacta Saussure & Zehntner (Blattaria, Blattellidae: Pseudophyllodromiinae)
Authors: Roth Louis M. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThere are about 30 species in the cockroach genus Allacta Saussure & Zehntner. Several species are redescribed, or the previously unknown sex is described, and the literature for all the known taxa is given, including original author's descriptions if specimens were not available. Two new species, namely, fascia and loconti are described. Allacta basivittata (Bruijning), previously a junior synonym of Allacta bipunctata (Walker), is considered to be distinct. Allacta montaguei Chopard is transferred to Balta Tepper. Allacta raapi Hanitsch is transferred to Sundablatta Hebard. Allacta variegata (Brunner) is placed in Margattea Shelford. Allacta crassivenosa (Bolívar) is retained incertae sedis. The species are placed in 3 groups and a key is presented to distinguish the adults.
A new genus of Helicoboscinae from the Himalayas (Diptera: Calliphoridae), with emended genus and subfamily concepts
Authors: Rognes Knut 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe male, female and larva I (uterine) of Gulmargia angustisquama gen. n., sp. n. are described from northern India (Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh). The female is macrolarviparous. Gulmargia and the western Palaearctic Eurychaeta Brauer & Bergenstamm are vicariant sister groups which together form the subfamily Helicoboscinae of the Calliphoridae. Revised definitions of Helicoboscinae and Eurychaeta are provided. The monophyly of all taxa involved is established on the basis of several synapomorphies. It is suggested that the Helicoboscinae is an ancient clade of the Calliphoridae.
A revision of the Hydroporus species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of Japan, the Kuril Islands, and Sakhalin
Authors: Nakane Takehiko , Nilsson Anders N. 
Published: July 2010

AbstractThe six species of Hydroporus Clairville recorded from Japan, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands are revised. The following two syn. n. are established: Hydroporus watanabei Takizawa, 1933 = Hydroporus morio Aubé, 1838, and Hydroporus konoi Nakane, 1963 = Hydroporus submuticus Thomson, 1874. Hydroporus ijimai sp. n. is described from Hokkaido. The isolated position of Hydroporus tokui Satô, 1985, is noted, and the species is placed in its own species-group. An identification key is presented and species distributions are mapped.