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Psocoptera of the Mascarene Islands
Authors: TURNER B. D. 
Published: January 2008

AbstractNineteen species of Psocoptera are known from the Mascarene Islands. Twelve of these species are endemic (Echmepteryx chekei sp.n.; Lepidopsocus curtoisi sp.n.; Caecilius mascarenensis sp.n.; Mas–earopsocus spinosus Badonnel & Pearman; Peripsocus vacoasensis sp.n.; Hemipsocus mauritiensis sp.n.; Aaroniella reunionensis sp.n.; A.mauritiensis sp.n.; Ptycta chekei sp.n.; Pt.pulchra sp.n.; Pt.aschekei sp.n.; Pt.grucheti sp.n.), although the only endemic genus is Mascaropsocus. The other seven species are either pan–tropical orcosmopolitan. A key is provided to the nineteen species and Pseudocaecilius criniger (Perkins) is synonymized with citricola (Ashmead).
Revision of the Neotropical weevil genusPhymatophosus(Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Authors: CLARK WAYNE E. 
Published: January 2008

AbstractThe genusPhymatophosusincludes seventeen species of Neotropical Cryptorhynchinae, with hosts in the plant family Cucurbitaceae;P. scapularisChampion andP. atropos(Boheman) are seed predators of species ofCayaponiaandFevillea, respectively;P. squameusFaust is a stem borer ofSechium edule(Jacq.) Swartz (chuchú or chayote). The species are keyed, described, and illustrated, their distributions mapped; they are arranged in five species‐groups:leucomelas‐group,albocaudatusHustache,camelus(Fiedler) comb.n.,dysmorphussp.n.,leucomelas(Boheman) comb.n.,scops(Pascoe) comb.n.,semialbus(Fiedler) comb.n.;egregius‐group,akestrasp.n.,egregiussp.n.,enodissp.n.;scapularis‐group,ballouisp.n.,bufosp.n.,scapularisChampion (= multicristatus Champion syn.n., = variegatus Fiedler syn.n.);squameus‐group,squameusFaust, verrucula sp.n., verutus sp.n.;atropos‐group,atropos(Boheman),lachesis(Fiedler) comb.n. The apparent sister‐group ofPhymatophosusis thelatisquamisgroup of the Neotropical tylodine genusPseudomopsisChampion.
A systematic study ofPhytalmia(Diptera, Tephritidae) with description of a new genus
Authors: McALPINE DAVID K. , SCHNEIDER MARGARET A. 
Published: January 2008

AbstractThe tribe Phytalmiini is defined to include the generaPhytalmiaGerstaecker,DiplochordaOsten Sacken (=NesadramaPerkins syn.n.) andSessilinagen.n. (type‐speciesDacus nigrilineaWalker), withOrtalopteraEdwards as an outlying member; a key is provided to these genera. The tribe is nearly restricted to the Papuan Subregion; the record ofNesadrama petiolataHardy from the Philippine Islands is questioned, and this species is synonymized withDiplochorda myrmexOsten Sacken syn.n.Nesadrama longistigmaPerkins is a synonym ofD.turgida(Walker) syn.n. Keys are provided to the six species ofPhytalmia: alcicornis(Saunders),antilocaprasp.n.,biarmataMalloch,cervicornisGerstaecker (=priscaEnderlein syn.n.),megalotis Gerstaecker (= wallaceiSaunders syn.n.),mouldsisp.n.; also the three species ofSessilina, horridasp.n.,literatasp.n.,nigrilinea(Walker). The enlarged cheek‐processes may be greatly reduced inP.biarmataandcervicornis. The morphology of the internal reproduction system ofmouldsifemales is described.
On the gibbulus Group of Anotylus, and fossil occurrences of Anotylus gibbulus (Staphylinidae)
Authors: HAMMOND PETER , MORGAN ANNE , MORGAN ALAN V. 
Published: January 2008

Abstract. The gibbulus Group of the genus Anotylus is diagnosed and the grounds for believing the group to be monophyletic discussed. The habits and present‐day relictual distribution of this Old World group are summarized. Anotylus gibbulus (Eppelsheim) is reported from Eastern Siberia (the first record from beyond the area of the Caucasus), and is reported as a fossil from Toronto, Canada (c. 120,000 years B.P.). These findings, together with previous sub‐fossil records of the species from the British Isles, indicate a drastic contraction in range during the last (Wisconsinan/Devensian) stadial.
Heather‐feeding psyllids of the genus Strophingia (Homoptera)
Authors: HODKINSON I. D. 
Published: January 2008

AbstractMultivariate analysis of morphological characters suggests that the genus Strophingia comprises eight distinct species, namely ericae (Curtis) [the type‐species], australis sp.n., fallax Log., cinereae Hod., proxima sp.n., hispanica Hod. & Hollis, harteni sp.n., and arborea Log. Each species is fully characterized and an identification key is provided. A tentative phylogeny of the groups is proposed. Among the newly described species, australis (host plant: Erica australis) occurs in Portugal, proxima (host plant: Erica arborea and possibly Calluna vulgaris) is found throughout the Iberian peninsula, while harteni (host plant: Erica azorica) is found on the Azores.
An early Cretaceous termite from southern England (Isoptera: Hodotermitidae)
Authors: JARZEMBOWSKI E. A. 
Published: January 2008

AbstractValditermes brenanae gen. et sp.n. is described from the Weald Clay (Neocomian: (?) Hauterivian; c. ‐120 million years) of Surrey; it is the earliest described termite and social insect. Valditemes is referred to the extinct subfamily Cretatermitinae of the family Hodotermitidae, previously known only from a single specimen (Cretatermes carpenteri Emerson, 1967) from the Ceno‐ manian (c. ‐95 m.y.) of Labrador. Valditermes represent a more generalized condition than Cretatermes and may be the ancestor of Cretatemes. The geo‐ logical occurrence of Valditermes, other records o f Cretaceous termites, and finds of fossil termites in Britain are summarized.
Agra, arboreal beetles of Neotropical forests:erythropusgroup systematics (Carabidae)
Authors: ERWIN TERRY L. 
Published: January 2008

AbstractSpecies of the genusAgra, several hundred described and many more undescribed and whose cumulative ranges extend from southernmost Texas to northernmost Argentina, have long been of interest to collectors, amateurs and professionals alike. However, these elegant beetles are rarely collected due to their adaptation to life in tropical forest canopies. A clear understanding of their phylogeny and distribution may provide very good data with which to test recently proposed hypotheses of tropical species richness and endemism, particularly the forest refugium/flood‐zone hypothesis. The present paper initiates a major attempt at constructing the systematic framework from which such syntheses may be obtained. New methods of description are used to cover the several hundred species in less time and space, to provide a consistent numerical data base for those who choose to use it, and to use more efficiently and effectively the descriptive process. Sixteen new species ofAgraare described from the following type localities:coleps(Cayenne, French Guiana),pseuderythropus(Cayenne, French Guiana),oiapoquensis(Oiapoque, Amapá, Brazil),falsisagax(Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil),dryas(Oiapoque, Amapá, Brazil),cobra(type area—French Guiana),perinvicta(SéTo Paulo d'Olivença, Amazonas, Brazil),invicta(type area ‐ Amazonas, Brazil),ega(Ega [Tefé], Amazonas, Brazil),rhomboides(type area ‐ French Guiana),yoda(Pariacabo, French Guiana),pennyi(Parque National Amazonia, 63 km southwest of Itaituba, Pará, Brazil),mniszechi(type area ‐ French Guiana),sphenarion(Tarapoto, Peru),saltatrix(Tarapoto, Peru),maxli(Ega [Tefé], Amazonas, Brazil). Twenty‐five species found to be arrayed in four natural subgroups are described. Their cumulative range extends from Peru east to the mouth of the Amazon River and north along the coast to Guyana; most species are very locally distributed. A dot map illustrates the range of each taxon.Distribution and relationships are discussed in general showing that species subgroup ranges correspond to pleistocene refuges suggested by other authors based on other classes of organisms, but detailed cladistic and biogeographic analyses are deferred until taxonomy of the five groups of Section Erythropus is completed.
Burying beetle larvae: Nearctic Nicrophorus and Oriental Ptomascopus morio (Silphidae)
Authors: ANDERSON ROBERT S. 
Published: January 2008

Abstract. Third instar larvae are described for the first time for the following species: Nicrophorus defodiens Mannerheim,N.guttula Motschulsky, N.hybridus Hatch and Angell, N.marginatus Fabricius, N.nigrita Mannerheim, N.obscurus Kirby,N.orbicollis Say and N.sayi Laporte, and are redescribed for N.investigator Zetterstedt, N.tomentosus Weber and Ptomascopus morio Kraatz. Keys are provided to larvae of the subfamilies of Silphidae, genera of Nicrophorinae and the known third instar larvae of Nearctic Nicrophorus.A subfamilial description of the larvae of the Nicrophorinae and a generic description of the larvae of Nicrophorus are presented. Evolutionary trends within the larvae of Nicrophorinae and phylogenetic relationships among Nearctic Nicrophorus are discussed.Larvae of Nicrophorus are very similar, differing horn Ptomascopus primarily in the reduced sclerotization and by possession of spines in place of the tergal lobes of the latter. This trend towards reduced sclerotization continues within Nicrophorus, with species groups being recognizable on the basis of the form and extent of the ventral abdominal sclerotization, positioning and sclerotization of the labial palpi and the presence or absence of sutures at the bases of the urogomphi.
The Neotropical Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) described by Cajetan Felder and Alois F. Rogenhofer
Authors: BECKER VITOR O. 
Published: January 2008

ABSTRACT.The type‐material of Neotropical Gelechioidea described by Cajetan Felder and Alois F. Rogenhofer, involving forty specific names, is treated and its taxonomic placement discussed. Forty‐four lectotype designations, thirty‐four new combinations and twenty‐seven new synonyms are established and one species is removed from synonymy. Illustrations of adults and genitalia are given for species of which material is available.
The first southern hemisphere prodoxid and the phylogeny of the Incurvarioidea (Lepidoptera)
Authors: NIELSEN EBBE SCHMIDT , DAVIS DONALD R. 
Published: January 2008

Abstract. The first southern hemisphere representative of the otherwise exclusively northern hemisphere incurvarioid family Prodoxidae, Prodoxoides asymmetra gen.n., sp.n., is described from southern Argentina and Chile. The new taxon is diurnal and crepuscular and is found in temperate rain forests. Its host plant is unknown but is assumed to be a Myrtaceae. The monophyly of the superfamily Incurvarioidea is discussed. The monophyly of each of the six recognized families (Heliozelidae, Adelidae, Crinopterygidae, Incurvariidae, Cecidosidae and Prodoxidae) is demonstrated and their phylogeny discussed. The primary dichotomy within the superfamily lies between the Heliozelidae and the remaining families. The constituent genera of the Prodoxidae are listed and discussed. The primary dichotomy within the family lies either between Prodoxoides and all remaining genera or between Lampronia and Prodoxoides + the remaining genera. Tanysac‐cus Davis, 1978, is a new synonym of Lampronia Stephens, 1829.El primer prodóxido del hemisferio sur y la filogenia de los Incurvarioidea (Lepidoptera)ResumenSe describe para el sur de Argentina y Chile, al primer representante en el hemisferio sur de la hasta ahora exclusivamente nortena familia Prodoxidae, Prodoxoides asymmetra gen.n., sp.n. El nuevo taxon es diurno y crepuscular y se lo encuentra en los bosques templadohumedos. Su planta hospedadora es desconocida pero se presume que sea una Myrtaceae. Se discute la monofilesis de la superfamilia Incurvarioidea y se demuestra la monofilesis y discute la filogenia de cada una de las seis familias reconocidas (Heliozelidae, Adelidae, Crinopterygidae, Incurvariidae, Cecidosidae y Prodoxidae). La dicotomía primaria dentro de la superfamilia cae entre Heliozelidae y las familias restantes. Se listan y discuten los géneros constitutivos de los Prodoxidae. La dicotomía primaria dentro de la familia cae entre Prodoxoides y el rèsto de los géneros o entre Lampronia y Prodoxoides+los géneros restantes. Tanysaccus Davis, 1978, es una neuva sinonimia de Lampronia Stephens, 1829.
The taxonomic position of Aceratoneuromyia granulans Domenichini (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) as judged by characteristics of its courtship behaviour
Authors: Bosch H. A. J. in den , Assem J. van den 
Published: January 2008

Abstract Aceratoneuromyia has been considered a close relative of Melittobia and allies by several authors. Evidence from courtship behaviour suggests that such a relationship is very unlikely. Furthermore, the courtship of Aceratoneuromyia granulans is interesting from a comparative point of view in that it is rigidly organized, with an alternation of so‐called low‐ and high‐phases. It has been hypothesized earlier that these phase shifts coincide with motivational changes underlying courtship behaviour. The low‐phase was supposed to be an expression of a relative predominance of the tendency to copulate. Low‐phase behaviour of A.granulans seems to be straightforward copulatory behaviour, though not oriented towards the female's genital orifice.
A new socially parasitic Myrmica, with a reassessment of the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Authors: BOLTON BARRY 
Published: January 2008

Abstract Myrmica ereptrix, a new species socially parasitic on Myrmica rugosa, is described from a single female discovered in Kashmir, India. A synoptic table of the known social parasites in genus Myrmica is given and the genus‐level names Paramyrmica, Sommimyrma and Sifolinia are discussed and newly synonymized with Myrmica. The genus Myrmica is redefined for all castes. An outline is given of the evolution of the characteristic venation of Myrmica alates. The structure of the metasternal process in genera of the A/y/Twca‐group is discussed and used in the generic diagnosis for the first time.
On the systematic position of Catocala Schrank (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Authors: Mitter C. , Silverfine E. 
Published: January 2008

AbstractThe Holarctic genus Catocala Schrank is argued to belong to an otherwise mainly Ethiopian and Oriental clade consisting, in addition to this genus, of Audea Walker, Crypsotidia Rothschild, Hypotacha Hampson, Tachosa Walker and Ulotrichopus Wallengren. The principal synapomorphy is a distinctively sclerotized, elongate ovipositor. A numerical phylogenetic analysis of this group based on fifty‐five characters suggests that Catocala may be paraphyletic, a subset of species being the closest relatives of Ulotrichopus. Catocala and Ulotrichopus together appear to be the sister‐group of the remaining four genera. Audea fatilega Felder & Rogenhofer is found to have the characters of Ulotrichopus.
A taxonomic revision of the genera Polemograptis Meyrick, and Archigraptis Razowski (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Authors: TUCK K. R. 
Published: January 2008

Abstract Polemograptis Meyrick is here restricted to three species, with five species being transferred elsewhere. Archigraptis Razowski, previously a monobasic genus, is expanded to include three new species and A.stauroma (Diakonoff), n.comb. A hindwing cubital pecten is reported for two species of Polemograptis. The sexually dimorphic hind‐wing anal tuft of two species of Archigraptis is discussed. It is suggested that the bright colours of one species of Archigraptis may indicate a mimetic association with a gelechiid moth.
Revision of the Neotropical genus Nyttum (Hemiptera: Coreidae)
Authors: DOLLING WILLIAM R. , CASINI CARLOS E. 
Published: January 2008

AbstractThe Neotropical genusNyttum,belonging to the wholly New World tribe Acanthocephalini of the plant‐feeding heteropterous family Coreidae, is redescribed. Its distribution is shown to extend from Mexico to Uruguay.Nyttum limbatumSpinola, from Brazil, andN.punctatum(Dallas), widespread in South and Central America, are redescribed;Anasa perfusaDistant is synonymized withN.punctatum.Seven new species are described:Nyttum amaralae,from Uruguay;N.beckeri,from Brazil and ‘West Indies’N.nigrum,from Venezuela;N.pallens,from Mexico;N.pulchrum,from Peru;N.rubrum,from Brazil; andN.spinolaifrom Brazil and Guyana. A key to the species is included.Placoscelisis regarded as the genus most closely related toNyttumand it is shown that the same two types of paramere and the same two types of aedaegus occur in both genera.Resumen. Se redescribe el género neotropicalNyttum,perteneciente a la tribu Acanthocephalini que se encuentra exclusivamente en el Nuevo Mundo, dentro de la familia Coreidae (Hemiptera‐Heteroptera) que se alimenta exclusivamente de vegetales. Se indica que la distribución de este género se extiende desde Mexico al Uruguay. Se redescribenNyttum limbatumSpinola del Brasil yN.punctatum(Dallas), de amplia distribución en América del Sur y Central.Anasa perfusaDistant es sinonimizada conN.punctatum.Se describen siete neuvas especies:Nyttum amaralae,del Uruguay;N.beckeri,del Brasil e ‘Indias Occindentales’N.nigrum,de Venezuela;N.pallens,de Mexico;N.pulchrum,de Perú;N.rubrum,de Brasil; yN.spinolai,de Brasil y Guyana. Se incluye una clava para la separation de las especies. Se considera quePlacoscelises el género mas cercano aNyttum,y se indica que los mismos dos tipos de parameros y los mismos dos tipos de aedeagus se encuentran en ambos.
An interesting new species of Megaselia from Sulawesi, the ground plan of the Phoridae (Diptera) and phylogenetie implications for the Cyclorrhapha
Authors: DISNEY R. H. L. 
Published: January 2008

Abstract Megaselia biarticulata sp.n. is described from Sulawesi. Its distinctly two‐segmented palp reinforces the view that a two‐segmented palp is part of the ground plan of the family. The tibial hair palisades are also postulated as part of the ground plan and serve to link the Phoridae to the Platypezidae. The median furrow on the frons is considered as part of the ground plan. Furthermore it is postulated that it is homologous with the frontal vitta in the Schizophora, and that its invaginated lower end gave rise to the ptilinum. The Empidoidea cannot be ancestral to the Cyclorrhapha and the case for regarding these two taxa as sister groups seems highly tenuous in the light of the inferred ground plan for the Phoridae.
The metatibial extensor and flexor tendons in Coleoptera
Authors: FURTH DAVID G. , SUZUKI KUNIO 
Published: January 2008

AbstractThe metatibiae of genera in several families of Coleoptera with enlarged metafemora are examined, including Chrysomelidae (Alticinae, Galerucinae, Sagrinae), Bruchidae (Pachymerinae, Rhae‐binae, Eubaptinae, Bruchinae), Scirtidae and Oedemeridae. There is an evident pattern concerning the relative size of the tibial extensor and flexor tendons that is dependent on the type of hind leg movement of a specific beetle group. Beetle groups that jump (e.g. Alticinae, Scirtidae) always have a greatly enlarged metatibial extensor tendon and associated musculature. However, other groups with swollen metafemora that do not jump have enlarged metatibial flexor tendons with the associated musculature for holding/grasping onto the vegetation (Sagrinae, Bruchidae) or onto the female during copulation (male Oedemera). This indicates a strong functional relationship between Sagrinae and Bruchidae, both with large flexor tendons, and between the Alticinae and Galerucinae, with relatively large extensor tendons; these two cases may also have phylogenetic meaning. This pattern of the metatibial extensor and flexor tendon size related to function is presumably true for at least all other Coleoptera.
A revision of the Holarctic species ofSerromyiaMeigen (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Authors: BORKENT A. , BISSETT B. 
Published: January 2008

Abstract.This revision recognizes sixteen extant species ofSerromyiain the Holarctic Region including seven described as new:S.bicolorBorkent,S.borealisBorkent,S.nudicolisBorkent,S.pacificaRemm,S.sierrensisBorkent,S.tectaBorkent andS.vockerothiBorkent. In addition, eleven new synonyms are indicated. Keys and descriptions of the male and female adults, and their known distributions, are given for all species. The egg and first instar larva ofSerromyia nudicolisBorkent n.sp., the pupa ofS.atra(Meigen) and the fourth instar larvae of an unidentifiedSerromyiaare also described.All available fossil specimens were examined, some redescribed, and two named as new:S.ryszardiBorkent andS.sinuosaBorkent.New combinations areS.alpheus(Heyden),Atrichopogon trichopus(Thomson) andMonohelea scirpi(Kieffer).Limited phylogenetic interpretation indicates that all extent Holarctic species, with the exception ofS.mangroviDelecolle and Braverman, form a monophyletic group. Six Baltic amber species are not members of this clade.Metacanthoheleais recognized as the sister group of the genusSerromyia.
A systematic reappraisal of the Australian Aphroteniinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) with dating from vicariance biogeography
Authors: CRANSTON P. S. , EDWARD D. H. D. 
Published: January 2008

Abstract. The chironomid subfamily Aphroteniinae is revised for the Australian fauna. The larval‐based genus Anaphrotenia Brundin is synonymized with Aphroteniella Brundin, and Anaphrotenia lacustris Brundin with Aphroteniella filicomis Brundin, and all stages redescribed and illustrated. A second Australian species, Aphroteniella tenuicornis Brundin, has been reared and the larva is described and the pupa and male redescribed here. Paraphrotenia fasclpennis Brundin, previously known only from the Australian type locality, is reported from a second site. The pupa and previously unde‐scribed female adult are described and figured. Aphrotenia Brundin, previously known only from Cape Province, South Africa, is recorded from Australia through Aphrotenia australiensis, newly described here and taking the authorship of Hergstrom. An unreared and unnamed larva of Aphrotenia is described and figured. Aphrotenia, and thus the subfamily, can be dated through a vicariance paradigm substantiated by a Cretaceous fossil record, to a minimum of 120 m.y.b.p.Keys are given to larva, pupa and adults of the Australian Aphroteniinae.
Revision of Palaearctic mountain midges (Diptera: Deuterophlebiidae), with phylogenetic and biogeographic analyses of world species
Authors: COURTNEY GREGORY W. 
Published: January 2008

Abstract. The mountain midges (Diptera: Deuterophlebiidae) of the Palaearctic Region are revised to include eight species. Four new species are described: D. brachyrhina sp. nov., D.oporina sp. nov. and D. blepharis sp.nov. from the Himalayas (Assam and Sikkim), and D.bicarinata sp. nov. from southern Korea. A lectotype is designated for D.mirabilis Edwards, and a key to adult males of all Palaearctic species is provided.Larval, pupal and adult characters were used to reconstruct the phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships of world species of Deuterophlebiidae. Based on features of the adult male, the Himalayan species D. brachyrhina and D. oporina are considered the most primitive deuterophlebiids. The Nearctic species D. inyoensis is proposed as the sister group of the remaining species. Relationships among the latter are based primarily on larval and pupal characters; however, lack of information about the immature stages of several Palaearctic species contributes to a poorly resolved phylogeny. Several alternative hypotheses are presented and discussed. All phylogenetic alternatives suggest that the Nearctic fauna originated from at least two invasions of North America.
A new genus and phylogenetic analysis of the Bathyaulacini and Glyptomorphini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae)
Authors: JAMIL M. , CHISHTI K. , QUICKE DONALD L. J. 
Published: January 2008

AbstractA new genus Annectobracon (type species A. eventus sp.n. from China, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam) and A. excavata sp.n. from India and Sri Lanka belonging to the tribe Bathyaulacini are described and illustrated, and an identification key to the species is provided. A phylogenetic analysis of the tribes Bathyaulacini and Glyptomorphini is presented, and the new genus is shown to be the sister group of Ischnobracon Baltazar.