Mohammad A J Marafi, H. Ben Khedher, Eiman Mansoury
{"title":"New Data on Philanthus Fabricius Species (Hymenoptera: Spheciformes) from Kuwait with Some Biological Observations","authors":"Mohammad A J Marafi, H. Ben Khedher, Eiman Mansoury","doi":"10.31184/m00138908.1593.4183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31184/m00138908.1593.4183","url":null,"abstract":"Based on literature and newly-collected material, we list a total of five species of the genus Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 (Apoidea) from Kuwait. The subspecies Philanthus coarctatus coarctatus Spinola, 1839, is recorded locally for the first time, while the species Philanthus\u0000 triangulum (Fabricius, 1767) has new governmental records. The two taxa are illustrated in detail by digital photos. We also provided field observations for P.coarctatus coarctatus and both global and local geographical distributions of all species.","PeriodicalId":108722,"journal":{"name":"Entomologist's Monthly Magazine","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121034267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new species Dioxys From Southern Spain, with Notes on the Classification of Dioxyini (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)","authors":"M. Engel","doi":"10.31184/m00138908.1593.4198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31184/m00138908.1593.4198","url":null,"abstract":"A new Palearctic species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Dioxys Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville (Megachilinae: Dioxyini) is described and figured from southern Spain. Dioxys falsificus sp. n. is most similar to D.pumilus Gerstäcker, a species that\u0000 occupies areas more easterly around the Mediterranean (at least from Sardinia eastward and potentially in eastern Morocco eastward). It is possible that historical records of D. pumilus from southern Spain apply to D. falsificus. A revised key is provided to the\u0000 genera of Dioxyini, and the South African Dioxoides alata Michener is transferred to Notodioxytes gen.n.","PeriodicalId":108722,"journal":{"name":"Entomologist's Monthly Magazine","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129592462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Blue-winged grasshopper Oedipoda caerulescens caerulescens (Linnaeus) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) new to Britain","authors":"A. Ramsay","doi":"10.31184/m00138908.1593.4206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31184/m00138908.1593.4206","url":null,"abstract":"The blue-winged grasshopper Oedipoda caerulescens caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758) (Acrididae: Locustinae) is recorded as potentially breeding in mainland Britain for the first time from Kent. Notes on its distribution and habitat are provided.","PeriodicalId":108722,"journal":{"name":"Entomologist's Monthly Magazine","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130086253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A New Species of Spiniphora Malloch (Diptera: Phoridae) From Sri Lanka and Thailand","authors":"R. Disney","doi":"10.31184/m00138908.1593.4158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31184/m00138908.1593.4158","url":null,"abstract":"A New species of Phorid: Spiniphora Experadenya sp. n. is Described from Sri Lanka and Thailand.","PeriodicalId":108722,"journal":{"name":"Entomologist's Monthly Magazine","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132098839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Barkfly Trimerocaecilius Becheti Meinander (Psocoptera: Pseudocaeciliidae) New to Britain","authors":"Scotty G. Dodd, N. Alexander, C. Lienhard","doi":"10.31184/m00138908.1593.4186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31184/m00138908.1593.4186","url":null,"abstract":"The barkfly Trimerocaecilius becheti Meinander, 1978 (Psocoptera: Pseudocaeciliidae) is added to the British list and its origins discussed.","PeriodicalId":108722,"journal":{"name":"Entomologist's Monthly Magazine","volume":"224 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127298192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Entomologist's Gazette & Entomologist's Monthly Magazine First Paper Reminiscence: Golden Age for Chalcid Studies","authors":"Stephen Compton","doi":"10.31184/m00138908.1593.4202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31184/m00138908.1593.4202","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":108722,"journal":{"name":"Entomologist's Monthly Magazine","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132722602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The mating swarm of Cricotopus bicinctus (Meigen) (Diptera: Chironomidae) on Öland Island, Sweden","authors":"Björn S. Edman","doi":"10.31184/m00138908.1593.4199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31184/m00138908.1593.4199","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":108722,"journal":{"name":"Entomologist's Monthly Magazine","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130893843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psocids As Global Pests Of Stored Products, Edited By Christos G. Athanassiou & Manoj K. Nayak","authors":"T. New","doi":"10.31184/m00138908.1593.4205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31184/m00138908.1593.4205","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":108722,"journal":{"name":"Entomologist's Monthly Magazine","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115103782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two New Species of Clystopsenella Kieffer from Belize and Peru (Hymenoptera: Scolebythidae)","authors":"M. Engel","doi":"10.31184/m00138908.1593.4193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31184/m00138908.1593.4193","url":null,"abstract":"Two new species of the scolebythid wasp genus Clystopsenella Kieffer (Scolebythidae: Scolebythinae) are described and figured. Clystopsenella maya sp. n., is reported from Belize, representing the northernmost extant occurrence for the genus. Clystopsenella kampa\u0000 sp. n., is described from the southwestern Amazonian region of Madre de Dios, Peru, and intermingles traits of both C.pacifica Lepeco & Melo and C.longiventris Kieffer. A revised key is presented to the species of the genus.","PeriodicalId":108722,"journal":{"name":"Entomologist's Monthly Magazine","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133214439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Bumblebees of the Himalaya: An Identification Guide. By Paul H. Williams","authors":"M. Engel","doi":"10.31184/m00138908.1592.4191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31184/m00138908.1592.4191","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":108722,"journal":{"name":"Entomologist's Monthly Magazine","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123978119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}