{"title":"A New Genus and Species of Cicadina from Australia Belonging to a New Subtribe of the Tribe Risiini (Homoptera, Dictyopharidae)","authors":"","doi":"10.1134/s0013873823080043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0013873823080043","url":null,"abstract":"<span> <h3>Abstract</h3> <p>A new monotypic genus <em>Deuterrisius</em> <strong>gen. n.</strong> with the type species <em>Deuterrisius tobiasi</em> <strong>sp. n.</strong> is described. This is the second known representative of the tribe Risiini in the fauna of Australia and of Notogaea as a whole. The new genus is most closely related to the previously described, also Australian genus <em>Austrorgerius</em> Woodward; these two genera are united into a new subtribe Deuterrisiina <strong>subtrib. n.</strong> The new genus has a unique structure of the interalar scutellum whose apex, unlike that in all other Cicadina, is formed by a section of the metanotum; an incomplete realization of this structural variant is observed in the genus <em>Austrorgerius</em>.</p> </span>","PeriodicalId":11729,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140155096","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":"New or Little-Known Crickets of the Subfamily Phalangopsinae (Orthoptera, Gryllidae). 15. The Tribe Paragryllini from Panama","authors":"","doi":"10.1134/s0013873823080031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0013873823080031","url":null,"abstract":"<span> <h3>Abstract</h3> <p>The following new taxa are described from Panama: <em>Panamacla invaginata</em> <strong>gen. et sp. n.</strong> from the subtribe Mexiaclina Gorochov, 2014, <em>Aclella</em> (<em>Selvacla</em>) <em>totumas</em> <strong>sp. n.</strong>, <em>Neoacla</em> (<em>Superacla</em>) <em>omelkoi</em> <strong>sp. n.,</strong> and <em>N.</em> (<em>S.</em>) <em>mikhaili</em> <strong>sp. n.</strong> from the subtribe Neoaclina Desutter, 1988, as well as <em>Paragryllus specularis</em> <strong>sp. n.</strong> from the subtribe Paragryllina Desutter, 1988. All these subtribes, genera, and subgenera are recorded from Panama for the first time. The former genus <em>Selvacla</em> Otte, 2006, <strong>stat. n.</strong> and the subgenus <em>Hattersleya</em> Nischk et Otte, 2000, <strong>stat. resurr.</strong> are resurrected from synonymy as subgenera of the genera <em>Aclella</em> Desutter-Grandcolas, 2000 and <em>Neoacla</em> Desutter, 1988, respectively. The subgenus <em>Superacla</em> Gorochov, 2009, <strong>stat. resurr.</strong> is restored as a subgenus of the genus <em>Neoacla</em>.</p> </span>","PeriodicalId":11729,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140155097","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 Subgenus of the Genus Sphenoptera Dejean, 1833 with Redescription of S. epistomalis Obenberger, 1927 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)","authors":"","doi":"10.1134/s0013873823080080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0013873823080080","url":null,"abstract":"<span> <h3>Abstract</h3> <p>A new subgenus <em>Clypeostetha</em> <strong>subgen. n.</strong> is established for the jewel beetle <em>Sphenoptera epistomalis</em> Obenberger, 1927 from Northwestern and Western Kazakhstan and northwestern Uzbekistan (the first record for the country). Principal diagnostic characters of the new subgenus, an illustrated redescription of <em>S. epistomalis</em>, and data on its distribution and host plant are presented. The main diagnostic character of <em>Clypeostetha</em> is the absence of the clypeal suture that separates the clypeus from the frons in all the other known Sphenopterini.</p> </span>","PeriodicalId":11729,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140155101","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":"Description of a New Species of the Bark-Beetle Genus Tricosa Cognato, Smith et Beaver, 2020 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from the South of Primorskii Territory (Russia)","authors":"","doi":"10.1134/s0013873823080092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0013873823080092","url":null,"abstract":"<span> <h3>Abstract</h3> <p>A new species, <em>Tricosa sokanovskii</em> <strong>sp. n.</strong> (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae), is described from the south of the Russian Far East based on the material from the neighbourhood of Vladivostok.</p> </span>","PeriodicalId":11729,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140155210","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":"New Data on the Distribution of the Little Known Fritillary Melitaea (Mellicta) distans (Higgins, 1955) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) with Clarification of Its Type Locality","authors":"","doi":"10.1134/s0013873823060076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0013873823060076","url":null,"abstract":"<span> <h3>Abstract</h3> <p>A specimen of the little known fritillary <em>Melitaea</em> (<em>Mellicta</em>) <em>distans</em> (Higgins, 1955) collected in China by the famous V.I. Roborovsky’s expedition to Central Asia (1893–1895) was found in the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The exact type locality of the species, situated near the Kok Terek River mouth in Northwest China, has been determined. <em>Melitaea</em> <em>distans</em> is recorded from China for the first time.</p> </span>","PeriodicalId":11729,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139757808","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":"Individual Variability and Modifications of the Movement Activity in Adults of Cheilomenes propinqua (Mulsant) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) at the Day and at the Night Time","authors":"","doi":"10.1134/s0013873823050019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0013873823050019","url":null,"abstract":"<span> <h3>Abstract</h3> <p>Laboratory experiments revealed considerable individual variability in the rates of day and night movement activity in starved and fed adults of the predatory ladybird <em>Cheilomenes propinqua</em>. Statistical analysis of the experimental data showed that (1) individual variability of day and night movement activity was determined by different parameters of <em>Ch.</em> <em>propinqua</em> adults, (2) environmental factors differently affected the level of individual variability of day and night movement activity, and (3) the effects of temperature and starvation on modifications of day and night movement activity were also different. These results suggest that the day and night movement activities of <em>Ch.</em> <em>propinqua</em> adults are determined by different physiological mechanisms.</p> </span>","PeriodicalId":11729,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139508809","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":"Relationships of the Gall Midge Asphondylia miki Wachtl (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) with Its Host Plant, the Alfalfa Medicago sativa, and Ectoparasitoids of Its Larvae and Pupae (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) in the Forest-Steppe of the Middle Volga Region","authors":"","doi":"10.1134/s0013873823050032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0013873823050032","url":null,"abstract":"<span> <h3>Abstract</h3> <p>The gall midge <em>Asphondylia miki</em> Wachtl (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) was studied in crops of alfalfa (<em>Medicago sativa</em> ssp. × <em>varia</em>) in 2018–2022 in the forest-steppe of Samara Province. Galls were counted from the beginning of their formation to the end of the crop growing season in plots 0.1 to 1 m<sup>2</sup> in area. The data were processed using ANOVA. The gall midge had two annual generations in the alfalfa fields sown in spring and in the perennial crops; when alfalfa was sown in summer, <em>A. miki</em> produced one generation during the first year. The pupae overwintered in galls, and adults of the overwintered generation emerged in April. The highest rate of damage to alfalfa by <em>A. miki</em> larvae (40–68% of generative shoots) and the highest density of galls (500–830 ind./m<sup>2</sup>) were observed during the first year of the summer-sown crop, when the flight peak coincided with the alfalfa budding phase; the seed loss was considerable (13–81%). On average, parasitoid wasps destroyed the larvae and pupae of <em>A. miki</em> in 60% of its galls in the summer-sown crops not treated with chemical pesticides. The gregarious ectoparasitoid <em>Sigmophora brevicornis</em> (Eulophidae), mainly infesting larvae, accounted for about 77% of the identified parasitoid specimens. The males and females in the <em>S. brevicornis</em> population had similar body coloration and belonged to three phenotypes: the lightest brownish yellow, yellowish brown, and dark, which comprised 53, 28, and 19% of the specimens, respectively.</p> </span>","PeriodicalId":11729,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139508687","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":"Biodiversity of Feather Mites Parasitizing Passerines of the Lower Don Area and Quantitative Characteristics of Their Invasion","authors":"","doi":"10.1134/s0013873823060081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0013873823060081","url":null,"abstract":"<span> <h3>Abstract</h3> <p>This paper presents the results of long-term research of the biodiversity and quantitative invasion indices of feather mites associated with passerines in the Lower Don area. Between 2001 and 2019, we examined 2246 passerine specimens belonging to 85 species, 47 genera, and 23 families and comprising the majority of passerine species in the region. A total of 86 feather mite species belonging to 15 genera, 7 families, and 2 superfamilies (Analgoidea and Pterolichoidea) were found on 83 species of passerine hosts. A detailed taxonomic analysis of the parasite fauna has been carried out. Four species of feather mites are recorded here for the first time for the Russian fauna: <em>Proctophyllodes balati</em> Černý, 1978,<em> P.</em> <em>remizicola</em> Černý, 1979,<em> P.</em> <em>cetti</em> Badek, Mironov et Dabert, 2008 (Proctophyllodidae), and <em>Corydolichus calandrellicolus</em> Mironov et Sayakova, 2001 (Ochrolichidae). The faunistic complexes of feather mites of all the studied passerine families and their specific features in the study region have been analyzed. Parasitological indices of invasion (intensity and prevalence) for each feather mite species on each avian host have been estimated by statistical processing of the long-term quantitative data.</p> </span>","PeriodicalId":11729,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139508703","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}
A. Nikitin, T. V. Zvereva, Y. Verzhutskaya, A. V. Lyapunov, D. M. Rudakov, V. Y. Kolesnikova, N. S. Gordeiko, E. I. Andaev
{"title":"Fauna and Abundance of Ixodid Ticks and Their Infection with Human Pathogens on Popov Island, Primorskii Territory","authors":"A. Nikitin, T. V. Zvereva, Y. Verzhutskaya, A. V. Lyapunov, D. M. Rudakov, V. Y. Kolesnikova, N. S. Gordeiko, E. I. Andaev","doi":"10.1134/S0013873823040097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873823040097","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11729,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139365751","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":"Type Specimens of Dung Flies (Diptera, Scathophagidae) in the Collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg","authors":"E. Nartshuk, N. M. Paramonov, G. M. Suleymanova","doi":"10.1134/S0013873823040073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873823040073","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11729,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139364420","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}