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First record of Adelges (Cholodkovskya) viridanus (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) in North America, with a description of the fundatrix form in Japan 北美洲首次记录的绿色阿氏蛛（半翅目：阿氏蛛科），并对日本的基部形态进行了描述

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12561

Nathan P. Havill, Shigehiko Shiyake, Deanna Zembrzuski, Robert G. Foottit, Bryan M. T. Brunet

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The ant Lasius niger shows no relationship between task efficiency and body size variation among workers 黑蚁在作业效率和作业人员体型变化之间没有关系

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2023-08-03 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12549

Mateusz Okrutniak, Irena M. Grześ, Anna K. Kucharska, Filip Turza, Małgorzata Zimocha, Sabrina Kerdiane, Patryk Jabłoński

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Pupal warning color development in above-ground pupating species but cryptic color in ground-surface pupating species of the nine-spotted diurnal moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Syntomini) 九斑日行蛾的地上化蛹种类的蛹色发育为警告色，而地面化蛹种类的蛹色发育为隐色。

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12559

Makoto Tsubuki, Hidemori Yazaki, Fumio Hayashi

{"title":"Pupal warning color development in above-ground pupating species but cryptic color in ground-surface pupating species of the nine-spotted diurnal moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Syntomini)","authors":"Makoto Tsubuki, Hidemori Yazaki, Fumio Hayashi","doi":"10.1111/ens.12559","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12559","url":null,"abstract":"Insects usually have cryptic colors to avoid detection by visually hunting predators. However, if the insects acquire toxic or repellent substances against predators, some of them develop conspicuous coloration to exhibit their unpalatability. Such warning colors allow insects to survive. In the nine-spotted diurnal moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Syntomini), we found the above-ground pupating species to have conspicuous colored pupae, but the ground-surface pupating species to have cryptic colored pupae. In this study, the relationships between unpalatability and coloration of these pupae are examined among three species of Amata and one species of Syntomoides. Pupae of the two species (A. germana and A. flava) are conspicuous in their color pattern with seven black dotted lines longitudinally on their pale-yellow bodies. These pupae are exposed to the aerial predators in a coarse silk mesh hanging from leaves and/or branches. The other two species (A. fortunei and S. imaon) pupate in spaces under stones, fallen twigs and leaves on the ground surface, and the pupae in a coarse silk cocoon is cryptic dark brown. Their pupation site selections are reproduced in the rearing glass vessels. Palatability assessment using lizards as a potential predator suggests that pupae of A. germana, A. flava and A. fortunei are unpalatable and the lizard's feeding response decreases with experience. However, pupae of S. imaon are all eaten (palatable). Finally, the possible evolutionary scenario of pupal colors of these four species is discussed in relation to pupation site selection and palatability.","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42866256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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First observation of Lethocerus cordofanus (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) preying on Afronycteris nana (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) cordofanelethocus(半翅目:Belostomatidae)捕食afronyteris nana(翼翅目:vespertionididae)的首次观察

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2023-07-18 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12558

Kelvin Chen, Mark Massaad, Ricardo De Lima, Ana Rainho, Ricardo Rocha

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Possible Batesian mimicry to sexually different models in the tussock moth Numenes albofascia with a great sexual color dimorphism 柞蚕Numenes albofascia性别差异模型的可能Batesian拟态

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2023-07-06 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12557

Hidemori Yazaki, Fumio Hayashi

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Invasive diatom, Cymbella janischii adhering on body surface of native aquatic beetles, Grouvellinus nitidus (Elmidae) and Ectopria opaca (Psephenidae) in Japan 日本本土水生甲虫、Grouvellinus nitidus（Elmidae）和Ectopria opaca（Psephenidae）体表附着的入侵硅藻

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2023-07-06 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12556

Masakazu Hayashi

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Protective function of maternal care against egg predators in the shield bug Sastragala esakii (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae) 盾蝽母性护理对捕食者的保护作用(半翅目:棘虫科)

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2023-06-20 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12555

Kou Nishimura, Shin-ichi Kudo, Takahiro Hosokawa

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Pupal RNA interference methods for analyzing adult development in stag beetles 蛹RNA干扰法分析瓢虫成虫发育

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2023-06-06 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12548

Jin Hagiwara, Leon Nozawa, Itsuki Ohtsu, Tadashi Shinohara, Hiroki Gotoh

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A solanum beetle on a fabaceous weed: Possible rapid progress of adaptation to a novel host-plant in a geographical context 一种豆科杂草上的茄类甲虫:在地理环境下对一种新寄主植物的可能快速适应

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2023-06-05 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12547

Naoyuki Fujiyama, Hideki Ueno, Sih Kahono, Sri Hartini, Haruo Katakura

{"title":"A solanum beetle on a fabaceous weed: Possible rapid progress of adaptation to a novel host-plant in a geographical context","authors":"Naoyuki Fujiyama, Hideki Ueno, Sih Kahono, Sri Hartini, Haruo Katakura","doi":"10.1111/ens.12547","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12547","url":null,"abstract":"Our knowledge on how the local distribution pattern of ordinary and novel hosts promotes or hinders the progress of adaptation to the novel hosts by phytophagous insects is limited. The herbivorous ladybird beetle Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) depends mainly on solanaceous plants as hosts; the major wild host of this beetle species in Java, Indonesia, is Solanum torvum. However, in several regions of Southeast Asia, including Java, H. vigintioctopunctata also occurs on the introduced fabaceous weed, Centrosema molle. Circumstantial evidence indicates that the use of C. molle by beetles became frequent in the very early 2000s in East Java. In the present study, based on laboratory and field data obtained from 2003 to 2005, we evaluated the degree of adaptation to C. molle by H. vigintioctopunctata populations from East Java and documented the geographic pattern of host-plant distribution in East Java. Laboratory experiments revealed that the beetles from East Java possessed the highest degree of adaptation to C. molle among the beetle populations thus far investigated, suggesting that the adaptation to C. molle by beetles proceeded quite rapidly in East Java in the early 2000s. Meanwhile, field surveys showed that the habitats in East Java consisted of mosaics with sites where only C. molle was distributed and sites where C. molle and solanaceous plants co-occurred. We discussed the role of such geographical structure of habitats in promoting the rapid adaptation of H. vigintioctopunctata to C. molle in East Java.","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41306859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Difference in the responses of male cicada Meimuna opalifera to the two parts of conspecific calling song 雄蝉对同种鸣叫两部分反应的差异

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2023-05-29 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12550

Takeru Kodama, Eiiti Kasuya, Haruki Tatsuta

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