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Effect of female body size on courtship preferences of males in two Pierid butterfly species: Pieris melete and P. napi 雌性体型对两种斑蝶雄性求偶偏好的影响

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2025-10-08 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12614

Masaaki Ohata

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Geographic pattern of the use of host plants (Cirsium spp., Asteraceae) in the phytophagous ladybird beetle Henosepilachna niponica (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Tohoku district, northern Honshu, Japan 日本本州北部东北地区食虫瓢虫甲虫（鞘翅目：瓢虫科）寄主植物利用的地理格局

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2025-10-05 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12613

Daiki Nakasone, Jun Yokoyama, Naoyuki Fujiyama

{"title":"Geographic pattern of the use of host plants (Cirsium spp., Asteraceae) in the phytophagous ladybird beetle Henosepilachna niponica (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Tohoku district, northern Honshu, Japan","authors":"Daiki Nakasone, Jun Yokoyama, Naoyuki Fujiyama","doi":"10.1111/ens.12613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12613","url":null,"abstract":"The phytophagous ladybird beetle Henosepilachna niponica (Lewis) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) depends basically on thistles (Cirsium spp., Asteraceae) as its host plants. However, many previous studies have not identified the host plants (thistles, Cirsium spp.) of H. niponica, at the species level, and its host plants have often only been recorded as “thistles” or “Cirsium spp.” Furthermore, a few studies in which host thistle species have been identified appeared as small articles in Japanese language, reporting information regarding a particular site. Host thistle species across the distribution range of H. niponica have not yet been summarized, and only a few studies have elucidated the host plants of H. niponica at the regional level with the exact identification of the thistle species. In this study, we conducted a literature survey to integrate the scattered information on the host plants of H. niponica. In addition, we conducted field investigations for determining host-use patterns by H. niponica at 78 sites in the Tohoku district, northern Honshu, Japan, where information is relatively limited. The results revealed that H. niponica utilizes at least 19 thistle species as host plants across its distribution range, of which 4 thistle species (C. alpicola, C. amplexifolium, C. nipponicum, and C. tonense) are regarded as the main hosts of H. niponica in the Tohoku district.","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"28 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ens.12613","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145271756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Correction to “Taxonomic revision of the extant species of the Japanese Stephanidae (Hymenoptera), with discussion on distribution pattern and conservation importance” 对“日本茧蜂科（膜翅目）现存种的分类订正及分布格局和保护意义的讨论”的更正

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12618

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Cantharidin world on bird droppings: Reused cantharidin after bird predation of cantharidin-producing insects 鸟类粪便中的斑蝥素世界：鸟类捕食产生斑蝥素的昆虫后，重新使用斑蝥素

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12612

Hidemori Yazaki, Kosei Hashimoto, Nozomu Sato, Fumio Hayashi

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Diverse habitats promote coexistence of sympatric predaceous diving beetles in paddy environments 多样的生境促进了同域食肉潜水甲虫在水田环境中的共存

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12601

Reiya Watanabe, Shin-ya Ohba, Shiro Sagawa

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Wing base morphology supports paraphyly of Papilionoidea s.s. (Lepidoptera) 翅基形态支持凤蝶科（鳞翅目）的分翅。

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2025-08-06 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12609

Kohei Sakai, Masaya Yago, Kazunori Yoshizawa

{"title":"Wing base morphology supports paraphyly of Papilionoidea s.s. (Lepidoptera)","authors":"Kohei Sakai, Masaya Yago, Kazunori Yoshizawa","doi":"10.1111/ens.12609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12609","url":null,"abstract":"Traditionally, skippers (Hesperiidae) and moth-like butterflies (Hedylidae) were classified in separate superfamilies outside the butterfly superfamily Papilionoidea sensu stricto. However, recent molecular phylogenies including phylogenomics placed the swallowtails (family Papilionidae) as the sister group to all other butterflies, including skippers and moth-like butterflies, making the traditionally recognized Papilionoidea s.s. paraphyletic. However, no morphological studies have supported this relationship to date. Here, we conducted a cladistic analysis based on wing base characters to evaluate these competing systematic hypotheses. Our results support a sister-group relationship between skippers and moth-like butterflies and their inclusion within Papilionoidea sensu lato, consistent with molecular-based phylogenies. In contrast, the wing base morphology suggests the monophyly of Pieridae + Riodinidae + Lycaenidae, a result that contradicts both molecular and other morphological evidence, highlighting the potential limitations of this character system. Based on our morphological examinations and ancestral state reconstruction, we propose a hypothetical ground plan for the butterfly wing base.","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"28 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144782286","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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Phylogenetic relationships of subfamily Patrobinae (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Japan, with a focus on genus Apatrobus and the description of a new species 日本斑蝽亚科的系统发育关系（鞘翅目：斑蝽科），重点介绍斑蝽属和一新种的描述

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2025-07-27 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12606

Toshiaki Dejima, Teiji Sota

{"title":"Phylogenetic relationships of subfamily Patrobinae (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Japan, with a focus on genus Apatrobus and the description of a new species","authors":"Toshiaki Dejima, Teiji Sota","doi":"10.1111/ens.12606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12606","url":null,"abstract":"In Japan, tribe Patrobini (subfamily Patrobinae: family Carabidae) comprises five genera: Diplous, Minypatrobus, Apenetretus, Archipatrobus, and Apatrobus. We studied the phylogenetic relationships of these genera and all known species of Apatrobus using mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) and nuclear 28S ribosomal RNA (28S) sequences. We also studied the phylogenetic placement of Japanese Patrobini taxa among those of North America and Eurasia using COI and 28S gene sequences. Among known Apatrobus taxa, Apatrobus hayachinensis and Apatrobus michinorii were phylogenetically determined not to belong to Apatrobus, but to be involved in the lineage of Apenetretus, which is known from Japan (Honshu) and Taiwan. We propose that these species be renamed Apenetretus hayachinensis n. comb. and Apenetretus michinorii n. comb., respectively. The remaining Apatrobus species are divided into eastern and western clades in Japan, with the eastern clade containing six closely related species of central Honshu and the western clade containing two groups of species found in Kyushu and in Shikoku and southwestern Honshu (Chugoku District and Kii Peninsula), respectively. Additionally, we examined the species status of some populations based on molecular phylogenetic and morphological analyses and describe the new species Apatrobus tsujii Dejima & Sota, n. sp., from northern Kyushu.","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"28 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714797","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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Searching in the ancient: Old museum type material reveals two remarkable undescribed species of Aulacidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) from the Oriental Region 在古代博物馆类型的材料中搜索发现了两个来自东方地区的显著未描述的蜂科（膜翅目：叶蜂科）

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12603

Giuseppe Fabrizio Turrisi

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Seasonal occurrence of and adult diapause in the tortoise leaf beetle Aspidimorpha difformis (Motschulsky, 1860) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) 异叶甲Aspidimorpha diformis （Motschulsky, 1860）的季节发生及成虫滞育（鞘翅目：金甲科）

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12605

Kengo Noma, Tomoyosi Nisimura

{"title":"Seasonal occurrence of and adult diapause in the tortoise leaf beetle Aspidimorpha difformis (Motschulsky, 1860) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)","authors":"Kengo Noma, Tomoyosi Nisimura","doi":"10.1111/ens.12605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12605","url":null,"abstract":"Leaf beetles have diverse life cycles and temperate species exhibit several characteristics, such as a long life cycle and long diapause. Aspidimorpha is a group of tortoise beetles in the family Chrysomelidae that inhabit the Oriental and eastern Palearctic regions, which were originally derived from tropical and subtropical regions; however, voltinism and diapause in their life cycles remain unclear. Because the tortoise beetle Aspidimorpha difformis inhabits the northernmost region of the temperate zone among Aspidimorphini, a more detailed understanding of its life history will provide insights into the evolution of its life cycle. We herein performed quantitative field research on the seasonal occurrence of A. difformis in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, as well as rearing experiments. In the field, adults overwintered, oviposited, and first-generation larvae occurred between mid-May and mid-July. Most larvae and adults disappeared by early August, except for several individuals in autumn and early winter. Under a constant temperature (20 or 25°C) and photoperiod (LD 12:12 or 16:8), the larval period was short (16–29 days), whereas the pre-oviposition period was long (83–197 days). In conclusion, A. difformis is mainly univoltine and partially bivoltine, which is regulated by an obligatory adult diapause. A life cycle with a long diapause may be adopted to avoid high summer temperatures and poor conditions in food because larvae fail to develop in summer. In contrast to A. miliaris, which is multivoltine with a facultative summer diapause, environments in cooler regions may favor the evolution of univoltinism in A. difformis.","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"28 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144695748","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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Age-dependent decline of fighting performance in the Japanese rhinoceros beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) 日本角甲（鞘翅目：金龟甲科）战斗性能的年龄依赖性下降

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Entomological Science Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1111/ens.12607

Asahi Kanda, Takahiro Ueno, Wataru Kojima

{"title":"Age-dependent decline of fighting performance in the Japanese rhinoceros beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)","authors":"Asahi Kanda, Takahiro Ueno, Wataru Kojima","doi":"10.1111/ens.12607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12607","url":null,"abstract":"Age can affect the outcomes of male–male contests, but its effects vary across species. In some species, winning probability increases with age due to increased investment in reproduction as a strategy of terminal investment, while in others, it decreases due to senescence. In the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus, males use their horns to compete for resources and mates. Previous research has shown that the horn and body size influence contest outcomes. We investigated the effect of age on winning probability in male–male contests. We also measured the daily changes in lifting and grasping forces as indicators of fighting ability. Both body size and age differences significantly affected contest outcomes, with larger or younger males being more likely to win. Fighting ability declined with age; specifically, males over 20 days of age exhibited decreased grasping and lifting forces. Given the short reproductive season and low survival rate of natural populations of this species, selection probably favors individuals that fight with full effort regardless of age. Consequently, contest outcomes are primarily determined by differences in physical abilities, and older males with reduced fighting performance are more likely to lose to younger males. This study emphasized the importance of morphological and physiological factors in determining competitive outcomes and highlighted the impact of life history on sexual selection dynamics.","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"28 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144695749","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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