E. M. Amaral, R. Falaschi, M. C. de Almeida, S. S. Oliveira
{"title":"Neoempheria Osten Sacken (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Neotropical region: redescriptions of two species with complete life cycles","authors":"E. M. Amaral, R. Falaschi, M. C. de Almeida, S. S. Oliveira","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2023.2213676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2023.2213676","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Despite the rich biodiversity of the Neotropical Region, there is a dearth of recent studies on new Mycetophilidae species or their immature stages. To address this gap, we conducted a survey of Neoempheria species in the state of Paraná, Brazil, and provide the first descriptions of the immature stages of two species: Neoempheria plaumanni Edwards and N. spinosa Edwards. We also redescribed the adults of these two species, detailing their morphology and biology, including notes on their life cycles. Immatures were collected from a piece of decaying wood containing lichens and fungi, and were subsequently reared in the laboratory. Our findings represent the first records of both species in the State of Paraná, and we update the geographic distribution of these two species accordingly. Our study contributes to a better understanding of the diversity and ecology of Mycetophilidae in the Neotropical Region.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131097888","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}
Oscar Maioglio, R. Battiston, S. Corneti, A. Luchetti
{"title":"Mating behaviour, morphology and taxonomy of Pseudoyersinia betancuriae (Mantodea: Amelidae)","authors":"Oscar Maioglio, R. Battiston, S. Corneti, A. Luchetti","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2023.2171487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2023.2171487","url":null,"abstract":"Summary The morphology of the Betancurian Dwarf Mantis Pseudoyersinia betancuriae Wiemers, 1993 is here presented with a redescription of both male and female, to better understand the taxonomy of this species within the tribe Amelini. The mating behaviour has been studied pairing different males and females in laboratory conditions, recording the occurrence of cannibalism and the presence of a courtship display, here observed and described for the first time. The biology of this species with a peculiar and not well-known natural history is described for both its morphology, genetics and ecology.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121324856","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 Derolathrus subtilis n. sp. from New Caledonia, and first mention of Derolathrus troglophilus for this territory (Coleoptera: Jacobsoniidae)","authors":"T. Théry","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2023.2186268","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2023.2186268","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Derolathrus subtilis n. sp. (Coleoptera: Jacobsoniidae) is described from New Caledonia. Derolathrus troglophilus (Sen Gupta, 1979) is also recorded for the first time from this territory. Until now, within the family Jacobsoniidae, only the genus Sarothrias Grouvelle, 1918 was known from New Caledonia: S. pacificus Ślipiński & Löbl, 1995. A key to species of Derolathrus is presented.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131683515","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 genus and species of the damsel-dragonfly family Burmaphlebiidae (Odonata: Epiproctophora)","authors":"C. Jouault, A. Nel","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2023.2193825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2023.2193825","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Bilebullephlebia legendrei n. gen., n. sp. is described, illustrated, and placed into the small epiproctophoran family Burmaphlebiidae. This family was previously known from the mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber by two monotypic genera, but the new fossil shows that its diversity is underestimated. At least one additional genus with an enigmatic wing venation remains to be described from the same deposit. Nothing is known about the genitalia configuration of the Burmaphlebiidae but new fossils are expected to clarify the position of the family which is currently only discussed in light of wing venation characters.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"160 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132200200","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":"Revision of the historical type collections of long-horn bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Eucerini) preserved in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris","authors":"A. Dorchin","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2023.2192693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2023.2192693","url":null,"abstract":"Summary. This work presents a first taxonomic revision of the historical type collections of West Palaearctic bees in the tribe Eucerini (Apidae) that are preserved in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. A total of 72 species names are revised, 147 type specimens are recognised, and 33 synonyms are newly proposed. Unexpectedly, some of the oldest bee names were found to be misinterpreted and have been incorrectly used for a period of nearly 200 years, demonstrating a substantial lack of knowledge. Actions are taken to settle the taxonomy of these and many other species, the names of which are continuously being used in biodiversity studies and databases. The following taxonomic changes are proposed: Tetralonia Spinola, 1838 is reestablished as a valid genus and not as a subgenus of Eucera Scopoli, 1770 (based on F. Freitas, in litt.) (stat. rev.); Eucera speculifera Pérez, 1910 n. syn. of Eucera aeolopus Pérez, 1910; Eucera conspersa Pérez, 1895 n. syn. of Eucera algira Lepeletier, 1841; Eucera dentipes Saunders, 1908 n. syn. of Eucera algira Lepeletier, 1841; Tetralonia atroalba Pérez, 1895 n. syn. of Tetralonia brachycera Gribodo, 1893 [Eucera (Synhalonia) brachycera (Gribodo)]; Eucera wahrmani Benoist, 1950 n. syn. of Eucera cinnamomea Alfken, 1935; Eucera fasciatella Lepeletier, 1841 n. syn. of Eucera clypeata Erichson, 1835; Eucera decolorata Gribodo, 1924 n. syn. of Eucera confinis Pérez, 1895; Eucera bolivari Dusmet y Alonso, 1926 n. syn. of Eucera confinis Pérez, 1895; Tetralonia mucida Pérez, 1895 n. syn. of Eucera (Synhalonia) cuniculina Klug, 1845; Eucera fulvescens Walker, 1871 (and its replacement name E. aegyptiaca Dalla Torre, 1896) n. syn. of Eucera dimidiata Brullé, 1832; Eucera gracilipes Pérez, 1910 (and its replacement name E. duplicata Dusmet y Alonso, 1926) n. syn. of Eucera furfurea Vachal, 1907; Eucera bicolor Lepeletier, 1841 (as well as its replacement name E. algeriensis Dalla Torre, 1896) n. syn. of Eucera hispana Lepeletier, 1841; Eucera ephippia Dours, 1873 n. syn. of Eucera hispana Lepeletier, 1841; Eucera hispaliensis Pérez, 1902 n. syn. of Apis longicornis Linnaeus, 1758 [Eucera longicornis (Linnaeus)]; Eucera fallax Dusmet y Alonso, 1926 n. syn. of Apis longicornis Linnaeus, 1758 [Eucera longicornis (Linnaeus)]; Eucera subvillosa Lepeletier, 1841 n. syn. of Eucera nigra Lepeletier, 1841; Eucera contigua Dusmet y Alonso, 1928 n. syn. of Eucera nigrifacies Lepeletier, 1841; Tetralonia lucasi Gribodo, 1893 [Eucera (Synhalonia) lucasi (Gribodo)] n. syn. of Macrocera obscura Brullé, 1832 [Eucera (Synhalonia) obscura (Brullé)]; Eucera grisea var. effasciata Alfken 1926 n. syn. of Eucera oraniensis Lepeletier, 1841; Eucera aciculata Pérez, 1910 n. syn. of Eucera polita Pérez, 1895; Eucera bipartita Pérez, 1910 n. syn. of Eucera proxima Morawitz, 1875; Eucera sulamita Vachal, 1907 n. syn. of Eucera syriaca Dalla Torre, 1896; Eucera kervillei Pérez, 1910 n. syn. of Eucera syriaca Dalla Torre, 1896; Eucera max","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133838685","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":"On the little-known click-beetle genus Rostricephalus (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Lissominae), with description of a new species from China","authors":"L. Qiu, A. Prosvirov","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2023.2179540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2023.2179540","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Rostricephalus Fleutiaux, 1918 is an enigmatic and little-studied genus. A new species of this genus, Rostricephalus shii n. sp., is described from Sichuan Province, China. The female genitalia of the new species are illustrated and compared with those of the previous only known species, Rostricephalus vitalisi Fleutiaux, 1918. The sclerites of the bursa copulatrix show taxonomic value in distinguishing the species in this genus. The type specimens of R. vitalisi are re-examined and illustrated for the first time, and the lectotype is designated. A distribution map is provided for all literature records of Rostricephalus. The discovery of the new species extends the distribution range of Rostricephalus to south-central Sichuan of China.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"267 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120878332","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":"Taxonomical study of the genus Anaxarcha Stål in China (Mantodea: Hymenopodidae)","authors":"Chao Wu, Chun-Xiang Liu","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2022.2158933","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2022.2158933","url":null,"abstract":"Summary The genus Anaxarcha Stål, 1877 (Mantodea: Hymenopodidae: Hymenopodinae), distributed in SE Asia, included 11 species globally, of which seven had been recorded in China. After examining numerous specimens of Anaxarcha, we provide a systematic review of the genus Anaxarcha in China. We propose that the genus Anaxarcha should be divided into two species groups, and describe five new species: A. unicolor n. sp., A. robusta n. sp., A. caiwenae Wu, n. sp., A. zhuyuae Wu, n. sp. and A. multipunctata n. sp. Anaxarcha atrispina Yang, 1999 is proposed as a junior synonym of A. tianmushanensis Zheng, 1985. Anaxarcha zhengi Ren & Wang, 1994 and A. maculata Mao & Yang, 2002 are transferred to the genus Odontomantis, as O. zhengi (Ren & Wang, 1994) n. comb. and O. maculata (Mao & Yang, 2002) n. comb. A key to the species of Anaxarcha in China, life history, necessary illustrations and life images of Anaxarcha species are presented. The distribution of the genus Anaxarcha is discussed and mapped.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114723272","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":"Incrementing the diversity of fossil vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) and clarifying the limits of Burmese amber taxa","authors":"C. Jouault","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2023.2168756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2023.2168756","url":null,"abstract":"Summary The past diversity of vespid wasps is relatively poorly documented. Many early-diverging fossil subfamilies are only represented today by a single or a few species. Therefore, the delineations of these clades and the early evolutionary history of the family remain difficult to decipher and require additional fossil occurrences. Here, a new genus and a new species of vespid are described and illustrated from Burmese amber as Vespatula condaminei n. gen., n. sp., and placed in a new subfamily Vespatulinae n. subfam. This description provides significant morphological evidence to discuss the limits of the Priorvespinae and of the genus Alivespa, leading to its transfer into the Vespatulinae n. subfam. The placement of the recently described genus Archaeovespa is briefly discussed. The phylogenetic value of the clustered secondary hamuli recorded in the new genus is put into perspective with respect to the rest of the Vespoidea and discussed in light of recent phylogenomic analyses.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114260691","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 genera and new species of cavernicolous beetles from southwestern China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini, Platynini)","authors":"M. Tian, Li He, Jiajun Zhou","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2023.2169760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2023.2169760","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Three new genera and species of cave-adapted trechine beetles are established and described from limestone caves in southwestern China: Yunaphaenops graciliphallus n. gen., n. sp. (Fengwei Dong Cave, Qiubei County, Yunnan Province), a semi-aphaenopsian species with its taxonomic position remaining unclear within the tribe Trechini though allied to Sinaphaenops Uéno & Wang 1991 based on molecular analysis; Leshanius yunzhii n. gen., n. sp. (Xiaoxuankong Tiankeng Cave, Leshan Shi, Sichuan Province), an aphaenopsian species somewhat similar to the genus Boreaphaenops Uéno 2002 in morphology, but allied to Sichuanotrechus Deuve, 2005 in molecular phylogeny; and Panotrechus pilosus n. gen., n. sp. (Wojiao Dong Cave, Panzhou, Guizhou Province), a peculiar genus with several remarkable characters in morphology, but allied to Ckacus Tian & Huang, 2021 in molecular analysis. Jujiroa duqianae n. sp. is also reported from Xiaoxuankong Tiankeng, allied to J. deliciola Uéno & Kishimoto, 2001. A new locality for J. deliciola is recorded. Finally, an updated key to all Sichuanese species of Jujiroa is provided.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127499529","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}
Corentin Larquier, F. Azémar, Y. Braet, Léni Weiss, A. Compin, L. Pelozuelo
{"title":"Presence of the European bone-skipper fly Thyreophora cynophila (Panzer, 1798) (Diptera: Piophilidae) larvae in the cerebral cavity of large mammals and report of different insect larvae living inside mammal bones","authors":"Corentin Larquier, F. Azémar, Y. Braet, Léni Weiss, A. Compin, L. Pelozuelo","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2022.2156385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2022.2156385","url":null,"abstract":"Summary The iconic fly Thyreophora cynophila has long attracted the interest of entomologists but, despite its re-discovery in Spain and France, its biology is still poorly known. The larvae and puparium have been described in detail but their feeding habits on large carcasses remain largely unknown. Here, we took advantage of a carrion pile containing the remains of wild boar (Sus scrofa) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) as well as of two cow (Bos taurus) carcasses to search for T. cynophila larvae inside the bones and skulls. We document the occurrence of T. cynophila inside the cerebral cavity of dead animals, containing the brain. From the carrion pile, out of seven skulls, T. cynophila larvae could be found in five of them, and identified on the basis of their size, the shape and arrangement of the ventral tubercles, prothoracic spiracle and cephalopharyngeal skeleton. In contrast, no T. cynophila larvae could be found inside the nine bones we inspected. From the cow carcasses, no T. cynophila larvae could be found in the bones but one larva was found inside the cerebral cavity of one cow. In addition, other Diptera and Coleoptera larvae were found inside the bones.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121326656","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}