{"title":"Taxonomic revision of the genus Phyllothelys Wood-Mason (Mantodea: Hymenopodidae) from China","authors":"Chao Wu, Chun-Xiang Liu","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2021.1973560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2021.1973560","url":null,"abstract":"Summary The genus Phyllothelys Wood-Mason (Mantodea: Hymenopodidae: Phyllothelyinae) includes 18 species in the world, among which 12 species were recorded in China. However, most Phyllothelys species have been described only for a single sex, and previous taxonomic characters are mainly based on the vertex prolongation of head, which leads to taxonomic confusion within the genus. Here, after raising and observing large amounts of males and females Phyllothelys, collected in the same localities, we find that several species which were described based on a single male or female are conspecific, and that there are significant differences between the males and females for some species. Then, we propose other stable taxonomic characters within species and provide for the first time a systematic review of the Phyllothelys species in China. We propose that Phyllothelys Wood-Mason should be divided into four species groups. Seven new species, P. cancongi n. sp., P. tianfuense n. sp., P. tengchongense n. sp., P. xiezhi n. sp., P. jiazhii n. sp., P. dulongense n. sp. and P. chuangtsei n. sp., are described. Phyllothelys hepaticum (Zhang) and P. wuyiense (Yang & Wang) are proposed as synonyms of P. werneri Karny. Phyllothelys robustum (Niu & Liu) is transferred to P. sinense robustum (Niu & Liu) n. stat. Life history, necessary illustrations and ecological images of Phyllothelys species from China are presented. The distribution of the genus Phyllothelys species is discussed and mapped.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131375662","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}
Najat Haddad, M. Afechtal, J. Streito, Y. Ouguas, R. Benkirane, Patrick Lhomme, Moulay Chrif Smaili
{"title":"Occurrence in Morocco of potential vectors of Xylella fastidiosa that may contribute to the active spread of the bacteria","authors":"Najat Haddad, M. Afechtal, J. Streito, Y. Ouguas, R. Benkirane, Patrick Lhomme, Moulay Chrif Smaili","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2021.1965910","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2021.1965910","url":null,"abstract":"Summary The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa represents a potential risk to the Moroccan flora. For this reason, several surveys were conducted in 2019 and 2020 to assess its occurrence and to establish an inventory of its potential insect vectors with emphasis on their characterization and importance from 85 sites in 25 provinces across the country. Using a sweeping net, 2604 specimens belonging to the Auchenorrhyncha suborder (Hemiptera) were collected. A total of 213 samples from different crops, including two ornamental species Nerium oleander and Polygala spp., were sampled and tested for the presence of X. fastidiosa by ELISA and PCR techniques during the same period within the same surveyed provinces (plus two additional ones, i.e. 27 provinces). Aphrophoridae species were mainly located in the northern part of Morocco where five potential insect vectors occur, namely Philaenus tesselatus, P. maghresignus, Philaenus sp., Neophilaenus campestris and N. lineatus. Philaenus tesselatus was the most important spittlebug recorded with uneven occurrence throughout the country. Philaenus spumarius has not been found in the present surveys which could indicate that it has been replaced by P. tesselatus. Therefore, the latter should be considered as the main potential insect vector of X. fastidiosa in Morocco. Current status and importance of spittlebugs, sharpshooter-leafhoppers, treehoppers and planthoppers are given. ELISA and PCR results did not show any positive results, which may be seen as good news indicating that X. fastidiosa was not found in Morocco. Regarding occurrence and importance of P. tesselatus in Morocco, pest risk analysis of X. fastidiosa in the country should be revised. Our findings highlight the factors that would contribute to the active spread of the X. fastidiosa once introduced into the country.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115468232","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 West Palaearctic Epeolini Linsley & Michener, 1939 housed in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris) with some taxonomic notes (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae)","authors":"Romain Le Divelec","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2021.1942206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2021.1942206","url":null,"abstract":"Summary While Triepeolus Robertson, 1901 is monospecific in Europe, there are still many issues with the taxonomy of Epeolus Latreille, 1802. To address some of the taxonomical issues, the Palaearctic Epeolini housed in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN), were examined. Type materials of Pérez and Benoist are designated. One species name, Epeolus julliani Pérez, 1895, stat. rev., is removed from synonymy. Its sister-species, Epeolus transitorius Eversmann, 1852, is redescribed and a lectotype is designated. Males of E. transitorius and E. collaris Pérez, 1884 are described for the first time. An annotated summary of the Epeolini housed in MNHN is provided, with an identification key to the European species of the Epeolus variegatus-group.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121191580","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 and three new cavernicolous species of the genus Pterostichus from China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini)","authors":"Xinyang Jia, Li He, M. Tian","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2021.1966320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2021.1966320","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Three new cave-adapted species of the genus Pterostichus Bonelli, 1810 are described. Qianius n. subgen. is established to place two new species from Guizhou, southwestern China: Pterostichus (Qianius) lii n. sp. (cave Hei Dong in Zunyi) and P. (Q.) xuedytes n. sp. (cave Niupi Dong in Bijie). P. (Licentius) cuii n. sp. is reported from two caves, Tangren Dong and Huangyuan Dong in Beijing, close to P. (L.) mirabilis Jedlička, 1939, probably the first described Chinese pterostichine with cave-adapted morphological features. A key to subgenera and species of cavernicolous Pterostichus in China is provided.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"158 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123745322","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 Near Eastern species of Leptodirini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae)","authors":"M. Perreau","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2021.1931447","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2021.1931447","url":null,"abstract":"Summary The Near Eastern species of Leptodirini (from Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Southwestern Russia, Syria and Turkey) are reviewed. The new monospecific genus Mixanigia n. gen. is described for Mixanigia faillei n. sp. Huetheriella pinargozu n. sp. is described. The genus Catopsinus (Motschulsky, 1868) is resurrected for four species previously placed in Bathysciola Jeannel, 1910: Catopsinus cavazzutii (Giachino, 1996) n. comb., C. lindbergi (Jeannel, 1957) n. comb., C. peyronis (Abeille de Perrin, 1875) n. comb. and C. pusillus (Motschulsky, 1840), plus three new species: C. hlavaci n. sp., the first Syrian species of Leptodirini, C. loebli n. sp. and C. meybohmi n. sp. from south Turkey. This solves the long-term problem of the name “Bathysciola”, used since 1910 notwithstanding the anteriority of the senior name Catopsinus of which it should have been considered as synonym. Bathysciola fausti Reitter, 1883 is provisionally transferred to Sbordoniola Zoia & Rampini, 1994. Bathysciola caucasica Giachino, 1998 is synonymized with Bathysciola brignolii Zoia & Rampini, 1996. New faunistic data are provided for Catopsinus pusillus, C. peyronis, Bathysciola suramensis Jeannel, 1930, Pisidiella spatulifera Jeannel, 1930 and P. ovoidea Jeannel, 1955. The geographical distribution of Catopsinus is discussed within the frame of the “Anatolian diagonal”. Distribution maps are provided and identification tables for all genera of the region and for species of Catopsinus and Huetheriella.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"2017 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120923401","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":"Riders on the storm? A short note on the biology of Severinia turcomaniae (Saussure, 1872) (Mantodea: Toxoderidae)","authors":"E. Shcherbakov, V. Govorov","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2021.1950050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2021.1950050","url":null,"abstract":"Summary New data are presented on the nymphal biology of a praying mantis, Severinia turcomaniae (Saussure, 1872), which has recently spread to the deserts of the Lower Volga Region. Nymphs of 3rd and 4th instars can be encountered in masses in August, suggesting a very short egg development period. They display a clear habitat preference for the tumbleweeds of Ceratocarpus arenarius L. It is hypothesized that the latter may serve for S. turcomaniae nymphs as a unique and efficient means for long-range dispersal and colonization of new localities, which would explain the fast colonization of the territories west of the Volga by S. turcomaniae, but not by Rivetina nana Mistshenko, 1967, another recent invader.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127991397","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. Santos-Silva, F. E. DE L. NASCIMENTO, J. Botero, Jim Mcclarin
{"title":"Taxonomic notes on South American longhorned beetles, with the description of seven new species of Acanthocinini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) from Ecuador","authors":"A. Santos-Silva, F. E. DE L. NASCIMENTO, J. Botero, Jim Mcclarin","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2021.1932591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2021.1932591","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Seven new species of Cerambycidae from Ecuador, belonging to Acanthocinini, are described: Lepturges (Lepturges) onorei n. sp., Nealcidion ghiae n. sp., Periestola mazai n. sp., Tropanisopodus kozlovi n. sp. (Colombia and Ecuador), Tropidozineus salazarae n. sp., Urgleptes keili n. sp., and Urgleptes navarretei n. sp. The females of Nealcidion femoratum (Monné & Martins, 1976) (with two new province records) and Paranisopodus paradoxus Monné & Martins, 1976 are described. Considerations concerning Periestola Breuning, 1943 are presented. Periestola armata (Monné & Delfino, 1986) n. comb., previously placed in Nealcidion Monné, 1977, is proposed. Notes on Gracililamia ecuadorensis Breuning, 1961 (Parmenini) and the relationships to this genus are discussed. It is concluded that Huedepohlia pisciformis Martins & Galileo, 1989 is a junior synonym of Gracilimalia ecuadorensis and, consequently, Huedepohlia Martins & Galileo, 1989 becomes synonym of Gracililamia Breuning, 1961. Additionally, Gracililamia is transferred from Parmenini to Forsteriini.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"165 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115445387","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":"Synthesis of the interactions between the European species of the genus Bruchus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) and their natural enemies","authors":"Maxime Bellifa, J. Chapelin-Viscardi","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2021.1927180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2021.1927180","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Scientific literature has been studied to determine the known relationships between the European species of the genus Bruchus and their natural enemies, restricted to the arthropods. Firstly, an overview of the studies concerning natural enemies of the bruchid beetles is provided. Then, an analysis of the known relationships is given: 48 natural enemy species associated with Bruchus are highlighted, with a majority of Hymenoptera parasitoids. Relationships are commented and their validity is assessed. Lastly, a lack of knowledge of most species is indicated by this study.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122038284","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":"An annotated checklist of the Muscidae (Diptera) of Chukotka (Russia), with new records","authors":"V. Sorokina, N. N. Tridrikh","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2021.1939161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2021.1939161","url":null,"abstract":"Summary An annotated checklist is given of the species of Muscidae (Diptera) of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, including 153 species in 22 genera; 57 species are newly recorded from this territory. Twelve species are newly recorded for the Palaearctic region [Drymeia cantabrigensis Huckett 1965, Phaonia tenebriona Huckett, 1965, Mydaea otiosa Stein, 1920, Spilogona arcticola Huckett, 1965, S. hurdiana Huckett, 1965, S. incauta (Huckett, 1932), S. murina Huckett, 1965, S. nigerrima Huckett, 1965, S. padlei Huckett, 1965, S. pulvicrura (Huckett, 1932), S. turbidipennis Huckett, 1965, Coenosia morrisoni (Malloch, 1924)]. Coenosia atritibia Ringdahl, 1926 is newly recorded from Russia. The species list includes all regional references to each species, the material examined, the distribution, images of selected species and additional remarks where appropriate.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125976601","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":"Mantodea from Eastern Caribbean Islands","authors":"N. Moulin, F. Meurgey, Sylvain Hugel","doi":"10.1080/00379271.2021.1932590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2021.1932590","url":null,"abstract":"Summary Whereas Mantises of Trinidad and Tobago have been comprehensively studied, species occurring on more northern islands of Lesser Antilles are little known. The present work aims at updating the current knowledge on Mantises from Eastern Caribbean Islands by compiling data from both published and grey literature, museum specimens as well as specimens we and others collected during surveys conducted over the last decades. Thesprotiella insularis (Bonfils, 1967) is revealed to be widely distributed on islands harboring moist and wet forests from Martinique to Guadeloupe. Liturgusa dominica Svenson, 2014 occurs in humid and subhumid forests of Dominica and Marie-Galante. Gonatista reticulata (Thunberg, 1815) and Thesprotia caribea Rehn & Hebard, 1938 appear restricted to the northernmost islands of the Northeast Lesser Antilles. Musonia surinama Saussure, 1869 is present in the grassland of St Martin and of Southern islands (Barbados, St. Vincent, and Grenada). Lobocneme lobipes (Redtenbacher, 1892) is only present in St. Vincent and Grenada. Epaphrodita undulata (Saussure, 1870) is re-established as synonym of Epaphrodita musarum (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805); this species was described from St. Lucia, but has not been recorded for over 150 years. Finally, a specimen of Bantiella trinitatis Giglio-Tos, 1915 was collected on Martinique in 1975, but this species was not collected again. Despite intensive searching, four non-endemic species once recorded on the archipelago have not been recorded again and might correspond to temporary settlements or to erroneous data. Acontista multicolor Saussure, 1870 does not appear to currently occur on Guadeloupe. Distribution, ecology and phenology of these species are discussed.","PeriodicalId":323629,"journal":{"name":"Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)","volume":"1407 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127439088","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}