{"title":"A new micropterous species of the Assassin Bug genus Sastrapada Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae) from Japan","authors":"K. Okuda","doi":"10.12976/jib/2022.35.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2022.35.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"Sastrapada lativentralis sp. nov. is described based on specimens that were previously collected from Ryukyus, Japan, and during field surveys. Additional specimens were also obtained and photographed alive during a recent field survey in Ryukyus. This species is characterized by a distinctively broad abdomen and very shortened hemelytra. It can be distinguished from other species of Sastrapada Amyot & Serville, 1843, especially the related species S. brevicornis Breddin, 1900, S. brevipennis China, 1940, and S. microptera Miller, 1940, by the broader abdomen and the two-segmented protarsi. This new species is only known in the micropterous form at this time.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81871749","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":"Further study on the Oriental stick insect genus Paragongylopus Chen & He, 1997, with additional descriptions and one newly recorded species from China (Phasmatodea; Bacillidae; Gratidiini)","authors":"Hao-Ran Gao, ZI-ZHAO Wang, Chen Wang","doi":"10.12976/jib/2022.35.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2022.35.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"The oriental stick insect Paragongylopus Chen & He, 1997 is a small and poorly known genus, including 9 taxa distributed in China, Thailand and Vietnam. The male and egg of most species in this genus are still unknown. In this paper, two subgenera are re-defined with three new combinations: P. (Planoparagongylopus) brevicornis (Ho, 2019) comb. nov., P. (Planoparagongylopus) obtusidentatus (Ho, 2019) comb. nov., P. (Planoparagongylopus) plaumanni (Zompro, 2000) comb. nov. The male of P. (Paragongylopus) sinensis pingbianensis and the male and egg of P. (Planoaragongylopus) obtusidentatus comb. nov. are described for the first time. Photos of P. (Paragongylopus) sinensis sinensis holotype are given with a remark of its identification with another subspecies. P. (Planoparagongylopus) abramovi is firstly recorded from Yunnan Province of China, and it documents that all species of this genus are distributed in China. A key to identifying two subgenera and a distribution map of this genus from Yunnan and the surrounding area are provided as well.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74040116","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":"Synoptic catalogue of insect parasitoids associated with Lixinae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Curculionidae)","authors":"S. Volovnik","doi":"10.12976/jib/2022.35.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2022.35.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"The first host-parasitoid catalogue for Lixinae is presented. This survey is based on literature search (~300 references) and followed by two parts, firstly one of the Lixinae, and secondly one of parasitoids with distinguishing numbers of their Lixine hosts. There are at least 221 species recorded as parasitoids on 108 lixine species. Records on 12 host-parasitoid associations seem to be questable or based on misidentifications. Most common hosts are species of two genera: Lixus (112 parasitoid species) and Larinus (43). All actually known parasitoids of Lixinae are dipterans (belonging to three families) and hymenopterans (15 families). The latter listed as parasitoids of no less than 102 lixine species (94.4%) and 22 hosts (19.4%) associated with Diptera. Six lixine species associated with dipterans only. Most common parasitoids are braconids. Four parasitoid species have the most extensive list of the hosts: Exeristes roborator (at least 29 host species), Cerceris tuberculata (12), Bracon urinator (11) and Zeuxia cinerea (10). Parasitoid complex of some hosts can include more than 10 (to 44!) species. Information contained in catalogue will be helpful for programs of effective biological control of economic important pests and weeds.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"197 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74417690","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}
Mohd Zahier Khan, A. Bhardwaj, Sonali Khali, P. Sati, M. Toda, R. S. Fartyal
{"title":"Morphological comparison between a pair of wing-pigmented and non-pigmented sibling species of the genus Hirtodrosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae), with description of a new species from Western Himalaya","authors":"Mohd Zahier Khan, A. Bhardwaj, Sonali Khali, P. Sati, M. Toda, R. S. Fartyal","doi":"10.12976/jib/2022.34.2.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2022.34.2.4","url":null,"abstract":"Hirtodrosophila fascipennis (Okada, 1967) and its closely related species, Hirtodrosophila pellucidipennis Bhardwaj, Khan & Fartyal, sp. nov., have been found in sympatry from Western Himalaya, India, and the latter is described here with detailed morphological comparison to the former. The most distinctive characteristic is that, while H. fascipennis has a distinct pattern of pigmentation on its wings, the new species lacks such wing pigmentation.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80587714","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":"Discovery of the genus Muellerella Saussure, 1892 (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae: Epyrinae) in Japan","authors":"R. Ito, N. Tokushige, T. Mita","doi":"10.12976/jib/2022.34.2.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2022.34.2.3","url":null,"abstract":"Muellerella indicus (Muesebeck, 1934) of the bethylid subfamily Epyrinae, previously known from India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, was newly recorded from Japan in a sandy beach landscape.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82971260","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}
N. Reategui, J. A. Rafael, D. Cordeiro, Alberto Moreira DA SILVA-NETO
{"title":"Neurostigma Enderlein, 1900 (Psocodea, ‘Psocoptera’, Epipsocidae): a new species of Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, and new records for Brazil","authors":"N. Reategui, J. A. Rafael, D. Cordeiro, Alberto Moreira DA SILVA-NETO","doi":"10.12976/jib/2022.34.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2022.34.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of Neurostigma, collected in an area of Atlantic Rainforest, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, is described and illustrated, namely: Neurostigma atlanticum sp. nov. The first record of Neurostigma garcialdretei Mendivil-Nieto, Gonzalez-Obando & Carrejo-Gironza, 2020, from Brazil was made.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84700078","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 the moss-eating flea beetle Cangshanaltica fuanensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) from China","authors":"Yongying Ruan, A. Konstantinov, Albert F. Damaška","doi":"10.12976/jib/2022.34.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2022.34.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"The species name Cangshanaltica fuanensis, previously published in Ruan et al. (2020), is invalid. In this paper, we described Cangshanaltica fuanensis sp. nov. from Fujian, China in order to fully meet the criteria for the publication of a new species according to the Amendment of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (2012).","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72648612","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}
Marcelle Mbadjoun Nzike, S. Kekeunou, Alain Christel Wandji, Alain Simeu Noutchom, Philene Corinne Aude Um Nyobe, Jeanne Agrippine Yetchom Fondjo
{"title":"Re-description and bio-ecology of two species of the genus Thibron (Rehn, 1938) (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) in the Southern part of Cameroon","authors":"Marcelle Mbadjoun Nzike, S. Kekeunou, Alain Christel Wandji, Alain Simeu Noutchom, Philene Corinne Aude Um Nyobe, Jeanne Agrippine Yetchom Fondjo","doi":"10.12976/jib/2022.34.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2022.34.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Taxonomy and bio-ecology of Tetrigidae in Cameroon remain poorly studied. This study reports for the first time the presence of Thibron cf. tectatus Günther, 1979 in Cameroon and provides morphological and bio-ecological characteristics of Thibron illepidus (Karsh, 1893) and T. cf. tectatus. The specimens studied were collected between February 2016 and February 2018 in three regions of Cameroon. In each region, species were collected monthly using sweep-nets and pitfalls in four vegetation types. Some morphological characters formerly omitted in previous descriptions were considered in this study. In addition to the characters already known, T. illepidus differs from other species of the same genus in terms of length of body and interocular space, posterior thigh width, median femur length and width and finally the length of the three tarsomeres of posterior tarsus only in T. illepidus. In addition, for T. cf. tectatus, the length of the head, fastigium of vertex, eyes are longer than in T. illepidus. The later was more abundant in the Centre region (79%), less abundant in the Southwest region (18%) and rare in the West (3%). Meanwhile, Thibron cf. tectatus is rare in the Centre region (4%). Pitfalls (92%) were more effective than sweep-nets (8%) in capturing T. illepidus. Results obtained could contribute to improve the knowledge of the taxonomy of both species in Cameroon.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"555 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77148201","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":"First record and redescription of hyperparasitoid of cotton mealybug, Cheiloneurus nankingensis Li & Xu (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from India with some other records","authors":"S. B. Zeya, M. Mohan, P. Anwar, Anitha Narayanan","doi":"10.12976/jib/2022.34.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2022.34.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"Cheiloneurus nankingensis Li & Xu, 2020 is recorded for the first time and redescribed from India. The following two species: Aenasius arizonensis (Girault), Blepyrus insularis (Cameron), are recorded with their new hosts from the Indian State of Kerala.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75743896","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":"Chrysis tripotini Soon, 2010, new to Japan, with description of the male (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)","authors":"T. Mita, Villu Soon","doi":"10.12976/jib/2022.34.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2022.34.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"Chrysis tripotini Soon, 2010 is reported from Honshu Island, Japan and the male is described for the first time. Among the chrysidid fauna of Japan, the male is most closely related to C. solida Haupt, 1956, but it can be distinguished by the combination of following characters: bidentate mandible; punctation on the metasomal tergite II.","PeriodicalId":36221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Insect Biodiversity","volume":"2011 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86349123","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}