Gloria Melotto, Jessica Awad, Elijah J. Talamas, Robert L. Koch, Amelia R. I. Lindsey
{"title":"Synopeas maximum Awad & Talamas (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae): a new species of parasitoid associated with soybean gall midge, Resseliella maxima Gagné (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae)","authors":"Gloria Melotto, Jessica Awad, Elijah J. Talamas, Robert L. Koch, Amelia R. I. Lindsey","doi":"10.3897/jhr.96.102865","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.102865","url":null,"abstract":"Synopeas maximum Awad & Talamas, sp. nov. , the first reported parasitoid associated with the soybean gall midge, Resseliella maxima Gagné, is described based on morphological and molecular data. Parasitoids were reared from soybean stems infested by R. maxima in Minnesota. A phylogenetic reconstruction of the genus Synopeas Förster was performed with COI sequences (n=2412) available on the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Phylogenetic and barcode gap analyses suggest 279 Synopeas species in this dataset, with S. maximum sequences forming a monophyletic clade that is distinct from relatives. The Synopeas maximum clade was close to specimens from Canada and the United States, suggesting it is native to North America. We present a taxonomic treatment of S. maximum to facilitate its identification, including comparison to morphologically similar species. This project provides baseline data for further ecological study of R. maxima parasitism, and its management in soybean.","PeriodicalId":50185,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hymenoptera Research","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135110798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revision of Bethylinae from Dominican amber, with description of a new genus (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)","authors":"Diego N. Barbosa, Gabriel A. R. Melo","doi":"10.3897/jhr.96.100862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.100862","url":null,"abstract":"Fossil species of bethyline wasps from Dominican amber are revised. Based on a cladistic analysis of female morphological data we recognize a new genus and species, † Crassibethylus dominicanus gen. et sp. nov. , which came out as sister group of the clade Odontepyris + Prosierola . We also transfer to Bethylidae a fossil taxon originally described in Sclerogibbidae, placing † Pterosclerogibba Olmi as a new junior synonym under Goniozus Förster, in the new combination † Goniozus antiquus (Olmi). Additionally, the third species of Bethylinae known from Dominican amber, † Goniozus respectus Sorg, is diagnosed and illustrated with color images of the holotype. An identification key to the species of Bethylinae from Dominican amber is provided.","PeriodicalId":50185,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hymenoptera Research","volume":"701 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136118756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Braconid imagobionts from the tribe Cosmophorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) in the fauna of South Korea","authors":"Sergey A. Belokobylskij, Deokseo Ku","doi":"10.3897/jhr.96.101287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.101287","url":null,"abstract":"Two euphorine taxa from the tribe Cosmophorini, the genus Cryptoxilos Viereck, 1911 and the subgenus Eucosmophorus Belokobylskij, 2000 (genus Cosmophorus Ratzeburg, 1848) are recorded for the first time for the Korean Peninsula. Three species from South Korea, Cosmophorus (Eucosmophorus) jejuensis sp. nov. , C. (Eu.) wandoensis sp. nov. , and Cryptoxilos (Cryptoxiloides) ulleungus sp. nov. , are described and illustrated. Keys to the described species of Cosmophorus (Eucosmophorus) and Cryptoxilos (Cryptoxiloides) are provided. Digital photographs of the type species of the subgenus Eucosmophorus, Cosmophorus undulatus Belokobylskij, 2000, are published for the first time.","PeriodicalId":50185,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hymenoptera Research","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135756934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karen Espadas-Pinacho, Julieta Grajales-Conesa, Julio C. Rojas, Leopoldo Cruz-López
{"title":"Melipona beecheii (Hymenoptera, Apidae) foragers deposit a chemical mark on food to attract conspecifics","authors":"Karen Espadas-Pinacho, Julieta Grajales-Conesa, Julio C. Rojas, Leopoldo Cruz-López","doi":"10.3897/jhr.96.98127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.98127","url":null,"abstract":"Stingless bees have a sophisticated system of chemical communication that helps conspecifics find food sources. In this study, we investigated whether Melipona beecheii foragers deposit a chemical mark on food to recruit conspecifics. Our results showed that foragers preferred to visit the feeders visited previously by conspecifics over clean feeders. We also found that foragers preferred visiting feeders baited with labial gland extracts over those baited with mandibular extracts or hexane. Labial gland extracts elicited higher forager antennal responses compared with those evoked by the mandibular gland extracts or hexane. Labial gland extracts and extracts from feeders visited by foragers contain a mixture of unsaturated hydrocarbons, followed by straight chain hydrocarbons and small quantities of esters. The main component is a mixture of alkene isomers C27:1.","PeriodicalId":50185,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hymenoptera Research","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135756932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vigueira, Patrick A., Vigueira, Cynthia C., Campbell, Joshua W., Ladner, Samia, Hayes, Gabrielle, Riser, Elizabeth
{"title":"Sexual dimorphism in excess power index of four North American native bees (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae, Apidae, and Halictidae)","authors":"Vigueira, Patrick A., Vigueira, Cynthia C., Campbell, Joshua W., Ladner, Samia, Hayes, Gabrielle, Riser, Elizabeth","doi":"10.3897/jhr.96.98652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.98652","url":null,"abstract":"A multitude of hymenopteran species exhibit sexual dimorphism for simple traits, such as color, size, or antennal segment number. These differences can reflect selection for specialized biological roles, many of which have not been documented for the majority of bee and wasp species. The excess power index (EPI) is an estimate of insect flight performance that is inferred by the combination of several morphological characteristics. We compared the female and male EPIs in four species of native bees: Agapostemon virescens Fabricius, Andrena carlini Cockerell, Melissodes bimaculata Lepeletier and Xylocopa virginica L.. While females of each species had a significantly larger whole body mass, males had a significantly larger EPI. A larger body mass for females is associated with egg laying abilities and foraging behavior. Male fitness may be dependent on EPI; males that have greater flight capacity can travel further or remain in flight for longer time periods in search of mates.","PeriodicalId":50185,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hymenoptera Research","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134994199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. N. Al-Sabi, D. C. Arias-Penna, Nabila Rayed Nashaat Idrees, O. A. Al-Jabr, K. Alhudaib, M. I. Almaghasla
{"title":"A new gregarious parasitoid species, Microplitis idreesae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) reared from Mythimna sp. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), with a key to the species of Microplitis in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia","authors":"M. N. Al-Sabi, D. C. Arias-Penna, Nabila Rayed Nashaat Idrees, O. A. Al-Jabr, K. Alhudaib, M. I. Almaghasla","doi":"10.3897/jhr.96.99114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.99114","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of parasitoid wasp (Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from the kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is described, Microplitis idreesaesp. nov. The genus is reported for the first time in the Eastern province of the KSA. This is the first host-parasitoid association for Microplitis documented in the country. The new species attacks Mythimna Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Natural history information is provided such as the association of males with females, geographical location, possible food plants, and details of wasp cocoons. In addition, a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene is presented. A taxonomic key to the species of Microplitis reported from the KSA is provided. Characters of this new species and its affinities with the three previous species described from the KSA and four of the closely related to Palaeartic species are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":50185,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hymenoptera Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46377991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perilampus neglectus and other neglected species: new records of Palaearctic Perilampidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea), with a key to European species of Perilampus","authors":"Mircea-Dan Mitroiu, Evangelos Koutsoukos","doi":"10.3897/jhr.96.83235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.83235","url":null,"abstract":"New faunistic records of Palaearctic Perilampidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) are given, based on newly collected material in South-East Europe, South Korea and specimens from the Natural History Museum in London. Euperilampus Walker, 1871 is recorded for the first time in South Korea, with females of E. sinensis Bouček, 1978 being discovered and described for the first time. The genera Perilampus Latreille, 1809 and Steffanolampus Peck, 1974 are recorded for the first time in Greece. Perilampus noemi Nikol’skaya, 1952, collected on Crete and Salamina islands (Greece), is recorded for the first time in Europe. The following species are new to Greece: P. aeneus (Rossius, 1790), P. laevifrons Dalman, 1822, P. micans Dalman, 1820, P. minutalis Steffan, 1952, P. neglectus Bouček, 1956, P. ruficornis (Fabricius, 1793), P. tristis Mayr, 1905, and S. salicetum (Steffan, 1952). The following species are new to Romania: P. aeneus , P. auratus (Panzer, 1798), P. aureoviridis Walker, 1833, P. chrysonotus Förster, 1859, and P. laevifrons . The following species are new to Turkey: P. auratus , P. cephalotes Bouček, 1956, P. ruficornis , and P. tristis . Additionally, P. cephalotes and P. polypori Bouček, 1971 are new to Austria; P. masculinus Bouček, 1956 is new to Sweden; P. ruficornis is new to South Korea; and P. tristis is new also to Cyprus and Spain. The first host record for P. cephalotes and a new host record for P. laevifrons are also given. A key to 20 European species of Perilampus is included. Each species is diagnosed using macrophotography to facilitate its future recognition. The males of P. intermedius Bouček, 1956 and P. neglectus are described for the first time.","PeriodicalId":50185,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hymenoptera Research","volume":"430 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136151803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New and little-known bees of the genus Colletes Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) from Siberia","authors":"M. Proshchalykin, M. Kuhlmann","doi":"10.3897/jhr.96.101740","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.101740","url":null,"abstract":"An annotated list of seven species of rarely collected and little-known bees of the genus Colletes from Siberia is given, including five species whose ranges within the region are enlarged. Colletes ravuloides Kuhlmann & Proshchalykin, sp. nov. is described from Tyva Republic (Russia). An updated checklist of the 27 species of Colletes so far known from Siberia is provided.","PeriodicalId":50185,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hymenoptera Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45390153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nest characteristics and associates of Dolichovespula (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in Central Finland","authors":"Atte Komonen","doi":"10.3897/jhr.96.98238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.98238","url":null,"abstract":"In social vespine wasps, the nest characteristics and associates vary intra- and interspecifically. I studied the nest characteristics and nest associates of three Dolichovespula wasp species in boreal Finland. The average number of combs and cells per nest was similar among D. media , D. saxonica and D. norwegica , and similar to Dolichovespula in the temperate zone. Most D. media and D. saxonica colonies produced both gynes and males, whereas D. norwegica produced mainly either one. The average colony lifespan of D. saxonica was a bit over two months, i.e. shorter than documented for Dolichovespula in the temperate zone. The proportion of nests parasitised by the ichneumonid wasp Sphecophaga vesparum was 36% in D. saxonica and 50% in D. media ; S. vesparum has not been recorded from D. media before. The proportion of parasitized cells was 0.6–11% for D. saxonica and 0.2–22% for D. media . The proportion yellow, overwintering cocoons of S. vesparum was highly variable among the nests. The proportion of nests parasitised by the moth Aphomia sociella was 36% in D. saxonica and 13% in D. media . Sphecophaga and Aphomia were not recorded from D. norwegica colonies, which supports studies in the temperate zone. The study adds up to the previous research on the nest structure and nest associates of vespines, and together they indicate that there is geographical variation within Europe and globally in the host use of Sphecophaga .","PeriodicalId":50185,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hymenoptera Research","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136195358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The taeniaticornis-group of genus Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China with one new species","authors":"Zhen Liu, X. Chen","doi":"10.3897/jhr.96.99649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.99649","url":null,"abstract":"The taeniaticornis-group of genus Apanteles Foerster from China is revised, in which a total of 3 species are recorded and illustrated. One new species, named, A. parectangular Liu & Chen, sp. nov. is described and illustrated, and a key to Chinese species of the taeniaticornis-group, is provided.","PeriodicalId":50185,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hymenoptera Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45167051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}