{"title":"Bugs and the People Who Love Them, Or Not","authors":"George Lindemann","doi":"10.3157/061.146.0105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.146.0105","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"24 1","pages":"231 - 234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2020-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76117897","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}
{"title":"A New Species of Melanoplus (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee, USA.","authors":"Jovonn G. Hill","doi":"10.3157/061.146.0104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.146.0104","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A new species of Melanoplus belonging to the mancus species group is described from open woodlands on the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"7 1","pages":"221 - 230"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2020-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77836014","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}
{"title":"An Annotated Checklist of Iranian Dytiscidae (Insecta: Adephaga: Coleoptera)","authors":"Mustafa C. Darilmaz, H. Ostovan, H. Ghahari","doi":"10.3157/061.146.0102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.146.0102","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The fauna of Iranian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) is reviewed listing all hitherto known distribution records. Comments on taxonomy, identification and nomenclature are provided. The type locality is also given for each species originally described from Iran. One species, Rhantus (Rhantus) frontalis (Marsham, 1802) is new for the fauna of Iran. According to the literature and the new record, 140 dytiscid taxa representing 32 genera are at present known from Iran. Four species, Deronectes sahlbergi Zimmermann, 1932, Hydroporus nigrita (Fabricius, 1792), Hygrotus (Hygrotus) versicolor (Schaller, 1783), and Nebrioporus insignis (Klug, 1834) are doubtful. Five taxa, Agabus (Acatodes) elongatus (Gyllenhal, 1826), Coptotomus interrogatus (Fabricius, 1801), Hydaticus (Guignotites) fabricii (MacLeay, 1825), Hydroporus bodemeyeri bodemeyeri Ganglbauer, 1900, and Pachydrus sp. are excluded from the fauna of Iran.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"56 1","pages":"165 - 196"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2020-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90981792","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}
{"title":"Thirty-Two New South African Grasshopper Species in the Family Lentulidae Belonging to Eleven Genera (Orthoptera: Acridoidea)","authors":"D. Otte","doi":"10.3157/061.146.0101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.146.0101","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This is a progress paper on the taxonomy of eleven genera in the grasshopper family Lentulidae from South Africa. They are: Afrotettix Dirsh with eight species, six of which are new (abuntix, berupo, eduva, tinipa, frixo and rabex); Calviniacris Dirsh with one species; Atopotattix Brown with one species; Devylderia Sjostedt, with eleven species, seven of which are new (locapsa, lishe, compoti, seche, segasa, solveigae, and koenigkrameri); Karruia Rehn with three species, one of which is new (nova); Dirshidium Brown with three species, two of which are new (kado and jati); Gymnidium Karsch, with three species, one of which is new (ydiumi); Leatettix Dirsh with 18 species, eleven of which are new (carinae, lillianae, erymnita, fursti, elizabethae, cowperi, greeni, knowlesi, armstrongi, cadei and rohweri); Tsautettix Otte, with one new species (adriani); Kalaharicus Brown, with one species; and Shelfordites Karny with five species, three of which are new (lapollai, laurelae, and spearmani).","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"89 1","pages":"1 - 164"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2020-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80340627","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}
{"title":"Morphological Characteristics of Antennal Sensilla in Hyphantria cunea (Drury) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)","authors":"Jian Zhang, Libo Fu, Bin Cheng, Shouhui Sun","doi":"10.3157/061.145.0303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.145.0303","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea Drury (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) is extremely adaptable and highly invasive in China as a defoliator of ornamental and forest trees. To better understand the chemical orientation of this insect towards its host products, we determined the structure and distribution of antennal sensilla of H. cunea by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results showed that the male antenna was bipectinate and the female antenna was serrate, and they made of three parts, a scape, a pedicel, and a flagellum of more than 58 flagellomeres. Based on their morphology, sensilla squamiformia, sensilla basiconica, sensilla trichodea (ST1, ST2, ST3), sensilla chaetica, sensilla coeloconica, sensilla styloconica and Böhm bristles were distinguished on the antennae in both sexes. The putative functions of these sensilla also were discussed with reference to their morphology, distribution, and ultrastructure. We expect these results to help develop further electrophysiological investigations aiming to a better understanding of H. cunea olfaction.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"1 1","pages":"421 - 434"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2019-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90768643","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}
{"title":"Redescption of Salina yunnanensis and a New Species of Salina Mac Gillivray, 1894 (Collembola: Paronellidae) from China","authors":"Yitong Ma","doi":"10.3157/061.145.0306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.145.0306","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A known species and a new species of Salina Mac Gillivray, 1894 from China are described here, S. yunnanensis Denis, 1929 and S. similis sp. nov.. The original description of S. yunnanensis is simple and only provided colour pattern and a few characters, here, the detail description were added. S. similis sp. nov. is characterised by its colour pattern and chaetotaxy on Abdominal segment I–III as 11-15, 4, 2 respectively.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"74 1","pages":"537 - 554"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2019-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77318199","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}
{"title":"Geographic Distribution of Strumigenys epinotalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)","authors":"J. K. Wetterer","doi":"10.3157/061.145.0302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.145.0302","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Strumigenys epinotalis (former Pyramica epinotalis) is a tiny arboreal ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) first found in Costa Rica in 1924. The earliest known US specimens were collected in Florida and Louisiana in 2009. I compiled 33 site records of S. epinotalis from nine countries: Brazil (4 sites), Colombia (1), Costa rica (3), Ecuador (1), Mexico (9), Nicaragua (1), Panama (1), Paraguay (1), and the US (12). the US sites come from four states: Alabama (1), Florida (6), Louisiana (4), and Mississippi (1). Strumigenys epinotalis has been recorded from widely scattered Neotropical sites in ranging from Paraguay (24.1°S) to central Mexico (20.1°N). records of S. epinotalis in Louisiana and Florida are from considerably higher latitudes (27.2–30.6°N). the US populations may be non-native, or they could be at the northern end of the ant's native range. Most S. epinotalis records apparently come from relatively intact forests, often in swampy areas, and all known nests have been found up in trees, either inside epiphytes or in cavities within trees. I have sampled ants at hundreds of sites in South and Central Florida through vegetation beating and I have only found this species twice. Given the extreme scarcity of S. epinotalis records across its enormous known range, it seems possible that native populations of S. epinotalis occur all along the Gulf coast of Mexico and the US, but have been overlooked.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"1 1","pages":"413 - 419"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2019-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82742775","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}
M. Thorn, J. Seltzer, A. Hendon, BeverLy Keasler, J. Hill
{"title":"The First Detection of Metamasius hemipterus (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Coastal Mississippi, USA","authors":"M. Thorn, J. Seltzer, A. Hendon, BeverLy Keasler, J. Hill","doi":"10.3157/061.145.0304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.145.0304","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Specimens of Metamasius hemipterus (L.) were collected from a nursery in coastal Mississippi during invasive insect pest monitoring by the Mississippi State University Invasive Insect Trapping Team. Specimens were collected during a USDA CAPS palm commodity survey occurring at nurseries and natural areas across the southern half of the state. Within the United States, Metamasius hemipterus is recognized as a pest of sugarcanes, bananas, and palms in Florida. It is also a pest in a variety of economically important fruits in its native range in the Antilles, Central, and South America. It has been implicated as a minor vector of red ring disease in palm, caused by the nematode Bursaphelenchus cocophilus (Cobb). This exotic insect poses a threat to the horticulture industry in Mississippi by vectoring pathogens injurious to palms and damaging other horticultural products.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"5 1","pages":"407 - 412"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2019-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75139996","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}
{"title":"Revision of the Genus Paraidemona Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Acrididae, Melanoplinae)","authors":"D. Otte","doi":"10.3157/061.145.0308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.145.0308","url":null,"abstract":"The genus Paraidemona is a completely apterous member of the subfamily Melanoplinae (Acrididae) known only from Texas and northern Mexico. Prior to the present study seven species were known: cohni Fontana and Buzzetti, ruvalcabae Buzzetti et al., fratercula Hebard, latifurcula Hebard, punctata (Stal), olsoni Yin and Smith, mimica Scudder and nuttingi Yin and Smith. Under Paraidemona nuttingi I describe eight new subspecies: hiltoo, jeya, pekwi, tatsinubi, tomoobi, tabu, hanipu and sunipu. Paraidemona species are confined to grasslands, from grassy coastal margins to dry thorn scrub and oak woodlands of central and western Texas, and prefer short grasses, sometimes intermixed with various broadleaf forbs. The radiation of this genus appears to be recent. Although the genitalia are the principal characters used to define the species, differences can be small and difficult to dissect. Speciation has probably not gone to completion in many cases.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"7 1","pages":"435 - 535"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2019-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78481744","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}
{"title":"A Review of Genus Dysgonia Hübner (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae) from Turkey with Distinctive External and Genital Morphological Characters and a New Species for the Turkish Fauna","authors":"E. Seven, C. Gözüaçık, E. Aykut","doi":"10.3157/061.145.0305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.145.0305","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The genus Dysgonia Hübner, [1823] from Turkey is reviewed and one newly recorded species, D. rogenhoferi (Bohatsch, 1880) is reported. The generic and distinctive morphological characters, based on all species in Turkey, are summarized. Illustrations of external features and genitalia are presented.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"12 1","pages":"385 - 393"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2019-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90228067","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}