{"title":"A Checklist of Philanthini and Pseudoscoliini (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with New Records from Tunisia","authors":"H. B. Khedher, E. Yıldırım, M. Braham","doi":"10.3157/061.147.0101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0101","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Ten species of Philanthini and Pseudoscoliini documented from Tunisia are presented in an annotated list. Among them, Philanthinus integer (de Beaumont, 1949) is a new record for Tunisian insect fauna. The genus Philantinus de Beaumont, 1949 is recorded for the first time from Tunisia. New provincial records are reported for all identified species except Pseudoscolia berlandi (de Beaumont, 1949). For each identified species, distribution in Tunisia and in the world as well as digital photographs are presented.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"30 1","pages":"1 - 10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84368591","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":"Spread of the Invasive Old World Long-Legged Ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), into Central and Southeastern Mexico","authors":"M. Vásquez-Bolaños, J. K. Wetterer","doi":"10.3157/061.147.0104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0104","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The long-legged ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes, is a widespread pest in moist lowlands of the Paleotropics, known for population explosions particularly on islands. The only Neotropical populations occur in Mexico, first reported >120 years ago from Baja California Sur. It has since spread south through much of western Mexico, but was seemingly prevented from expanding eastward by the arid steppe climate of the Central Mexican Plateau. Here, we report records of continued spread of A. gracilipes in Mexico, including into central and southeastern regions. It is now known from 13 states (in order of earliest record): Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Aguascalientes, Quintana Roo, Michoacán, Yucatán, México State, Chiapas, and Veracruz. There now seem to be no natural barriers preventing its further spread through moist tropical lowlands of Central and South America. From there, A. gracilipes may spread to Caribbean islands, where its ecological impact could be disastrous.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"5 1","pages":"49 - 55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91370232","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 Taxonomic Review of the Genus Gamepenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Elaterinae), with Description of Two New Species","authors":"Zhen Liu, A. Prosvirov, S. Jiang","doi":"10.3157/061.147.0107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0107","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Five Chinese species of click-beetles of the genus Gamepenthes Fleutiaux, 1928 are discussed, i.e., G. antennatus (Miwa, 1934); G. holzschuhi Schimmel, 2003; G. hubeiensis Schimmel, 2003; G. jiangxiensisi Schimmel, 2004 and G. montivagus (Miwa, 1929). Two new species, G. clavator Liu & Jiang, sp. n. and G. cuneus Liu & Jiang, sp. n., are described from southern China. Gamapenthes versipellis is removed from the fauna of the Elateridae of China because the records were based on misidentifications. A preliminary key to the species of Gamepenthes in China and a distribution map of the Chinese species of the genus are provided.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"23 1","pages":"101 - 132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80911980","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":"Eleteridae (Coleoptera) of the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey: Fauna, Some Ecological Evaluations, and Zoogeographical Composition","authors":"M. Kabalak, O. Sert","doi":"10.3157/061.147.0109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0109","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The ecological properties and zoogeographical composition of the Elateridae fauna of the Eastern Black Sea region is presented. During field studies, 53 species belonging to five subfamilies and 23 genera were collected. Among these, 13 species are recorded for the first time from the research area and detailed locality records for Turkey were given for two of them. With the addition of previously reported one subfamily, 11 genera and 61 species from research area in present literature, it is exhibited that there are six subfamilies, 34 genera and 114 species belong to Elateridae fauna of the Eastern Black Sea region, which represents almost 23.1% of Elateridae fauna of Turkey. Most of the Elateridae fauna of the Black Sea region comprises from the species of subfamilies Elaterinae and Dendrometrinae. The genus Athous is the most species-rich genus. Results of this study also exhibit that, species numbers of research area represents 25.3% of total species numbers of detected genera of Turkey. Artvin province is the most species-rich part of research area. The Black Sea region of Turkey shares the most species in common with the European part of the Western Palaearctic region.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"3 1","pages":"157 - 191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82623871","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}
Qingxia Zhou, Shuangmei Ding, I. Shamshev, Ding Yang
{"title":"Four New Species of Empis (Coptophlebia) Hyalipennis Group (Diptera: Empididae) from Yunnan","authors":"Qingxia Zhou, Shuangmei Ding, I. Shamshev, Ding Yang","doi":"10.3157/061.147.0112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0112","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Empis (Coptophlebia) hyalipennis group is reported from Yunnan for the first time with the following four new species: Empis (Coptophlebia) angularis sp. nov., Empis (Coptophlebia) biluoxueshana sp. nov., Empis (Coptophlebia) biseta sp. nov., and Empis (Coptophlebia) wangi sp. nov. A key is presented to separate these species.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"111 1","pages":"139 - 154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79239750","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":"Contribution to the Knowledge of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Fauna of Turkey with New Records1","authors":"O. Sert, Yavuz Turan, M. Kabalak","doi":"10.3157/061.147.0103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0103","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The scope of this study is to evaluate the faunistic, ecological and geographical composition of the subfamily Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. Eighty species were detected by field studies between 2013 and 2015 in the Eastern Black Sea Region. We concluded that the following five species – Aleochara binotata Kraatz, 1856, A. ruficornis Gravenhorst, 1802, Atheta liturata Stephens, 1832, Gyrophaena poweri Crotch, 1867, Zyras collaris (Paykull, 1800) – are new records for Turkey. Seven species are endemic for Turkey and 40 species are new records for the Eastern Black Sea Region. Also, detailed locality records of two species, Aleochara moerens Gyllenhal, 1827 and Atheta oblita (Erichson, 1839), are given for Turkey.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"5 1","pages":"21 - 48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72851381","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 Genus Ducetia Stal, 1874 (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea: Tettigoniidae) from India","authors":"Mohd Kaleemullah Farooqi, I. Ahmed, M. K. Usmani","doi":"10.3157/061.147.0102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0102","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The present paper describes one new species Ducetia inermus sp. nov. and provides substitute name to Conocephalus (Anisoptera) brevis Farooqi & Usmani, 2019 as Conocephalus (Anisoptera) semraensis Farooqi & Usmani, 2019 Morphometry and necessary illustrations of the species have also been given.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"21 1","pages":"11 - 19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86045324","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 Updated Morphological Description of Ash Weevil Stereonychus fraxini (DeGeer, 1775): A New Record for Turkey (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)","authors":"N. Gültekin","doi":"10.3157/061.147.0111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0111","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The first detection of one of the most harmful defoliating insects, the ash weevil Stereonychus fraxini (DeGeer, 1775) in Black Sea Region (Trabzon) of Turkey is reported here. Both the genus Stereonychus Suffrian, 1854 and the species S. fraxini are new records for the Turkish fauna. A diagnostic morphological update is presented with digital evident. Female terminalia segments, genital structure, metathoraxic wings are described for the first time.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"56 1","pages":"203 - 208"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76925458","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 Scrobipalpomima Povolný (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Reared from Stem Galls of Adesmia spinosissima Meyen (Fabaceae) in the Andes of Northern Chile","authors":"H. Vargas","doi":"10.3157/061.146.0305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.146.0305","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The micromoth genus Scrobipalpomima Povolný, 1985, mainly distributed in southern South America, is one of the more diverse Neotropical genera of Gonorimoschemini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Gelechiinae). The adult stage of Scrobipalpomima agustini sp. nov. is described and illustrated from the Andes of northern Chile. Larval feeding and pupation of S. agustini occur inside fusiform stem galls on the native spiny shrub Adesmia spinosissima Meyen (Fabaceae). The larva and pupa of S. agustini are illustrated and briefly described. This discovery expands the northern limit of Scrobipalpomima and represents the first record of immature stages and host plant for this genus of micromoths","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"198 1","pages":"521 - 533"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2020-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80019526","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 Remarkable Addition to the Native Scolytine Fauna of the Ecologically Devastated Hawaiian Island of Lāna‘i and New Island Records for Five Exotic Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)","authors":"C. Gillett, David Honsberger, D. Rubinoff","doi":"10.3157/061.146.0308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.146.0308","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A survey for scolytine bark and ambrosia beetles undertaken on the entomologically understudied and ecologically devastated Hawaiian island of Lāna‘i, revealed the remarkable presence there of Xyleborus mauiensis Perkins, 1900, an endemic Hawaiian ambrosia beetle in the tribe Xyleborini not previously recorded from the island. Its presence on Lāna‘i ‘fills the gap’ in a distribution encompassing the now isolated islands of Molokai and Maui that together with Lanai composed the single historically large island of Maui Nui more than half a million years ago. We emphasize the reliance of X. mauiensis upon its only known host plant, the endemic Hawaiian Cheirodendron trigynum (Araliaceae), and highlight the conservation importance of ensuring the persistence of even a small number of native plants in environments otherwise dominated by exotic flora. We also report five additional new species records for introduced exotic bark and ambrosia beetles in the tribes Xyleborini and Trypophloeini new to Lāna‘i, discussing their significance to our understanding of the distribution of bark beetles in Hawai‘i. We provide a checklist of all Scolytinae recorded from Lāna‘i to date, together with their known host plants and photographs of the newly recorded beetles together with a map indicating where they were sampled.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":"72 1","pages":"577 - 589"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2020-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84097595","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}