{"title":"Systematics and faunistics of Neotropical Euliina, 2: Direconta gen. n.","authors":"J. Razowski, V. Becker","doi":"10.2478/pjen-2019-0018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2019-0018","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The new euliine genus Direconta and its five new Brazilian species (D. gnesia sp. n., D. recondita sp. n., D. barrasiana sp. n., D. curitibana sp. n., and D. lentigana sp. n.) are described and illustrated.","PeriodicalId":53438,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Entomology","volume":"88 1","pages":"275 - 283"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48571486","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":"Evaluation of the chemical composition and bioactivity of essential oils from Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl. (Lauraceae), Piper nigrum L. (Piperaceae) and Stemona japonica (Miq.) (Stemonaceae) against Oryzaephilus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Silvanidae)","authors":"T. A. Wagan, Xiang Li, H. Hua, W. Cai","doi":"10.2478/pjen-2019-0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2019-0016","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Oryzaephilus surinamensis is a serious insect pest of many stored products. Repellency and fumigation tests were performed to manage it. Essential oils (EO) from three plants – Cinnamomum camphora, Piper nigrum and Stemona japonica – were tested on Oryzaephilus surinamensis in the laboratory. Repellency was tested on filter paper in Petri dishes at a concentration of 31.4 μg/cm2, and 20 adults (10 days old) were observed for repellency behaviour 12, 24, 48 and 96 hours after the bioassay without any food. Cinnamomum camphora EO was the strongest repellent (83.75 ± 1.83%), followed by the Piper nigrum and Stemona japonica EOs. The eggs were obtained by maintaining 20 individuals (males and females) for 24 h in a 100 mL glass jar containing 5 g of diet feed. To evaluate the effect of EO on the development of larvae and adults, a filter paper disc impregnated with 0.1 mL of EO was placed on the inner side of the lid of the jar containing the eggs and diet feed. After 40 days, the number of adults and larvae in the jar was counted. All three EOs exhibited bioactivity against the development of larvae and adults. A relatively low number of larvae and adults was recorded in Cinnamomum camphora, followed by Stemona japonica and Piper nigrum. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry was used to identify the major compounds in the EOs. Further studies are recommended to evaluate their bioactivity against different insect pests in stored seeds.","PeriodicalId":53438,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Entomology","volume":"2 4","pages":"199 - 213"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41260340","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":"Telmatogeton Schiner, 1866 (Chironomidae: Diptera), a newly recorded genus of chironomid larva for the Egyptian Mediterranean Fauna","authors":"Khaled M. Abdelsalam","doi":"10.2478/pjen-2019-0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2019-0019","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Sampling of fouling organisms carried out during January 2019 at Al-Max (west of the city of Alexandria) on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt revealed the presence of larval populations belonging to the genus Telmatogeton (Chironomidae), which is reported for the first time from the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. The larvae were found among clumps of fine filamentous green algae (Enteromorpha compressa). A description of the larva with taxonomic remarks and comments on its ecology and geographical distribution are given.","PeriodicalId":53438,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Entomology","volume":"88 1","pages":"285 - 300"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47857033","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}
M. Miłkowski, J. Tatur-Dytkowski, J. Gutowski, R. Ruta, Janusz Grzywocz, S. Konwerski, R. Królik, D. Kubisz, A. Lasoń, A. Melke, T. Olbrycht, Henryk Szołtys, M. Wanat
{"title":"Trogossitidae, Lophocateridae, Peltidae and Thymalidae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) of Poland: distribution, biology and conservation","authors":"M. Miłkowski, J. Tatur-Dytkowski, J. Gutowski, R. Ruta, Janusz Grzywocz, S. Konwerski, R. Królik, D. Kubisz, A. Lasoń, A. Melke, T. Olbrycht, Henryk Szołtys, M. Wanat","doi":"10.2478/pjen-2019-0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2019-0017","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Distributional data for 10 species of Peltidae, Lophocateridae, Trogossitidae and Thymalidae recorded from Poland are summarised, and numerous unpublished records are reported. Data on feeding and habitat preferences are analysed. Calitys scabra and Temnoscheila caerulea are probably extinct in Poland. Grynocharis oblonga, Nemozoma elongatum and Tenebroides mauritanicus are relatively common in Poland. Nemozoma caucasicum is currently spreading within Europe and several new records in Poland are reported. Peltis ferruginea, P. grossa, and Thymalus limbatus are restricted to natural forests in Poland, where they are sometimes abundant. We suggest adding Peltis ferruginea and Thymalus limbatus to the Polish Red List of Animals. The opinion that Grynocharis oblonga and Tenebroides mauritanicus are relicts of natural forests does not seem justified.","PeriodicalId":53438,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Entomology","volume":"88 1","pages":"215 - 274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49328821","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":"New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province of Iran with taxonomic comments","authors":"A. Khalili-Moghadam, L. Borowiec, A. Nemati","doi":"10.2478/pjen-2019-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2019-0013","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The ant fauna from the Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province of Iran was surveyed. As a result, a total of 28 ant species belonging to 11 genera of Formicidae were collected and identified. Species status is proposed for Messor barbarus subsp. mediosanguineus Donisthorpe, 1946, the species status of Messor platyceras Crawley, 1920 is restored with Messor platyceras var. rubella Crawley, 1920 as a new synonym of the nominotypical form, and Camponotus oasium ninivae Pisarski, 1971 is removed from synonyms of Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890. The genera Messor Forel, 1890, with seven species and Cataglyphis Förster, 1850 with six species, have the highest species richness. Messor mediosanguineus Donisthorpe, 1946, Pheidole koshewnikovi Ruzsky, 1905 and Camponotus oasium ninivae Pisarski, 1971 were recorded in Iran for the first time.","PeriodicalId":53438,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Entomology","volume":"88 1","pages":"163 - 182"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47326307","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 report on the susceptibility of certain dry Egyptian common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) (Fabaceae) varieties to infestation by Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say, 1831) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)","authors":"H. A. Gad","doi":"10.2478/pjen-2019-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2019-0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Stored dry common bean seeds are subject to infestation by Acanthoscelides obtectus, which reduces the quality of the infested seeds and depletes their nutritional value, making them unfit for human consumption. The susceptibility of three Egyptian varieties to infestation by A. obtectus was investigated. The Nebraska variety was the most susceptible, with 34.5 and 62% infestation at artificial infestation levels that included 5 and 10 pairs of insects for every fifty seeds, respectively, followed by the Karnak and Giza 6 varieties. The maximum weight losses as a result of insect infestation were observed for Nebraska seeds, and as expected, the maximum numbers of emerged adults after 50 days of storage were also observed for this variety. Maximum means of infested seeds were recorded in the Nebraska and Karnak varieties at the 10- pair infestation level. According to the infestation index, the Giza 6 and Karnak varieties were moderately resistant, while the Nebraska variety was susceptible at the 10-pair infestation level. Moreover, changes in the chemical composition of infested dry common bean seeds were inconsistent, with increases in some nutritional properties (protein and fibre contents) and decreases in others (moisture, carbohydrate and fat contents).","PeriodicalId":53438,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Entomology","volume":"88 1","pages":"149 - 161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47637743","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":"Evaluation of the repellent effect of Dioscorea sansibarensis Pax (Dioscoreaceae) leaf essential oil against Bruchus chinensis Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)","authors":"G. Mauti, P. Kasigwa, Joan J E Munissi, J. Onguso","doi":"10.2478/pjen-2019-0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2019-0009","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the repellent activities of the ornamental plant Dioscorea sansibarensis leaf essential oil against the Bruchus chinensis bean weevil in the protection of stored legumes. The leaves exhibited potential repellency in a Y-tube olfactometer. The tabulated data show that 10µL of leaf oil exhibited a repellency of 41.33%, with a grouped median of 53.33%, which was better than 10 µL of Actellic 50 EC, which had a repellency of 36.00% and a grouped median of 40%. Statistically, there was no significant difference in the percentage repellency obtained from the leaf oil and Actellic 50 EC at different concentrations (10, 20, 30 and 40 µL/mL, X2(7, N=200) = 114.93, P< 0.05). The GC-MS analysis identified 16 compounds in the leaf oil. The main compounds and their percentage composition were phytol (19.46%), 1-epi-α-gurjunene (11.71%), palmitic acid (10.48%), ethyl palmitate (8.87%), methyl palmitate (7.72%), isophytol (5.99%), 2-heptadecanone (4.59%) and α-selinene (4.5%). The repellency caused by the by leaf oil may have been due to the presence of α-selinene, also known as naphthalene, 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,8a-octahydro-1,8a-dimethyl-7-(1-methylethenyl)-, [1S- (1.α.,7.α.,8a.α.)]-. Dioscorea sansibarensis may be a good choice for repellent formulations.","PeriodicalId":53438,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Entomology","volume":"88 1","pages":"119 - 128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48792804","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}
D. Garcia, A. Nesci, N. Girardi, M. A. Passone, M. Etcheverry
{"title":"Antifeedant, horizontal transfer and repellent activities of free and microencapsulated food grade antioxidants against postharvest pest insects (Oryzaephilus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758) and Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797)) (Coleoptera: Silvanidae, Tenebrionidae) of peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.","authors":"D. Garcia, A. Nesci, N. Girardi, M. A. Passone, M. Etcheverry","doi":"10.2478/pjen-2019-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2019-0008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The aims of this work were to evaluate antifeedant, horizontal transfer and repellent activities of butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), free and microencapsulated, at different doses against Oryzaephilus surinamensis and Tribolium castaneum on peanut kernels. In general, negative values for the percentage feeding deterrence index (FDI) were found for Oryzaephilus surinamensis in the presence of these chemical treatments, suggesting a phagostimulant activity. In addition, untreated individuals died within 20 days of coming into contact with insects previously exposed to both antioxidants (BHA and BHT) and formulations (F- BHA and F-BHT), regardless of the dose, while the insects in the controls died after this time. Since this work revealed evidence for the transfer of both free and microencapsulated antioxidants from treated to untreated individuals, we can confirm that horizontal transfer of these compounds takes place between treated and untreated insects. The evaluated compounds showed no repellent activity against O. surinamensis, which continued unaffected with its life cycle on both treated and untreated peanuts. On the other hand, Tribolium castaneum exhibited high FDI values, especially for the formulations, with mean values of 0.68 and 0.91 for F-BHA and F-BHT, respectively. No horizontal transfer was observed for this insect, but repellency was higher than 80% for free and encapsulated BHT. We can conclude that the mechanism of insecticidal action of antioxidants and their formulations was dependent on the type of insect evaluated. The insecticidal effect on Oryzaephilus surinamensis could have been due to the direct intake of the chemical compounds added, whereas the negative effect on Tribolium castaneum could have been caused by starvation.","PeriodicalId":53438,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Entomology","volume":"88 1","pages":"101 - 117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43291768","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":"Chemosensory response of the Phaseolus vulgaris L. (Fabaceae) weevil (Bruchus chinensis Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)) to Dioscorea sansibarensis Pax. (Dioscoreaceae) bulbil essential oil","authors":"G. Mauti, P. Kasigwa, Joan J E Munissi, J. Onguso","doi":"10.2478/pjen-2019-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2019-0014","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Dioscorea sansibarensis bulbils are well known for their toxicity and medicinal applications. In this study, the attraction and mortality of the Phaseolus vulgaris weevil (Bruchus chinensis) caused by Dioscorea sansibarensis bulbil oil was examined in a Completely Randomized Design experiment using a Y-tube olfactometer on a laboratory bench. Statistical analysis at P < 0.05 showed 10 µL had an attraction of 42.67%. In the case of mortality, the results showed that Phaseolus vulgaris seeds treated with 40 µL of the bulbil oil had a harmonic mean of 55.8% mortality of the weevil population, which was higher than with 10 µL of Actellic 50 EC. GC-MS analysis identified 17 compounds in the bulbil oil, the main constituents of which were 2- pentanone, 4-hydroxy-4-methyl- (17.8%), phenol, 4-ethyl- (11.41%), hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester (11.05%), phenol (7.35%), 9-octadecenoic acid, (E)- (7.2%) and phenol, 4-ethyl-2-methoxy- (7.14%). Attraction by bulbil oil may have been due to the presence of phenolic compounds, and mortality may have been due to hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester and 9-octadecenoic acid, (E)-. Attractants are used for the surveillance and detection of an infestation in stored products. The added advantage of the bulbil oil to cause mortality makes Dioscorea sansibarensis bulbil oil useful in the formulation of a botanical pesticide in stored pest management.","PeriodicalId":53438,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Entomology","volume":"35 10","pages":"183 - 195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41303718","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":"New data on the occurrence and macroptery of Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis (Latreille, 1804) (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) in Poland and in other parts of the species range","authors":"A. Liana, W. Wawer","doi":"10.2478/pjen-2019-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2019-0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A dozen specimens of Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis were found in three localities in Poland as well more than thirty foreign specimens of the species collected in southern Europe, the Caucasus and Mongolia. They are deposited in the collection of the Museum of Zoology PAS. The adult specimens were studied in detail and measured. The indigenous specimens and the majority of the foreign ones proved to be macropterous. The problems of wing polymorphism and the possibilities of migration are discussed.","PeriodicalId":53438,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Entomology","volume":"88 1","pages":"137 - 148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49474072","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}