{"title":"Updating the distribution of mesembrinellid flies (Diptera: Mesembrinellidae) in Argentina with the first record of Mesembrinella bicolor","authors":"Matías I DUFEK, Pablo R MULIERI","doi":"10.25085/rsea.820306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25085/rsea.820306","url":null,"abstract":"During samplings carried out to evaluate the diversity of calyptrate flies (Diptera: Calyptratae) in northeastern Argentina, Mesembrinella bicolor (Fabricius, 1805) was first detected. This finding represents the second species of Mesembrinellidae from Argentina, after Mesembrinella bellardiana Aldrich, 1922 and the southernmost known record for a species of Mesembrinellidae. A brief diagnosis of both species is included.","PeriodicalId":54250,"journal":{"name":"Revista De La Sociedad Entomologica Argentina","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135083080","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}
Asif SAJJAD, Sumaira MAQSOOD, Asim ABBASI, Muhammad AWAIS, Sidra RAFIQ, Muhammad Khalid RAFIQUE, Iqra RIAZ, Inzamam Ul HAQ
{"title":"Comparison of wild honeybees in the pollination of strawberries in Bahawalpur, Pakistan","authors":"Asif SAJJAD, Sumaira MAQSOOD, Asim ABBASI, Muhammad AWAIS, Sidra RAFIQ, Muhammad Khalid RAFIQUE, Iqra RIAZ, Inzamam Ul HAQ","doi":"10.25085/rsea.820301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25085/rsea.820301","url":null,"abstract":"The wild honeybees, Apis dorsata Fabricius, 1793 and Apis florea Fabricius, 1787 constitute a large proportion of pollinators’ abundance on most crop species in Punjab, Pakistan. In the present study, we studied the foraging behavior of both the honeybee species and their comparative role in the reproductive performance of the strawberry at the research farm of The Islamia University of Bahawalpur. Both the species comprised 53% of the total pollinators’ abundance. Apis florea had high visitation frequency (0.449±0.03 individuals per 120 seconds) than A. dorsata (0.211±0.02). The activity of A. florea was the maximum at 12:00 pm while A. dorsata remained active in low abundance throughout the day. Apis florea exhibited a higher stay time but a lower visitation rate than A. dorsata. Apis dorsata proved to be an effective pollinator of the strawberry rather than A. florea in terms of fruit length, weight and diameter. There is a need to conserve wild honeybees under the current scenario of anthropogenic land use changes and intensification in agriculture.","PeriodicalId":54250,"journal":{"name":"Revista De La Sociedad Entomologica Argentina","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135083086","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 Malacophagula (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) obtained during a rapid biodiversity assessment in Sierra de la Ventana, Argentina","authors":"Pablo R MULIERI, Cecilia I. BRUNELLA","doi":"10.25085/rsea.820302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25085/rsea.820302","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of the genus Malacophagula Bequaert (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) is described, M. ventana sp. nov., collected during a Rapid Biodiversity Assessment (RBA) in Sierra de la Ventana, an area of high value for conservation of Argentina. In this work the genus Malacophagula is recorded for the first time in Argentina. Illustrations of the habitus and phallic structures to diagnose and recognition of this species are provided.","PeriodicalId":54250,"journal":{"name":"Revista De La Sociedad Entomologica Argentina","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135082942","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}
María E MAZZITELLI, Angélica DAL ZOTTO, Damián PIGLIÓNICO, Roberto FARRANDO, Laura PORCEL, María E OJEDA, Juan M RAIGÓN, Diana MARINI
{"title":"Aphid species populations and their seasonal fluctuation in Prunus orchards affected by Sharka disease within the quarantine areas of Argentina","authors":"María E MAZZITELLI, Angélica DAL ZOTTO, Damián PIGLIÓNICO, Roberto FARRANDO, Laura PORCEL, María E OJEDA, Juan M RAIGÓN, Diana MARINI","doi":"10.25085/rsea.820304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25085/rsea.820304","url":null,"abstract":"Sharka is a disease of stone fruits, produced by the Plum Pox Virus and transmitted by aphids. It was detected for the first time in Argentina in 2004. In order to assess the aphid species that could act as a potential vector of this disease, we described the aphids community and seasonal fluctuation within two Prunus orchards affected by Sharka disease, located within two quarantine areas in Cuyo Region. Aphids were trapped weekly from October (spring) to April (autumn) during 2011-2012 and 2012-2013, by using yellow water traps (TAA), and identified using winged aphid’s taxonomic keys. In total, 27 aphid species were identified. The most dominant species collected was Myzus persicae (Sulzer). Orchard-trapped population of this dominant aphid showed seasonal fluctuation with two peaks, November (spring) and March (autumn).","PeriodicalId":54250,"journal":{"name":"Revista De La Sociedad Entomologica Argentina","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135083088","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}
Edgar RODRÍGUEZ-VÁZQUEZ, Samuel PINEDA-GUILLERMO, Agustín HERNÁNDEZ-JUÁREZ, Manuel A. TEJEDA-REYES, Everardo LÓPEZ-BAUTISTA, Carlos P ILLESCAS-RIQUELME
{"title":"Sexual dimorphism, diagnosis and damage caused by Duponchelia fovealis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)","authors":"Edgar RODRÍGUEZ-VÁZQUEZ, Samuel PINEDA-GUILLERMO, Agustín HERNÁNDEZ-JUÁREZ, Manuel A. TEJEDA-REYES, Everardo LÓPEZ-BAUTISTA, Carlos P ILLESCAS-RIQUELME","doi":"10.25085/rsea.820303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25085/rsea.820303","url":null,"abstract":"The European pepper moth, Duponchelia fovealis Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), is an invasive and polyphagous species that has spread to several countries around the world. Currently there is little information in Mexico on this species. This paper describes and illustrates the characteristics of adults and pupae of both sexes, the male genitalia, and the damage caused by larvae in strawberry plantations. Adults possess several distinctive features that make them recognizable from other pest Lepidoptera, such as the transverse distal line on the forewings, which forms a finger-like figure. The abdomen of females is wide, contrary to males which is thin, tubular and elongated beyond the wings. The sexual differences in pupae are observed in the genital slits located in the 9th abdominal segment. The male slit presents a lobe on each side, while the female lacks these structures. The larvae feed on the roots, stems and fruits of strawberry plants, also allowing the entry of opportunistic pathogens. This information is useful to initiate research that requires live sexed insects, to support species identification and improve monitoring methods.","PeriodicalId":54250,"journal":{"name":"Revista De La Sociedad Entomologica Argentina","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135082957","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 effective artificial feeder for breeding Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)","authors":"Melisa B BONICA, Gerardo A MARTI, Maria V MICIELI","doi":"10.25085/rsea.820307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25085/rsea.820307","url":null,"abstract":"Mosquitoes, like other hematophagous insects, need to feed on blood to produce eggs. For laboratory colony maintenance, live animals are generally used, while various artificial feeders with different characteristics have been developed for experimental assays. In this study, a previously developed and pathogen-tested glass artificial feeder was selected and evaluated for rearing Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus). The device utilizes bovine gut as a membrane and human blood as a food source, maintaining a constant temperature of 37 °C through a thermostatic bath that enables water circulation around the feeder. Egg hatching, feeding rates, and fertility were analyzed for three cohorts of a parental lineage (P) and their respective filial lineages (F1) over a period of 4-5 weeks. The results demonstrated the efficacy of this methodology for rearing an Ae. aegypti colony up to the second generation, with average egg hatching rates of P= 0.92 and F1= 0.80, average feeding rates of P= 0.54 and F1= 0.73, and egg quantities obtained of P= 1809 and F1 = 8579.","PeriodicalId":54250,"journal":{"name":"Revista De La Sociedad Entomologica Argentina","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135083085","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}
Fernando DIEZ, Eduardo FAÚNDEZ, Marcela CORNELIS, María del Carmen COSCARÓN
{"title":"Notes on distributions of Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) in northern Patagonia and central region of Argentina","authors":"Fernando DIEZ, Eduardo FAÚNDEZ, Marcela CORNELIS, María del Carmen COSCARÓN","doi":"10.25085/rsea.820305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25085/rsea.820305","url":null,"abstract":"The present knowledge of Heteroptera in northern Patagonia and central region of Argentina is widely scattered and admittedly very incomplete. In the present work we provide a checklist of 17 species from northern Patagonia and the central region of Argentina, including 16 new records for provinces and one new record for the country.","PeriodicalId":54250,"journal":{"name":"Revista De La Sociedad Entomologica Argentina","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135083092","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}
Madeleyne PARRA-FUENTES, Ángela M ARCILA-CARDONA, Francisco F. CARRASCAL, Carlos E. BROCHERO-BUSTAMANTE, Edgar H. VARÓN D., Janeth A. SIERRA-MONROY
{"title":"First report of Dolichothrips indicus (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) in Colombia","authors":"Madeleyne PARRA-FUENTES, Ángela M ARCILA-CARDONA, Francisco F. CARRASCAL, Carlos E. BROCHERO-BUSTAMANTE, Edgar H. VARÓN D., Janeth A. SIERRA-MONROY","doi":"10.25085/rsea.820308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25085/rsea.820308","url":null,"abstract":"Dolichothrips indicus (Hood, 1919) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) is frequently found in flower buds, flowers and inflorescences of different plant species, so its role as a possible pollinating agent is considered in several studies. The presence of D. indicus in panicles of the “Azúcar” variety mango crop is recorded for the first time in Colombia. The diagnostic morphological characteristics of the species are described and illustrated.","PeriodicalId":54250,"journal":{"name":"Revista De La Sociedad Entomologica Argentina","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135083082","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":"The synanthropic austral-most record of the species Loxosceles hirsuta and the formal record of Loxosceles laeta (Araneae: Sicariidae)","authors":"Nicolás PERALTA SEEN, Fernando DIEZ","doi":"10.25085/rsea.820213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25085/rsea.820213","url":null,"abstract":"A formal record of the medically important species Loxosceles laeta (Nicolet, 1849) and new records of Loxosceles hirsuta Mello-Leitão, 1931 (Araneae: Sicariidae) are provided for La Pampa province, Argentina, comprising its southernmost record. The specimens of L. hirsuta in this work were found inhabiting human structures and were collected in different localities, between long time lapses, which suggests that L. hirsuta much like L. laeta is highly synanthropic and established in La Pampa.","PeriodicalId":54250,"journal":{"name":"Revista De La Sociedad Entomologica Argentina","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136367892","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":"Characterization of the mosquito community in diurnal activity in an urban ecological reserve","authors":"Andrea Noemí ÁVALOS, Mariela Haydée MIÑO, Natalia Soledad ANACORETO, Nora Edith BURRONI","doi":"10.25085/rsea.820202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25085/rsea.820202","url":null,"abstract":"Knowing the composition of mosquito community, their temporal dynamics and relationship with abiotic factors in urban areas is of interest in public health because many species are vectors of pathogens. This is the first survey of diurnal adult mosquitoes in an urban reserve in Buenos Aires City (Argentina). Fortnightly daytime samples were carried out during a year affected by a drought due to La Niña effect, to describe the adult mosquito community and analyze its association with environmental variables. Ten species belonging to the genera Culex L., Aedes Meigen, Psorophora Robineau-Desvoidy and Mansonia Blanchard were captured, some of which are vectors of pathogens (e.g. Aedes albifasciatus (Macquart) and the complex Culex pipiens L.). Diversity did not vary significantly among seasons, and the composition was moderately similar (ANOVA: p = 0.11; Dice-Sorensen: 0.50-0.77). However, classification of species as core, common or rare in the community varied. A canonical correspondence analysis allowed us to identify a group of five species associated with summer and high temperatures. The other species were not grouped, and were associated with rainfall, relative humidity or another season. These associations help to understand the presence and abundance of those species during a prolonged drought.","PeriodicalId":54250,"journal":{"name":"Revista De La Sociedad Entomologica Argentina","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136367898","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}