Aquatic InsectsPub Date : 2024-01-19DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2023.2291383
Nora Burroni, Malena Maroli, Pablo Asaroff, Verónica Loetti, Daniela Fuchs
{"title":"Seasonal dynamics of Wyeomyia leucostigma Lutz, 1904 (Diptera: Culicidae) in Typha L., 1753 marshes in an urban protected area: use of larval habitats and its relation with environmental variables","authors":"Nora Burroni, Malena Maroli, Pablo Asaroff, Verónica Loetti, Daniela Fuchs","doi":"10.1080/01650424.2023.2291383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2023.2291383","url":null,"abstract":"Larval habitat availability, Typha phytotelmata use and the relation of environmental factors to annual dynamics of the mosquito Wyeomyia leucostigma Lutz, 1904 (larvae and females) were studied in...","PeriodicalId":55492,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Insects","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139498473","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}
Aquatic InsectsPub Date : 2024-01-19DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2023.2299816
Olga A. Loskutova, Tatjana A. Kondratjeva, Larisa B. Nazarova
{"title":"Chironomids of thermal and karst springs of the Bolshezemelskaya tundra","authors":"Olga A. Loskutova, Tatjana A. Kondratjeva, Larisa B. Nazarova","doi":"10.1080/01650424.2023.2299816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2023.2299816","url":null,"abstract":"Pymvashor Creek is the northernmost in continental Europe hydrothermal system (Bolshezemelskaya tundra, Northeast of European Russian Arctic). Our study aimed to investigate the taxonomic compositi...","PeriodicalId":55492,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Insects","volume":"52 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139498640","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}
Aquatic InsectsPub Date : 2024-01-17DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2023.2291385
Zhiming Lei, Mengyao Li, Muhe Deng, Changfa Zhou
{"title":"First description of the Chinese mayfly Ephemera lota Navás, 1934 (Ephemeroptera: Ephemeridae) based on imagines with designation of the species neotype","authors":"Zhiming Lei, Mengyao Li, Muhe Deng, Changfa Zhou","doi":"10.1080/01650424.2023.2291385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2023.2291385","url":null,"abstract":"The mayfly Ephemera lota Navás, 1934 was described based on subimagines, and the imagines and nymphs have not been known so far. For the first time, we provide descriptions of adults and nymphs usi...","PeriodicalId":55492,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Insects","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139498449","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}
Aquatic InsectsPub Date : 2023-10-04DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2023.2258860
Toshio Inoda, Kohei Watanabe
{"title":"Study of the food-searching activity by smell in diving beetles of <i>Cybister</i> Curtis, 1827 and <i>Hydaticus</i> Leach, 1817 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) including the use of a microwave Doppler radar","authors":"Toshio Inoda, Kohei Watanabe","doi":"10.1080/01650424.2023.2258860","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2023.2258860","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractTo investigate how four species of Cybister Curtis, Citation1827 and one species of Hydaticus Leach, Citation1817 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) detect food, insects were provided with dried sardines using traps made by a three-dimensional printer. More than 83% of the beetles found the sardine hidden in the trap. When the two traps were set in an aquarium—one contained a dried sardine before extraction with boiled water, and another contained a dried sardine after extraction—more than 90% of beetles were caught in the trap with the sardine before extraction. In contrast, less than 3% of beetles entered the trap with the sardine after extraction. No feeding preference was found between the sardines before and after extraction. A microwave Doppler radar was used to quantitatively detect the behaviour using broth extracted from the sardines, and the broth enhanced the food-searching activity. These results suggest that these beetles use smell to find food, and their searching activities are induced by smell.Keywords: Attractiveness of fooddetection of foodfood-searching behaviourmicrowave Doppler radarthree-dimensional printed trap AcknowledgementsThe article will be dedicated to my (T. Inoda) beloved dog, Miku, she passed away (July 14, 2022) at nine years old. She has always watched me conduct this research. The authors thank Y. Miyazaki for help with insect (Cybister rugosus) collection.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.","PeriodicalId":55492,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Insects","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135645983","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}
Aquatic InsectsPub Date : 2023-10-02DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2023.2251660
Ying Yang, Xingyue Liu
{"title":"A revision of the spongillafly genus <i>Sisyra</i> Burmeister, 1839 (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) from China","authors":"Ying Yang, Xingyue Liu","doi":"10.1080/01650424.2023.2251660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2023.2251660","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractSisyra Burmeister, 1839 is cosmopolitan and the most specious genus of Sisyridae (spongillaflies). Hitherto, there has been only five species of Sisyra recorded from China. Here we present a taxonomic revision of the Chinese species of Sisyra. In total, six valid Sisyra species are reported from China. A new species, Sisyra bowlesi sp. n., is described from China, Laos and Vietnam. Sisyra indica Needham, 1909, S. nikkoana (Navás, 1910) and S. terminalis Curtis, 1854 are firstly recorded from China. Besides, two species from Hainan Island, S. hainana Yang and Gao, Citation2002 syn. n. and S. nervata Yang and Gao, Citation2002 syn. n., are herein synonymised with S. indica Needham, 1909; S. aurorae Navás, Citation1933 syn. n., recorded from eastern China, is synonymised with S. nikkoana (Navás, 1910) known from Japan, Korea and Russian Far East. New provincial records of S. curvata Yang and Gao, Citation2002 and S. yunana Yang, Citation1986 from China are added. A key to Sisyra species from Asia is provided.Keywords: Aquatic NeuropteraSisyridaeSisyrataxonomynew speciesnew synonymnew recordOriental RegionAsia AcknowledgementsWe are very grateful to all collectors who collected valuable specimens for the present study. We sincerely thank to Dr Zhiqiang Li and Dr Yunling Ke (Guangzhou), Mr Weiwei Zhang (Chongqing) and Dr Jianyun Wang (Hainan) for sharing valuable specimens for this study. We thank Ms Yan Lai (Beijing) and Mr Yuchen Zheng (Beijing) for their kind help during the collecting trips with the first author in Guangxi and Hainan Island; Dr Minh Lan Pham (Lao Cai) and Mr Phetsamone Khamphoumee (Pakse) for their kind help during the collecting trips of Xingyue Liu in Vietnam and Laos with official permissions. We are grateful to Dr Guoquan Wang (Nanning) and Weibo Zeng (Chongzuo) for their friendly help during the collecting trip in Nonggang National Nature Reserve; Mr Wei Yang (Hainan) and Mr Hesheng Wang (Hainan) for their help in the collection trip in Hainan Island; Mr Weisen Tan (Hainan) and Ms Shiqin Mo (Hainan) for their support in the collection trip in National Park of Hainan Tropical Rainforest, Jianfengling Substation; Dr Huilin Han (Harbin) for his kind help during the collection trip in Heilongjiang Province. A special thank is given to Mr Yuchen Zheng and Mr Xulong Chen (Chongqing) for providing photographs of the living adults of Sisyra spp. and the habitat of the collecting sites. We sincerely thank the reviewers who read and improved the manuscript.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThe present study was funded by the project of the Northeast Asia Biodiversity Research Center (2572022DS09), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31972871), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 5162016), and the National Animal Collection Resource Center, China.","PeriodicalId":55492,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Insects","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135895453","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":"Life history of <i>Copelatus kammuriensis</i> Tamu and Tsukamoto, 1955 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae) and biological implications","authors":"Kohei Watanabe, Masakazu Hayashi, Seidai Nagashima","doi":"10.1080/01650424.2023.2253250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2023.2253250","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThe diversity of Japanese Dytiscidae has declined substantially in recent years, therefore, a better understanding of the biology and ecology of this insect family is essential to ensure its conservation. In this study, captive breeding experiments were conducted to elucidate the life history, and field surveys were performed to determine the reproductive habitats of the Japanese endemic species Copelatus kammuriensis Tamu and Tsukamoto, 1955. The reproductive habitats, egg-laying environments, immature periods, and unique ecology of the species were identified. The larval periods of five Copelatus species were compared, and that of C. kammuriensis was found to be the shortest; its reproductive habitats were unstable rain pools that easily dried up in the absence of rain over up to 10 days. These results suggest that a short larval period and rapid predatory behaviour are important for the survival of C. kammuriensis.Keywords: Biologyconservationdiving beetleimmature stagestemporary water AcknowledgementsWe express our sincere gratitude to Tomoki Sumikawa at the Ishikawa Insect Museum for his cooperation with rearing experiments and confirming the ages of larvae, and Hirokazu Fukutomi at the Ishikawa Insect Museum for his support with microscopic observations. Finally, we would like to thank Editage (www.editage.jp) for English language editing.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThis research was funded by joint research expenses from the Hoshizaki Green Foundation.","PeriodicalId":55492,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Insects","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135816011","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}
Aquatic InsectsPub Date : 2023-09-18DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2023.2251456
Kohei Watanabe, Ryuto Uchiyama
{"title":"Life history of <i>Laccophilus dikinohaseus</i> Kamite, Hikida, and Satô, 2005 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) and its preferences for oviposition substrates","authors":"Kohei Watanabe, Ryuto Uchiyama","doi":"10.1080/01650424.2023.2251456","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2023.2251456","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractWe describe the life history of Laccophilus dikinohaseus Kamite, Hikida, and Satô, Citation2005 using laboratory rearing-based methods to contribute to future ex situ and in situ conservation. At 26 °C, each developmental stage had the following duration: egg, 6–7 days; first-instar, 3–5 days; second-instar, 3–5 days; third-instar in water, 7–18 days; landing to leaving the pupal chamber, 9–11 days; and total duration of the immature stages, 30–44 days. The total larval period was significantly longer than those of L. yoshitomii Watanabe and Kamite, Citation2018, L. kobensis Sharp, Citation1873, and L. hebusuensis Watanabe and Kamite, Citation2020. The maximum complete lifespan (egg to adult death) and adult lifespan (exiting the pupal chamber to adult death) were 792 and 762 days, respectively, indicating that L. dikinohaseus can live for more than two years after the adults exit the pupal chamber. Laccophilus dikinohaseus laid eggs not only in aquatic plants but also in driftwood and withered plants, suggesting a diverse oviposition substrate availability. This is the first study on the immature stages of L. dikinohaseus and lifespan of Laccophilus. We propose in situ conservation measures for L. dikinohaseus based on its findings.Keywords: Conservationdiving beetleegg laying behaviourimmature stagelifespan AcknowledgementsWe express our sincere gratitude to Tomoki Sumikawa at the Ishikawa Insect Museum for his cooperation with rearing experiments and confirming the ages of larvae. We would also like to thank Naoto Kokubun for his help in identifying the plants, Toshiki Takano and Daiki Uchida for their assistance in the survey, and Wataru Mukaimine and Futoshi Ujiie for their advice in the analysis. Finally, we would like to thank Editage (www.editage.jp) for English language editing.Disclosure statementThe authors declare no conflict of interest.","PeriodicalId":55492,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Insects","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135203611","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":"First report of gynandromorph mayfly, <i>Centroptella ghatensis</i> Kluge, 2021, from India","authors":"Pandiarajan Srinivasan, Thambiratnam Sivaruban, Sivaruban Barathy, Isack Rajasekaran","doi":"10.1080/01650424.2023.2253212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2023.2253212","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractIn this contribution, we report a gynandromorph mayfly for the first time from India. The gynandromorph traits were visible in the subimaginal stage of the species Centroptella ghatensis Kluge, Citation2021 collected in the southern Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu. It is the second record of a gynandromorph mayfly from the family Baetidae in the Oriental Region.Keywords: BaetidaeCentroptella ghatensisIndiaintersexWestern Ghats AcknowledgementsWe are thankful to Dr Davamani Christober (Principal and Secretary of The American College, Madurai) for providing us the facilities to carry out this research work.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.","PeriodicalId":55492,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Insects","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135202396","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}
Aquatic InsectsPub Date : 2023-08-25DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2023.2245802
Juan I. Urcola, C. J. Benetti, Y. Alarie, M. R. Urcola, M. C. Michat
{"title":"Description of the first- and third-instar larvae of Hydrocanthus levigatus (Brullé, 1837) (Coleoptera: Noteridae)","authors":"Juan I. Urcola, C. J. Benetti, Y. Alarie, M. R. Urcola, M. C. Michat","doi":"10.1080/01650424.2023.2245802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2023.2245802","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55492,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Insects","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45641336","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}
Aquatic InsectsPub Date : 2023-08-24DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2023.2243596
T. Andersen
{"title":"A new, darkwinged species of Pseudochironomus Malloch, 1915 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Mexico and Costa Rica","authors":"T. Andersen","doi":"10.1080/01650424.2023.2243596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2023.2243596","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55492,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Insects","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45166040","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}