Leonidas-Romanos Davranoglou, Petr Baňař, Igor Malenovský, Petr Kment
{"title":"A new species of Collartida Villiers from the Solomon Islands (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)","authors":"Leonidas-Romanos Davranoglou, Petr Baňař, Igor Malenovský, Petr Kment","doi":"10.1111/aen.12621","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aen.12621","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the present study, <i>Collartida eowilsoni</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is described from Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), which extends the distribution of the genus and the tribe Collartidini as a whole to the Oceanian biogeographic realm. The highly aberrant morphology of the new species required a reassessment of the diagnostic characters and generic limits of <i>Collartida</i>. To evaluate the systematic position of <i>C. eowilsoni</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> a morphology-based cladistic analysis was performed, for which homologies of cephalic armature were reinterpreted. Phylogenetic relationships of the new species to its congeners and among other members of the tribe are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8574,"journal":{"name":"Austral Entomology","volume":"61 4","pages":"448-461"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aen.12621","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75924349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A unique robber fly species and genus of Asilinae from Argentina (Diptera: Asilidae)","authors":"Alexssandro Camargo, Rodrigo Vieira, Eric Fisher","doi":"10.1111/aen.12619","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aen.12619","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Apulvillasilus</i> <b>gen. nov.</b> is proposed as a new monotypic Asilinae genus from Argentina, based on <i>Apulvillasilus boharti</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> The new genus is separated from other Asilinae genera mainly by the absence of empodia and pulvilli. Its placement in the <i>Myaptex</i> group is proposed. Description, diagnosis, images of the habitus, male and female terminalia, a distribution map, and an updated key for the genera of the <i>Myaptex</i> group are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":8574,"journal":{"name":"Austral Entomology","volume":"61 4","pages":"407-419"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73034237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Filicicapsus smaragdus gen. et sp. nov. (Heteroptera: Miridae), a new plant bug genus and species from New Guinea","authors":"Darya S. Bolshakova, Fedor V. Konstantinov","doi":"10.1111/aen.12624","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aen.12624","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Filicicapsus smaragdus</i> <b>gen. et sp. nov.</b> (Orthotylinae) is described from the Biak Island, Papua Province of Indonesia. The position of the new taxon has been tested using Bayesian and IQ-TREE analyses based on the sequences of four fragments of mitochondrial (COI, 16S) and nuclear (18S, 28S) DNA. The taxonomic position of the new genus within the <i>Zanchius</i> genus group is discussed. Also provided are a diagnosis, photographs of habitus and selected structures, illustrations of male and female genitalia, scanning electron micrographs of diagnostic characters, and host information.</p>","PeriodicalId":8574,"journal":{"name":"Austral Entomology","volume":"61 4","pages":"433-447"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72566133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Myrmecia: Volume 58, Part 4","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/aen.12547","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aen.12547","url":null,"abstract":"<p>No abstract is available for this article.</p>","PeriodicalId":8574,"journal":{"name":"Austral Entomology","volume":"61 4","pages":"N1-N75"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aen.12547","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88827916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Richard V. Glatz, Erinn P. Fagan-Jeffries, Shannon P. Tetley, Andrew D. Austin
{"title":"Enigma moth parasitoid: a new Australian cyclostome genus and species, Ovaustra aurantia Tetley, Glatz & Fagan Jeffries, gen. et sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Kangaroo Island","authors":"Richard V. Glatz, Erinn P. Fagan-Jeffries, Shannon P. Tetley, Andrew D. Austin","doi":"10.1111/aen.12627","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aen.12627","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Ovaustra aurantia</i> Tetley, Glatz & Fagan-Jeffries, <b>gen. et sp. nov.</b> (Mesostoinae) is described from Kangaroo Island. South Australia, Australia, and is a solitary, koinobiont, egg-larval parasitoid of the enigma moth, <i>Aenigmatinea glatzella</i> Kristensen & Edwards, 2015, in the monotypic family Aenigmatineidae Kristensen & Edwards, 2015 (Lepidoptera). Female parasitoids oviposit into the eggs of <i>A. glatzella</i> soon after female moths place them beneath minute adpressed leaves at the growing foliar tips of the larval host plant <i>Callitris gracilis</i> R.T. Baker (Cupressaceae). Adult parasitoids emerge from <i>A. glatzella</i> larval chambers located directly beneath the bark of small branches, some way from the growing tip. Adults can be seen on or near foliage of <i>C. gracillis</i> primarily during October and coinciding with the presence of adult host moths. Morphological and preliminary molecular evidence place <i>Ovaustra</i> Glatz, Fagan-Jeffries & Tetley, <b>gen. nov.</b> within Mesostoinae <i>s.l</i>. and indicate that its closest relatives are likely to reside within a group of genera from Australia and New Zealand whose hosts and biology are not well defined but are apparently quite broad, including lepidopteran, coleopteran and dipteran larvae, as well as primary plant gall induction.</p>","PeriodicalId":8574,"journal":{"name":"Austral Entomology","volume":"61 4","pages":"420-432"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aen.12627","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78464289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Filipe Macedo Gudin, Matheus Mickael Mota Soares, Daniell Rodrigo Rodrigues Fernandes, José Albertino Rafael
{"title":"First record of parasitism in soldier flies by tachinids: Lixophaga stratiophaga Gudin, sp. nov. (Diptera: Tachinidae), reared from Ptecticus testaceus (Fabricius) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) in Amazon rainforest and updated catalogue of dipteran hosts of Tachinidae","authors":"Filipe Macedo Gudin, Matheus Mickael Mota Soares, Daniell Rodrigo Rodrigues Fernandes, José Albertino Rafael","doi":"10.1111/aen.12620","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aen.12620","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Although tachinids parasitise a wide variety of insects, two-winged flies are not commonly recorded as hosts. Of the host records from Diptera, most are from larvae of Tabanidae and Tipulidae, with a few occasional records in other families. We present here the first record of parasitism in soldier flies by tachinids and the first record of a dipteran host in the Neotropical Region. <i>Lixophaga stratiophaga</i> Gudin, <b>sp. nov.</b> (Diptera: Tachinidae: Blondeliini) is described and illustrated from pupae of <i>Ptecticus testaceus</i> (Fabricius) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Sarginae), collected in fallen fruit of <i>Casearia combaymensis</i> Tul. (Salicaceae) in a reserve of Amazon rainforest in Manaus, state of Amazonas, Brazil. We include notes about its host and discuss the most relevant diagnostic characters for New World species of <i>Lixophaga</i>. An updated and annotated catalogue of dipteran hosts of Tachinidae is also provided, with an overview of host use and oviposition strategies of their respective parasitoids.</p>","PeriodicalId":8574,"journal":{"name":"Austral Entomology","volume":"61 4","pages":"387-406"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86369266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alessandra Rodrigues Santos de Andrade, André Felipe de Araujo Lira, Renato Portela Salomão, Fredy Alvarado, Adriano Medeiros DeSouza, Marcio B. DaSilva, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie
{"title":"Environmental drivers of harvestmen assemblages (Arachnida: Opiliones) from Neotropical rainforest landscapes","authors":"Alessandra Rodrigues Santos de Andrade, André Felipe de Araujo Lira, Renato Portela Salomão, Fredy Alvarado, Adriano Medeiros DeSouza, Marcio B. DaSilva, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie","doi":"10.1111/aen.12626","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aen.12626","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Understanding the effects of environmental conditions on biodiversity may provide cues regarding the resilience of ecological communities facing human activities in tropical forests. Under this scenario, harvestmen are among the most ideal models for understanding the ecological dynamics associated with shifts in environmental conditions. In this study, we evaluated how changes in attributes related to environmental conditions shape harvestmen assemblages in the Atlantic Forest. We assessed the effect of environmental transformation in four forest fragments with different proportions of native forest cover based on their environmental attributes (temperature, humidity, leaf litter depth and cover, and herbaceous vegetation cover) on harvestmen species richness, abundance, and composition. Overall, 865 harvestmen individuals belonging to six families and 41 species were sampled. The effects of environmental conditions on harvestmen assemblages were context-dependent. In the most conserved fragment, there was an increase in harvestmen richness and abundance with increasing temperature. Furthermore, herbaceous vegetation cover negatively affected harvestmen richness and abundance. Species turnover was the main driver of harvestmen beta diversity in all forest fragments. With the results presented herein, we demonstrate that harvestmen species richness and abundance are modulated by landscape modifications and subsequent alterations in the environment resulting from human-induced disturbance. Our results highlight the importance of considering environmental transformations at a large spatial scale (i.e., landscape) and local scale (i.e., environmental attributes) to design appropriate conservation strategies for Brazilian Atlantic Forest.</p>","PeriodicalId":8574,"journal":{"name":"Austral Entomology","volume":"61 4","pages":"480-493"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90670184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests. Takumasa Kondo and Gillian W. Watson (Eds). 2022. CABI International. pp. 720, 280 × 225 mm. Colour photographs and drawings. ISBN: 9781800620643. £275.00. Hardback.","authors":"Melinda L. Moir","doi":"10.1111/aen.12625","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aen.12625","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8574,"journal":{"name":"Austral Entomology","volume":"61 4","pages":"505-507"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90680725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frederico Nanini, Victoria Z. Rossetti, Everton P. Soliman, Edival A. V. Zauza, Thiago R. Benatti, Alberto S. Correa
{"title":"Molecular identification and phylogeography of Gonipterus spp. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Brazil","authors":"Frederico Nanini, Victoria Z. Rossetti, Everton P. Soliman, Edival A. V. Zauza, Thiago R. Benatti, Alberto S. Correa","doi":"10.1111/aen.12623","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aen.12623","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The identification of the <i>Gonipterus scutellatus</i> complex species, known as the eucalyptus snout beetle, remained confusing for several years worldwide. Currently, the species <i>Gonipterus platensis</i> and <i>Gonipterus pulverulentus</i> are cited as present in Brazil. However, precise <i>Gonipterus</i> species identification, geographic distribution and economic importance in Brazil are unknown. Thus, our objectives were (i) to confirm the identification of <i>Gonipterus</i> species from different localities in Brazil using the sequencing of <i>COI</i> gene fragment, (ii) design a specific multiplex PCR marker for rapid molecular identification of <i>Gonipterus</i> species present in Brazil and (iii) apply a phylogeographic approach to assess the genetic diversity, demographic parameters and genetic structure of <i>G. platensis</i> population in Brazil. We confirmed the presence of <i>G. platensis</i> and <i>G. pulverulentus</i> in Brazilian territory. The species show different distribution, where <i>G. platensis</i> is widely distributed and <i>G. pulverulentus</i> is restricted to the south region. <i>Gonipterus platensis</i> populations are in spatial expansion, probably associated with the growth of <i>Eucalyptus</i>-cultivated areas in Brazilian territory. Significant regional genetic population structure reinforces that the long dispersion processes of <i>G. platensis</i> within Brazilian territory is mediated by human activities. Thus, quarantine practices must be maintained and implemented to prevent new domestic and international introductions of <i>Gonipterus</i> specimens in <i>Eucalyptus</i> fields in Brazil.</p>","PeriodicalId":8574,"journal":{"name":"Austral Entomology","volume":"61 4","pages":"462-471"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78040412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mayara M. Picanço, Ricardo S. Silva, Aristea A. Azevedo, Lucas L. Lima, Humberto J. O. Ramos, Og F. F. Souza, Flávia M. S. Carmo, Marcelo C. Picanço
{"title":"Assessment of Triozoida limbata (Hemiptera: Triozidae) attacks: morphological and biochemical changes on Psidium guajava plants","authors":"Mayara M. Picanço, Ricardo S. Silva, Aristea A. Azevedo, Lucas L. Lima, Humberto J. O. Ramos, Og F. F. Souza, Flávia M. S. Carmo, Marcelo C. Picanço","doi":"10.1111/aen.12622","DOIUrl":"10.1111/aen.12622","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The relationship between herbivorous insects and plants is an example of an ‘evolutionary arms race’. Understanding the relationship between insects and their host plants makes it possible to determine critical points in the bioecology of these herbivores. In this relationship, insects and plants use strategies to overcome, avoid and mitigate the actions of the other. Insect-induced galls are one of the great examples of this ‘arms race’. Psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) are among the most important gall-inducing insects. The psyllid <i>Triozoida limbata</i> (Triozidae) is an important pest of guava (<i>Psidium guajava</i>) in the Neotropics. Thus, this work aimed to determine the morphological, anatomical, and biochemical changes in guava leaves caused by <i>T. limbata</i> to study the ‘arms race’ between these two organisms. Therefore, the process of gall formation on guava leaves during the psyllid life cycle was described. A comparative study of the anatomy and levels of phytohormones in leaves attacked and not attacked by the psyllid was carried out. It was found that the psyllid attack triggered the plant's defence by increasing the jasmonic acid content in the leaves. The psyllid attack caused anatomical changes in the leaves (such as cell non-differentiation), allowing the insect to survive feeding on the plant. In addition, the psyllid-induced galls provided shelter for the psyllid.</p>","PeriodicalId":8574,"journal":{"name":"Austral Entomology","volume":"61 4","pages":"472-479"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88318328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}