{"title":"A checklist of Indian Epipaschiinae (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Pyralidae)","authors":"Venkatesh Tanagal, M. S. Murthy, P. Reddy","doi":"10.33307/entomon.v48i1.843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v48i1.843","url":null,"abstract":"A systematic checklist for the species of Epipaschiinae (listed alphabetically) occurring in India, listing 80 species under 18 genera is presented. The report accounted for 10.85 per cent of species and 19.15 per cent of genera from India as compared to global record (737 described species under 94 genera). Further, the valid name, type genus, type species, type locality, synonyms, host range and distribution of each species under each genus are provided.","PeriodicalId":87603,"journal":{"name":"Entomon; internationale Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Insektenkunde","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74222560","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 record of vesicant beetles: Paederus nigricornis Bernhauer, 1911 from south India; P. extraneus Wiedemann, 1823 and P. alternans Walker, 1858 (Staphylinidae. Paederinae) from Kerala","authors":"","doi":"10.33307/entomon.v48i1.853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v48i1.853","url":null,"abstract":"Three vesicant beetles were reported. Paederus nigricornis Bernhauer, 1911 from south India and, occurrence of P. extraneus Wiedemann, 1823 and P. alternans Walker, 1858 in Kerala. Taxonomic description of each species with remarks is presented.","PeriodicalId":87603,"journal":{"name":"Entomon; internationale Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Insektenkunde","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80243563","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":"Coptosoma variegatum (Herrich-Schäeffer, 1838) (Hemiptera, Plataspidae) infesting mango in Kerala and Karnataka with redescription of the species","authors":"J. Jacob, S. Salini, S. Shanas","doi":"10.33307/entomon.v48i1.848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v48i1.848","url":null,"abstract":"The incidence of Coptosoma variegatum (Herrich-Schäeffer, 1838) on mango tree is reported for the first time from south Indian states, Kerala and Karnataka. The bugs colonised and fed on tender shoots of mango trees. Even though the extent of damage was low, the insect in association with other pests may affect the vigour of young trees. The species is redescribed and illustrated based on male and female genitalia.","PeriodicalId":87603,"journal":{"name":"Entomon; internationale Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Insektenkunde","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77683433","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":"Trapping analysis of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Kurunthamalai, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India","authors":"J. Sornapriya, M. Lekeshmenaswamy","doi":"10.33307/entomon.v48i1.855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v48i1.855","url":null,"abstract":"Ant species were collected from three different methods bait trapping (BTM), all-out search method (AOSM), and pitfall trapping method (PTM) method. A total of 14 species belonging to the eight genera and four subfamilies are listed in the Palamalai region. Monomorium indicum, Solenopsis germinata, Trichomyrmex crinieceps, Trichonymex glaber, Camponotus mendax, C. guticollis, C. irritans, C. parius, C. rufoglaucus, Oecophylla smaragdina,,Diacamma indicum, Leptogenys chinensis, Tetraponera rufonigra and Tetraponera spp were reported. Shannon Wiener, Simpson diversity, Dominance, Evenness, Menhinick, Margalef, Fisher alpha and Berger- Parker calculations and diversity richness are reported.","PeriodicalId":87603,"journal":{"name":"Entomon; internationale Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Insektenkunde","volume":"478 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77773819","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 record of three exotic whitefly pests (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India","authors":"","doi":"10.33307/entomon.v48i1.846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v48i1.846","url":null,"abstract":"Three exotic whitefly pest species, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin, Aleurothrixus floccosus (Maskell) and A. trachoides (Back) have been recorded for the first time from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Severe infestation of A. floccosus on guava; A. rugioperculatus on coconut and Cinnamomum and A. trachoides on tomato, guava and glory bower was observed. Tomato and glory bower are new host plant records for A. trachoides, and Cinnamomum for A. trachoides. Puparial diagnosis and photographs of habitus are provided to facilitate identification of these species.","PeriodicalId":87603,"journal":{"name":"Entomon; internationale Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Insektenkunde","volume":"24 26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88707862","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":"A new subspecies of Caltoris Swinhoe, 1893 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) from the Malabar Coast, Kerala, India","authors":"K. Sadasivan, D. Basu, Krushnamegh Kunte","doi":"10.33307/entomon.v48i1.838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v48i1.838","url":null,"abstract":"The Indo-Australian genus Caltoris has over 15 species distributed from India through south China and SE Asia into New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Based on wing colouration, characters of male genitalia, and early larval stages on the host plant Phragmites karka, a new subspecies of Caltoris bromus (Leech, 1894), Caltoris bromus sadasiva ssp. nov., is described from the coastal lakes and mangrove associated swamps of Kerala, southern India on the western slopes of the Western Ghats. This is the first record of C. bromus from Western Ghats and Peninsular India. This extends the distribution range of the species from NE India to south-western India, adding it to the butterfly fauna of the Western Ghats.","PeriodicalId":87603,"journal":{"name":"Entomon; internationale Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Insektenkunde","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90793450","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":"Antixenosis of Thodan (AAB), a resistant Musa cultivar to Odoiporus longicollis (Olivier) and characterization of larvicide molecules","authors":"","doi":"10.33307/entomon.v48i1.842","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v48i1.842","url":null,"abstract":"Banana pseudostem borer (BPB) Odoiporus longicollis (Olivier) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) is a serious pest of Musa cultivars. Experimental maintenance of larvae in the live pseudostem of cultivar Thodan, a resistant AAB Musa cultivar has resulted antixenosis followed by death of larvae within a week. Antixenosis was characterized by significant decrease of total hemocytes and sharp changes on the proportionate distribution of different types of hemocytes in larvae. As the number of plasmatocytes, prohemocytes, splenocytes and adipohemocytes decreased the number of granulocytes and oenocytes increased. Antixenosis also caused accumulation of 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) and significant inhibition on the activities of trypsin like serine protease (TlSP) and phenoloxidase (PO). Phytochemical analysis of Thodan resulted characterization of three larvicides such as Betulinic acid (BA), Stigmasterol-3-O-glucoside (SOG) and Sulfoquinovosyl diacyl glycerol (SQDG), and the content in the pseudostem ranged 0.0027 to 0.007 per cent. All the three larvicides were highly toxic to the larvae with LD50 of 0.38 ppm for SOG, 0.41 ppm for SQDG and 0.83 ppm for BA. Simultaneous action of three larvicides in the live pseudostem resulted resistance in Thodan against infestation by BPB. Susceptible Nendran showed negligibly low content of SOG (0.0011%) and SQDG (0.0013%) but no detectable quantity of BA. Intoxication by all the three larvicides caused significant changes on the proportionate distribution of hemocytes, accumulation of 20-hydroxy ecdysone (20E) and inhibition of TlSP and PO, the enzymes involved in larval metamorphosis and cuticle sclerotisation. This study demonstrated that resistance of Thodan against O. longicollis is due to adverse effect of these larvicides on endocrine system, cuticle development and cytotoxicity of hemocytes. As these larvicide molecules are stable compounds, there is scope for them to be used as substitutes in place of deleterious insecticides for the management BPB.","PeriodicalId":87603,"journal":{"name":"Entomon; internationale Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Insektenkunde","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84940943","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":"Salad cucumber, Cucumis sativus L: A new host record for Apomecyna saltator Fab. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)","authors":"P. Sreeja, Sainamole P. Kurian","doi":"10.33307/entomon.v48i1.851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v48i1.851","url":null,"abstract":"Cucurbit longicorn Apomecyna saltator Fab (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) is an economically important pest of cucurbitaceous vegetables. Salad cucumber, Cucumis sativus L. grown in a polyhouses in Thrissur, Kerala, India was found infested by A. saltator. This is the first report of C. sativus as a new host plant for A. saltator in India. The grub is an internal feeder and causes damage by tunnelling the vines. A brief note on the nature of damage and symptoms are given.","PeriodicalId":87603,"journal":{"name":"Entomon; internationale Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Insektenkunde","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75306761","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":"Temperature dependent development and population performance of Tetranychus fijiensis Hirst (Acari: Tetranychidae) on Papaya","authors":"Shivakumar Veerlapati, N. Srinivasa","doi":"10.33307/entomon.v48i1.845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v48i1.845","url":null,"abstract":"Developmental biology and life table characteristics of Tetranychus fijiensis Hirst (Acari: Tetranychidae) on papaya were studied at four distinct constant temperatures (20, 24, 28, and 32°C) and relative humidity (70-85%) conditions. With the increase in rearing temperature conditions, the length of T. fijiensis life cycle decreased from 34.46 to 8.58 days. At 20, 24, 28, and 32°C, the Net Reproduction Rate (R0) was 23.48, 39.06, 33.75, and 23.48 and; the intrinsic rate of population increase (rm) was 0.0694, 0.2003, 0.2281, and 0.1902 females/ female/day, respectively. The optimum temperature for mite development was observed to be between 24 and 28°C, while favourable temperature for optimal reproduction capacity of the mite was 28°C.","PeriodicalId":87603,"journal":{"name":"Entomon; internationale Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Insektenkunde","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73844706","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}
Dattaprasad Sawant, Rakesh M. Deulkar, Srujan Ogale, Hemant Ogale
{"title":"Four new records of dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) from Amboli region of Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India","authors":"Dattaprasad Sawant, Rakesh M. Deulkar, Srujan Ogale, Hemant Ogale","doi":"10.33307/entomon.v48i1.850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v48i1.850","url":null,"abstract":"Microgomphus souteri Fraser, 1924, M. flavocolorata Fraser, 1924, M. irata Fraser, 1924 and Idionyx corona Fraser, 1921 are reported from Maharashtra State for the first time. The records are the northern most distribution range for the respective species. Brief description with identification characters of the species is provided.","PeriodicalId":87603,"journal":{"name":"Entomon; internationale Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Insektenkunde","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91241884","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}