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Checklist of Indian Scaritinae Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Syamala Balakrishnan Aswathi, Kunathil Shigina, Sabu K. Thomas, Babu Rajappa
A checklist with distribution patterns and literature details of the 176 Scaritinae species under 23 genera reported from the Indian mainland are provided. Out of these species, 72 species are ende...
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The practice of entomotherapy with a focus on North-East India Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Manish Raj Mishra, Minakshi Puzari
Insects and insect-derived products have been used as sources of medicine by humans worldwide since ancient times. The use of insects as medicine plays an essential role in treating various human a...
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A new genus and a new species of Behningiidae from China contributing new insights to the evolution of the family (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Xuhongyi Zheng, Dewen Gong, Xinhe Qiang, Changfa Zhou
Although the nymphal morphology of the single known species of the family Behningiidae from China, Behningia nujiangensis Zhou & Bisset, 2019, has been described twice, its phylogenetic position ha...
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One new and first record of four species of genus Forcipomyia Meigen, 1818 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from India Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Gouri Sankar Pal, Lipika Ghosh, Niladri Hazra
One new species of the subgenus Lepidohelea Kieffer, 1917 of the biting midge genus Forcipomyia Meigen, 1818 collected from Darjeeling Himalaya at an elevation of 2080 metres is described and illus...
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An annotated catalogue of the Bethylidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) of the Middle East, with special reference to the Iranian fauna Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Neveen S. Gadallah, Mamoru Terayama, Hassan Ghahari
An updated checklist of the Middle Eastern species of the family Bethylidae with special reference to the Iranian fauna is provided as being the most diverse country in the Middle Eastern region. T...
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Erratum to “Studies on tribe Psammodiini (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) with description of two new genera and one new species” Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Łukasz Minkina
I present a brief erratum to “Studies on tribe Psammodiini (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) with description of two new genera and one new species”, which clarifies a critical error in the article.
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A new species of the genus Acklandia Hennig (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) from Korea with checklist and key to species of the genus Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Young-Kun Kim, Sang Jae Suh
To date, only five species of the genus Acklandia Hennig have been recorded worldwide, and all species are known only in the Palaearctic region. Among the known species, Acklandia servadeii is an i...
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Triangulara sunderbanensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) – a new firefly species from the Sunderban Biosphere Reserve in India Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Srinjana Ghosh, Subhankar Kumar Sarkar, Susanta Kumar Chakraborty
A new lampyrid species, Triangulara sunderbanensis sp. nov., collected from the mangrove fringes of Sunderban Biosphere Reserve, India (a World Heritage Site), is described. It is the second specie...
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The Asian Alerothrips Bhatti recorded from Iran with a description of the fourth fungal-feeding species in this genus (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Majid Mirab-balou
Alerothrips Bhatti, 1995, a genus of Asian fungus-feeding thrips, is recorded from Iran for the first time. Alerothrips bicoloratus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from specimens collected on...
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Genetic diversity of the eastern honey bee (Apis cerana) in Changbai Mountain Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Nannan Liu, Qi Wang, Zhiyu Sun, Yong Zhang, Deng Wei, Fenglin Li, Liying Liu
Apis cerana in Changbai Mountain is the only eastern honey bee ecotype in Northeast China, which can adapt well to the local agricultural and ecological environment. We analysed the genetic diversi...
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Two new species of the genus Aporinellus Banks, 1911 from China, with a key to species from Palearctic and Oriental regions (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Lili Dong, Zhiyan Song, Qiang Li, Li Ma
The genus Aporinellus Banks (Pompilidae: Pompilinae: Pompilini) from China is reviewed, with the description of two new species from Yunnan, Henan and Zhejiang, namely Aporinellus magnidentatus Don...
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Descriptions of two new species of Selatosomus Stephens (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Dendrometrinae) from Sichuan Province, China Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Lu Qiu, Tian-Long He
Two new species of the click-beetle genus Selatosomus Stephens, S. helii sp. nov. and S. zenghuae sp. nov., are described from Sichuan Province, China. Habitus and diagnostic characters of the new ...
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New records and a checklist of the Acridomorpha of the Aures, East Algeria (Orthoptera: Caelifera) Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Madjed Aggouni, Abdelhamid Moussi, Aicha Medjadba
A checklist of the Acridomorpha fauna of the Aures region in Algeria has been established using a combination of the available literature and new collections carried out from 2018 to 2021. This lis...
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Comparative biology, host preference behaviour and biological control of Melolontha cuprescens, Melolontha furcicauda and Melolontha indica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Abhishek Rana, Ravinder Singh Chandel, Kuldeep Singh Verma, Anudeep Malannavar
Melolontha is a polyphagous pest in north-western Himalayan regions. Present study was conducted to understand the biology, host preferences, oviposition potential on different hosts and biocontrol...
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Detailed comparison of two close Chinese species, Teloganopsis punctisetae (Matsumura, 1931) and T. jinghongensis (Xu, You and Hsu, 1984) (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Manqing Ding, Changfa Zhou
Historically and currently, there have been identification confusions between two closely related species, Teloganopsis punctisetae (= E. changbaishanensis Su and You, 1988, syn. nov.) and T. jingh...
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Ant diversity and distribution patterns along an elevational gradient in the northern part of western Sichuan Plateau, China Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Xiao-Dan Yin, Zheng-Hui Xu, Xin-Min Zhang, Ting Li, Xiu Han
The ant species diversity and patterns along elevation gradients attracts increasing attention from many investigators. However, elevational gradients in ant species diversity have been less studie...
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First record of the pest Bradysia impatiens (Diptera: Sciaridae) and overview of Bradysia species in Taiwan Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Shu-Chen Chang, Hsuan Shentu, Hsien-Tzung Shih, Sheng-Feng Lin
ABSTRACT Certain species of the sciarid genus Bradysia are notorious pests on cultivated crops and mushrooms causing huge economic losses worldwide. Herein, B. impatiens (Johannsen) is reported for the first time in Taiwan, and the second injury record on Auricularia polytricha (Mont.) Sacc. (edible mushroom). The economic impact, host spectrum, distribution, occurrence, and life span of B. impatiens
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The cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is spreading in North Africa: first report in Tunisia Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Khaled Abbes, Ahlem Harbi, Takwa Wanassi, Michele Ricupero, Gaetana Mazzeo, Agatino Russo, Antonio Biondi, Lucia Zappalà, Brahim Chermiti
ABSTRACT Biological invasions by alien agricultural insect pests represent nowadays a major threat to the durability of agricultural systems. In this study, we report for the first time the presence of an invasive economic pest of ornamental and solanaceous crops in Tunisia: the cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). It is native to America and has been spreading
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Studies on tribe Psammodiini (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) with description of two new genera and one new species Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Łukasz Minkina
Two new genera are described and illustrated in Psammodiini Mulsant, 1842: Neomyrhessus gen. nov. and Pseudomyrhessus gen. nov. Both are removed from the genus Myrhessus Balthasar, 1955, which is t...
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A possible female of Postoptica Disney (Diptera: Phoridae) and a revised placement of the Termitoxeniinae Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Brian V. Brown, John M. Hash, Mélanie C.M. Herbert
Evidence that an enigmatic female phorid fly from Thailand belongs to genus Postoptica Disney is given. Our comparison of these specimens to the described species of the subfamily Termitoxeniinae i...
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New data on the subfamily Charipinae (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) of China with the first description of Allloxysta xanthopa (Thomson, 1862) male and an updated key Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Mar Ferrer-Suay, Jesus Selfa, Yipin Wang, Juli Pujade-Villar
Material collected from different locations of China as part of a National Natural Science Foundation of China project has been revised. A total of 16 specimens of Charipinae have been examined, gr...
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Myrmecophily in Lycaenidae butterflies (Rhopalocera, Lepidoptera) of Kerala, Western Ghats, Southern India Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Prabhakaran Chandrika Sujitha, Kalesh Sadasivan, Vinayan Padmanabhan Nair, Manoj Kripakaran, Gopalan Prasad
Documentation of myrmecophily in Lycaenidae butterflies of the Western Ghats in Kerala state, Peninsular India is attempted. Of the 94 lycaenid species hitherto recorded to occur in Kerala, we rear...
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Four new species of Eupariini Schmidt, 1910 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Southeast Asia and Indonesia Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-25 Łukasz Minkina, Axel Bellmann
Three new species of the genus Airapus Stebnicka & Howden, 1996 and one new species of the genus Ataenius Harold, 1867 are described and illustrated: Airapus halmaheraensis sp. nov. (urn:lsid:zooba...
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Mechanism research on early detection of insect pests inside the wheat using micro-computed tomography Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Hongtao Zhang, Li Zheng, Yueyao Guo, Zhongyang Li, Lian Tan, Bo Gu, Pibin Bing
The use of Micro-CT imaging technology for accurately identifying the developmental stages of pests, such as eggs and pupae, hidden in grains is of great importance for the early prevention and tre...
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A new Ledomyiini genus and species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Jiangxi, China Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Chen Xu, Jian-Guo Wang, Rui Ma, Hao Wang, Wen-Jun Bu, Ke-Long Jiao
A new genus and species of the tribe Ledomyiini, Pseudocingola guanshanensis gen. & sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Guan Mountain, Yifeng, Jiangxi, China. The new genus is characterised ...
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Occurrence of indoor insect pests and illnesses of inhabitants in Malappuram, Kerala, India Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Sajidha Mohammed, Thomas Hesselberg, K.U.M.A Rafeeq
Indoor insect pests have a direct and negative impact on human health by inflicting bites and stings, causing allergic reactions and transmitting diseases. Certain volatile and non-volatile organic...
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Taxonomy, ecology and larval behaviour of Micraloa emittens (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from Bangladesh Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Md. Jahir Rayhan, Sayema Jahan, Ayesha Akter Sanjida
Herein, we provide detailed information on the taxonomy, ecology and larval behaviour of an Arctiinae moth species, Micraloa emittens which is reported for the first time from Bangladesh. This spec...
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Description of a new species of praying mantis (Insecta: Mantodea) from Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, India Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-30 Pavittu M. Sureshan, Ambayathingal P. Kamila, Antonio Fasano
A new species of praying mantis of the genus Parananomantis Mukherjee, 1995, Parananomantis fascifemorata sp. nov., from the forest area of Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Kerala, India, is descri...
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An assessment of diversity patterns of butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from subalpine zone of Western Himalaya Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Romila Devi, Pawan Kumar, Vinod K. Mattu
The subalpine zone of the Himalaya epitomises a transition (ecotone) between alpine grassland and temperate forest ecosystems. This research was conducted in seven sites Chanshal, Marhi, Chotabangh...
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Diversity and spatio-temporal distribution of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Laghouat arid region (Algerian northern Sahara) Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Moufida Saoucen Alayat, Fatiha Bendali-Saoudi, Khaoula Mahmoudi, Nouredine Soltani
The study concerned the mosquitoes of the region of Laghouat (Septentrional Sahara of Algeria), for one year (December 2018 to November 2019). This study contributes to the identification and syste...
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A faunistic study on the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park, Central Nepal Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Urmila Dyola, Chitra Bahadur Baniya, Pushpa Raj Acharya, Muhammad Asghar Hassan, Anjeela Pandey, Kumar Sapkota
Nepal is a mountainous country in the Central Himalayas, well known for its high biodiversity and unique fauna. The vivid habitat of Nepal seems to possess high diversity of hoverflies (Diptera: Sy...
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A taxonomic revision of some species of Mispila Pascoe, 1864 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Pteropliini) Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-14 Kai Yan, Ming-Jun Wu, Gui-Qiang Huang
Sodus tenuevittatus is removed from synonymy with Mispila (s. str.) venosa and considered as bona species: Mispila (s. str.) tenuevittata comb. nov. The following synonymies are proposed: Mispila t...
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Family Carabidae (Coleoptera) in an Algerian salt wetland: taxonomic diversity, functional traits and effect of environmental drivers on their structure and composition Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Cherine Amri, Nadia Ouchtati
This study treated the taxonomic diversity and the functional traits of the carabid beetle communities living at Sebkha Ezzemoul in Northeastern Algeria. The fauna was fortnightly sampled using pit...
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A new species of cuckoo bee genus Thyreus (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae) from India with a revised key to Indian species Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Anju Sara Prakash, Thayyullathil Jobiraj, Chenthamarakshan Bijoy
A new species of cuckoo bee, Thyreus narendrani sp. nov. is described from Kerala, India. This species resembles Thyreus massuri and Thyreus irena and mainly differs by the presence of unequally di...
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Two new species of the genus Paracladopelma Harnisch of Harnischia complex from India (Diptera: Chironomidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-05 Bindarika Mukherjee, Poulami Hui, Niladri Hazra
Two new species of the genus Paracladopelma are described on the basis of adult males from India. They are P. clavatum and P. ovatum. Molecular barcoding of two new species is provided. A revised k...
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A new species of Clephydroneura (Diptera: Asilidae) with a revised key to its species in China Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-02-01 Hao Tang, Huateng Huang
A new species of Clephydroneura Becker, C. jiangxiensis sp. nov., from Jiangxi, China, is described and illustrated. Previously 14 species have been recorded from other Chinese provinces (i.e., Hai...
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Taxonomy of agriculturally important Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Karnataka, India Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-01-24 Maheswara Reddy Pasam, Shankara Murthy Muddappa, Prabhuraj Aralimarad
ABSTRACT Spilomelinae includes several pest species on various crop plants and larvae act as shoot borers, fruit borers, leaf webbers, leaf folders and leaf rollers. In the current paper, Spilomelinae fauna associated with crop plants in Karnataka are reviewed. Totally, 27 species were collected and reared on their host plants. Of these, five species are new records from Karnataka. Further, the morphological
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Distribution of Wolbachia infection in butterflies (Lepidoptera): First systematic report from Thailand Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-01-23 Panukorn Boonsit, Itsanun Wiwatanaratanabutr, Perran A. Ross, Frederic Grandjean, Chris Austin, Somsak Kramchote
Wolbachia is a genus of Rickettsia-like bacteria that infects a broad range of insect species throughout the world. It often influences host reproduction to facilitate its transmission to their off...
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Revisions on the genus Periplaneta Burmeister, 1838 (Blattodea: Blattidae: Blattinae) part 1: two new genera from the Philippines and Borneo Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-01-18 Cristian C. Lucañas
ABSTRACT This paper is a first among a series of papers that aims to revise the cockroach genus Periplaneta. The type species P. americana is redescribed, with detailed description of the male genital structure. Two new genera: Hobbitoblatta gen. nov., and Nazgultaure gen. nov., are described based on H. lambioae sp. nov. and N. lata comb. nov., respectively. A neotype for N. lata is designated. Periplaneta
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Taxonomic review of Polistes (Polistella) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) in Korea, with a description of a new species and a new status Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Jeong-Kyu Kim
ABSTRACT Taxonomic review of Korean Polistes (Polistella) is given. Integrated analyses of morphology and DNA barcode reveal the occurrence of five species. Among them, Polistes (Polistella) diakonovi currently known from Russian Far East and the Korean Peninsula is degraded as a subspecies of Polistes (Polistella) mandarinus, i.e., Polistes (Polistella) mandarinus diakonovi stat. nov. This subspecies
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A new species of Odochilus Harold, 1877 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Sulawesi with a world checklist of the genus Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-01-06 Łukasz Minkina, Aleš Bezdĕk, David Král
ABSTRACT Odochilus (Odochilus) sulawesiensis sp. nov. – from North Sulawesi, Indonesia, is described and illustrated. The new species seems to be morphologically most similar to O. (O.) setosus Boucomont, 1914 and O. (O.) parasetosus with which it has been compared. A checklist of all Odochilus Harold, 1877 species is provided.
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Pollinator interaction with selected ‘weeds’ flora, Asteraceae, in the context of land use Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Deeksha MG, Mohammad Sarfraz Khan, Gaurava Kumar, Avinash Udikeri
ABSTRACT Insect pollinators in agroecosystem are not only associated with crop plants but they also interact with weed flora growing there. In this study, the role of four Asteraceae weed flora: Ageratum conyzoides, Bidens pilosa, Caesulia axillaris and Tridax procumbens influencing pollinators’ diversity in three different land-use gradient, uncultivable land ecosystem , semi-cultivated land and cultivated
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New host plant record, first report of natural parasitisation, report of ‘parasitoid guarding’ behaviour with notes on biology and identification of Thyrassia virescens (Hampson, 1892) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-10-27 Kurappallli Ramanjappa Mahendra, Jeevakani Muthu Samraj
ABSTRACT Caterpillars of Thyrassia virescens (Hampson, 1892) were collected from a newly recorded host plant Cissus quadrangularis Linnaeus, 1767 (Vitaceae) in Chikaballapura district of Karnataka State in India from June to September 2021. Larvae were reared in room condition to study the life cycle. The total larval period was found to be 18–22 days with four instars. The pupal period was found to
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Seasonal population dynamics of the common chewing lice Columbicola columbae infesting the domestic pigeon Columba livia Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-10-26 Doaa Soliman, Eslam Adly, Mohamed Nasser, Magdi Shehata, Mahmoud Kamal
ABSTRACT The biological and ecological factors experienced across the lifespan by the bird hosts affect the seasonal dynamics of their ectoparasites. The seasonal population of Columbicola columbae which infests the domestic pigeon Columba livia domestica, in Egypt was studied across four seasons in Cairo, Egypt. 25 pairs (25 ♀ and 25 ♂) of Columba livia domestica were visually assessed for chewing
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Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) in India, with description of four new species Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-10-05 Anand Harshana, Debjani Dey
ABSTRACT Taxonomic studies were carried out on the ant genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 in India, with the description of four new species, L. binghami sp. nov., L. pusaensis sp. nov., L. satpuraensis sp. nov., and L. wilsoni sp. nov., based on the worker caste. Redescription and new distribution records of five known species, L. annandalei (Mukerjee, 1930), L. bipartita (Smith, 1861), L. integra (Forel
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New records and two new species of Entomobryinae (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from China Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-10-02 Rong Zhou, Yitong Ma
ABSTRACT Three new record species: Entomobrya multifasciata,E. vigintiseta and Homidia speciosa and two new Homidia species are described from China: H. huizhouensus sp. nov., H. hexchaeta sp. nov. The former new species is characterised by almost no blue pigment on tergites, smooth chaetae e and l1 on labial base and five central macrochaetae on posterior part of abdomen IV and the latter by smooth
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First record of Callicarolynia Heydon, 1989 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) in Palearctic region: with a description of a new species Callicarolynia yixieke from China Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-09-22 Ning Kang, Hong-Ying Hu, Shu-Han Guo, Shun-Gang Luo, Zeng-Qian Huang
ABSTRACT A new species Callicarolynia yixieke Kang & Hu, belonging to Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), and also a newly recorded genus Callicarolynia Heydon, 1989 Heydon SL. 1989. Relationships among Holarctic genera in the Cyrtogaster-group with a review of the species of North America North of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 97(2):192–217
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Selective neutralisation and deterring of cockroaches with laser automated by machine vision Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-09-21 Ildar Rakhmatulin, Mathieu Lihoreau, Jose Pueyo
ABSTRACT Controlling insect pests still relies on the extensive usage of generic and established methods, such as pesticides, which utilise broad spectrum chemicals or toxins persisting in the environment and targeting non-pest insect species. Therefore, more effective and environmental friendly approaches are needed to counteract these damaging effects. Since a laser can be remotely directed to neutralise
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Shining leaf chafers (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) and rhino beetles (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) of the Macau SAR, China Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-09-19 Renzo Perissinotto, Yuan-Yuan Lu
ABSTRACT Recent observations and a review of historical collections and literature have revealed that the diversity of scarab beetles in the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of South China is substantially higher than previously reported. In this latest account, nine identified species are reported from this area in the Rutelinae subfamily, within the genera Adoretus, Anomala, Mimela, Pseudosinghala
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A new stag beetle species of the genus Gnaphaloryx Burmeister from Java, western Indonesia (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-09-15 Shûhei Yamamoto, Agmal Qodri
ABSTRACT Tropical Indonesia has a rich biota. The fauna of stag beetles (Lucanidae) is relatively well understood in Indonesia, with numerous endemic species, including on the island of Java. Gnaphaloryx (Lucaninae: Dorcini) is a small genus of stag beetles mainly distributed in the Oriental Region. A new lucanid species, Gnaphaloryx rectus Yamamoto sp. nov., is described from West Java, western Indonesia
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Taxonomic review of the genus Spulerina Vári 1961 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in Korea Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-09-05 Da-Som Kim, Jae-in Oh, Bong-Kyu Byun
ABSTRACT This study is aimed to review the genus Spulerina Vári, (1961) of the family Gracillariidae from Korea, in which seven species are known. Among them, one species, Spulerina coreana sp. nov., is described as new to science. Also, two species, S. parthenocissi Kumata & Kuroko, 1988, and S. virgulata Kumata & Kuroko, 1988, are reported for the first time from Korea. All available information
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Two new species of the genus Macromotettixoides Zheng, Wei & Jiang (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Metrodorinae) from China Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-07-19 Shi-Zhen Wei, Wei-an Deng
ABSTRACT New species, Macromotettixoides daweishana sp. nov. from Yunnan and Macromotettixoides orthomargina sp. nov. from Sichuan, are described and illustrated. M. daweishana is similar to M. undulatifemura but differs in the shape of pronotum and narrow vertex. M. orthomargina is similar to M. shengtangshanensis but differs in the shape of infrascapular area and the wide vertex. The distribution
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Biodiversity of the philanthine wasps in the Middle Eastern and North African countries with special reference to the Egyptian fauna (Apoidea: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-07-18 Alyaa A. Malash, Yusuf A. Edmardash, Neveen S. Gadallah
ABSTRACT An updated checklist of the species of the subfamily Philanthinae in the Middle Eastern and North African countries with special reference to Egypt is provided here. The list includes 176 and 47 valid species and subspecies, respectively, in four genera: Cerceris (131 species, 38 subspecies), Philanthinus (3 species), Philanthus (27 species, 9 subspecies), and Pseudoscolia (15 species). Distributions
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Response of Asias halodendri (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) males and females to the odours of the different body parts of the opposite sex Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-07-15 Wenfang Gao, Xinyu Liu, Dongyu Qin, Tiantian Zhang, Rui Ren, Dan Wei, Fangshu Xiao, Qiang Liu, Gengping Zhu, Lina Pan, Min Li
ABSTRACT Asias halodendri (Pallas) is a polyphagous xylophage native to Asia and the biggest threat to Tetraena mongolica Maxim extinction. In this study, we attempted to locate the site of pheromone emission in A. halodendri. Different body parts, which included the wing, thorax, abdomen, and genital segments, of male and female A. halodendri were used in the olfactometry and electroantennographic
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Taxonomic revision of the antlion genus Cueta Navás, 1911 (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Myrmeleontinae) from Pakistan Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-07-05 Muhammad Asghar Hassan, Yuchen Zheng, Ahmed Zia, Xingyue Liu
ABSTRACT Taxonomic revision of the genus Cueta Navás from Pakistan is presented by redescribing four of the five species, i.e., C. facile, C. infensa, and C. minervae in this country. Cueta omana syn. nov. is proposed as a junior synonym of Cueta thaliae, a poorly known species, only documented from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Cueta infensa is reported as a new record for Pakistan. The holotype photographs
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Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Deltocephalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) indicates paraphyly of multiple genera Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-07-04 Kaiqi Wu, Yongxia Zhang, Jinkang Chang, Christopher H. Dietrich, Yani Duan
ABSTRACT Phylogenetic relationships among genera and species of the leafhopper tribe Deltocephalini, with particular focus on the large genus Maiestas, were reconstructed using a data set of 32 species representing eight genera plus five outgroups, three nuclear gene fragments (28S rDNA, Wingless, H3) and one mitochondrial (COI) gene fragment using maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI)
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The first scientific collection of insects from Siam Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-06-23 Timothy C. Hawes
ABSTRACT Siamese specimens were among those included in the historically significant insect descriptions made by Johan Christian Fabricius in the 18th century. The full extent of this collection and its provenance are largely unknown. A collation of described specimens from Fabricius, identified 29 species of Insecta attributed to Siam. A species list, with current nomenclature, is provided. Two beetles
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Systematic study of the genus Senometopia Macquart (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the eastern Palaearctic and Oriental regions Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-06-14 Hiroshi Shima, Takuji Tachi
ABSTRACT Eighty-eight species of Senometopia Macquart, 1834 (Diptera, Tachinidae) from the eastern Palaearctic and Oriental regions are revised. Argyrothelaira Townsend, 1916 and Catacarcelia Townsend, 1927 are newly synonymized with Senometopia. Forty-two new species are described. The following 11 new combinations are proposed: S. aurata (Townsend, 1927) comb. nov., S. bakeri (Townsend, 1928) comb
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Correction Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-06-06
Published in Oriental Insects (Vol. 57, No. 1, 2023)
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A new mandibulate termite Amitermes kavarattiensis sp. nov. (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae) from Lakshadweep Island, India Orient. Insects (IF 0.5) Pub Date : 2022-05-23 Rituparna Sengupta, Rajmohana Keloth, Amina Poovoli, Jayati Basak, Kaomud Tyagi, Priya Prasad
ABSTRACT The subterranean, mandibulate termite genus Amitermes Silvestri (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae) is hitherto known from India by only two species, Amitermes belli Desneux and Amitermes baluchistanicus Akhtar. This paper describes a new species Amitermes kavarattiensis Rituparna, Rajmohana & Amina sp. nov. collected from the Lakshadweep Islands, India. Morphological comparisons with both the