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Insects visiting the medicinal plants from genus Berberis L. in the Western Himalaya Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-12-25 Aarti Badoni; Manoj Kumar Arya
ABSTRACT Insect pollinator communities associated with the three medicinal plant species of genus Berberis (B. chitria, B. lycium and B. asiatica) were studied in and around Nainital, Western Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India to assess their quantitative spectrum. A total of 249 individuals of insect pollinators belonging to 21 species under four orders and eight families were found visiting these plant
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Checklist of Tunisian Cerceris Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) with new country and provincial records Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-12-04 Hassib Ben Khedher; Erol Yıldırım; Mohamed Braham
ABSTRACT The fauna of Tunisian Cerceris Latreille, 1802 is summarised. It is presented by a total of 42 species and subspecies and an unidentified taxon. Among them, Cerceris clytia de Beaumont, 1959, C. dispar Dahlbom, 1845, C. flavilabris (Fabricius, 1793), C. priesneri Mochi, 1938 and C. quadricincta segregata de Beaumont, 1970 are reported for the first time in Tunisia. The knowledge of the genus
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First record of the genus Myolepta Newman, 1838 (Diptera: Syrphidae) for Pakistan, with description of a new species Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-11-25 Muhammad Asghar Hassan; Imran Bodlah; Anjum Shehzad; Noor Fatima; Saba Fazal
ABSTRACT The genus Myolepta, described by Newman in 1838, comprises four species in the Oriental Realm. In this paper, we describe a new species Myolepta mahmoodii Hassan & Bodlah sp. nov. from the Pothohar region of Punjab, Pakistan. The new species is characterised by a broadly oval abdomen, unlike the abdomen of M. petiolata (which is strongly constricted) and that of M. graciliventris (which is
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On the articulation of the pierid silk girdle Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-11-23 Timothy C. Hawes
ABSTRACT Many Lepidoptera secure their pupae to environmental substrates using a dual attachment system that consists of a cremaster and silk girdle. Although the cremaster has received a lot of attention because of its morphological complexity, the silk girdle is generally assumed to be just a loop of silk loosely encircling the pupa. Here, using Catopsilia pomona as a pierid model, it is shown that
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Three prediction models for the first generation of Dendrolimus punctatus (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) larvae Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-11-19 Xue-Yu Song; Lin Zhang; Nan Zhang; Guangjing Qian; Xia-Zhi Zhou; Guo-Qing Zhang; Yun-Ding Zou; Guo-Fei Fang; Zhen Zhang; Shou-Dong Bi
ABSTRACT To improve the accuracy of forecasting the initial peak period of Dendrolimus punctatus (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) larvae, Bayes discriminant analysis, Stationary time series method and Weighted contingency table method were used to develop a prediction model for the initial peak period of the first generation of its larva based on occurrence data which spanned from 1983 to 2016
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A new species and a new record of Dicuspiditermes Krishna (Blattodea: Isoptera: Termitidae) from the Kerala part of Western Ghats, India Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-11-16 Poovoli Amina; Keloth Rajmohana; Shilimol C. Aliyas
ABSTRACT A new species, Dicuspiditermes leghugathrae Amina and Rajmohana sp.nov. (Termitidae) is described and illustrated based on the morphological characters of soldiers and workers. Dicuspiditermes hutsoni (Kemner), a termite species hitherto endemic to Sri Lanka, is reported for the first time from India. Both the species are recorded from the Kerala part of Western Ghats. An identification key
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First record of the family Cucujidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Vietnam with a checklist and a key to species currently known from Indochinese Peninsula Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-11-08 Radomir Jaskuła; Marek Michalski; Dale Ann P. Acal
ABSTRACT The beetle family Cucujidae is recorded from the area of Vietnam for the first time based on three specimens of Cucujus mniszechi collected in Kon Tum and Yên Bái Provinces. A key to Cucujidae species known from Indochinese Peninsula, and a checklist of species from the region are also provided.
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Two new species of the genus Glyptotendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from West Bengal India Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-11-08 Sanghamitra Konar; Uttaran Majumdar
ABSTRACT Two new species belonging to the nominal subgenus of Glyptotendipes Kieffer are described in this paper. Glyptotendipes (G.) hebetare sp. nov. is described on the basis of adult male, pupa and larva and G. (G.) inflatum sp. nov. is described on the basis of adult male and pupa. A key to adult males of the Oriental species of the Glyptotendipes is also provided. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank
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A new report on the parasitisation of Epitranus Walker (Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) on Phereoeca uterella (Walsingham) (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) with the description of a new species from India Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-11-03 Chereekandy Binoy; Santhosh Shreevihar; Mannankadiyan Nasser; Kattumunda Jyolsna
ABSTRACT Epitranus Walker, the only representative genus of the Subfamily Epitraninae (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) is represented by 68 species worldwide. Host record of the genus is limited to a few species parasitising crambid, pyralid and tineid moths with very little definitive records. A new species Epitranus uterellophagus Binoy & Santhosh, sp. nov. parasitising pupae of Phereoeca uterella (Walsingham
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Male description of Bellimeris stoetzneri (Betrem, 1928), with male characteristics of the genus Bellimeris Betrem, 1972 (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae: Scoliinae: Campsomerini) and taxonomic notes on related genera and species Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-11-03 Jeong-Kyu Kim
ABSTRACT The hitherto unknown male of Bellimeris stoetzneri (Betrem, 1928), of which identification is validated through DNA barcoding analysis, is described, and generic characteristics of the Bellimeris Betrem, 1972 including preliminary male characteristics is provided. Taxonomic validity of Megacampsomeris szetschwanensis (Betrem, 1928) against B. stoetzneri is ascertained. Observed ecological
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Two new species of the genus Tetradinodula Zha, 2017 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae) from China Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-10-26 Miao Li; Ji-Shan Xu; Ben-Yong Mao
ABSTRACT Two new species, Tetradinodula gaoligongensis Li et Mao, sp. nov. and T. reticulata Mao et Li, sp. nov., are described and photographed from China. The differential diagnosis of all known species of the genus are compared. Distribution and habitat of these species are clarified. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C9E2726A-C069-428B-B7AD-BC4A9EA2F40C
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A new bombardier beetle species of the genus Brachinus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Brachininae) from the Western Ghats in south west India with a new synonymy Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-10-14 Divya M; Ashly Kurian; K. Thomas Sabu
ABSTRACT Description of a new bombardier beetle species, Brachinus paikadai sp. nov., first report of B. peltastes Andrewes, 1931 from south India and outside the type locality in Himalaya and synonymisation of B. cinctellus Chaudoir, 1876 with B. limbellus Chaudoir, 1876 are provided. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:93B7754A-8088-4631-AACD-AA55D48DFED9
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Would the date stone beetle Coccotrypes dactyliperda (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) infest almond (Prunus dulcis) crops? Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-09-29 Dirk Hr Spennemann
ABSTRACT Isolated nineteenth and early twentieth century observations found that date stone beetles, Coccotrypes dactyliperda Fabricius would feed on and breed in almonds. As spermatophagus C. dactyliperda could pose a threat to the almond industry, beetles were offered four different almond varieties in a controlled feeding experiment. The almonds were universally rejected, seemingly contradicting
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Two new species and one new synonymy of the pygmy grasshopper genus Formosatettix Tinkham, 1937 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from China Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-09-27 Jian-Hua Ding; Zhi-Xiang Pan; Ling-Sheng Zha
ABSTRACT Formosatettix nanjiensis : Zha & Ding sp. nov. and F. taibaiensis Zha & Ding sp. nov. are described from Zhejiang and Shaanxi provinces of China, respectively. New synonymy is established: Formosatettix tianmushanensis Zheng & Li, 2001 = Formosatettix zhejiangensis Deng, 2019 syn. nov. An updated species key to the genus Formosatettix Tinkham, 1937 is provided.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank
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Historic distribution and life history of the African twig mantid, Popa spurca (Mantodea: Deroplatyidae) in southern Africa Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-09-14 Bianca Greyvenstein; Hannalene Du Plessis; Johnnie van den Berg
Popa spurca (Stål) (Deroplatyidae) is a well-known species within the African Mantodea. Because this species is often kept as pets, several citizen-based platforms provide information on the rearing of this species. There is however no scientific information available on the distribution and biology of this species. The aim of this study was to use museum records to establish the historic distribution
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The sleeping aggregative habits of two blue nest renting wasps of the genus Chalybion (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-07-27 Phong Huy Pham
The sleeping aggregative habits of the two blue nest renting wasps Chalybion bengalense (Dahlbom, 1845) and C. japonicum (Gribodo, 1882) are studied. The two species frequently aggregated on loosely hung strings or leaves for sleeping. The sleeping aggregation was loose and frequently involved both sexes, but males were more numerous than females, or only males in the case of the C. bengalense roost
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The genus Pemphredon Latreille (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) from China, with description of a new species Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-07-09 Nawaz Haider Bashir; Li Ma; Qiang Li
Pemphredon rugidorsalis Bashir and Ma, sp. nov., of the family Crabronidae, is described from the Palearctic region of China. An identification key to the species of the genus Pemphredon from China is provided. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A4B5CAE9-C156-4EF2-9BB0-2A56FD7396F7
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A seasonal study of the decomposition pattern and insects on submerged rabbit carcases Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-07-09 Jyoti Dalal; Sapna Sharma; Tapeshwar Bhardwaj; S. K. Dhattarwal; Kapil Verma
There is a long history of using insects on a decomposing corpse as an invaluable tool to estimate the minimum post-mortem interval (PMI) during death investigations. The present study was carried out to study the decomposition pattern and insects associated with a submerged rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus Linnaeus, 1758) carcase. A total of 1795 insect specimens were found to be associated with different
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The first hygropetric species of Microdytes J. Balfour-Browne, 1946 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from the Western Ghats, India Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-07-07 Sayali D. Sheth; Hemant V. Ghate; Neelesh Dahanukar; Jiří Hájek
Microdytes hygropetricus sp. nov. from the northern Western Ghats in Maharashtra State, India is described and illustrated. The new species presumably inhabits exclusively hygropetric habitats on vertical cliffs and differs from all congeners by dorso-ventrally flattened body, strong punctation of dorsal surface, flattened sides of pronotum and elongate metatarsomeres without natatorial setae. Its
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Checklist of Indian Pterostichinae Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-07-06 Divya Manikandan; K. Thomas Sabu
An up to date checklist of Indian Pterostichinae (Coleoptera: Carabidae) with taxonomic data including type species, literature details and distribution patterns of the 159 species belonging to five tribes namely, \ Abacetini (58 species), Cratocerini (11 species), Morionini (2 species), Pterostichini (52 species) and Zabrini (36 species) are provided. Out of the 159 species, 87 are exclusively Indian
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Two new species of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Gangetic Plains of West Bengal, India with a key to the Indian species Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-07-05 Somnath Chatterjee; Shubhranil Brahma; Niladri Hazra
Two species, Culicoides obtusus sp. nov. of the subgenus Monoculicoides Khalaf and C. cornus sp. nov. of the Shermani group Wirth & Hubert are discovered from Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur, Narayanpur, Birbhum, and Burdwan Town, Purba Bardhaman respectively of the Gangetic Plains of West Bengal, India with illustrations and microphotographs. The pupal stages of C. cornus sp. nov. were reared to adults
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A new species of ground beetle and a revised list of the East Asian endemic subgenus Nialoe (s. lat.) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichus) Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-06-08 Kôji Sasakawa
The taxonomy of the East Asian endemic subgenus Nialoe (s. lat.) Tanaka, 1958 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichus) is still insufficient at both the specific and subgeneric levels, and the discovery of new species and revision of the subgeneric classification are ongoing. This study describes Pterostichus (Nialoe) hekosanensis sp. nov. from central Honshu, Japan. The new species is similar to P. daihizanus
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Extending Afrotropical endemism: two species of Epitranus Walker, 1832 (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) in the Palaearctic region Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-05-22 Negar Fakhrzadeh; Hossein Lotfalizadeh; Gérard Delvare
Epitranus hamoni (Risbec) and Epitranus torymoides (Risbec), initially described from the Afrotropical region, are recorded for the first time from Iran in the Western Palaearctic. These species were collected using Malaise traps in the south of Iran. A key to three species of Epitranus known from Iran is provided. The female of E. hamoni is described and a short diagnose is provided for E. torymoides
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Review of the genus Hippodamia (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the Palearctic region Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-05-15 Amir Biranvand; Oldřich Nedvěd; Romain Nattier; Elizaveta Nepaeva; Danny Haelewaters
Hippodamia Chevrolat, 1836 currently comprises 19 species. Four species of Hippodamia are native to the Palearctic region: Hippodamia arctica (Schneider, 1792), H. septemmaculata (DeGeer, 1775), H. tredecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), and H. variegata (Goeze, 1777). Here, we provide an identification key to these species, along with illustrations of morphological characters.
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Comb Establishment of fungus-growing termites species Macrotermitinae (Isoptera: Termitidae) with Termitomyces cylindricus (Basidiomycota: Agaricales) basidiospores Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-05-14 Khoirul Anwar; Lisdar Idwan Sudirman; Dodi Nandika
ABSTRACT Combs have a significant role as substrates for Termitomyces in providing nutrients for Macrotermitinae colonies. However, the process of comb establishment was poorly known. The study was to observe the process of fungal comb formation of fungus-growing termites in the laboratory. Each pair of alates from three species, i.e Microtermes insperatus Kemner, Macrotermes gilvus Hagen, and Odontotermes
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Abiotic factors influencing diversity and abundance of congregating fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-05-13 Nur-Athirah Abdullah; Lailatul-Nadhirah Asri; Siti Nur Fatehah Radzi; Musa Musbah; Izfa Riza Hazmi; Norela Sulaiman
Records of fireflies are numerous in Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah although little is known regarding the firefly population in Sarawak. Thus, the aim of this study is to document the diversity and abundance of the congregating fireflies and their display trees in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia and to investigate the possible significance of several abiotic factors in relation to the abundance of fireflies
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A new invasive species of Kerria Targioni-Tozzetti (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Kerriidae) on rain tree, Albizia saman (Fabaceae) from India Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-05-07 Bipradeb Talukder; Bijan K. Das
A new lac insect pest, Kerria destructor Talukder and Das, sp. nov. (Kerriidae) infesting the rain tree (Albizia saman), is described and illustrated based on the adult female, and a key to the known species of Kerria is provided. Recently, this species has been reported causing severe dieback on the twigs and branches leading to the death of a large number of rain trees in West Bengal, India. No previous
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A new species and two new species records of Hierodulinae from China, with a revision of Hierodula chinensis (Mantodea: Mantidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-05-06 Qin-Peng Liu; Zi-Jun Liu; Zhi-Teng Chen; Zhong-Lin Yuan; Yan Shi
Hierodula jianfenglingensis sp. nov. (Ledong, Hainan) is described as a new species. Its related taxa, Hierodula chinensis Werner, 1929, is revised herein based on some confusions that exist in previous papers. Hierodula dyaka Westwood, 1889 (Xishuangbanna, Yunnan) is re-described and newly recorded from China. Mekongomantis quinquespinosa Schwarz, Ehrmann, & Shcherbakov, 2018 (Xishuangbanna, Yunnan)
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Review of the family Ismaridae Thomson, 1858 (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea) from Iran Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-05-04 Mohammad Izadizadeh; Ali Asghar Talebi; Victor Kolyada; Samira Farahani; Farzaneh Kazerani; Ali Ameri
During our studies on the family Ismaridae, three species from northern Iran were identified and illustrated: Ismarus dorsiger (Haliday, 1831), Ismarus halidayi Förster, 1850 and Ismarus rugulosus Förster, 1850. The first two species are new records for Iran. Diagnostic characters for all three species are provided along with illustrations. A key to the Iranian species of the genus Ismarus, as well
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The whitefly genus Aleurotrachelus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from India with description of three new species Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-05-03 R. Sundararaj; Vimala D.
Three new species of the genus Aleurotrachelus Quaintance & Baker are described, A. diploclisiae sp. nov. on Diploclisia glaucescens, A. fici sp. nov. on Ficus virens and A. psydraci sp. nov. on Psydrax dicoccos. This brings to seven the number of species of the genus known from India, and a key to these is provided. Holotypes of the new species are deposited in the collection of the National Bureau
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Three new species of the genus Noonamyia Stuckenberg 1971 (diptera: lauxaniidae) from China Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-05-03 Wenliang Li; Ling Qi; Ding Yang
Three species of Noonamyia from Southwest China are described as new to science: Noonamyia bicolour sp. nov., Noonamyia brevisurstyla sp. nov. and Noonamyia spinosa sp. nov. A key to the species of genus Noonamyia in the world is presented. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:742C6FA4-5BCF-43E3-B179-990EFECB401
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New records of three Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) associated with Stipa arabica Trin. & Rupr. (Poaceae) in Iran Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-04-23 Asma Moeinadini; Shahla Ebrahimi; Seyed Massoud Madjdzadeh; Hassan Ali Dawah
Despite the valuable scientific contributions of professional workers and amateur naturalists our knowledge of galls is still poorly known in Iran. In this study three species of the genus Eurytoma Illiger, viz Eurytoma collaris Walker, 1832, Eurytoma differta Zerova, 1977 and Eurytoma stepposa Zerova, 1980 reared from Stipa arabica Trin. & Rupr. (Poaceae) were reported for the first time for the fauna
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New records, distribution and phenology of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in semi-arid habitats in northeastern Algeria Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-04-13 Nadjoua Mebarkia; Souad Neffar; Sihem Djellab; Antonio Ricarte; Haroun Chenchouni
Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) pollinate plants, predate other insects, and feed on vegetal and decay materials, being used as bioindicators of different ecosystem conditions and processes. The main aim is to enhance the bioindicator potential of hoverflies in Algeria by increasing our knowledge on the hoverfly communities of different environments in the semi-arid Northeast of Algeria: unpolluted
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Nomenclatural notes on three species of Scymnini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Ceylon Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-04-05 Poorani Janakiraman; Roger G. Booth
The nomenclature of Scymnus quadrillum Motschulsky 1858 (nec Redtenbacher 1843), S. latemaculatus Motschulsky 1858, and Scymnus (Clitostethus) fumatus Sicard 1929, all originally described from Ceylon, is discussed and clarified. Based on examination of material at the Natural History Museum, London, identified by comparison with Motschulsky’s lectotypes, Scymnus (Pullus) coccivora Ayyar, 1925, an
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Characterisation of cocoon of different population of Antheraea assamensis (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-02-28 Tarali Kalita; Karabi Dutta
ABSTRACT The characterisation of cocoons is one of the most important requirements to know the economic importance of a sericigenous insect. Antheraea assamensis produces the golden muga silk, which is considered as the second most expensive silk in the world for its high quality. Although muga silk worm is a single species, it has many varieties with respect to its geographical areas. However, literary
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A new species of Cossidophaga Baranov from Indonesia (Diptera: Tachinidae), a parasitoid of the carpenter moth, Polyphagozerra coffeae (Nietner) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-02-11 Takuji Tachi; Hiroshi Shima; Wagner de Souza Tavares; Marthin Tarigan
ABSTRACT The carpenter moth Polyphagozerra coffeae (Nietner) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) is an important pest of commercial plantations of Eucalyptus pellita F. Muell. and the hybrid E. pellita × Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill. ex Maiden (Myrtaceae) in Riau, Indonesia. This study describes a new species of tachinid fly, Cossidophaga coffeae sp. nov., record its host, P. coffeae, and redescribe the type species
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An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Galerucinae sensu stricto (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with taxonomic remarks Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-02-10 Hassan Ghahari; Ron Beenen
An annotated catalogue for the Iranian Galerucinae s. str. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is proposed. Based upon literature review and examination of collected material, a total of 56 species in 18 genera are listed for the fauna of Iran. Some species are represented in Iran with more than one subspecies, bringing the total number of taxa to 59. Farsogaleruca Lopatin, 1981 is proposed as new synonym
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Infestation of defaecated seeds by Coccotrypes dactyliperda (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and its implications on the dispersal success of palms Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2020-02-03 Dirk HR Spennemann
Numerous vertebrate species ingest palm drupes and disperse the seed by defaecation. Some insect species will predate seeds in animal scats, while others avoid them. This study examined the behaviour of date stone beetles (Coccotrypes dactyliperda) and found that the species ignored seeds coated with excreta but penetrated uncoated seeds. A case is made that the coating provides a physical barrier
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Description of two new species of Dascillus Latreille from southwest China (Coleoptera: Dascillidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-12-06 Jie Wang; Na Zhang; Shao-Bin Li; Zhen-Yu Jin
ABSTRACT Two new species of the genus Dascillus Latreille, 1797, D. chengkouensis sp. nov. and D. conchatus sp. nov. are described from Chongqing and Sichuan. The illustrations of the morphological characters and a distribution map are given. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E6E997AB-F865-42C1-8477-28B372CA89BB
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Two small genera, Ischyroptyx Delucchi and Novitzkyanus Bouček (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) new to fauna of Iran Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-12-04 Zahra Rahmani; Ehsan Rakhshani; Hossein Lotfalizadeh; Azizollah Mokhtari
ABSTRACT The genera Ischyroptyx Delucchi, 1956 and Novitzkyanus Bouček, 1961 are first recorded from Iran. They are represented by two species, Ischyroptyx ligusticus (Masi, 1922) and Novitzkyanus cryptogaster Bouček, 1961, respectively. First species was collected from Northeast (North Khorasan Province) by sweeping net and the second species was collected from both North East, Central (Isfahan Province)
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Eoanthidium nasicum (Apoidea: Anthidiini) in the Middle East: from microevolution towards speciation? Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-11-24 Max Kasparek
ABSTRACT Although the anthidiine bee Eoanthidium nasicum is little differentiated structurally, it was found that it is clustered in three units: Anatolia, the Levant and Iran. A Discriminant Function Analysis carried out on 11 morphometric parameters enabled the members of these geographically defined populations to be distinguished: 85.4% of all males and 100.0% of all females could be classified
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Description of a new species of Dicopus Enock and first report of Platystethynium glabrum Jin & Li (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from India Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-11-18 H. Sankararaman; S. Manickavasagam; S. Palanivel
ABSTRACT Dicopus gunathilagaraji sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae) is described from Yercaud hills and Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. A key to the species of Dicopus from Oriental region is provided. Platystethynium glabrum Jin & Li, is reported from India and a key to the world species is provided.
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Two new species of an Indian endemic genus Krishnacapritermes Chhotani (Isoptera: Termitidae) from the Kerala part of the Western Ghats, India Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-11-10 Poovoli Amina; Keloth Rajmohana; K. P. Dinesh; Gopalan Asha; Palatty Allesh Sinu; Jobin Mathew
ABSTRACT Krishnacapritermes Chhotani (Isoptera: Termitidae) is one of the endemic termite genera from the Western Ghats of India. Under the genus, only two species Krishnacapritermes maitii Chhotani and Krishnacapritermes thakuri Chhotani were known earlier. The present study describes two new species, Krishnacapritermes dineshan Amina and Rajmohana sp. nov. and Krishnacapritermes manikandan Amina
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Extending the Australasian endemicity: first report of Neapterolelaps Girault and Thaumasura Westwood (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from the Oriental Region with the description of new species from Southern Western Ghats, India Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-10-22 Chereekandy Binoy; Pavittu Meethal Sureshan
ABSTRACT Two rare genera of Pteromalidae viz., Neapterolelaps Girault and Thaumasura Westwood are reported for the first time from the Oriental Region. Distribution of both the genera is currently confined to Australasian Region with majority of species reported from the Australian continent and surrounding island groups in the Indo-Australian region. Here we report the range extension of both the
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Rediscovery of the type specimen of Hadronotus montanus Kieffer, 1906 (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-10-10 Ovidiu Alin Popovici; Veenakumari Kamalanathan
The holotype of Hadronotus montanus Kieffer 1906 was discovered in the collection of Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest). This species is transferred in Calotelea Westwood, re-described and illustrated.
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Molecular characteristics of Indian population of Deanolis sublimbalis Snellen (Crambidae: Lepidoptera) using mitochondrial and nuclear genes Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-10-08 Krishnarao G; Sujatha A; Sudhagar S; Raghava T; Suneetha P; Gundappa G; Singh Hs; Meenal Vyas; Pagadala Damodaram Kamala Jayanthi
ABSTRACT Red Banded Mango Caterpillar (RBMC), Deanolis sublimbalis Snellen (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is a serious pest of mango fruits in several regions of South and South East Asia. Molecular characterisation of twenty nine different populations was done using the mitochondrial gene, Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase-I (mtCOI) and nuclear gene, Elongation Factor 1 Alpha (EF-1α) to estimate the genetic
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Redescription of Aduncothrips asiaticus (Ramakrishna and Margabandhu) (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) with first description of the male Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-10-02 Rachana Rajan Remani; Rachana Badagi; Shashikant Gurappa Rayar
The female of Aduncothrips asiaticus (Thysanoptera: Terebrantia: Aeolothripidae) is redescribed with illustrations based on specimens collected on an agriculturally important new host plant, Moringa oleifera Lam. The previously unknown male is also described.
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Differentiation of symbiotic bacteria is a new evidence for two genetic clades of Aphelinus mali (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) in China Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-10-01 Min Du; Jianing Yu; Yunjiao Zhou; Xueying Wang; Tiantian Ma; Xiumei Tan; Fanghao Wan; Hongxu Zhou
ABSTRACT Aphelinus mali is an important endoparasitoid of Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann) (Hemiptera: Aphididae). In our previous study, A. mali in China was divided into two genetic clades, named the Shandong and Liaoning clades, which showed differences in both biological characteristics and the level of pest control. The purpose of this study was to analyse the diversity of endosymbiotic bacteria
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Banana (Musa spp.)-an unseen umbrella crop? Insect diversity on Musa spp. in the Indo-Pacific region Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-09-24 Jithu Unni Krishnan; Cheruvandasseri Arumughan Jayaprakas; Eanthumkal Reghunadhapillai Harish; Lekshmikutty Shivashankaran Rajeswari
With the help of life table construction, which derives the net-reproductive rate, mean time of generation and the survivorship curve, one can classify the insects into pest or as non-pest. This paper is an attempt to bring diversity information of the general pest and non-pest group of insects on Musa spp. to a broader audience and examine it in the context of related research. Pests on Musa spp.
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Four species of the genus Lauxania Latreille, 1804 (Diptera: Lauxaniidae) from China Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-09-17 Wenliang Li; Ling Qi; Ding Yang
Three species of the genus Lauxania Latreille, 1804 from China are described as new to science: L. (Lauxania) hirsuta sp. nov., L. (L.) jinyunensis sp. nov., L. (L.) valga sp. nov. Lauxania (Callixania) minor Martinek, 1974 is first recorded for China. A key to the subgenera and species of the genus Lauxania in China is presented. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D28829F9-E3DD-4EF3-A91D-5073868FFFF6
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Phyllomyza Fallén newly recorded from Laos with descriptions of three new species (Diptera, Milichiidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-09-17 Yu-Qiang Xi; Ding Yang; Xin-Ming Yin
The genus Phyllomyza Fallén is recorded from Laos for the first time with the following three species which are described as new to science: P. latusipalpis sp. nov., P. orbita sp. nov., and P. verticalis sp. nov. A key to the known species of Phyllomyza from Laos is presented.
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Torulisquama Zhang & Li (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in China, with a discussion on its distribution based on climatic variables Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-09-17 Lu-Lan Jie; Jing-Bo Yang; Wei-Chun Li
A taxonomic study of Torulisquama Zhang & Li was conducted. Its geographical distribution pattern in China is analysed with MaxEnt and ArcGIS based on known localities and 19 environmental variables. The results suggest that the most suitable areas for the genus are located in Southeast China, and the minimum temperature of the coldest month (Bio6) is revealed to the most important variable affecting
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New records of Zodiomyia sumbaensis Camras (Diptera: Conopidae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-08-13 Jens-Hermann Stuke
First records of Zodiomyia sumbaensis Camras, 1957 from Malaysia and Thailand are presented. The monotypic genus is illustrated for the first time. The distribution of the genus is described and all known records are summarised.
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An annotated checklist of the Iranian Figitidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea) Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-07-01 Hassan Ghahari; Mar Ferrer-Suay; Noel Mata-Casanova; Juli Pujade-Villar
An annotated list of Figitidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea) present in Iran is given. A total of 33 species belonging to 11 genera and five subfamilies are reported: Anacharitinae (3 genera, 4 species), Aspicerinae (2 genera, 4 species), Charipinae (3 genera, 21 species), Eucoilinae (1 species) and ‘unplaced tribe’ (2 genera, 3 species). Two species are excluded from the fauna of Iran as nomina dubia
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A new species of Agnaptoria Reitter (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptini) from Dhaulagiri Zone in Nepal Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-06-23 Yun-Chun Li; Ai-Min Shi
A new species of darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae) belonging to the genus Agnaptoria Reitter, 1887, A. jinchengi sp. nov. is described from the Dhaulagiri Zone in Nepal. A new key for all known Agnaptoria species is provided. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:64D8CC42-A7DB-4CCA-B52B-C54E2F1C114F
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Occurrence of an uncommon genus, Amyosoma Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) in Iran Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-06-17 Zahra Rahmani; Konstantin Samartsev; Mostafa Ghafouri Moghaddam; Ehsan Rakhshani
Amyosoma chinense (Szépligeti, 1902), representing a new generic record is first recorded for the fauna of Iran. It was collected from North East of the country (North Khorasan province), quite far from its typical area of distribution. A diagnosis on the basis of the reliable morphological and morphometric characters is provided for the specimens from Iran, as additions to the knowledge on its variability
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A new species of Ooctonus from China, with a revised key to the Chinese species (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-06-10 Xiang-Xiang Jin; Cheng-De Li
We describe Ooctonus exsertus sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from Xizang Autonomous Region (= Tibet) and record O. lapen Triapitsyn for the first time from China. A revised key to the know species of Ooctonus from China is given. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D4365584-F8B6-4F2B-8EE2-8E6D2A9276A0
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Epeolus ladakhensis sp. nov. – a new species of cuckoo bee from India Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-06-09 Petr Bogusch
I describe Epeolus ladakhensis sp. nov., a new species of cuckoo bee from the Indian province of Kashmir. This species is closely related to Epeolus tarsalis Morawitz, 1874, and differs by the more whitish and yellowish pubescent parts of the body, the sculpture on the mesoscutum and sterna, and the shape of the apical margin of the clypeus. Only two females from one locality are known. The species
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Correction Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-06-05
(2019). Correction. Oriental Insects: Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 1-1.
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Description of a new species of genus Melitta (Hymenoptera: Melittidae) from India Orient. Insects (IF 0.333) Pub Date : 2019-06-03 Jagdish Saini; Kailash Chandra; Hirdesh Kumar
Melitta (Melitta) indica Saini & Chandra sp. nov. a new species of genus Melitta Kirby, 1802, collected from the Uttarakhand, India has been described. There are 50 species of this genus known from all over the world, out of which three species recorded from India. The new species is the fourth species of Melitta Kirby, 1802 from India. A key to species of Melitta from India is provided. http://www
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