Abstract Xerasia meschniggi (Reitter, 1905) (Byturidae), previously considered endemic to the south of Central Europe, was discovered among material of the beetles collected by the late K.V. Arnoldi in the early 20th century in the territory of present-day Krasnodar City, Northwestern Caucasus.

Abstract Oomorphus concolor (Sturm, 1807) and the subfamily Lamprosomatinae (Chrysomelidae) are recorded for the first time from European Russia outside the North Caucasus. The species was found in the Prisursky Nature Reserve, Chuvash Republic.

Abstract Dioryche MacLeay, 1825 is a moderately diverse selenophorine genus distributed in the Oriental Region. In this contribution, D. orszuliki sp. n. is described from the extreme southwest of the Sultanate of Oman (Jabal al Qamar Mountain, Dhofar Governorate). The new species is very similar to D. nitidula Kataev, 2012 from Northwest India (Rajasthan) and may be considered as its vicariant. It

Abstract Eight species of louse flies were recorded on 22 bird species as the result of research carried out in 2008–2018 in Voronezh Province of Russia. Five species are reported from the region for the first time: Ornithomya fringillina (Curtis, 1836), O. chloropus (Bergroth, 1901), Ornithoica turdi (Olivier in Latreille, 1811), Ornithophila metallica (Schiner, 1864), and Icosta ardeae (Macquart

Abstract The paper presents an improved key to the co-occurring species of Polymerus Hahn, 1831 (Heteroptera, Miridae) based on morphological characters and our new data on the differences between the COI gene DNA sequences of these species. These characters, together with the data stored in the NCBI GenBank, provide the means for accurate and rapid identification of adults and nymphs of Polymerus

Abstract An essay of the fauna of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in five federal subjects of Northwest Russia is presented. The species composition of scolytids in Leningrad, Novgorod, Pskov, and Murmansk provinces as well as the Republic of Karelia is analyzed in comparison with the bark beetle faunas of adjacent Estonia and Finland. The history of investigation of the bark beetle

Abstract Phenotypic plasticity of insect thermal reaction norms (TRNs) (the lower thermal threshold, coefficient of thermal sensitivity, and sum of degree-days) ensures precise adjustment of the seasonal cycle to local environments by changing the pattern of temperature-dependence of developmental rate. In different geographic populations the plasticity of TRNs can be manifested in different ways.

Abstract Four-legged mites of the family Phytoptidae (Acariformes, Eriophyoidea) are represented on eudicot plants by 31 species of two subfamilies: Phytoptinae (1 genus, 19 species) and Sierraphytoptinae (7 genera, 12 species). Most phytoptid species that are capable of inducing various growth abnormalities in plants (galls, erinea, bud growth, and other injuries) belong to the subfamily Phytoptinae

Abstract Thirty species of Mordellidae were found in 2011–2018 in the Republic of Mordovia. Of them, Mordelli­stena hirtipes Schilsky, 1895, M. michalki Ermisch, 1956, M. rugipennis Schilsky, 1895, and Stenalia ascaniaenovae Lazorko, 1974 are recorded from Russia for the first time, and 21 species are new to the Republic of Mordovia. A preliminary checklist of Mordellidae of European Russia is compiled

Abstract Neurogenesis in the mushroom bodies was studied throughout the larval and pupal development of Muscina prolapsa. The existence of two generations of neural progenitors in the mushroom bodies of insects was established for the first time. Each larval mushroom body has four neuroblasts that divide as type I neuroblasts, producing a daughter neuroblast and a ganglion mother cell. The latter divides

Abstract Data on the life history and morphology of the larvae of the fly genus Rainieria are presented, viz. R. hennigi Krivosheina et Krivosheina, 1996 and R. latifrons (Loew, 1870). The larvae inhabit the bark of damaged and weakened trees. The main diagnostic characters of the larvae are listed. The larvae of this two species differ in the structure of the anterior and posterior spiracles and the

Abstract Based on the author’s and literature data, three species of the scolytid genus Thamnurgus Eichhoff, 1864 associated with herbaceous plants are reported from the Volga Region and the Urals: Th. petzi Reitter, 1901 (= Th. rossicus Alexeev, 1957), Th. caucasicus Reitter, 1887, and Th. pegani Eggers, 1933. Two former species are widely but spottedly distributed in the native steppe and steppificated

Abstract Glyptoscelis sinica sp. n. is described from Hunan, China. A new synonym of the genus group name is Lepina Baly, 1863 = Demotinella Jacoby, 1908, syn. n.; the new synonyms of the species group names are: Hyperaxis yaosanicus Chen, 1940 = H. consors Chen, 1940, syn. n.; Cleoporus lateralis (Motschulsky, 1866) = C. birmanicus Jacoby, 1892, syn. n.; C. inornatus Jacoby, 1908 = C. lefevrei (Jacoby

Abstract Dependence of mortality of rice weevils Sitophilus oryzae from the natural (synanthropic) and laboratory populations on phosphine concentration was experimentally studied and mathematically described. The index of resistance to phosphine in beetles of the natural population was 2.5.

Abstract Four new Gelechiidae species of the genus Photodotis Meyrick, 1911 are described from the Malaysian part of Borneo: Ph. crockeri sp. n., Ph. decolorata sp. n., Ph. aliena sp. n., and Ph. imperfecta sp. n. The name of the genus Palintropa Meyrick, 1913 is considered a junior synonym of that of the genus Photodotis Meyrick, syn. n. A new combination is also established: Photodotis hippica (Meyrick

Abstract Data on the habitats, phenology, development cycle, and trophic associations of the Far Eastern subspecies of the dock bug Coreus marginatus orientalis (Kiritshenko, 1916) (Heteroptera, Coreidae) in the south of Primorskii Territory are presented. New host plants for C. m. orientalis were revealed. Parasitic flies of the family Tachinidae were reared in the laboratory from the infested bugs

Abstract A new genus Olchon gen. n. with the type species Olchon yermak sp. n. is described from Eastern Siberia. Fourteen species are recorded for the first time from Russia. Five subfamilies Asaphinae, Miscogasterinae, Ormocerinae, Pireninae, and Spalangiinae and 42 species are new to the fauna of Eastern Siberia.

Abstract The subfamily Anataeliinae Burr, 1909 is restored in its original composition as one containing two genera: Anataelia Bolivar, 1899 and Challia Burr, 1904. Challiinae Steinmann, 1973, syn. n. is synonymized with Anataeliinae. Challia steineri sp. n. is described from Laos. “Anataelia” ramalhoi Sakai, 1996 described from Brazil is argued to belong to neither Anataelia nor Anataeliinae; it probably

Abstract K-factor life tables and mortality factors of the apple blossom weevil Anthonomus pomorum (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) populations on apple and pear trees in three urbanized territories in Moscow and Tver provinces for three subsequent years are presented. The larva was the most affected stage. Among the biotic factors, the larvae and pupae were damaged by entomopathogenic microorganisms

Abstract The abdominal and pregenital segments and genitalia were studied in males of Spilogona Schnabl, 1911: S. tundrae (Schnabl, 1915), S. sanctipauli (Malloch, 1921), and S. zaitzevi (Schnabl, 1915) (Muscidae, Coenosiinae). The examined species are very similar in the structure of the sclerites and muscles of their terminal segments, and more strongly resemble the previously studied members of

Abstract New species Th. dieckmanni sp. n. and Thamiocolus hamzai sp. n. are described from southern Turkey, and amended description of Th. ? susannae Dieckmann is provided based on the authors’ collection from Central and Southern Turkey. Material of Thamiocolus virgatus (Gyllenhal, 1837) is reported from Turkey for the first time.

Abstract The species composition and the general characteristics of the fauna of phytophagous beetles (superfamilies Chrysomeloidea and Curculionoidea) on the Sterlitamak shikhans are considered based on original material. The shikhans Tratau, Kushtau, and Yuraktau are cone-shaped relict limestone mountains that are unique natural objects located near Sterlitamak in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The

Abstract This paper presents analysis of the effects of the alfalfa crop age, sowing method, phenological development phases, and green mass mowing on the composition and density of insects and spiders on the aboveground organs of alfalfa grown in crop rotation without irrigation, pest control measures, and fertilizers. The main inhabitants of alfalfa crops comprised over 50 species, with prevalence

Abstract Data on the morphology of the larva and pupa of the family Pseudopomyzidae are given for the first time. Polypathomyia stackelbergi larvae are associated with wood substrates and occur under the bark of deciduous trees. The larvae differ significantly from those of the related families in their morphology: they have a different structure of the ventral cornua of the pharyngeal sclerite with

Abstract This paper summarizes data on subfossil insects from the Holocene sites of the Urals, the Cis-Ural region, and the central and northern parts of West Siberia. The material from 39 sites, mostly alluvial ones, and also the insect remains from peat bogs and zoogenic deposits is considered. The insect communities from most alluvial sites correspond to the recent faunas from the same territories

Abstract The chromosomes of Melinopterus villarreali (Baraud, 1975) have been reinvestigated based on new material from Meia Praia, Portugal. It was found that all the specimens examined, including two with completely dark clypei, were referable to M. villarreali. No M. sphacelatus (Panzer, 1798) was found. Many of the specimens had the eighth elytral striae distinctly abbreviated basally, atypical

Abstract The dynamics of adult emergence and mortality of the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae in wheat grain treated with silicon dioxide-based pesticide was experimentally assessed.

Abstract Aphanisticus nepalensis sp. n., belonging to the Aphanisticus bedeli Abeille de Perrin, 1893 species-group established herein, is described from Nepal. In addition to the species mentioned above, the group also includes A. bulbatus Bílý, 1973, A. kalabi Kalashian, 2003, and A. horaki Kalashian, 2003. A key to the species of this group is provided.

Abstract Thermothrips Pelikán, 1949 with the single species Thermothrips mohelensis Pelikán, 1949 is recorded from Central Yakutia for the first time for Siberia.

Abstract A morpho-biological review and analysis of the Palaearctic species of the robusta group of the genus Eurytoma is presented. The differences between the species of the robusta group and the other species-groups of the genus Eurytoma are described. The hosts of the species of the robusta group and their geographical distribution are listed. A key to 62 Palaearctic species of the robusta group

Abstract The muscular system of the larva of the eastern fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel, 1912) (Diptera, Tephritidae), a quarantine pest of many fruit crops, was studied by X-ray computed microtomography (micro-CT). The larval muscles of Bactrocera dorsalis were compared with those of Drosophila melanogaster Meigen, 1830 (Diptera, Drosophilidae), since the latter is the most thoroughly studied

Abstract The lime seed bug Oxycarenus lavaterae was observed in great numbers on large-leaved linden trees Tilia platyphyllos Scop. in Krasnodar in the spring of 2020. This is the first record of this species from Russia, indicating eastward extension of O. lavaterae. The first data on the phenology and biology of the species in the North Caucasus, and also some characteristics of this invasive population

Abstract Data on Menida violacea Motsch. (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae), a rare shield bug species in Primorskii Territory of Russia, are given. Two species of parasitic dipterans of the family Tachinidae, Ectophasia rotundiventris (Loew, 1858) and Leucostoma crassum Kugler, 1966 (subfamily Phasiinae), were reared from the bugs in the laboratory. The development stages of M. violacea in nature, the habitats

Abstract Long-term results of pheromone monitoring of the codling moth Cydia pomonella L. in the ecological orchard agroecosystem were analyzed to clarify the flight period of each pest generation. The flights of the overwintered and the first summer generations overlapped by about 20 days; those of the first and second summer generations overlapped by about 25 days. The biological characteristics

Abstract Adult granary weevils feeding on grain responded selectively to the volatile compounds of different strains of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Lecanicillium muscarium. The mycelium of B. bassiana strains had a repellent effect or a neutral effect with a tendency toward repellency. The response to L. muscarium strains varied from weak repellent (G-033) and neutral (Vl 49)

Abstract Lectotypes of Tyloderes nebulosus Motschulsky, 1860, Dermatodes interstitialis Motschulsky, 1866, and Cneorhinus angusticollis Motschulsky, 1866 are designated. New combinations and new synonymies are established: Catapionus nebulosus (Motschulsky, 1860), comb. n. (= Dermatodes interstitialis Motschulsky, 1866, syn. n., = Catapionus gracilicornis Roelofs, 1873, syn. n., = Catapionus subcostatus

Abstract This paper summarizes the available data on the host plant associations of beetles of the superfamilies Chrysomeloidea and Curculionoidea on three unique natural objects, relict mountains (shikhans) composed of organogenic limestones and located near Sterlitamak in Bashkortostan. A total of 427 species from 9 families have been recorded on these mountains, this number comprising 35.5% of the

Abstract This paper presents comparative assessment of the reaction of the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis and the predatory bug Orius laevigatus to the seed oil of Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre. This oil had repellent and toxic effects on the adult and larval thrips, and also reduced the number of laid eggs. The predatory bug O. laevigatus was highly sensitive to P. pinnata oil under

Abstract Four new Palaearctic species are described in the large ichneumon-fly genus Rhorus recently revised by the author: Rh. ussuriensis sp. n. from Russia (Primorskii Territory), Rh. kolarovi sp. n. from Bulgaria, and two species from China (Sichuan)—Rh. gracilipes sp. n. and Rh. sichuanensis sp. n. The last two species belong to the Rhorus nigritarsis species group; a key to all the 6 species

Abstract A list of 121 plant species in 33 families on which eumenine wasps were recorded feeding on nectar in Crimea is given. Forage plants were ascertained for 58 wasp species. The largest numbers of forage plant species belonged to the families Apiaceae (18), Asteraceae (17), and Lamiaceae (13). The largest numbers of wasp species were recorded on flowers of the same three families (23, 24, and

AbstractA new species of Scolytopsis Blandford 1896, S. sokolovisp. n. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is described from Peru.

AbstractA new species Conophyma nazarovaesp. n. (Orthoptera, Acrididae) is described from Tajikistan (Western Pamirs, Rushan Mt. Range). The species was found on the stony mountain slopes in the semi-savanna zone at an altitude of 3000–3300 m.

AbstractThe records of 15 species of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania are given. Prosimulium anatoliense and Simuliumdelizhanense are recorded from Russia for the first time, and Prosimulium gigas, Metacnephia nigra, Simulium maritimum, S. angustatum, S. bezzii, S. monticola, S.schamili, and S. subtile are new to North Ossetia. The work is based on the authors’

AbstractA new species, Phytomastaxsergeevisp. n. (Orthoptera, Eumastacidae), is described from Tajikistan (the Darvaz Mt. Range). This species occurs in the mountain semi-savanna zone at altitudes of 2600–3100 m.

AbstractThe larva of a species of Sinodiapterna Dellacasa is described and illustrated for the first time. According to the larval characters, the genus Sinodiapterna is closely related to the genus Diapterna Horn, 1887 in the absence of symmetric rows of spinules on the anal sternite and in the presence of stridulatory teeth on the palpifer, but differs in the chaetotaxy of the maxillae. Among the

AbstractThe article contains systematic and biological information on the following genera: Ceraptrocerella Girault, 1918; Charitopsis Trjapitzin, 1969; Epanusia Girault, 1913; Schilleriella Ghesquière, 1946; and Taftia Ashmead, 1904. Diagnosis of Ceraptrocerella, a key to its species and their synopsis, a redescription of Epanusia xerophila (Brues, 1906) based on a female from Canada, and a key to

AbstractA new orphnine scarab beetle species of the genus Aegidium Westwood is described from the Central Andes. The new species differs from the known congeners in the structure of the parameres, in particular, in the presence of a distinctly granulate area basad of the lateral tooth. The type locality of the new species (Caranavi, La Paz Department, Bolivia) is situated in the Bolivian Yungas and

AbstractNew data on the distribution of Eurytoma campanulae Zer., based on material from various parts of Ukraine and that from Finland received from Dr. Veli Vikberg, are reported. The characteristic morphological features of Eu. campanulae and the other members of the campanulae species-group are discussed. Specific traits of this species-group are outlined; this group is notable within Eurytoma

AbstractHost plants of the poplar leafminer Phyllonorycter populifoliella (Tr.) (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) were studied. This miner is a narrow oligophage developing on 12 species of the genus Populus L. of the family Salicaceae: P. alba, P. balsamifera, P. deltoides, P. koreana, P. laurifolia, P. maximowiczii, P. nigra, P. pseudosimonii, P. simonii, P. suaveolens, P. talassica, and P. tremula.

AbstractThe occurrence of leafminers of the genus Phyllonorycter (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) developing on various poplar species was studied in different geographic regions of Russia: St. Petersburg, Barnaul, Bryansk and Bryansk Province. The test plots in St. Petersburg contained only the Berlin poplar Populus ×berolinensis K. Koch; those in Barnaul contained hybrids combining the features of P

AbstractFemales of the hymenopteran parasitoid Habrobracon hebetor show two types of photoperiodic response: development under short day conditions results in an increase of the adult size (quantitative response) and in the induction of reproductive diapause (qualitative response). In a study conducted with individuals from a laboratory population, the progeny of each female was divided into two groups

AbstractThe tribe Sphodrini Laporte, 1834 is represented in the fauna of East Europe by 24 species from 8 genera: Calathus (10 species), Laemostenus (6), Pseudotaphoxenus (3), Dolichus, Sphodrus, Platyderus, Synuchus, and Taphoxenus (1 species each). Five species occurring in Ukraine (Calathus cinctus, Laemostenus cimmerius, L. terricola, L. venustus, and Pseudotaphoxenusrufitarsis) and 2 species present

Abstract—Austroagallia caboverdensis Lindberg, 1958 is recorded for the first time from Madagascar. Igerna malagasicaViraktamath et Gonçalves, 2013 is recorded for the first time from the former Antananarivo Province of the country, and Kopamerra haupti (Melichar, 1908), from the former Toliara Province. Idiocerus maintiranus Evans, 1953 is transferred to the genus Remoya Webb, 1983, and I. sakarahensis

AbstractEight new species of the genus Coryphophthalmus are described from Abkhazia, Krasnodar Territory, and North Ossetia: Coryphophthalmus prosvirovisp. n.,C. brunioculussp. n.,C. messazhayisp. n.,C. silvestrissp. n.,C. lapidicolasp. n.,C. alanicussp. n.,C. viridioculussp. n., and C. bicolorioculussp. n. A review of the distribution, morphological characters, and a key to species of the genus Coryphophthalmus

AbstractThe larvae of Entymetopus limis (Ménétriés, 1849) and Trichocleonus leucophyllus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1821) are described for the first time. The morphology of the larvae of Bothynoderes declivis (Olivier, 1807) and Temnorhinus hololeucus (Pallas, 1781) has been substantially supplemented. Keys to the known larvae of 2 species of Bothynoderes and 3 species of Temnorhinus are given. The larvae

AbstractData on 34 species of anthidiine bees collected in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan are reported. Sixteen species are new to Azerbaijan as a whole, and six other species are new to Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. A total of 46 species of Anthidiini are currently known from Azerbaijan, 41 of them are known from Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. This is distinctly less in comparison

AbstractPreviously unpublished records of the bush cricket Bradyporus multituberculatus multituberculatus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1833) in North Ossetia are provided, based on the specimens located in the collections of the Department of Zoology of the Museum complex of Gorsky State Agrarian University in Vladikavkaz. The North Caucasus is the only territory where populations of this subspecies still

AbstractExperimental research demonstrated a positive linear correlation between the amount of uric acid, accumulated in stored wheat grain because of vital activity of the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae, and the density of these weevils in grain.

AbstractThe results of the study of three genes, COI, COII and 18S rDNA, of the quarantine pest Bactrocera dorsalis are presented; applicability of these genes for rapid molecular diagnosis is assessed. It is shown that the mitochondrial COI and COII genes are suitable for this purpose while the nuclear 18S rDNA gene is not.

AbstractThe paper presents the results of long-term monitoring of the abundance and harmfulness of the sunn pest in commercial wheat crops in Rostov Province of Russia. During the study period, the pest was in a sustainable outbreak phase while the wheat varieties most commonly grown in the region were damaged by 20% and more. The level of damage to wheat grain was significantly and positively correlated