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Biogeographical and evolutionary aspects of a Guineo-Congolian bushcricket tribe: Revision of the genera Cestromoecha Karsch, 1893 and Poreuomena Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878, with the description of new species (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae) Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2021-01-05 Claudia Hemp; Bruno Massa
The genera Cestromoecha and Poreuomena of the tribe Poreuomenini in Phaneropterinae are revised and new generic characters are given for both genera, and six new species are described in Poreuomena. The newly described species are P. biaculeatasp. nov., P. ealasp. nov., P. gracilicercatasp. nov., P. ivorianasp. nov., P. matthaeisp. nov., and P. tshuapasp. nov. Based on characters defining the two genera
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Review of the world species of Paroplitis Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with description of three new species Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2021-01-05 Shunpei Fujie; George Japoshvili; Jose Fernandez-Triana
The world species of the microgastrine genus Paroplitis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) are revised. Three new species are described, P. horticola Fujie & Fernandez-Triana, sp. nov. and P. japonicus Fujie & Fernandez-Triana, sp. nov. from Japan and P. kakhetiensis Fujie, Japoshvili & Fernandez-Triana, sp. nov. from Georgia. P. vietnamensis van Achterberg & Fernandez-Triana, 2013 is re-described, based on
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Comparative morphology of the musculature of the sting apparatus in Ampulex compressa (Hymenoptera, Ampulicidae) and Sceliphron destillatorium (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2021-01-05 Stefan Graf; Maraike Willsch; Michael Ohl
The sting apparatus of aculeate Hymenoptera is derived from the ovipositor and is their most prominent apomorphy. In contrast to the frequently analysed sclerites of the sting apparatus, the associated musculature has largely been neglected. In this study, we use micro-computed tomography to present a detailed description of the musculature of the sting apparatus of Ampulex compressa (Ampulicidae)
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Philibaetis gen. nov., a new genus from the Philippines (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2021-01-05 Thomas Kaltenbach; Jhoana M. Garces; Jean-Luc Gattolliat
Investigations of type material and new material from the Philippines (Luzon) revealed that Baetis luzonensis Müller-Liebenau, 1982 and B. realonae Müller-Liebenau, 1982 do not belong to Baetis Leach, 1815. A new genus, Philibaetisgen. nov., is described to accommodate both species and both are re-described based on larvae. The new genus is characterised by having a rectangular labrum with a submarginal
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The subgenera Glabrobracon Fahringer, Lucobracon Fahringer and Uncobracon Papp of the genus Bracon Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) in China, with the description of eleven new species Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2020-11-19 Yang Li; Jun-hua He; Xue-xin Chen
The species of three subgenera of the genus Bracon Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae), i.e. Glabrobracon Fahringer, 1927; Lucobracon Fahringer, 1927; and Uncobracon Papp, 1996 from China are revised and 31 species are recognised, including 11 new species, i.e. Bracon (Glabrobracon) indistinctussp. nov., B. (G.) leptotessp. nov., B. (G.) longistriatussp. nov., B. (G.) megaventrissp. nov
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A DNA barcode library for ground beetles of Germany: the genus Agonum Bonelli, 1810 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae) Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2020-10-19 Michael J. Raupach; Karsten Hannig; Jérome Morinière; Lars Hendrich
The ground beetle genus Agonum Bonelli, 1810 is a large genus of the tribe Platynini with many species that show high amounts of intraspecific variations, making a correct identification challenging. As part of the German Barcode of Life initiative, this publication provides a comprehensive DNA barcode library for species of Agonum that are reported for Germany. In total, DNA barcodes from 258 beetles
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Revision of the Plagiolepis schmitzii group with description of Pl. invadens sp. nov. – a new invasive supercolonial species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2020-09-21 Bernhard Seifert
Using high-resolution stereomicroscopy and exploratory data analyses, a taxonomic revision of the cryptic species close to Plagiolepis schmitzii Forel, 1895, called Pl. schmitzii group, was conducted. Morphology was numerically recorded under highly standardised conditions considering absolute size and 16 shape, pubescence and surface characters. A key to the non-parasitic Westpalaearctic species of
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Phylogeny and classification of the genus-group taxa of Loxandrina (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Abacetini) Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2020-09-02 Kipling Will
Bayesian and parsimony phylogenetic analyses of combined and partitioned datasets of molecular (partial sequences of 28S, wg, COI, and CAD) and morphological (51 characters of adults) data for exemplar taxa of five outgroup and 76 ingroup abacetine carabids resulted in a monophyletic Loxandrina Erwin & Sims, 1984 that is split into Australian and American clades. The genus Loxandrus LeConte, 1853 as
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Anchored between heaven and earth – a new flightless brown lacewing from Peru (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae) Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2020-08-14 Ulrike Aspöck; Horst Aspöck; Axel Gruppe
Male and female of Nusalala peruanasp. nov., a flightless hemerobiid from the Andes mountain range of northern Peru, at a height of almost 4000 m, are described, figured and documented as the first record of a brachypterous, flightless species of Nusalala Navás, 1913, from this country. The other two congeneric, brachypterous species are from high altitudes in Colombia and Costa Rica and have been
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Recent additions to the list of German sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2020-07-21 Andrew Liston; Marko Prous
Two tenthredinid sawfly species are newly recorded in Germany: Pristiphora krausi (Lacourt, 2006) and P. melagoniasp. nov. The latter is also recorded from Greece and Spain. These species belong to the Pristiphora depressa group, as confirmed by genetic data. Additional data are presented for seven other tenthredinid species which have only rarely been recorded in Germany and for which previously-published
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The Nepalese species of the genus Enicospilus Stephens, 1835 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae): a preliminary revision and identification key to species Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2020-05-11 So Shimizu
A total of 10 species of Enicospilus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae) have previously been reported from Nepal. Six new species are described here (E. alleni Shimizu sp. nov., E. kakanicus Shimizu sp. nov., E. nepalensis Shimizu sp. nov., E. nikami Shimizu sp. nov., E. phulchokiensis Shimizu sp. nov., and E. tangi Shimizu sp. nov.), and 10 are newly recorded (E. ashbyi Ashmead, 1904, E. bifasciatus
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A comparative description of the mesosomal musculature in Sphecidae and Ampulicidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) using 3D techniques Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2020-05-11 Maraike Willsch; Frank Friedrich; Daniel Baum; Ivo Jurisch; Michael Ohl
Conflicting hypotheses about the relationships among the major lineages of aculeate Hymenoptera clearly show the necessity of detailed comparative morphological studies. Using micro-computed tomography and 3D reconstructions, the skeletal musculature of the meso- and metathorax and the first and second abdominal segment in Apoidea are described. Females of Sceliphron destillatorium, Sphex (Fernaldina)
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A review of Himalcercyon stat. nov., with description of a new species from the Chinese Himalaya and an updated key to Asian genera of Megasternini (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae) Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2020-05-11 Fenglong Jia; Zulong Liang; Martin Fikáček
Himalcercyon Hebauer, 2002 stat. nov. is elevated to genus rank based on the unique form of its mesoventral elevation. The genus is reviewed, redescribed, and illustrated in detail. Two species are recognized: Himalcercyon mirus (Hebauer, 2002) comb. nov. from Nepal and H. franzisp. nov. from Chinese Himalaya (Xizang Autonomous Region). Both species are illustrated and diagnosed. An updated key to
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Molecular taxonomy of Tomares hairstreaks (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae) Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2020-05-05 Vazrick Nazari; Wolfgang ten Hagen
Tomares hairstreaks comprise about 10 species distributed from Europe and North Africa to Central Asia. The taxonomy of the genus is hampered by the absence of diagnostic characters by which specimens can be unambiguously assigned to species. Our investigation of morphology and DNA barcode variations within and between Tomares species shows that while well-defined species (T. ballus, T. mauritanicus
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Biology of two European Tenthredo species (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) feeding on Gentiana Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2020-02-21 Andrew Liston; Ewald Altenhofer; Romana Netzberger; Marko Prous
Very few sawflies using Gentianaceae as larval host plants have been recorded. We identified larvae collected in Austria on Gentiana asclepiadea L. as Tenthredo atra Linnaeus, 1758 and T. propinqua Klug, 1817. If its current taxonomic circumscription as a single species is accepted, T. atra is a highly polyphagous species, whereas T. propinqua may be more specialised: Gentiana asclepiadea is its first
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The Tamarix feeding Leafhopper genus Opsius Fieber, 1866 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Opsiini) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2020-01-14 Saad A. El-Sonbati; Michael R. Wilson; Hathal M. Al Dhafer
The leafhopper genus Opsius Fieber, 1866 is revised for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Seven species are treated, including three that previously were reported by Dlabola (1979), O. pallasi (Lethierry, 1874), O. tigripes (Lethierry, 1876), and O. versicolor (Distant, 1908). Opsius heydeni (Lethierry, 1876), O. richteri Dlabola 1960, and O. scutellaris (Lethierry, 1874) are reported for the first time
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Species composition and diagnoses of leaf- and fruit-scarring beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) infesting bananas and plantains (Zingiberales, Musaceae) in the Indian subcontinent Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2019-12-13 Kaniyarikkal D. Prathapan; Janakiraman Poorani; S. Amritha Kumari; C. Anuradha; Balakrishnan Padmanaban; Ramalingam Thanigairaj
Leaf- and fruit-feeding chrysomelids (Coleoptera) on bananas and plantains (Musaceae, Zingiberales) cause major losses to banana growers in the northern and northeastern regions of India, Bangladesh, and other parts of Southeast Asia. The species composition of these beetles has not been studied so far in India and wrong names or wrong name combinations in the literature have caused confusion. Most
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Revision of Tropopterus Solier: A disjunct South American component of the Australo-Pacific Moriomorphini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2019-11-05 James K. Liebherr
Tropopterus Solier, 1849, precinctive to southern South America, is taxonomically revised. Six new species are described: T. peckorumsp. nov., T. robustussp. nov., T. canaliculussp. nov., T. trisinuatussp. nov., T. minimucrosp. nov., and T. fieldianussp. nov.Merizodus catapileanus Jeannel, 1962, is synonymized with T. montagnei Solier, 1849. Lectotypes are designated for T. montagnei, T. giraudyi Solier
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A revolutionary protocol to describe understudied hyperdiverse taxa and overcome the taxonomic impediment Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2019-07-25 Sarah Meierotto; Michael J. Sharkey; Daniel H. Janzen; Winnie Hallwachs; Paul D. N. Hebert; Eric G. Chapman; M. Alex Smith
Here we elucidate and justify a DNA barcode approach to insect species description that can be applied to name tens of thousands of species of Ichneumonoidea and many other species-rich taxa. Each description consists of a lateral habitus image of the specimen, a COI barcode diagnosis, and the holotype specimen information required by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. We believe this
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First known larva of omicrine genus Psalitrus d’Orchymont (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae) Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2019-06-25 Yûsuke N. Minoshima
The larval morphology of the water scavenger beetle Psalitrus yamatensis Hoshina & Satô, 2005 is described based on a specimen collected from Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. This is the first description of the larval morphology of the hydrophilid genus Psalitrus d’Orchymont, 1919, as well as the first description of larval chaetotaxy of the tribe Omicrini. Species-level identification of the larva
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On Bulgarian sawflies, including a new species of Empria (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2019-06-14 Andrew Liston; Marko Prous; Jan Macek
Thirty-nine species of sawfly (Symphyta) are recorded for the first time in Bulgaria. Most of these were collected during early spring of 2018, in the south-east of the country (Burgas and Varna Provinces). Empria aridicola Macek & Prous, sp. nov. is described as new to science from specimens collected in several central, east and south European countries. Lectotypes are designated for Poecilosoma
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Contribution to the knowledge of male and female eremochaetid flies in the late Cretaceous amber of Burma (Diptera, Brachycera, Eremochaetidae) Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (IF 0.778) Pub Date : 2019-06-14 Qingqing Zhang; Junfeng Zhang
A new and a previously known species of the genus Zhenia Q. Zhang, 2016 (Eremochaetidae) are illustrated and described based on two males and a female in amber: Zhenia burmensissp. nov. and Z. xiai Q. Zhang, 2016. The male Z. xiai is the first male of this species recorded. The relationships of Archisargoidea (including Eremochaetidae, Zhenia) are reassessed based on male genitalia. The superfamily
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