Entomologist's Gazette - Vol. 64, No. 2, 2013
Published: 3/1/2013
Article Details for this issue
Editorial
Page: 67
BOOK REVIEW: Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region, Nymphalidae part V. Subfamily Nymphalinae. Tribes Nymphalini, Kallimini, Junoniini. G.C. Bozano & A. Floriani (ed. G.C. Bozano)
By: Tennent, J.
Page: 67-68
The Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758) / Pontia edusa (Fabricius, 1777) complex (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): confirmation of the presence of Pontia daplidice in Cyprus, and of Cleome iberica DC. as a new host-plant for this species in the Levant
By: John, E., Wiemers, M., Makris, C. & Russell, P.
Page: 69-78
Synopsis:
Molecular analysis of Pontia specimens from Cyprus has shown incontrovertibly that the species present on the island is Pontia daplidice. Examination of additional Pontia specimens from adjacent mainland countries of the Levant indicates that Cyprus was populated from the south-east or east, not from the north (Turkey). In addition to the previously established use of Cleome iberica by the related Pontia chloridice, the authors report on the first use of this hostplant by P. daplidice in the Levant.
Lepidoptera: regular prey of crab spiders (Arachnida: Thomisidae) that are ‘ambush predators’, with observations from the southern Ural Mountains in early summer 2012
By: W. JOHN TENNENT & PETER RUSSELL
Page: 79–83
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Data and photographs are presented regarding a diversity of Lepidoptera species
successfully captured by crab spiders of the family Thomisidae, particularly in the southern
Ural Mountains of the Russian Federation in early summer 2012. These included Hemaris
fuciformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae), a large and robust prey species for a
small spider. Further discussion is presented on insect prey, and on sphingids previously
reported as falling prey to thomisid spiders.
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS To which Melitaea species does nigrogygia Verity, 1938 belong? Observations on a Croatian population ofMelitaea phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), with rearing results and comments on f. occitanica Staudinger, 1871 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) – corrigendum
By: PETER RUSSELL
Page: 84
Type: Short Notes
Increasing numbers of records of Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Pelopidas thrax (Hübner, 1821) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Danainae; Hesperiidae) in the Eastern Aegean islands
By: JOHN MARTIN & PETER RUSSELL
Page: 85–93
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The reports of Danaus chrysippus and Pelopidas thrax from the Eastern Aegean islands are
reviewed, in particular those of the past 20 years, which indicate a large increase in sightings
since the mid 1990s. Recent records indicate that breeding colonies of D. chrysippus may have
become established on Lésvos, Chíos and Kós and this report suggests that this may also be
the situation on Sámos. The coincidence of this butterfly with Pelopidas thrax on some islands,
including Kós and Sámos, upon which it has almost certainly become established, is also
discussed. Recent records of the two species from the adjacent coast of Turkey and Cyprus are
also commented upon.
BOOK REVIEWS The Meadow Brown Butterflies, by George Thomson
By: PETER RUSSELL
Page: 94-96
Type: Book Review
BOOK REVIEW Flies. The Natural History and Diversity of Diptera, by Stephen A Marshall
By: PETER J. CHANDLER
Page: 96-100
Type: Book Review
Recent records of Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from Madeira, Portugal, with a resumé of historical records from Macaronesia
By: W. JOHN TENNENT, ANTÓNIO M. FRANQUINHO AGUIAR, DAVID HEALEY & ANDRÉ FERREIRA
Page: 101–108
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Occurrence of the migrant nymphalid butterfly Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764), on
the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo (Portugal) in November 2012 is reported and
discussed. Historical records of H. misippus on the islands of Macaronesia (Azores, Canary
Islands, Madeira, Cape Verde Islands) are briefly examined; the appearance of the migrant
pierid butterfly Catopsilia florella Fabricius, 1775, and its apparent failure to persist on Madeira
between 1999 and 2003 is also considered. Anecdotal evidence regarding the reason occasional
small-scale migrations may fail to persist is briefly explored.
A note on the wing pattern of European butterflies (Lepidoptera)
By: OTAKAR KUDRNA
Page: 109–110
Type: Paper
Newly discovered morphs of Zygaena dorycnii Ochsenheimer, 1808 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae, Zygaeninae) in the Crimea, Ukraine
By: KONSTANTIN A. EFETOV & VLADIMIR V. SAVCHUK
Page: 111–115
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Yellow, melanistic and suffused-confluent morphs of Zygaena dorycnii are newly recorded
from the Crimea.
Pseudochazara pakistana Gross, 1978, proposed as the valid name for the Asian butterfly Eumenis mniszechii balucha f. pallida Evans, 1932 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
By: ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON
Page: 116–118
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Pseudochazara pakistana Gross, 1978, is here proposed as the valid name for the taxon
Pseudochazara lehana pallida Sakai, 1981, formerly Eumenis mniszechii balucha f. pallida Evans,
1932, and a junior secondary homonym of Pseudochazara pallida (Staudinger, 1901).
Observations on synanthropy in Callimorpha dominula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae) in England
By: PAUL F. WHITEHEAD
Page: 119–122
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Callimorpha dominula (Linnaeus, 1758) is presently expanding and consolidating its range in
and around the fringes of English towns over a wide area. In a suburban garden in Malvern an
association with cultivated native hygrophilous foodplants was confirmed early on in this
process. More recently, larvae have been recorded exploiting a wider range of foodplants
including cultivated peonies, which are not native to Britain; therefore the range of acceptable
foodplants is likely to extend further. Based on evidence from the conurbations of Bath,
Malvern, Evesham and Winchcombe, the years 2005 and 2006 appear to mark the
commencement of significant synanthropy in English C. dominula.
A reassessment of the identity of Elachista densicornella Hodgkinson, 1879 (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae)
By: S. D. BEAVAN & R. J. HECKFORD
Page: 123–127
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
This paper confirms Elachista densicornella Hodgkinson, 1879, as a junior synonym of
E. cingillella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855), as stated by Bradley (1963: 159–161) and not a junior
synonym of E. cingillella ♂ and of E. unifasciella (Haworth, 1828) ♀, as given by Bland (1996:
391–392). It is also noted that ‘densicornella’ has been misspelt as ‘densicornuella’ in certain
literature.
Description of a new species of Deinodryinus Perkins (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) from Greece
By: MASSIMO OLMI
Page: 128–130
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Deinodryinus hedqvisti Olmi sp. nov. is described from Crete, Greece. The new species is
close to Deinodryinus tussaci Olmi, 1991, known from Morocco. The main differences between
the two species are presented.
Cryptus genalis Tschek, 1872 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), a gregarious ectoparasitoid in scarabaeid pupal chambers
By: MARTIN SCHWARZ, JACEK HILSZCZAŃSKI & MARK R. SHAW
Page: 131–134
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Cryptus genalis Tschek is recorded as a gregarious parasitoid in pupal chambers of Protaetia
hieroglyphica (Ménétriés) in Georgia. A review of the status of the nominal species Cryptus
mokrzeckii Kurdjumov resulted in its being removed from synonymy with Cryptus apparitorius
(Villers) and being placed as a junior synonym of C. genalis (syn. nov.).