Entomologist's Monthly Magazine - Vol. 158, No. 4, 2022
Published: 10/28/2022
Article Details for this issue
On the identity of three little-known Microterys Thomson species (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)
By: P.B. JENSEN, N. DALE-SKEY & H. VÅRDAL
Page: 233–255
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Illustrated redescriptions are given for three species of encyrtid wasps first described in the
early 1800s: Microterys cedrenus (Walker), M. cyanocephalus (Dalman) and M. interpunctus
(Dalman), and four new synonyms are proposed: M. aldreyi Japoshvili (of M. cedrenus),
M. dichrous (Mercet) (of M. cedrenus), M. steinbergi Sugonjaev (of M. cyanocephalus), and
M. duplicatus (Nees) (of M. interpunctus).
A new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with a tarantula spider (Araneae: Theraphosidae)
By: R. HENRY L. DISNEY & JUAN D. VALENCIA MALAGA
Page: 256–260
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Megaselia cumtarantula sp. n. is described for Peru. The entire life cycle of these flies takes
place on tarantulas of the species Pamphobeteus antinous Pocock. Adults, pupae and larvae were
found on the prosoma and femur of the legs of adult tarantulas and only larvae were found on the
opisthosoma of juvenile tarantulas.
The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of a one-hectare plot of lowland dipterocarp forest
By: B. HETERICK & R.L. KITCHING
Page: 261–272
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
A multiple-method survey of just one hectare of lowland dipterocarp forest in Brunei yielded
115 species or morphospecies of ants of which 102 have been identified to species. No fewer than
24 of these are new records for Borneo. We list these species with comments on their wider
distributions. Almost half of these species (44%) are endemic to the Sundaland region, with a
further 20% restricted to south-east Asia. Few local species crossed the Makassar Strait between
Borneo and Sulawesi suggesting that Wallace’s Line is a relevant biogeographical barrier for
many ant species. The trapping methods used generally targeted contrasting groups of species.
The methods that yielded most ant species were canopy knockdown using pyrethrin insecticide
(43%), pitfall trapping (26%), leaf litter extraction (9.5%) and bark spraying (8.6%). Our results
suggest that future tropical forest ant surveys should include canopy sampling.
A new species of Chilicola from southwestern Guatemala (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
By: MICHAEL S. ENGEL
Page: 273–280
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
A new species of Chilicola Spinola, subgenus Hylaeosoma Ashmead (Xeromelissinae), is
described from southwestern Guatemala. Chilicola (Hylaeosoma) maya sp. n. is distinguished
from other species of the megalostigma species group. The new species is superficially most
similar to C. kevani Oliveira, Mahlmann & Engel from northeastern Brazil owing to the extensive
areas of orangish honey colour on the antenna and mesosoma.
Range expansion of Brachinus sclopeta (Fabricius, 1792) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Southern England
By: MATTHEW WINTERBOTHAM, GRAHAM J. HOLLOWAY & CHRISTOPHER W. FOSTER
Page: 281–286
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
This paper reviews the range expansion of Brachinus sclopeta (Fabricius, 1792) and describes
the discovery of an apparently established population of B. sclopeta on an organic farm in
southern England.
Record of a European Cicada, Cicada orni Linnaeus, 1748, (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in Northamptonshire, England
By: MARTIN J. & ELIZABETH Y. IZZARD
Page: 287–288
Type: Short Notes
A morphometric analysis of Anthrenus munroi Hinton, 1943, and a key for citizen scientists to the Western European species in the Anthrenus pimpinellae complex (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
By: GRAHAM J. HOLLOWAY & IVAN CAÑADA LUNA
Page: 289–298
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Species that make up the Anthrenus pimpinellae complex are difficult to distinguish: a
thorough examination of all the known species is required for progress in their taxonomy. Here a
morphometric examination of A. munroi and its male genitalia is carried out to complement
similar examinations of other species from the complex. A key is presented to differentiate among
Western European species in the A. pimpinellae complex, including A. munroi. The key is aimed
at citizen-scientist field images taken for submission to biodiversity websites; it relies entirely on
external features that should be distinguishable in clear images.
OBITUARY FERNANDO ANGELINI 26 August 1948 – 28 May 2021
By: J. COOTER
Page: 299–301
Type: Obituary
SHORT NOTE A male Phanacis centaureae Förster, 1860, (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) reared from Kent, England, U.K.
By: M.T. JENNINGS
Page: 302–304
Type: Short Notes
NEW NAMES PUBLISHED IN VOLUME 158 (2022)
Page: 304
Type: Editorial