Entomologist's Monthly Magazine - Vol. 159, No. 2, 2023
Published: 5/26/2023
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A new species of Hoplitis (Stenosmia) from southern Iberia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
By: IAN C. CROSS
Page: 79–86
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
A new species of the Hoplitis subgenus Stenosmia has recently been found in southern
Portugal and Spain. Preliminary studies suggest that it is oligolectic on Frankeniaceae.
Observations have been made of nesting females – a first for this subgenus from the Iberian
Peninsula.
Has Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) succeeded in becoming established in Cyprus? Evidence from citizen science reports in 2022
By: EDDIE JOHN, HASAN BAGLAR & GEORGE KONSTANTINOU
Page: 87–95
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Overwintering success of Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758, a recently arrived Swallowtail to
the Mediterranean basin, has been such that we are able to report on dispersal of the species into
50 × 5km2-UTM squares in Cyprus. Citizen science reports, appropriately verified, have been
invaluable in assessing the spread of a papilionid that was first reported from Cyprus in August
2021. These observations, supplemented by others from members of the Cyprus Butterfly Study
Group, point to a known area of occupation representing ca. 11% of the island in just one year.
However, the distances separating observations from the main concentration in central/eastern
areas of the island with those reported from coasts around the island, strongly support a belief that
the species has a far greater distribution in Cyprus. In turn, as the species has survived throughout
an unusually cold winter during 2021/2022, this leads us to hypothesize that a successful,
potentially permanent, range expansion has been achieved. Until more is known about the
adaptation of P. demoleus to pertaining environmental conditions in Cyprus, where five annual
generations appear achievable, we urge caution before the tag of ‘pest species’, as applied in other
parts of the world, is attached to P. demoleus in Mediterranean regions.
ENTOMOLOGIST’S MONTHLY MAGAZINE FIRST PAPER REMINISCENCE:Lake Tana 1965
By: ROGER KITCHING
Page: 96–97
Type: Short Notes
First Old World record of Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from Bangladesh, with notes on history of tropical myiasis and routes of introduction
By: MEHRDAD PARCHAMI-ARAGHI & NURUL ISLAM
Page: 98–104
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The secondary screw-worm, Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius, 1775) is reported for the first
time from the Old World. The single male specimen was collected in 2009 in Bangladesh, Dhaka,
Gazipur District, and is deposited in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (CNC), Ottawa,
Canada. The genus Cochliomyia Townsend, 1915, is endemic to the New World, except for the
temporary occurrence of C. hominivorax (Coquerel, 1858) in Libya in 1988. An overview of
myiasis cases prior to the description of the Old World primary screw-worm, Chrysomya bezziana
(Villeneuve, 1914) is given and possible routes for the introduction of Cochliomyia macellaria
into Bangladesh is discussed.
First occurrence of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Microsphecodes from Amazonian Brazil (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
By: THIAGO MAHLMANN & MICHAEL S. ENGEL
Page: 105–109
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The cleptoparasitic bee genus Microsphecodes Eickwort & Stage (Halictinae: Halictini:
Sphecodina) is reported for the first time from Amazonian Brazil. The genus is represented there
by a new species, Microsphecodes (Microsphecodes) amazonophilus sp. n., which is
distinguished from its congeners based on coloration, clypeal proportions, and integumental
sculpturing. A revised key is provided to the species of Microsphecodes s. str.
SHORT NOTE: Pseudotorymus leguminum Ruschka, 1923, and P. arvernicus (Walker, 1833) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Torymidae) reared from Kent, England, U.K.
By: M.T. JENNINGS
Page: 110–111
Type: Short Notes
BOOK REVIEW: THE BUMBLEBEES OF THE HIMALAYA: AN IDENTIFICATION GUIDE by Paul H. Williams
By: MICHAEL S. ENGEL
Page: 112
Type: Book Review
Key to the Afrotropical Sylvicola Harris, 1776 (Diptera: Anisopodidae), with description of a new species from Ethiopia
By: E. GEOFFREY HANCOCK
Page: 113–121
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Keys are provided for male and female Afrotropical Sylvicola flies, and a new species is
described from Ethiopia.
SHORT NOTE: Cyrtogaster vulgaris Walker, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) reared from Campiglossa misella (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Kent U.K.
By: M.T. JENNINGS
Page: 122–123
Type: Short Notes
A new species of Somatiosoma Frey (Diptera: Chyromyidae) from Israel, and an updated key to the species in this genus
By: MARTIN J. EBEJER
Page: 124–132
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Somatiosoma variseta sp. n. is described from Israel. This primarily Afrotropical and Arabian
genus is discussed and a key to all known species is given.
ENTOMOLOGIST’S MONTHLY MAGAZINE FIRST PAPER REMINISCENCE: Appendiseta robiniae
By: ANDREW POLASZEK
Page: 133–134
Type: Short Notes
ERRATUM: Synchita variegta Hellwig (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) in Herefordshire
By: JONATHAN COOTER
Page: 134
Type: Short Notes
OBITUARY:BRIAN ROY PITKIN 1945–2021 An Appreciation
By: LINDA M. PITKIN, RICHARD P. LANE, LAURENCE A. MOUND & RICHARD I. VANE-WRIGHT
Page: 135–146
Type: Obituary