Entomologist's Monthly Magazine - Vol. 154, No. 2, 2018

Published: 4/27/2018

Article Details for this issue

EDITORIAL: Editorial Board and Digital Access

Page: 79

Type: Editorial

The status of the parasitoid wasp Tachinaephagus zealandicus Ashmead, 1904, (Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae) in Britain

By: M.T. JENNINGS

Page: 79-80

Type: Short Notes

The genus-group name Neominettia of Hendel vs. Malloch (Diptera: Lauxaniidae); or, who is Musca contigua Fabricius?

By: STEPHEN D. GAIMARI

Page: 81–88

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Nomenclatural and taxonomic confusion relating to the genus-group name Neominettia and misapplication of the name Musca contigua Fabricius are identified and resolved by designation of lectotypes and designation of a type species under ICZN Article 70.3.2.

Revision of Indian species of Leptacis Förster (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Platygastridae) – IV

By: K. VEENAKUMARI, PETER N. BUHL, PRASHANTH MOHANRAJ & F.R. KHAN

Page: 89–112

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
[Continued from EMM 154(1): 21–52]

Three new species and new distributional records of craneflies (Diptera: Tipulidae and Limoniidae) from Saudi Arabia, 2013–2014

By: E. GEOFFREY HANCOCK

Page: 113–120

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Three new species of cranefly (Tipulidae and Limoniidae) are described from Saudi Arabia bringing to 21 the total of known species from the Arabian Peninsula. New records of other species are presented and Saudi Arabia’s tipuloid fauna is compared with that of adjacent countries.

Salix herbacea L. as a host of the leaf-mining sawfly Scolioneura tirolensis (Enslin, 1914) (Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Tenthredinidae)

By: ANDREW D. LISTON & CRAIG MICHELL

Page: 121–124

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
The first definite records of the willow species Salix herbacea L. as a host of the leaf-mining sawfly Scolioneura tirolensis (Enslin, 1914) are presented. This is currently the only leaf-mining sawfly species whose larvae are known to feed on this host.

A second Irish record of Limnephilus borealis (Zetterstedt, 1840) (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) from Northern Ireland

By: JAMES P. O’CONNOR & CATHAL McNAUGHTON

Page: 125–128

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
The discovery of the caddisfly Limnephilus borealis at a second site in Northern Ireland strongly suggests that the species is an established native. Within the British Isles L. borealis was previously known only from Scotland.

New species of Cyrtosia Perris from Kazakhstan (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae)

By: NEAL L. EVENHUIS

Page: 129–136

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Three new species of the genus Cyrtosia Perris from Kazakhstan are described and illustrated: Cyrtosia cossacki sp. n., C. manni sp. n., and C. sympatrica sp. n. A key to the seven species currently known from Kazakhstan is presented.

Eosmallota, a new name for Klossia Curran, a genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae)

By: F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON, NIGEL WYATT & XIMO MENGUAL

Page: 137–141

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
A genus of flower flies, which is endemic to south-east Asia, is renamed Eosmallota Thompson, Wyatt & Mengual, new name for Klossia Curran, 1931. The one included species, O. singularis (Walker, 1857) comb. n., is diagnosed, illustrated and lectotype designated.

A new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) from Sweden

By: R. HENRY L. DISNEY & SABINE PRESCHER

Page: 142–144

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
A new species of the genus Megaselia, M. viklundi sp. n. is described. It has been found in Sweden in a Malaise trap situated over a log.

A new species and a new record of Siagonium Kirby & Spence from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Piestinae)

By: GUILLAUME DE ROUGEMONT

Page: 145–147

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
Twenty-three species of the Holarctic sub-corticolous genus Siagonium have been described, with the greatest concentration of species (thirteen) in Japan; only one species, S. shokhini Khachikov, 2007, has hitherto been recorded from mainland China (Sichuan). Two other species from China are recorded below.

New generic combinations for brunneus Rougemont and tutus Rougemont (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

By: GUILLAUME DE ROUGEMONT

Page: 148

Type: Short Notes

The social wasp Vespula germanica (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) population dynamics in England over 39 years.

By: MICHAEL ARCHER

Page: 149-155

Type: Paper

Synopsis:
1. Yearly records of worker Vespula germanica (Fabricius) taken in suction traps at Silwood Park (28 years) and at Rothamsted Research (39 years) are examined. 2. Using the autocorrelation function (ACF), a significant negative 1-year lag followed by a lesser non-significant positive 2-year lag was found in all, or parts of, each data set, indicating an underlying population dynamic of a 2-year cycle with a damped waveform. 3. The minimum number of years before the 2-year cycle with damped waveform was shown varied between 17 and 26, or was not found in some data sets. 4. Ecological factors delaying or preventing the occurrence of the 2-year cycle are considered.

Aprostocetus collega (Ratzeburg, 1844) (Hymenoptera; Eulophidae) reared from galls of Hartigiola annulipes (Hartig, 1839) (Diptera; Cecidomyiidae) from Britain, Austria, Germany and Switzerland

By: M.T. JENNINGS

Page: 156

Type: Short Notes