Entomologist's Monthly Magazine - Vol. 150, No. 4, 2014
Published: 10/31/2014
Article Details for this issue
EDITORIAL: 150 years of the Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine: an appreciation of the Fourth Series (1940 to 2014)
By: ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON
Page: 195-196
Type: Editorial
SAWFLIES (HYMENOPTERA: SYMPHYTA) FROM THE SHETLAND ISLANDS, INCLUDING FAIR ISLE
By: A.D. LISTON & N.j. RIDDIFORD
Page: 197-199
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The nine sawfly species known from the Shetland Islands are listed, with some new data, including the first records of sawflies from Fair Isle.
BOOK REVIEW: THE TYPES OF HYMENOPTERA DESCRIBED BY PATER GABRIEL STROBL by MILAN CHVÁLA.
By: ADRIAN PONT
Page: 200
Type: Book Review
SEVEN SPECIES OF WHITEFLY (HEMIPTERA: ALEYRODIDAE) NEW TO SAINT LUCIA, LESSER ANTILLES
By: CHRIS MALUMPHY
Page: 201-207
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Seven species of whitefly are recorded for the first time from Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles: Asiothrixus antidesmae (Takahashi); Aleurodicus pulvinatus (Maskell); Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) sensu lato; Dialeurodes schefflerae Hodges & Dooley; Minutaleyrodes minuta (Singh); Octaleurodicus nitidus Hempel; and Tetraleurodes sp. The geographical distribution, host range and economic importance of each of the whiteflies are reviewed. Two of the whitefly species, both native to Asia, were present in enormous numbers smothering the undersides of the foliage of their hosts: A. antidesmae on Ixora spp. and other woody plants; and D. schefflerae on Schefflera arboricola. The foliage of the infested plants was black with sooty mould growing on the honeydew excreted by the whiteflies, reducing the aesthetic value of the plants. Control measures (washing, pruning and spraying with pesticides) were being taken against the whiteflies at a tourist resort suggesting that the insects are having some economic impact.
SHORT NOTE First records of rhodesgrass mealybug, Antonina graminis (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), in the Canary Islands.
By: C. MALUMPHY
Page: 208-210
Type: Short Notes
REVISIONARY NOTES ON THE MEGASELIA SULPHURIPES (MEIGEN) SPECIES GROUP (DIPTERA: PHORIDAE)
By: R.H.L. DISNEY
Page: 211-225
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The recognition of the species of the Megaselia sulphuripes species group is reviewed. M. megavesiculae sp. n. and M. novusilvaensis sp. n. are described. M. ledburiensis (brues) is reinstated. A neotype is designated for M. sulphuripes. M. subfuscipes Schmitz and M. xanthogastra Schmitz are synonymised with M. ledburiensis. M. mortenseni (Lundbeck) and M. capronata Schmitz are synonymised with M. hirticaudata (Wood) and M. fuscohalterata (Schmitz) with M. devia Schmitz.
NOTICE 'THE RAVEN ENTOMOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY'
Page: 226
Type: Short Notes
THREE NEW SPECIES OF TELEASINAE (HYMENOPTERA: PLATYGASTRIDAE) FROM INDIA
By: K. VEENAKUMARI
Page: 227-239
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The genus Ptilostenius, hitherto recorded only from Vietnam, is recorded from India. The genus is currently represented by only two species: P. anthedon and P. anthedoron, described from female specimens; the males are unknown. Two new species, P. griffithi and P. nicevillei, are described from both female and male specimens. A new species of Trimorus with an unusual female antenna (the distal segments of the clava are not
incrassate) is described.
SHORT NOTE Anthocoris visci Douglas (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) new to Oxfordshire.
By: R. P. RYAN
Page: 240
Type: Short Notes
BOOK REVIEW: PHYTOPHAGOUS BEETLES OF EUROPE VOLUME 3 ANTHRIBIDAE, BRUCHIDAE, CURCULIONIDAE ENTIMINAE by GAËTAN DU CHATENET.
By: M.G. MORRIS
Page: 241-142
Type: Book Review
LEPIDOPTERA OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS (5): A PROVISIONAL CHECKLIST OF THE RESIDENT MICROLEPIDOPTERA, WITH SOME NEW RECORDS
By: ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON
Page: 243-250
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The Falkland Islands have an impoverished resident Microlepidoptera fauna consisting of 19 species in the following families: Tineidae, Yponomeutidae, Glyphipterigidae, Oecophoridae, Elachistidae, Momphidae, Gelechiidae, Pterophoridae and Crambidae. 8 (42%) are Patagonian species, 5 (26%) are cosmopolitan, anthropogenic species, and 6 (32%) appear to be species endemic to the Falkland Islands; further research may reveal that some of these ‘endemic’ species are also resident in Patagonia. New records are provided from the Falkland Islands.
A NEW SPECIES OF GNATHYMENUS SOLIER (STAPHYLINIDAE: PADERINAE, DOLICAONINA) FROM ECUADOR
By: GUILLAUME DE ROUGEMONT
Page: 251-253
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Gnathymenus praenuptus sp. n. from Ecuador is described. New data are given for Gnathymenus kestrus Herman.