Entomologist's Monthly Magazine - Vol. 157, No. 1, 2021
Published: 2/26/2021
Article Details for this issue
A new British mayfly: Siphlonurus aestivalis (Eaton, 1903) (Ephemeroptera: Siphlonuridae)
By: CRAIG R. MACADAM & ANDREW FARR
Page: 1-7
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The mayfly Siphlonurus aestivalis is described as new to the British Isles, confirmed by
morphological features and DNA barcoding. A key to the British Siphlonuridae is presented
together with a review of British records of S. aestivalis and S. armatus. Siphlonurus aestivalis
appears to be widely distributed and is likely to be recorded in further locations. S. armatus is now
only known from a single location.
SHORT NOTE Silvanoprus fagi (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) in West Sussex, V.C. 13.
By: JON COOTER
Page: 8
Type: Short Notes
Foiling crypsis: Surveying Lepidoptera caterpillars with UV light
By: DAVID MOSKOWITZ
Page: 9-16
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
This paper investigates the use of UV light (385–395nm) to detect lepidopteran caterpillars in
ecological surveys. This is a relatively rapid, inexpensive, non-invasive and straightforward
technique that could be used for ecological surveys including citizen science projects.
Lepidoptera of the Falkland Islands (7): Records of crambid moths (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
By: ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON
Page: 17-20
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
Records are given for the four resident species of grass moth (Crambidae) currently known
from the Falkland Islands. Images of fresh specimens are provided as an aid to field identification.
The agamic generation of Andricus quercuscorticis (Linnaeus, 1761) (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) colonising an internal aerial root of oak Quercus robur L. in Worcestershire, England
By: PAUL F. WHITEHEAD
Page: 21-24
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
A gall of a cynipid wasp was observed on an internal aerial root of oak Quercus robur L., in
unusual conditions at Madresfield, Worcestershire, during November 2020. The circumstances
are described with reference to relevant literature.
A new species allied to the adikeshavus species group of Idris Förster (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from India
By: K. VEENAKUMARI* & PRASHANTH MOHANRAJ
Page: 25-29
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
A new species of Idris – Idris mutilus sp. n. – with character states deviating from the
adikeshavus-species group of this genus is described from India.
New combinations in Pacific ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
By: ROGER A. BEAVER
Page: 30-34
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The following new combinations are proposed: Euwallacea deplanatulus (Schedl, 1950), E.
planipennis (Schedl, 1955), Stictodex sulcicauda (Schedl, 1972), Streptocranus longicollis
(Browne, 1977), Truncaudum baculum (Beeson, 1929) all from Xyleborus Eichhoff, 1864.
The families Bibionidae and Scatopsidae in Malta (Diptera: Nematocera)
By: MARTIN J. EBEJER
Page: 35-37
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The families Bibionidae and Scatopsidae of the Maltese Islands are reviewed and listed with
new records and comments on phenology.
SHORT NOTE Torymus sinensis (Kamijo, 1982) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Torymidae) reared from galls of Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in Kent, England
By: M.T. JENNINGS
Page: 38-40
Type: Short Notes
Some Anthomyiidae (Diptera: Muscomorpha, Calyptrata) of the Maltese Islands
By: MARTIN J. EBEJER
Page: 41-48
Type: Paper
Synopsis:
The literature on the Anthomyiidae of the Maltese Islands is reviewed. A total of 22 species
are listed, of which two are rejected and 10 are recorded for the first time. Species are annotated
with new data where this is available. The fauna is briefly discussed in its geographical context.
All species are common and widespread around the Mediterranean.
OBITUARY GUILLAUME MARIE DE ROUGEMONT (1945–2020)
By: JON COOTER
Page: 49-70
Type: Obituary
BOOK REVIEW BUTTERFLY BIOLOGY SYSTEMS: CONNECTIONS AND INTERACTIONS IN LIFE HISTORY AND BEHAVIOUR by Roger L.H. Dennis
By: ANDREW WAKEHAM-DAWSON
Page: 71-72
Type: Book Review
BOOK REVIEW FIELD GUIDE TO THE DRAGONFLIES OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE 2nd Edition, by Klass-Douwe B Dijkstra & Asmus Schröter
By: DR PAM TAYLOR
Page: 73–75
Type: Book Review
NOTICE IRISH BIOGEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY – BULLETIN No. 44.
Page: 76
Type: Editorial