Entomology Systematics (Taxonomy)

Se describe una nueva especie de Agrilus Curtis, 1825 de España: Agrilus (Anambus) jacetanus n. sp. Se compara con Agrilus (Anambus) viscivorus Bilý, 1991 y se establece una clave de las especies del grupo de A. roscidus que existen en España.

En los muestreos sistemáticos llevados a cabo por el acarólogo Luis S. Subías realizados por la Península Ibérica para el estudio de Oribátidos se recogieron varios ejemplares del género Mayetia Mulsant & Rey, 1875 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) en la provincia de Pontevedra. Los ejemplares encontrados en estos muestreos pertenecen a una nueva especie que se describe a continuación.

Se incluyen las especies del género Buenos encontradas en el Departamento de Cundinamarca con un rango altitudinal entre los 1728y3000 m.s.n.m. ydescipcióndela especie Buenos cucunubensis n. sp., además clave para determinar especies y algunos datos ecológicos.

Se describe Cyclocephala minuchae, sp. n. de Venezuela, se compara con C. vincentiae Arrow, 1900 de San Vicente (Antillas menores), con la cual había sido confundida y se redescribe C. vincentiae. Se presenta un cuadro con los caracteres diferenciales, se ilustran los caracteres diagnósticos y se presenta un mapa de distribución.

Se describe Cyclocephala minuchae, sp. n. de Venezuela, se compara con C. vincentiae Arrow, 1900 de San Vicente (Antillas menores), con la cual había sido confundida y se redescribe C. vincentiae. Se presenta un cuadro con los caracteres diferenciales, se ilustran los caracteres diagnósticos y se presenta un mapa de distribución.

Cyclocephala minuchae sp. n. from Venezuela is described and compared with C. vincentiae Arrow, 1900 from St. Vincent (Lesser Antilles) with which it had been confused; C. vincentiae is redescribed. A table with differences between the two species, illustrations of diagnostic characters, and a distribution map are presented.

The ant fauna of the State of Qatar is reviewed based on collected material and literature. In total, 23 species, belonging to 12 genera and four subfamilies, were reported from the country. Given that Messor arenarius diabolus Santschi, 1938 is endemic in Egypt, and it was recorded by mistake in Qatar, we excluded it from the country faunal list. Six genera are recorded for the first time from the country,

is a journal primarily devoted to insect systematics, but articles can be published on any non-marine arthropod. Topics considered for publication include systematics, taxonomy, nomenclature, checklists, faunal works, and natural history. Insecta Mundi will not consider works in the applied sciences (i.e. medical entomology, pest control research, etc.), and no longer publishes book reviews or editorials. Insecta Mundi publishes original research or discoveries in an inexpensive and timely manner, distributing them free via open access on the internet on the date of publication. Insecta Mundi is referenced or abstracted by several sources including the Zoological Record, CAB Abstracts, etc. Insecta Mundi is published irregularly throughout the year, with completed manuscripts assigned an individual number. Manuscripts must be peer reviewed prior to submission, after which they are reviewed by the editorial board to ensure quality. One author of each submitted manuscript must be a current member of the Center for Systematic Entomology.

An updated checklist of treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae) of Panama is provided with known province distribution data. The world catalogue of Membracoidea, through April, 1997, lists 68 genera, 162 species, and 1 subspecies from Panama (McKamey, 1998). Flynn (2012) listed all known species from Panama, documenting range extensions for 29 genera, 107 species, and 1 subspecies previously unknown from Panama, bringing the treehopper fauna from Panama to 97 genera, 269 species, and 2 subspecies. Inspection of 768 additional specimens since 2012 (new total of 3,595 specimens for the study), in addition to published literature, has added 2 new genera and 40 new species bringing the treehopper fauna to 100 genera (increase of 3 genera), 313 species (increase of 44 species) from 2012, and 2 subspecies. Many new provincial sites were added to each species with an updated provincial map showing numbers of species in each province. Updated species counts per Province (with increase): Bocas del Toro 65 (+10), Chiriqui 162 (+11), Veraguas 26 (+3), San Blas 8 (+1), Herrera 9 (+1), Darien 72 (+13), Los Santos 4 (+1), Cocle 43 (+9), Colon 187 (+79), and Panama 150 (+32). Tables listing published checklists and keys for Nearctic and Neotropical treehoppers are presented.

The ant fauna of the State of Qatar is reviewed based on collected material and literature. In total, 23 species, belonging to 12 genera and four subfamilies, were reported from the country. Given that Messor arenarius diabolus Santschi, 1938 is endemic in Egypt, and it was recorded by mistake in Qatar, we excluded it from the country faunal list. Six genera are recorded for the first time from the country,

Se describe e ilustra la variación observada en los patrones de pigmentación en machos y hembras de Cyclocephala complanata Burmeister, C. sexpunctata Castelnau y C. mafaffa Burmeister, con base en 1,215 ejemplares recolectados en 62 localidades mexicanas. Se analizan las proporciones de los diferentes patrones entre los dos sexos, y en distintas localidades; se exponen los extremos de la variación y los natrones predominantes para cada especie.

Se describen las especies Mayetia (Mayetia) anforiformis y Mayetia (Mayetia) adentisformis nov. spp. (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae, Mayetiini), a partir del estudio de 56 ejemplares recogidos con el metodo Berlese en Salvatierra de Santiago y Madronera, provincia de Caceres, Extremadura. Se detallan sus caracteristicas morfologicas externas, edeagos y armaduras genitales de las hembras. Se establecen tambien sus afinidades y diferencias con las especies Mayetia (Mayetia) guixolensis Coiffait, 1961 de San Feliu de Guixols (Gerona), Mayetia (Mayetia) gavarrensis Coiffait, 1961 de Romanya de la Selva (Gerona) y con Mayetia (Mayetia) cauriensis Outerelo & Gamarra, 1988 de Canaveral y Mayetia (Mayetia) ortunoi Outerelo & Gamarra 1994 de Las Ventas con Pena Aguilera-San Pablo de los Montes (Toledo).

The ant fauna of the State of Qatar is reviewed based on collected material and literature. In total, 23 species, belonging to 12 genera and four subfamilies, were reported from the country. Given that Messor arenarius diabolus Santschi, 1938 is endemic in Egypt, and it was recorded by mistake in Qatar, we excluded it from the country faunal list. Six genera are recorded for the first time from the country,

The ant fauna of the State of Qatar is reviewed based on collected material and literature. In total, 23 species, belonging to 12 genera and four subfamilies, were reported from the country. Given that Messor arenarius diabolus Santschi, 1938 is endemic in Egypt, and it was recorded by mistake in Qatar, we excluded it from the country faunal list. Six genera are recorded for the first time from the country,

Se presenta un estudio de las especies nocturnas de la familia Melolonthidae (sensu Endrödi, 1966) en Villa Las Rosas, Chiapas, con los objetivos de conocer su riqueza, abundancia y fenología. El municipio de Villa Las Rosas, se encuentra a 1,240 m de altitud, en un ambiente de transición entre selva baja subcaducifolia y bosque de coníferas. Para la captura de los ejemplares se utilizaron como trampas de luz las lámparas del alumbrado público. Durante 1999-2000 se aplicó un esfuerzo de colecta sistemática de 103 noches, y se capturaron 4,029 ejemplares pertenecientes a 50 especies de los géneros Diplotaxis, Phyllophaga, Polyphylla, Hoplia, A nomala, Pelidnota, Cyclocephala, Euetheola, Ligyrus, Coelosis, Enema, Strategus, Xyloryctes, Spodistes, A rchophileurus, Hemiphileurus y Phileurus. La mayor riqueza y abundancia correspondió a las especies de Phyllophaga (16 spp.) y A nomala (11 spp.), algunas de las cuales podrían tener importancia económica, como posibles plagas que consumen ...

El género Dyscinetus Harold, 1869 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) es redescrito y comparado con Chalepides Casey, 1915 (Cyclocephalini). De las seis especies encontradas en Venezuela quatro son redescritas, una es transferida de Chalepides y redescrita y una es nueva: Dyscinetus dytiscoides Arrow, 1911, D. paradytis (Ponchel & Dechambre, 2003) comb. nov., D. dubius (Olivier, 1789), D. rugifrons (Burmeister, 1847) nuevo registro para el país, D. olivaceus Höhne, 1923 y D. mendax sp. nov., esta última de amplia distribución en América del Sur (Bolivia, Brasil, Ecuador, Guayana Francesa, Perú, Trinidad y Surinam) y usualmente confundida con D. olivaceus. Se presentan clave para identificar las especies venezolanas, ilustraciones de los caracteres de diagnóstico, algunos hospedadores y mapas de distribución.

Se describe una nueva especie de Buprestidae, Polycesta ( Nemaphorus ) daira  sp. nov. , basados en ejemplares adultos recolectados en localidades costeras de la Region de Atacama en el norte de Chile. Se presentan caracteres diagnosticos para la especie, fotografias del adulto y la genitalia del macho. La distribucion de las especies chilenas del genero Polycesta se presenta en un mapa distribucional.

RESUMEN. Se describe una especie nueva de Macrocopturus Heller encontrada en Bursera citronella Mc Vaugh & Rzedowski en Guerrero, México. M. bruserophagus, nueva especie, es más ancha y plana dorsalmente que otras especies del género, y tiene los fémures carenados y unidentados. Se describen también los estados inmaduros de larva y pupa.

Las hembras de Phyllophaga obsoleta (Blanchard) (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae), una de las especies de mayor importancia agrícola en México, presentan un llamado sexual en el cual exponen una estructura en forma de bolsa del ápice abdominal y provocan la atracción de los machos. El contenido de esta estructura se ha extraído en estudios previos con diferentes disolventes y se ha confirmado su actividad biológica mediante bioensayos con túnel de viento y electroantenografía. Sin embargo, las características morfológicas de esta bolsa no han sido estudiadas. Por ello, en el presente trabajo se caracterizó morfológicamente los terminalia del abdomen femenino de P. obsoleta y se estudió el mecanismo de protrusión-retracción de la estructura en forma de bolsa. Se realizaron disecciones longitudinales de los terminalia del abdomen de hembras para su análisis con microscopía estereoscópica. Se encontró que la bolsa es la cámara genital protráctil (CGP), propia de las hembras de Melolonthidae ...

Resumen. Se citan 10 especies de Cydnidae (Hemiptera:Heteroptera) presentes en el área del Centro de Investigaciones Costeras La Mancha (CICOLMA) perteneciente al Instituto de Ecología, A.C. en la costa del estado de Veracruz. Se registran 5 géneros: Amnestus, Cyrtomenus, Dallasiellus, Melanaethus y Pangaeus y se describen 2 especies nuevas, Dallasiellus rugosus sp. nov. y Melanaethus dunensis sp. nov. La mayoría de las especies fueron recolectadas bajo la copa de árboles de Ficus spp., alimentándose de los frutos y semillas. Se redescriben brevemente las especies ya descritas, y se reúnen notas acerca de su biología y distribución en el área de estudio y en el país; se incluye una ilustración de cada especie y una clave para su identifi cación.

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A new species of the genus Tridactylophagus Subramaniam is described and illustrated from West Bengal, India. The new species, T. sufflatus differs from other members of Tridactylophagus by having a flattened, fist-shaped first tarsomere in forelegs and a slightly bulged out antennomere IV on the distal end with a sensory spot on one side. Molecular barcoding of the new species is done. Cladistic analysis and a revised world key of the males of the genus Tridactylophagus are also provided.

Se describen cuatro nuevas especies de Scotobiini de Chile, Diastoleus arriagadai Diéguez y Guerrero, sp. nov., Diastoleus diaguita Diéguez y Guerrero, sp. nov., Diastoleus mollensis Guerrero y Diéguez, sp. nov. y Diastoleus vidali Guerrero y Diéguez, sp. nov., pertenecientes a la subfamilia Tenebrioninae. Se proveen caracteres diagnósticos y fotografías de los adultos. Adicionalmente se incluye una clave de identificación y un mapa de distribución para la totalidad de las especies de Diastoleus hasta ahora conocidas.

El género Liocanthydrus contiene especies raras, por ser poco abundantes y carecer de registros que indiquen su distribución. El género ha sufrido varios cambios taxonómicos, desde su primer estatus como subgénero hasta su estatus genérico actual. Se describen dos especies de Liocanthydrus (Noteridae: Noterini). Liocanthydrus ramosae sp. nov. y L. distintus sp. nov., ambas colectadas de forma manual, en dos microhábitats de agua dulce, de los ríos Aguaro y Orinoco, en los llanos de Venezuela. Se incluyen habitus de las especies presentes en Venezuela y las estructuras genitales de las dos especies descritas. Se construye una clave para identificar las especies de Liocanthydrus.

A new species of Dilobocondy/a, viz., D..banga/orica, sp. novo is described iTom India. The worker, queen, male and larvae are described, along with notes on nesting behaviour. The genus Dilobocondy/a is reviewed and 12 species are recognised: D. banga/orica, sp. nov.

Speonomus aldomai n. sp. (Coleoptera, Catopidae) new Bathysciinae from the Alta Ribagorca (Lleida). A new species of Bathysciinae is described: S. aldomai n. sp. from a natural cave in the proxirnity of the village of Corroncui, municipality of El Pont de Suert (Lleida, Spain). This species is inserted between S. saforensis Escola, Bellés & Comas and S. ribagorzanus Jeannel, but some characters referred to habitus, proportion of the antennal segments' length, male protarsus and apical portion of the penis in lateral view, characterize and distinguish it from them.

The current investigation was intended to assess hereditary changeability in Schizothorax curvifrons from two lakes of Kashmir valley in particular Dal lake, located in Srinagar and Manasbal lake, situated in Safapora, region Ganderbal having different trophic gradients using biochemical genetic marker.The samples were collected from the landing centres of the respective areas. A total of 180 samples were collected after every 10 days for a period of 4 months. SDS-PAGE analysis showed a total number of 17 bands from both populations. 8 bands of Molecular weights ranging from 10 to 150 kDa from Dal were revealed and 9 bands of Molecular weights ranging from 15 to 200 kDa were resolved.The sampled Schizothorax curvifrons populations from the Dal Lake showed three common bands on the gel with the sampled S. curvifrons populations of Manasbal Lake. The common bands had molecular weights of 75kDa, 25kDa and 15kDa.The Rf values of the Manasbal Lake population ranged from 0.07058to0.69411. Similarly in Dal lake population, the Rf values ranged from 0.14117 to 0.77647.This study provides information about the distribution and patterns of genetic variability at intraspecific population level of Schizothorax curvifrons. This investigation likewise uncovers the level of variety in the electrophoretic examples of muscle proteins. The present examination records the protein division varieties at trophic slopes as hereditary clines.

Agabus (Gaurodytes) maestri n. sp. (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) from the Pyrenees.-A new species of Agabus Leach, A. (Gaurodytes) maestri n. sp., collected in the Catalan Pyrenees (Spain) is described. This new species is inserted between A. (Gaurodytes) neglectus Er. and A. (Gaurodytes) chalconotus Panz. by its externa1 morphology although its paramers characterize and distinguish it from them. A key to classify the species of the group is presented.

We recorded 24 genera, 31 families within 9 orders of insect arthropods through DNA barcode sequencing (658 bp sequence from the 5′-end of cytochromeoxidase I) from Chittagong university campus (CUC) at a site in Bangladesh. Of them 8 genera with confirmed 5 species, 3 subfamilies, 12 families, and 1 order are newly country records. Whilst, the identified terrestrial non-insect arthropods specimens were 11 genera, 34 families under 9 orders belonging to 5 classes. Among the identified genera, 9 species were confirmed under 7 genera. For their part, 6 species and 15 families are new country records and all are additional DNA barcoding based terrestrial arthropods for Bangladesh.

is a journal primarily devoted to insect systematics, but articles can be published on any non-marine arthropod. Topics considered for publication include systematics, taxonomy, nomenclature, checklists, faunal works, and natural history. Insecta Mundi will not consider works in the applied sciences (i.e. medical entomology, pest control research, etc.), and no longer publishes book reviews or editorials. Insecta Mundi publishes original research or discoveries in an inexpensive and timely manner, distributing them free via open access on the internet on the date of publication. Insecta Mundi is referenced or abstracted by several sources including the Zoological Record, CAB Abstracts, etc. Insecta Mundi is published irregularly throughout the year, with completed manuscripts assigned an individual number. Manuscripts must be peer reviewed prior to submission, after which they are reviewed by the editorial board to ensure quality. One author of each submitted manuscript must be a current member of the Center for Systematic Entomology.

Continuing the review of the Anobiidae collection at the Transvaal Museum of Pretoria, we describe the following species of Anobiinae: Trichodesma endroedyyoungai n. sp., Gastrallus omedesae n. sp., G. jeremiasi n. sp., G. strydomi n. sp., G. pafuriensis n. sp., G. skukuzaensis n. sp., G. ndumuensis n. sp. and G. krugerensis n. sp. Most of these species were collected at the National Kruger Park, South Africa. As we found specimens of males of the Xyletininae, Xyletinastidius tessellatus (Español, 1971) and of the Dorcatominae, Stagetodes australis Español & Viñolas, 1995, these are described here as only females of genus Xyletinastidius (Español & Comas, 1991) and the two species were described previously.

Este artículo constituye la segunda parte del trabajo, orientado a una información básica de un grupo de coleópteros que, si bien tienen cierta incidencia en nuestros cultivos de leguminosas, ha sido tratado usualmente de forma secundaria, y actualmente este hecho ...

The family Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) is recorded for the first time for the fauna of Saudi Arabia based on Hydrorhoacaffra (Westwood) and Eucharis (Psilogastrellus) affinis Bouček. The record of Hydrorhoacaffra suggests that Al-Baha and Asir provinces should be considered as part of the Afrotropical rather than the Palaearctic region. The previously unknown male of Eucharisaffinis Bouček is described and figured. Macrophotographs of the species are provided.

RESUMEN Se presenta informacion morfologica, biologica y distribucion de 13 especies del genero Phyllophaga , colectadas con trampas de luz negra en 11 localidades del estado de Guanajuato en areas donde se siembra maiz de temporal de 1998 a 2006. De acuerdo a los datos reunidos las especies P br. evidens (Bates), P misteca. (Bates), P obsoleta. (Blanchard), P. polyphylla (Bates), P. porodera (Bates), P. ravida (Blanchard) P setifera. (Burmeister) y P vetula. (Horn) son nocivas en diversos cultivos de Guanajuato, Mexico. La altura sobre el nivel medio del mar y la precipitacion media anual en las localidades de muestreo presentan valores de 1 700 a 2 480 msnm y de 509.6 a 735.8 mm, respectivamente. La especie P. ravida (Blanchard) presento la distribucion mas amplia en el estado y las especies P. lineatus (Bates), P. setifera (Burmeister), P. rubella (Bates) y P. lenis (Horn) se presentan como nuevos registros para el estado de Guanajuato. ABSTRACT Information on morphology, biology...