查看更多>>摘要：The South African micropterigid genus Agrionympha Meyrick, 1921 has long been known from a single male specimen and very few females with three named species. This revision, based on more recent discoveries, brings the total named species to nine, bythe addition of A. fuscoapicella sp. nov., A.jansella sp. nov., A. karoo sp. nov., A. kroonella sp. nov., A. pseudovari sp. nov., A. sagittella sp. nov., and notes the presence of a tenth species, represented only by two males in alcohol. The South Afrrican micropterigid fauna is thus quite diverse although, apart from the presence of another as yet undescribed genus, turns out to be a phenetically tightly-knit assemblage of highly conservative species. This revision provides a morphological descriptionof males and females and includes larval features and a key to species. The micropterigid fauna of South Africa together with recently discovered taxa from Madagascar comprise part of what is regarded as the 'southern sabatincoid' lineage within the family—a weakly supported clade also including representatives from Australia, Chile, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. The survival of these small archaic rainforest moths in the face of increasing aridity is discussed.
查看更多>>摘要：The South African micropterigid genus Agrionympha Meyrick, 1921 has long been known from a single male specimen and very few females with three named species. This revision, based on more recent discoveries, brings the total named species to nine, bythe addition of A. fuscoapicella sp. nov., A.jansella sp. nov., A. karoo sp. nov., A. kroonella sp. nov., A. pseudovari sp. nov., A. sagittella sp. nov., and notes the presence of a tenth species, represented only by two males in alcohol. The South Afrrican micropterigid fauna is thus quite diverse although, apart from the presence of another as yet undescribed genus, turns out to be a phenetically tightly-knit assemblage of highly conservative species. This revision provides a morphological descriptionof males and females and includes larval features and a key to species. The micropterigid fauna of South Africa together with recently discovered taxa from Madagascar comprise part of what is regarded as the 'southern sabatincoid' lineage within the family—a weakly supported clade also including representatives from Australia, Chile, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. The survival of these small archaic rainforest moths in the face of increasing aridity is discussed.
查看更多>>摘要：Seven new species of Tychini are described: Tychus viti Besuchet sp. n. (dalmatinus group), T. sodalicius Kurbatov sp. n. (cilicicus group), T. latebrosus Besuchet sp. n. (judaeus group), T. spurius Sabella sp. n. (mutabilis group), T. grassator Sabella sp. n. (florentinus group), and T. altivagus Besuchet sp. n. (incertae sedis), all from Turkey, and Tainochus bas-tardus Kurbatov sp. n. from Japan, Yamanashi Pref. Tychus anser Sabella & Kurbatov, 2002 is assigned to Tychus mutabilis species group while Tychus coiffaiti Besuchet, 1958 is included in Tychus florentinus species group. New localities for Tychus meleagris Sabella & Kurbatov, 2002, T. anser Sabella & Kurbatov, 2002, Tainochus minutus Nomura, 1996, T. iwaoi Nomura, 1996, and T. insulicolaNomura & Lee, 1992 are reported.
查看更多>>摘要：Seven new species of Tychini are described: Tychus viti Besuchet sp. n. (dalmatinus group), T. sodalicius Kurbatov sp. n. (cilicicus group), T. latebrosus Besuchet sp. n. (judaeus group), T. spurius Sabella sp. n. (mutabilis group), T. grassator Sabella sp. n. (florentinus group), and T. altivagus Besuchet sp. n. (incertae sedis), all from Turkey, and Tainochus bas-tardus Kurbatov sp. n. from Japan, Yamanashi Pref. Tychus anser Sabella & Kurbatov, 2002 is assigned to Tychus mutabilis species group while Tychus coiffaiti Besuchet, 1958 is included in Tychus florentinus species group. New localities for Tychus meleagris Sabella & Kurbatov, 2002, T. anser Sabella & Kurbatov, 2002, Tainochus minutus Nomura, 1996, T. iwaoi Nomura, 1996, and T. insulicolaNomura & Lee, 1992 are reported.
查看更多>>摘要：The following Thripidae taxa are newly recorded from northern Australia, and details are given for their recognition from related taxa: Oxythrips australopalmae sp. n., a likely pollinator of Normanbyia and Archontophoenix in Queensland but also takenon Cocos male flowers in New Britain; Projectothrips beverlyae sp. n. from Pandanus flowers; Rhamphothrips cissus sp. n. from the leaves of Cissus antarctica; R. amyae sp. n. from Callistemon leaves; R. tenuirostris (Karny) from Uncaria lanosai leaves;R. pandens Sakimura from Cassytha leaves; and Tusothrips setiprivus (Karny). Trichromothrips xanthius (Williams) is removed from the Australian list. Tusothrips atrichotus Reyes from the Philippines is synonymised with the widespread Asian species T. teinostomus Okajima. The previously unknown male of Rhamphothrips pandens is described from Western Australia.
查看更多>>摘要：The following Thripidae taxa are newly recorded from northern Australia, and details are given for their recognition from related taxa: Oxythrips australopalmae sp. n., a likely pollinator of Normanbyia and Archontophoenix in Queensland but also takenon Cocos male flowers in New Britain; Projectothrips beverlyae sp. n. from Pandanus flowers; Rhamphothrips cissus sp. n. from the leaves of Cissus antarctica; R. amyae sp. n. from Callistemon leaves; R. tenuirostris (Karny) from Uncaria lanosai leaves;R. pandens Sakimura from Cassytha leaves; and Tusothrips setiprivus (Karny). Trichromothrips xanthius (Williams) is removed from the Australian list. Tusothrips atrichotus Reyes from the Philippines is synonymised with the widespread Asian species T. teinostomus Okajima. The previously unknown male of Rhamphothrips pandens is described from Western Australia.
查看更多>>摘要：A new species of the genus Paragus Latreille is described, Paragus (Paragus) radjabii sp. nov. It is similar to P. com-peditus Wiedemann and P. hyalopteri Marcos-Garcia & Rojo. The head, abdomen and male genitalia of the new species are figured. A list of the species of Paragus known from Iran is provided, along with a distributional map of the species in Iran. Hoverflies of the genus Paragus are widely distributed in the Nearctic Region, but mostly occur in the Old World. The adults of Paragus species are small in size (2.5-6.5 mm), with different patterns of coloration and pubescence on the abdomen. The larvae of all species of this genus are known as predators of aphids and can be considered one of the significant factors in the biological control of aphids (Chambers 1986, 1988; Thompson & Ghorpade 1988; Carver 1989; Marcos-Garcia & Rojo 1994; Gavrilyuk et al. 2008).
查看更多>>摘要：The genus Formicocephalus Heller, 1916 is redescribed. Two new species: Formicocephalus hermani n. sp. and Formicocephalus raptor n. sp. are described from New Caledonia and illustrated. The lectotype of Formicocephalus uranosco-pus Heller is designated. The genus Formicocephalus Heller is endemic to New Caledonia (Heller, 1916; Blackwelder, 1939) and in present classification it is placed in the tribe Paederini, in the subtribe Cryptobiina (Newton and Thayer, 2005). Until now, it was known only fromthe type species, Formicocephalus uranoscopus Heller, described from a single male specimen held in the SMTD collections. The discovery of two new species of Formicocephalus provided new morphological data, thus prompting a redescription of the genus. Formicocephalus hermani n. sp. and F. raptor n. sp. were collected from "Mont Do" (Bouloupari, South Province). This location is approximately 50 km NW from the type locality (Mont Humboldt).
查看更多>>摘要：The genus Formicocephalus Heller, 1916 is redescribed. Two new species: Formicocephalus hermani n. sp. and Formicocephalus raptor n. sp. are described from New Caledonia and illustrated. The lectotype of Formicocephalus uranosco-pus Heller is designated. The genus Formicocephalus Heller is endemic to New Caledonia (Heller, 1916; Blackwelder, 1939) and in present classification it is placed in the tribe Paederini, in the subtribe Cryptobiina (Newton and Thayer, 2005). Until now, it was known only fromthe type species, Formicocephalus uranoscopus Heller, described from a single male specimen held in the SMTD collections. The discovery of two new species of Formicocephalus provided new morphological data, thus prompting a redescription of the genus. Formicocephalus hermani n. sp. and F. raptor n. sp. were collected from "Mont Do" (Bouloupari, South Province). This location is approximately 50 km NW from the type locality (Mont Humboldt).
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