SALWA KAMAL MOHAMMADSOHAIR MOHAMMAD GAD ALLAHAYAM EL-HAMOULYREINHARD EHRMANN...
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查看更多>>摘要：The Mantodea of Egypt were studied by examining and identifying specimens from four main Egyptian collections and some of those preserved in international museums, collecting specimens from various parts of the country between July 2007 and April 2010, and previous Egyptian records. We found 60 species belonging to 21 genera and 4 families. Eremi-aphilidae included 31 species in 2 genera with one new record from Egypt, Eremiaphila gigas; Empusidae, 7 species in 4 genera; Mantidae, 18 species in 13 genera with one new species, Elaea solimani; and Tarachodidae, 3 species in 2 genera. We provide identification keys for Egyptian taxa, data on the material examined, the world distribution, synonyms and a description of the new species.
查看更多>>摘要：The Israeli fauna of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) associated with plants of the family Apiaceae consists of three species of Lasioptera and two species of Schizomyia that all appear to be monophagous and univoltine. Lasioptera foeniculi n. sp.and Schizomyia botellus n. sp. are described as new to science. Lasioptera carophila, Lasioptera umbel-liferarum and Schizomyia buboniae are redescribed, and a neotype is designated for L. umbelliferarum. The genera Par-aschizomyia Mohn and Microlasioptera Skuhrava and Skuhravy are synonymized under Schizomyia Kieffer and Lasioptera Meigen, respectively. The two Israeli Schizomyia species develop in complex bud galls on the desert plants Deverra tortuosa and Deverra triradiata and are the only known Schizomyia species that pupate inside their galls. The three Lasioptera species develop in stem or fruit galls on Foeniculum vulgare and Bilacunaria boissieri in the Mediterranean region of Israel. Larvae, pupae and adults of these gall midges are described and information is provided about their biology, distribution and taxonomic relations.
查看更多>>摘要：Fifteen species of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 are recorded from Hainan Province, China, including ten new species: P. rostriformis sp. nov., P. fascispinata sp. nov., P. apicisetifera sp. nov., P. hainanensis sp. nov., P. tauricornis sp. nov., P. clavata sp. nov., P. lunularis sp. nov., P. carinata sp. nov., P. serrata sp. nov. and P. uncignatha sp. nov. The previously unknown female of P. multimaculella Lvovsky, 2000 is described. Images of adults and genitalia are provided.
查看更多>>摘要：A sensational find of Palaeodictyoptera in the Mesozoic was recently reported from the Middle-Late Triassic of Central Asia (Ladinian-Carnian, Madygen Formation). The single, somewhat damaged wing described as Liquia reliquia was compared to nearly all possible groups of Pterygota and concluded to be an aberrant palaeodictyopteran with a concave MA (Bethoux et al. 2010). The venation of Liquia was interpreted correctly, but its taxonomic placement cannot be considered valid. Upon closer examination, the fossil immediately reveals its titanopteran affinities, resulting in the following synonymy: Paratitan Sharov, 1968 = Liquia Bethoux et al., 2010, syn. nov. (Titanoptera Paratitanidae); Paratitan reliquia (Bethoux et al., 2010), comb. nov. So far as known, no palaeodictyopteroids survived into the Mesozoic.
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