查看更多>>摘要：Five European species of the genus Tetragoneura Winnertz (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) are reviewed. Male terminalia of all species as well as female terminalia of T. ambigua Grzegorzek, T. sylvatica Curtis and TTruuhijarvi sp. n. are illustrated on the base of type and newly collected material. Two species: T. ruuhijarvi sp. n. and T. pudogensis sp. n. are described based on specimens collected in Finland and Russian Karelia. T. sibirita Maximova is found to be a junior synonym of T. obirata Plassmann.Key to European species is provided.
RAQUEL S RAIGORODSCHIDAYSE S ROCHAJOSE JURBERGCLEBER GALVAO...
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查看更多>>摘要：The triatomines are characterized by obligate hematophagy throughout their life cycle, and they are responsible for the transmission of T. cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease, to humans and other mammals. Triatoma costalimai was described by Verano & Galvao (1959) based on nine specimens found among rocks in the municipality of Taguatinga, Goias State, Brazil. The species was named in honor of Angelo Moreifa da Costa Lima, an entomologist from the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. It is a sylvatic species but has been found in peridomestic areas and human dwellings in the States of Bahia, Goias, Mato Grosso, and Minas Gerais, Brazil. Nymphs and eggs of T. costalimai were described using optical microscopy. The eggs are ellipsoid in shape, and mostcells are pentagonal. Nymphs display morphological differences, and the colors, legs, and head maintain the same pattern in most instars. Ontogenetic morphometries was used to visualize the changes that occur during nymphal development. The results showed the discrimination of all instars, but the largest change occurs between the first and second instars.
查看更多>>摘要：Four new species of the genus Lepidostoma Rambur are described and illustrated from the Indian Himalayas, namely Lepidostoma kashmiricum sp. nov. from Pahalgam (Jammu & Kashmir), Lepidostoma himachalicum sp. nov. from Raskar (Himachal Pradesh), Lepidostoma dirangense sp. nov. from Dirang (Arunachal Pradesh) and Lepidostoma meghalay-aense sp. nov. from Cherrapunge (Meghalaya), all in the Lepidostoma ferox Branch. With this addition of 4 new species, the genus Lepidostoma is now represented by 35 species from India. A checklist to all species of genus Lepidostma of India is included.
查看更多>>摘要：Two new species of the Neotropical genus of Empidinae, Opeatocerata: O. trilobata sp. nov. and O. melanderi sp. nov., are described and illustrated from Manaus. This is the first record of the genus from Brazilian Amazonia.
查看更多>>摘要：Polypedilum (P.) panacu sp. n. is described and illustrated based on all life-stages. The larva was collected from the leaf-axils of the bromeliad Tillandsia guatemalensis L.B. Smith in Cusuco National Park, Honduras and reared in the laboratory. Themale of the new species can be separated from the remaining Neotropical Polypedilum s. str. species by the spotted wings combined with the shape of the superior volsella and the number of setae on tergite IX; the female by the two dark spots on the analpart of the wings; the pupae on the presence of spinules on conjunctives III-IV, IV-V and V-VI and the larva on the shape of mentum and pecten epipharyngis.
ANTONIO C. B. BERGAMASCHIROBERTO A. CAMBRAGABRIEL A. R. MELO
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查看更多>>摘要：The present paper transfers Mutilla pumila Burmeister, 1854 and Mutilla pergrata Cresson, 1902 to the genus Pseudomethoca Ashmead, and a lectotype is designated for Mutilla pumila. The male of this species, previously known only from the female sex, is described and the female is redescribed and illustrated for the first time. Sex association was based on laboratory mating trials. Field observations in a montane Atlantic forest site in southern Brazil provided us behavioural notes on attempts of parasitism in nests of the halictine bee Dialictus seabrai (Moure, 1956).
查看更多>>摘要：Afronurus alces, sp. nov., and A. otus, sp. nov., are described based on male adult materia! from Hong Kong, China. Afronurus alces, sp. nov., has penes that are extraordinarily differentiated and laterally expanded. Afronurus otus, sp. nov., has a distinctive bifurcation at the tip of each penis lobe, with sharply pointed prongs that are subequal in size. Discussion is provided about the state of systematics for the tribe Afronurini Webb & McCafferty, 2007, with special reference to the genus Afronurus Lestage, 1924.
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