查看更多>>摘要:The identity and nomenclature of the 88 species of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) described by J. C. Fabricius are reviewed. Type material deposited in the Natural History Museum Denmark is illustrated. Lectotypes for Tinea compositella (Fabricius, 1775),Pyralis rivellana (Fabricius, 1775) and P. strigana (Fabricius, 1775) are designated. Two new synonymies are proposed: Pyralis marmorana (Fabricius, 1798), syn. n., of Ancylis achatana (Denis and Schiffermüller, 1775), and P. rusticana (Fabricius, 1794), syn. n., of Epinotia solandriana (Linnaeus, 1758). In an appendix, the identity and nomenclature of the 49 species of non-Tortricidae described by Fabricius in the genus Pyralis Linnaeus, 1758 are reviewed. According to provisions of Article 23.9 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, suppression of priority of Pyralis obscurana Fabricius, 1798 over Eucosma aspidiscana (Hübner, 1817), Pyralis posticana Fabricius, 1794 over Clepsis spectrana (Treitschke, 1830) and Pyralis trifasciana Fabricius, 1794 over Isotrias rectifasciana (Haworth 1811) is proposed. Appendices with references on the prevailing use of these three junior synonyms are included.
查看更多>>摘要:A review is presented of the life of the Swedish entomologist Rene Malaise (1892-1978), the inventor of the "Malaise trap" and one of the most important 20th Century specialists on sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta).
查看更多>>摘要:Five new species, Limassolla auriculata sp. nov., L.forcipata sp. nov., L. qianfoensis sp. nov., L. rutila sp. nov. and L. yingjianga sp. nov. from China are described and illustrated. A key and a check list of Chinese species of the genus Limassollais provided.
查看更多>>摘要:The leafhopper genus Takama Dworakowska & Viraktamath (1975) is reported for the first time from China. In the present paper, two new species, Takama horna sp. nov., Takama jianfenga sp. nov. from Hainan Island, China are described and illustrated.