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Two New Species of Psyttalia Walker (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae) Reared from Fruit-Infesting Tephritid (Diptera) Hosts in Kenya
A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 20: 349–377Two (2009) new species of Psyttalia Walker (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae) 349 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.20.99 RESEARCH ARTICLE www.pensoftonline.net/zookeys Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Two new species of Psyttalia Walker (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae) reared from fruit-infesting tephritid (Diptera) hosts in Kenya Robert A. Wharton Departament of Entomology, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:6AAF121C-A6DB-47B0-81EE-131259F28972 Corresponding author: Robert A. Wharton ([email protected]) Academic editor: Kees van Achterberg | Received 14 February 2009 | Accepted 7 May 2009 | Published 14 September 2009 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:42A09D98-A0FC-4510-A2E5-A578D9935766 Citation: Wharton RA (2009) Two new species of Psyttalia Walker (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae) reared from fruit-infesting tephritid (Diptera) hosts in Kenya. In: Johnson N (Ed) Advances in the systematics of Hymenoptera. Festschrift in honour of Lubomír Masner. ZooKeys 20: 349–377. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.20.99 Abstract Two species of opiine Braconidae, reared from fruit-infesting Tephritidae in Kenya, are described. Psyt- talia masneri, sp. n., was reared from fruits of Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl. (Liliaceae) infested with Taomyia marshalli Bezzi in western Kenya. Psyttalia masneri is the only opiine braconid known to attack members of the genus Taomyia. Unusual morphological features of P. masneri and its host are detailed. Psyttalia halidayi, sp. n., was reared from fruits of Lettowianthus stellatus Diels (Annonaceae) infested with Ceratitis rosa Karsch in coastal Kenya. Psyttalia halidayi is morphologically similar to several described species of Psyttalia that have previously been used in the biological control of tephritid pests. -
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Foto de portada: Carlos Soto En este número: Editorial La mirmecología: ciencia en auge. Hoy hablamos con… Mª Dolores Martínez Ibáñez, mirmecóloga Artículos Hormigas en la enseñanza como recurso didáctico. Raúl Martínez Introducción a una mirmecofauna insular: las hormigas de Canarias. Fede García El amor de las hormigas cosechadoras (Messor barbarus) hace milagros. João Pedro Cappas e Sousa Noticias breves Parásitos y mirmecófilos con Fede García Hongos parásitos de hormigas. Galería En este número, Marco Retana LaMarabunta digital no es responsable de las opiniones vertidas por sus colaboradores. Las imágenes salvo indicación expresa, han sido extraídas del foro La Marabunta.org y de la AIM (Asociación Ibérica de Mirmecología). Está permitida la copia, siempre y cuando sea sin ánimo de lucro y se indique autor y procedencia. Si crees que algún artículo o imagen vulnera tus derechos o los de terceros, ponte en contacto con nosotros y lo solucionaremos a la mayor brevedad posible. [email protected] La Mirmecología: ciencia en auge ¿Es realmente la mirmecología una ciencia en auge? Luces y sombras, aciertos y fallos. Oye, abro paréntesis… (Desde aquí mi mayor admiración y Pues va a ser que sí. Pero desde estas líneas lo vamos a enhorabuena a los que se patean los campos, suben y analizar un poco más en detalle, vamos a ver por qué es así, bajan montañas, se dejan la vista en binoculares y de dónde surge esta idea y si vamos bien encaminados. microscopios y nos transmiten su saber sobre las De repente, después de años en los que las hormigas hormigas: son los mirmecólogos y importaban bastante poco, especialmente mucho a los mirmecólogas)…cierro paréntesis. -
Ecology and Conservation of Island Interactions
Ecology and conservation of island interactions Aarhus University Institute of Bioscience Genetics, Evolution and Ecology Supervisor Jens Mogens Olesen Master of Science Thesis by Caroline Vester Villumsen 201206150 June 2017 0 Abstract The effects of the Anthropocene are, among others, shown in the loss of biodiversity worldwide, and especially on islands. A new conservation philosophy attempting to reduce the effect of human sub- jectivity and choice is taking a holistic approach, where the entire system is in focus and not just a single species. The thermophiles forest of the Canarian island of Tenerife is an example of a human- degraded, but still species-rich ecosystem. Here, the interaction structure at the community level be- tween a set of plants and all associated taxa was analysed. The aims were to accumulate baseline knowledge for an integrated conservation of both plants and their associated diversity of animals and other plants and to evaluate the importance of plants as bottom-up drivers of local animal diversity. Eleven study plant species were associated with 381 different taxa during three months and four study localities. The drivers of the associated taxa turned out to be a diverse array of both abiotic and biotic factors. Plant morphological structure (plant architecture), size, abundance and geographic range were especially important. The dynamics in size and composition of the associated diversity between months and localities was relatively low, although proper comparisons cannot be done, because of a lack of similar studies in the literature. The obtained information can be used to focus future conser- vation management, where most information needs to be gathered at the lowest costs. -
Biomass Power Project Invertebrates Scoping Level
Biomass Power Project Invertebrates Scoping level John Irish 21 June 2017 Biodata Consultancy cc P.O. Box 30061, Windhoek, Namibia [email protected] 2 Table of Contents 1 Introduction........................................................................................................................3 2 Approach to study..............................................................................................................3 2.1 Terms of reference..........................................................................................................3 2.2 Methodology...................................................................................................................3 2.2.1 Literature survey..........................................................................................................3 2.2.2 Site visits......................................................................................................................5 3 Limitations and Assumptions.............................................................................................5 4 Legislative context..............................................................................................................6 4.1 Applicable laws and policies...........................................................................................6 5 Results...............................................................................................................................7 5.1 Raw diversity...................................................................................................................7 -
Canary Islands), Pp
Espadaler, X. 2007. The ants of El Hierro (Canary Islands), pp. 113-127. In Snelling, R. R., B. L. Fisher, and P. S. Ward (eds) Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E. O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 80. THE ANTS OF EL HIERRO (CANARY ISLANDS) Xavier Espadaler CREAF and Unit of Ecology Autonomous University of Barcelona 08193 Bellaterra, Spain. [email protected] ABSTRACT The ants of El Hierro, the smallest and youngest of the Canary Islands, are updated. Twenty-one species are listed, with seven considered as exotics. Twelve species and six genera are added to the myrmecofauna of El Hierro. Two endemic new species are described, Temnothorax bimbache sp.n., and Monomorium wilsoni sp.n., and Tetramorium depressum Forel is elevated to specific status (stat. nov.). The population of Plagiolepis (provisionally identified as P. maura) has the interesting characteristic of having apterous sexuals. Distribution data are presented. Key words: Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Temnothorax bimbache n. sp., Monomorium wilsoni n. sp., taxonomy, distribution. 114 Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Volume 80 “…why does a biologist do research at all? To discover, of course” (Wilson 1989) INTRODUCTION The Canary Islands consist of seven main islands and six islets, which are the independent tips of an enormous volcanic mountain range lying under the Atlantic Ocean. Their nearest neighbor is Morocco, about 95 km (59 mi) east of Fuerteventura. The islands include a huge variety of landscapes, with cloud forests surrounded by mist, volcanic plateaus, cliffs hit by Atlantic storms, green pastures and desert volcanic landscapes. -
A Subgeneric Revision of Crematogaster and Discussion of Regional Species-Groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Zootaxa 3482: 47–67 (2012) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2012 · Magnolia Press Article ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:42F5ABE3-37EC-48D6-AB1A-357BCC93DF68 A subgeneric revision of Crematogaster and discussion of regional species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) BONNIE B. BLAIMER Department of Entomology, University of California-Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Abstract Crematogaster ants are diverse, widespread and abundant in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate climates throughout the world. The species diversity of this genus has been notoriously difficult to manage based upon morphology alone, and former attempts have generated a vaguely defined subgeneric system. I propose an improvement of the previous subgeneric classification and recognize two subgenera based upon a concurrent molecular study of the global diversity of these ants. Five of 13 former subgenera of Crematogaster are hereby synonymised under the subgenus Orthocrema Santschi: Neocrema Santschi syn. nov., Eucrema Santschi syn. nov., Rhachiocrema Mann syn. nov., Mesocrema Santschi syn. nov. and Apterocrema Wheeler syn. nov.. The eight remaining subgenera are synonymised under the subgenus Crematogaster sensu stricto: Decacrema Forel syn. nov., Oxygyne Forel syn. nov., Atopogyne Forel syn. nov., Sphaerocrema Santschi syn. nov., Colobocrema Wheeler syn. nov., Paracrema Santschi syn. nov., Physocrema Forel syn. nov. and Xiphocrema Forel syn. nov.. I present keys, morphological diagnoses and illustrations for the two revised, globally distributed subgenera Orthocrema and Crematogaster sensu stricto, based upon the worker caste. The two subgenera can be distinguished from each other by a combination of features of the petiole, postpetiole and propodeal spiracle. -
Evenhuis-Hardy
D. Elmo Hardy Memorial Volume. Contributions to the Systematics 67 and Evolution of Diptera. Edited by N.L. Evenhuis & K.Y. Kaneshiro. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Entomology 12: 67–77 (2004). New Species and New Records of Tephritidae (Diptera) from New Caledonia ALLEN L. NORRBOM Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, ARS, USDA, c/o National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C. 20560-0168, USA; e-mail: [email protected] DAVID L. HANCOCK P.O. Box 2464, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia Abstract Tephritidae collected from New Caledonia by M.E. Irwin, E.I. Schlinger, and D.W. Webb were stud- ied and identified. The 18 species represented include 3 new species, Austronevra irwini, Ceratitella schlingeri, and Euphranta hardyi, and 6 species reported from New Caledonia for the first time. The total number of Tephritidae from the island is increased from 16 to 25. Introduction D. Elmo Hardy was one of the most prolific taxonomists to study the family Tephritidae. He pro- posed more than 460 tephritid species names, second only to E.M. Hering in this regard, and he named the most valid species (Norrbom et al., 1999a). His large monographic works and cataloging efforts on the Oriental and Australasian faunas have paved the way for continued progress by his suc- cessors. Therefore we are honored to dedicate this paper to his memory. The fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) fauna of New Caledonia is poorly known. Only 15 species were recorded by Norrbom et al. (1999b), 11 belonging to the genus Bactrocera. Euphranta lemnis- cata (Enderlein) was also recently recorded by Hancock & Drew (2003). -
Honeybees Disrupt the Structure and Functionality of Plant-Pollinator Networks Received: 6 July 2018 Alfredo Valido 1,2, María C
www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Honeybees disrupt the structure and functionality of plant-pollinator networks Received: 6 July 2018 Alfredo Valido 1,2, María C. Rodríguez-Rodríguez1 & Pedro Jordano 1 Accepted: 5 March 2019 The honeybee is the primary managed species worldwide for both crop pollination and honey Published: xx xx xxxx production. Owing to beekeeping activity, its high relative abundance potentially afects the structure and functioning of pollination networks in natural ecosystems. Given that evidences about beekeeping impacts are restricted to observational studies of specifc species and theoretical simulations, we still lack experimental data to test for their larger-scale impacts on biodiversity. Here we used a three-year feld experiment in a natural ecosystem to compare the efects of pre- and post-establishment stages of beehives on the pollination network structure and plant reproductive success. Our results show that beekeeping reduces the diversity of wild pollinators and interaction links in the pollination networks. It disrupts their hierarchical structural organization causing the loss of interactions by generalist species, and also impairs pollination services by wild pollinators through reducing the reproductive success of those plant species highly visited by honeybees. High-density beekeeping in natural areas appears to have lasting, more serious negative impacts on biodiversity than was previously assumed. Te western honeybee (Apis mellifera) is an economically important species native to Eurasia and Africa, which has been introduced almost worldwide for crop pollination and honey production1. Except in Africa, most of their present-day populations are actually supported by the beekeeping activity2. Te role of honeybees as polli- nators is currently under debate3–5. -
Pest Categorisation of Non‐EU Tephritidae
SCIENTIFIC OPINION ADOPTED: 21 November 2019 doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5931 Pest categorisation of non-EU Tephritidae EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Marie-Agnes Jacques, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A Navas-Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Hans-Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappala, Eleftheria Maria Bali, Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Stella Papanastassiou, Ewelina Czwienczek and Alan MacLeod Abstract The Panel on Plant Health performed a group pest categorisation of non-EU Tephritidae, a large insect family containing well-studied and economically important fruit fly species and little studied species with scarce information regarding their hosts and species that do not feed on plants. Information was saught on the distribution of each species and their hosts. Tephritidae occur in all biogeographic regions except in extreme desert and polar areas, where their hosts are scarce or absent. Non- European Tephritidae are listed in 2000/29 EC as Annex 1/A1 pests whose introduction into the EU is prohibited. Non-EU Tephritidae are regularly intercepted in the EU. Interceptions mainly occur on fruits although there is potential for entry on other plant parts. Beginning with over 5,000 recognised species, factors relevant for pest categorisation were sequentially used to narrow down the list of species to create a list of Tephritidae not known to be established in the EU yet which occur in countries with some EU climate types and which feed on plants that occur in the EU. -
Additional Records of Fruit-Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from India
ISSN 0375-1511 Rec. zool. Surv. India: 113(Part-l): 159-168,2013 ADDITIONAL RECORDS OF FRUIT-FLIES (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) FROM INDIA KAUSHIK KR. BHATTACHARYA, P. PARUI AND DHRITI BANERJEE* Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata-700053 E-mail: [email protected] INTRODUCTION which Philophylla indica is endemic to India. This Members of family Tephritidae include family can be distinguished from all other several economically important pest species families of Diptera by the combination of well across the globe. Various species of fruit fly cause developed mesoclinate frontal setae and damage to fruit and other plant crops, some fruit subcostal vein bent sharply anteriorly at right flies are used as agents of, thereby reducing the angle before the apex, weakened or evanescent populations of pest species. Most fruit flies lay beyond the bend. In addition, the costa has three their eggs in plant tissues, where the larvae find breaks viz., costal, humeral and subcostal their first food upon emerging. The adults usually (Hardy, 1973, 1974), vein Rl dorsally with have a very short lifespan. setulae; wing usually with colour pattern; cell bcu usually with an acute extension (White and Fruit flies of the family Tephritidae Elson-Harris, 1992). comprise 4,500 species, 500 genera under six subfamilies namely Blepharoneurinae, Dacinae, Family TEPHRITIDAE Phytalmiinae, Tachiniscinae, Tephritinae and Subfamily PHYTALMIINAE Trypetinae, Korneyev (1999). Among the species Tribe ACANTHONEVRINI reported worldwide, 325 species of fruit flies are Genus Rioxa Walker known to occur in the Indian subcontinent, of which 243 in 79 genera are from India alone 1856. Rioxa Walker, J. Proc. Linn. Soc. -
Hymenovaria 19
nummer 19 november 2019 Nieuwsbrief Sectie Hymenoptera Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging Hans’ -nummer nr. 19, november 2019 ISSN 1387-1773 Foto voorpagina: Hans Nieuwenhuijsen als leermeester van de jeugd. Nieuwsbrief sectie Hymenoptera van de Foto: Roy Kleukers. Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging Redactie Vormgeving: Jan Smit. J. D’Haeseleer, T. Peeters, J. Smit, E. van der Spek Redactieadres Voermanstraat 14, 6921 NP Duiven e-mail: [email protected] Website www.hymenovaria.nl Redactioneel Het is bijna te mooi om waar te zijn maar toch... je als die leden ook nog enthousiaste, aimabele mensen leest nu in onze vijftigste nieuwsbrief! Wat in 1995 zijn .... begon op enkele velletje grijs papier is uitgegroeid tot een waardige nieuwsbrief die tweemaal per jaar Één van die leden willen we in dit nummer speciaal in verschijnt met per nummer gemiddeld zo’n 50 het zonnetje zetten: Hans Nieuwenhuijsen. Hans werd bladzijden. Laagdrempelig, goed leesbaar, zelf op 2 november 75 jaar en dat was voor de redactie een vormgegeven, met vele interessante wetenswaar- goede reden om hem te verrassen met dit thema- digheden en serieuze informatie over wespen en bijen, nummer. Hans was vanaf het eerste begin op allerlei toch? Een verbindend element binnen de sectie manieren betrokken bij de sectie. Hij zat niet alleen in Hymenoptera van de NEV, al blijft de nieuwsbrief het bestuur en de redactie maar leidde ook toch vooral beperkt tot de angeldragende wespen en studiedagen, schreef veel in onze nieuwsbrief en bijen. Laten we hopen dat daar in de komende jaren organiseerde excursies, zoals bijvoorbeeld jongstleden nog wat meer verbreding in sluipt. -
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ISSN 0375-1511 United Nations Decade on Biodiversity Volume 113 (Part-3) Year 2013 A Journal of Indian Zoology Zoological Survey of India CITATION Editor-Director. 2013. Rec. zool. SuYV. India, 113(Part-3): 1-91 (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata) Published - December, 2013 (July - September, 2013 Issue) ISSN 0375-1511 © Government of India, 2013 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED • No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. • This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade, be lent, re sold hired out or otherwise disposed of without the publisher's consent, in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published. • The correct price of this publication is the price printed on this page. Any revised price indicated by a rubber stamp or by a sticker or by any other means is incorrect and should be unacceptable. PRICE India : ~ 760.00 Foreign: $ 40; £ 30 Published at the Publication Division, by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053 and Printed at Deep Printers, 70A, Rama Road, Industrial Area, New Delhi - 110015. # 09871196002 AN APPEAL In order to enrich the "National Zoological Collection" (NZq and to up date information on the occurrence and distribution of animal species in India Scientists/Naturalists and researchers working on animal taxonomy / systematics are requested to deposit their identified specimens to the Zoological Survey of India at the following address: Officer-in-Charge, Identification and Advisory Section, Zoological Survey ofIndia, "M"- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053 These specimens will be registered and their data will be computerised.