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World Catalogue of Coccinellidae World Catalogue of Coccinellidae Part I - Epilachninae Part I - Epilachninae Andrzej S. Jadwiszczak Piotr W^grzynowicz Part II - Sticholotidinae, Chilocorinae, Coccidulinae KOPIE B 15 Part III - Scymninae dei-Bibliolh.kd.. Dsul.ch8n Entomologiichan Instituts MOnchsbsrg. ^_ - 2ALF e.V. - A h. M53, H Part IV - Coccinellinae Olsztyn 2003 © 2003 MANTIS, Olsztyn Cover design: © Piotr Wejjrzynowicz Epilachna sp. from Colombia, phot. Piotr We_grzynowicz All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review, no part of this publication may be reproduced or trans- mitted, in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher. Authors' addresses: Andrzej S. Jadwiszczak INTRODUCTION ul. Slowicza 11 11-044 Olsztyn Poland The last comprehensive world-catalogue of the Coccinellldae was published by e-mail: [email protected] Korschefsky — as the respective part of the Coleopterorum Catalogus — 72 years ago. Intensive systematic and faunistic studies on this populär group of beetles, Piotr We_grzynowicz pursued by three generations of entomologists, have extended our knowledge so Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN much, that a new, updated catalogue summarizing the data accumulated since the ul. Wilcza 64 time of Linnaeus became urgently needed. The present publication — including 00-679 Warszawa Poland the subfamily Epilachninae: altogether 1051 species in 22 genera — is the first of e-mail: [email protected] planned four parts. Tribes, genera and species have been an-anged alphabetically within their respective higher taxa. The catalogue has been primarily based on the Publisher's address: data from original publications; unfortunately, however, some papers (marked as MANTIS "not seen") had remained unattainable for us, what made quotations from other ul. Slowicza 11 sources necessary. 11-044 Olsztyn Poland For each species the valid name (in bold), füll list of synonyms, and general e-mail: [email protected] A 2830 geographical distribution is given. Synonyms are listed (retaining original combi- www.mantis.mgt.pl nation and orthography) in chronological order, with type-locality [TL] (if the type-series contained more than a single specimen, all the localities mentioned in the original description), Status (holotype, lectotype or neotype if— and by whom Printed in Poland by Gutgraf, Olsztyn — designated) and (as far as possible) sex of the type-specimen, and sources of these informations. Depositories of the type-material [TD] are given according to the original publications or after the later authors who have studied it. Acronyms Date of publication: 5 III 2003 of the respective institutions follow Amett and Samuelson (1986), or — if not found there — have been created by ourselves. Data of this catalogue were actualized until the preparation of the final manu- ISBN 83-918125-3-7 ,!fn 7'li script, i.e. January 2003. 5 ACRONYMS OF COLLECTIONS IPPG - Institute of Plant Protection, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China ISNB - Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brüssels, Bel- AMNH - Department of Entomology Collection, American Museum of Na- gium tural History, New York, USA IZAS - Insect Collection, Institute of Zoology, Beijing, China ANIC - Australian National Insect Collection, Division of Entomology, KEI - Korean Entomological Institute, Korea. CSIRO, Canberra, Australia KIZAS - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Kunming, China ApC _ A. Pütz's collection, Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany KSUC - Department of Entomology Collection, Kansas State University, BM - Brno Museum, Brno, Czech Republic Manhattan, USA BMNH - British Museum (Natural History) (now The Natural History Mu- KUEC - Entomological Laboratory in Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu Uni- seum), London, United Kingdom versity, Fukuoka, Japan LSUK - Linnean Society, London, United Kingdom BPBM - Department of Entomology Collection, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, LMP - Lisboa Museum, Lisboa, Portugal (precise localization unknown) Honolulu, Hawaii, USA MBBJ - Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Bogor, Indonesia CASC - Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, San MCSN - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genoa, Italy Francisco, USA MCZC - Entomology Department, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ha- CMF - Caen Museum, Caen, France (precise localization unknown) rvard University, Cambridge, USA CNCI - Canadian National Insect Collection, Biosystematics Research MEAU - Missäo de Estudos Agronömicos do Ultramar, Brazil Institute, Ottawa, Canada MEPM - Museo Entomologico del Pontificio Instituto Missioni in Monza, CUMZ - University Museum of Zoology Insect Collection, Cambridge, Uni- Italy ted Kingdom MGFT - Entomologisches Institut, Museum G. Frey, Tutzing, Germany (now DEIC - Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Eberswalde, Germany in NHMB) DPPN - Department of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, MHNG - Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland Nanjing, China MHNL - Musee Guimee d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon, Lyon, France DZUP - Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paranä, Cu- MIZPAN - Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa, Poland ritiba, Brazil MLPA - Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina DZPU - Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala, India MMNHO - Municipal Museum of Natural History, Osaka, Japan EIHU - Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Univer- MNHN - Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France sity, Sapporo, Japan MRAC - Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium ELSFC - Entomological Laboratory of the Southwestern Forestry College, MZLU - Museum of Zoology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden Kunming, China MZSP - Museu de Zoologia da Uversidade de Säo Paulo, Säo Paulo, Brazil FDYP - Forest Department, Yunnan Province, China MZUB - Museum of Zoology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (pre- HFC - Coll. H. Fürsch (now in ZSMC — Zoologische Sammlung des Bay- cise localization unknown) erischen Staates, München, Germany) NHMB - Entomology Department, Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Swit- HNHM - Zoological Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Bu- zerland dapest, Hungary NHMW - Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria ICCM - Section of Insects and Spiders, Carnegie Museum of Natural Hi- NHRS - Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sektionen för entomologi, Stoclcholm, story, Pittsburg, USA Sweden IMLA - Fundacion e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tu- NMNS - National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan cuman, Tucuman, Argentina NMPC - Narodni Muzeum, Entomologicke odd., Praha, Czech Republic INPC - Division of Entomology, National Pusa Collection of Insects, In- dian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India 6 7 NSMT - National Science Museum (Natural History), Tokyo, Japan NOMENCLATORIAL ACTS NTUT - Department of Plant Pathology and Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Type-species designation NZSI - National Zoological Collection, Zoological Siirvey of India, Cal- cutta, India Epilachna eckloni Mulsant, 1850b: 866 — designation of type species for subge- OXUM - Hope Entomological Collections, University Museum, Oxford, nus Cleta Mulsant, 1850b: 866. United Kingdom PAS - Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia, USA New synonym PPID - Plant Protection Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Epilachna cucurbitae Richards, 1983: 37 is a new synonim of Epilachna vigin- Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou, China tioctopunctata sumbana Bielawski, 1959: 147. QCAZ - Zoological Museum, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador Coccinella vigintioctopunctata Montrouzier, 1857: 75 is a new synonim of Cocci- RMNH - Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, Netherlands nella vigintioctopunctata Fabricius, 1775: 84 (now in Henosepilachnd). SAMA - South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia Henosepilachna beniensis Fürsch, 1991: 246 is a new synonym of Epilachna SAMC - Insect Collection, South African Museum, Cape Town, Republic alternata Sicard, 1930a: 59 (now in Henosepilachna). of South Africa SMFD - Forschunginstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt am New statuses Main, Germany SMG - Stralsund Museum, Germany (precise localization unknown) Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata sumbana (Bielawski, 1959: 147) — upgra- SMNS - Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany ded to the species-rank. SMTD - Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden, Germany Epilachna grayi var. zebra Sicard, 1925: 448 — upgraded to the species-rank. TMSA - Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa UMBB - Übersee-Museum, Bremen, Germany Replacement names USNM - United States National Museum of Natural History, Entomologi- Epilachna aulisoides ruandica is a replacement name for Epilachna aulisoides cal Collection, Washington, USA UZIU - University ofUppsala, Uppsala, Sweden libera Fürsch, 1963b: 270, nee Epilachna libera Dieke, 1947: 85. UZMH - Zoologiska Muset, Universitets Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Epilachna boymi is replacement name for Epilachna hausen (Mader, 1930: 182), ZFMK - Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum "Alexander Koenig", nee Epilachna hausen Weise, 1904a: 57. Bonn, Germany Epilachna chelys is replacement name for Epilachna irritans Fürsch, 1985: 205, ZMAS - Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Petersburg, Russia nee Epilachna irritans (Mader, 1958c: 5). ZMUB - Museum für Naturkunde, Zentralinstitut
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    Development and Evaluation of Integrated Approaches for Managing of Mexican Bean Beetle, Epilachna varivestis Mulsant Louis Bove Nottingham Dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy In Entomology Thomas P. Kuhar, Chair Ramón A. Arancibia D. Ames Herbert Timothy J. Kring Peter B. Schultz December 5, 2016 Blacksburg, VA Keywords: Integrated pest management (IPM), Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis, Phaseolus, snap bean, lima bean, agroecosystem, cultivars, susceptible, cultural management, seed-treatment, thiamethoxam, natural enemies, Podisus maculiventris Development and Evaluation of Integrated Approaches for Managing of Mexican Bean Beetle, Epilachna varivestis Mulsant Louis Bove Nottingham ABSTRACT The Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis Mulsant, is a major pest of snap beans, Phaseolus vulgaris L. in the Central Appalachian region of the United States. To develop pertinent research objectives, background information on this pest was gathered from literature sources and personal communications with growers, extension agents and other agricultural professionals. In objective one, Mexican bean beetle preference, developmental success and plant injury were compared among three snap bean and three lima bean cultivars in field and greenhouse trials. The cultivar ‘Dragon’s Tongue’ was the most preferred, suitable for development, and prone to injury. Growers may benefit from growing less susceptible cultivars, or by using ‘Dragon’s Tongue’ in trap cropping or push-pull strategies. In objective two, Mexican bean beetle densities, feeding injury, and yield were compared among snap beans grown on metallized plastic (highly reflective), white plastic, black plastic, and bare soil. Metallized plastic provided the greatest level of control, and resulted in the highest yields.
  • Do Atmospheric Events Explain the Arrival of an Invasive Ladybird (Harmonia Axyridis) in the UK?

    Do Atmospheric Events Explain the Arrival of an Invasive Ladybird (Harmonia Axyridis) in the UK?

    RESEARCH ARTICLE Do atmospheric events explain the arrival of an invasive ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) in the UK? 1,2☯ 2☯ 2 2 Pilvi SiljamoID *, Kate Ashbrook , Richard F. ComontID , Carsten Ambelas Skjøth 1 Meteorological Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, 2 School of Science & the Environment, University of Worcester, Worcester, England, United Kingdom ☯ These authors contributed equally to this work. a1111111111 * [email protected] a1111111111 a1111111111 a1111111111 Abstract a1111111111 Species introduced outside their natural range threaten global biodiversity and despite greater awareness of invasive species risks at ports and airports, control measures in place only concern anthropogenic routes of dispersal. Here, we use the Harlequin ladybird, Har- OPEN ACCESS monia axyridis, an invasive species which first established in the UK from continental Europe in 2004, to test whether records from 2004 and 2005 were associated with atmo- Citation: Siljamo P, Ashbrook K, Comont RF, Skjøth CA (2020) Do atmospheric events explain spheric events. We used the atmospheric- chemistry transport model SILAM to model the the arrival of an invasive ladybird (Harmonia movement of this species from known distributions in continental Europe and tested whether axyridis) in the UK? PLoS ONE 15(1): e0219335. the predicted atmospheric events were associated with the frequency of ladybird records in https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219335 the UK. We show that the distribution of this species in the early years of its arrival does not Editor: Gyan Prakash Sharma, University of Delhi provide substantial evidence for a purely anthropogenic introduction and show instead that Department of Environmental Studies, INDIA atmospheric events can better explain this arrival event.
  • An Annotated Checklist of Coccinellidae (Insecta, Coleoptera

    An Annotated Checklist of Coccinellidae (Insecta, Coleoptera

    See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347523999 An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) with eight new records from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Article · December 2020 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1006.59123 CITATIONS READ 0 1 5 authors, including: Amin Nagi Al Ansi King Saud University 4 PUBLICATIONS 14 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Survey of Coccinellidae beetles of Saudi Arabia View project Tracking and Attracting red palm weevil View project All content following this page was uploaded by Amin Nagi Al Ansi on 21 December 2020. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. ZooKeys 1006: 35–89 (2020) A peer-reviewed open-access journal doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1006.59123 CHECKLisT https://zookeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) with eight new records from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Amin Al Ansi1, Areej A. Alkhalaf2, Hassan Fadl3, Iftekhar Rasool1, Hathal Al Dhafer1 1 King Saud University Museum of Arthropods, Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2 Biology Department, College of Science, Princess Nou- rah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 3 Entomology Departments, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt Corresponding author: Amin Al Ansi ([email protected]) Academic editor: J. Poorani | Received 29 September 2020 | Accepted 1 December 2020 | Published 21 December 2020 http://zoobank.org/4DD58069-8DFE-4444-8DBA-652DF0D671B8 Citation: Al Ansi A, Alkhalaf AA, Fadl H, Rasool I, Al Dhafer H (2020) An annotated checklist of Coccinellidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) with eight new records from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.