CHRYSOMELA newsletter Dedicated to information about the Chrysomelidae Report Nos. 50 & 51 June/December 2008

International Congress of Entomology Durban, South Africa 2008

Participants in the ICE 2008 Phytophaga Symposium “Biology of Chrysomelidae”. 1st row: Hugh D.C. Heron, Michael Schmitt; Beth Grobbelaar; Pierre Jolivet; Andrew Moldenke; 2nd row: Eric H. Smith; David Furth; Gunter Maywald; 3rd row: Karoly Vig; Eduard Petitpierre; Thomas Wagner; Gaylord Desurmont. Missing are Tyler Eaton, Jürgen Gross and Duane McKenna. (photo by Karoly Vig)

Article on pg 3 Research Activities & Interests Monika Hilker (Germany) is studying tritrophic Hispini, Clamisinae, etc. She wishes to contact collabora- interactions between Chrysomelidae, host plants, and tors who want to work with Brazilian Chrysomelidae and parasitoids. can help identify this material. Chi-Feng Lee (Taiwan) plans to publish a series of Laura Rocha Prado (Brazil) has been fascinated with books, with each issue introducing 100 species of leaf the Systematics & Evolution of Arthropods since school. beetles of Taiwan. He is interested in all chrysomelid Her main undergraduate research focused on Leguminosae, groups related to the fauna of Taiwan and is willing to and was excellent for learning systematic methods. Her next identify chrysomelids from this country. project (M.A., Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Adelita Maria Linzmeier (Brazil) is currently Paulo) is titled, “Taxonomy and cladistic analysis of involved in a faunistic study of Chrysomelidae in State of Cochabamba Bechyné (Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae)” and Parana, South of Brazil. In her master’s project she studied focuses on a genus with 10 described species, included in the Alticini fauna trapped with Malaise traps in five areas, the Diabroticites group of the so-called “problematic three in different successional stages. She is now develop- subfamily” Galerucinae. She wants to borrow Diabrotica ing her Ph.D. thesis with Chrysomelidae that were malaise- specimens from Cochabamba (D. virgifera, D. signifera, D. trapped in the eight municipalities of Parana. In both fucata), Aulacophora and Luperus for this study. studies Alticini was the most collected group. However, Don Weber (USA) studies economically-important there are many species of Alticini and other groups that chrysomelids such as Colorado beetle, its related species, need to be identified, like Eumolpinae, Cryptocephalinae, Acalymma, Diabrotica, and their natural enemies. Inside This Issue The Editor’s Page 2- Editor’s page; In Memoriam 3- ICE Congress: ‘Biology of Chrysomelidae’ Happy New Year! 4- Collecting chrysomelids at night This issue of Chrysomela is late! There were too few 6- William Hunter’s collection, Glasgow submissions for a June issue, then several articles 7- In Memoriam were sent in late November and into January 2009. There- 8- German beetle meeting; US chrysomelid lunch 2007 fore, I have merged the two 2008 issues for this fat one. 9- Cycloalexy in Phyllocaris undulata I hope there will be enough submissions in the future 10- US chrysomelid workers lunch, 2008 to maintain two issues of our old (issue 50-51!!) and 11- Brazil chrysomelids visit the USNM valuable newsletter. The present issue is a true reflection of 12-South African National Collection the diversity of scientists and science working in 13-South African tortoisebeetle behavior Chrysomelidae. 14-Timarcha predator My first year as a new professor has been exciting, 16-Central European chrysomelid faunistics getting my lab furnished and organized. Now, I am review- 17-New Chrysomelid series ing applications from potential Ph.D. students. I hope 18- In Memoriam those accepted to my lab will become productive chry- 19- New chrysomelid literature somelid specialists! 23- Members’ emails - Caroline S. Chaboo 26- CHRYSOMELA questionnaire & Submissions In Memoriam Nicole Berti We shall never see Nicole Berti again. Our colleague, competence. She demonstrated an extreme rigor in analyz- in charge of the leaf-beetles, among other Coleoptera, at ing the items we were discussing, as well as severe the Paris Laboratoire d’Entomologie du Muséum d’Histoire exigency sometimes in selecting conclusions. Her Naturelle, Paris, France, left us on July 4th 2008, after a long disponsibility was beyond no limits, she never showed any period of illness. Those who have met her occasionally sign of impatience and could spend a whole morning or and those who worked regularly with her know she was a afternoon discussing systematics. very friendly but discrete person, who leaves us with many Her human qualities paralleled the consciousness she big and small pleasant memories. showed in her work, being open to all subjects, always with In 1975, Nicole Berti directed my doctoral studies at courtesy and affability. Her permanent good temper made the Laboratoire d’Entomologie, France. It was the begin- very easy the relationships with any interlocutor, she ning of a very long collaboration between us, lasting 33 seemed unable to manifest the least sign of irritation. In all years. The subject of my diploma was a revision of the circumstances, she managed to keep for herself everything genus Oreina. We both never suspected it would not be that could have made her interlocutor uneasy. Her internal- achieved until 2008. During all these years, I met with ization of her feelings was very strong as she silently Nicole Berti several times a week initially, then several suffered the death of her parents. On the other hand, she times a year later; she remained my “boss” to exchange could be ready at any moment to listen to other people’s ideas and opinions. In spite of our frequent meetings, problems or sufferings, and to find the proper words of which progressively became friendlier, and as strange as it comfort. I thus realised several years ago, when I lost my may appear, I know very little of Nicole Berti. I realise how wife, that we were not mere colleagues, but had indeed much her modesty and discretion impeded knowledge become friends a long time ago, without telling each other. beyond the outlines of a biography. Having little to Nicole Berti was esteemed by everybody I know who express about her professional activities or her private life, met her. Her disappearance will leave a big gap. A very I would nevertheless like to pay deserved homage to such sympathetic lady went away on her tiptoes, lonesome, with an esteemed person, whose disappearance saddens me her usual discretion. Adieu, Mademoiselle Berti. very deeply. Over the years, I came to appreciate Mme. Berti’s - Christian Bontems (France)

The Newsletter CHRYSOMELA-Founded 1979-is published semiannully, usually in June and December. It is hosted by the Division of Entomology, 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite 140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA, 66049-2811. E-mail: [email protected]. This newsletter is sent to students of Chrysomelidae to encourage the exchange of ideas and to disseminate information on these insects. Editor: Caroline S. Chaboo, Kansas. Advisors: David Furth, Washington; Vivian Flinte, Rio de Janeiro; R. Wills Flowers, Tallahassee; Elizabeth Grobbelaar, Pretoria; Pierre Jolivet, Paris; Alex Konstantinov, Washington; Michael Schmitt, Bonn; and Terry N. Seeno, Sacramento. 2 CHRYSOMELA 50 & 51, 2008 7th International Symposium on the Chrysomelidae 9 July 2008, Durban, South Africa

Michael Schmitt (Germany)

The organisers of the 23rd International Congress of Monrós (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae)” Entomology, held at Durban (South Africa) 6-12 July, 2008, Károly Vig (Szombathely, Hungary, fig. 6), “Data on the made it possible to place our leaf beetle symposium within distribution, life-history and morphology of immature the frame of this great stages of Eupales congress. Thus we had ulema (Coleoptera: a small but fine meeting Chrysomelidae: of ten speakers and Eumolpinae)” only a few additional Tylor Eaton listeners on (Griffin, GA, USA, fig. Wednesday, July 9, in 7, with S. Kristine the huge assembly hall Braman and Tracie 2 (fig. 2) of the Durban 1 Jenkins) “Elucidation International of the phylogenetic Convention Centre (fig. relationships and host- 1). It was a quite specificity of an unusual sensation to oligophagous flea talk to less than 20 beetle (Coleoptera: people in a hall with Chrysomelidae: more than 2500 seats. Galerucinae)” 4 Anyway, our 3 Gaylord symposium – co- Desurmont (Ithaca, NY, organised by Beth USA, fig. 8, with Paul Grobbelaar (fig. 12) and Weston) “Aggregative myself – offered a oviposition of variety of topics, and viburnum leaf beetle, our group of 10 Pyrrhalta viburni speakers comprised (Paykull): Mechanisms colleagues from six 5 6 and benefits of an countries. The talks unusual social presented were behavior” David Furth Thomas Wagner (Washington, DC, (Koblenz, Germany, fig. USA, fig. 3) “Flea 9) “Diversity patterns beetle diversity of the of African Galerucinae Sierra Tarahumara, (Chrysomelidae)” Copper Canyon, 7 8 Michael Schmitt Mexico Fig. 1. Durban International Convention Centre. Fig. 2. The Assembly Hall. (Bonn, Germany, with Fig. 3. David Furth. Fig. 4. Pierre Jolivet. 5. Jürgen Gross. Fig. 6. Karoly (Chrysomelidae: Vig. Fig. 7. Tyler Eaton. Fig. 8. Gaylord Desurmont. Uta Heidenreich) Alticinae)” “Extraocular Pierre Jolivet photoreceptors and (Paris, France, fig. 4, with Krishna K. Verma, Borsi, Durg, frontal grooves in Criocerinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae” India) “Biogeography and biology of the New Caledonian Eduard Petitpierre (Palma de Mallorca, Spain, fig. 10, Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)” with Y.E. Mikhailov and J.A. Jurado-Rivera) “ Chromosomal Jürgen Gross (Giessen, Germany, fig. 5, with Henrike evolution, molecular phylogeny and trophic affiliation in Schmidtberg and Kerstin Schumacher) “Exocrine glands of Chrysolina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)” leaf beetle larvae: Protective structures against attacking Additionally, seven posters on leaf beetle related predators and pathogens” topics were presented (only the last two were assigned to Elizabeth Grobbelaar (Pretoria, South Africa) “ First our symposium): biological and larval records for Afrotropical Donaciinae Jane Elek & Natasha Beveridge: “How much do confirming the tribal placement of Donaciasta goeckei continued on next page 3 CHRYSOMELA 50 & 51, 2008 continued from previous page lacerata Stål (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). eucalyptus leaf beetles eat?” Lunch and coffee breaks provided ample opportunities Elena Zvereva, Mikhail Kozlov & Oksana Kruglova: to meet for a chat on leaf beetles with other colleagues, “Interspecific competition rather than predation explains e.g., Hugh Heron from Durban (fig. 11). In the afternoon, host plant shift of a we had an informal leaf beetle Chrysomela meeting in a cozier lapponica” room, where Pierre Heungtae Kim, Jihyun could go into more Yoon & Jae Geun Kim: detail on his journey “Leaf insect to New Caledonia, and Galerucella where Thomas nipponensis as a Wagner agreed in useful bioindicator for principal to organise heavy metal pollution” 9 10 the International Jianhua Zhang, Symposia on Claudia Goyer & Yvan Chrysomelidae when Pelletier: Michael Schmitt will “Environmental hand this job over to stresses induce someone else after the expression of cuticular next International protein genes in the Congress of Colorado potato Entomology in 2012. beetle” 11 12 The proceedings of Fig. 9. Thomas Wagner. Fig. 10. Eduard Petitpierre. Gunter Maywald, Fig. 11. Hugh Heron. Fig. 12. Beth Grobbelaar. this symposium will be Lyn Cook & Chris published in Research Reid: “Testing the monophyly of the Australian leaf beetle on Chrysomelidae volume 2, which will appear in 2009. genus Paropsis (Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)” The next ICE will be held in Daegu, South Korea, in Károly Vig: “Leaf beetle fauna of the Mecsek Hills August 2012. The organisers have already indicated their (southern Hungary) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)”José agreement to the eighth international leaf beetle Manuel Pineda-Uriostegui & Armando Burgos-Solorio: symposium within the ICE. Thus, be prepared to gather in “Some aspects of the preliminary biology of Leptinotarsa Daegu in 2012.

Nocturnal Hunting Grounds and Chrysomelidae Pierre Jolivet (France) I know of a French entomologist in the Ardennes, on two unrelated plant families, Rosaceae (Rosa, Rubus, northern France, Alain Grafteaux, who hunts insects Fragaria) and Ericaceae (Gaultheria, Vaccinium, exclusively from 9 pm to 5 am. Thus, he discovered the life Rhododendrum) (Poinar & Jolivet, 2004; Poinar et al., 2002). cycle of Timarcha metallica, a fully nocturnal species, and European Timarcha (the diurnal subgenera Timarcha and activities of many other nocturnal insects. I collected with Timarchostoma) spit blood (haemolymph) through pre- him several times, and I observed this “rare” species in the existing prebuccal openings and via the femoro-tibial hundreds on the Vaccinium myrtillus in the mountains. I joints. It is a red, abundant blood, rich in anthraquinones started, in 1957, full night insect nocturnal catches with and very toxic. Part of that blood can be reabsorbed after mosquitoes (Anopheles minimus) on the belly of Philippine an alarm. American Timarcha, being nocturnal, do not carabaos, the local buffaloes. I did not like that sight very show reflex bleeding, which is mainly a defensive device much. Besides, beetle hunting in the tropics is risky as against day predators. In general, Timarcha are well poisonous snakes are abundant and active at that time. protected against their parasites and predators, but some Pitfall traps, used to collect ground beetles that are active enemies do exist and can be very abundant (Jolivet and during day or night, also easily catch Timarcha. Poinar, 2007). Parasite interference on Timarcha’s 1. American Timarcha. behaviour has been studied (Thomas et al., 1999a,b, 2006). There are at least two species of Timarcha in western The American Timarcha (subgenus north America (Oregon, Idaho, California, Washington, Americanotimarcha) species get out of the leaf litter Vancouver, Montana). Timarcha intricata is black, small, around 9 pm, climb on their host plant, namely Rubus and the smallest of them, Timarcha cerdo, has brown around Corvallis, and start to eat the tender leaves. They reddish colour. They are also rare in the collections, since are active during the whole night and go to hide on the their activity is essentially nocturnal. Curiously, they live continued on next page 4 CHRYSOMELA 50 & 51, 2008 continued from previous page of various Araceae in Vietnam. Many other Coleoptera groound around 5 am. The larvae are active on their host- have a nocturnal activity in the Holarctic and the Tropics,

Fig. 1. Timarcha (Americanotimarcha) intricata Haldeman in Corvallis, Or., USA, 1989. Photo: P. Jolivet. Fig. 2. Timarcha (Metallotimarcha) metallica Laicharting in Deville, Ardennes, France, April 2000. Photo: A. Grafteaux.

plants day and night. Only local species of Rubus are eaten in America, not introduced species. as carabids and tenebrionids. Carabus hidden during the 2. Old World Timarcha. day, can be active on the trunks of trees at nights. Timarcha, the big species, in Europe, Asia Minor, So, entomologists are advised to look for beetles by North Africa, are all diurnal, although certain species, night, not only with a white sheet and a lamp, but also to during hot weather, show a tendency, mostly in North observe them in nature like Purser (2007), who observed Africa, to be crepuscular. The only exceptions are totally freely jungle bugs hunting their preys in tropical forests or nocturnal species of the subgenus Metallotimarcha, a feeding on the plants. His excellent book has wonderful mostly mountainous Central European group, which are pictures of these observations. distributed from Caucasus to Ardennes and Pas-de-Calais. The hidden biology of those Timarcha species was the Literature: discovery of Grafteaux (2003) during his nightly jaunts. Darling, C. 2007. Holey aroids : Circular Trenching Timarcha metallica feeds on Vaccinium myrtillus, an Behavior by a Leaf Beetle in Vietnam. Biotropica. on line. Ericaceae. When bilberry is missing, as in Guines Forest, Grafteaux, A. 2003. Note sur la biologie de Timarcha northern France, the beetle feeds on Asperula odorata metallica (Laicharting). Natural. Charl. Bull. 56(2):1-2. and, on the Eastern French mountains, on other Rubiaceae, Jolivet, P. & Poinar, G. 2007. Parasites, commensals and like Galium. Timarcha hummeli and T. armeniaca in phoretics of Timarcha (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Genus Caucasus feeds also on Vacccinium and Asperula. The 18(4):589-596. other species of the two subgenera, Timarcha, Timarcha s. Poinar, G. & Jolivet, P. 2004. Origin of Timarcha : Trophic str. and Timarchostoma feed on Rubiaceae and relationships in the Old and New World. in New Plantaginaceae, but unusual host plants are sometimes Developments in the Biology of Chrysomelidae. Jolivet, P., taken to in Spain and in North Africa (Brassicaceae, Santiago-Blay, J. A. and Schmitt, M. (eds.). SPB-Brill Asteraceae and Scrophulariaceae).What is interesting is Academy Publishing, The Hague: 281-290. that Americanotimarcha and Metallotimarcha species Poinar, G., Jolivet, P. & Grafteaux, A. 2002. New food- have at least one food plant in common, Vaccinium. That plants provide clues for the origin and distribution of is possibly due to a common origin. The genus is very Timarcha (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Chrysomelinae). ancient, and its differentiation dates probably from the Lambilionea, Bruxelles 102(1):03-109. Cretaceous, but the splitting between the two groups Purser, B. 2007. Jungle Bugs in the Night. A Scientific perhaps arose in the Neogene through the opening of the Adventure in the Tropical Forests of the World. Pensoft. North Atlantic. Metallotimarcha species, being nocturnal, Sofia-Moscow: 168 pp. do not show practically any reflex bleeding. Thomas, F. & De Meeus, T. 2006. Population variability in 3. Other Chrysomelids. the beetle Timarcha maritima (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Many other Chrysomelidae are nocturnal or semi- Acta Zool. Sinica 52(3):491-497. nocturnal, e.g., Chrysomelinae: several Oreina, all Thomas, F., Gente, P., Desmots, D. & Renaud, F. 1999a. Cyrtonus, Cyrtonastes, Chrysolina, and many exotic Parasitoid Infection and Sexual Selection in the Beetle species, which hide under the stones or among mosses Timarcha maritima Perris (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae). during the day. Bontems (pers. com.) has observed Oreina Coleop. Bull. 53(3):253-257. speciosissima during day on Adenostyles and nightly on Thomas, F., Oget, E., Gente, P., Desmots, D. & Renaud, F. Doronicum sp. (both Asteraceae). Recently Christopher 1999b. Assortative pairing with respect to parasite load in Darling (2007) observed the galerucine Aplosonyx ancora the beetle Timarcha maritima (Chrysomelidae). J. Evol. Laboissière cutting nightly circular trenches into the leaves Biol. 12:49-390. 5 CHRYSOMELA 50 & 51, 2008 The species of Cryptocephalus in the William Hunter’s collection in Glasgow

Mathias Schöller (Germany) The University of Glasgow, Scotland, houses the though in almost every collection another species was eighteenth century collection of William Hunter. Hunter considered to be C. bifasciatus. The specimens were (1718-1783) was a Scottish anatomist and physician who collected studied at the University of Glasgow. He later worked in by Henry London, where he build a private museum harbouring Smeathman around 7,600 specimens of insects. After Hunter’s death, (1742- the collection was moved to Glasgow (Hancock, 2005). It is 1786) in of significant historical interest for several reasons. Many Sierra specimens were Leone collected during the between voyages of Captain 1771 and Cook, and other 1775 explorers, so it gives (Douglas a good impression & what exotic species Drawer A-4 Hancock, arrived in Europe at 2007). I that time. The found the species to be related to C. senegalensis and collection itself is allies. Its range is surely much more restricted than preserved almost previously thought, but this needs further studies. unchanged since it Details of the arrived in Glasgow, types of the and so retains the chrysomelids have curatorial practices already been used at that time. published by Moreover, the Staines (2002). I collection was found that the arranged by Johann specimens of both Restored cabinet Christian Fabricius, Cryptocephalus who described species based on specimens in the venustus Fabricius, collection. Fabricius (1784) wrote in 1782: “Hunter lives 1787 and C. very thriftily in his house but does everything he can to notatus Fabricius, increase the inner value and outer splendour of his 1787 belong to the collection. I consider his insect collection to be the largest nominate and best collection in England. I know it very well because subspecies. I laid it out myself and contributed to its gradual increase in Another size. On every visit to England, I have described, ordered interesting and arranged it as I wished”. observation I was looking for possible syntypes of Fabricius in the E.G. Hancock alongside cabinet concerns the genus Cryptocephalus in the Hunter collection. A total of common European 24 species in 37 specimens are labelled as Cryptocephalus species Cryptocephalus sericeus. It has been previously in the collection. However, only 8 species out of these are discussed as if the metallic green Cryptocephalus Cryptocephalus according to the generic diagnosis in use described by Linnaeus might have referred to species of today. Generally chrysomelids that are cylindrical in shape Chrysomela (Weise, 1882: 185). In the Hunter’s collection, were described as Cryptocephalus. The majority of the three specimens were placed below the label C. sericeus, species are placed today in Clytrini (10 species) and two specimens of C. hypochoeridis and one specimen of Eumolpinae (5 species); the collection includes syntypes of C. aureolus. Even though they are not C. sericeus, these species in these taxa, too. species are similar to C. sericeus and placed in the same Among the specimens still placed in Cryptocephalus, subgenus Chrysocryptocephalus,suggesting Fabricius two females of C. bifasciatus were of special interest. This had the same concept of Cryptocephalus sericeus and species is among the most frequently determined allies as we do have today. Afrotropical Cryptocephalus in museum collections, even continued on next page 6 CHRYSOMELA 50 & 51, 2008 continued from previous page Hancock, E.G. 2005. William Hunter’s insect collection The Chrysomelidae are currently being photographed and emerging descriptive taxonomy in the Eighteenth and each specimen in Hunter’s collection will be available Century. Natural Sciences Collections Association News in the internet (http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/search/ 4:8-13. search_index.shtml). Hopefully, this will encourage other Staines, C.L. (2002) Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) types chrysomelid workers to look at this interesting collection. in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow. J. New Literature: York Entomol. Soc. 110:405-412. Douglas, A.S. & Hancock, E.G. 2007. Insect collecting Weise J. 1882. Chrysomelidae. In: Erichson, W.F.: in Africa during the eighteenth century and William Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. 1. Abtheilung Hunter’s collection. Archives of natural history 34:293-306. Coleoptera, Band 6. Berlin: Nicolaische Verlags- Fabricius, J.C. 1784. Briefe aus London vermischten Buchhandlung, 192 pp. Inhalts. Dessau & Leipzig. In Memoriam Reverend Dr. Carlo Brivio 26 October, 1924 – 21 April, 2008 On 21 April 2008 the Reverend Dr. Carlo Brivio, the useful for his activity as a teacher at the Seminary (of founder of the Museo Entomologico del PIME (Pontificio which he became Principal) and by following a qualifying Istituto Missioni Estere), died at the age of eighty four course in biological sciences at the University of Michi- years, due to an abruptly worsening tumor that had been gan. In 1974 the Maryglade Seminary (and the second diagnosed some months before. PIME Entomological Museum) was transferred from Carlo Brivio was born Memphis to Detroit where at Cascina Bracchi di Carlo Brivio stayed until Casatenovo (in the district 1984. In 1985 he was of Lecco), Italy, on 26 asked to return in Milan to October 1924. An early teach and conduct calling induced him to archival research in the enter the PIME in 1940. He Seminary of Monza; since studied theology from it proved too difficult to 1943 to 1947 and he was convey his second PIME ordained on 29 June 1947 collection (approximately by Cardinal Schuster. In 230,000 specimens, mostly 1950 he graduated in theology in Rome. While he was a Coleoptera) Carlo Brivio decided to sell it to American seminarian Father Brivio also demonstrated a great interest Institutions (e.g., Yale University, Ohio State University, in the natural sciences, particularly entomology. In 1951, Michigan State University) as well as to private coleop- just after graduating in theology, he formally established terists. Again in Italy Carlo Brivio amassed a third PIME the Museo Entomologico del Pontificio Istituto Missioni Collection, which he increased with his inherent enthusi- Estere, in Milan, based on material partly collected by asm until the very end of his life using personal resources himself in Italy and by other missionaries throughout the to purchase specimens (mostly Coleoptera and Lepi- world, and either purchased or obtained in exchange. doptera from all biogeographical regions of the world) Three years later the PIME Entomological Museum was and using much of his personal time to prepare the transferred to the Seminary of Monza, inside a very large purchased material. His third collection has been left to park that also had an interest in entomology. In 1961 Carlo the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano and it is Brivio graduated in natural sciences at the University of already incorporated into that Museum, but it is impos- Milano by completing a doctoral dissertation on Co- sible at this time to give a detailed information on its leoptera of Lago di Sartirana Briantera. That same year he composition since the material (approximately 200,000 was transferred to the Meryglad College (Seminary) in specimens) is largely undetermined and unsorted. Memphis, Michigan, though he remained Director of the Carlo Brivio conducted research all on PIME Entomological Museum until 1968. At that time the Chrysomelidae and produced 14 publications. A complete Italian part of the PIME collection, containing approxi- list of his papers as well as detailed information on the mately 57,000 Coleoptera, was donated to the Museo first and the second PIME Collections are contained in Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Italy). the following publication: In the USA, Carlo Brivio started a second PIME Furth, D. & C. Brivio. 1988. Dissemination of the Entomological Collection and also completed his academic second PIME Entomological Museum. Coleop. Bull. 42 development by specializing in cultural anthropology, (2):193-201. - Carlo Leonardi and David Furth 7 CHRYSOMELA 50 & 51, 2008 Annual Meeting of the German-speaking leaf beetle workers

Chrysomelidologists participating in the 51st meeting of the German-speaking coleopterists at Beutelsbach (Germany). Standing, from left to right: André Theunissen (The Netherlands), Eva Sprecher-Übersax (Switzerland), Matthias Schöller (Germany), Ron Beenen (The Netherlands), Elisabeth Geiser (Austria), Joachim Mauser (Germany, in front), Uwe Heinig (Germany, back), Frank Fritzlar (Germany), Michael Langer (Germany), Christian Baden (Germany), Regine Jäckel (Germany). Sitting, from left to right: Theo Michael Schmitt (Germany), Horst Kippenberg (Germany), Mrs. and Manfred Doeberl (Germany), Andrzej Warcha³owski (Poland), and Carlo Leonardi (Italy). As usual, leaf beetle enthusiasts from the German-speaking part of Europe gathered the last weekend of October (25- 26) in Beutelsbach near Stuttgart (Germany). This informal meeting is always embedded into the annual meeting of the German coleopterists, organised by the Working Group of South-West German Coleopterists. This year, Regine Jäckel (Hamburg) reported on phylogeny, chromosome numbers and excess of females in the genus Altica, Thomas Roenn (Diploma student of Michael Schmitt, Bonn) gave a talk on his completed diploma project on biogeography of Central European leaf beetles, and Theo Michael Schmitt showed some colorful photos of Costa Rican beetles and other natural history items from there. - Michael Schmitt (Germany)

Entomological Society of America, 2007

Chrysomelid lunch

From left to right. Back: Dan Clark,Dave Furth, Terry Seeno, Geoff Morse, Sasha Konstantinov, Alex McClay. Front: Eric Smith, Rob Barney, Lourdes Chamorro-Lacayo, Shawn Clark.

8 CHRYSOMELA 50 & 51, 2008 A simple type of Cycloalexy in larvae of Pyllocharis undulata (Linnaeus) (Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)

Mohamed S. Mohamedsaid (Malaysia) According to Jolivet et al. (1990), cycloalexy is tively. Besides, there were splinters, with two larvae located defined as the attitude adopted at rest by some insect on the left and one at the bottom. About 17 minutes later, larvae, both diurnal and nocturnal, in a tight circle where one larva located at the bottom join the cycloalexic ring, either the heads or ends of the abdomen are juxtaposed at while another one wandered at the top, near the midrib. the periphery, with the remaining larvae at the centre of the Around 2.30 pm, on the same day, the larvae had moved to circle. Cycloalexy is one defense strategy known among the right side of the midrib and formed another cycloalexic insect larvae and has been documented in Coleoptera, ring that comprised nine larvae, with three scattered Hymenoptera and Diptera (Jolivet et al., 1990). In the elsewhere. subfamily Chrysomelinae, cycloalexy have been reported After two days, the larvae molted into second instar in eight genera: Gonioctena Chevrolat, Plagiodera and moved to another fresh leaf but they were scattered all Chevrolat, Phratora Chevrolat, Paropsis Olivier, over the leaf surface. However, there were only nine larvae Platyphora Gistel, Proseicela Erichson, Eugonycha seen and the rest was either dead or hiding under the leaf. Chevrolat and Labidomera Chevrolat (Vasconcellos-Neto At this stage, cycloalexy was not observed in these second and Jolivet 1994). The occurrence of cycloalexy in instars. It could not be ascertained whether these larvae Phyllocharis undulata (Linnaeus) (Chrysomelinae) is were looking for a hiding place. Unfortunately, there were reported here for the first time. no more fresh leaves available for the larvae and leaves in During a short trip (June 12-14, 2007) to Lombok, the container soon became dry and the larvae were later Indonesia, I collected some life specimens of Phyllocharis found dead. Generally, most larvae of the Chrysomelinae, undulata (Linnaeus) feeding on Clerodendrum inerme (L.) including P. undulata, live openly on plants while feeding Gaertn. (Verbenaceae). This is also a new record for and burrow into soil to pupate (Jolivet and Hawkeswood, Lombok. The host plant, C. inerme, is also a new record for 1995). P. undulata. The beetle has a wide distribution in south- In the observed cycloalexy the larvae arranged east Asia, being reported from Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, themselves with ends of the abdomen juxtaposed at the Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Java and Timor (Kimoto, periphery. This larval arrangement was maintained when 1984; Mohamedsaid, 2004). Jolivet and Hawkeswood the larvae were feeding on the right side of the leaf midrib (1995) reported that P. undulata feeds on C. fragrans in the morning and then shifted to the left side of the midrib (Vent.) Willd. in Vietnam. in the afternoon. However, the cycloalexy is very loose and At the site where the beetles were collected, many not tight as there is only one ring and no individuals in the adults were seen feeding on leaves of the host plant, but centre of the ring. This is due to a smaller number of larvae eggs and larvae were absent. Adults were easily hand- involved, compared to a complex cycloalexy, for example in picked but when disturbed they flew to another branch Coelomera lanio Dalman (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), and perched on leaf of the host plant. I collected 14 where about 29 larvae tightly encircled about 15 larvae specimens. Eight were killed in a killing bottle and another stacked in the centre of the circle (Jolivet and six were kept alive in a plastic bag filled with a small branch Hawkeswood, 1995). of leaves from the host plants. In the lab, the beetles were Since cycloalexy was not observed in this species in placed in a plastic container (14 x 7 x 7 cm) together with a the wild, could rearing the larvae in a container trigger them small branch of leaves of the host plant. The beetles were to form a cycloalexic ring? voracious, feeding on the leaves, and the container had to be cleaned of fecal material and fresh leaves were provided Acknowledgement. I would like to thank Dr Pierre Jolivet when necessary. for suggesting that I write this observation and reading the On the second day, around noon, I noticed a cluster of manuscript, and Mr Razali Jaman, Herbarium, Universiti eggs was laid on the underside of a leaf. A total of 22 eggs Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi for the identification of stacked on the leaf surface was transferred into another Clerodendrum inerme. plastic container, together with a small branch of leaves. After an incubation period, in the morning of the seventh REFERENCES day, I noticed 13 first instar larvae on a new leaf and the Jolivet, P., J. Vasconcellos-Neto & P. Weinstein. former piece of leaf with 13 empty cases and nine eggs that 1990. Cycloalexy: A new concept in the larval defense of had failed to hatch. Ten first instar larvae arranged insects. Insecta Mundi 4 (1-4):133-142. themselves in a loose circle, with the heads and end of the Jolivet, P. &T.J. Hawkeswood. 1995. Host-plants of abdomens, in the centre and outside of the ring, respec- Chrysomelidae of the world. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. continued on next page 9 CHRYSOMELA 50 & 51, 2008 continued from previous page

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4 5 6 Figs. 1-6. Phyllocharis undulata (Linnaeus). 1. A pair of adults. 2. Copulation. 3. First instar larvae forming cycloalexy. 4. Cycloalexy on the left side of the midrib. 5. Cycloalexy on the right of the midrib. 6. Second instar larvae dispersed on the leaf.

Kimoto, S. 1984. Checklist of Chrysomelidae of south Faunistica No 36. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia. east Asia, south of Thailand and west of Irian Jaya of Vasconcellos-Neto, J. & P. Jolivet. 1994. Cycloalexy Indonesia. II. Clytrinae, Cryptocephalinae, Chlamisinae, among chrysomelid larvae. In P.H. Jolivet, M.L. Cox & E. Lamprosomatinae and Chrysomelinae. Kurume University Petitpierre (eds) Novel aspects of the biology of Journal 33(2):167-184. Chrysomelidae, pp 303-309. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Mohamedsaid, M.S. 2004. Catalogue of the Malay- Netherlands. sian Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Pensoft Series Entomological Society of America, Reno, Nevada, 2008 Chrysomelid Lunch

From left to right. Back: Dave Furth, Mauro Daccordi, Wills Terry Seeno (L) & Mauro Daccordi (R) (Photo: Flowers,Terry Seeno, Shawn Clark, Dan Clark, John King. D. Furth) Front: Eric Smith, Caroline Chaboo, Rob Barney.

10 CHRYSOMELA 50 & 51, 2008 Brazilian flea beetle visit to the Smithsonian Institution, USA

Adelita Linzmeier (Brazil) Since my M.Sc., I have been working on ecology and represented. Their holotypes of 370 flea beetle species taxonomy of Chrysomelidae, mainly flea beetles (Alticini), have been photographed and I was able to download all from Malaise traps in the south of Brazil. This kind of trap the files to take home for future references. My days were is very useful because it collects many species and also productive since Dr. Konstantinov and I worked a lot. This

Fig.1. Adelita looking for some flea beetles in the collection. Fig. 2. From left: Adelita, Alexander Konstantinov, & provides an opportunity to compare different habitats with Edward Riley (Dept of Entomology, Texas A&M University). respect to flea beetle communities both in space and time. In my Ph.D. study, for visit gave me the example, I found about privilege to study the 460 chrysomelid species material using more in just a few sites in the sophisticated equip- south of Brazil. How- ment (digital camera, ever, only about 50% of microscope, etc.) and these species could be techniques. We identified. Thus, with described a new genus the main aim of identify- of the subtribe ing more species, I Monoplatina with two visited the National new species from Brazil Museum of Natural and identified some History, Smithsonian more species for my Institution, Washington, Ph.D. thesis, but some D.C., USA, in August are still unidentified 2008, to work with Dr. possibly representing Alexander new taxa or ones Konstantinov, and missing from the become familiar with one collection. We dis- of the most important cussed future projects insect collections in the and partnerships. world. For my Ph.D. we The Smithsonian’s decided to revise the flea beetle collection is genera of subtribe indeed large and well Fig. 3. Some Chrysomelidae from southern Brazil. Monoplatina. The organized. It is also group is mostly databased and contains about 3,000 species and 376 Neotropical and abundant in Brazil. It is of reasonable size, genera, with Palearctic, Nearctic and Neotropical taxa well with ~60 generic names of which 45 are Continued on page 26 11 CHRYSOMELA 50 & 51, 2008 South African National Collection of Insects (SANC), Pretoria

Elizabeth (Beth) Grobbelaar & Riaan Stals The South African National Collection of Insects (SANC) of the ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute (ARC-PPRI), is located in Pretoria, Gauteng Province. It is currently housed in a historic building called Vredehuis, in the gardens of the Union Buildings near the city centre (Fig. 1). The collection will relocate to new facilities, currently being built for the entire ARC-PPRI Biosystemat- ics Division (Fig. 2), towards the end of 2009. This is in a bushveld setting about 30km NE of its current location, near the existing headquarters of ARC-PPRI at Roodeplaat Dam.

cabinets, each with 40 drawers, and 25 steel cabinets, each with 30 drawers. New steel cabinets with sealing doors, each holding 54 interchangeable wooden drawers, are currently being phased in to cope with the expansion of the collection (Fig. 4). The collection is rich in primary and secondary type material. It is continually being expanded, curated and upgraded. The bulk of the SANC Chrysomelidae, totalling about 41,000 speci- mens, is housed in five wooden The most valuable components of the Coleoptera cabinets and has collection are the comprehensive collections of mainly been sorted at southern African Curculionoidea (weevils and their close least to subfam- allies), Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles), Bruchidae (seed ily level. This beetles) and Scarabaeinae (dung beetles). Other strong excludes another points in the SANC beetle collection, amongst others, are nine steel the terrestrial Adephaga, other Scarabaeoidea, Buprestidae, drawers full of Bostrichidae, Melyridae: Malachiinae, Coccinellidae and leaf beetles that Cerambycidae. The holdings contain associated biotic were inherited information and important voucher material pertaining to from the Univer- more than a century of applied research in South Africa. A sity of Pretoria very valuable component of the phytophagous beetle collection collections is ample host-reared material, linking specimens (UPSA); a number of smaller batches of project-related with host plant data and immature stages. Apart from the identified material; small inherited collections; and labelled Afrotropical fauna, the collection also contains reference and unlabelled material from fieldwork and a variety of material from other biogeographical regions. other sources. These will be incorporated in the main Almost all the beetle families known from southern chrysomelid collection. Africa are represented in the SANC Coleoptera holdings. Two coleopterists work at the SANC, Beth Grobbelaar The collection (Fig. 3) houses an estimated 600,000 to ([email protected]) who specializes in the 700,000 specimens, and grows by about 1,600 specimens a Chrysomelidae, and Riaan Stals ([email protected]) who month. Most of these specimens are housed in 55 wooden Continued on page 26 12 CHRYSOMELA 50 & 51, 2008 Novel trophic behavior in two South African tortoise beetles (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

Hugh Heron (South Africa) Adult tortoise beetles (cassidines) are open foliar liquid feco-exuvial shield in the supra-anal process. Adults feeders (Chaboo, 2007). Studies on cassidines from eastern and larvae are normal foliar feeders, creating both holes South Africa reveal that holes, marginal indentations and and marginal indentations, but, during instar V many larvae scrapings (trenches) are produced principally from the turn to feeding on the prominent ventral leaf veins, and ventral leaf surface (e.g., Chiridopsis suffriani Boheman) or adjacent tissue, on one plant, viz. Achyranthes aspera L. dorsal leaf surface (e.g., Basipta stolida Boheman) and, var. pubescens (Moq.) Towns. Eleven leaves examined for less commonly, from the leaf margin (e.g., Aethiopocassis this report hosted 51 leaf vein holes, ranging in length from vigintimaculata Thunberg). Similarly, cassidine larvae are 8.0mm to 35.0mm (mean 17.7mm), and varying in width from also open foliar feeders (the leaf-mining Notosacanthini 1.0mm to 3.8 mm. The leaf vein sections and some of the excluded). adjacent leaf tissue were In the course of trophic observations in coastal Natal, consumed; leaving South Africa, two cassidine species, viz. Cassida litigiosa irregularly ragged Boheman and Cassida coagulata Boheman, were found to elongated holes (Fig. 1). exhibit, in additional to normal foliar feeding, stem scraping To date, this behavior and leaf-vein feeding, respectively. These are briefly has only been observed described. on the pubescens Cassida litigiosa Boheman is a common and wide- variety of Achyranthes spread beetle found in eastern and southern Africa. In aspera (the beetle eastern South Africa, observations suggest that it is more avoids the variety sicula likely to be encountered inland than at the coast, where it althogether). has been recorded from a number of host plants (Heron & External stem- Borowiec, 1997). In Durban-Queensburgh area, coastal scraping and vein-feeding behaviours may be related but Natal, it has been uncommonly and sporadically encoun- the insects appear to exploit different food sources. Stem- tered on Chenopodium album L. (Chenopodiaceae). scraping Cassida litigiosa appears to exploit the cortex Normal adult trophic patterns are small (ca. 2.0 x 2.5mm to layer but does not penetrate deeply enough to utilize 3.0 x 2.5mm) holes, or scraping/trenches (3.0 x 1.o to 9.0 x vascular tissue. This feeding appears to exploit the cortex 1.5 mm) and, in small leaves, marginal indentations. During layer but does not penetrate deeply enough to utilize an investigation of a small temporary colony at Umbilo in vascular tissue, and is in addition to normal leaf-feeding Durban in 1999, adults were found to produce small and may prove to be temporary, competition avoidance, scrapings on the stems of Chenopodium album. These response to the presence of larvae on the plant leaves. It measured on average 2.37 x 0.80mm (range 1.0 x 0.6 to 5.0 x would be interesting to see whether or not cassidines of 1.0mm: n = 9) and penetrated shallowly into the cortex the genus Oxylepus also make use of stem feeding on their (estimated to be 0.1-0.2 mm deep). Similar scrapings were host plants, Salsola sp. (Chenopodiaceae). Salsola is observed on the stems of the same host plant at Escombe, characterized by having very small, almost scale-like, Queensburg during early 2008. In both cases, the stem leaves and brittle semi-fleshy stems. scrapings were produced in addition to normal leaf feeding Vein-feeding Cassida coagulata clearly makes use not and were present on older plants with semi-woody stems. just of vascular tissue but also adjacent leaf tissue. It is Thus far, scrapings of this nature have only been found on only exhibited by instar 5 larvae (possibly during later one host plant species. period of the instar?) and, as presently known, on only one Cassida coagulata Boheman appears to be wide- host plant. The fact that, of the known host plants, only spread but relatively uncommon species ranging from Achyranthes has prominent ventral leaf-vein ridges may Kenya and Malawi, through Tanzania. Zimbabwe and also be significant. Reasons for this behavior are obscure Mozambique to South Africa, where it has been found in at present and do not appear to be related to competition. Natal and the former Transvaal Province (Borowiec, 1999; Borowiec, 2005). In addition to the host plants recorded for Literature: it in Heron & Borowiec (1997), the beetle has been ob- Chaboo, C.S. 2007. Biology and phylogeny of the served to reproduce on Celosia trigyna L. and the garden Cassidinae (tortoise and leaf-mining beetles) (Coleoptera: subject Alternanthera sp. (c.f. pungens H.B.K.), both Chrysomelidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Amaranthaceae. Cassida coagulata is a curious species; Natural History 305:250 pp. the adults appear to be crepuscular and, uniquely among the African cassidines as known, its larvae host a globular Continued on page 26 13 CHRYSOMELA 50 & 51, 2008 Jalla dumosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Asopinae), a predator of Timarcha (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in Spain Manuel Baena & José Luis Lencina (Spain) The genus Timarcha has a Holartic distribution and is Timarcha intermedia, the lizard did not eat this larva by a clear example of disjunct distribution, since the Nearctic itself but swallowed it when forced manually, without any representatives of the genus are to be found exclusively negative consequences. west of the Rocky Mountains (Jolivet, 1989, 1995). For The number of known invertebrate predators of some authors, e.g., Gómez- Zurita, (2004, 2008) there is Timarcha is also very reduced and restricted to three much evidence from divergences, genetics, phylogenetics, species in three orders of insects - a ground beetle, ecology, morphology and geography, to isolate the Steropus madidus Fabricius, an ant of the genus Myrmica American species in a separate genus Americanotimarcha and one asopine bug, Zicrona coerulea (Jolivet 1950, Cox Jolivet, 1948. 1996). These predators are known to attack only two The number of species of species, T. tenebricosa the Palaearctic Timarcha is also (Fabricius) and T. goettingensis a controversial matter; of the (Linnaeus). Dr. Eduard Petipierre approximately 240 species and (pers. comm.) has observed in subspecies described the island of Tabarca (Alicante, (Warchalowski, 2003), nearly East Spain) the presence of 80% of them, in Warchalowski’s adults of Timarcha intermedia opinion, should be reduced to Herrich-Schaeffer, 1838 trapped infrasubespecific level. For in webs of Latrodectus sp. Gómez-Zurita (2008) there are Gómez-Zurita (pers. comm.) has nearly 130 species and also observed specimens of subspecies, stable taxa. Timarcha trapped in spider The genus ranges mainly in webs but the species was not central and southern Europe identified. (including Turkey) and North We recently observed the Africa, with some species reaching Ireland and Scandinavia predation of larvae of Timarcha by a so far unknown in the north and the Urals and Ukraine in the east. More predator for the genus, a predaceous stink bug, Jalla than 40 species occur in the Iberian Peninsula, including dumosa. The observation (fig. 1) was made on 13.V.2007 in the Pyrenees, and most of them are endemic to the area the vicinity of a forest of Acer granatensis Boiss., in a (Warchalowski 2003). Good photographs of many meadow on the banks of the stream “Santiago de la European species are available online at Borowiec (2006). Espada”, Nerpio, Albacete, Spain. Three species of Timarcha is a charismatic genus that has attracted the Timarcha occur in this area—T. granadensis Bechyné, attention of researchers and there are several studies 1948, T. marginicollis Rosenhauer, 1856, y T. parvicollis published on various aspects of its biology (Jolivet, 1948), Rosenhauer, 1855. The larvae killed by the bugs belong ecology (Jolivet, 1952; Jolivet & Petitpierre, 1973; González- probably to T. marginicollis. Megías & Gómez, 2001; González-Megias et al. 2004), Jalla Hahn, 1832 is a small genus restricted to the old physiology (Jolivet, 1948), genetics (Petitpierre, 1970, 1973; world and represented only by three species (Thomas, Gómez-Zurita et al., 2005), population dynamics (Gómez- 1994). Jalla dumosa is the most widespread species, Zurita et al. 2000a; Gómez-Zurita & Vogler, 2003, 2006), distributed in much of the Palaearctic region, but it is systematics (Gómez-Zurita, 2004, 2008) and evolution apparently not very abundant (Butler, 1923; Dupuis, 1949). (Gómez-Zurita, et al. 2000b, 2000c; Gómez-Zurita & Vogler, Thomas (1994) summarized the distributional data and the 2003, 2006). Some studies are particularly devoted to the references about the biology, morphology, life cycle, host study of its predators, parasites and phoretics, including plants, nymphal stages and preys. The species, a known those of Abeloos (1933), Jolivet (1950, 1954), Jolivet & predator of caterpillars (Butler, 1923; Dupuis, 1949), is not Poinar (2007), Thomas et al. (1999a, b) and Thomas & De listed among the predaceous stink bugs of economic Meeus (2006). importance by De Clercq (2000), and it was reported by Due to the presence of anthraquinones in its blood, it Herting (1973) as predator of two Chrysomelidae of the has been speculated that Timarcha is highly toxic, and genus Galeruca (data not recorded by Cox (1996)). thus it is refused by birds and lizards (Hollande, 1926). Our Acknowledgements. friend Dr. Eduard Petipierre (pers. comm.) tried to feed a We thank Gloria Bastazo and José Miguel Vela young Timon lepidus (Daudin, 1802) using a larva of continued on next page 14 CHRYSOMELA 50 & 51, 2008 continued from previous page l’autohémorrhée des insectes. Arch. Anat. Micr. Morph. (Málaga), Carlos Hernando (Barcelona), Eduard Petitpierre Exp. 22:374-412. (Palma de Our special thanks to Eduard Petipierre for Jolivet, P. 1948. Introduction à la biologie des communicating his observations and to Jesús Gómez- Timarcha. Misc. Entomol. 45(1):1-32. Zurita (Barcelona) for valuable suggestions and critique of —, 1950. Les parasites, phorétiques et prédateurs des our manuscript. Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera) de la faune Franco-Belge. Literature: Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg. 26:1-39. Abeloos, M. 1933. Notes sur les parasites des —, 1952. Remarques préliminaires sur l’écologie de Timarcha. Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie 8(6):5. Timarcha balearica Gory. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. Borowiec, L. 2006. Chrysomelidae. The Leaf Beetles 88: 138-140. of Europe and the Mediterranean Subregion (Checklist and —, 1954. Les parasites, phorétiques et prédateurs des Iconography), Timarcha. Available online at http:// Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera) (5° note). Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/ Nat. Belg. 30: 1-12. European%20Chrysomelidae/timarcha.htm —, 1989. A propos des Timarcha Nord-Américains Butler, E.A. 1923. A Biology of the British Hemiptera. (Col. Chrysomelidae). L’Entomologiste 45(1):27-34. H. & G. Witherby, London, 682 pp. —, 1995. A status report on the species of Timarcha Cox, M.L. 1996. Insect predators of Chrysomelidae. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Insecta Mundi 9(1-2):53-154. Pp. 23-91. In: Jolivet, P. and Cox, M. L. (eds.) Jolivet, P. & G. Poinar. 2007. Parasites, commensals Chrysomelidae Biology. Vol. 2: Ecological Studies. SPB and phoretics of Timarcha (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Academic Publishers, Amsterdam. Genus 18(4):589-596. De Clercq, P. 2000. Predaceous Stink bugs Jolivet, P. & Petitpierre, E. 1973. Plantes-hôtes (Pentatomidae: Asopinae). Pp. 737-789. In: Schaeffer, C.W. connues des Timarcha Latreille (Col. Chrysomelidae). Bull. & A.R. Panizzi (eds.) Heteroptera of Economic importance. Soc. Ent. France 78(1):9-25. CRC Press. Boca Raton. Petitpierre, E. 1970. 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Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Institute of beetles of Europe and the Mediterranean Area. Natura Biological Control 3, 185 pp. Optima Dux Foundation, Warsaw, 600 pp. Hollande, A., 1926. La signification de 15 CHRYSOMELA 50 & 51, 2008 CHRYFAUN – a faunistics project on Central European Chrysomelidae

Michael Schmitt (Germany) In Chrysomela Newsletter no. 48, I gave a short [email protected]. We ask you to provide the historical outline of our ongoing project on the locality, preferably along with the geographical coordinates biogeography of leaf and seed beetles in Central Europe. This year, good progress was made since Thomas Roenn completed his diploma 1 thesis on this topic. The computer programme we use has been completely reshaped by a professional programmer. Thomas entered label data from the private collections of Manfred Döberl (Abensberg, Germany) and Horst Kippenberg (Herzogenaurach, Germany). At present, we have more than 50,000 entries in our files – definitely not enough to draw final conclusions, but sufficient for interesting hypotheses in special cases. Thomas found 14 fairly distinguishable types of geographical distribution, e.g. alpine, eastern, coastal etc. Fig. 1 demonstrates that Lilioceris tibialis (Villa, 1838) is clearly restricted to the alpine region. We present the data as grid field maps in which all grid fields from where we have data at all are marked in yellow. Those fields 2 from where we have records of the genus in question are marked with a black X, while the red diamonds indicate the records for the respective species. The rationale behind is that collectors will hardly discard specimens of a certain species as long as they collect other species of the same genus. Consequently, gaps in our maps can certainly be regarded distributional gaps if there are sufficient records for other species of the same genus from grid fields in which the species in question is not reported. Chrysolina limbata (Fabricius, 1775) (Fig. 2) gives an example of a quite unusual and therefore interesting distribution since the gaps in the map seem to represent real distributional gaps in nature. It also becomes clear from the example maps that we down to the minute, the date of collection, and the do not have enough data. Thus, whoever can and wants to indication of the collection where the voucher specimen is contribute records is invited to do so. If you can help to fill housed. the white grid fields, please send an e-mail to International Date Book 2009 Immature Beetle meeting, Oct 1-2, Prague, 2009 Hennig Society, Singapore, June 22-26 2009 Czechoslovakia; www.cerycon.edu/IBM/ www.cladistics.org/meetings.html IBM2009.htm 2009 Arthropod Genomics Symposium, June 11-14, 2009 Entomological Society of America, 57th annual Kansas City, USA; www.k-state.edu/agc meeting, Dec 13-16, Indianapolis, USA; 2010 VI Southern Connections Congress, Feb 15-19 , www.entsoc.org; Entomology Collections Bariloche, Argentina; Network, Dec 12-13; Coleopterists Society, www.southernconnection2010.crub.uncoma.edu.ar Dec 15; Informal Chrysomelid lunch 16 CHRYSOMELA 50 & 51, 2008 New Series on Chrysomelidae

During the 23rd Lam, Wai-Ki Frankie; Krell, Rayda K.; Bradshaw, Jeffrey D.; International Congress of Rice, Marlin E. & Pedigo, Larry P.: Validation and Entomology, the first application of predictive models on bean leaf beetle, volume of the newly Cerotoma trifurcata, population dynamics in Central Iowa. launched series Research Pp. 334-344 on Chrysomelidae was LeSage, Laurent: The pale-legged flea beetles Altica knabii presented to the public (fig. Blatchley and A. pedipallida LeSage in North America 1). This series is edited by (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticini). Pp. 286-308 Pierre Jolivet (Paris, France), Medeiros, Lenice & Moreira, Gilson R.P.: Performance of Jorge Santiago-Blay Gratiana spadicea (Cassidinae) on its host and on five (Washington, DC, USA), sympatric non-hosts (Solanum: Solanaceae) in Southern and Michael Schmitt (Bonn, Brazil. Pp. 210-224 Germany), assisted by Mikhailov, Yuri E.: Body colouration in the leaf beetle Susanne Düngelhoef, Bonn. genera Oreina Chevrolat and Crosita Motschulsky and The first volume (fig. 2) trends in its variation. Pp. 129-148 contains 20 papers: Nesterova, Oxana L.: Towards the morphology and biology Beenen, Ron & Jolivet, Pierre: Classification and habitat of the larvae of two sibling-species in the genus of brachelytrous Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera). Pp. 161- Galerucella Crotch (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, 173. Galerucinae). Pp. 121-128 Biondi, Maurizio & D’Alessandro, Paola: Revision of the Schöller, Matthias: Comparative morphology of sclerites Chatocnema pulla species-group from the Afrotropical used by Camptosomatan leaf beetles for formation of the region with description of a new species from Central extrachorion (Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae, Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Pp. 265-286 Lamprosomatinae). Pp. 87-120 Bontems, Christian & Lee, Chi-Feng: A new case of Vencl, Fredric V. & Nishida, Kenji: A new gall-inducing viviparity among Chrysomelinae. Pp. 260-264, pls. 30-36 shining leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Cuignet, Marie; Windsor, Donald; Reardon, Jessica & Thailand and its relevance to the evolution of herbivory in Hance, Thierry: The diversity and specificity of leaf beetles. Pp. 246-259 parasitoids attacking Neotropical tortoise beetles Verma, Krishna K.: Reflections on male external genitalia in (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Pp. 345-367 insects - their taxonomic significance, variability, and Eben, Astrid & Espinosa de los Monteros, Alejandro: evolution - with particular reference to Chrysomelidae. Pp. Specialization is not a dead end: Further evidence from 149-160 Diabrotica beetles. Pp. 40-58 Volume 1 is available from Brill (http://www.brill.nl/ Elias, Scott A. & Kuzmina, Svetlana: Response of product_id26044.htm) at • 169.00 / US$ 270.00. Volume 2 is Chrysomelidae to Quaternary environmental changes. scheduled for 2009 and will contain the proceedings of the Pp. 174-193, pl. 16 7th International Symposium on Chrysomelidae plus a Flinte, Vivian; Valverde de Macedo, Margarete & Ferreira number of submitted papers. Depending on manuscripts, Monteiro, Ricardo: Tortoise beetles (Chrysomelidae: we plan to publish one volume annually. We hope that Cassidinae) of tropical rain forest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Research on Chrysomelidae develops as an interesting Pp. 194-209 forum for all aspects of leaf beetle biology. Grenha, Viviane; Valverde de Macedo, Margarete & Whoever considers submitting a manuscript, please Ferreira Monteiro, Ricardo: Population fluctuation of contact Susanne Düngelhoef (s.duengelhoef.zfmk@uni- Mecistomela marginata (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). bonn.de). Pp. 320-333 -Michael Schmitt, Germany Gómez-Zurita, Jesús: Species and speciation in Timarcha. Pp. 17-39 Heron, Hugh D.C.: The biology of Aspidimorpha submutata Weise, 1899 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Pp. 225-245 Jolivet, Pierre & Verma, K.K.: On the origin of the Pensoft’s Display, Chrysomelid fauna of New Caledonia. Pp. 309-319 ICE, Durban, 2008 Kergoat, Gaël J.; Delobel, Alex; Le Rü, Bruno & Silvain, Jean-François: Seed-beetles in the age of the molecule: Recent advances on systematics and host-plant association patterns. Pp. 59-86

17 CHRYSOMELA 50 & 51, 2008 In Memoriam Michel Bergeal 1938-2008 Michel Bergeal passed away on the 3rd of August renowned specialist. His numerous trips abroad and his 2008. He joined early ACOREP (Coleopterist’s multiple exchanges with foreign colleagues in France Association of the Parisian Region) at the end of the and overseas allowed him to build an important fifties and regularly attended our meetings, but, during collection. He published also many papers on leaf the last few years, health problems often kept him away beetles and their taxonomy. Quiet and sometimes a bit from our association. He was also a member of the French rude, he was really, for those who knew him well, warm, Entomological Society. Every year he attended the with a good sense of humour. He was honest, strict and October meeting of the German Coleopterists in rigorous. Very faithful in friendship, he was also always Beutelsbach near Stuttgart. At the beginning he showed a ready to help those who requested a favour. One of us great interest in Carabus, which he collected actively in (P.J.) met him for the last time in October 2007, in Europe according to the traditional methods of the time, Beutelsbach, with his wife at the coleopterists’ meeting. using a pickaxe, not by trapping or nocturnal hunting. He was weakened by illness but we enjoyed discussing Later on, he collected Coccinellidae intensively. Around beetles with colleagues. 1980, he switched over to Chrysomelidae and became a -Serge Doguet & Pierre Jolivet Nicole Berti 1938-2008 We heard with sadness the death of Nicole Berti on the care: Chrysomelidae and many other families, e.g., 4th of July 2008. After her studies in Zoology in Algeria and Staphylinidae and Coccinellidae. She knew how to help in France, in 1965, she joined the laboratory of Entomology her visitors with her extensive knowledge of the French of the French Museum of Natural History, under and European collections. She worked also in the past Balachowsky direction, where she specialized rapidly in the on the palearctic fauna with Michel Rapilly. She study of Chrysomelidae. She published on this important volunteered to write the first volume of the “Faune of beetle family many communications, including a thesis France” of the Chrysomelidae, which she could not dedicated mainly to Afro-tropical Galerucinae. Her work has complete. In her memory, it would be desirable that this been remarkable for its precision and the excellence of the important book, on which she devoted herself for so illustrations. Nicole Berti has specially described important long, should be completed by other entomologists. She novelties in the study of female genitalia and applied them retired five years ago, but, as long as her health to systematics studies done with Max Vachon. She also permitted, she came to the Museum each week to help specially studied the endophallus of the male genitalia with visitors. Her replacement is strongly needed, leaf-beetles its complex structures. Self-effacing, and sometimes too and weevils being both important groups, not only discreet, she received and helped willingly the numerous extremely varied taxonomatically, but also of a high specialists who came to study the material under her own agricultural importance. -Serge Doguet & Pierre Jolivet

Enrique Balcells Rocamora 1922-2007

Enrique Balcells was among the first subscribers of a very whealthy family of industrialists but, despite all Chrysomela and he is still listed into the 2000 issue. The their efforts, he refused to join their work in industry. He notice on his death by José Garcia Ruiz in Cuadernos de had a great liking for insects. He was generous, not Investigacion Geografica mentions only his work as hesitating to pay himself the same salary as the workers, director of the Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologia, later the when the government would forget to send it. He Centro Pirenaico de Biologia Experimental, in Jaca remained single, during his long life, entirely devoted to (Huesca), from 1968, linked with the University of scientific research. Zaragoza. He was also Research Professor at the Consejo Between 1951 and 1955, at a time when cladistics and Superior de Invesgaciones Cientificas and honorary molecular biology were not invented, Balcells published professor at the University of Navarra. a series of biological monographs on Altica, Chrysolina, Enrique got his Ph.D. at the University of Madrid in Agelastica, etc., and their predators. He remained all his 1950 and was made Doctor honoris causa of the University life interested in Chrysomelidae, but his new jobs kept of Zaragoza in 1991. The Spanish notice mentions his large him away from his dear leaf-beetles. Enrique was very culture and his work in geography and in national parks. knowledgable, and also an honest and wonderful person. That is to forget his work on leaf beetles around the fifties -Pierre Jolivet when I met him several times in Barcelona. He belonged to

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