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CHRYSOMELA newsletter Dedicated to information about the Chrysomelidae Report No. 42 June 2003 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge May 16-18, 2003 2- Editor’s Page The Mid-Atlantic States Collecting Trip 2- NMNH Chrysomelid Collection 2- Historical Photo—First ICS 3- The Passing of Old Friends 3- Maternal Care in Cassidines 3- The Bordon Collection 3- Thanks for 20 Years of Service 4- New Light on Hybosinota 5- The Bergeal's at Smithsonian 5- What izit? 6- The 14th ESSA Congress 6- The Mid-Atlantic States Trip 7- Chrysomelidae of Lord Howe Is. 8- Philadelphia's ANS Collection 9- Cryptocephaline Stalked Eggs 9- Request for Live Material 10- Literature Requests 10- Specimen Requests 11- Recent Chrysomelid Literature Sunday, May 18, 2003, following two days of collecting 18- Email & Telephone List from left to right— Charlie Staines, Susan Staines, Dave Furth, Lijie Zhang, Eric 22- Call for Papers Smith, Barbara Bergel, Alexander Konstantinov, Kira Zhaurova, Michel Bergal, 22- Chrysomela Questionnaire Catherine Duckett, and Warren Steiner (photographs: Charlie Cambell) (see story page 6) Research Activities and Interests Wolfgang Baese (Wittenberg) cur- of the Palearctic Coleoptera (Eds.: I. Jiri Brokes (Litomysl) is working rently working the faunistics and biol- Löbl & A. Smetana). Also, continuing on the Donaciinae of Central Europe; ogy of the middle-European species of to work on the Chrysomelid Fauna of also, continuing work on Orsodacninae, the subfamily Donaciinae. Central Europe (Th. M. Schmitt, Admin- Criocerinae, Clytrinae, Cryptocephali- Judith X. Becerra (Tucson) is istrator). nae, and Chrysomelinae of the Palearctic working on plant-insect interactions Jan Bezdek (Brno) is working on the region. (ecology and evolution), and insect Asiatic species of the gelerucine genus Petr Cizek (Zamberk) continues to phylogeny reconstruction. Apophylia. work on the Alticinae of Europe. Ron Beenen (Nieuwegien) working Andrzej Bienkowski (Moscow) Daniel Dobrosak (Hoppers Cross- on the faunistics and taxonomy of Pale- mainly working on the systematics ing) is interested in the biology and tax- arctic and African Galerucinae. Cur- of Chrysolina. Recently published a onomy of Peltoschema and non-eucalypt rently working on Galeruca, Eupachy- checklist of the Chrysolina (worldwide). feeding paropsines. toma, and Nirina. The faunistic work Plans to revise the subgenera Arctolina, José Luis Fernández-Carrillo concentrates on the compilation of a Ovosoma, Lithopteroides and others. (Ciudad Real) Currently working on the galerucine catalogue, both for the Fauna Continues to work on the subgeneric systematics of Spanish bruchids. Europa database and for the Catalogue structure of Chrysolina. (continued page 10) EDITOR’S PAGE hope, helped develop and strengthen this Chrysomelid Collection community by opening the lines of com- at Terry N. Seeno, Sacramento munication and providing an outlet for NMNH, Smithsonian all members. Since midyear 2000, Alexander Out In Konstantinov (Washington) is officially With the With the the curator of the collection of Chryso- Old — New — melidae at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Being editor It is with great in Washington DC. The collection is of CHRYSOMELA pleasure that I an- actively growing due to recent acquisi- has been one of nounce Caroline tions and collecting activity in the USA, the most pleasant Chaboo as the Nepal, China, Russia, Turkey, and other tasks associated next editor of areas. with my career in Entomology. But, as CHRYSOMELA. Through the efforts of Steve Lin- the saying goes, "all good things must Caroline grew up in Trinidad where gafelter (1996-1998) more than half of come to an end." she discovered entomology. She has been the collection is now databased, and the As stated in the very first issue associated with the American Museum effort to complete the project is still in of CHRYSOMELA (August, 1979), the of Natural History in New York for more progress. purpose of the newsletter was devotion than 13 years. After completing her MS at All loan requests and visits are wel- ". to the dissemination and informa- Kansas, she returned to AMNH to work come and greatly encouraged. For loans tion about the Chrysomelidae and the with Dave Grimaldi on amber insects. information regarding visits, please students of this group" (the key word She will soon graduate with a Ph.D. in en- contact A. Konstantinov by email at: in that statement is students). It was tomology from Cornell University where <[email protected]>. born in a time when communication she was funded on an AMNH fellowship. between workers interested in beetles Next January, she will start a post- was relatively weak. There was no easy doc position with Kip Will at UC-Berke- CHRYSOMELA way for interested students to know who ley working on chrysomelid molecular Leaf Beetle References specialized in which groups and who to systematics and behavior. contact. Caroline's editorship is effective Approximately 2,700 chrysomelid The leaf beetle community, even immediately. Send all email (subject, literature citations have been cited in though it was active, was not fully "Chrysomela") to her at: CHRYSOMELA since the first issue. The developed. The internet was unavail- <[email protected]> entire list is available in PDF format able and communications between leaf <[email protected]> on the Beetle Newsletters page of the beetle workers on a worldwide basis or to her postal address listed on the Coleopterists Society website at: <http: were relatively poor. CHRYSOMELA, I last page of this newsletter. //www.coleopsoc.org/nwslttrs.shtml> Historical Photo The First ICS ICE 17, Hamburg August, 20-25, 1984 Photo of participants at the First International Chrysomelid Symposium, held in conjunction with the 17th Inter- national Congress of Entomology, Ham- burg. Co-organizers of this first ICS were Dave Furth and Horst Kippenberg (both in dark jackets). This picture and names of the participants was printed in CHRYSOMELA number 12 issued in January, 1985. T.N.S.—May 25, 2003 The Newsletter CHRYSOMELA–Founded 1979– is published semiannually, usually in April and October by the California Department of Food & Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832-1448. E-mail: [email protected]; telephone (916) 262-1160; FAX (916) 262-1190. This newsletter is sent to students of the Chrysomelidae to encourage the exchange of ideas and to disseminate information on these insects. Editor: Terry N. Seeno, Sacramento. Editor-Select: Caroline Chaboo, New York. Advisors: Catherine N. Duckett, New Brunswick; Brian D. Farrell, Cambridge; R. Wills Flowers, Tallahassee; Elizabeth Grobbelaar, Pretoria; Pierre Jolivet, Paris; Alex Konstantinov, Washington; Chris Reid, Sydney; Ed Riley, College Station; Al Samuelson, Honolulu; Eric H. Smith, Lynchburg; Charlie L. Staines, Edgewater. 2 CHRYSOMELA 42, June 2003 CHRYSOMELA no. 42, June 2003 3 In Memoriam Up-Front Notes The Passing of More Old Friends Maternal Care in the Cassidines Guido Nonveiller— Jean-Michal Maes (Léon) A specialist of Mutilidae (Hymenoptera) from Africa and the Palearctic region, he published a on the biology and tax- onomy of the Altici- nae. He spoke more than seven languages including German, French, Serbo-Croat, Russian, Czech, English, Spanish, and Italian. Guido worked several years for A female specimen of Acromis sparsa (Boheman), 1854 the FAO in Western (Cassidinae: Stolaini) guarding her larvae. The photograph was Africa (Gabon) and taken in Volcan Mombacho, near of Granada in southwestern wrote a book on Nicaragua (1,150m) by Laurence Huez (Paris) on July 2002. Insects of agricultural The host plant is probably Ipomoea sp. importance in Tropical Information on this species can be found in Windsor (1987) Africa (Catalogue des and Chaboo (2001 & 2002). Insectes du Cameroun dʼintérêt agricole). His last book was Chaboo, C. S. 2002. First report of immatures, genitalia The Pioneers of Research on the Insects of Dalmatia. He and Maternal Care in Eugenysa columbiana (Boheman) (Cole- also worked in Paris Museum during the recent Yugoslavian optera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Eugenysini). Coleop. Bull. war. 56(1):50-67, 17 figs., 1 tab. He was an excellent colleague and we will all miss him. Chaboo, C. S. 2001. Revision and phylogenetic analysis P.H.A.J.—April 11,2003 of Acromis Chrvrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Stolaini). Coleop. Bull. 55(1):75-102, 35 figs., 1 tab. Windsor, D. M. 1987. Natural history of a subsocial Bohumila “Mila” Springlova de Bechyné— tortoise beetle, Acromis sparsa Boheman (Chrysomelidae, Died in Maracay, Venezuela on April 27, 2003, nearly Cassidinae) in Panama. Psyche 94(1-2):127-150. 30 years to the day after her late husband Jan Bechyné (Jan died, May 7, 1973 at The Carlos Bordon Collection age 53). Affectionately Transferred to Turino known to her friends Mauro Daccordi (Turino) as 'Mila,' Bohumila had an early interest in Once, one of the largest private collections in South Amer- the Eumolpinae. She ica, the Bordon collection has been transferred from Maracay later worked on the to the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali in Turin. alticines with her hus- This 250,000 specimens collection of insects (primarily band Jan, with whom Coleoptera) has heavy concentrations of weevils (Bordon's she collaborated and specialty), chrysomelids, tenebrionids and scarabs. Our they coauthored more beloved leaf beetles are well represented, and the collection than 25 papers on the contains many Bechyné types. subject. Mila was and excellent scientific illustrator as can be Sincere Thanks for a Job Well Done seen in these papers. She was known for her robust sense of humor and abil- Our thanks to David Furth (Washington) for 20 years of ity to tell a good story. She also had a soupçon of vanity, faithful service in organizing the informal meetings of chryso- which is the reason we do not know here exact age. melidists at the ESA meetings. As Dave announced at the Her friends will miss her. 20th Informal Conference anyone interested in continuing this C.N.D.
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    108 Volume4ENTOMOGRAPHY 1986 pp.109-136 A Taxonomic Study of the Genus Algarobius (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) John M. Kingsolver SystematicEntomology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, c/o National Museum of NaturalHistory, Washington, D.C. 20560 ABSTRACT. - Descriptions, habitus and genitalic illustrations, host lists, and geo­ graphical distribution are included for the six known species, four of them new, in the genus Algarobil.18. Included are Algarobil.18 prosopis (LeConte), from southwestern UnitedStates and northwesternMexico; A. bottimeriKingsolver from Texas,Oklahoma, New Mexico, and northeastern Mexico; A. joh.nsoni, new species, and A. atratus, new species, from central Mexico, A. nicoya, new species,from Sonora, Mexico, along Pacific coast to Costa Rica; and A. riochama, new species from Colombia and Venezuela. Algarobil.18 spp. apparentlyobligatorily breed in seeds of Prosopis spp. A conspicuous plant in the more xeric portions of our Southwestern United States and extending into South America is the mesquite (Prosopis spp.) which has for centuries provided man with a valuable sourceof food,firewood, medicine, honey,gums, and buildingmaterials (Forbes, 1895; Felger, 1977). Although the foliage is of some value as forage for grazing animals, the pods are a more valuable source of proteinfor both man and animal. Greatquantities of podsare gathered by various tribesof Indians who use them to makeflour and fermented drinks. The woodmakes excellentcharcoal; roots, trunks, and branches are sought for firewood. Standley (1922) and Felger (1977) and Fisher (1977) list other uses of the plant. On the other hand, mesquite is considered an undesirable plant froma range management pointof view, becauseit spreads quickly, is difficult to eradicate because it sprouts readily, and uses water that would otherwisecontribute to growth of grasses and other plantsmore palatable to livestock (Glendening and Paulsen, 1955).
  • Morfología De Las Mandíbulas De Algunos Géneros De Alticinae Y Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

    Morfología De Las Mandíbulas De Algunos Géneros De Alticinae Y Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

    ISSN 1317-5262 ENTOMOTROPICA Vol. 21(1): 23-40. Abril 2006. Morfología de las mandíbulas de algunos géneros de Alticinae y Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Vilma Savini, Luis J. Joly Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola Francisco Fernández Yépez (MIZA), Facultad de Agronomía, UCV, Maracay 2101-A, Apdo. 4579. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Resumen Savini V, Joly LJ. 2006. Morfología de las mandíbulas de algunos géneros de Alticinae y Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Entomotropica 21(1): 23-40. Se describen e ilustran las mandíbulas de 22 géneros de Alticinae y Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) en su mayoría del Nuevo Mundo. Ellos son: Acanthonycha Jacoby, Andiroba Bechyné & Bechyné, Brasilaphthona Bechyné, Centralaphthona Bechyné, Coelomera Chevrolat, género nuevo (descripción en preparación), Doloresa Bechyné, Genapthona Bechyné, Gioia Bechyné, Glyptina LeConte, Heikertingerella Csiki, Longitarsus Latreille, Lupraea Jacoby, Macrohaltica Bechyné, Neosphaeroderma Savini & Furth, Neothona Bechyné, Phyllotreta Chevrolat, Pseudodibolia Jacoby, Sanariana Bechyné, Syphraea Baly, Varicoxa Bechyné, y Yumaphthona Bechyné & Bechyné. Palabras clave adicionales: Escarabajos, taxonomía. Abstract Savini V, Joly LJ. 2006. Morphology of the mandibles of some genera of Alticinae and Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Entomotropica 21(1): 23-40. The mandibles of 22 genera of Alticinae and Galerucinae Coleoptera:( Chrysomelidae) mostly from the New World are described and illustrated. They are: Acanthonycha Jacoby, Andiroba Bechyné & Bechyné, Brasilaphthona Bechyné, Centralaphthona Bechyné, Coelomera Chevrolat, new genus (description in preparation), Doloresa Bechyné, Genapthona Bechyné, Gioia Bechyné, Glyptina LeConte, Heikertingerella Csiki, Longitarsus Latreille, Lupraea Jacoby, Macrohaltica Bechyné, Neosphaeroderma Savini & Furth, Neothona Bechyné, Phyllotreta Chevrolat, Pseudodibolia Jacoby, Sanariana Bechyné, Syphraea Baly, Varicoxa Bechyné, and Yumaphthona Bechyné & Bechyné. Additional key words: Flea beetles, taxonomy.