The Insects of Ojibway Prairie, a Southern Ontario Tallgrass Prairie
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The Insects of Ojibway Prairie, a southern Ontario tallgrass prairie. 31 January 2008 S.M. Paiero1, S.A. Marshall1, P.D. Pratt2 and M. Buck1 1University of Guelph Insect Collection Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada 2Windsor Department of Parks Windsor, Ontario, Canada The following list includes the 2217 species of insects known from Ojibway Prairie (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) as of 31 January 2008, with families arranged alphabetically within each order, genera arranged alphabetically within families, and species arranged alphabetically within genera. Of the 2217 species, 2210 were recorded during the current study and 7 were recorded by Hamilton (1994, 1995) but not collected during the current study. Odonata and Lepidoptera records are maintained on the Ojibway Prairie website and include visual records as well as recently collected specimens and records from earlier work (Pilkington 1974 - 1985; see text for further details). While the current list of species from Ojibway Prairie is extensive, some taxa are conspicuously absent from the list. Certain groups were impractical to process or identify (e.g. some families of nematoceran Diptera, microlepidopterans, and parasitic Hymenoptera) while some entire orders were excluded either because they did not occur in our samples (e.g. Strepsiptera, Thysanura, Archaeognatha, Phthiraptera, Siphonaptera, Plecoptera) or were not effectively sampled and were therefore treated as outside the scope of the study (e.g., Collembola, Ephemeroptera, Thysanoptera, Trichoptera). Some unidentified material still remains to be examined and individuals interested in material from the study, or looking for more information on the study, are encouraged to contact the authors through the University of Guelph Insect Collection. All material from this study, with the exception of some Odonata and Lepidoptera maintained at the Ojibway Prairie Nature Centre, is deposited at the University of Guelph Insect Collection. Jump to : Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies) – 58 species (as of Jan 2008) Dermaptera (Earwigs) – 1 species Mantodea (Praying Mantids) – 2 species Phasmatodea (Walkingsticks) – 1 species Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids) – 45 species Psocoptera (Booklice and Barklice) – 10 species Hemiptera (True Bugs) – 322 species Neuroptera (Lacewings and Antlions) – 11 species Coleoptera (Beetles) – 493 species Mecoptera (Scorpionflies) – 5 species Diptera (True Flies) – 500 species Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) – 334 species (as of Jan 2008) Hymenoptera (Sawflies and Wasps) – 435 species We were dependent on collaborating systematists for the identification of many of our specimens, and we gratefully acknowledge the following collaborators for their contributions – K.G.A. Hamilton (Auchenorrhyncha), H. Goulet (Symphyta and Carabidae), L. Masner (Proctotrupoidea), O. Lonsdale (Diptera and Coleoptera), R.A. Anderson (Curculionidae), T. Romanokova (apiform Apoidea), J. Skevington (Pipunculidae), M. Parchami-Araghi (Oestroidea), J. Llyod (Lampyridae), J. Kits (Bombyliidae). Ojibway Prairie Species list (cont.) PHASMATODEA (1 species) MECOPTERA (5 species) Family Genus Species/SubSp/Var Author Family Genus Species/SubSp/Var Author Heteronemobiidae Diapheromera femorata (Say) Bittacidae Bittacus strigosus Hagen, 1861 Bittacidae Bittacus stigmaterus Say, 1823 Meropeidae Merope tuber Newman, 1838 Panorpidae Panorpa banksi Hine, 1901 DERMAPTERA (1 species) Panorpidae Panorpa debilis Westwood, 1846 Family Genus Species/SubSp/Var Author Forficulidae Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758 NEUROPTERA (11 species) Family Genus Species/SubSp/Var Author Chrysopidae Chrysopa oculata Say Chrysopidae Chrysopa rufilabris Burmiester MANTODEA (2 species) Chrysopidae Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) Family Genus Species/SubSp/Var Author Coniopterygidae Coniopteryx Mantidae Mantis religiosa religiosa L. Hemerobiidae Hemerobius humulinus Linnaeus Mantidae Tenodera aridifolia sinensis (Saus.) Hemerobiidae Micromus posticus (Walker) Hemerobiidae Psectra diptera (Burmeister) Mantispidae Climaciella brunnea (Say) Mantispidae Leptomantispa pulchella (Banks) Myrmeleonidae Hesperoleon abdominalis (Say) ORTHOPTERA (45 species) Myrmeleonidae Myrmeleon immaculatus DeGeer Family Genus Species/SubSp/Var Author Acrididae Chloealtus conspersa Harris Acrididae Chorthippus curtipennis (Harris) Acrididae Dichromorpha viridis (Scudder) Acrididae Dissosteria carolina (Linnaeus) Acrididae Melanoplus bivitattus (Say) Acrididae Melanoplus femurrubrum femurrumbrum (DeGeer) Acrididae Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley Acrididae Melanoplus confusus (Scudder) Acrididae Melanoplus differentialis differentialis (Thomas) Acrididae Melanoplus punctulatus (Scudder) Acrididae Melanoplus scudderi scudderi (Uhler) Acrididae Melanoplus walshii Scudder Acrididae Spharagemon bolli bolli Scudder Batrachidae Tettigidea lateralis lateralis (Say) Gryllidae Allonemobius fasciatus (DeGeer) Gryllidae Allonemobius griseus griseus (E.M. Walker) Gryllidae Allonemobius maculatus (Blatchley) Gryllidae Eunemobius carolinus (Scudder) Gryllidae Gryllus pennsylvanicus Burmeister Gryllidae Myrmecophila pergandei Bruner Gryllidae Neonemobius palustris (Blatchley) Gryllidae Neoxabea bipunctata (DeGeer) Gryllidae Oecanthus exclamationis Davis Gryllidae Oecanthus fultoni T. Walker Gryllidae Oecanthus quadripunctatus Beutenmüller Gryllidae Oecanthus niveus (DeGeer) Gryllidae Oecanthus nigricornis F. Walker Rhaphidophoridae Ceuthophilus meridionalis Scudder Rhaphidophoridae Ceuthophilus divergens Scudder Tetrigidae Paratettix cucullatus (Burmeister) Tetrigidae Tetrix arenosum angustum (Hancock) Tettigoniidae Amblycorypha oblongifolia (DeGeer) Tettigoniidae Conocephalus Tettigoniidae Conocephalus brevipennis (Scudder) Tettigoniidae Conocephalus fasciatus (DeGeer) Tettigoniidae Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure) Tettigoniidae Neoconocephalus ensiger (Harris) Tettigoniidae Orchelimum gladiator Bruner Tettigoniidae Orchelimum nigripes Scudder Tettigoniidae Pterophylla camellifolia (Fabricius) ***Heard but not collected*** Tettigoniidae Scudderia curvicauda (DeGeer) Tettigoniidae Scudderia furcata furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl Tridactylidae Ellipes minutus minutus (Scudder) Trigonidiidae Anaxipha exigua (Say) Gryllotalpidae Neocurtilla hexadactyla (Perty) ***Observed by no specimen taken*** PSOCOPTERA (10 species) Family Genus Species/SubSp/Var Author Amphipsocidae Polypsocus corruptus Hagen Caeciliidae Caecilius Ectopsocidae Ectopsocus meridionalis Ribaga Lepidopsocidae Echmepteryx hageni (Packard) Myopsocidae Lichenomima Philotarsidae Aaroniella badonneli (Danks) Psocidae Cerastipsocus venosus (Burmeister) Psocidae Hyalopsocus Psocidae Metylophorus novaescotiae (Walker) Psocidae Trichadenotecnum alexanderae Sommerman Ojibway Prairie Species list (cont.) Family Genus Species/SubSp/Var Author HEMIPTERA (322 species) Cicadellidae Gyponana Family Genus Species/SubSp/Var Author Cicadellidae Gyponana extenda DeLong Alydidae Alydus eurinus (Say) Cicadellidae Memnonia flavida (Signoret) ***Recorded by Hamilton Alydidae Megalotomus quinquespinosus (Say) (1994, 1995)*** Alydidae Protenor belfragei Haglund Cicadellidae Hecalus major (Osborn) Anthocoridae Orius insidiosus (Say) Cicadellidae Hymetta balteata McAtee Anthocoridae Xylocoris cursitans (Fallén) Cicadellidae Idiocerus Aphididae Uroleucon helianthicola (Olive) ***Photographed by no Cicadellidae Idiodonus kennicottii (Uhler) specimen taken*** Cicadellidae Idiodonus morsei (Osborn) Aphididae Aphididae gen. sp. Cicadellidae Japananus hyalinus (Osborn) Aradidae Neuroctenus simplex (Uhler) Cicadellidae Jikradia olitoria (Say) Belostomatidae Belostoma flumineum Say Cicadellidae Laevicephalus acus (Sanders & DeLong) Berytidae Jalysus spinosus (Say) Cicadellidae Laevicephalus Blissidae Ischnodemus falicus (Say, 1832) Cicadellidae Laevicephalus unicolouratus (Gillette & Baker) Caliscelidae Aphelonema simplex Uhler Cicadellidae Laevicephalus melsheimerii (Fitch) Caliscelidae Bruchomorpha oculata Newman Cicadellidae Laevicephalus minimus (Osborn & Ball) Cercopidae Aphrophora alni (Fallén) Cicadellidae Latalus sayii (Fitch) Cercopidae Aphrophora cribrata (Walker) Cicadellidae Latalus ocellaris (Fallén) Cercopidae Clastoptera proteus Fitch Cicadellidae Latalus Cercopidae Lepyronia quadrangularis (Say) Cicadellidae Limotettix Cercopidae Neophilaenus lineatus (Linnaeus) Cicadellidae Limotettix elegans Hamilton ***Recorded by Hamilton Cercopidae Philaenus spumarius (Linnaeus) (1994, 1995)*** Cicadellidae Agallia quadripunctata (Provancher) Cicadellidae Limotettix uhleri (Ball) Cicadellidae Agallia constricta Van Duzee Cicadellidae Limotettix urnura Hamilton ***Recorded by Hamilton Cicadellidae Agalliopsis (1994, 1995)*** Cicadellidae Agalliopsis ancistra Oman Cicadellidae Macrosteles fascifrons (Stål) Cicadellidae Alebra Cicadellidae Macrosteles quadrilineatus (Forbes) Cicadellidae Amplicephalus inimicus (Say) Cicadellidae Macrosteles Cicadellidae Anoscopus Cicadellidae Menosoma cincta (Osborn & Ball) Cicadellidae Anoscopus flavostrigata (Donovan) Cicadellidae Mesamia nigridorsum (Ball) Cicadellidae Aphrodes Cicadellidae Neocoelidia tumidifrons Gillette & Baker Cicadellidae Aphrodes bicincta (Schrank) Cicadellidae Neohecalus magnificus Hamilton Cicadellidae Arboridia Cicadellidae Neokolla hieroglyphica (Say) Cicadellidae Athysansus argentarius Metcalf Cicadellidae Neokolla lugubris (Signoret) Cicadellidae Balclutha Cicadellidae Norvellina seminuda (Say) Cicadellidae Balclutha punctata