A new genus of gall-forming aphids of tribe Fordini Baker, 1920 (Hemip tera: Aphididae: Eri osomatinae) from Near East
Sh alva Bar jadze*a, Susan Halbertb, Danièle Matilec & Rachel Ben-Shlomod
aInstitute of Zoology, Ilia State University, Giorgi Tsereteli 3, Tbilisi 0162, Georgia; bDivision of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA; cMuséum National d’Histoire Naturelle UMR 7205 MNHN-CNRS : ISYEB, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité 57, rue Cuvier CP 50 F - 75005 Paris, France; dDepartment of Biology, University of Haifa-Oranim, Tivon 36006, Israel
Summary. Inbaria n. gen. is proposed based on type species Geoica swirskii Remaudière & Inbar, 2004, resulting in a new
combination, Inbaria swirskii (Remaudière & Inbar, 2004) n. comb. Inbaria easily differs from all Pistacia gall-producing
aphids of the tribe Fordini by the size of the primary and secondary rhinaria in fall migrants. Inbaria n. gen. is differentiated
morphologically from the similar genera Geoica Hart, 1894 and Slavum Mordvilko, 1927. Genetically (COI), the two
genera Geoica and Inbaria show a large divergence of more than 9% of the sequence. Notes on some morphological
characters in apterous fundatrigeniae and descriptions of the embryo of the apterous exule, within alate viviparous females
of I. swirskii, are provided.
Keywords: Pistacia; Jordan; Israel; taxonomy; morphology; molecular divergence
Faunistical data on the Croatian Orthoptera with four species newly recorded in the country
Gellért Puskás a*, Barnabás Nagya & Gergely Szövényi b
aDepartment of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest 1088, Hungary; bDepartment of Systematic Zoology and
Ecology, ELTE, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 1117, Hungary
Summary. We present 914 records of Croatian Orthoptera, representing 124 taxa from 178 localities. The list is compiled
based on the Hungarian Natural History Museum collections, private collections, and authors’ observations. The first faunistical records for Croatia are given for a bush-cricket ( Leptophyes intermedia), two crickets ( Modicogryllus truncatus, Oecanthus dulcisonans), and a grasshopper species ( Epacromius tergestinus).
Keywords: Croatia; faunistics; Leptophyes intermedia; Modicogryllus truncatus; Oecanthus dulcisonans; Epacromius
tergestinus
First data on the Orthoptera diversity of Po š tak Mountain and its surroundings (Croatia)
Gergely Szövényi a*, Josip Skejo b, Fran Rebrinab, Nikola Tvrtkovi ćc & Gellért Puskás d
aDepartment of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary; bDivision of Zoology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia; cNatura – Society for Nature Protection of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia; dDepartment of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross utca 13, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary
Summary. The insect fauna of the Dinarides is not widely studied. In 2013 and 2014, an orthopterological survey was conducted on the Po štak Mountain and its surroundings in the Lika region (Croatia), in order to sample the orthopteran communities of the prominent habitat types of the area. From 24 sampling sites, 80 Orthoptera species (44 Ensifera and 36 Caelifera) were collected, which amounts to almost half the known species in Croatia. One species, Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi, is recorded for the first time in the country.
Keywords: Orthoptera; faunistics; Croatia; Po štak Mountain; Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi
Re-establishment of Spodoptera teferii Laporte in Rougeot (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Noctuinae), with an updated molecular phylogeny for the genus Spodoptera Guenée
Bruno Le Ru*a, Jérôme Barbutb, Claire Capdevielle-Dulaca, Muluken Goftishuc & Gaël J. Kergoatd
aDépartement Ecologie, Biodiversité et Fonctionnement des Ecosystémes Continentaux, IRD/CNRS, UMR IRD 247 EGCE,
Laboratoire Évolution Génomes Comportement et Écologie, Orsay, France; bInstitut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Direction des collections, Paris cedex 05, France; cSchool of Plant Sciences, Haramaya University, Diredawa, Ethiopia; dDépartement Santé des plantes et Environnement, CBGP, INRA, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Summary. The genus Spodoptera Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Noctuinae) is a group of economic importance which
encompasses several major pests of crops worldwide. Although this genus has been the focus of many studies, the status of several Spodoptera species is still unstable, especially in the light of recent molecular analyses. In 2015 five Spodoptera specimens collected in Ethiopia were first identified as S. apertura (Walker). However, preliminary studies suggested that these specimens belong to a distinct species, S. teferii Laporte in Rougeot, which has been previously synonymized with S. apertura. In this study, on the basis of morphological and molecular evidence, we re-establish the species status of S. teferii. We provide a supplemental description of S. teferii male and the first description of S. teferii female. We also conducted several molecular analyses. First, we reconstructed an updated phylogeny for the genus based on a multilocus dataset (four mitochondrial and three nuclear gene fragments) including S. teferii and 28 of the 31 currently recognized Spodoptera species; the results of phylogenetic analyses support the hypothesis that S. teferii is more closely related to the clade encompassing S. littoralis (Boisduval), S. litura (Fabricius), S. pectinicornis (Hampson) and S. picta (GuérinMéneville) than to S. apertura. Second, we carried out molecular species delimitation analyses on a 683-specimen dataset that also clearly support the status of S. teferii as a species distinct to S. apertura.
Keywords: Afrotropical region; molecular phylogenetics; molecular species delimitation; taxonomy
Revision of the genus Evanos Laporte de Castelnau, 1840, with the description of a second species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Rutelidae: Geniatini)
Paschoal C. Grossi *a & Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello baDepartamento de Agronomia/Fitossanidade, Laboratório de Taxonomia de Insetos, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros, Dois Irmão, s/n, 52171-900, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil; bDepartamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociências, Av. Fernando Correa da Costa 2367, Boa Esperança, Cuiabá, MT 78060-900, Brazil
Summary. The monotypic genus Evanos (Coleoptera: Rutelidae: Geniatini) is revised and a new species, E. Danieleae Grossi, n. sp., is described based on specimens collected from Minas Gerais, Brazil. A lectotype is designated for Evanos villatus. Diagnostic characters and comments about the taxonomic status of the genus are given, as well as a key for both species and a distribution map with the known locality records.
Keywords: Atlantic Forest; Brazil; mata seca; new taxon
The Tipulidae (Diptera) of northern Morocco with a focus on the Rif region, including the des cription of a new species of Tipula (Lunatipula) and an updated checklist for Morocco
Aoua tif Adgh ira, Herman De Jongb* & Kawtar Kettania
aLaboratory of Ecology, Systematics & Conservation of Biodiversity, Faculty of Science, University Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Vondellaan 55, Tétouan 2332 AA, Morocco; bTaxonomy & Systematics, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
Summary. An overview of the Tipulidae known to occur in northern Morocco with an emphasis on the Rif mountains is given, incorporating new distribution data based on recently collected material in the area. Dolichopeza (Dolichopeza) hispanica, Tipula (Lunatipula) subpustulata, and Tipula (Yamatotipula) afriberia afriberia are recorded for the first time for the Rif. Tipula (L.) stimulosa Mannheims, 1973 and T. (Vestiplex) vaillanti vaillanti Theowald, 1977 are reported for the first time for the Rif and Morocco. Tipula (Lunatipula) pseudocinerascens Strobl, 1906 and Tipula (Savtshenkia) confusa van der Wulp, 1883 are recorded for the first time for the Rif, Morocco and North Africa. A new species of the subgenus Lunatipula, T. (L.) pjotri n. sp., is described and illustrated. Nephrotoma exastigma, previously reported for the Rif, seems to be absent in Morocco. Reports of Tipula (Emodotipula) obscuriventris Strobl, 1900 for Morocco actually refer to T. (E.) leo. This brings the number of Tipulidae for Morocco to 39 species and for the Rif to 28. An updated checklist of the Tipulidae of Morocco is provided.
Keywords: western Palaearctic; Mediterranean; taxonomy; morphology; checklist
