Copyright (c) 2009 University of Nebraska - Lincoln All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi Recent documents in Insecta Mundi en-us Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:16:36 PDT 3600 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/629 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/629 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:53:39 PDT With documentation of an unidentifiable adult female and juvenile Tingupidae (Chordeumatida), Kodiak Island, Alaska, becomes the westernmost indigenous diplopod locality in North America including continental islands. The northernmost and most proximate locality, Yakutat, lies ca. 935 mi (1,496 km) to the eastnortheast, while Haines, the type locality of Tingupa tlingitorum Shear and Shelley, some 1,196 mi (1,914 km) in this direction, is the most proximate familial site. Kodiak is also one of the most remote indigenous milliped localities in the Pacific, the most proximate ones to the west and south, Kamchatka, Russia, and the Hawaiian Islands, United States, being over 3,300 mi (5, 280 km) distant. Tingupidae is recorded for the first time from Canada excluding the Queen Charlotte Islands, and geographically remote, ostensibly indigenous records from the North Pacific Ocean and environs are tabulated. Rowland M. Shelley http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/628 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/628 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:49:51 PDT Distribution and habitat information are provided for 1578 adult specimens of Odonata representing 127 species in 70 genera and 16 families that were collected from 143 locations throughout Thailand. Of the species collected, 25 (20%) were represented by a single specimen, and 40 (31%) were collected from a single location. Collections were made at 49 lentic and 85 lotic sites, and an average of 6.9 and 6.6 species were collected at each site in each habitat, respectively. Michael L. Ferro http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/627 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/627 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:45:55 PDT Curius chemsaki Nearns and Ray, 2006 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Curiini), is reported from Colombia for the first time. In addition, the range of this taxon within Venezuela is extended to the Andean Province of Táchira. Eugenio H. Nearns http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/626 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/626 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:41:45 PDT The Southeast Asian scarab beetle genus Peltonotus Burmeister (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) is associated with aroid flowers and possesses a unique, articulated maxillary tooth. We describe five new species of Peltonotus: P. animus and P. cybele from Sumatra, P. favonius from Vietnam, P. mushiyaus from Borneo, and P. tigerus from Thailand. The circumscription of P. karubei Muramoto is broadened to include new color variation, and the body size range for the genus is increased with Peltonotus mushiyaus, n. sp., now being the smallest member of the genus. We provide an amended key to species, distribution maps, diagnoses and accompanying comparative images, and discuss classification of the genus within the Scarabaeidae. Mary Liz Jameson http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/625 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/625 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:36:04 PDT Three new species of Maracandula are described from Mexico and included in a key to the five species in Mexico. Diagnoses of the species are given as well as distributional data. Se describen tres especies nuevas de Maracandula de Mexico y se incluye una clave de las cinco especies conocidas de Mexico. Robert B. Miller http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/624 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/624 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:32:04 PDT Two species of Xyloryctes occur in the United States: X. jamaicensis (Drury) and X. thestalus Bates. Identification and distribution of these species has long been confused but is reviewed and clarified here. Xyloryctes jamaicensis occurs only in the eastern half of the U.S. and not in the southwestern U.S. as previously thought, while X. thestalus occurs in Guatemala and southern Mexico northwards to the southwestern United States. This hypothesis is corroborated by biogeographical and host plant data. Three new synonyms are listed for X. thestalus: X. faunus Casey 1915, X. hebes Casey 1915, and X. thestalus borealis Endrödi. The decline of Fraxinus spp., the food plant of Xyloryctes species, as a result of damage caused by the introduced emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire; Buprestidae) in the United States might portend a similar decline for Xyloryctes species in North America. Brett C. Ratcliffe http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/623 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/623 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:21:38 PDT Six species of the tribe Oryctini, one species of Agaocephalini, and two species of Dynastini are presently recorded from the Cayo district of western Belize. The following five species are newly recorded from Belize: Heterogomphus mniszechi (Thomson), Strategus longichomperus Ratcliffe, S. jugurtha Burmeister, Spodistes mniszechi (Thomson), and Dynastes hercules (Linnaeus). The following two species are newly recorded from Cayo: Enema endymion Chevrolat and Strategus aloeus (Linnaeus). Biological and distributional comments relating to these records are presented and briefly discussed. Six espèces de la tribu Oryctini, une espèce de la tribu Agaocephalini et deux espèces de la tribu Dynastini sont signalées du district de Cayo situé dans l'ouest de l'état du Bélize. Les deux espèces suivantes sont signalées pour la première fois de Cayo: Enema endymion Chevrolat et Strategus aloeus (Linnaeus). Cinq espèces représentent de nouvelles citations pour le Bélize: Heterogomphus mniszechi (Thomson), Strategus longichomperus Ratcliffe, S. jugurtha Burmeister, Spodistes mniszechi (Thomson) et Dynastes hercules (Linnaeus). Des commentaires sur la biologie et la répartition de ces espèces sont présentés et brièvement discutés. Conrad P. D. T. Gillett http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/622 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/622 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:37:47 PDT The tipu psyllid, Platycorypha nigrivirga Burckhardt (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea), is reported for the first time in North America (USA: California). Diagnostic characters for identification of adults and nymphs, host and damage data, and known distribution are given. Alessandra Rung http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/621 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/621 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:37:43 PDT The first New World amber member of the family Lucanidae is described from the Dominican Republic. Its age is presumed to be Miocene (20-30 million YBP). It is also the fourth known amber species, the second Miocene fossil species, the second fossil species in the subfamily Syndesinae, and the first species (fossil or extant) of Lucanidae from the entire Caribbean. It is especially interesting because it is a member of the Australasian genus Syndesus MacLeay. Other such disjunct Dominican amber insect fossils are also discussed. Robert E. Woodruff http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/620 http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/620 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:28:26 PDT I provide the first record for the recently described hangingfly, Bittacus monastyrskiyi Bicha, 2007, from Há Tay Province (Ba Vi National Park), Vietnam, along with new seasonal, altitudinal, and habitat data. This is the only described species of bittacid from Vietnam, and this new record extends its range100 km north-northwest from its type locality in Cuc Phuong National Park, Thanh Hoa Province. Louis A. Somma