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Cossyphodes asiricussp. nov. is described from an isolated relict mountainous forest in the Asir Mts. in south-western Saudi Arabia. This myrmecophilous species was found in a debris chamber of a Pheidole ant nest. It differs from the Palaearctic and adjacent Ethiopian congeners mainly by the development and orientation of the pronotal and elytral keels. Paramellon sociale was collected on the eastern side of the Arabian Peninsula in the United Arab Emirates in a completely different, but not isolated, and distinctly drier habitat. Both species are photographed, the localities are mapped, and some notes on biology and ecology are given.
The hitherto monotypic subgenus LasiocassisGressitt, 1952 of the genus Cassida Linnaeus, 1758 is redefined and reviewed. Cassida vespertinaBoheman, 1862 is redescribed and a new species, Cassida koreana, is described from South Korea. The subgenus is distributed in the eastern part of Palaearctic Region south to Taiwan.
Eight new species of the tribe Quasimusini Schimmel et Tarnawski, 2009 from China, Indonesia, and Himalaya (Bhutan and Sikkim) are described and illustrated. New records on two known species from Laos are given. Wittmeroquasimus irianjayensissp. nov. is the first of the genus Wittmeroquasimus, and Striatoquasimus carinatissimussp. nov. is the second species of the genus Striatoquasimus recorded from Indonesia. Keys to the species of the genus Wittmeroquasimus from China and from Himalaya are provided. New species: Quasimus wraseisp. nov., Striatoquasimus carinatissimus sp. nov., Wittmeroquasimus fujianensissp. nov., W. holzschuhisp. nov., W. irianjayensissp. nov., W. shiniushanensissp. nov. and W. sikkimensissp. nov.
This is the second paper of a series dealing with the Chinese fauna of the large genus Pselaphodes Westwood, 1870. Twelve new species and a new synonym are presented: P. bomiensissp. nov. (Xizang); P. biwenxuanisp. nov. (Xizang); P. condylussp. nov. (Guizhou); P. cuonaussp. nov. (Xizang); P. fengtingaesp. nov. (Zhejiang); P. gongshanensissp. nov. (Yunnan); P. hanmiensissp. nov. (Xizang); P. jizushanussp. nov. (Yunnan); P. meniscussp. nov. (Sichuan); P. parvussp. nov. (Guizhou); P. pectinatussp. nov. (Hainan); P. wuyinusYin et al., 2010syn. nov. = P. tianmuensisYin et al., 2010; and P. yanbinisp. nov. (Guizhou). New distributional data and discussion on intraspecific variations of P. tianmuensis and P. aculeus are provided. An updated key is given to assist in distinguishing all so far known Chinese species of Pselaphodes. A checklist of world species of Pselaphodes is also provided.
The taxonomical and systematic status of the Oriental species of Hister was analyzed. Hister bitumineus is newly described herein. The following new synonyms have been established: H. apicelaevisDesbordes, 1919 = H. metallicus: Lewis, 1885, syn. nov.,H. encaustus Marseul, 1854 = H. duplicatus Marseul, 1854, syn. nov.,H. inexspectatusDesbordes, 1923 = H. aheneusCooman, 1938, syn. nov.,H. japonieusMarseul, 1854 = H. fessusMarseul, 1862, syn.nov.,H. pransusLewis, 1892 = H. pauliDesbordes, 1916., syn.nov.,H. pteromalusMarseul, 1862 = H. divisifronsSchmidt, 1895, syn.nov. = H. brahminiusLewis, 1900, syn.nov. and H.thibetanusMarseul, 1857 = H. sohieriMarseul, 1870, syn.nov. = H. dauphiniLewis, 1905, syn.nov. Lectotypes for some species are designated. All the species are keyed and a general distribution is given for each of them. H. congenerSchmidt, 1885 is new to the Oriental (Bhutan) and H. pullatusErichson, 1834 to the Ethiopian (Ivory Coast) Region.
Xorides (Moerophora) dorotae Hilszczański sp. nov. and X. (Xorides) minos Hilszczański sp. nov. from Crete are newly described and figured. Species of Xoridinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Greece are listed. Only X. corcyrensis (Kriechbaumer) and Odontocolon appendiculatum (Gravenhorst) had been known so far from the country. Odontocolon quercinum Thomson, X. berlandi Clèment, X. propinquus (Tschek), X. praecatorius (F.) and X. gravenhorstii Curtis are new for the Greek fauna. Aegomorphus krueperi Kraatz (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is recorded as a host for X. propinquus.
So far, besides some specialised Neotropical ant species of the genus Cephalotes Latr., the Palaearctic Myrmica schencki Viereck, M. rubra (L.) and Tetramorium cf. caespitum (L.) were known to be, at least facultative, pollen-eaters. The present paper reports on nine other common Palaearctic ant species occasionally feeding on pine pollen: Myrmica ruginodis Nyl., F. pratensis Retz., F. cinerea Mayr, F. clara For., F. sanguinea Latr., F. exsecta Nyl., Lasius niger (L.), L. platythorax Seifert, and L. fuliginosus (Latr.) and re-confirms pollenivory of M. schencki. Pollenivory of all these species was revealed based on the presence of pollen grains in the alimentary canal of the dissected workers. The possible role of pollen in the diet of ants as a generally omnivorous insect group is discussed.
Five new species found in Pisz Forest (the Polish Lowland) are described: Megaselia basiturgida, M. depililobulus, M. nigricia, M. pallidivanus and M. trochimczuki. M. barbulata (Wood), M. basseti Disney and M. specularis Schmitz are recorded from Poland (Pisz Forest) for the first time.
A redescription of Leptus phalangii (De Geer, 1778) (= L. nemorum (C. L. Koch, 1836), syn. nov., = L. beroniFain, 1991, syn. nov.) based on adults, deutonymphs and larvae, is supplemented with data on life cycle and ecology of the species. Larvae of L. phalangii developed, under laboratory conditions, into deutonymphs of L. nemorum, species hitherto known only from active postlarval forms. A field-collected female of L. phalangii is designated as the neotype.
The mite Spatulaphorus gorganica Rahiminejad et Hajiqanbar sp. nov. (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Pygmephoridae) collected under elytra of the host beetle, Geotrupes spiniger (Marsham, 1802) (Col: Geotrupidae) is described and illustrated from Oak forests of Golestan province, North of Iran. Moreover, host range of the genus is reviewed and a key to world species of the genus Spatulaphorus is provided.
Seventy three species of jumping spiders are listed from Nigeria in this paper. Among these, the following 26 species are described as new to science: Aelurillus jocqueisp.nov. (♂♀), Ajaraneola mastigophorasp.nov. (♂♀), Brancus occidentalis sp. nov. (♂), Evarcha grandissp.nov. (♀), Evarcha idanrensissp.nov. (♀), Habrocestum personatumsp.nov. (♀), Hyllus remotussp.nov. (♀), Icius olokomeisp.nov. (♀), Langelurillus quadrimaculatussp.nov. (♂♀), Menemerus nigeriensissp.nov. (♀), Neaetha maximasp.nov. (♀), Pachyballus oyosp.nov. (♂♀), Schenkelia ibadanensissp.nov. (♂), Stenaelurillus glabersp.nov. (♂), Stenaelurillus iubatussp.nov. (♂♀), Stenaelurillus pilosussp.nov. (♂♀), Stenaelurillus striolatussp.nov. (♂), Thiratoscirtus alveolussp.nov. (♀), Thiratoscirtus bipaniculussp.nov. (♀), Thiratoscirtus gambarisp.nov. (♂♀), Thiratoscirtus harpagosp.nov. (♂), Thiratoscirtus mirabilissp.nov. (♂♀), Thiratoscirtus monstrumsp.nov. (♀), Thiratoscirtus obudusp.nov. (♂), Thiratoscirtus vilissp.nov. (♀) and Thiratoscirtus yorubanussp.nov. (♂). A new species of Baryphas is described but not formally named here. One new genus, Ajaraneolagen.nov. is described and diagnosed. The female sex of Evarcha bakorensis, Heliophanus robustus, Phlegra gagnoa and Thyene hesperia is described for the first time. Brancus bevisi Lessert, 1925 is proposed as a junior synonym of Brancus muticusSimon, 1902. Two new combinations are proposed, Viciria besanconiBerland & Millot, 1941 and Viciria fuscimanaSimon, 1903 are transferred to the genus Brancus. Baryphas albicinctusBerland & Millot, 1941 is removed from synonymy with B. jullieniSimon, 1902. Mithion hesperiusSimon, 1910 is removed from synonymy with Modunda apertaPeckham et Peckham, 1903 and transferred to the genus Thyene. The composition of the salticid fauna of this region of West Africa is discussed and compared to that of other regions of Africa.
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