Cecidophagy in adults of Demotina fasciculata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and its effect on the survival of Andricus moriokae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) inhabiting leaf galls on Quercus serrata (Fagaceae)

Females of Demotina fasciculata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) were found to prefer to feed on galls induced by Andricus moriokae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) rather than on leaves of its host plant, Quercus serrata (Fagaceae). This is the first record of cecidophagy by adult chrysomelid beetles. Demotina fasciculata did not infest healthy galls induced by another unidentified cynipid species on the same host trees, but did feed on galls inhabited by an inquiline species Synergus quercicola (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), presumably because such galls remained on the host trees longer than healthy galls. Galls of A. moriokae were infested more severely than cynipid galls inhabited by the inquiline. Therefore, higher density and thicker gall wall in A. moriokae galls seem to make them more suitable targets for D. fasciculata to attack. Larval chambers of A. moriokae galls were stripped by the infestation of gall walls and readily dropped to the ground, resulting in 100% death of cynipid larvae due to desiccation, while 62.5% of pupae survived when they had developed to the late stadium before the fall of larval chambers.     

Review of the species of Michotamia from China with a description of a new species (Diptera, Asilidae)

Three species of Michotamia are recorded from China. Of these Michotamia aurata (Fabricius, 1794) was previously reported from Hainan and Taiwan. Michotamia assamensis Joseph & Parui, 1995 is recorded from China and Laos for the first time, and Michotamia yunnanensissp. n., is described and figured. A key to the known species from China is provided. A new name, Michotamia subnigra, is given to Michotamia nigra Scarbrough & Hill, 2000, which is preoccupied by Michotamia nigra (Meijere, 1911).     

中国发小卷蛾属研究及二新种记述（英文）

发小卷蛾属Pseudohedya Falkovitch全世界已知5种,分布在古北区东部（日本,韩国,俄罗斯远东地区及我国长白山）,本研究中首次在东洋区发现该属。本文报道了中国所有种类,其中记述2新种：梵净发小卷蛾P. fanjingica sp. nov.（贵州梵净山）与刘氏发小卷蛾P. liui sp. nov.（河南王屋山）;缩发小卷蛾P. retracta Falkovitch为中国新纪录种（河南,陕西,天津,湖北,广东,四川,甘肃）。文中提供了分种检索表、形态特征图、雄性外生殖器图及部分种的雌性外生殖器特征图。模式标本保存在南开大学昆虫标本室。     

阿蠓属一新种及一中国新记录种（昆虫纲：双翅目：蠓科）

本研究整理了2018年至2021年海南岛采集的阿蠓属Alluaudomyia昆虫标本,结合形态学特征和DNA条形码进行物种鉴定,首次记录了环纹阿蠓种团the annulata group在我国分布,鉴定发现了该种团内一新种拟环纹阿蠓Alluaudomyia pseudannulata Wu & Li sp. nov.,及一中国新记录种环足阿蠓Alluaudomyia annulipes Wirth & Delfinado, 1964。详细描述了两种阿蠓的形态特征,提供了鉴定特征图、海南岛物种分布图以及CO I条形码。     

New and reassessed species of Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae) in the flora of China

Several problems in Strobilanthes Blume (Acanthaceae: Ruelliae) are clarified as a result of collaboration between Chinese and western botanists. Examination of pollen has permitted clear delimitation of four morphologically similar species, Strobilanthes szechuanica (Batalin) J. R. I. Wood & Y. F. Deng, S. labordei H. Lév., S. wakasana Wakasugi & Naruhashi and S. wilsonii J. R. I. Wood & Y. F. Deng, the latter described for the first time in this paper, although first collected more than a hundred years ago. A key is provided to help distinguish these species. The globose, echinulate pollen found in several species from China and Japan and assigned to the genus Championella by Bremekamp is shown by SEM photography to be distinct from other pollen hitherto regarded as the same. Three new species, S. abbreviata Y. F. Deng & J. R. I. Wood, S. lihengiae Y. F. Deng & J. R. I. Wood and S. vallicola Y. F. Deng & J. R. I. Wood are described. S. austinii C. B. Clarke ex W. W. Sm. is lectotypified to show that it is conspecific with S. lamiifolia (Nees) T. Anderson, a species demonstrating trans-Himalayan links. New combinations are made for four species as the authors recognize only a single genus, Strobilanthes within the Strobilanthinae as defined by Bremekamp. S. gongshanensis Tsui and S. aenobarba W. W. Sm. are shown to be only varieties of S. inflata T. Anderson. Illustrations are provided for all new species.  © 2006 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2006, 150 , 369–390.     

采自吉林省的中国丝盖伞属新记录种

报道了采自吉林长白山的中国丝盖伞属丝盖伞亚属Inocybe subgen. Inocybe的3个新记录种：黄囊丝盖伞I.?muricellata、新卷毛丝盖伞I. neoflocculosa和灰白丝盖伞I. senkawaensis,并提供详尽的形态描述和线条图。研究标本存放于吉林农业大学菌物标本馆（HMJAU）。     

中国大翼甲螨科一新记录属及其一新种（甲螨亚目：大翼甲螨科）

首次报道囊大翼甲螨属Sacculogalumna Engelbrecht, 1973在我国分布,并记述了该属采自贵州省绥阳县宽阔水国家级自然保护区的1新种:绥阳囊大翼甲螨 Sacculogalumna suiyangensis sp. nov.。该新种的主要区别特征为:梁间毛短或缺失;感器细长,光滑,感器头微微膨大,呈纺锤状;后背板毛明显;肛后孔区小,圆形。附有该新种与该属其他种类的区别对照表。模式标本保存于贵州大学昆虫研究所。     

中国广西省节腹泥蜂属一新种记述（膜翅目：方头泥蜂科）

记述采自中国广西的方头泥蜂科Crabronidae、大头泥蜂亚科Philanthinae、节腹泥蜂属Cerceris 1新种:滑腹节腹泥蜂Cerceris abdominiglabra sp.nov.,列出了中国1新纪录种:小齿节腹泥蜂C.odontophora Schletterer。编制了吉丁节腹泥蜂组Cerceris bupresticida Group中国已知种类检索表。新种模式标本保存在浙江大学寄生蜂标本室。     

中国角顶叶蝉亚科新记录属——短叉叶蝉属Sonronius（半翅目：叶蝉科）

本文记述中国角顶叶蝉亚科新记录属短叉叶蝉属Sonronius及1个新记录种Sonronius anderi,绘制了特征图,提供了该属分种检索表及已知种名录。所有观察标本均保存于西北农林科技大学昆虫博物馆。     

A review of the species of Thambemyia Oldroyd (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China

The genus Thambemyia Oldroyd is reported on Chinese mainland for the first time with one known species (T. rectus) and one new species for science (T. shandongensis sp. nov.). A key to the three species of the genus from China is provided.     

DNA barcoding and morphology reveal exceptional species diversity of Scoparia (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from the Hailuogou Glacier area,China

The genus Scoparia from the Hailuogou Glacier area in the south‐eastern fringe of the Tibetan Plateau of south‐western China is studied, nine species are revealed by combining DNA barcoding (658 bp of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, COI) and morphology. Studies show that Scoparia species from the Hailuogou Glacier area are 37.5% as many as all the previously known congeners in China. Six species are described as new to science: S coparia simplicissima Li sp. nov. , S coparia tribulosa Li sp. nov. , S coparia longispina Li sp. nov. , S coparia gibbosa Li sp. nov. , S coparia globosa Li sp. nov. , and S coparia annulata Li sp. nov. The female of Scoparia metaleucalis is described for the first time herein. All species are either diagnosed or described and illustrated, and a map of China showing the topography and localities where Scoparia species are recorded is also provided, including the species number of all the recorded localities. The results reveal the exceptional species diversity of Scoparia from the Hailuogou Glacier area, as well as demonstrate that the integration of DNA barcoding and morphological approaches is highly effective for indentifying scopariine moths in the Hailougou glacier area. All the studied specimens are deposited in the Insect Museum, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China. © 2014 The Linnean Society of London     

Alien herbivores and native parasitoids: rapid developments and structure of the parasitoid and inquiline complex in an invading gall wasp Andricus quercuscalicis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

Abstract.

• 1 Rapid and substantial changes have occurred in the parasitoid and inquiline community associated with the agamic galls of Andricus quercuscalicis since it invaded Britain in the late 1950s. The number of parasitoid and inquiline species has risen from one to thirteen over a 15-year period. Although the number of species has been relatively consistent over the last 8 years, the species composition has changed considerably and in a highly characteristic way during this period.
• 2 The parasitoid complex can be divided into two broadly distinct sets of parasitoid species; one set attacks only the gall former whereas the other set concentrates on the inquilines living in the wall of the gall.
• 3 The most dramatic change, however, is in the abundance of inquilines which were reported to be virtually absent in earlier studies on this community in Britain. Over a period of only 5 years, between 1988 and 1993, inquiline attack rose from less than 0.01 to an average of 0.26 inquilines per gall. The intensity of inquiline attack is geographically heterogenous, with high inquiline numbers restricted to south-east England. Because of the relatively high specificity of the parasitoids, high inquiline abundance is positively correlated with parasitoid species richness in knopper galls.
• 4 Parasitism rates, particularly on the gall former, were generally low (<10%). Over the last 5 years, however, seven parasitoid species have been consistently recorded and the mortality caused by these species has increased continuously. The species composition of the community associated with this alien gall wasp in Britain has quickly converged to the community known from its native range in continental Europe. Parasitoid species known to attack the galls of A.quercuscalisis on the continent have been recorded from it in Britain for the first time mainly in areas where inquilines have recently become abundant.
• 5 Since rates of parasitism of the gall former are still low, parasitoids are unlikely to play a major role in the population dynamics of this invading gall wasp at present, but the rapidly increasing inquiline and parasitoid attack could be a source of increased mortality for native cynipid species which are the alternative hosts of those parasitoid species.

     

First record of Isocapnia (Plecoptera: Capniidae) from China with description of a new species

Summary

The winter stonefly genus Isocapnia Banks, 1938??? is mainly distributed in western North America and eastern Asia, but has never been reported from China. In this paper, we report, describe and illustrate a new species of this genus, I. anguis n. sp. from Sichuan Province of China. This is the first record for the genus Isocapnia from China, extending the distribution of Isocapnia into the southwestern China. An identification key to all the Isocapnia species from Asia is provided.???     

中国瘦棍腿天牛属一新记录种（鞘翅目：天牛科：天牛亚科）

记述中国瘦棍腿天牛属1新记录种:白腹瘦棍腿天牛Stenodryas ventralis(Gahan, 1906)。简述了该种的形态特征,提供了瘦棍腿天牛属中国已知记录种的检索表。研究标本保存在西南大学昆虫标本馆。     

Cytology of the highly polyploid disjunct species, Allium dregeanum (Alliaceae), and of some Eurasian relatives

Chromosome numbers are given for 16 taxa in Allium Section Allium , three in Section Codonoprasum , two in each of Sections Molium and Rkizirideum and one in each of Sections K'aloprasum, Megaloprason and Melanocrommrum. The basic chromosome number is x = 8 in all except Section Molium , in which the studied species unusually have x = 7. Polyploid) is common in the genus, with over half of the studied taxa in Section Allium having polyploid representatives. The highest ploidy levels found so far in the genus occur in A. dregeanum (2n = 8x = 64 and 10x = 80), which is counted here for the first time. Although highly polyploid, this disjunct South African species forms only bivalents during meiosis. The chiasmata are proximal, an uncommon phenomenon reported also in hexaploid 1. nm-peloprasum. Although A. dregeanum is genetically related to A. ampeloprasum , the suggestion that it is a cultivated variant of that species introduced to South Africa by the early settlers is unlikely.     

中国鸡皮衣属和泡鳞衣属地衣2个新记录种

报道了采自中国西北部新疆博格达山区哈熊沟森林公园的鸡皮衣属和泡鳞衣属地衣的2个中国新记录种,即南方鸡皮衣(Pertusaria australis Vian)和北极泡鳞衣(Toninia arctica Timdal),并描述了二者的形态学、解剖学以及化学成分特征,提供了其形态特征和内部解剖结构照片.标本保存于新疆大学...     

中国鳞刺蛾属订正(鳞翅目,刺蛾科)(英文)

经过系统研究,发现我国的鳞刺蛾并不是一直被称为的眼鳞刺蛾Squamosa ocellata(Moore),共有2种和1亚种.首次报道了姹鳞刺蛾S.chalcites Orhant在我国有分布,描述了1新种,短爪鳞刺蛾S.brevisunca和1新亚种,云南亚种S.brevisunca yunnanensis.本文还描述了云南亚种的茧和老熟幼虫形态,编制了分种和亚种检索表,提供了成虫彩色照片和外生殖器特征图.模式标本保存在中国科学院动物研究所国家动物博物馆.     

中国副蟑跳小蜂属分类研究及两新种记述（膜翅目：跳小蜂科）

记述了分布于中国的副蟑跳小蜂属Parablatticida的6 种,其中有2 新种：P. orientalis sp. nov.和P. scapata sp. nov.;P. brevicornis (Dalman),P. magniclava Hayat和 P. terebrata (Trjapitzin) 为中国新记录种。文中提供了分种检索表、形态特征图。模式标本及其他研究标本保存在中国科学院动物研究所动物标本馆。