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We present an updated catalog of North American Eucoilinae, bearing little resemblance to previous regional catalogs, which have been lagging behind in the recent systematic work in the group. The current catalog comprises 34 genera, arranged in six tribes. Of these genera, 9 are represented wholly by unidentified or undescribed species in the region, while the other 25 include 108 species recorded from the region. In comparison with previous catalogs, 24 genera and 41 species are added, and 34 species-level names are recombined, while 7 genera, five subgenera and 11 species are removed from the list of North American taxa. A modern, phylogenetically stable and type-based classification is implemented, as well as a tribal classification. In terms of nomenclatural acts, 25 new combinations are made (one is a reinstatement of an old combination); four new genus-levels synonymies are made (Tetramerocera Ashmead junior synonym of Ganaspis Förster, Bewelda Quinlan and Aporeucoela Kieffer junior synonyms of Hexacola Förster, Pentaplastidia Weld junior synonym of Trybligrapha Förster); eight new species-level synonymies are made; two species names are removed from synonymy; one new replacement name given (Hexacola pennsylvanicus for Hexacola subapertaKieffer 1907 nec (Kieffer 1901a)).
Two new species of Isosomodes Ashmead are described and illustrated: I.monteria from Colombia and I.dorado from Venezuela. Key characters for separation from other species are provided. Rearing data for I.monteria indicate that it is a parasitoid of Conocephalus sp. (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) eggs and its importance in biological control programs in rice are discussed.
A species originally described as Fortuneleptura romeiTouroult, 2011 (Lepturinae) is placed in a new genus, Iyanola Lingafelter & Ivie (Cerambycinae: Rhinotragini). Along with the new genus description, the species is redescribed and additional collection data is recorded. A key to the genera and species of Rhinotragini (Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) of the West Indies is presented.
Harmostes reflexulus (Say) is a bivoltine inflorescence specialist that tracks a succession of host composites (Asteraceae), typically remaining on a host until seed set. During fieldwork from 1998 to 2011, the rhopalid′s host plants were recorded (124 collections) in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, and Wyoming. Twenty-six species of the subfamily Asteroideae on which nymphs, mating pairs, or both were found are considered host plants; 25 are new host records. Adults were taken on 12 additional species of asteroid Asteraceae. Host composites were white- and yellow-rayed herbs and subshrubs (Ericameria nauseosa is a shrub) that are mainly perennial. The Astereae (11 spp.) and Helenieae (7 spp.) were best represented among asteroid tribes that the rhopalid used as hosts; other host tribes were Anthemideae (1 species), Bahieae (2 spp.), Heliantheae (1 species), Madieae (1 species), Senecioniae (2 spp.), and Tageteae (1 species). In the Astereae, hosts mainly were in the subtribe Machaerantherinae (5 spp.); in the Helenieae, all seven hosts were in the subtribe Tetraneuriinae. Composite tribes such as Cardueae, Cichorieae, Eupatorieae, and Gnaphalieae were not among the rhopalid′s observed hosts. Records of H.reflexulus from non-asteraceous families are considered incidental or to reflect only a use for shelter or adult feeding.
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