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Five Neotropical tortricine species which currently lack meaningful generic assignment (i.e., “Archipini unplaced”) are assigned to genera. The following new combinations and synonymies are proposed: Argyrotaenia telemacanaRazowski and Becker, 2010, new synonymy, as a junior synonym of Argyrotaenia tristriata (Meyrick, 1931); Teras jamaicanaWalker, 1863, new synonymy, as a junior synonym of Pandemis heparana ([Denis and Schiffermüller], 1775); Raisapoana parana (Busck, 1911), new combination; Archipimima mansueta (Meyrick, 1924), new combination; Sisurcana biforata (Meyrick, 1930) new combination, including Sisurcana validaRazowski and Becker, 2011, new synonymy; Sisurcana recurvana (Zeller, 1866), new combination; and Sisurcana clivigera (Meyrick, 1932), new combination. In addition, Farragona Austin and Dombroskie, new genus is proposed to accommodate two species: Tortrix cratistaWalsingham, 1914 and Tortrix cremnobatesWalsingham, 1914 (the latter currently placed in Clepsis Guenée); the former of which has a lectotype and paralectotype designated. This results in F. cratista (Walsingham, 1914), new combination and F. cremnobates (Walsingham, 1914), new combination.
A survey of Lepidoptera reared from seeds and fruits primarily on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, yielded 444 specimens of Tortricidae representing 20 species. Nearly 90% of reared tortricids and 65% of the species are members of the tribe Grapholitini, a group that includes numerous economically important pests of fruit worldwide. We present host records for the following species: Histura panamana Brown, Platynota obliqua Walsingham complex, Platynota subargentea Walsingham, Spinipogon triangularis Brown, Cryptaspasma perseana Gilligan and Brown, Steblopotamia streblopa (Meyrick), Cydia pyraspis (Meyrick) complex, Eriosocia guttifera (Meyrick), Riculorampha ancyloides Rota and Brown, Grapholita mabea Razowski, Ricula croceus Brown, Ricula lacistema Brown, Ricula sp. 1, Ricula sp. 2, Talponia sp. 1, Talponia sp. 2, and four unidentified Grapholitini. In a comparison of studies focused on fruit- and seed-feeding insects in Thailand, Panama, and Kenya, Grapholitini represented 73% (in Thailand) to 90% (in Panama) of the total number of reared specimens of Tortricidae, and 45% (in Kenya) to 65% (in Panama) of the total number of tortricid species. However, a similar survey in Papua New Guinea produced considerably different results, with Grapholitini representing 46% of the tortricid specimens and only 20% of the species.
Erynnis somnus (Lintner), a species of skipper butterfly described from peninsular Florida in 1881, was demoted to subspecies—E. brizo somnus—early in the 20th century. Erynnis brizo (Boisduval and Leconte) is in a transcontinental group of allopatric species with members that differ more from one another (especially in male genitalia) than E. brizo somnus differs from E. brizo brizo. Nevertheless, the subspecific rank of somnus is questionable. Four short but productive fieldtrips to what looked like a sizable gap between the two taxa found them geographically close, with no apparent intervening barrier, in northern Florida (where the Peninsula becomes the Panhandle) and in southeastern Georgia. Independent adult characters—size and alar ground color—covary in each taxon: somnus is smaller and darker whereas E. brizo is larger and lighter. Given these (and some subtle) differences between the taxa and their proximity, it is appropriate to consider E. somnus a species.
A new species of cerocephaline (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Cerocephalinae) wasp from the Piedmont region of Italy. The new species, Cerocephala flava, n. sp., was reared from thousand cankers disease infested wood and is described along with an updated description for Cerocephala caelebs (Masi). Species from three different genera of Cerocephalinae have been reported from thousand cankers disease wood, and circumstantial evidence suggests that the disease vector, Pityophthorus juglandis Blackman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), is the host for these parasitoids. It is undetermined whether the new species is native to Italy or a parasitoid that has been introduced from North America along with the disease and its vector. Sequence data (CO1) is provided for the new species along with evidence that Cerocephala might be nested within Theocolax. No further taxonomic reclassification is performed at this time since more comprehensive molecular work between cerocephaline genera is needed to determine their relationships.
The new genus and species Cuyonysius flavidus, n. gen. and n. sp. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae: Orsillinae), described from San Juan Province, Argentina, is tentatively placed in the orsilline tribe Metrargini, based on the lack of a dorsal lobe on the conjunctiva, punctures along the claval suture, and the punctate buccula. Color digital images of the adult male and female, the pygophore, parameres, and aedeagus are provided to help distinguish this new metrargine from closely related taxa. A color habitus image and new distribution records are given for Balionysius maculatus Ashlock.
Two new species in the genus OronoquaFennah, 1947 (O. orellana sp. n. and O. feria sp. n.) are described from canopy fogging samples from Orellana Province of Ecuador. This is first record of the genus from Ecuador. A key to species of Oronoqua is provided.
A new species of Macrosiphum Passerini is described from western North America based on the apterous and alate viviparous females. Macrosiphum glawatz n. sp. lives on Potentilla gracilis (Rosaceae), apparently without host alternation, being commonly attended by ants in the genus Formica L. Details are provided regarding its similarity to other Macrosiphum, especially Macrosiphum mentzeliae Wilson, as which it was initially mis-identified. New information about biology and taxonomy of M. mentzeliae is provided for comparison purposes. New information is also provided about two other Macrosiphum recorded from Potentilla: Macrosiphum potentillae (Oestlund) and Macrosiphum potentillicaulis Miller. Comparative taxonomic details about M. potentillae are provided based on Oestlund's original material and the lectotype. We report the location of the type slide of M. potentillicaulis and declare it a junior synonym of Macrosiphum valerianae (Clarke), new synonymy.
The subfamily Cantacaderinae was first found in Costa Rica and Ecuador after a detailed review of specimens. Two new genera and five new species are described; Carinacader lewisi n. gen. and n. sp., C. minuta sp. n., C. huaoroni n. sp., C. adelphi n. sp., and Taurcader heptabison n. gen. and n. sp. Color images and diagnoses of new genera are provided along with color images of all new species and a key to species of Carinacader.
Two new cicada genera, Dyticodopoea Sanborn, n. gen. and Pygmaeodopoea Sanborn, n. gen., are described and illustrated. Central American species of OdopoeaStål, 1861 are transferred to the new genera to become D. azteca (Distant, 1881) new combination, D. diriangani (Distant, 1881) new combination, D. signoreti (Stål, 1864) new combination, and P. minuta (Sanborn, 2007) new combination. The range of D. signoreti (Stål, 1864), new combination is expanded to include Guatemala. A key to the species of DyticodopoeaSanborn, n. gen. and PygmaeodopoeaSanborn, n. gen. is provided.
AspinipogonRazowski and Becker, 2010 was described as a monotypic genus from Brazil. Aspinipogon samaypatensis Perez Santa-Rita, Valdivia and Baixeras, new species, is described and illustrated from Bolivia. The female of Aspinipogon is reported for the first time, completing the description of the genus. The unusual combination of characters (e.g., wing pattern and venation, male and female genitalia) are discussed in the context of the enigmatic systematic position of Aspinipogon.
Hyperxiphia flava Smith, n. sp. and H. semilutea Smith, n. sp. are described from Laos. Hyperxiphia funicornis (Konow 1897), previously only known from Myanmar, is newly recorded from Laos. Euxiphydria vietnamensisSmith and Shinohara 2011, previously known only from Vietnam, is recorded from Laos and the male is described for the first time. Gryponeura quadrimaculata (Cameron 1899), previously only known from Assam, India, is newly recorded from Laos and China. Lataxiphyda nodai (Togashi 1982), known only from southern Japan, is recorded from Laos.
AsturodesAmsel, 1956, a Neotropical genus of distinctive pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) with dark brown lines and silver scales on a yellow ground color on the wings and abdomen, is revised. As defined herein, the genus includes four species: A. fimbriauralis Guenée, the type species, A. bioalfae Solis, new species, A. encisoensis Solis, new species, and A. junkoshimurae Solis, new species. During this study, a petaloid scale formed by a group of coalesced setae in the abdominal androconial organs of the male genitalia was discovered and illustrated for the first time. Androconial organs in the Pyraloidea are briefly discussed. The type species and two new species, A. junkoshimurae, new species and A. bioalfae, new species, were reared from larvae feeding on the leaves of Rhamnaceae in the Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) in northwestern Costa Rica representing 913 rearing events. This contribution is part of a long-term inventory of ACG caterpillars, their food plants, and their parasitoids, that includes COI DNA barcoding of specimens for discovery and identification.
The monotypic mimallonine genus Tostallo St Laurent and C. Mielke is reviewed in order to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the distribution of T. albescens (Jones). Biological information, including larval case structure and phenological data, are provided for this enigmatic species, along with the first photograph of a living example of T. albescens. Mimallodes gen. n., is described for the single species M. anaemicus sp. n., based on a single male collected in Espírito Santo, Brazil. The genera Tostallo and Mimallodes are apparently closely related based on similarities in male genitalia and forewing maculation.
A new species of oak gallwasp, Cycloneuroterus megaformosanus, n. sp., is described from Taiwan. The species induces integral stem swelling galls on young shoots of Lithocarpus corneus. Data on the diagnosis, distribution, and biology of this new species are given. Different Cycloneuroterus species are known to induce galls across multiple host plant genera in Fagaceae, so the evolution of host associations in this genus is also discussed briefly.
Six species of Aulacidae are reported new to Thailand and Laos. Pristaulacus exuberans Turrisi and Smith, sp. nov. from Thailand, Pristaulacus matteinii Turrisi and Smith, sp. nov. from Laos and Thailand, and Pristaulacus perfidus Turrisi and Smith, sp. nov. from Thailand, are described and illustrated, and compared with most related species. Pristaulacus nigripesKieffer, 1911, is confirmed from Thailand, and Aulacus canlaon Smith, 2017 and Pristaulacus rufobalteatusCameron, 1907, are new records for Thailand. Fourteen species are now known in Thailand.
The ceresine treehopper Stictolobus minutus (Funkhouser), described by Thomas Say in 1830 as Membracis subulata (a junior primary homonym), is seldom collected; museum specimens typically are represented by singletons. In July 2016, nymphs of S. minutus were discovered on big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman; Poaceae) in the Buck Creek Serpentine Barrens of western North Carolina. This bunchgrass was sampled periodically in 2016, 2017, and 2019, and weekly in 2018, by using an ax handle to strike basal stems and crowns, and collecting dislodged nymphs and adults from an enamel pan or net bag placed at the base of plants. First instars appeared as early as 1 June, with the first adult, a male, found on 8 July. A fifth instar was taken as late as 12 August. Adults of this univoltine species typically were not observed on big bluestem after early August, perhaps having dispersed to woody plants for oviposition. Late instars also were collected from little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium [Michx.] Nash) in 2018 and 2019. The presence of all five instars in crowns of big bluestem devoid of small forbs, coupled with a review of treehopper-grass associations, suggests that S. minutus might be the first North American membracid known to specialize on Poaceae. The adult is diagnosed and described; color images of the adult male, female, male genitalia, and all nymphal instars are provided.
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