N. 56: Daniel J. Curoe

G. it. Ent., 12 (56): 261-266

May 2011

A new species of Spodochlamys Burmeister

(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae)

from Central America

by

DANIEL J. CUROE

Abstract - A new ruteline scarab species from Panama, Spodochlamys soulai, is described. It is the second known Central American species in the predominantly Andean tribe Spodochlamyini. Illustrations of dorsal habitus and genitalia are provided.

N. 56: S. Facchini

G. it. Ent., 12 (56): 267-270

May 2011

A new species of Neocoptodera Jeannel, 1949  from Tanzania

(Coleoptera, Carabidae, Pericalina)

by

S. FACCHINI

Abstract - A new species of Neocoptodera Jeannel, 1949 from Tanzania is described. N. (s. str.) rotundimaculata n. sp. is the third species of the nominotypical subgenus known so far. Illustration of the habitus and diagnostic characters of the new species are provided.

N. 56: S. Facchini

G. it. Ent., 12 (56): 271-274

May 2011

A new species of Neocoptodera (Coptodrella Hansen, 1968) from Central Africa 

(Coleoptera, Carabidae, Pericalina)

by

S. FACCHINI

Abstract - A new species of Neocoptodera (Coptodrella Hansen, 1968) from Central Africa is described. N. hanseni n. sp. is the fifth species of the subgenus known so far. The illustrations of the habitus and male genitalia, diagnostic characters and description of the new species are provided;  the male genitalia of the most related species are also figured.

N. 56: S. Facchini

G. it. Ent., 12 (56): 275-279

May 2011

Una nuova specie di Parena Motschulsky, 1859 dello Zambia

(Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini)

di

S. FACCHINI

Abstract - A new species of Parena Motschulsky, 1859 from Zambia (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini) - The description of a new species of Parena Motschulsky, 1859 from Zambia is given. Parena valeriae n. sp. is the 48th species of this genus, and the eighth species from the Afrotropical Region known so far. The new species is closely related to P. ferruginea (Chaudoir, 1878), but the former can be easily distinguished from the latter by its darker colour, each elytron with a blackish longitudinal band in the anterior half of intervals 6-8 (without band in P. ferruginea), reddish-brown antennae (antennae clearly bicoloured in P. ferruginea, with antennomeres 1-3 and base of 4 yellowish, and 5-11 and apex of 4 black), tarsi reddish-brown instead of blackish, anterior lateral seta of the pronotum placed on the external margin (placed much more inside, in the lateral groove of the pronotum in P. ferruginea). The habitus and male genitalia of the new taxon are illustrated.

N. 56: S. Facchini

G. it. Ent., 12 (56): 281-285

May 2011

A new species of Bradybaenus Dejean, 1829 from Africa 

(Coleoptera: Carabidae, Harpalinae)

by

S. FACCHINI

Abstract - A new species of Bradybaenus Dejean, 1829, is here described. B. exiguus n. sp. from Zambia, Mozambique and the Republic of South Africa is the sixteenth species of this genus known so far. The habitus and male genitalia of the new species are illustrated.

N. 56: S. Facchini & R. Czeppel

G. it. Ent., 12 (56): 287-291

May 2011

Una nuova specie di Drypta Latreille, 1796

(Nesiodrypta Jeannel, 1949)

dell’Africa occidentale

 (Coleoptera Carabidae, Dryptinae)

di

S. FACCHINI & R. CZEPPEL

Abstract - A new species of Drypta Latreille, 1796 (Nesiodrypta Jeannel, 1949) from West Africa (Coleoptera Carabidae, Dryptinae) - Drypta (Nesiodrypta) negrettii n. sp. is described from West Africa, the third species belonging to the subgenus Nesiodrypta Jeannel, 1949 known so far from the continent. The habitus of the new species is illustrated and a map with the distributions of the known species from continental Africa is provided. It is a Drypta (Nesiodrypta) 16 mm long, its body with metallic greenish colour, the outer apical angle of elytra without a spine but with a tooth. It is distinguished from Drypta (Nesiodrypta) setigera Gerstaecker, 1867 by the elytra more convex, longer and less enlarged towards apex, their intervals less convex and less markedly punctate, their outer apical angle with a smaller tooth, the pronotum anteriorly and posteriorly less constricted, the ligula with a different shape of the dorsal spine, the body metallic greenish (instead of black or black with blue or purplish-blue metallic reflections in D. setigera). It is distinguished from Drypta (Nesiodrypta) posticespinosa (Basilewsky, 1960) mainly by the sutural and outer apical angles of elytra without a spine (with a spine at sutural and outer apical angles in D. posticespinosa) and the body metallic greenish instead of metallic blue.

N. 56: S. Facchini

G. it. Ent., 12 (56): 293-300

May 2011

Descrizione di tre nuove specie di Drypta Latreille, 1796

dell’Africa continentale

(Coleoptera Carabidae, Dryptinae)

di

S. FACCHINI

Abstract - Descriptions of three new species of Drypta Latreille, 1796 from continental Africa (Coleoptera Carabidae, Dryptinae) - The described species are: Drypta kenyana n. sp. (Kenya), D. viridipennis n. sp. (Zimbabwe, Zambia, Republic of South Africa), D. minutula n. sp. (Zambia). The habitus and male genitalia of every species are illustrated (when the male is known).

N. 56: S. Facchini

G. it. Ent., 12 (56): 301-313

May 2011

Descrizione di sei nuovi taxa del genere

Arsinoe Laporte de Castelnau, 1835

dell’Africa continentale

(Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini)

di

S. FACCHINI

Abstract - Descriptions of six new taxa of the genus Arsinoe Laporte de Castelnau, 1835 from continental Africa (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini) - The new taxa are: A. triguttata n. sp. from Senegal, Burkina Faso, Benin and Central African Republic; A. camerunica fuscofemorata n. ssp. from Zambia; A. kenyensis n. sp. from Kenya; A. becvari n. sp. from Zimbabwe; A. nigra n. sp. from Kenya; A. zambiensis n. sp. from Zambia. The habitus and male genitalia of the new taxa are illustrated.

N. 56: G. Goggi

G. it. Ent., 12 (56): 315-325

May 2011

Indagine faunistica sui Coleotteri

(Insecta, Coleoptera)

del Bacino di Moncodeno

(Parco della Grigna Settentrionale, Lecco, Lombardia)

di 

GIANPIETRO  GOGGI

Abstract - Faunistic research on the Beetles (Coleoptera) of the "Moncodeno basin" (Northern Grigna Park: Italy, Lombardy, Lecco province) - A list of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of the "Moncodeno basin", on the Grigna mountain in the Pre-Alps, result of the Author's research and data from public and private collections.

N. 56: J. R. Turner & T. J. Hawkeswood

G. it. Ent., 12 (56): 327-334

May 2011

Eucalyptus macrorhyncha F. Muell. ex Benth.

and Eucalyptus punctata DC. (Myrtaceae),

the first recorded larval host plants for

Melobasis splendida (Donovan, 1805) (Col.: Buprestidae)

from Australia

by

JAMES R. TURNER & TREVOR J. HAWKESWOOD

Abstract - The first larval host plants - Eucalyptus macrorhyncha F. Muell. ex Benth. and E. punctata DC. (Myrtaceae) - are recorded for the Australian jewel beetle Melobasis splendida (Donovan, 1805) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). These two Eucalyptus species have not been recorded previously as larval hosts for any Australian Buprestidae.

N. 56: S. Facchini

G. it. Ent., 12 (56): 335-353

May 2011

Otto nuove specie e un nuovo genere di Chlaeniini Brullé, 1834 delle Regioni Afrotropicale e Orientale

(Coleoptera Carabidae, Chlaeniini)

di

S. FACCHINI

Abstract - Eight new species and a new genus of Chlaeniini Brullé, 1834 from Afrotropical and Oriental regions (Coleoptera Carabidae, Chlaeniini) - The following new species are described, their habitus and male genitalia illustrated: from the Afrotropical region: Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) pseudobipustulatus n. sp. (Republic of South Africa), Chlaenius (Epomis) nossibianus n. sp. (Madagascar), Chlaenius (Baldochlaenius) diversus n. sp. (Republic of South Africa), Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) perinetanus n. sp. (Madagascar), Chlaenius (s. str.) ivorensis n. sp. (Ivory Coast), Chlaenius (Pseudochlaeniellus) luteoapicalis n. sp. (Madagascar); from the Oriental region: Mirachlaenius n. gen. barbarae n. sp. (India), Hololeius cyaneus n. sp. (Myanmar).

N. 56: G. Goggi

G. it. Ent., 12 (56): 355-371

May 2011

Indagine faunistica sui Coleotteri Scarabeidi e Curculionidi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea, Curculionoidea)

della Valsassina (Lecco, Lombardia)

di 

GIANPIETRO GOGGI

Abstract - Faunistic research on the Scarabs and Weevils (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea and Curculionoidea) of Valsassina (Italy, Lombardy, Lecco province) - A list of the Scarabs and Weevils of the Pre-Alps valley Valsassina, result from the Author's research and data from literature and study of public and private collections.

N. 56: R. Pittino

G. it. Ent., 12 (56): 373-380

May 2011

Two new north African species

of the genus Trox Fabricius, 1775

(Coleoptera Trogidae)

       

by

R. PITTINO

Abstract - Two new north African species of the genus Trox Fabricius, 1775 are described, namely: 1) T. elkantaraensis n. sp., winged, from Algeria (type loc.: Batna, El-Kantara), close to T. martini Reitter, 1892, T. granulipennis Fairmaire, 1852 and T. confluens Wollaston, 1864; 2) T. cyrenaicus n. sp., flightless, from Libya (type loc.: Tripolitania, Bengasi), close to T. fabricii Reiche, 1853 and T. strandi Balthasar, 1936.

N. 56: R. Pittino

G. it. Ent., 12 (56): 381-394

May 2011

Lethrus (Lethrus) liviae n. sp. from European Turkey (Coleoptera Geotrupidae)

       

by

R. PITTINO

Abstract - Lethrus (Lethrus) liviae n. sp. from European Turkey (Type loc.: 11 km N of Eceabat, Çanakkale Province) is described and illustrated. Within the nominotypic subgenus according to NIKOLAJEV (2003), the new species is related to the ones which share anterior angles of pronotum remarkably produced forward, being the closest ally to L. (L.) brachiicollis Fairmaire, 1855, from western Anatolia. L. liviae n. sp. also relates, though to a lesser degree, to L. (L.) fallax Nikolajev, 1975, formerly reputed to inhabit only Turkish and Greek Thrace (KRÁL & NIKOLAJEV, 2006), and hereby recorded as new to western Anatolia. To complete this work, relevant diagnostic characters are discussed, and original pictures and drawings of the species dealt with are presented.

N. 56: R. Pittino

G. it. Ent., 12 (56): 395-412

May 2011

The Afrotropical species of the genus Afromorgus Scholtz, 1986

1st note:

A. melancholicus (Fahraeus, 1857) and its closest relatives

(Coleoptera Trogidae)

by

R. PITTINO

Abstract - The widespread Afrotropical Afromorgus melancholicus (Fahraeus, 1857) and its closest allies are hereby studied and illustrated chiefly on the base of their distinctive male genitalia. A. melancholicus “sensu lato” is found to actually include five distinct twin species, namely: A. melancholicus (Fahraeus, 1857), A. fenestrellus (Balthasar, 1939), previously synonymized with the former, and three new species: A. drumonti n. sp., inhabiting the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola (type loc.: Bas-Congo, Banana-Boma), A. bayoni n. sp. from Uganda (t.l.: Bussu Busoga), and A. benadirensis n. sp. from Somalia (t.l.: Benadir reg., 7 km N of Mogadishu).

N. 56: Luana Aimar & Gianpietro Goggi

G. it. Ent., 12 (56): 413-414

May 2011

Segnalazioni faunistiche di Araneae

(Arthropoda, Chelicerata, Aracnida)

del Triangolo Lariano e della Valsassina

(Como-Lecco, Lombardia)

di

LUANA AIMAR & GIANPIETRO GOGGI

Abstract - Faunistic records of Araneae (Arthropoda, Chelicerata, Aracnida) from Triango-lo Lariano and Valsassina (Italy, Lombardy, Como and Lecco provinces) - The authors record for the first time the occurrence in Italy or Lombardy of some species of cave and surface spiders.

N. 55: P. Gandini & C. Aguilar

G. it. Ent., 12 (55): 135-164

May 2009

Seis nuevas especies de Dichotomius Hope, 1838

(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

de Sudamérica y descripción del macho de

Dichotomius camargoi Martínez, 1956

de

PAOLO GANDINI y CARLOS AGUILAR

Abstract - Six new species of Dichotomius Hope, 1838 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from South America and description of the male of Dichotomius camargoi Martínez, 1956 - Six new species of the dung beetle genus Dichotomius are here described: Dichotomius ziliolii n. sp., in the "batesi section", from Bolivia; Dichotomius joelus n. sp., very close to the "batesi section", from Paraguay; Dichotomius paraguayanus n. sp., provisionally placed in the subgenus Luderwaldtinia but not in a particular section, also from Paraguay; Dichotomius pseudocuprinus n. sp. in the "carbonarius section", from Brazil; Dichotomius guaranii n. sp., in the "nisus section", from Paraguay; Dichotomius dynastus n. sp., in the "mormon section", from Bolivia. Pictures are given for each new species. The male of Dichotomius camargoi Martínez, 1956, originally described based on a single female, is also described here.

N. 55: G. Goggi

G. it. Ent., 12 (55): 165-179

May 2009

Indagine faunistica sui Carabidi (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

della Valsassina (Lecco, Lombardia)

e considerazioni sul genere Boldoriella Jeannel

di

GIANPIETRO GOGGI

Abstract - Faunistic research on the Ground Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Valsassina (Italy, Lombardy, Lecco province) and considerations on the genus Boldoriella Jeannel - A list of the Ground Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of the Pre-Alps valley Valsassina, result of the Author's research and data from literature and study of public and private collections. Some considerations about the results, with a particular view to the genus Boldoriella, complete the article.

N. 55: T. J. Hawkeswood, D. Makhan, J. R. Turner

G. it. Ent., 12 (55): 181-187

May 2009

Anobium jacquelinae sp. nov.,

a new wood-boring beetle (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

from Baltic amber

by

T. J. HAWKESWOOD, D. MAKHAN, J. R. TURNER

Abstract - Anobium jacquelinae sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Anobiidae: Anobiinae) from Baltic amber is herein described. Differences between this species and another described species of the same genus from Baltic amber (Anobium sucineomarginatum Kuska, 1992) are outlined. The new species is also compared with the extant Anobium punctatum (De Geer, 1774), the most common and widespread species of the genus, as well as two other extant species of Anobium from the Northern Hemisphere, viz. A. pertinax Fabricius, 1775 and A. emarginatum Duftschmidt, 1825.

N. 55: T. J. Hawkeswood, D. Makhan, J. R. Turner

G. it. Ent., 12 (55): 189-197

May 2009

Cardiophorus jacquelinae sp. nov.,

a new click beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae, Cardiophorinae)

from Madagascan copal amber

by

T. J. HAWKESWOOD, D. MAKHAN, J. R. TURNER

Abstract - Cardiophorus jacquelinae sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Cardiophorinae) from Madagascan copal amber is herein described. Differences between this species and another described species of the same genus from Madagascan copal amber (Cardiophorus inclusus Quedenfeldt, 1885) and another from Baltic amber (C. yatsenkokhmeleveskyi Iablokov-Khnzorian, 1961) are outlined. The new species is also compared with some other extant Cardiophorus species possessing orange or orange-brown elytral spots, viv. C. signatus (Olivier, 1790), C. cardisce (Say, 1839), C. fenestratus (LeConte, 1859) and C. quadrillum Candeze, 1860.

N. 55: T. J. Hawkeswood & J. R. Turner

G. it. Ent., 12 (55): 199-203

May 2009

Castiarina lisaejessicae sp. nov., a new jewel beetle (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

from New South Wales, Australia

by

T. J. HAWKESWOOD & J. R. TURNER

Abstract - Castiarina lisaejessicae sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) is described from a unique male which was collected during the summer of 2008 in the higher Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. The exact locality is being kept secret because in Australia there has been so much indiscriminate over-collecting by insect collectors over the past 30 years but very little knowledge or published information in the way of conservation and biology has been contributed by these persons. Also we are aware that habitat destruction has occurred by these collectors madly keen to collect as many jewel beetle specimens as they can. We believe that C. lisaejessicae sp. nov. is a rare and isolated species, hence its location and habitat will remain secret. The colour pattern and general morphology of C. lisaejessicae sp. nov. is quite different from any other Castiarina species described.

N. 55: J. R. Turner & T. J. Hawkeswood

G. it. Ent., 12 (55): 205-212

May 2009

Melobasis abigailae sp. nov.

(Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a new jewel beetle from Australia,

with observations on its larval host plant and biology

by

JAMES R. TURNER & TREVOR J. HAWKESWOOD

Abstract - Melobasis abigailae sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae) is herein described from the Sofala area of New South Wales, Australia. Aspects of the larval/pupal chambers and habitat are described. This is the first record of a Melobasis species utilizing Acacia spectabilis A. Cunn. ex Benth. (Mimosaceae) as a larval host plant. Some brief comparisons are provided for known hosts of other Melobasis species.

N. 55: K. L. Dunn, T. J. Hawkeswood, J. R. Turner

G. it. Ent., 12 (55): 213-221

May 2009

A male Papilio aegeus (Donovan)

(Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

mud-puddling at seepage from a sandstone outcrop

near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia,

with discussion of similar behaviour among other Papilionidae

in the Asia-Pacific region

by

K. L. DUNN, T. J. HAWKESWOOD, J. R. TURNER

Abstract - A male Papilio aegeus (Donovan) (Papilionidae) is reported puddling at seepage from a sandstone outcrop. Literature and new field records of papilionid butterflies are discussed in relation to this notable example from the temperate region of Australia. A number of these field observations of mud-puddling in Australia, and elsewhere, are first reports for the species involved. The record of Graphium arycles (Boisduval) from Cambodia may also be a new distribution record for the species.

N. 55: T. J. Hawkeswood

G. it. Ent., 12 (55): 223-231

May 2009

Review of the biology and host plants of six species of

Glenea Newman, 1842 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

from Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

by

TREVOR J. HAWKESWOOD

Abstract - The biology and host plants of 6 species of the genus Glenea Newman, 1842 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) from Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands are reviewed. Data for some species are rather limited and non-conclusive but there is much more information recorded on two species of economic importance, G. aluensis Gahan and G. lefebvrei (Guérin-Ménéville).

N. 55: T. J. Hawkeswood

G. it. Ent., 12 (55): 233-247

May 2009

Review of the biology and host plants of the Australian

Sagrinae, Zeugophorinae, Donaciinae and Criocerinae

(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

by

TREVOR J. HAWKESWOOD

Abstract - The biology and host plants of the Australian genera and species of Sagrinae, Zeugophorinae, Donaciinae an Criocerinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) are reviewed from the available literature. The host plant selections for each group in Australia are discussed in the light of the reports from other regions. The species considered in this paper are as follows: Ametalia spinolae Hope, 1840; Carpophagus banksiae Macleay, 1826; Mecynodera balyi Clark, 1864; Mecynodera coxalgica (Boisduval, 1835); Polyoptilis lacordairei Germar, 1848; Sagra papuana Jacoby, 1889 (Sagrinae); Zeugophora vitinea (Oke, 1932) (Zeugophorinae); Donacia australasiae Blackburn, 1892 (Donaciinae); Lema rufotincta Clark, 1866; Lilioceris chamelus (Duvivier, 1884); Lilioceris fuscomaculata (Clark, 1864); Lilioceris nigripes (Fabricius, 1775); Stethopachys formosa Baly, 1861 (Criocerinae).

N. 55: T. J. Hawkeswood

G. it. Ent., 12 (55): 249-260

May 2009

Review of the biology and host plants of twenty-six species of

Tmesisternus Latreille, 1829 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

mainly from Papua New Guinea

by

TREVOR J. HAWKESWOOD

Abstract - The biology and host plants of 24 species and 2 unidentified species of the genus Tmesisternus Latreille, 1829 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) mainly from Papua New Guinea are reviewed. Data for most species are rather limited. The beetles appear, at least in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, to be of generally minor to non-economic importance.

N. 54A: L. Milani

G. it. Ent., 12 (54A): 119-133

May 2008

Una nuova sottospecie di Megasoma gyas Jablonsky in Herbst

(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

da Santa Catarina, Brasile

di

LEONELLO MILANI

Abstract - A new subspecies of Megasoma gyas Jablonsky in Herbst (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Santa Catarina, Brazil - A new subspecies of Megasoma gyas Jablonsky in Herbst, Megasoma gyas prandii ssp. nov. from Timbó, Itajaí river Valley, Santa Catarina, Brazil is described and illustrated. The new subspecies is characterized from the other ones (M. g. gyas, M. g. rumbucheri, M. g. porioni) through the following combination of male features: frontal horn long, strongly and evenly curved upwards, in dorsal view about of equal thickness at base and just before bifurcation, slightly swollen hardly before mid-length, along the sides bordered with a distinct rim almost over the whole length; in lateral view at base dorsally with a large and low triangular tooth, blunt at apex, the latter about at level of clypeus edge; thoracic horn strongly curved downwards, distinctly reaching beyond the apex of basal tooth of frontal horn; fore tibia proximal tooth narrow and almost parallel-sided at base, not broadly triangular. M. gyas prandii ssp. nov., occurring south of 25th parallel, is the southernmost known subspecies of M. gyas.

N. 54: Bert Kohlmann & M. Justin Wilkinson

G. it. Ent., 12 (54): 1-30

December 2007

The Tárcoles Line:

biogeographic effects of the Talamanca Range

in lower Central America

by

BERT KOHLMANN & M. JUSTIN WILKINSON

Abstract - This paper documents the unusually clear biogeographic frontier formed by the border between the Pacific dry forest (Mexican Pacific Coast Province) and the Pacific rain forest (Western Panamanian Isthmus Province) at the Grande de Tárcoles River and its coincidence with the Costa Rica - Panamá microplate boundary. Our approach begins with analyses based on the study of the position of the biogeographic border with several environmental variables. We investigated the possible respective effects of the coincidence of several environmental barriers, represented by plate tectonic borders, topography, winds, climate and vegetation parameters, on the formation of the frontier between two biogeographic provinces along the Costa Rican Pacific-facing slope, by using space photography and environmental gradient models. A detailed case analysis of the distributional limits of Scarabaeinae dung beetles at the biogeographic border is also presented and analyzed. All groups of organisms studied so far (dung beetles, butterflies, amphibians, reptiles, fishes, birds and vegetation) show a sharp distributional boundary at the Grande de Tárcoles River. Environmental modeling showed the existence of regional gradients for solar radiation and evapotranspiration as well as the existence of steep local gradients for temperature, rainfall and soil moisture coincident with the biogeographic boundary. Dung beetle population dynamics show marked differences in seasonality on either side of the boundary. The clear biogeographical frontier between the Mexican Pacific Coast and the Western Panamanian Isthmus Provinces correlates well with the fault system that separates the Caribbean plate from the Costa Rican - Panamá microplate. The origin of the fault system is directly attributable to the effect of the submarine Cocos ridge. This feature has raised land surface altitudes far above the average values of mountain ranges in the southern Central America region, in the form of the Talamanca mountain range. Topographic barriers created by this uplift generated dependent climatic zones. Rotor wind circulations associated with the Talamanca massif enhance precipitation only in the Talamanca sector, that is, on the central and south Pacific - facing slopes of Costa Rica. We propose a casual chain that leads from tectonic activity to modern topography to climate and hence to biogeographic distributions including a biogeographic node. This study portrays one of the few known plate boundaries in Latin America that coincides with clear-cut distributional limits separating major biogeographic provinces.

N. 54: T. J. Hawkeswood

G. it. Ent., 12 (54): 31-45

December 2007

The conservation and ecological importance of a

hill-topping site at East Killara, New South Wales, Australia

by

TREVOR J. HAWKESWOOD

Abstract - An ecological important and unique hill-topping site for a considerable number of native butterflies (Lepidoptera; Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Pieridae, Hesperiidae) in natural bushland at Kanowar Avenue, East Killara, New South Wales, Australia is threatened with destruction by proposed clearing for residential development and road construction. This paper reviews the ecological status of the site, reviews aspects of hill-topping in Australia (including its legal status in New South Wales) and lists the butterfly species involved and recommends the total conservation of the site at East Killara.

N. 54: S. Vicidomini

G. it. Ent., 12 (54): 47-53

December 2007

Biologia di Xylocopa (Xylocopa) violacea (Linneo, 1758)

(Hymenoptera: Apidae):

foraggiamento su Capparis spinosa L. (Capparaceae)

di

SALVATORE VICIDOMINI

Abstract - Biology of Xylocopa (Xylocopa) violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Apidae): foraging behaviour on Capparis spinosa L. (Capparaceae) - To report on the foraging behaviour of Xylocopa violacea (L.) (Apidae: Xylocopini) on Capparis spinosa L. (Capparaceae) is the aim of this paper. Main results are as follows: a) females only visit C. spinosa; b) the visit period is June-July; c) foraging mainly occurs between late afternoon and dusk (17:30-20:00); d) X. violacea shows 4 different foraging tactics owing to both the type of resource collected (pollen and/or nectar) and flower turgidity; e) X. violacea females spend 3.99 s/flower (4.37 s/flower for nectar collection; 2.29 for pollen; 6.94 for nectar + pollen), visit 6.55 flowers/min and spend 26.13 s/min on flowers (43.5%) and 33.87 s/min (56.5%) in flight between a flower and the next one; f) it is possible that 35-40 s is the maximum time that a X. violacea female can spend in flight per one minute of foraging activity, beyond this, tissue reserves may begin to decrease.

N. 54: S. Vicidomini

G. it. Ent., 12 (54): 55-64

December 2007

Biologia di Xylocopa (Xylocopa) violacea (Linneo, 1758)

(Hymenoptera: Apidae):

studio preliminare sulla demografia

di

SALVATORE VICIDOMINI

Abstract - Biology of Xylocopa (Xylocopa) violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Apidae): preliminary study on the demography - To outline the main demographic traits of a southern Italian population of Xylocopa violacea (L.) is the aim of this contribution. Main results are as follows: a) The preferred nest substratum is the cut and dried A. donax cane, a recently acquired ethological character for X. violacea; b) The egg shows the highest mortality rate (7.48%), followed by the "non-defecating larva" (2.49%); c) 1/3 mortality not caused by predation-parasitism is due to individual deformation; d) Predator-parasite mortality (17.80% of cells = 18.11% of laid eggs; 23.66% of nests) is as follows: by conspecific females (7.96% of eggs), P. sicula (Lacertidae) (3.76%), C. scutellaris (Formicidae) (2.89%), S. cerambycina (Acari) (2.60%), P. pallidula (Formicidae) (0.58%); e) Mortality not due to predation-parasitism regards 19.53% of cells (18.07% of laid eggs); f) Conspecific females rob 8.1% of the pollen paste; g) Total mortality is 37.34% of cells (36.23% of laid eggs); h) In the study area, the main limiting factor to population growth is predation-parasitism, particularly intraspecific parasitism due to nest crowding; i) Population shows a density-dependent control and growth; j) Mortality is hardly affected by local ecological and climatic factors; k) X. violacea predators and parasites are occasional; l) There is a different preimaginal mortality between sexes (females are more vital).

N. 54: S. Vicidomini

G. it. Ent., 12 (54): 65-73

December 2007

Sistematica e distribuzione degli Xylocopini

(Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae):

rassegna delle specie del Cile

di

SALVATORE VICIDOMINI

Abstract - Systematics and distribution of the Xylocopini (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae): check-list of the species of Chile - To provide a key to the Xylocopini of Chile is the aim of this contribution. The species recorded from Chile are: Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) bruesi Cockerell 1914, X. (Shoenherria) splendidula Lepeletier 1841, X. (S.) viridigastra Lepeletier 1841. Doubtful records from the country are reported for X. (S.) dimidiata Latreille 1809 and X. (Megaxylocopa) fimbriata Fabricius 1804. X. viridigastra lojaensis new subspecies is described from Ecuador (Loja).

N. 54: G. Goggi

G. it. Ent., 12 (54): 75-91

December 2007

Indagine faunistica sui Coleotteri

del "Parco della Grigna Settentrionale" (Lecco, Lombardia)

di

GIANPIETRO GOGGI

Abstract - Faunistic research on the Coleoptera of the "Northern Grigna Park" (Lecco, Lombardy, Italy) - A check-list of the Coleoptera of this mountain of the Italian Pre-Alps, new regional park, thanks to the researches by the Author integrated with other data from public and private collections. Results are discussed.

N. 54: R. Pittino

G. it. Ent., 12 (54): 93-117

December 2007

A review of the Western Palaearctic species of

the genus Psammodius Fallén, 1807,

with description of a new species from Greece

(Coleoptera Aphodiidae Psammodiinae)

by

RICCARDO PITTINO

Abstract - An updated overview of the Western Palaearctic species of the genus Psammodius Fallén, 1807 is presented here, based on almost 2100 studied specimens and several types. Aim of this work is to define as precisely as possible the geographic range of each of the 13 valid species which, on the whole, resulted to occur in this area, and to allow their correct identification through a dichotomic key. For each species detailed references, type locality, location of types, studied materials, known range, and, when useful, a synthetic taxonomic discussion are given. A new species close to P. asper (Fabricius, 1775), namely P. asperoides n. sp., is described from Greece (type loc.: 3-4 km NE of Siderokastro, Serres Prov., Macedonia). A neotype is designated for P. sulcicollis var. canaliculatus Mulsant, 1842, which is considered a chromatic form of P. asper; the specific value of P. generosus Reitter, 1892 is confirmed; neotypes are also selected for P. scutellaris Mulsant & Wachanru, 1859, a junior synonym of P. laevipennis Costa, 1844, as well as for P. accentifer Mulsant & Rey, 1859, and P. planipennis Reitter, 1893, both junior synonyms of P. plicicollis Erichson, 1848. Original drawings of metatibia, male genitalia, and spermatheca of the new species and P. asper complete this work.

N. 53: O. R. Di Iorio

G. it. Ent., 11 (53): 159-178

May 2006

New records, remarks and corrections to host plants of

Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from Argentina

by

OSVALDO R. DI IORIO

Abstract - 102 associations for 39 plant species and 63 Cerambycidae from Argentina are reported. Host plants belong to the families Anacardiaceae, Bignoniaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Casuarinaceae, Celtidaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Fabaceae, Fagaceae, Mimosaceae, Moraceae, Pinaceae, Rosaceae, Salicaceae, Sapotaceae and Ulmaceae. Host plants are recorded for the first time fro Achryson inmaculipenne Gounelle, 1909, Acryson maculipenne (Lacordaire, 1869), Anelaphus souzai (Zajciw, 1964), Methia fischeri Melzer, 1922, Brasilianus pisinnus Martins & Monné, 1975, Ischionorox antiqua Aurivillius, 1922, Chlorete scabrosa Zajciw, 1963, Sydax stramineus Lacordaire, 1869, Ethemon brevicorne Napp & Reynaud, 1998, Compsibidion vanum (Thomson, 1867), Tetraibidion aurivillii (Gounelle, 1909) and Eriocharis richardii Dupont, 1838. Main and secondary or alternative host plants are discussed for some species of Cerambycidae, when enough data are available. Periods of emergence from different host plants and localities, numbers of emerged specimens previously not stated, corrections of misidentified host plants and erroneous records of host plants present in a catalogue are provided.