ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to reveal the fine structure and morphology of the eggs of Bradyporus (Callimenus) dilatatus (Stål, 1875) (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) by using stereomicroscopy, light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). B. dilatatus females produce generally bilateral symmetrical, elongated ovoid eggs. The chorion is composed of three layers named as endochorion, exochorion and extrachorion. Cross sections of all three layers show the chorion has air chambers that connected to each other with canals. The extrachorion layer forms hexagonal or pentagonal surface patterns which is typical to B. dilatatus. The lengths of the boundaries of polygonal patterns become longer with aging.
{"title":"The Eggs of the Bradyporus (Callimenus) dilatatus (Stål, 1875) (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae): Morphological, Histological and Ultrastructural Study","authors":"D. A. Mutlu, I. Polat, M. Ünal, Z. Suludere","doi":"10.3157/061.148.0102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.148.0102","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to reveal the fine structure and morphology of the eggs of Bradyporus (Callimenus) dilatatus (Stål, 1875) (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) by using stereomicroscopy, light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). B. dilatatus females produce generally bilateral symmetrical, elongated ovoid eggs. The chorion is composed of three layers named as endochorion, exochorion and extrachorion. Cross sections of all three layers show the chorion has air chambers that connected to each other with canals. The extrachorion layer forms hexagonal or pentagonal surface patterns which is typical to B. dilatatus. The lengths of the boundaries of polygonal patterns become longer with aging.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81803008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT A new species of the genus Gerenia Stål, 1878, Gerenia mizoramia Kumar & Chandra sp. nov., from Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, India is described here. The new species is similar to the Indian species, G. bengalensis Bhowmik & Halder, 1983, but differs from it in the presence of a dark black oval spot in the middle of tegmen, apex of tegmen comparatively broad and hind wing slightly shorter than tegmen.
{"title":"A New Species of Gerenia Stål, 1878 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae) from India","authors":"H. Kumar, K. Chandra, S. Kushwaha","doi":"10.3157/061.148.0101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.148.0101","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A new species of the genus Gerenia Stål, 1878, Gerenia mizoramia Kumar & Chandra sp. nov., from Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, India is described here. The new species is similar to the Indian species, G. bengalensis Bhowmik & Halder, 1983, but differs from it in the presence of a dark black oval spot in the middle of tegmen, apex of tegmen comparatively broad and hind wing slightly shorter than tegmen.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77149814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joe A. Macgown, D. Booher, H. Richter, J. K. Wetterer, Jovonn G. Hill
ABSTRACT A 2005 review compiled a list of 155 ant species plus the hybrid fire ant Solenopsis invicta X richteri from Alabama. Here, we add an 38 additional species based on both published and unpublished records and revised identifications raising the total to 193 species and one hybrid. Of these, 32 species and one hybrid are considered exotic to the state. We present county level maps of species richness and collection efforts for native and exotic ants highlighting areas of special concern for conservation and invasion risks.
2005年的一篇综述整理了来自美国阿拉巴马州的155种蚂蚁和杂交火蚁Solenopsis invicta X richteri。本文根据已发表和未发表的记录和修订的鉴定，增加了38种，使总数增加到193种和1种杂交种。其中，32种和一种杂交品种被认为是该州的外来物种。我们绘制了县一级的物种丰富度和本地和外来蚂蚁的收集工作地图，突出了特别关注的保护和入侵风险区域。
{"title":"An Updated List of Ants of Alabama (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with New State Records","authors":"Joe A. Macgown, D. Booher, H. Richter, J. K. Wetterer, Jovonn G. Hill","doi":"10.3157/061.147.0409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0409","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A 2005 review compiled a list of 155 ant species plus the hybrid fire ant Solenopsis invicta X richteri from Alabama. Here, we add an 38 additional species based on both published and unpublished records and revised identifications raising the total to 193 species and one hybrid. Of these, 32 species and one hybrid are considered exotic to the state. We present county level maps of species richness and collection efforts for native and exotic ants highlighting areas of special concern for conservation and invasion risks.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82800700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT The clubbed-legged grasshopper Gomphocerus sibiricus (Linnaeus, 1767) and its genus Gomphocerus Thunberg, 1815, (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) are recorded for the first time from the Indian fauna. The species was recorded from the Trans-Himalayan region (Zanskar and Panikhar region of Ladakh) of India in august 2019. A detailed description of both the genus and the species is given.
{"title":"First Record of the Genus Gomphocerus Thunberg, 1815 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from India","authors":"Mohd Ali, M. K. Usmani, Mohsin Ali","doi":"10.3157/061.147.0404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0404","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The clubbed-legged grasshopper Gomphocerus sibiricus (Linnaeus, 1767) and its genus Gomphocerus Thunberg, 1815, (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) are recorded for the first time from the Indian fauna. The species was recorded from the Trans-Himalayan region (Zanskar and Panikhar region of Ladakh) of India in august 2019. A detailed description of both the genus and the species is given.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75206703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qi Chen, Xue Zhang, Huiwen Tan, Lanqin Li, Ming Wen, Yinliang Wang, Junjie Zhang, B. Ren
ABSTRACT Wing dimorphism is a widespread phenomenon of many insect species. The katydid species Metrioptera bicolor Philippi displays distinct wing dimorphism. In this paper, we recorded the calling songs of two wing morphologies of the species and observed the acoustic generators under stereoscope and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The two wing morphologies showed differences in acoustic signals but no obvious differences in morphological traits. The individuals with long hind-wings produced an energetic call, i.e., the calling songs with longer pulse duration but shorter interval. Therefore we infer that the advantage of acoustic signals is a compensation for the weakness in reproduction. Furthermore, some molecular tests were performed to clarify the differences between them at a molecular level. The individuals with long hind-wings got together, while the short-winged individuals were in a group. We proposed that the molecular difference has already existed between these two groups at birth. From the consistency of the stridulatory organs and the differentiation of the acoustic signals, we could infer the behavioral traits might evolve rapidly than the morphological features.
{"title":"Macroptery Might Produce More Attractive Calling Songs: Acoustic Differences between Two Wing Morphologies of Metrioptera bicolor Philippi (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)","authors":"Qi Chen, Xue Zhang, Huiwen Tan, Lanqin Li, Ming Wen, Yinliang Wang, Junjie Zhang, B. Ren","doi":"10.3157/061.147.0402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0402","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Wing dimorphism is a widespread phenomenon of many insect species. The katydid species Metrioptera bicolor Philippi displays distinct wing dimorphism. In this paper, we recorded the calling songs of two wing morphologies of the species and observed the acoustic generators under stereoscope and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The two wing morphologies showed differences in acoustic signals but no obvious differences in morphological traits. The individuals with long hind-wings produced an energetic call, i.e., the calling songs with longer pulse duration but shorter interval. Therefore we infer that the advantage of acoustic signals is a compensation for the weakness in reproduction. Furthermore, some molecular tests were performed to clarify the differences between them at a molecular level. The individuals with long hind-wings got together, while the short-winged individuals were in a group. We proposed that the molecular difference has already existed between these two groups at birth. From the consistency of the stridulatory organs and the differentiation of the acoustic signals, we could infer the behavioral traits might evolve rapidly than the morphological features.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85718750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT The weevil Conorhynchus kindermanni Faust, 1904 (Curculionidae: Lixinae: Cleonini) was detected in close association with Salsola tragus L. (Amaranthaceae) in Ağrı Mountain soutwestern lowland area where sandy desert. The aim of this study is to determine the life cycle of C. kindermanni feeding on S. tragus. The field research was conducted between Iğdır and Doğubayazıt district of Ağrı Province Turkey in the summer of 2020. According to the results, adults of C. kindermanni feed on S. tragus starting on the rosette stage of this weed. Mating occurs on the ground among young plants, and eggs were laid on roots attached with a glue-like secretion. The legless larvae are freely able to move in sandy soil to reach lateral branches of roots for feeding. The mature larva prepares a solitary soil-case for pupal development in the soil near the host plant root. New generation adults hibernate inside the chamber until emergence from soil in early spring. This species produces one generation in a year in the Ağrı Mountain lowland desert habitat. Key words: Conorhynchus kindermanni, Salsola tragus, weed, biological observation, Ağrı Mountain
{"title":"Biological Observations on the Salsola tragus L. Weed Feeder Conorhynchus kindermanni Faust, 1904 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Ağrı Mountain Lowland Area","authors":"N. Gültekin, R. Gürbüz, C. Gözüaçık","doi":"10.3157/061.147.0407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0407","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The weevil Conorhynchus kindermanni Faust, 1904 (Curculionidae: Lixinae: Cleonini) was detected in close association with Salsola tragus L. (Amaranthaceae) in Ağrı Mountain soutwestern lowland area where sandy desert. The aim of this study is to determine the life cycle of C. kindermanni feeding on S. tragus. The field research was conducted between Iğdır and Doğubayazıt district of Ağrı Province Turkey in the summer of 2020. According to the results, adults of C. kindermanni feed on S. tragus starting on the rosette stage of this weed. Mating occurs on the ground among young plants, and eggs were laid on roots attached with a glue-like secretion. The legless larvae are freely able to move in sandy soil to reach lateral branches of roots for feeding. The mature larva prepares a solitary soil-case for pupal development in the soil near the host plant root. New generation adults hibernate inside the chamber until emergence from soil in early spring. This species produces one generation in a year in the Ağrı Mountain lowland desert habitat. Key words: Conorhynchus kindermanni, Salsola tragus, weed, biological observation, Ağrı Mountain","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90704604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT The focus of this study is to make contributions to Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) fauna of Turkey with additional material which was composed of specimens collected from Eastern Black Sea Region between 2013 to 2015. Totally, 71 taxa of 19 genera belonging to 3 tribes of Staphylininae were recorded. Among them, Ocypus almensis Coiffait, 1967 and Quedius edmundi Coiffait, 1969 are collected from Turkey for the first time. Moreover, first detailed localities for Philonthus picimanus (Ménétriés, 1832), Philonthus splendens sideropterus Kolenati, 1846 and Tasgius globulifer (Geoffroy, 1785) are given with this study. General distribution pattern of the species depending on collecting months, altitudes and habitats, and species diversity of the region are presented and compared. Distribution of species in other regions of Turkey and zoogeographical regions are included, and the zoogeographical statuses of species are discussed. European and Middle Eastern species compose the most of the collected species. Since the region is transition between Caucasia and Europe through the Anatolian peninsula, species composition reflects the regional characters, and consequently, represents this pathway.
{"title":"Faunistic Contributions, and Ecological and Zoogeographical Evaluations on Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Fauna of Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey","authors":"S. Özdemir","doi":"10.3157/061.147.0408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0408","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The focus of this study is to make contributions to Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) fauna of Turkey with additional material which was composed of specimens collected from Eastern Black Sea Region between 2013 to 2015. Totally, 71 taxa of 19 genera belonging to 3 tribes of Staphylininae were recorded. Among them, Ocypus almensis Coiffait, 1967 and Quedius edmundi Coiffait, 1969 are collected from Turkey for the first time. Moreover, first detailed localities for Philonthus picimanus (Ménétriés, 1832), Philonthus splendens sideropterus Kolenati, 1846 and Tasgius globulifer (Geoffroy, 1785) are given with this study. General distribution pattern of the species depending on collecting months, altitudes and habitats, and species diversity of the region are presented and compared. Distribution of species in other regions of Turkey and zoogeographical regions are included, and the zoogeographical statuses of species are discussed. European and Middle Eastern species compose the most of the collected species. Since the region is transition between Caucasia and Europe through the Anatolian peninsula, species composition reflects the regional characters, and consequently, represents this pathway.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74651791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Which Parts of the Male Genitalia are More Diagnostic in Terms of Bumblebee Taxonomy?","authors":"Ç. Özenirler","doi":"10.3157/061.147.0401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0401","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81322452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT Here we report on the faunistic, ecological and zoogeographical composition of the subfamily Steninae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the Eastern Blacksea Region of Turkey. Forty two species, belonging to two genera, were detected by field studies between years 2013-2015 in the Eastern Blacksea Region. It is concluded that among these, five species from Stenus are new records for Turkey. Four species are endemic for Turkey and seven species are new records for Eastern Blacksea Region.
{"title":"Contribution to the Knowledge of Steninae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Fauna with New Records for Turkey","authors":"Yavuz Turan, O. Sert","doi":"10.3157/061.147.0405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0405","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Here we report on the faunistic, ecological and zoogeographical composition of the subfamily Steninae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the Eastern Blacksea Region of Turkey. Forty two species, belonging to two genera, were detected by field studies between years 2013-2015 in the Eastern Blacksea Region. It is concluded that among these, five species from Stenus are new records for Turkey. Four species are endemic for Turkey and seven species are new records for Eastern Blacksea Region.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82225233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qi Chen, Xue Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhu, H. Rehman, Ming Wen, Yinliang Wang, Junjie Zhang, B. Ren
ABSTRACT The association between acoustic signals and genetics is not fully understood as of yet. It is unclear whether the acoustic characters of insect calling songs are correlated with insect genetic divergence. Here, we analyzed the genetic distance using 16S rDNA and cytochrome b sequences and calculated acoustic distance by the intensity distribution histograms statistic on the spectrograms of calling songs. After the alignment, 510 bp of cytochrome b and 542 bp of 16S rDNA sequences were used to calculate the genetic pairwise distance. The Neighbor-Joining phylogenetic analysis of both sequences was generally concordant with taxonomy. For acoustic signals, the L1 norm distance was in the range of [0.133, 0.434], showing a good reflection of the “vocal print” of the species. Finally, based on the two genetic distance matrice and one acoustic matrix, a multiple regression analysis was performed. The cubic regression diagram formed an upward sloping surface, suggesting that the genetic distance was positively correlated with the acoustic distance. This study demonstrates that the evolution rate of mating signal is sufficient in accordance with the gene at an interspecies level in insect.
{"title":"Association between Genetic and Bioacoustic Distances of Tettigoniidae Species (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea) in the Northeast of China","authors":"Qi Chen, Xue Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhu, H. Rehman, Ming Wen, Yinliang Wang, Junjie Zhang, B. Ren","doi":"10.3157/061.147.0403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0403","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The association between acoustic signals and genetics is not fully understood as of yet. It is unclear whether the acoustic characters of insect calling songs are correlated with insect genetic divergence. Here, we analyzed the genetic distance using 16S rDNA and cytochrome b sequences and calculated acoustic distance by the intensity distribution histograms statistic on the spectrograms of calling songs. After the alignment, 510 bp of cytochrome b and 542 bp of 16S rDNA sequences were used to calculate the genetic pairwise distance. The Neighbor-Joining phylogenetic analysis of both sequences was generally concordant with taxonomy. For acoustic signals, the L1 norm distance was in the range of [0.133, 0.434], showing a good reflection of the “vocal print” of the species. Finally, based on the two genetic distance matrice and one acoustic matrix, a multiple regression analysis was performed. The cubic regression diagram formed an upward sloping surface, suggesting that the genetic distance was positively correlated with the acoustic distance. This study demonstrates that the evolution rate of mating signal is sufficient in accordance with the gene at an interspecies level in insect.","PeriodicalId":51200,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the American Entomological Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89785116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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