Pub Date : 2023-07-14DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.124.4.761
Dawn J. Flynn
Abstract. Telamona californica new species is described from California, USA, illustrated and compared to the three other Telamona species (T. calva Ball, T. coronata Ball, T. vestita Ball), and one subspecies (T. vestita carynotana Ball) found in California. A key, with illustrations to the species and subspecies of Telamona found in California, is included.
{"title":"A New Species of Telamona from California (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Smiliinae: Telamonini) and Key to Telamona Found in California","authors":"Dawn J. Flynn","doi":"10.4289/0013-8797.124.4.761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.124.4.761","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Telamona californica new species is described from California, USA, illustrated and compared to the three other Telamona species (T. calva Ball, T. coronata Ball, T. vestita Ball), and one subspecies (T. vestita carynotana Ball) found in California. A key, with illustrations to the species and subspecies of Telamona found in California, is included.","PeriodicalId":54576,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45270018","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}
Pub Date : 2023-07-14DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.124.4.715
V. Becker
Abstract. The identity of Pyralis griseana Fabricius is established and the species is transferred to Spragueia Grote, 1875 as a junior synonym of S. margana (Fabricius, 1794). We place Stenoma griseanum Zeller, 1839 as a junior subjective synonym of Antaeotricha walchiana (Stoll, 1782) (Depressariidae: Stenomatinae), revised synonomy.
{"title":"The Identity of Pyralis griseana Fabricius and Stenoma griseanum Zeller (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae, and Depressariidae: Stenomatinae) with New Synonymy","authors":"V. Becker","doi":"10.4289/0013-8797.124.4.715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.124.4.715","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The identity of Pyralis griseana Fabricius is established and the species is transferred to Spragueia Grote, 1875 as a junior synonym of S. margana (Fabricius, 1794). We place Stenoma griseanum Zeller, 1839 as a junior subjective synonym of Antaeotricha walchiana (Stoll, 1782) (Depressariidae: Stenomatinae), revised synonomy.","PeriodicalId":54576,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48282538","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}
Pub Date : 2022-12-08DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.708
David R. Smith
Abstract. Onycholyda raymondi Smith, new species, Pamphilius gagnei Smith, new species, and P. murrayi Smith, new species, all from the eastern United States, are described, illustrated, and separated from related species.
{"title":"New Nearctic Pamphiliidae (Hymenoptera)","authors":"David R. Smith","doi":"10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.708","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.708","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Onycholyda raymondi Smith, new species, Pamphilius gagnei Smith, new species, and P. murrayi Smith, new species, all from the eastern United States, are described, illustrated, and separated from related species.","PeriodicalId":54576,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42678979","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}
Pub Date : 2022-12-08DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.535
Yoshifumi So, A. Elsayed, A. Iwasaki, Yoshie Nishiwaki, J. Yukawa, M. Tokuda
Abstract. The genus Vitisiella (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) is newly recorded from Japan, and Vitisiella gagnei So, Elsayed, and Tokuda, new species, which induces subglobular leaf galls on Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) in Hokkaido, is described as new to science. The new species is distinguishable from its congeners by the combination of the following morphological features: undivided mediobasal lobes in male terminalia, ovipositor ca. 2.5 times as long as tergite VII, and larval six terminal papillae placed ventrally. We provide a fragment of the Cytochrome Oxidase subunit I (COI) mitochondrial gene sequence and report the life history and phylogenetic information for the new species.
{"title":"First Report of the Genus Vitisiella in Japan, with Description of a New Species Inducing Leaf Galls on Vitis vinifera L. (Vitaceae)","authors":"Yoshifumi So, A. Elsayed, A. Iwasaki, Yoshie Nishiwaki, J. Yukawa, M. Tokuda","doi":"10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.535","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The genus Vitisiella (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) is newly recorded from Japan, and Vitisiella gagnei So, Elsayed, and Tokuda, new species, which induces subglobular leaf galls on Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) in Hokkaido, is described as new to science. The new species is distinguishable from its congeners by the combination of the following morphological features: undivided mediobasal lobes in male terminalia, ovipositor ca. 2.5 times as long as tergite VII, and larval six terminal papillae placed ventrally. We provide a fragment of the Cytochrome Oxidase subunit I (COI) mitochondrial gene sequence and report the life history and phylogenetic information for the new species.","PeriodicalId":54576,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46549640","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}
Pub Date : 2022-12-08DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.459
M. Jaschhof, Catrin Jaschhof
Abstract. Five genera of the mycophagous subfamily Porricondylinae are reported for the first time to occur in New Zealand, namely Asynapta, Camptomyia, Colomyia, Divellepidosis, and Paratetraneuromyia. New species in these genera, all to be attributed to both authors, are described and named Asynapta bicornis, Camptomyia rakiura, Colomyia inexpectata, Divellepidosis constricta, D. eximia, D. tewaipounamu, Paratetraneuromyia denticulata, and P. multidenticulata. The genus Yukawaepidosis, previously monotypic and ill-defined, is shown to have a second, previously unnamed species, which is described as Y. kaikoura and compared with Y. aliculata (Yukawa). The generic definition of Yukawaepidosis is revised. All species descriptions are based on the morphology of males caught in flight (i.e., Nothing is known on the habitat and biology of the larvae.). Altogether, New Zealand's Porricondylinae are now known to comprise 33 species in eight genera, representing all the three tribes recognized in this subfamily, namely Asynaptini, Dicerurini and Porricondylini.
{"title":"A Review of New Zealand Porricondylinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)","authors":"M. Jaschhof, Catrin Jaschhof","doi":"10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.459","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Five genera of the mycophagous subfamily Porricondylinae are reported for the first time to occur in New Zealand, namely Asynapta, Camptomyia, Colomyia, Divellepidosis, and Paratetraneuromyia. New species in these genera, all to be attributed to both authors, are described and named Asynapta bicornis, Camptomyia rakiura, Colomyia inexpectata, Divellepidosis constricta, D. eximia, D. tewaipounamu, Paratetraneuromyia denticulata, and P. multidenticulata. The genus Yukawaepidosis, previously monotypic and ill-defined, is shown to have a second, previously unnamed species, which is described as Y. kaikoura and compared with Y. aliculata (Yukawa). The generic definition of Yukawaepidosis is revised. All species descriptions are based on the morphology of males caught in flight (i.e., Nothing is known on the habitat and biology of the larvae.). Altogether, New Zealand's Porricondylinae are now known to comprise 33 species in eight genera, representing all the three tribes recognized in this subfamily, namely Asynaptini, Dicerurini and Porricondylini.","PeriodicalId":54576,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44692476","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}
Pub Date : 2022-12-08DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.516
A. Elsayed, Hans C. Roskam, Lydia A. Sevenster, M. Tokuda
Abstract. We analyzed the Folmer fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene of three closely related species of Semudobia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae): S. betulae (Winnertz), S. tarda Roskam, and S. skuhravae Roskam. These species form fruit galls on different birch species (Betula, Betulaceae) in the Holarctic Region. In Japan, larvae of S. betulae and S. tarda were collected from the native Japanese birch, B. platyphylla, whereas S. skuhravae was collected from the eastern Palearctic birch, B. ermanii. In the Netherlands, the three species were collected from intermediate forms between the Eurasian endemic birches, B. pendula and B. pubescens. Additional sequences of Canadian and European S. betulae and S. skuhravae were obtained from the Barcode of Life Data system (BOLD). In a maximum likelihood analysis, the individuals of each species formed strongly supported clades, but genetic divergence was high within each clade indicating species complexes. European and Canadian individuals of S. betulae and S. skuhravae each formed a single clade with low intraspecific variation, suggesting that these species were introduced together with their hosts to North America. In contrast, Japanese individuals of the three Semudobia species were remarkably distant from European and Canadian individuals, indicating that they have been isolated genetically for a long period on their native eastern Palearctic and Japanese hosts.
{"title":"Intraspecific Variation in Three Species of Semudobia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Forming Fruit Galls on Betula (Betulaceae) in the Holarctic Region","authors":"A. Elsayed, Hans C. Roskam, Lydia A. Sevenster, M. Tokuda","doi":"10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.516","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. We analyzed the Folmer fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene of three closely related species of Semudobia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae): S. betulae (Winnertz), S. tarda Roskam, and S. skuhravae Roskam. These species form fruit galls on different birch species (Betula, Betulaceae) in the Holarctic Region. In Japan, larvae of S. betulae and S. tarda were collected from the native Japanese birch, B. platyphylla, whereas S. skuhravae was collected from the eastern Palearctic birch, B. ermanii. In the Netherlands, the three species were collected from intermediate forms between the Eurasian endemic birches, B. pendula and B. pubescens. Additional sequences of Canadian and European S. betulae and S. skuhravae were obtained from the Barcode of Life Data system (BOLD). In a maximum likelihood analysis, the individuals of each species formed strongly supported clades, but genetic divergence was high within each clade indicating species complexes. European and Canadian individuals of S. betulae and S. skuhravae each formed a single clade with low intraspecific variation, suggesting that these species were introduced together with their hosts to North America. In contrast, Japanese individuals of the three Semudobia species were remarkably distant from European and Canadian individuals, indicating that they have been isolated genetically for a long period on their native eastern Palearctic and Japanese hosts.","PeriodicalId":54576,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41622739","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}
Pub Date : 2022-12-08DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.499
A. Elsayed, A. Kawakita
Abstract. Two new species of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) associated with male flower buds of Phyllanthus flexuosus (Phyllanthaceae) are described and illustrated. Clinodiplosis gagnei Elsayed, new species, induces male flower bud galls, whereas Macrolabis katoi Elsayed, new species, is an inquiline. Females of both species visit the host plant at flowering in search of suitable oviposition sites and, in doing so, become dusted with pollen of the opened male flowers and come in contact with the stigmas of female flowers. Larvae of both gall midge species overwinter in the ground, and each has only one generation per year. This is the first report of the genus Macrolabis in Japan.
{"title":"Two New Species of Mutualistic Gall Midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Responsible for the Pollination of Phyllanthus flexuosus (Phyllanthaceae) and Using Its Male Flower Buds as Brood-Sites","authors":"A. Elsayed, A. Kawakita","doi":"10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.499","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Two new species of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae) associated with male flower buds of Phyllanthus flexuosus (Phyllanthaceae) are described and illustrated. Clinodiplosis gagnei Elsayed, new species, induces male flower bud galls, whereas Macrolabis katoi Elsayed, new species, is an inquiline. Females of both species visit the host plant at flowering in search of suitable oviposition sites and, in doing so, become dusted with pollen of the opened male flowers and come in contact with the stigmas of female flowers. Larvae of both gall midge species overwinter in the ground, and each has only one generation per year. This is the first report of the genus Macrolabis in Japan.","PeriodicalId":54576,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41501188","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}
Pub Date : 2022-12-08DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.683
T. Zatwarnicki, W. Mathis
Abstract. Subpelignus Papp is revised, including description of (1) a new species, S. gagnei Zatwarnicki and Mathis (New Zealand. North Island. ND: Whananaki South (35°31.1′S, 174°27.2′E); (2) two new combinations, Subpelignus antennalis (Aldrich, 1931) and Subpelignus limosinus (Becker, 1896); (3) a new synonym, S. hortobagensis Papp, 1983 = S. limosinus Becker; and (4) description of a new subgenus, Niratissa Zatwarnicki and Mathis, for S. maculipennis Mathis and Zatwarnicki. Descriptions of revised and the newly described species include some of the first illustrations of structures of the male terminalia. Detailed locality data for all species examined are provided. For perspective and to facilitate genus-group and species-group recognition, the tribe Atissini is diagnosed and a key to included genera is provided.
{"title":"Biogeographic Anomalies in Shore Flies as Revealed in Revision of the Shore-Fly Genus Subpelignus Papp (Diptera: Ephydridae)","authors":"T. Zatwarnicki, W. Mathis","doi":"10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.683","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Subpelignus Papp is revised, including description of (1) a new species, S. gagnei Zatwarnicki and Mathis (New Zealand. North Island. ND: Whananaki South (35°31.1′S, 174°27.2′E); (2) two new combinations, Subpelignus antennalis (Aldrich, 1931) and Subpelignus limosinus (Becker, 1896); (3) a new synonym, S. hortobagensis Papp, 1983 = S. limosinus Becker; and (4) description of a new subgenus, Niratissa Zatwarnicki and Mathis, for S. maculipennis Mathis and Zatwarnicki. Descriptions of revised and the newly described species include some of the first illustrations of structures of the male terminalia. Detailed locality data for all species examined are provided. For perspective and to facilitate genus-group and species-group recognition, the tribe Atissini is diagnosed and a key to included genera is provided.","PeriodicalId":54576,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48793703","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}
Pub Date : 2022-12-08DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.661
G. Steck, S. Ndlela, Louis A. Somma, J. Diaz, M. Moore, Jessica Awad
Abstract. We describe the egg, three instars, and pupa of Dacus bivittatus Bigot using optical and scanning electron microscopy and compare them with those of other Dacus Fabricius species for which these stages have been described as well as those of two important pest species of Zeugodacus Hendel that infest cucurbits. A new anatomical term, lateral lips, is introduced to describe a feature of the facial mask. A feature of the egg that has not been reported previously for Tephritidae is described here: a peculiar arrangement of aeropyles in an irregular line partially encircling the egg near the posterior end. A table of morphological characters visible with light microscopes provides diagnostic information to separate larvae of Dacus bivittatus from those of most other Dacus species and two Zeugodacus species for which larvae have been described.
{"title":"Description of the Immature Stages of Dacus bivittatus (Diptera: Tephritidae), the Greater Pumpkin Fruit Fly","authors":"G. Steck, S. Ndlela, Louis A. Somma, J. Diaz, M. Moore, Jessica Awad","doi":"10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.661","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. We describe the egg, three instars, and pupa of Dacus bivittatus Bigot using optical and scanning electron microscopy and compare them with those of other Dacus Fabricius species for which these stages have been described as well as those of two important pest species of Zeugodacus Hendel that infest cucurbits. A new anatomical term, lateral lips, is introduced to describe a feature of the facial mask. A feature of the egg that has not been reported previously for Tephritidae is described here: a peculiar arrangement of aeropyles in an irregular line partially encircling the egg near the posterior end. A table of morphological characters visible with light microscopes provides diagnostic information to separate larvae of Dacus bivittatus from those of most other Dacus species and two Zeugodacus species for which larvae have been described.","PeriodicalId":54576,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71058754","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}
Pub Date : 2022-12-08DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.564
Charles S. Eiseman, Julia A. Blyth
Abstract. Records of Diptera and their hymenopteran parasitoids are reported from a ten-year study of herbivorous insects of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USA, with a focus on searching for galls, leaf mines, and other characteristic feeding evidence on host plants. Our field observations and reared specimens are supplemented with herbarium records and Johnson's (1930) list of the insect fauna of Nantucket. Compared with Johnson's list of nine species of Agromyzidae, we identified 53 along with 15 others determined only to genus or higher taxa (a few of the latter could conceivably be conspecific with the former or with one another). We found 37 named species of Cecidomyiidae (including eight of the nine on Johnson's list), as well as 26 others that are undescribed or are currently unidentifiable for other reasons (a few of which could conceivably be conspecific with one of the identified species, or represent galls not actually caused by midges). A few rearings and collections of Anthomyiidae, Chloropidae, Ephydridae, Phoridae, Sphaeroceridae, and Tephritidae are reported, adding another seven species and two genera to Johnson's list. Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) edithae Eiseman and Lonsdale (Agromyzidae), an as yet undescribed species of Ophiomyia Braschnikov (Agromyzidae), Megaselia nantucketensis Eiseman and Hartop (Phoridae), and the cecidomyiid parasitoids Platygaster tephrosiae Buhl and Eiseman and P. vitisiellae Buhl and Eiseman (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) are known only from specimens reared as part of this study, which also produced paratypes of Liriomyza pistilla Lonsdale (Agromyzidae). Noteworthy cecidomyiid records include the first known specimens of an undescribed Asphondylia Loew on Solidago sempervirens L. (Asteraceae), galls of an undetermined lasiopterid species on Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. (Fabaceae) that have only been found on Nantucket, and previously unreported galls on Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch (Ericaceae), Ionactis linariifolia (L.) Greene (Asteraceae) (Dasineura Rondani sp.), Quercus prinoides Willd. (Fagaceae), Salix purpurea L. (Salicaceae), and Solidago latissimifolia Mill. (Asteraceae) (Asphondylia sp., Rhopalomyia Rübsaamen sp.).
{"title":"Nantucket's Neglected Herbivores II: Diptera","authors":"Charles S. Eiseman, Julia A. Blyth","doi":"10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.564","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. Records of Diptera and their hymenopteran parasitoids are reported from a ten-year study of herbivorous insects of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USA, with a focus on searching for galls, leaf mines, and other characteristic feeding evidence on host plants. Our field observations and reared specimens are supplemented with herbarium records and Johnson's (1930) list of the insect fauna of Nantucket. Compared with Johnson's list of nine species of Agromyzidae, we identified 53 along with 15 others determined only to genus or higher taxa (a few of the latter could conceivably be conspecific with the former or with one another). We found 37 named species of Cecidomyiidae (including eight of the nine on Johnson's list), as well as 26 others that are undescribed or are currently unidentifiable for other reasons (a few of which could conceivably be conspecific with one of the identified species, or represent galls not actually caused by midges). A few rearings and collections of Anthomyiidae, Chloropidae, Ephydridae, Phoridae, Sphaeroceridae, and Tephritidae are reported, adding another seven species and two genera to Johnson's list. Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) edithae Eiseman and Lonsdale (Agromyzidae), an as yet undescribed species of Ophiomyia Braschnikov (Agromyzidae), Megaselia nantucketensis Eiseman and Hartop (Phoridae), and the cecidomyiid parasitoids Platygaster tephrosiae Buhl and Eiseman and P. vitisiellae Buhl and Eiseman (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) are known only from specimens reared as part of this study, which also produced paratypes of Liriomyza pistilla Lonsdale (Agromyzidae). Noteworthy cecidomyiid records include the first known specimens of an undescribed Asphondylia Loew on Solidago sempervirens L. (Asteraceae), galls of an undetermined lasiopterid species on Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. (Fabaceae) that have only been found on Nantucket, and previously unreported galls on Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch (Ericaceae), Ionactis linariifolia (L.) Greene (Asteraceae) (Dasineura Rondani sp.), Quercus prinoides Willd. (Fagaceae), Salix purpurea L. (Salicaceae), and Solidago latissimifolia Mill. (Asteraceae) (Asphondylia sp., Rhopalomyia Rübsaamen sp.).","PeriodicalId":54576,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48587105","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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