Eastern Palaearctic Species Research Articles

REVIEW OF THE SOUTH KOREAN SPECIES OF PLUTOTHRIX FÖRSTER, 1856 (HYMENOPTERA: PTEROMALIDAE), WITH DESCRIPTION OF THREE NEW SPECIES

South Korean species of the genus Plutothrix Förster, 1856 are reviewed. Three new species, P. kenobii sp. n., P. skywalkeri sp. n. and P. yodai sp. n. are described and illustrated. An identification key to all Eastern Palaearctic species of Plutothrix is given.

NEW RECORDS OF PINCER WASPS (HYMENOPTERA: DRYINIDAE) FROM RUSSIA, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF BOCCHUS ASHMEAD, 1893

Fifteen species in five genera of dryinid are listed. A new species Bocchus beketovi sp. n. from Zabaikalskii Krai is described and illustrated. The genus Bocchus Ashmead, 1893 and three species: Anteon munitum Olmi, 1984, A. thai Olmi, 1984, and Gonatopus pulicarius Klug, 1810 are newly recorded from Russia. Eleven new regional records are reported. Dark color morph G. helleni (Raatikainen, 1961) is described. A key to three Eastern Palaearctic species of the genus Bocchus Ashmead, 1893 is given.

A taxonomic study of four rare pteromalid genera: Amblyharma Huang & Tong, Fusta Xiao & Ye, Nazgulia Hedqvist and Platecrizotes Ferrière from the Eastern Palaearctic (Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae, Pachyneurinae).

The four morphologically similar genera Amblyharma Huang & Tong, 1993, Fusta Xiao & Ye, 2015, Nazgulia Hedqvist, 1973 and Platecrizotes Ferrière, 1934 from the Eastern Palaearctic are reviewed. Redescriptions of genera and all available types of Eastern Palaearctic species are provided. An identification key to genera is given. A new species from South Korea, Platecrizotesjediisp. nov. is described and illustrated.

Two new species and faunistic records of the genus Mannerheimia Mäklin, 1880 from India, Nepal and China, and additional notes on some eastern Palaearctic species of Omaliinae Macleay, 1825 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).

New taxonomic and faunistic data for four species of the genus Mannerheimia Mäklin, 1880 from India, Nepal and China are provided. Two new species from the Himalayan Region are described and illustrated: M. prolongata sp.n. (India, Uttarakhand) and M. punctatissima sp.n. (Eastern Nepal, Taplejung). The distribution map for both new species is given. Faunistic and diagnostic data for several species of Omaliinae Macleay, 1825 from the Eastern Palaearctic Region are also given. New diagnostic data for Acrolocha rogeri Shavrin, 2017 and Amphichroum telnovi Shavrin, 2021 are provided. Depositories of the type material for three species of the genus Anthobium Leach, 1819 are clarified. The modified distributional maps for Amphichroum pindarense Champion, 1920, A. telnovi and A. anthobioides Champion, 1925 are provided. Several species are recorded from the certain area for the first time: Acidota crenata (Fabricius, 1792) from Kyrgyzstan, Acrulia inflata (Gyllenhal, 1813) from Maritime Province of Russia, Amphichroum pindarense from Nepal, A. telnovi from India, and M. hartmanni Shavrin, 2018 from the eastern part of Nepal (Solukhumbu).

FIRST INFORMATION ON THE STONEFLY FAUNA (INSECTA, PLECOPTERA) OF THE BOTCHINSKY AND THE TUMNINSKY NATURE RESERVES (KHABAROVSK TERRITORY)

For the fi rst time, the results of long-term studies of the fauna of amphibiotic insects of stonefl ies inhabiting the watercourses of the Botchinsky and the Tumninsky Nature Reserves are presented. The common annotated list includes 41 species from 24 genera and 8 families, 24 species were revealed in the stonefl y fauna of the Botchi River basin and 35 species in the Tumnin River basin. The plecopterofauna is close to the Lower Amur River fauna and is represented mainly by widespread Eastern Palaearctic species.

Distribution, Morphology and Phenology of Anthrenus Nipponensis Kalik & Ohbayashi (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)

Little is known about the eastern Palaearctic species Anthrenus nipponensis, a member of the Palaearctic A. pimpinellae species complex. In the current study, a morphometric examination of specimens held in the Natural History Museum, London, is carried out. A. nipponensis is larger and narrower than most other species belonging to the complex. The unusual shape of the antennal club is illustrated and discussed. The male genitalia are small but of comparable size to several other Anthrenus species relative to body length. The accuracy of published drawings of A. nipponensis aedeagi is discussed. The literature is searched for records of A. nipponensis to produce a geographical and phenological distribution. The species is distributed across Japan, the Korean peninsula, north-eastern corner of China, and the south-eastern tip of Russia. The adult flight season peaks during the second half of May. Details on the life history are included.

DNA barcoding of Aphelopus Dalman (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) from China, with descriptions of four new species

Species of the genus Aphelopus Dalman (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) are important natural enemies of leafhoppers. The genus is relatively diverse in China, with 35 recorded species. In order to further make use of these important parasitoids in biological control programs, species of Aphelopus collected across China are studied using an integrative approach (combined DNA barcoding and morphology). Of the 17 studied species, two are newly recorded from China: A. nivealis Mita & Olmi, 2014 and A. prolatus Mita & Olmi, 2014, and four are described as new to science: A. incognitus Chen, Olmi & Guglielmino sp. nov., A. maculiala Olmi, Chen & Ødegaard sp. nov., A. taianensis Olmi, Ødegaard & Chen sp. nov., and A. zaifui Olmi, Chen & Liu sp. nov. The total number of Aphelopus species known from China is raised from 35 to 39. Keys to the Oriental and Eastern Palaearctic species of Aphelopus are modified to include the new species. Application of DNA barcoding in the species delimitation of Dryinidae is discussed.

DNA barcodes and morphology reveal two new species of Monodiamesa Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Prodiamesinae) in Tibetan Plateau.

Two Monodiamesa species collected in all stages and both sexes from the Tibetan Plateau are erected as M. secunditibetica Han and Tang, sp. n. and M. bonalpicola Han and Tang, sp. n. Molecular analysis of barcodes (COI-5P) for some related known species confirms the species validity and allows inference of internal relationships. Detailed description, habitat ecology and geographical information of two new species are provided. Additionally, brief comments on some known eastern Palaearctic species of Monodiamesa are made to give insights on further study.

Two new species of Anisotacrus Schmiedeknecht (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ctenopelmatinae) with a key to Eastern Palaearctic species

Two species of genus Anisotacrus Schmiedeknecht, 1913, A. externus Sheng & Sun, sp. nov. and A. senticosus Sheng & Sun, sp. nov., collected from the Natural Reserve, Huairou, Beijing, are described and illustrated. A key to the Eastern Palaearctic species of Anisotacrus is provided.

<p><strong>A new species of <em>Odontepyris </em>(Hymenoptera: Bethylidae: Bethylinae) from East Asia</strong></p>

Odontepyris costatus sp. nov. is described from Japan and Taiwan. This new species is most similar to O. formosicola Terayama, 1997 known from Cambodia and Taiwan according to the key to the Eastern Palaearctic Odontepyris. O. costatus sp. nov. can be distinguished from the latter by the relatively small eye and the wide metapectal-propodeal disc. It is also similar to O. telortis Lim & Lee, 2009 known from South Korea, but it is distinguished from O. telortis by the imbricate median area of metapostnotum. The morphological variations and diagnostic characters of the Eastern Palaearctic species are briefly discussed and the modified key to species is provided. Key words: new species, Japan, Taiwan, wing venation

The first record of Catocala helena Eversmann, 1856 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) in Europe with notes on its distribution in Russia

First record of the nemoral Eastern Palaearctic species Catocala helena Eversmann, 1856 is reported from Samara Region as new to Europe. New localities in the South Urals and West Siberia are reported for the first time. The present records expand the species distribution for more than 2500 km to the west. The general species’ distribution and bionomics is provided. Species’ habitats in the South Urals are illustrated.

A Taxonomic Review of the Gall Wasp Genus Saphonecrus Dalla-Torre and Kieffer and other Oak Cynipid Inquilines (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) from Mainland China, with Updated Keys to Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Species.

After the examination of the oak cynipid inquilines deposited in the Parasitic Hymenoptera Collection of the Agriculture and Forestry University of Zhejiang (ZAFU, China), we provide a revision of the species of Saphonecrus, Lithosaphonecrus, Ufo (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) and Ceroptres (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Ceroptresini) found in mainland China. Two new species of Saphonecrus are described: S. albidus Lobato-Vila and Pujade-Villar, sp. nov. and S. segmentatus Lobato-Vila and Pujade-Villar, sp. nov. Four Saphonecrus species (S. gilvus Melika and Schwéger, 2015, S. globosus Schwéger and Tang, 2015, S. leleyi Melika and Schwéger, 2015, and S. nantoui Tang, Schwéger and Melika, 2015) are new records for this region. We also provide new data on the biology and distribution, redescriptions, illustrations and corrections to some of the species, as well as updated keys to Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental species of Saphonecrus and Ufo. Three species of Saphonecrus are considered to have an uncertain status: S. gemmariae (Ashmead, 1885) incertae sedis from the USA, S. excisus (Kieffer, 1904) nomen dubium from India, and S. sinicus Belizin, 1968 incertae sedis from China. The validity of Saphonecrus in the Nearctic region as well as the current status of S. serratus Weld, 1926 from the Philippines and S. favanus Weld, 1944 from the USA are discussed.

A review of the species in the genus Synergus Hartig (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) from mainland China, with an updated key to the Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental species

Abstract The Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental fauna of gall wasp inquilines (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) has been historically understudied. Previously, ten species of Synergus Hartig (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini), the most speciose genus of inquilines associated with Fagaceae galls worldwide, were known to occur in mainland China despite this region harbors a great number of potential fagaceous tree hosts. After the examination of all the Synergus specimens deposited at the Parasitic Hymenoptera Collection of the Agriculture and Forestry University of Zhejiang (ZAFU, China), we provide a revision of this genus in mainland China. Three new species (S. drouarti Pujade-Villar, sp. nov., S. ponsatiae Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar, sp. nov. and S. rovirae Lobato-Vila & Pujade-Villar, sp. nov.) are described and illustrated. Four species (S. areolatus (Weld, 1926) comb. nov.; S. formosanus Schweger & Melika, 2015, S. gifuensis Ashmead, 1904 and S. ishikarii Melika & Schweger, 2015) are new records for this area. Saphonecrus reticulatus Pujade-Villar, Wang & Guo, 2014 is proposed as syn. nov. of Synergus castaneus Pujade-Villar, Bernardo & Viggiani, 2013, and Synergus changtitangi Melika & Schweger, 2015 as syn. nov. of S. deqingensis Pujade-Villar, Wang & Chen, 2015. We provide new biological and distributional data for all the species as well as redescriptions, pictures and other corrections for those which were originally poorly characterized. Lastly, we provide an updated key to the Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Synergus species, with a table summarizing all of them.

Review of the eastern Palaearctic species of Janssoniella (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), with descriptions of four new species

The eastern Palaearctic species of the genus Janssoniella Kerrich, 1957 are reviewed. Four new species, Janssoniella albiclava Tselikh et Lee, sp. nov. and J. kawabatai Tselikh, sp. nov. (from South Korea and Japan), J. magna Tselikh et Lee, sp. nov. (from South Korea and the Russian Far East), and J. rachini Tselikh, sp. nov. (from Japan and the Russian Far East), are described and illustrated. The male of J. notata Kamijo, 1960 is described for the first time. Janssoniella caudata Kerrich, 1957 is newly recorded from eastern Siberia. An identification key to females of the six eastern Palaearctic species of Janssoniella is given.

Two new species of the genus Erromenus Holmgren, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae) from the Siberia and Russian Far East

Two new species, Erromenus atrator sp. n. (Primorskiy Territory) and E. tereshkini sp. n. (Zabaikalskiy Territory) are described in the tribe Trypho¬nini (Ichneumonidae). Both new species differ from other congeners by almost completely black body color and a very wide dorsal area at the base of the pro-podeum, formed by a fused basal area and areola, and by the distinctly raised upper edge of the antennal sockets. In the last character, in the structure of the clypeal foveae and of the ovipositor, the new species are evolutionarily close to the Holarctic species E. zonarius (Gravenhorst, 1820). A new subgroup of species zonarius in the marginatus species group is proposed. Key to black-colored species of zonarius species-subgroup of the Eastern Palaearctic and related species is given.

A new species of Elephantomyia crane fly (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Jeju Island, South Korea.

A new species of crane fly (Diptera, Limoniidae), Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) hallasana Podenas & Podeniene, sp. nov., from Jeju Island, South Korea is described. Adult and larval characters are illustrated. Elephantomyia (E.) hallasanasp. nov. is the only species of the genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken, 1860 recorded from Jeju Island, South Korea. Habitat, elevation range, and seasonality data are presented. Distributional notes on E. subterminalis Alexander, 1954 in the Far East of Russia (Khabarovskiy and Primorskiy regions) are discussed. An identification key for all Eastern Palaearctic species of subgenus E. (Elephantomyia) is presented.

A new species of genus Rhinotorus Förster (Ichneumonidae, Ctenopelmatinae) parasitizing Pristiphora erichsonii (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) and a key to Eastern Palaearctic species

A new species of Ctenopelmatinae, Rhinotorus nigrus Sheng, Li & Sun, sp. nov. reared from cocoons of Pristiphora erichsonii (Hartig) in Jilin Province, China, is described and illustrated. A key to Eastern Palaearctic species of Rhinotorus is provided.

A new species of Eumerus (Diptera, Syrphidae) from the Kingdom of Bhutan, the easternmost representative of the bactrianus subgroup.

A new species of Eumerus, Eumerus druk Smit sp. nov., is described from Bhutan. This species belongs to the bactrianus subgroup of the strigatus species group. Seven species are currently known within this subgroup: four European, one of which is also found in the Near East, and three more only known from Tajikistan. The new species extends this disjunct distribution to the east by at least 2,000 km, stretching far beyond the reported Turano-Mediterranean region and into the Himalayas. A diagnosis and a key to all Central and Eastern Palaearctic species of the Eumerus bactrianus subgroup are provided.

Weevil Complexes (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) Associated with Lepidium crassifolium Waldst. et Kit. and L. coronopifolium Fisch. ex Ledeb. (Brassicaceae) in the Southern Steppe at the Boundary between Europe and Asia

Material of 11 weevil species collected from two halophilic crucifers of the genus Lepidium—L. crassifolium Waldst. et Kit. and L. coronopifolium Fisch. ex Ledeb.—in Orenburg Province (Southern Urals) at the boundary between Europe and Asia is first reported. Six species have been found on L. crassifolium, and seven, on L. coronopifolium. A new species Bruchela uralensis Korotyaev, sp. n. is described from L. coronopifolium; it is similar and apparently closely related to B. kasparyani Kor. from Transcaucasia, associated with Lepidium vesicarium L. Bruchela orientalis (Strejcek, 1982), sp. propria is restored from synonymy with B. kaszabi (Strejcek, 1973), and B. tchitensis Egorov, 1996 is placed in synonymy of the former: Bruchela orientalis (Strejcek, 1982) = B. tchitensis Egorov, 1996, syn. n.Bruchela parvula (Motsch.) is recorded for the first time for Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Iran. A list of the Palaearctic Lepidium species is provided with which weevils of the genera Ceutorhynchus and Lixus, and the subfamily Baridinae are associated. Three additional Central and Eastern Palaearctic species of Lepidium are recorded as weevil hosts for the first time: L. densiflorum Schrad. with monophagous Ceutorhynchus testatus Faust in southern Siberia and in Mongolia; L. appelianum Al-Shehbaz (= Cardaria pubescens (C.A. Mey.) Jarm.), on which Ceutorhynchus sordidus Faust was found in southern Mongolia, and L. cordatum Willd. ex DC., on which Scaphomorphus vibex (Pallas) was found in southern Tuva.

Discovery of Xestophanopsis gen. n. from China and taxonomic revision of two species misplaced in Ceroptres Hartig, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea: Cynipidae)

In the present paper, we describe Xestophanopsis Pujade-Villar & Wang gen. n. to the tribe Diastrophini based on Ceroptres distinctus Wang, Liu & Chen, 2012 and transfer Ceroptres distinctus Wang, Liu & Chen, 2012 to Periclistus Foerster, 1869 as Periclistus setosus (Wang, Liu & Chen, 2012) comb. n. In addition, we report the first record of Periclistus capillatus Kovalev, 1968 from China, along with the first report and description of the male. Finally, we provide a taxonomic key to all Eastern Palaearctic species of the genus Periclistus.