Members of the Goliathus group in the order Coleoptera, family Scarabaeidae and the sub-family Cetoniidae is one among essential ecological insects worldwide with scanty documentation in Tanzania. The country was amon...Members of the Goliathus group in the order Coleoptera, family Scarabaeidae and the sub-family Cetoniidae is one among essential ecological insects worldwide with scanty documentation in Tanzania. The country was among the first point of collection of the specimen by Moser (1909) but subsequent attempts to locate and collect the specimen were unsuccessful possibly due to changed habitat and behaviour of Goliathus. Much of published work about the insect are based on the morphological characteristics of collected specimen which led to designation of six major species namely;Goliathus goliatus, G. cacicus, G. regius, G. albosignatus, G. orientalis and G. usambarensis, the last two being considered to exist in Tanzania. The current study reports on successful identification of habitats using biological cues and subsequently collected several Goliathus specimen that had been difficult to trace for more than a century. New insights into correct identity of the species by using a combination of morphological and molecular techniques have been set. The study has resolved that only one species, Goliathus orientalis with five sub-species exist in Tanzania.展开更多
Morphology of different development stages from egg, larva, pupa to adult （male and female） of the firefly, Pyrocoelia pygidialis Pic, was described in details. Some biological habits were noted according to the rec...Morphology of different development stages from egg, larva, pupa to adult （male and female） of the firefly, Pyrocoelia pygidialis Pic, was described in details. Some biological habits were noted according to the records of field collection and observation, with references to the rearing in the laboratory. With weakly luminous egg, larva, pupa and female adult, and much weaker luminous male adult only when disturbed, P pygidialis Pic is considered as a diurnal firefly, and chemical signal, instead of light signal, is possibly its dominant means of male-female recognition.展开更多
In this paper, four species of the genus Clitostethus Weise from China are described, among them three species are new to science: C. acutisiphonicus, C. bawanglingensis. and C. brachylobus. A key to Chine...In this paper, four species of the genus Clitostethus Weise from China are described, among them three species are new to science: C. acutisiphonicus, C. bawanglingensis. and C. brachylobus. A key to Chinese species of the genus Clitostethus is given.展开更多
Stenodryas ventralis （Gahan, 1906） is reported from China for the first time. A simple description of this newly-recorded species and a key to the Chinese species of the genus Stenodryas Bates is provided. The speci...Stenodryas ventralis （Gahan, 1906） is reported from China for the first time. A simple description of this newly-recorded species and a key to the Chinese species of the genus Stenodryas Bates is provided. The specimens examined are deposited in the Insect Collection of Southwest University.展开更多
A new species ofLytta Fabricius 1775, Lytta choui sp. nov., is described from Hebei, China. Images are provided of its habitus, head, protibial spurs and aedeagus, and the antenna, pronotum, spiculum gastrale, abdomin...A new species ofLytta Fabricius 1775, Lytta choui sp. nov., is described from Hebei, China. Images are provided of its habitus, head, protibial spurs and aedeagus, and the antenna, pronotum, spiculum gastrale, abdominal sternite and tergite are illustrated. The type specimens are deposited in the Hebei University Museum, Baoding, China （HBUM）.展开更多
Ten species of Podagricomela Heikertinger from China are studied. They are Podagricomela apicipennis (Jacoby), P. cupera Wang, P. cyanea Chen, P. flavitibialis Wang, P. geminata Chen et Zia, P. nigricollis Chen, P. ni...Ten species of Podagricomela Heikertinger from China are studied. They are Podagricomela apicipennis (Jacoby), P. cupera Wang, P. cyanea Chen, P. flavitibialis Wang, P. geminata Chen et Zia, P. nigricollis Chen, P. nigripes Medvedev, P. parva Chen et Zia, P. shirahatai (Ch?j?), and P. weisei Heikertinger. Among them, P. nigripes Medvedev is recorded for the first time from China. A key to species from China is given. Illustrations of the male aedeagus and female spermatheca of each species are also given. The geographical distribution in China is analyzed briefly. The result indicates that Podagricomela mainly occurs in southern China, southwestern China, central China and north China, and the distribution center of this genus is in China. They always feed on Rutaceae.展开更多
A new record subspecies Glaphyra shibatai shibatai （Hayashi, 1961） from Chongqing, China is recorded in the paper. Its body shining black, legs shining brownish black with basal halves of mid-and hind femora pale fu...A new record subspecies Glaphyra shibatai shibatai （Hayashi, 1961） from Chongqing, China is recorded in the paper. Its body shining black, legs shining brownish black with basal halves of mid-and hind femora pale fulvous, elytra with a pair of oblique subtransparent pale brownish yellow markings at middle near suture.展开更多
Three new species of Orthogonius Macleay (Coleoptera, Caraboidea) from Malaya Peninsula are described and illustrated in the present papr: O. solidicornis, sp. nov. (from Singapore), O. morvani, sp. nov. and O. thaicu...Three new species of Orthogonius Macleay (Coleoptera, Caraboidea) from Malaya Peninsula are described and illustrated in the present papr: O. solidicornis, sp. nov. (from Singapore), O. morvani, sp. nov. and O. thaicus, sp. nov. (from Thailand).展开更多
In the present paper, two new species of Orthogonius Macleay and one new species of Hexachaetus Chaudoir (Coleoptera, Caraboidea, Orthogoniini) are described and illustrated from Sumatra Island, Indonesia.
Itamus deuvei, sp. nov. is described from Tan Phu, near Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, based on seven specimens collected in a lava tube system. It is the second troglophile species of the genus Itamus Schmidt-Go...Itamus deuvei, sp. nov. is described from Tan Phu, near Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, based on seven specimens collected in a lava tube system. It is the second troglophile species of the genus Itamus Schmidt-Gobel and is easily distinguished from I. cavicola （Moore）, the other troglophile from Papua New Guinea, by its more elongate body, longer antennae, head without a supraorbital setiferous pore, and very shallow and impunctate elytral striae.展开更多
Eighteen species of lady beetles, collected from Pinus armandii infested with Pineus sp. (Homoptera: Adelgidae), in Lijiang, Yunnan province, were enumerated, l of which was described as new to science: Scym...Eighteen species of lady beetles, collected from Pinus armandii infested with Pineus sp. (Homoptera: Adelgidae), in Lijiang, Yunnan province, were enumerated, l of which was described as new to science: Scymnus (Pullus) huashansong, and l as new record for China: Adalia conglomerata (L.). Among these 18 species, 14 were also collected from the hemlocks (Tsuga dumosa, T. forrestii, and T. chinensis ) infested with the hemlock woolly adelgid ( Adelges tsugae ).展开更多
Dynamostes audax Pascoe,1857 is newly recorded from China（Yunnan）.Photographs of habitus and genitalia are presented.Melegena fulva Pu,1990 is newly recorded from Guangxi Province,Noemia submetallica Gressitt,1940 i...Dynamostes audax Pascoe,1857 is newly recorded from China（Yunnan）.Photographs of habitus and genitalia are presented.Melegena fulva Pu,1990 is newly recorded from Guangxi Province,Noemia submetallica Gressitt,1940 is newly recorded from Yunnan Province,Cyrtonops nigra Gahan,1906 is newly recorded from Xizang Autonomous Region.An updated catalogue of Chinese Disteniidae,including 3 tribes 7 genera and 27 species,is presented.展开更多
A new species belonging to the genus Tachinus Gravenhorst is described under the name of Tachinus (Tachinus) parasibiricus sp. nov. It is collected from Hubei and Sichuan Provinces, China. The major .characters are il...A new species belonging to the genus Tachinus Gravenhorst is described under the name of Tachinus (Tachinus) parasibiricus sp. nov. It is collected from Hubei and Sichuan Provinces, China. The major .characters are illustrated.展开更多
This paper deals with 1 new longicorn beetle species of the genus Psacothea Gahan from China, i. e., Psacothea nigrostigma , sp. nov.. Type specimen is deposited in the Department of Zoology, Tianjin Natural Hi...This paper deals with 1 new longicorn beetle species of the genus Psacothea Gahan from China, i. e., Psacothea nigrostigma , sp. nov.. Type specimen is deposited in the Department of Zoology, Tianjin Natural History Museum.展开更多
A new species belonging to the genus Lesteva Latreille is described under the name of Lesteva ochra, sp. nov. It is collected from Zhejiang Province, China. The major characters are illustrated.
A new record species Anomophysis ellioti（Waterhouse,1884） from China is recorded in the paper.The examined specimen is collected from Yunnan Province and deposited in the Insect Collection of Yangtze University,Hube...A new record species Anomophysis ellioti（Waterhouse,1884） from China is recorded in the paper.The examined specimen is collected from Yunnan Province and deposited in the Insect Collection of Yangtze University,Hubei,China.展开更多
The main diagnostic characters, taxonomic history and classification of a little-known beetle family, Prionoceridae Lacordaire, 1857 are summarised. A key to the genera is presented. A catalogue of the Chinese species...The main diagnostic characters, taxonomic history and classification of a little-known beetle family, Prionoceridae Lacordaire, 1857 are summarised. A key to the genera is presented. A catalogue of the Chinese species in this group is provided, including literature citations and geographical distribution. New faunistic data are provided for several Chinese species, including new province records for Lobonyx guerryi （Pic, 1920）, Prionocerus bicolor Redtenbacher, 1868, P. coeruleipennis Perry, 1831, ldgia deusta Fairmaire, 1878 and I. flavirostris Pascoe, 1860.展开更多
文摘Members of the Goliathus group in the order Coleoptera, family Scarabaeidae and the sub-family Cetoniidae is one among essential ecological insects worldwide with scanty documentation in Tanzania. The country was among the first point of collection of the specimen by Moser (1909) but subsequent attempts to locate and collect the specimen were unsuccessful possibly due to changed habitat and behaviour of Goliathus. Much of published work about the insect are based on the morphological characteristics of collected specimen which led to designation of six major species namely;Goliathus goliatus, G. cacicus, G. regius, G. albosignatus, G. orientalis and G. usambarensis, the last two being considered to exist in Tanzania. The current study reports on successful identification of habitats using biological cues and subsequently collected several Goliathus specimen that had been difficult to trace for more than a century. New insights into correct identity of the species by using a combination of morphological and molecular techniques have been set. The study has resolved that only one species, Goliathus orientalis with five sub-species exist in Tanzania.
基金This project was supported by the Natural Scientific Foundation of Yunnan Province (2006C0046Q).
文摘Morphology of different development stages from egg, larva, pupa to adult （male and female） of the firefly, Pyrocoelia pygidialis Pic, was described in details. Some biological habits were noted according to the records of field collection and observation, with references to the rearing in the laboratory. With weakly luminous egg, larva, pupa and female adult, and much weaker luminous male adult only when disturbed, P pygidialis Pic is considered as a diurnal firefly, and chemical signal, instead of light signal, is possibly its dominant means of male-female recognition.
文摘In this paper, four species of the genus Clitostethus Weise from China are described, among them three species are new to science: C. acutisiphonicus, C. bawanglingensis. and C. brachylobus. A key to Chinese species of the genus Clitostethus is given.
基金supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2006FY120100)
文摘Stenodryas ventralis （Gahan, 1906） is reported from China for the first time. A simple description of this newly-recorded species and a key to the Chinese species of the genus Stenodryas Bates is provided. The specimens examined are deposited in the Insect Collection of Southwest University.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31071956)the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (C2011201086)
文摘A new species ofLytta Fabricius 1775, Lytta choui sp. nov., is described from Hebei, China. Images are provided of its habitus, head, protibial spurs and aedeagus, and the antenna, pronotum, spiculum gastrale, abdominal sternite and tergite are illustrated. The type specimens are deposited in the Hebei University Museum, Baoding, China （HBUM）.
文摘Ten species of Podagricomela Heikertinger from China are studied. They are Podagricomela apicipennis (Jacoby), P. cupera Wang, P. cyanea Chen, P. flavitibialis Wang, P. geminata Chen et Zia, P. nigricollis Chen, P. nigripes Medvedev, P. parva Chen et Zia, P. shirahatai (Ch?j?), and P. weisei Heikertinger. Among them, P. nigripes Medvedev is recorded for the first time from China. A key to species from China is given. Illustrations of the male aedeagus and female spermatheca of each species are also given. The geographical distribution in China is analyzed briefly. The result indicates that Podagricomela mainly occurs in southern China, southwestern China, central China and north China, and the distribution center of this genus is in China. They always feed on Rutaceae.
基金supported by the Basic work of a special National Science and Technology(2006 FY120100)
文摘A new record subspecies Glaphyra shibatai shibatai （Hayashi, 1961） from Chongqing, China is recorded in the paper. Its body shining black, legs shining brownish black with basal halves of mid-and hind femora pale fulvous, elytra with a pair of oblique subtransparent pale brownish yellow markings at middle near suture.
基金This is a publication of the project ( No.71 )"Biodiversité de la faune etde la florede l’Asie du Sud- Est"of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelleParis
文摘Three new species of Orthogonius Macleay (Coleoptera, Caraboidea) from Malaya Peninsula are described and illustrated in the present papr: O. solidicornis, sp. nov. (from Singapore), O. morvani, sp. nov. and O. thaicus, sp. nov. (from Thailand).
文摘In the present paper, two new species of Orthogonius Macleay and one new species of Hexachaetus Chaudoir (Coleoptera, Caraboidea, Orthogoniini) are described and illustrated from Sumatra Island, Indonesia.
文摘Itamus deuvei, sp. nov. is described from Tan Phu, near Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, based on seven specimens collected in a lava tube system. It is the second troglophile species of the genus Itamus Schmidt-Gobel and is easily distinguished from I. cavicola （Moore）, the other troglophile from Papua New Guinea, by its more elongate body, longer antennae, head without a supraorbital setiferous pore, and very shallow and impunctate elytral striae.
文摘Eighteen species of lady beetles, collected from Pinus armandii infested with Pineus sp. (Homoptera: Adelgidae), in Lijiang, Yunnan province, were enumerated, l of which was described as new to science: Scymnus (Pullus) huashansong, and l as new record for China: Adalia conglomerata (L.). Among these 18 species, 14 were also collected from the hemlocks (Tsuga dumosa, T. forrestii, and T. chinensis ) infested with the hemlock woolly adelgid ( Adelges tsugae ).
基金supported by the Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30570196)the International Cooperation Project of Hubei Provincial Department of Education (G200612001)
文摘The female of Sinodorcadion punctulatum is reported for the first time, and the photographs of adult are presented.
基金supported by the Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (O529YX5105)NSFC(J0930004)
文摘Dynamostes audax Pascoe,1857 is newly recorded from China（Yunnan）.Photographs of habitus and genitalia are presented.Melegena fulva Pu,1990 is newly recorded from Guangxi Province,Noemia submetallica Gressitt,1940 is newly recorded from Yunnan Province,Cyrtonops nigra Gahan,1906 is newly recorded from Xizang Autonomous Region.An updated catalogue of Chinese Disteniidae,including 3 tribes 7 genera and 27 species,is presented.
基金This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30270188)
文摘A new species belonging to the genus Tachinus Gravenhorst is described under the name of Tachinus (Tachinus) parasibiricus sp. nov. It is collected from Hubei and Sichuan Provinces, China. The major .characters are illustrated.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China( NS-FC grant No. 1 0 8)
文摘This paper deals with 1 new longicorn beetle species of the genus Psacothea Gahan from China, i. e., Psacothea nigrostigma , sp. nov.. Type specimen is deposited in the Department of Zoology, Tianjin Natural History Museum.
基金This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30270188)
文摘A new species belonging to the genus Lesteva Latreille is described under the name of Lesteva ochra, sp. nov. It is collected from Zhejiang Province, China. The major characters are illustrated.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30670258)
文摘A new record species Anomophysis ellioti（Waterhouse,1884） from China is recorded in the paper.The examined specimen is collected from Yunnan Province and deposited in the Insect Collection of Yangtze University,Hubei,China.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31010103913,31172135)
文摘The main diagnostic characters, taxonomic history and classification of a little-known beetle family, Prionoceridae Lacordaire, 1857 are summarised. A key to the genera is presented. A catalogue of the Chinese species in this group is provided, including literature citations and geographical distribution. New faunistic data are provided for several Chinese species, including new province records for Lobonyx guerryi （Pic, 1920）, Prionocerus bicolor Redtenbacher, 1868, P. coeruleipennis Perry, 1831, ldgia deusta Fairmaire, 1878 and I. flavirostris Pascoe, 1860.
