Kočárek Petr, Holuša JaroslavNomen nudum Isophya tatrica Mařan, 1957, belongs to I. camptoxypha Fieber, 1853 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 1-2Abstract: The name Isophya tatrica Mařan, 1957, was used by DOBŠÍK (1959) in the series ‘Key to the fauna of Czechoslovakia’ but the species has never been properly described and the name must be considered as nomen nudum. Based on the study of material deposited in the National Museum in Praha and designated by Mařan as the holotypus and allotypus of I. tatrica, we confirm his later assumption (MAŘAN 1958) that the specimens belong to I. camptoxypha Fieber, 1853.
Štys Pavel, Baňař PetrThe first species of Systelloderes (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalidae) from New CaledoniaActa Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 3-15Abstract: The first species of the genus Systelloderes Blanchard 1852, from New Caledonia, S. loebli sp. nov., is described. The generic classification is tentative, and only the diagnostic autapomorphies are stressed, since the rich Oriental, Papuan, and Australian faunas of Systelloderes have not been studied and most species remain undescribed. The fore leg of the female of S. loebli sp. nov. is characterized by the presence of a long, erect ventral scale on the fore coxa (unique among the Enicocephalomorpha), and the occurrence of neopatella (new term, = sclerites within the femoro-tibial intersegmental membrane at the site of the lost patellar limb segment). A rasp-shaped sculpture on the fore coxa is interpreted as a stridulitrum rubbing against the edges of the prosternum, which acts as a plectrum.
Linnavuori Rauno E.Studies on the Miridae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran. II. List of speciesActa Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 17-56Abstract: A list of 204 species of the Miridae from Gilan and the adjacent provinces of Iran is provided. The following 58 species are new for Iran: Adelphocoris vandalicus (Rossi, 1790), Anapus freyi (Fieber, 1864), Atractotomus mali (Meyer-Dür, 1843), Blepharidopterus angulatus (Fallén, 1807), Brachycoleus caucasicus (Poppius, 1912), Camptotylus linae (Puton, 1881), Campylomma annulicorne (Signoret, 1865), Compsidolon (Apsinthophylus) absinthii (Scott, 1870), C. (A.) nanno Linnavuori, 1971, Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) rutilus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839), D. (D.) trifasciatus (Linnaeus, 1767), Ectagela aspera Linnavuori, 1984, Ephippiocoris lunatus Poppius, 1912, Eumecotarsus milidius Seidenstücker, 1980, Europiella albipennis (Fallén, 1829), E. alpina (Reuter, 1875), E. artemisiae (Becker, 1864), E. nigrocunealis (V. G. Putshkov, 1975), Euryopicoris nitidus (Meyer-Dür, 1843), Excentricus planicornis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1836), Globiceps (Globiceps) coryli V. G. Putshkov, 1970, G. (G.) sphaegiformis (Rossi, 1790), G. (Kelidocoris) fulvicollis Jakovlev, 1877, Halticus apterus apterus (Linnaeus, 1758), H. darbandikhanus Linnavuori, 1984, H. macrocephalus Fieber, 1858, Lepidargyrus putshkovi Drapolyuk, 1993, Leptopterna putshkovi Vinokurov, 1982, Macrotylus (Alloeonycha) horvathi (Reuter, 1876), M. (Macrotylus) talhouki Wagner, 1976, Megacoelum infusum (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1839), Megacoelum pistaciae V. G. Putshkov, 1976, Nanopsallus carduellus (Horváth, 1888), Oncotylus (Oncotylus) nigdensis Linnavuori, 1961, O. (O.) viridiflavus longipes Wagner, 1954, Orthocephalus fulvipes Reuter, 1904, O. parvulus Reuter, 1891, O. saltator (Hahn, 1835), O. vittipennis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835), Orthonotus kiritshenkoi Josifov, 1964, Orthops (Orthops) basalis (A. Costa, 1853), Orthotylus (Orthotylus) marginalis Reuter, 1883, O. (O.) nassatus (Fabricius, 1787), O. (O.) populi Drapolyuk, 1991, Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) ulmi (Linnaeus, 1758), Pilophorus cinnamopterus (Kirschbaum, 1856), P. perplexus (Douglas & Scott, 1875), Pinalitus cervinus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841), Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) zuvandiensis V. G. Putshkov, 1978, P. (Zophocnemis) bicolor (Jakovlev, 1880), Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus (Fallén, 1807), P. (Psallus) cruentatus (Mulsant & Rey, 1852), P. (P.) gidajatovi Drapolyuk, 1987, P. (P.) salicis (Kirschbaum, 1856), P. (P.) varians varians (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841), Salicarus urnammu Linnavuori, 1984, Strongylocoris niger (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835), and Thermocoris rivalis rivalis (Horváth, 1894). The first record of Compsidolon (Apsinthophylus) nanno from Jordan is added. One new synonymy is established: Zanchius iranicus Zheng & Liu, 1993, syn. nov. = Z. breviceps (Wagner, 1951).
Linnavuori Rauno E.Studies on the Lygaeidae s. lat. (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern IranActa Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 57-75Abstract: A list of 91 species of Lygaeidae s. lat. (subfamilies Lygaeinae, Orsillinae, Ischnorrhynchinae, Cyminae, Blissinae, Henestarinae, Artheneinae, Heterogastrinae, Oxycareninae, Pachygronthinae, Rhyparochrominae) from Gilan and the adjacent provinces is provided. The following 12 species and one subspecies are new for Iran: Arocatus melanocephalus (Fabricius, 1798), Kleidocerys privignus (Horváth, 1894), Cymus claviculus (Fallén, 1807), Cymus glandicolor Hahn, 1832, Geocoris (Geocoris) desertorum (Jakovlev, 1871), Holcocranum diminutum umbrinum Linnavuori, 1984, Platyplax salviae (Schilling, 1829), Macroplax fasciata fasciata (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835), Auchenodes utu Linnavuori, 1984, Eremocoris abietis fraternus Horváth, 1883, Taphropeltus contractus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835), Rhyparochromus pini (Linnaeus, 1758), and Pachybrachius fracticollis (Schilling, 1829).
Linnavuori Rauno E.Studies on the Piesmatidae, Berytidae, Pyrrhocoridae, Stenocephalidae, Coreidae, Rhopalidae, Alydidae, Cydnidae, and Plataspidae (Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern IranActa Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 77-91Abstract: A list of Piesmatidae (1 species), Berytidae (5 species), Pyrrhocoridae (2 species), Stenocephalidae (4 species), Coreidae (18 species), Rhopalidae (20 species), Alydidae (3 species), Cydnidae (14 species), and Plataspidae (1 species) from the Iranian province of Gilan and adjacent provinces is published. The following four species are new for Iran: Parapiesma salsolae (Becker, 1867) (Piesmatidae), Chorosoma longicolle Reuter, 1900 (Rhopalidae), Tritomegas tricolor (Linnaeus, 1759) (Cydnidae), and Coptosoma scutellatum (Geoffroy, 1785) (Plataspidae).
Stehlík Jaroslav L.On the Afrotropical species of Myrmoplasta (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae)Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 93-108Abstract: Myrmoplasta kmenti sp. nov. (brachypterous morph) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Zaire), and macropterous morph of M. mira Gerstäcker, 1892, from Swaziland are described. New distributional records of M. vittiventris Carlini, 1894, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania are given. Myrmoplasta potteri Martin, 1900, syn. nov., and M. potteri var. nigra Courteaux, 1922, syn. nov., are considered junior synonyms of M. vittiventris, and M. pseudomira Ahmad & Zaidi, 1987, syn. nov., a junior synonym of M. mira. The ancestral stock of the genus Myrmoplasta Gerstäcker, 1892, and the phylogenetic relationships of its Afrotropical species are discussed.
Gnezdilov Vladimir M., Wilson Michael R.A new genus and species of the family Issidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from OmanActa Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 109-113Abstract: A new genus and species Caepovultus deemingi gen. & sp. nov. is described from Oman. Caepovultus gen. nov. is closely related to the genus Quadriva Ghauri, 1965.
Gnezdilov Vladimir M.On Emelyanoviana naylae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 115-116Abstract: Relationships of Emelyanoviana alexandri Logvinenko, 1981, and E. naylae Abdul-Nour, 1986, are discussed. Emelyanoviana naylae is restored as a valid species, endemic of Lebanon.
Fikáček MartinEmmidolium excavatum d’Orchymont (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae) confirmed in Africa and the Arabian peninsulaActa Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 117-122Abstract: Emmidolium excavatum Orchymont, 1937 is recorded from the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of the Congo for the first time. The examined specimens are compared with the type, their male genitalia are drawn, and a distribution map and habitus photographs of the species are presented. The systematic position of Emmidolium Orchymont, 1937 within the Megasternini, its similarity to the Neotropical species Oosternum sculptum Bruch, 1915, and its atypical distribution are discussed.
Herrmann Andreas, Háva JiříNew faunistics records of Dermestidae (Coleoptera)Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 123-125Abstract: The following new faunistics records are presented: Anthrenus (Anthrenodes) occultus Háva, 2006, from India: Uttarpradesh; Anthrenus (Anthrenus) flavidulus Reitter, 1889, from Jordan; Anthrenus (Florilinus) hartmanni Háva, 2000, from India: Uttarpradesh; Apsectus centralis Sharp, 1902, from Costa Rica and Panama; Cryptorhopalum eximium Arrow, 1915, from Peru; Cryptorhopalum orbiculosum Reitter, 1881, from Panama; Dermestes (Dermestes) ater DeGeer, 1774, from Chile; Globicornis breviclavis (Reitter, 1878) from Bulgaria; Orphinus (Orphinus) aethiops Arrow, 1915, from Cameroon; Phradonoma eximium (Arrow, 1915) from Tanzania, and Thaumaglossa laeta Arrow, 1915, from Indonesia: Flores.
Jelínek Josef, Lasoń AndrzejA new species of Cryptarcha (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from MadagascarActa Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 127-133Abstract: Cryptarcha jenisi sp. nov. from Madagascar is described and illustrated, and a key to the Madagascan species of Cryptarcha Shuckard, 1839, is provided.
Jelínek JosefNomenclatural changes in the family Ciidae (Coleoptera)Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 135-141Abstract: Type specimens of the species Anobium micans Fabricius, 1792, A. nitidum Fabricius, 1792, and Kateretes castaneus Herbst, 1793, were revised and lectotypes designated. The following new synonymies are established: Cis micans (Fabricius, 1792) = Cis hispidus (Paykull, 1798) syn. nov.; Sulcacis nitidus (Fabricius, 1792) comb. nov. = Sulcacis affinis (Gyllenhal, 1827) syn. nov. Cis castaneus (Herbst, 1793) comb. nov. = Cis alter Silfverberg, 1991, syn. .nov. is the first available name for Cis nitidus auct. (non Fabricius, 1792), Cis fusciclavis Nyholm, 1953, for Cis castaneus Mellié, 1849 (non Herbst, 1793), and Cis submicans Abeille de Perrin, 1874, for Cis micans auct. (non Fabricius, 1792). Genus-group name Eridaulus Thomson is available with the date 1859 and with the type species Cis comptus Gyllenhal, 1827, by original designation. Valid name of Eridaulus sensu Thomson, 1863, is Xestocis Casey, 1898.
Batelka Jan, Hoehn PatrickReport on the host associations of the genus Macrosiagon (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae) in Sulawesi (Indonesia)Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 143-152Abstract: The wasp hosts of three species of the genus Macrosiagon Hentz, 1830 (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripiphorinae: Macrosiagonini) are recorded from Central Sulawesi (Indonesia). Macrosiagon nasuta (Thunberg, 1784) was reared from the nests of Rhynchium haemorrhoidale (Fabricius, 1775) and Epsilon manifestatum crassipunctatum (Gusenleitner, 1991) (both Vespidae: Eumeninae), Macrosiagon cf. punctulaticeps (Blackburn, 1899) was reared from the nests of Pison sp. (Crabronidae: Trypoxylonini) and Chalybion sp. (Sphecidae: Sceliphronini), and Macrosiagon pusilla (Gerstaecker, 1855) was reared from the nests of Auplopus sp. (Pompilidae: Auplopodini). A review of known associations between the hosts and reared parasitoids is provided. The family Pompilidae is recorded as a host group for the genus Macrosiagon for the first time.
Švihla VladimírPreliminary revision of the genus Sparedrus (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) from eastern and southeastern AsiaActa Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 153-168Abstract: Species of the genus Sparedrus Megerle, 1821 in DEJEAN (1821) from eastern and southeastern Asia are revised, illustrated and keyed. Three new species are described and illustrated: Sparedrus karenorum sp. nov. (N Thailand), S. malickyi sp. nov. (N Thailand) and S. chiangmaiensis sp. nov. (N Thailand). The following new combinations are proposed: Sparedrus atricolor (Pic, 1935) comb. nov., S. subserratus (Gressitt, 1939) comb. nov., S. latipennis (Pic, 1923) comb. nov., S. angustatus (Pic, 1923) comb. nov., all transfered from Sparedropsis Heyden, 1886, in HEYDEN & KRAATZ (1886). Genus Polacus Sasaji, 1985, syn. nov. is synonymised with Sparedrus. New name, S. sasajii nom. nov., is established for S. longicornis (Sasaji, 1985), secondary homonym of S. longicornis (Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1970).
Kejval ZbyněkNew species, synonymy and records of Endomia and Stenidius (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) from AsiaActa Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 169-181Abstract: Three new species, Endomia graminicola sp. nov., E. litoralis sp. nov. and Stenidius peplifer sp. nov., are described from India. A new synonymy, Endomia ceylonica (Motschulsky, 1863) = E. nana Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928, syn. nov., is proposed. The faunistic records of Endomia and Stenidius species from the following countries (including new state records) are given: Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Cambodia, France, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Morocco, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan.
Háva JiříList of specimens of the tribe Cossyphini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) kept in the National Museum, PrahaActa Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 183-187Abstract: Beetles of the tribe Cossyphini (family Tenebrionidae), deposited in the National Museum, Praha (Czech Republic) are identified and listed. The following new records are published: Cossyphus (Cossyphus) dejeani Brême, 1846 (Italy: Sardinia); C. (C.) hoffmannseggi Herbst, 1797 (France: Corsica; Italy: Sicily, Sardinia), and C. (C.) tauricus Steven, 1829 (Azerbaijan, Georgia).
Bezděk Jan, Zhang LijieTaxonomical changes in the genera Hoplasoma and Haplosomoides (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 189-193Abstract: Examination of the type material of three Haplosomoides species described by JIANG (1988) enables us to propose the following taxonomical changes: Haplosomoides verticalis Jiang, 1988 = H. occipitalis Medvedev, 2000 (syn. nov.); Hoplasoma minor Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963 = Haplosomoides biclavatus Jiang, 1988 (syn. nov.); Haplosomoides nigricollis Jiang, 1988 = Hoplasoma nigricollis (Jiang, 1988) (comb. nov.); Haplosomoides medvedevi nom nov., a new name for Haplosomoides nigricollis Medvedev, 2000 (nec H. nigricollis Jiang, 1988). The spelling of Haplosomoides verticalis Jiang, 1988, is fixed.
Sekerka LukášOn the genus Rhagiosoma and the identity of R. madagascariense (Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae: Sagrinae: Megamerini)Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 195-202Abstract: The genus Rhagiosoma Chapuis, 1878, is removed from the synonymy with Megamerus Mac Leay, 1827. Mecynodera madagascariensis Heyden, 1877, is transferred to Rhagiosoma, its taxonomic status is revised and species rank restored. Rhagiosoma chapuisi nom. nov. is proposed as a replacement name for R. madagascariense Chapuis, 1878, nec Heyden, 1877. Lectotypes are designated for both species and their taxonomic status is discussed along with the position of Prionesthis Lacordaire, 1845. A list of all Rhagiosoma species is presented.
Sekerka LukášDetailed distribution of Cassida sanguinosa and C. leucanthemi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Cassidini)Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 203-209Abstract: Precise distributional data of Cassida sanguinosa Suffrian, 1844, and its congener C. leucanthemi Bordy, 1995, are presented. Cassida leucanthemi is reported from Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland and the Ukraine for the first time. Status of C. languida Cornelius, 1851, and C. sanguinosa ab. viridissima Reitter, 1912, is clarified. Lectotype of C. languida is designated and the following new synonyms are proposed: C. prasina Illiger, 1798 = C. languida Cornelius, 1851, syn. nov., C. leucanthemi Bordy, 1995 = C. sanguinosa ab. viridissima Reitter, 1912, syn. nov. A new host plant, Leucanthemum ircutianum (Asteraceae), is recorded for C. leucanthemi.
Macek JanRevision of Central European species of the Aclista scutellaris complex (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae)Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 211-228Abstract: The Aclista scutellaris (Thomson, 1859) species complex (Diapriidae: Belytinae) is defined. Species of the complex from Central Europe are revised and keyed. The female of Aclista scutellaris, type species of Aclista Förster, 1856, is described. Two new species are described: Aclista pseudosoror sp. nov. from Austria, the Czech Republic, England, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, and Sweden, and A. pseudobitensis sp. nov. from Austria, the Czech Republic, England, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Sweden. The following new synonymies are proposed: Aclista angusta (Kieffer, 1909) = Anectata (Anectata) fuscicornis Kieffer, 1909, syn. nov. and Anectata (Anectata) levifrons Kieffer, 1909, syn. nov. and Anectata (Anectata) soror Kieffer, 1909, syn. nov. and Oxylabis marshalli Kieffer, 1907, syn. nov.; Aclista scutellaris = Aclista bispinosa Wall, 1967, syn. nov. The following new distributions are recorded: Aclista scutellaris from Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland; A. crassistilus (Kieffer, 1909) and A. szelenyii (Móczár, 1938) from the Czech Republic; A. bitensis (Kieffer, 1909) from Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland; A. neglecta (Kieffer, 1907) from Austria, Germany, Hungary, and Slovakia; A. angusta from Austria, Germany, Hungary, and Poland.
Dvořák Libor, Castro LeopoldoNew and noteworthy records of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from the Palaearctic regionActa Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 229-236Abstract: Records of 15 Palaearctic species of Vespidae are given. The following taxa are newly recorded: Polistes rubellus Gusenleitner, 2006, from Nepal, Dolichovespula adulterina (du Buysson, 1905) and Katamenes tauricus (de Saussure, 1855) from the Tuva Republic (eastern Siberia, Russia), Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758) from Ciudad Real province (Spain), Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer, 1798) from Gran Canaria (Spain, Canary Islands), Hemipterochilus bicoloricornis (Giordani Soika, 1952) from Turkey (Asian part), Microdynerus latro Blüthgen, 1955, from Syria, and Leptochilus membranaceus (Morawitz, 1867) and Pseudepipona tricolor Gusenleitner, 1976, both from Kazakhstan. Worldwide distribution of each taxon is also summarized.
Ježek Jan, Hájek JosefPsychodidae (Diptera) of the Orlické hory Protected Landscape Area and neighbouring areas with descriptions of two new species from the Czech RepublicActa Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 237-285Abstract: Two new species of moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of the genera Parajungiella Vaillant, 1972, and Clytocerus Eaton, 1904, Parajungiella bohdanecensis sp. nov. and Clytocerus (Boreoclytocerus) splendidus sp. nov., are described from the Czech Republic and all important male diagnostic characters are figured. Althogeter 29 genera and 66 species of moth flies (mainly Psychodinae, with only one genus and three species of Sycoracinae) are recorded from 145 localities in the Orlické hory Mts. and adjacent areas of eastern Bohemia and north-western Moravia. Distribution of some species and the conservation value of moth flies for the Orlické hory Protected Landscape Area is discussed. Clytocerus (Boreoclytocerus) longicorniculatus Krek, 1987, is recorded as new for the Czech Republic, based on specimens from southern Bohemia. The number of species of moth flies known to occur in Bohemia, Moravia and the Czech Republic rise to 130, 124 and 151, respectively.
Fikáček Martin, Skuhrovec Jiří, Šípek Petr (editors)Abstracts of the Immature Beetles Meeting 2007, October 4-5, Prague, Czech RepublicActa Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 287-306Abstract: Abstracts of 15 lectures presented during the Immature Beetles Meeting held in Prague (Czech Republic) on October 4-5, 2007, are published herein.