JOURNAL OF NEUROPTEROLOGY
ISSN 1029-2020
Volume 3, 2000

CONTENTS

The International Association for Neuropterology, has introduced some changes as a result of decisions reached at the last AGM of the Association, which was held in Budapest this last August.

Firstly, production of the Journal for Neuropterology under the auspices of the Association, will cease after the printing of Volume 3. The reason behind this is the inadequate number of subscriptions resulting in a weak financial base. Until the Association is better able to fund such a project, it clearly cannot support it. Therefore, the previously levied subscription fees (£40) are to be dropped at the end of Volume 3.

Under Article 6 of the constitution of the International Association for Neuropterology, and in agreement with the decisions of AGM-2000, a membership fee is still to be levied to individuals wishing to remain full members of the Association. This fee has now been set at $10 (or £7.)

Payment of this fee can be made directly to the Association account or via cheque (made payable to the International Association for Neuropterology preferably in Sterling) to the Treasurer at the address below. The account is held at: Royal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, University Branch (sort code 83 1909); account number: 00255631. If paying direct to this account please remember to tell the Treasurer, so that he can enter your membership status on the database (it is difficult to trace anonymous payments). It helps the Association if exchange costs are met at source. You can easily do this by asking your bank/credit agency to deduct the cost prior to payment (i.e. ask them to ensure that the full $10 or £7 reaches the Association). Unfortunately, Credit Card payments can no longer be accepted.

Correspondence regarding subscriptions should be addressed to: Treasurer : International Association for Neuropterology A.E.Whittington National Museums of Scotland Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EHl 1JF, Scotland, U.K. (email: a.whittington@nms.ac.uk).

We are also offering a three year membership facility at the same rate, payable postally or at each Congress or AGM (at which time the Treasurer can accept cash in notes of any currency). This offer will come into full operation at the next meeting in 2003, although it has already been used by some members at the Budapest meeting.

It will save on transfer and exchange costs if prospective members who want to take advantage of this offer, pay the three year payment now and then for the next three year period at the next meeting.

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Anybody who feels strongly that it is advantageous to increase the membership of the Association and feels that they would like to sponsor a member in a country where cash flow and foreign payments are a difficulty, please contact the Treasurer.

Finally thanks to all who supported the Journal. It was a good try and it isn't terminated yet - it's just on hold until we can finance it and source a cheaper method of production.

Back issues of the Journal of Neuropterology, Volumes 1 to 3 are available upon request at a cost of £40.

Sincerely,

A.E. Whittington

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Parasemidalis principiae sp. n. - the first Parasemidalis species from South America (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae). (p. 5-8)

 

1  Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13., Hungary

 

   E-mail: sziraki@zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu

2  Zoological Museum, Zoological Institute, Univ. of Bergen, Muséplass 3, N-5007 Bergen, Norway.

 

    E-mail: Lita.Jensen@zmb.uib.no

 

 

KEY WORDS: NEUROPTERA, CONIOPTERYGIDAE, PARASEMIDALIS, NEW SPECIES, SOUTH AMERICA, NEOTROPICS.

SUMMARY

 Description of Parasemidalis principiae sp.n. is given, with comments on the first record of the genus Parasemidalis in the Neotropic Region.

SUMMARY

 An annotated list and some new faunistic records of Hispaniolan Neuroptera are presented, based on literature records and specimens in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C. and the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh. Seventeen species are newly recorded here for the island. Fifty-two extant species within 26 genera are known to us. Additionally, three fossil species and four other genera of Neuroptera have been reported from Dominican amber. We provide synonymic, type and distribution data for each species that should enhance the comprehensive characterization of this group in Hispaniola.

Survey of green lacewings in southern Transylvania, Rumania, with some ecological notes (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). (p. 25-32)

1 Institutul de Cercetari pentru Protectia Plantelor, Boulevardul Ion Ionescu dela Brad 8,

   RO-71592 Bucuresti, România

   e-mail: paulian@adcon.ro

2 47 chemin Flou de Rious, F-31400 Toulouse, France

   e-mail: michel.canard@wanadoo.fr

3 IRFA-Université Catholique de l’Ouest, 44 rue Rabelais, F-49000 Angers, France

   e-mail: dominique.thierry@wanadoo.fr

4 Statiunea Zoologica Sinaia, Sinaia, România

   e-mail: ciubuc@transdata.ro

KEY WORDS: CHRYSOPID, DICHOCHRYSA ABDOMINALIS, LIGHT TRAPPING, BIODIVERSITY, TRANSYLVANIA, RUMANIA.

SUMMARY

A light-trapping survey of Chrysopids was carried out in two mountain biotopes of the Sinaia district, Transylvania, Rumania. From May to October 1988, it provided 896 green lacewings belonging to twenty species. Dichochrysa abdominalis (Brauer, 1856) is new to the Rumanian fauna. Cunctochrysa albolineata (Killington, 1935) and Chrysopa pallens (Rambur, 1838) were steadily dominant in the two respective biotopes. The calculated biodiversity indices were high compared with those of a flat open ago-ecosystem near Bucharest.

Antibiosis effect caused by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin variety anisopliae Tulloch, to a "common green lacewing" Chrysoperla kolthoffi (Navás) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). (p. 33-42)

1  Departamento de Biologia – Universidade dos Açores

   Rua Mãe de Deus, 58. Apartado 1422

   P-9501-801 Ponta Delgada (Açores). PORTUGAL.

   mateus@notes.uac.pt

   vgarcia@notes.uac.pt

2  47 Chemin Flou de Rious,  F-31400 Toulouse. FRANCE.

   michel.canard@wanadoo.fr

KEY WORDS: ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS, METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE, ANTIBIOSIS, CHRYSOPIDAE, CHRYSOPERLA KOLTHOFFI, REPRODUCTION RATE.

SUMMARY

The delayed depressive effects of a treatment with Metarhizium anisopliae conidia low concentration suspensions applied on chrysopid third-instar larvae, were investigated on surviving adults and their brood. The treated females showed lengthening in preoviposition and reduced both daily and total fecundity. The reproduction rate was significantly reduced.

 Rediscovery of Nineta gravida (Banks, 1911) in British Columbia and review of the genus Nineta Navás, 1912 in Canada (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). - (p. 43-50) 

1011 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA K1Y 4E7, E-mail: garlandj@em.agr.ca

KEY WORDS: NEUROPTERA, CHRYSOPIDAE, NINETA GRAVIDA, CANADA.

SUMMARY

The capture of an adult male of Nineta gravida (Banks, 1911) on Gabriola Island, British Columbia, in 1999, represents the first record of the species in Canada since 1908. The genus Nineta Navás, 1912, and all available information on N. gravida in Canada, are reviewed. Illustrations of the male terminalia of N. gravida are provided for the first time.

Competition in Larvae of Two European Ant-lion Species (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). (p. 51-60)

Department of Biology, University of Maribor, Koroška 160, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.

E-mail: dusan.devetak@uni-mb.si

 

KEY WORDS: MYRMELEONTIDAE, COMPETITION, DENSITY, MORTALITY, INTRAGUILD PREDATION

SUMMARY

The number of pits dug by third-instar larvae of the pit-digging ant-lion E. nostras depends on their larval density. Pit construction rate was negatively correlated with the density. In mixed populations of third-instar larvae of E. nostras and M. formicarius, mean number of pits was significantly lower than in pure populations of E. nostras of the same density. Differences in pit diameter were not significant between pure and mixed populations, but pit diameter of E. nostras was significantly correlated with density. Larval density of E. nostras strongly affected mortality rate and the correlation was significant. In mixed populations, mortality of M. formicarius larvae was higher than in E. nostras in mixed or in pure populations. These results indicate that competition increases with density and that the interspecific interference competition for M. formicarius is stronger than for E. nostras. 

New Data on the Brown Lacewings from Asia (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae). (p. 61-98)

Departamento de Biología Animal I, Facultad de Biología.

Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.

E-mail: artmad@bio.ucm.es

 

KEY WORDS: FAUNISTICAL, TAXONOMY, SYSTEMATICS, NEUROPTERA, HEMEROBIIDAE, PALAEARCTIC, ORIENTAL REGIONS.

SUMMARY

New data on the taxonomy, morphology, distribution or biology of 58 hardly known brown lacewing species from Asia are given. Some new synonymies have been proposed as follow: Hemerobius harmandinus Navás,1910 = (Hemerobius divisus Navás,1931 n. syn. = Hemerobius lacunaris Navás,1936 n. syn.), Hemerobius japonicus Nakahara,1915 = (Hemerobius ferox Tjeder,1936 n. syn.), Hemerobius poppii Esben-Petersen,1921 = (Hemerobius tunkunensis Navás,1933 n. syn. = Hemerobius xizangensis Yang,1981 n. syn.), Hemerobius tolimensis Banks,1910 = (Hemerobius sumatranus Navás,1926 n. syn.), Hemerobius bispinus Banks,1940 = (Hemerobius montanus Kimmis,1960 n. syn.), Hemerobius chiangi Banks,1940 ( Yang,1981 n. syn.), Wesmaelius navasi (Andreu,1911) = (Wesmaelius neimenica (Yang,1980) n. syn.), Wesmaelius vaillanti (Navás,1927) = (Wesmaelius mongolicus (Steinmann,1965) n. syn.), Wesmaelius baikalensis (Navás,1929) = (Wesmaelius pseudofurcatus Makarkin,1986 n. syn.), Wesmaelius quettanus (Navás,1931) = (Wesmaelius sinicus (Tjeder,1937) n. syn. = Wesmaelius amseli (Aspöck & Aspöck,1966) n. syn.), Sympherobius tessellatus Nakahara,1915 = (Sympherobius matsucocciphagus Yang,1980 n. syn. = Sympherobius weisong Yang,1980 n. syn. = Sympherobius luojiaensis Yang,1980 n. syn.), Neuronema albostigma (Matsumura,1907) = (Neuronema nepalensis Nahakara,1971 n. syn. = Sineuronema gyirongana Yang,1981 n. syn.), Neuronema pielina (Navás,1936) = (Neuronema kwanshiensis Kimmins,1943 n. syn. = Yang,1964 n. syn. = Neuronema chungnanshana Yang,1964 n. syn. = Neuronema kulinga Yang,1964 n. syn.), Neuronema sinensis Tjeder,1937 = (Sineuronema bomeana Yang,1981 n. syn. = Sineuronema magmangana Yang,1981 n. syn. = Sineuronema yadongana Yang,1981 n. syn.), Neuronema similis Banks,1940 = (Sineuronema shensiensis Yang,1964 n. syn.), Neuronema tjederi Kimmins,1943 = (Neuronema laminata jilinensis Yang,1964 n. syn. = Neuronema laminata tsinlinga Yang,1964 n. syn. = Neuronema laminata choui Yang,1964 n. syn.), Neuronema huangi Yang,1981 = (Sineuronema quxamana Yang,1981 n. syn.), Micromus timidus Hagen,1853 = (Micromus kapuri (Nakahara,1971) n.syn.), Micromus calidus Hagen,1859 = (Micromus xia Yang,1981 n. syn.), Micromus yunnanus (Navás,1922) = (Micromus kanoi (Nakahara,1955) n.syn.), Psectra iniqua (Hagen,1859) = (Psectra affinis (Banks,1913) n. syn.). Neotype for Hemerobius exoterus Navás,1936, and lectotype and paralectotypes for Hemerobius ricarti Navás,1925 and Hemerobius piceus Navás,1925 have been designed. Some new combinations have been proposed as follows: Wesmaelius vaillanti (Navás,1927) n. comb., Wesmaelius quettanus (Navás,1931) n. comb. and Hemerobius flaveolus (Banks,1940) n. comb. Three species have been proposed as nomina dubia: Hemerobius cercodes Navás 1917 n. dub., Hemerobius baguiensis Navás 1923 n. dub., and Hemerobius inversus Navás 1927. The wings of Hemerobius simulans Walker,1853, Hemerobius tolimensis Banks,1910, Hemerobius ricarti Navás,1925, Hemerobius atrifrons McLachlan,1868, Hemerobius exoterus Navás,1936,  Hemerobius friedeli Aspöck & Aspöck,1966, Wesmaelius quettanus (Navás,1931), Micromus yunnanus (Navás,1922), Psectra iniqua (Hagen,1859), and Psectra wilhelmense New,1988 are figured. The male genitalia of Hemerobius hyalinus Nakahara,1966, Hemerobius harmandinus Navás,1910, Hemerobius exoterus Navás,1936, Hemerobius chiangi Banks,1940, Hemerobius friedeli Aspöck & Aspöck,1966, Hemerobius indicus Kimmis,1938, Hemerobius bispinus Banks,1940, Hemerobius vagans Banks,1937, Hemerobius atrifrons McLachlan,1868, Psectra iniqua (Hagen,1859), and Psectra wilhelmense New,1988 are described, and the female subgenital plate of Wesmaelius nubilus (Kimmins,1929), Wesmaelius altissimus (Ohm,1967), Wesmaelius quettanus (Navás,1931) and Wesmaelius vaillanti (Navás,1927) are figured. Hemerobius griseus Nakahara,1956 (non Fabricius,1777, nec Retzius,1783) is proposed as nomen protectum, and Hemerobius apatridus  n. sp. is described as a new species from Pakistan.

Forest Inventory and GIS: Real Challenges, Practical Solutions. January 9-10, Portland, Oregon, USA.

Website at: http://foresters.org/fiu/ 

 

19th International Grassland Congress - Grassland Ecosystems: An Outlook into the 21st Century, 

February 10-21, Piracicaba, Sáo Paulo (State), Brazil.

Website at: http://www.igc2001-brazil.org.br/

 

Ecology of Insular Biotas, February 12-16, Wellington, New Zealand. 

Website at: http://www.vuw.ac.nz/sbs/conferences

 

International Symposium on Elemental Sulfur for Agronomic Applications & Desert Greening,

February 24-25, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 

Website at: http://efors.uaeu.ac.ae/conference/

 

International Course on Integrated Pest Management,

18 March - 30 June 2001, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Website at: http://www.iac-agro.nl/

 

International Symposium on Economic Sustainability of Small-Scale Forestry,

March 20-26, Joensuu, Finland.

Website at: http://www.efi.fi/events/2001/iufro3.08.00/

 

International Symposium on Silvopastoral Systems and Second Congress on Agroforestry and Livestock Production in Latin America,

April 3-7, Turrialba, Costa Rica. 

Website at: http://www.mtnforum.org/calendar/calendar.htm

 

Global Agriculture 2020: Which Way Forward?, 

April 18-20, Norwich, England, UK.

Website at: http://www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/events/agric2020/

 

16th Commonwealth Forestry Conference: Forests in a Changing Landscape, 

April 18-25, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia.

Website at: http://www.promaco.com.au/conventions/promaco.htm

 

North American Forest Insect Work Conference, 

May 14-18, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Website at: http://nofc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/nafiwc/

 

7th Symposium of Biological Control,

June 37, Poqos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Website at: http://www2.ufla.br/~siconbio/

 

3rd International Conference on Ecosystems and Sustainable Development, 

June 6-8, Alicante, Spain. 

Website at: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/ 2001/ecosudOl/

 

4th Asia Pacific Conference of Entomology,

August 14-17, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Website at: http://www.mapps.org.my/mapps/APCE.html

 

Dynamics of Forest Insect Populations,

September 11-14, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Website at: http://iufro.boku.ac.at/iufro/iufronet/d7/wu70307/ev70307.htm

 

First International Symposium On Biological Control Of Arthropods, 

September 17-21, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Website at: http://www.isbca.ucr.edu

 

6th International Symposium - Systems of Animal Breeding and Economic of Animal: Production at the Beginning of the New Millennium,

October 2-5, Belgrade-Zemun, Yugoslavia. 

Website at: http://www.institut-animal.edu.yu/news.htm

 

American Society of Agronomy, Soil Science Society of American, Crop Science Society of America Annual Meetings, 

October 21-25, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

Website at: http://www.asa-cssa-sssa.org/olr99/

 

International Conference on Environmental Risk Assessment of Pesticides and Integrated Pesticide Management in Developing Countries, 

November 6-9, Kathmandu, Nepal. 

Website at: http://www.tu-bs.de/institute/igg/physhyd/workshop.html

 

2001 Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting and Exhibition,

December 9-13, San Diego, California, USA.

Website at: www.entsoc.org/annual_meeting/2001/index.html

 

SOME INTERNET NEUROPTEROLOGICAL INFORMATION:

 

Antlion Pit: A Doodlebug Anthology:

http://www.antlionpit.com/

 

Gordon's Neuroptera Page:

http://www.earthlife.net/insects/neurop.html

 

Journal of Neuropterology:

http://www.ucm.es/info/zoo/JofN.htm

 

Neuroptera Families:

http://www.calacademy.org/research/entomology/websitel/neurop.htm

 

Neuroptera in the Finnish University:

http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/neuroptera/index.html

 

Neuroptera - Tree of life:

http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/eukaryotes/animals/arthropoda/hexapoda/neuroptera/neuroptera.html

 

Neuropterida Species in California Entomology Collections:

http://www.calacademy.org/research/entomology/calneuro/calindex.htm

 

Neuropterists Newsletter:

http://www.calacademy.org/research/entomology/newsletters/index.html

 

NeuroWeb (The Neuropterists' Home Page):

http://entowww.tamu.edu/research/neuropterida/neuroweb.html

 

Pest Management Resource, Centre Global Contact Directory:

http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk

 

The Neuroptera of South Africa:

http://www.ru.ac.za/academic/departments/zooento/Martin/neuroptera.html

 

UMMZ neuroptera (University Michigan Museum Zoology):

http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/species_lists/neuroptera.html