Acta Entomologica Serbica

ORTHOPTEROIDEA FAUNA OF LESOTHO

Grzegorz Kopij — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 15:09:09 +0100

In total, 134 species in 110 genera and 20 families of the former cohort ‘Orthopteroidea’ were recorded in Lesotho. All records (localities, data of collection, information source) in Lesotho are listed for each species. In southern Africa, the numbers are higher by an order of magnitude, which may indicate how much of the Lesotho fauna is unrecorded. The most speciose order of ‘Orthopteroidea’ in Lesotho is Orthoptera (93 species within 77 genera), and the most speciose family within this order is Acrididae (62 species within 45 genera). All families of ‘Orthopteroidea’ recorded in southern Africa are listed, and the number of species and genera are given separately for the whole subcontinent and Lesotho to elucidate how much is known about Lesotho fauna. At least 10 species of ‘Orthopteroidea’ are endemic to Lesotho: Hyposphaeria guillarmodi, Oxypilus inscriptus, Conocephalus basutoanus, Gymnogryllus politus, Basutacris inflatifrons, Eremidium basutho, Qachas fastigiata, Sphingonotus basutensis, Xiphocera fissa, and Brachyphymus basuto.

THE SMALL CHINA-MARK CATACLYSTA LEMNATA (LINNAEUS, 1758) (LEPIDOPTERA: CRAMBIDAE: ACENTROPINAE) IN SERBIA

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:52:05 +0200

The Western Palaearctic moth Cataclysta lemnata (Linnaeus, 1758) is considered one of Europe’s most common water moths. However, there are limited data regarding the larval stages, particularly in eastern and southeastern Europe. During the 2017-2021 aquatic macroinvertebrate survey, C. lemnata was detected at seven sites in the Pannonian region of Serbia. All sightings were of the larval/aquatic phase and originated from both heavily polluted habitats and relatively unpolluted waterbodies. A consistent feature at all sites is duckweed (Lemna sp.), confirming the preference of C. lemnata for this plant. Our findings contribute to a better understanding of the presence of this species in the region and suggest that it may be more abundant in its various aquatic habitats. As the adult stages are simpler to identify, and with the advent of public online databases (Alciphron, biologer.rs), there have been multiple records of adult moths in recent years. Regarding the aquatic stages, there is a need for more comprehensive surveys with a primary emphasis on suitable habitats throughout the region and the use of molecular methods for the identification of early larval stages would be beneficial.

FIRST RECORD OF APLOCNEMUS (DIPLAMBE) ABIETUM KIESENWETTER, 1859 (COLEOPTERA: RHADALIDAE) FROM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Isidor S. Plonski — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 14:47:14 +0100

One male of Aplocnemus (Diplambe) abietum Kiesenwetter, 1859 (Coleoptera: Rhadalidae: Rhadalinae: Aplocnemini) from Bosnia and Herzegovina is reported and illustrated.