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)LUVW UHFRUG RI WKH QRQ SROOLQDWLQJ ¿J ZDVS Odontofroggatia galili Wiebes, 1980 from Malta (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Agaonidae) Gabriella LO VERDE1 & Francesco PORCELLI2 ABSTRACT. 7KH ¿J ZDVS Odontofroggatia galili LV UHSRUWHG IRU WKH ¿UVW WLPH IURP 0DOWD Odontofroggatia LV D QRQ SROOLQDWLQJ ¿J ZDVS JHQXV DVVRFLDWHG ZLWK D QDUURZ UDQJH RI KRVW SODQW VSHFLHV DPRQJ WKHP Ficus microcarpa D ZLGHVSUHDG RUQDPHQWDO WUHH QDWLYH WR $VLD KEY WORDS. DOLHQ RUJDQLVP XUEDQ DUHD VRXWKHUQ (XURSH INTRODUCTION ,Q WKH WK FHQWXU\ VHYHUDO VSHFLHV RI Ficus WUHHV ZHUH LPSRUWHG LQ (XURSH IURP $VLD $PRQJ WKHP Ficus microcarpa / ZDV VXFFHVVIXOO\ SODQWHG DORQJ XUEDQ URDGV DQG JDUGHQV LQ VRXWKHUQ ,WDO\ DQG 0DOWD ,Q WKHVH ODVW WZHQW\ \HDUV IRXU VSHFLHV RI $JDRQLGDH ZHUH IRXQG LQ DVVRFLDWLRQ ZLWK V\FRQLD RI F. microcarpa LQ ,WDO\ QDPHO\ Eupristina verticillata :DWHUVWRQ Odontofroggatia galili :LHEHV 6LFLO\ DQG $SXOLD LO VERDE et al LO VERDE et al Walkerella microcarpae %RXþHN DQG Philotripesis emeryi *UDQGL 6LFLO\ LO VERDE et al ZKLOH DQRWKHU DJDRQLG Josephiella microcarpae %HDUGVOH\ DQG 5DVSOXV D OHDI JDOO LQGXFLQJ VSHFLHV ZDV UHFRUGHG LQ 6LFLO\ LO VERDE )ROORZLQJ WKH GLVFRYHU\ RI E. verticillata LQ ,WDO\ LW EHFDPH HYLGHQW WKDW IHUWLOH IUXLWV ¿J D E ZHUH EHLQJ SURGXFHG LQVLGH V\FRQLD RI F. microcarpa DOMINA & MAZZOLA, DQG \RXQJ SODQWV ZHUH REVHUYHG LQ ¿VVXUHV RI ZDOOV GLYDULFDWLQJ EUDQFKHV RI RUQDPHQWDO WUHHV DQG LQ FUHYLFHV RQ SDOP VWLSHV 7KLV FRXOG EH PDLQO\ GXH WR WKH GLVVHPLQDWLRQ RI WKH IHUWLOH VHHGV E\ ELUGV TRAVESET 'XULQJ D UHFHQW YLVLW LQ WKH 0DOWHVH DUFKLSHODJR VHYHUDO V\FRQLD RI F microcarpa ¿J G ZHUH FROOHFWHG LQ ERWK 0DOWD DQG *R]R IURP ZKLFK D VSHFLHV RI (SLFKU\VRPDOOLQDH ZDV EUHG ¿J H I J 7KH VSHFLPHQV ZHUH LGHQWL¿HG E\ WKH DXWKRUV DV Odontofroggatia galili Odontofroggatia galili Wiebes, 1980 Taxonomic notes: Odontofroggatia LV D QRQ SROOLQDWLQJ ¿J ZDVS JHQXV ZKLFK FXUUHQWO\ DFFRPRGDWHV ¿YH GHVFULEHG VSHFLHV Odontofroggatia VSS DUH DVVRFLDWHG ZLWK D QDUURZ UDQJH RI KRVW SODQW VSHFLHV QDPHO\ Ficus microcarpa / DQG F. prasinicarpa (OPHU ISHII WIEBEV %28ý(. FENG & HUANG %RWK PDOHV DQG IHPDOHV RI O. galili DUH ZLQJHG DQG RI D OLJKW EURZQ FRORUDWLRQ 'LDJQRVWLF FKDUDFWHUV LQFOXGH DQWHQQDO IRUPXOD LQ O quinifuniculus )HQJ +XDQJ ELGHQWDWH PDQGLEOH WULGHQWDWH LQ O. ishii :LHEHV DQG O. gajimaru ,VKLL SHWLROH VOLJKWO\ ORQJHU WKDQ ZLGH ZLWKRXW WRRWK RQ ODWHUDO VLGH ZLGHU WKDQ ORQJHU LQ O. ishii, DQG O. gajimaru DQG O quinifuniculus ORQJHU WKDQ ZLGH EXW ZLWK D VWURQJ DFXWH YHQWUDO KRRN LQ O. corneri :LHEHV KLQG FR[D ZLWK GRUVDO WHHWK XQDUPHG LQ O. corneri 'LSDUWLPHQWR 6(1),0,=2 VH]LRQH (QWRPRORJLD 8QLYHUVLWj GHJOL 6WXGL GL 3DOHUPR YLDOH GHOOH 6FLHQ]H 3DOHUPR ,WDO\ ( PDLO ORYHUGH#XQLSD LW 2 'L % & $ 6H]LRQH (QWRPRORJLD H =RRORJLD 8QLYHUVLWj GL %DUL YLD $PHQGROD D ± %DUL ,WDO\ 1
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New records of Tineidae from the Maltese Islands including description of a new species Eudarcia melitensis sp. n. (Lepidoptera) 5HLQKDUG *$(',.(1 0LFKDHO =(5$)$2 ABSTRACT. $ QHZ VSHFLHV RI 7LQHLGDH Eudarcia melitensis VS Q LV GHVFULEHG IURP 0DOWD 2YXP ODUYD ODUYDO FDVH PDOH DQG IHPDOH JHQLWDOLD DQG ELRORJ\ RI WKH VSHFLHV DUH GHVFULEHG DQG LOOXVWUDWHG )RXU VSHFLHV Eudarcia derrai, Proterospastis autochthones, Phereoeca lodli DQG Tinea messalina DUH UHFRUGHG IRU WKH ¿UVW WLPH IURP WKH 0DOWHVH LVODQGV E. derrai LV UHGHVFULEHG LQFOXGLQJ GHVFULSWLRQ RI ODUYD ODUYDO FDVH IHPDOH JHQLWDOLD DQG KDELWDW (LJKW SUHYLRXVO\ UHFRUGHG VSHFLHV IURP 0DOWD DUH DOVR FRQ¿UPHG KEY WORDS. /HSLGRSWHUD 7LQHLGDH Eudarcia melitensis VS Q QHZ UHFRUGV 0DOWD INTRODUCTION 7KH IDPLO\ 7LQHLGDH LV UHSUHVHQWHG LQ (XURSH E\ D WRWDO RI VSHFLHV LQ JHQHUD GAEDIKE, UHFHQW LQYHVWLJDWLRQ XQSXEOLVKHG GDWD ,Q 0DOWD WKH JURXS LV UHSUHVHQWHG E\ VSHFLHV SAMMUT, DFFRPPRGDWHG LQ JHQHUD 7KH SUHVHQW ZRUN DGGV ¿YH VSHFLHV WR WKH 0DOWHVH OLVW RI ZKLFK WZR DUH DFFRPPRGDWHG LQ WZR JHQHUD SUHYLRXVO\ XQUHFRUGHG IURP 0DOWD $GXOWV RI 7LQHLGDH LQ (XURSH UDQJH IURP PP WR PP LQ ZLQJVSDQ 7KH PDMRULW\ RI WKH VSHFLHV FRQVWUXFW SRUWDEOH FDVHV LQ WKH ODUYDO VWDJH ZKHUH WKH\ DOVR SXSDWH 7KH\ IHHG RQ DOPRVW DQ\WKLQJ IURP OLFKHQV IXQJL DOJDH VHHGV GULHG IUXLWV DQG VWRUHG YHJHWDEOH IRRGVWXIIV WR DQLPDO SURGXFWV OLNH KDLU IHDWKHUV ZRRO DQG VNLQV DQG EHFDXVH RI VXFK IHHGLQJ KDELWV PDQ\ DUH UHJDUGHG DV SHVWV PARENTI 7KH ¿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¿UVW DXWKRU ZKHUH GRQH XVLQJ $VNDQLD 50( FRPSRXQG PLFURVFRSH 7KH GUDZLQJV RI WKH ODUYDH DQG FDVHV ZKHUH GRQH XVLQJ D GLVVHFWLQJ PLFURVFRSH 2SWLFD /DE ZLWK GUDZLQJ DWWDFKPHQW E\ WKH VHFRQG DXWKRU DQG DOVR WKH FRORXU SKRWRV RI WKH Eudarcia VSHFLHV LQ VLWX ZHUH WDNHQ XVLQJ D GLJLWDO FDPHUD 2SWLNDP 86% 1
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New records of terrestrial bugs from the Maltese Islands with an updated list of Maltese Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) David CUESTA SEGURA1, Manuel BAENA RUĂ?Z2 & David MIFSUD3 ABSTRACT. Thirty-four species of Heteroptera were found from the Maltese islands during a sampling period of a week in April of 2009. Of these, seven represent new records for this territory and include the seed bugs Artheneis foveolata, Emblethis duplicatus, Engistus boops boops and Oxycarenus hyalinipennis and the plant bugs Megalodactylus macularubra, Mimocoris sp. and Phytocoris sp. The integration of the records from the last Catalogue of Maltese Heteroptera, the Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaeartic Region and the present data raised the heteroptera known from the Maltese islands to 223 species accommodated in 161 genera and 26 families. KEY WORDS. Malta, true bugs, new records, updated list.
INTRODUCTION Probably the earliest mention of Maltese Heteroptera was due to DALLAS (1852), who recorded four species from Malta, as clearly indicated in Schembriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s catalogue of Maltese Heteroptera (1993) which includes most citations relevant to Maltese Heteroptera. The number of Heteroptera species for Malta increased slowly, and more than a hundred years later, TAMANINI (1966) recorded 67 species belonging to 16 families. DE LUCCA (1969) added some further species and RIEGER (1986) provided information on 35 additional new records for Malta. SCHEMBRI (1993) also described the major Maltese habitat types and provided additional new records, listing a total of 209 taxa (refer to discussion) accommodated in 23 families. He included also a biogeographical analysis for the group. Two years later, CARAPEZZA (1995) reviewed the heteroptera of the Sicilian Channel Islands, incorporating a list of species for all islands, including the Maltese ones. In total he recorded 197 species (seven of them doubtful) from the Maltese Islands, corrected the often outdated nomenclature of SCHEMBRI (1993) and made various comments on previously reported species for Malta. 1R VSHFLÂżF ZRUNV DERXW 0DOWHVH KHWHURSWHUD KDYH EHHQ SXEOLVKHG VLQFH WKHQ +RZHYHU VHYHUDO species have been synonymized or have changed taxonomic status. An example of this is the revision of the genus Sciocoris by PĂ&#x2030;RICART (2002), where a couple of species recorded by SCHEMBRI (1993), such as S. helferi and S. ribauti, are considered as one species whereas, 6 ÂżVVXV was synonymized with S. pallens. In addition, new records of Heteroptera from the Maltese Islands have EHHQ SXEOLVKHG LQ WKH ÂżYH YROXPHV RI WKH &DWDORJXH RI WKH +HWHURSWHUD RI WKH 3DODHDUFWLF 5HJLRQ (AUKEMA & RIEGER, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2006), which data is incorporated in the web site â&#x20AC;&#x153;www.faunaeur.orgâ&#x20AC;? and can be consulted by country. None of these changes in the knowledge of 1
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Mosquitoes in Malta: Preliminary entomological investigation and risk assessment for vector-borne diseases (Diptera: Culicidae) Francis SCHAFFNER1*, Paul GATT2, Sabine MALL3, Michele MAROLI4, Gianfranco SPITERI5, Tanya MELILLO5 & HervĂŠ ZELLER6 ABSTRACT. At the request of Maltaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Unit (IDCU), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) organized an expert mission in Malta in 2009 to provide support for a vector-borne disease (VBD) risk assessment. As these diseases are clearly related to the presence of competent and HIÂżFLHQW YHFWRUV DQG DV OLWWOH LQIRUPDWLRQ ZDV DYDLODEOH RQ WKH ORFDO PRVTXLWR IDXQD 'LSWHUD &XOLFLGDH D ÂżHOG VWXG\ ZDV LPSOHPHQWHG GXULQJ WKH PLVVLRQ 7KH DLP ZDV WR determine the presence and relative abundance of potential vectors, and to assess the risk of transmission of mosquito-borne diseases. From April 6th to May 1st, 2009, a total of 114 among 513 investigated putative larval habitat units contained mosquito immature VWDJHV $UWLÂżFLDO KDELWDWV DQG FRDVWDO VDOWZDWHU URFN SRROV SUHGRPLQDWHG DPRQJ WKH larval habitats. Also, 1,150 female mosquitoes were caught with dry-ice baited light traps. Seven species among the nine known to occur in Malta at the time of the study were observed and Culex theileri LV UHSRUWHG KHUH IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH. The most commonly encountered species were Culiseta longiareolata and Culex pipiens. Culex hortensis was only found on the island of Gozo. The mosquitoes of the Mariae complex have been LGHQWLÂżHG LQ WKH SDVW DV Aedes zammitii but all except four of the specimens collected showed morphological characters corresponding to Aedes mariae. Neither Anopheles spp. nor Aedes albopictus were found despite the investigation of suitable larval habitats and the use of CO2-baited light traps and a few ovitraps. However, these species are known to be more abundant during the summer months and further investigations are QHHGHG WR FRQÂżUP WKHLU DEVHQFH RU WKHLU SUHVHQFH DQG GLVWULEXWLRQ RQ WKH LVODQGV 7KH mosquito-related risk of disease for humans in Malta is discussed and West Nile fever appears to be the most probable mosquito-borne disease that could appear in Malta. The HYHQWXDO ÂżQGLQJ RI Aedes albopictus after this study was completed further strengthens the need to survey both chikungunya and dengue infections. KEY WORDS. Mosquito, Vector, Mosquito-borne disease, Arbovirus, Culex theileri.
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Zoersel, Belgium / Institute of Parasitology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 266a, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland. E-mail: francis.schaffner@access.uzh.ch 2 Research Associate, International Environment Institute, University of Malta, Msida, Malta. E-mail: paulgatt@onvol.net 3 NRW Institute of Health and Work (LIGA.NRW), Muenster, Germany / Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany. E-mail: s.mall@gmx.de 4 Istituto Superiore di SanitĂĄ, Roma, Italy. E-mail: michele.maroli@iss.it 5 Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Unit, Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Msida, Malta. E-mail: gianfranco.spiteri@gov.mt; tanya.melillo@gov.mt 6 ECDC, Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail: Herve.Zeller@ecdc.europa.eu *Corresponding author
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The Curculionoidea of the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean) (Coleoptera) David MIFSUD1 & Enzo COLONNELLI2 ABSTRACT. The Curculionoidea of the families Anthribidae, Rhynchitidae, Apionidae, Nanophyidae, Brachyceridae, Curculionidae, Erirhinidae, Raymondionymidae, Dryophthoridae and Scolytidae from the Maltese islands are reviewed. A total of 182 species are included, of which the following 51 species represent new records for this archipelago: Araecerus fasciculatus and Noxius curtirostris in Anthribidae; Protapion interjectum and Taeniapion rufulum in Apionidae; Corimalia centromaculata and C. tamarisci in Nanophyidae; Amaurorhinus bewickianus, A. sp. nr. paganettii, Brachypera fallax, B. lunata, B. zoilus, Ceutorhynchus leprieuri, Charagmus gressorius, Coniatus tamarisci, Coniocleonus pseudobliquus, Conorhynchus brevirostris, Cosmobaris alboseriata, C. scolopacea, Derelomus chamaeropis, Echinodera sp. nr. variegata, Hypera sp. nr. tenuirostris, Hypurus bertrandi, Larinus scolymi, Leptolepurus meridionalis, Limobius mixtus, Lixus brevirostris, L. punctiventris, L. vilis, Naupactus cervinus, Otiorhynchus armatus, O. liguricus, Rhamphus oxyacanthae, Rhinusa antirrhini, R. herbarum, R. moroderi, Sharpia rubida, Sibinia femoralis, Smicronyx albosquamosus, S. brevicornis, S. UXÂżSHQQLV, 6WHQRFDUXV UXÂżFRUQLV, Styphloderes exsculptus, Trichosirocalus centrimacula, Tychius argentatus, T. bicolor, T. pauperculus and T. pusillus in Curculionidae; Sitophilus zeamais and Sphenophorus parumpunctatus LQ 'U\RSKWKRUĂ&#x2022;GDH Dactylotrypes longicollis and Scolytus ensifer in Scolytidae. Of the above mentioned new records, Araecerus fasciculatus and Naupactus cervinus represent established alien species in Malta whereas the records of Otiorhynchus armatus and O. liguricus are based on material intercepted with plant material DUULYLQJ IURP ,WDO\ DQG WKHLU ORFDO HVWDEOLVKPHQW LV QRW FRQÂżUPHG Limobius mixtus, Brachypera fallax, B. parvithorax, 6PLFURQ\[ UXÂżSHQQLV and Tychius pauperculus are not present in Italy, and for the last three species, Malta represents their only European location. Due to the availability of historical material, a number of published records ZHUH IRXQG WR EH EDVHG RQ PLVLGHQWLÂżFDWLRQV RU RWKHU HUURUV DV IROORZV Acalles ptinoides should refer to Echinodera sp. nr. variegata; Ceratapion penetrans to C. onopordi; Limobius borealis to L. mixtus; Rhamphus pulicarius to R. oxyacanthae; Sibinia attalica to S. femoralis; Sitona striatellus (= S. tibialis) to S. lineatus; both Sphenophorus abbreviatus and S. piceus to S. parumpunctatus; Trichosirocalus troglodytes to T. centrimacula. The record of Barypeithes mollicomus LV GHÂżQLWHO\ incorrect and must have been due to a mistaken locality datum. The record of Hypera pastinacae is also incorrect and in part, material of this species was actually collected from Corfu and not Malta. The record of Phyllobius crassior refers to a Siberian species. Revised synonymies include: Asproparthenis maculicollis (Chevrolat, 1873), stat. rev. [= Bothynoderes andreae Colonnelli, 1991, syn. rev.], Eremobaris 1
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