David G. Notton

David G. Notton
National Museums Scotland · Department of Natural Sciences

BA (Hons) Biol, Oxon; MA Oxon; PGCert Museum Stud.

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Introduction
Parasitic wasps especially the family Diapriidae, taxonomy, nomenclature and types. British Hymenoptera. Bees. Curation of insect collections. Twitter @DavidNotton (formerly @NHM_Bees)
Additional affiliations
September 2019 - present
National Museums Scotland
Position
  • Curatorial Volunteer (Entomology)
November 2003 - September 2019
Natural History Museum, London
Position
  • Senior Curator (Hymenoptera)

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Publications (157)
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The types of nominal species of Diapriinae in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London, are catalogued. Lectotypes are designated for the following taxa: Diapria peraffinis Ashmead, 1896; D. smithii Ashmead, 1896; Galesus bipunctatus Ashmead,1894; G. (G.) foersteri var. nigricornis Kieffer, 1911; G. sexpunctatus Ashmead, 1893; G. walker...
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Introduction to pest identification Scope This booklet is designed to allow practical identification of pest insects and some insects which are environmental indicators in Museums and other heritage buildings in the British Isles, as part of IPM pest monitoring, some commonly encountered non-insect arthropods (springtails, spiders, woodlice, etc.)...
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Determining when animal populations have experienced stress in the past is fundamental to understanding how risk factors drive contemporary and future species' responses to environmental change. For insects, quantifying stress and associating it with environmental factors has been challenging due to a paucity of time‐series data and because detecta...
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The Faroe Islands are isolated in the North Sea but, despite sparse vegetation, are home to numerous insects. The diapriid fauna was previously studied by Kryger & Schmiedeknecht (1938) and Petersen (1956), but taxonomic knowledge has advanced significantly so a reevaluation is necessary. This study aims to update the diapriid checklist for the Far...
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This is a brief summary of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) species found at Lauriston Farm, Edinburgh, UK up to 2024, with a brief introduction to the Farm, and associated data set.
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1. A key question in insect community ecology is whether parasitoid assemblages are structured by the food plants of their herbivore hosts. 2. Tritrophic communities centred on oak-feeding cynipid gallwasps are one of the best-studied tritrophic insect communities. Previous work suggests that host plant identity is a much stronger predictor of oak...
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Tetramopria tortilis Notton, 1994, which had not been recorded since its original description, was collected in Ishioka City, Ibaraki Prefecture, close to the type locality. It was collected from a nest of Pristomyrmex punctatus (Smith, 1860), but based on the ecological characteristics of other species of the genus and the circumstances of the col...
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Forest decline and dieback are growing phenomena worldwide, resulting in severe, large‐scale degradation of the canopy. This can profoundly alter the provision of trophic resources and microhabitats for canopy‐dwelling arthropods. In 2019, we assessed the effect of oak decline on the community of canopy‐dwelling Hymenoptera. We selected 21 oak stan...
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1. Forest decline and dieback are growing phenomena worldwide, resulting in severe, large-scale degradation of the canopy. This can profoundly alter the provision of trophic resources and microhabitats for canopy-dwelling arthropods. 2. In 2019, we assessed the effect of oak decline on the community of canopy-dwelling Hymenoptera. We selected 21 o...
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This paper reviews the status of Geodiapria and its nominotypical and only included species G. longiceps. Geodiapria was previously understood to be very similar to, and doubtfully separated from the genus Basalys. We use integrative taxonomy (morphology, DNA-barcoding, phylogenetic tree building) to show that the valid name for what was G. longice...
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The accidental endogenization of viral elements within eukaryotic genomes can occasionally provide significant evolutionary benefits, giving rise to their long-term retention, that is, to viral domestication. For instance, in some endoparasitoid wasps (whose immature stages develop inside their hosts), the membrane-fusion property of double-strande...
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The accidental endogenization of viral elements within eukaryotic genomes can occasionally provide significant evolutionary benefits, giving rise to their long-term retention, that is, to viral domestication. For instance, in some endoparasitoid wasps (whose immature stages develop inside their hosts), the membrane-fusion property of viruses has be...
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Bringing together observations of diaprioid wasps. Diaprioids are a major group of parasitoid wasps found worldwide on all continents except Antarctica. This project covers the families Diapriidae, Ismaridae, Maamingidae (New Zealand) and Monomachidae (Neotropics and Australia). Keywords Diaprioidea, Diapriidae, Ambositrinae, Belytinae, Diapriina...
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Insect declines are a global issue with significant ecological and economic ramifications. Yet, we have a poor understanding of the genomic impact these losses can have. Genome‐wide data from historical specimens have the potential to provide baselines of population genetic measures to study population change, with natural history collections repre...
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The platygastrid wasp, Platygaster robiniae Buhl & Duso, a parasitoid of the gall midge Obolodiplosis robiniae (Haldeman), is reported as new to Britain based on numerous specimens reared from locations in Essex, the Isle of Wight and London. Notes are provided on identification, bionomics and its status in Britain.
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A revision of the Palaearctic species of the genus Idiotypa Förster is provided. The genus Eunuchopria Szabó, 1961 is a junior synonym of Idiotypa Förster, 1856 syn. n. and the new combination Idiotypa nitens (Szabó, 1961) comb. n., is established. Dublicate original spellings I. marii and I. mariae are resolved by first reviser action; I. mariae i...
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One new species of Dinetus is described and illustrated: D. hameri Notton sp.n. from the United Arab Emirates; D. politus stat. rev. is raised in rank to a full species (formerly a subspecies of D. cereolus). Two new subgenera are described: Dentidinetus Olszewski, Notton & Kitching subg.n. and Venustidinetus Olszewski, Notton & Kitching subg.n. an...
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A single left valve of the bivalve Theora lubrica Gould 1861, length 10 mm, was found by the author at Granton Harbour, Edinburgh, NT238771 on 27/05/2020 (figure 1). Images posted on British Marine Mollusca Facebook group were identified by Fabio Crocetta and confirmed by Simon Taylor and Graham Oliver. T. lubrica is superficially similar to Abra n...
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The purpose of the current report is to present a summary of species reported over the past year since the last Garden update (Ware et al. 2018). For the taxonomic groups covered in this article 23 new species have been added to the Wildlife Garden list, including two flies new to Britain and a Nationally Notable wasp. These new additions are liste...
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Five species, four genera, two subfamilies of Diapriidae and the family itself are all recorded as new to the Maltese Islands based on material collected from Verdala Palace by David Mifsud (DM). A provisional key to the genera of Maltese diapriids is provided to facilitate further research.
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Morphological and allozyme analyses suggested the occurrence of a pseudocryptic species in the Lasioglossum villosulum (Kirby, 1802) species complex (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). We analysed the morphology of more than 1500 specimens and the DNA barcode fragment of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) of 102 specimens of this species complex from...
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Improved taxonomic methods are needed to quantify declining populations of insect pollinators. This study devises a high‐throughput DNA barcoding protocol for a regional fauna (United Kingdom) of bees (Apiformes), consisting of reference library construction, a proof‐of‐concept monitoring scheme, and the deep barcoding of individuals to assess pote...
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The genus Protelenomus is redescribed. Six new species: Protelenomus gajadanta sp. nov., P. lutulii sp. nov., P. maasai sp. nov., P. tibialis sp. nov., P. yao sp. nov., and P. zulu sp. nov., are described. All species are illustrated and a key to females of the genus is provided. Among the known species of Protelenomus, P. flavicornis Kieffer and P...
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Whitmore, D., Notton, D. G. & Ismay, B. 2019. The family Cryptochetidae (Diptera) new to Britain, with the first European record of Cryptochetum iceryae (Williston). Dipterists Digest (new series) 26, 71-72.
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Saphonecrus gallaepomiformis (Fonscolombe, 1832) is reported for the first time from Britain, reared from cryptic galls of agamic Plagiotrochus quercusilicis / Plagiotrochus sp. in twigs of Quercus ilex collected at Theberton, Suffolk and several locations in London. Its identity is established, a new key provided for British Saphonecrus and host d...
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Coenosia attenuata , the Tiger fly, is recorded as new to Britain based on specimens collected in London and in Edinburgh, during 2017. Coenosia punctigera is recorded as new to Britain based on specimens collected in London, during 2017. C. punctigera is also new to the Palaearctic region. Morphological characters are given and illustrated, to est...
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Improved taxonomic methods are needed to quantify declining populations of insect pollinators. This study devises a high-throughput DNA barcoding protocol for a regional fauna (United Kingdom) of bees (Apiformes), consisting of reference library construction, a proof-of-concept monitoring scheme, and the deep barcoding of individuals to assess pote...
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Bees, wasps and ants (aculeate Hymenoptera), with flower visit data, from Blackheath, south east London, UK: records made 2009-2018 David G. Notton Department of Life Sciences, Insects Division, Darwin Centre - room 315, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom d.notton@nhm.ac.uk 27/01/2019 Abstract: A list of re...
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The purpose of the current report is to present a summary of the species recorded between July 2017 and July 2018, focussing mainly on groups included in Ware et al. (2016)...
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The family Ismaridae Thomson, 1858 is reported from the Afrotropical region for the first time. A total of 15 species are recognised, 14 of which are described as new: Ismarus africanus sp. n. from Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa; I. apertus sp. n. from Kenya; I. bicolor sp. n. from Cameroon, Kenya; I. goodrichi sp. n. from Kenya; I. kakamege...
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Knowledge of the composition of the British Hymenoptera fauna is essential for the purposes of biological studies requiring accurate identifications, and their applications, including conservation of native species and the monitoring of faunal change and non-native invasive species. The known British and Irish chalcidoid fauna has recently been cat...
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Abstract: A list of records of bees, wasps, and the flowers they visit and other biological records recorded during 2015-2016 from Hartslock Nature Reserve, Berkshire UK and vicinity. Collections were made in order to provide fresh material for DNA sequencing for a national DNA barcode database of British Bees (Tang et al., 2017). Voucher specimens...
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Holepyris semiruber Kieffer is redescribed and illustrated based on freshly collected specimens. Holepyris semiruber var. striatipleura Kieffer is considered a colour variant of this species and therefore a junior synonym of H. semiruber syn. nov. This species is transferred to Disepyris, D. semiruber (Kieffer) comb. nov., based on the possession o...
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The Palaearctic species of Ismaridae Thomson, 1858 are reviewed. Thirteen species of Ismaridae are recognized from the Palaearctic. Five species are described as new: Ismarus brevis Kim & Lee sp. nov. from the Russian Far East and South Korea; I. distinctus Kim, Notton & Ødegaard sp. nov. from Norway and the United Kingdom; I. excavatus Kim & Lee s...
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The spider wasp, Agenioideus apicalis (Vander Linden), is reported as new to Britain based on one specimen collected in the garden of the Natural History Museum, London. Morphological characters are given, and illustrated, to establish its identity and a key is provided to distinguish it from other British Pompilidae. Notes are provided on bionomic...
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Background A new species, Dendrocerusscutellaris Trietsch & Mikó (Hymenoptera: Megaspilidae), is described here from male and female specimens captured in Costa Rica. This species is the only known ceraphronoid wasp with a straight mandibular surface and raised dorsal projections on the scutellum, called the mesoscutellar comb. It is hypothesised t...
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This paper documents what we consider to be expanding distributions in three genera of Platygastroidea: Platyscelio Kieffer (Scelionidae), Aphanomerus Perkins (Platygastridae) and Tetrabaeus Kieffer (Platygastridae). Platyscelio africanus Risbec is the first record of Platyscelio in the Western Hemisphere (French Guiana). Aphanomerus is a new recor...
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Bees, wasps, flowers and other biological records from Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park, Southern Park and the Greenwich Peninsula: records made 2016-2017 David G. Notton Department of Life Sciences, Insects Division, Darwin Centre - room 315, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom. 0207 942 5974 d.notton@nhm.ac....
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Executive summary The UK’s declining diversity and abundance of pollinators presents serious economic, agricultural, cultural, and ecological issues. The National Pollinator Strategy (2014) recognises the need for baseline population data, and a long term, large-scale monitoring program to analyse trends in pollinator abundance and diversity, to d...
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Hawk’s-beard Nomad Bee, Nomada facilis Schwarz, is recorded as new to Britain. Morphological characters are given to establish its identity and DNA sequencing was used to independently confirm the identification. An illustrated key to the Nomada integra species group in Britain is provided. Based on limited material found in the Natural History Mus...
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Heterospilus hemipterus (Braconidae, Doryctinae) is recorded as new to Britain based on the discovery of a single specimen from Wisley, Surrey. Key morphological characters are given to establish its identity and to distinguish it from other British doryctines. Notes are provided on bionomics, the circumstances of its arrival and its status in Brit...
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Small-headed Resin Bee, Heriades rubicola Peréz, is formally recorded as new to Britain following its mention by Falk & Lewington (2015) and based on two specimens, one from Dorset and one from London. Morphological characters are given and illustrated, to establish its identity and to distinguish it from other British bees. Notes are provided on b...
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Bees and wasps of Brompton Cemetery: records made 27-28 May 2016, David G. Notton, Department of Life Sciences, Insects Division, Darwin Centre - room 315, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom. 0207 942 5974, d.notton@nhm.ac.uk, 20/02/2017, (C) Trustees of the Natural History Museum, Version 2. Acknowledgement...
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Grass-Carrying Wasp, Isodontia mexicana (de Saussure), is recorded as new to Britain. Morphological characters are given, and illustrated, to establish its identity and a key is provided to distinguish it from other British Sphecidae. Notes are provided on bionomics, the circumstances of its arrival and its status in Britain.
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Bees and digger wasps (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) from the Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden, London, UK: Records to end 2016. David G. Notton. Department of Life Sciences, Insects Division, Darwin Centre - room 315, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom. 0207 942 5974 d.notton@nhm.ac.uk. 13/12/2016. (C) Trustee...
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This paper presents the latest results of a long-term study of the Wildlife Garden in the grounds of the Natural History Museum, South Kensington. The current study tracks further developments in the Wildlife Garden and its colonization by several rare and unusual species as well as more commonly encountered species. It follows the publication of t...
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Trichopria keralensis is recorded for the first time from South Korea and Japan and a detailed redescription and photographs of this species are given. The genus Alareka is a junior synonym of Trichopria syn. n. Alareka keralensis is transferred to Trichopria keralensis comb. n. T. keralensis and closely related species are referred to the keralens...
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A new species of Calogalesus Kieffer, 1912, Calogalesussinicussp. n., is described and illustrated, collected from a Chinese prickly ash (Zanthoxylumbungeanum Maxim.) orchard in Yunnan province of China. This is the third described species of the genus in the World. The new species can be distinguished from the other two described Calogalesus speci...
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Viper’s Bugloss Mason Bee, Hoplitis adunca (Panzer), is recorded as new to Britain. Morphological characters are given, and illustrated, to establish its identity and to distinguish it from other British bees. DNA sequencing was used to independently confirm the identification. This species is established at one location in London. Notes are provid...
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The tiny (3 mm long) wasp Laelius pedatus (Say, 1836) (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), a parasitoid of museum beetles, is now established at the Natural History Museum, London (NHM). Its occurrence in Britain, identification, biology and the significance of this species in integrated pest management (IPM) monitoring are discussed. Keywords: Integrated Pe...
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Background: A revised checklist of the British and Irish Platygastroidea (Platygastridae) substantially updates the previous comprehensive checklist, dating from 1978. Distribution data (i.e. occurrence in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Isle of Man) is reported where known. New information: A total of 381 British and Irish Platygastro...
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Checklist of British and Irish Platygastroidea
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Checklist of British and Irish Platygastroidea
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The Chinese species of the genus Philoctetes Abeille de Perrin, 1879 are revised and keyed for the first time. Six species are recorded, of which two are new for science: Philoctetes longiflagellis Rosa, Wei & Xu, sp. nov. (Inner Mongolia and Shanxi) and P. simulator Rosa, Notton & Xu, sp. nov. (Tianjin). The new synonym, Philoctetes cupratus (Mócs...
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Building the UK’s bee DNA barcode library Cuong Q. Tang1 David Notton1 Hannah Norman1 Alfried P. Vogler1 1Natural History Museum, London | email: c.tang@nhm.ac.uk The UK’s declining diversity and abundance of bees is a serious economic, cultural, and ecological issue. Pinpointing the drivers for these declines has revealed a complex network of i...
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The Chinese species of the genus Philoctetes Abeille de Perrin, 1879 are revised and keyed for the first time. Six species are recorded, of which two are new for science: Philoctetes longiflagellis Rosa, Wei & Xu, sp. nov. (Inner Mongolia and Shanxi) and P. simulator Rosa, Notton & Xu, sp. nov. (Tianjin). The new synonym, Philoctetes cupratus (Mócs...
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Oxythyrea funesta (Poda) is among the commonest and most widespread cetoniine species in the Palaearctic, reported from 47 countries (Smetana, 2006), a number matched only by the equally widespread Cetonia aurata (Linnaeus). Unlike the latter species, O. funesta has generally been regarded as absent from the British Isles. Considering its abundance...
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Bees and wasps of Bookham Common, Surrey, UK: Records made 17 July 2015. David G. Notton. Department of Life Sciences, Insects Division, Darwin Centre - room 315, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom. 0207 942 5974. d.notton@nhm.ac.uk. 03/09/2015. (C) Trustees of the Natural History Museum. Version 1. DOI: 10.1...
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Bees, wasps and other invertebrates of the Bristol district, UK: Records made 2-4 July 2015. David G. Notton. Department of Life Sciences, Insects Division, Darwin Centre - room 315, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom. 0207 942 5974. d.notton@nhm.ac.uk. 31/08/2015. (C) Trustees of the Natural History Museum....
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Bees, wasps and other insects of Wimbledon Common, London, UK: Records made during 2015. David G. Notton. Department of Life Sciences, Insects Division, Darwin Centre - room 315, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom. 0207 942 5974. d.notton@nhm.ac.uk. 26/08/2015. (C) Trustees of the Natural History Museum. Vers...
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Abstract. Occurrence of two new parasitoids on ber fruit fly, Carpomya vesuviana Costa (Diptera: Tephritidae) was reported for the first time from Iran. Pest is found to be attacked by two parasitoids namely, Cyrtoptyx lichtensteini (Masi) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), an ectolarvalparasitoid and Coptera nr. silvestrii (Kieffer) (Hymenoptera: Diapri...
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One genus and five species are recorded as new to Britain: Fidiobia, Fidiobia hispanica, Macroteleia bicolora (Platygastridae); Sycophila binotata (Eurytomidae); Schizoprymnus collaris (Braconidae); and Laelius pedatus (Bethylidae). Keys to British Macroteleia and Laelius are provided. Provisional synonymy is proposed between Macroteleia minor and...
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A recent visit to Dunwich Heath seemed like a good opportunity to look for the well-known antlions Euroleon nostras - Dunwich Heath, Suffolk is a large area of lowland coastal heath with SSSI status owned and managed by the National Trust: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/dunwich-heathand- beach/.
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Very few cases of teratological specimens, i.e. specimens displaying morphological abnormalities, have been cited among Platygastridae and Pteromalidae. From the Platygastridae we present 5 cases of symphysocery [A8–A9 in Metaclisis sp.; A3–A5 and A7–A9 in Sceliomorpha sp.; A5–A6 in Scelio sp. 1; A9–A10 in Idris sp., and a completely modified anten...
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Members of the subfamily Charipinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) are morphologically characterized being very small wasp (0.8-2.0mm), with shiny and smooth body and with very few diagnostic features. This has led on a very big, chaotic and diverse subfamily. The taxonomical chaos of the subfamily Charipinae has been always a problem and an...
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As a biologist with a particular interest in insects, I find one of the greatest pleasures of Blackheath is meeting like-minded people and chatting about natural history, and it has been a natural progression to record what I have seen and circulate my findings. Over the past several years this amounts to almost 1,600 records covering more than 700...
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A survey of the invertebrate fauna of the Central Peaks of St Helena was carried out over the period December 2005 to March 2006, by Howard Mendel and Philip and Myrtle Ashmole, assisted in the field by Edward Thorpe. An Interim Report was produced in March 2006. This Final Report is developed from the Interim Report which it totally replaces; it l...
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Type material of the species of Alloxysta described by Cameron and Fergusson and deposited in the Natural History Museum of London has been revised. Seven species are considered valid: Alloxysta abdera Fergusson, 1986, A. basimacula (Cameron, 1886), A. crassa (Cameron, 1889), A. mullensis (Cameron, 1883), A. piceomaculata (Cameron, 1883), A. pleura...