British Myrmecophilous Insects

Oviposition tests of ant preference in a myrmecophilous butterfly

Butterflies in the family Lycaenidae that have obligate associations with ants frequently exhibit ant-dependent egg laying behaviour. In a series of field and laboratory choice tests, we assessed oviposition preference of the Australian lycaenid Jalmenus evagoras in response to different species and populations of ants. Females discriminated between attendant and nonattendant ant species, betwe...

Aquatic Insects: Hemimetabolous Insects – Plecoptera

Diversity and Abundance of Insects in Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria

A field survey was conducted in Wukari, Taraba State to assess the diversity and abundance of insect species in selected habitats (residential, open field made up of grassland and an agroecosystem). Sampling were done biweekly using light, pitfall and yellow pan traps set in 3 replicates, 30 m apart. Insects recovered were wet preserved in 70% ethanol except butterflies and moths. Representativ...

A review of myrmecophilous mites of the family Microdispidae (Acari, Heterostigmatina) of Western Siberia

Five species of myrmecophilous microdispid mites (Acari: Microdispidae) are recorded from Western Siberia, Russia. Unguidispuslasii Kurosa, 1979, Unguidispusjaponicus Kurosa, 1979, Caesarodispusminutus (Sevastianov, 1981), and Caesarodispussamsinaki (Mahunka, 1967), comb. n. are reported from Russia for the first time. Unguidispuspolyctenus (Sevastianov, 1969) and Caesarodispussamsinaki are red...

Three new species of myrmecophilous scutacarid mites (Acari: Scutacaridae) from Western Siberia, Russia.

Three new species of myrmecophilous mites of the genus Scutacarus Gros, 1845 (Acariformes: Pygmephoroidea: Scutacaridae), S. lasiophilus sp. nov., S. myrmicinus sp. nov., and S. crinitus sp. nov. are described from ants and their nests in Tyumen Province, Western Siberia, Russia.