Taiwanese Journal of Entomological Studies

50-53

Authors: ACE KEVIN S. AMARGA, MICHAEL W. HASTRITER

We provide a preliminary account of the bat ectoparasite fauna of Siargao Island, Philippines. Three bat fly species are recorded in this study, representing the genera Brachytarsina Macquart, Eucampsipoda Kolenati, and Megastrebla Maa. There was no published work on Siargao Island bat flies before this study. Thus, this report represents the first published documentation of bat flies in Siargao Island, Philippines.

27-42

Authors: CHENG-HAN MA, SZU-LUNG CHEN, CHI-MING LOU, I-LUNG LEE, FANG-SHUO HU

We summarize the bionomics, distributional information, and habitus photos of all Taiwanese Sympetrum, including S. bacha bacha, S. cordulegaster, S. darwinianum, S. depressiusculum, S. eroticum ardens, S. fonscolombii, S. infuscatum, S. kunckeli, S. nantouensis and S. speciosum. Sympetrum infuscatum is reported from Taiwan for the first time, based on a photo taken on 07 October 2009 in Keelung City. A new record of S. darwinianum found on 09 October 2010 in New Taipei City is reported, representing the second record of the species in Taiwan. Distributional maps of all species and phenological graphs, based on 25 years of citizen science data of 6 selected species (S. cordulegaster, S. depressiusculum, S. eroticum ardens, S. fonscolombii, S. nantouensis and S. speciosum) are also provided.

46-47

Authors: FANG-SHUO HU

The pupae of Amphiops were often observed attached horizontally to twigs or floating objects. In the present paper, the author reports a case of pupa adheraena in A. mater Sharp, 1873, which was hanging under a plastic cover under artificial conditions. Furthermore, the potential morphological adaptations for the floating behavior in Amphiops pupae are discussed.

14-26

Authors: ACE KEVIN S. AMARGA, MICHAEL W. HASTRITER

Ischnopsyllidae is a highly specialized family consisting of species exclusively ectoparasitic on bats. The Philippine bat flea fauna currently comprises two subfamilies, three genera and four species. Our study presents the new distribution records from Bohol Island and Balabac Island, as well as the first overview of the natural history and distribution of known ischnopsyllid fleas in the Philippines.

1-6

Authors: SHIPHER WU, CHENG-HAN MA, CHIEN-MING FU, HUAN-CHIH HSU

The Erebus Latreille, 1810 populations of Lanyu and Green Island are confirmed to represent a new recorded species, Erebus crepuscularis (Linnaeus, 1758) in the present study. Specimens of both sexes and their genitalia are illustrated and compared with that of the widely distributed Oriental species Erebus ephesperis (Hübner, 1827).

12-13

Authors: HSING-CHE LIU, CHEN-HAN MA

Distributional records of Limnometra femorata Mayr, 1865 in Taiwan were previously confined to Lanyu Island and Green Island. This study reports the first record of the species from Taiwan Island.