Search for the blind vampire: First record of Eoctenes Kirkaldy in Southern Luzon, (Hemiptera: Polyctenidae), with key to the Cimicoidea, ectoparasitic on bats in the Philippines

Polyctenidae Westwood, also known as bat bugs, is a haematophagous group of hemipterans exclusively ectoparasitic on bats and is closely related to Cimicidae Latreille. These bugs are dorsoventrally flattened with conspicuous ctenidia, apterous, anophthalmus, possess well-developed legs, and reproduce via pseudoplacental viviparity. They are rare compared to other insect taxa ectoparasitic on bats as evinced by a relatively small number of museum collections and described taxa. Worldwide, it is represented by 2 subfamilies, 5 genera, and 32 species. In the Philippines, it is only represented by two species from the genus Eoctenes Kirkaldy: E. spasmae (Waterhouse) and E. intermedius (Speiser). The first Philippine record for the genus was reported in 1961 from Northern Luzon. This paper presents the first record of Eoctenes in Southern Luzon, with key to the Cimicoidea ectoparasitic on bats in the Philippines

Checklist of ectoparasitic arthropods among cave-dwelling bats from Marinduque Island, Philippines

This paper constitutes the first ectoparasite faunal survey of bats for Marinduque Island, Philippines. From 1–12 June 2010, 150 bats belonging to 11 species were captured in 11 caves on the island. Each bat was sampled for ectoparasitic arthropods, and a total of 587 individuals representing 21 species, belonging to five families (Acari: Argasidae and Spinturnicidae; Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae; and Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) were collected. New host records (new host record) in the Philippines for Brachytarsina cucullata Jobling 1934, B. proxima Jobling 1951, B. werneri Jobling 1951, Raymondia pseudopagodarum Jobling 1951, Eucampsipoda philippinensis Ferris 1924, Nycteribia allotopa Speiser 1901, Nycteribia allotopoides Theodor 1963, Nycteribia parvuloides Theodor 1963, Ancystropus taprobanius (Turk 1950), and Carios batuensis Hirst 1929 were documented. A checklist of the ectoparasitic species known from the Philippines, their distribution, and bat host species is provided

The calling songs of some katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea) from the tropical forests of Southeast Asia

Katydids produce sound by stridulation of the tegmina for signalling and communication. Most katydids are known to sing at ultrasonic frequencies, as compared to crickets. This has drawn interest to investigate the biophysics of ultrasonic sound production and detection, evolution and ecology (including predator–prey interactions) of these katydids. However, most of these studies are based on species from the neotropics, whereas nearly nothing is known about the relatives from another hyper-diverse region, i.e., Southeast Asia. To address this, a concerted effort to document, record and describe the calling songs of Southeast Asian katydids, especially species which calls at ultrasonic frequencies, were conducted. A study spanning over two years (2018 to 2020) in Malay Peninsula (Singapore and Malaysia), Borneo (Brunei Darussalam and Sabah) and the Philippines revealed previously unknown calls of 24 katydid species from four subfamilies. The calling songs of Southeast Asian katydid species are highly diversified in both the time and frequency domains. Call structure can range from isolated syllables (e.g., Holochlora), continuous trills (e.g., Axylus philippinus) to short pulse-trains (e.g., Euanisous teuthroides) and complex echemes (e.g., Conocephalus spp.). 87.5 % of species have ultrasonic peak frequencies and 12.5 % can be considered extreme ultrasonic callers (peak frequency >40 kHz). The call spectrum ranges from tonal (e.g., spectral entropy = 6.8 in Casigneta sp. 2) to resonant (entropy = 8.8 in Conocephalus cognatus). Of the 24 species whose calls are described here, we also imaged and described the sound-producing structures of 18 species. This study provides a preliminary overview of the acoustic diversity of katydids in Southeast Asia and the authors hope to inspire further investigation into the bioacoustics of little-known katydids from Southeast Asia. Amassing a database of calling songs and sound-producing organs from different species can be important to address the taxonomy impediment while advancing our knowledge about the bioacoustics of Southeast Asian katydids

The Eneopterinae crickets from Leyte Island (Philippines) with description of two new species [Insecta: Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Gryllidae]

Robillard, Tony, Yap, Sheryl (2015): The Eneopterinae crickets from Leyte Island (Philippines) with description of two new species [Insecta: Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Gryllidae]. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63: 69-90, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.538381

Systematics of cryptic species of Lebinthus crickets in Mount Makiling (Grylloidea, Eneopterinae)

Robillard, Tony, Yap, Sheryl, Yngente, Mark V. (2013): Systematics of cryptic species of Lebinthus crickets in Mount Makiling (Grylloidea, Eneopterinae). Zootaxa 3693 (1): 49-63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3693.1.

Lebinthus Stal 1877

Genus <i>Lebinthus</i> Stål, 1877 <p> <b>Type species.</b> <i>Lebinthus bitaeniatus</i> Stål, 1877.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> (emended from Robillard & Yap, 2015): Among Lebinthini genera, <i>Lebinthus</i> is closely related to <i>Agnotecous</i> Saussure, 1878, to which it resembles by microptery and FW venation. It is characterized by its rather smaller size and male FW venation with mirror almost not differentiated from apical field, dorsal field as long or longer than lateral field (it is shorter in <i>Agnotecous</i>), median fold short, triangular and located on dorsum.</p>Published as part of <i>Baroga, Jessica B., Yap, Sheryl A. & Robillard, Tony, 2016, Two new species of Eneopterinae crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) from Luzon, Philippines, pp. 93-105 in Zootaxa 4139 (1)</i> on page 95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.1.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/266396">http://zenodo.org/record/266396</a&gt

Eneopterinae

Key to the species of Eneopterinae found in the Philippines <p> 1 Male and female apterous.................................................................... <i>Paranisitra</i> (3)</p> <p>- Male and female winged...............................................................................(2)</p> <p> 2 Micropterous in both sexes (FWs truncated, HWs absent)............................................ <i>Lebinthus</i> (6)</p> <p> - Macropterous in both sexes (FWs long, HWs longer).......................................... <i>Cardiodactylus</i> (11)</p> <p>3 Presence of transverse yellow band on face................................................................(4)</p> <p> - Transverse yellow band not present, face entirely dark brown............................ <i>Paranisitra septentria</i> <b>n. sp.</b></p> <p> 4 Body distinctly spotted; male genitalia with lateral endophallic sclerites rather wide and almost not hooked at apex.............................................................................. <i>Paranisitra maculata</i> Gorochov, 2009</p> <p>- Body not spotted. Coloration light to dark brown............................................................(5)</p> <p> 5 Coloration yellow brown with black and yellow patterns; male genitalia with long endophallic sclerite and wider endophallic apodemes................................................................ <i>Paranisitra longipes</i> Chopard, 1925</p> <p> - Coloration lighter; male genitalia with shorter endophallic sclerite and narrower endophallic apodemes.......................................................................................... <i>Paranisitra leytensis</i> Robillard, 2015</p> <p>6 Body with lateral yellow or whitish bands running dorsally from head to apex of abdomen; male FW without a false mirror in the harp............................................................................................(7)</p> <p>- Body mostly brown without lateral band on abdomen; male FW with a more or less rounded false mirror in the posterior corner of the harp..........................................................................................(8)</p> <p> 7 General shape more slender, lighter coloration with a yellow longitudinal band along the body thinner and underlined ventrally by a narrow black line...................................................... <i>Lebinthus bitaeniatus</i> Bolívar, 1889</p> <p>- General shape more stocky, with wider yellowish or whitish longitudinal band along the body, without a black line ventrally.</p> <p>...................................................................... <i>Lebinthus luae</i> Robillard & Tan, 2013 8 Face mostly dark brown or black........................................................................(9)</p> <p>- Face mostly whitish..................................................................................(10)</p> <p> 9 Face with a black mask, apex of fastigium with a contrasted orange or yellow band, male genitalia with short and wide triangular lophi, pseudepiphallic parameres F-shaped..................................... <i>Lebinthus sanchezi</i> Bolívar, 1889</p> <p> - Color on the upper part of the face dark brown, mottled with dark patches;lophi of male genitalia short and semi-triangular in shape........................................................................... <i>Lebinthus polillensis</i> <b>n.sp.</b></p> <p> 10. Face mostly whitish, apex of fastigium without contrasted orange and, male genitalia with longer parallel lophi, pseudepiphallic parameres C-shaped........................................................ <i>Lebinthus puyos</i> Robillard, 2013</p> <p> - Vertical whitish bands below eyes, clypeus black with yellow edge; male genitalia with short rounded lophi....................................................................................... <i>Lebinthus estrellae</i> Robillard, 2015</p> <p> 11. Face yellow brown, without dark spots. Male genitalia with dorsal ridges bean-shaped, slightly diverging posteriorly................................................................................. <i>Cardiodactylus kondoi</i> Otte, 2007</p> <p>- Face yellow with 4 dark brown spots, male genitalia with dorsal ridges different..................................(12)</p> <p>12. Species of average to large size.........................................................................(13)</p> <p>- Species of smaller size...............................................................................(14)</p> <p> 13. Sc vein yellow, male genitalia with one level in profile view, dorsal ridges diverging, triangular.............................................................................................. <i>Cardiodactylus empagatao</i> Otte, 2007</p> <p> - Sc vein dark brown; male genitalia bisinuated in profile view, apex of most dorsal part of dorsal ridges carinated and beanshaped...................................................................... <i>Cardiodactylus riga</i> Otte, 2007</p> <p> 14. General coloration orange brown; anterior edge of pseudepiphallic sclerite with hook-like convergent expansions, dorsal ridges more angular in lateral view......................................... <i>Cardiodactylus rizali</i> Robillard, 2014</p> <p> - General coloration light brown; anterior edge of pseudepiphallic sclerite without hook-like expansions, dorsal ridges rounded in lateral view....................................................... <i>Cardiodactylus palawan</i> Gorochov, 2014</p>Published as part of <i>Baroga, Jessica B., Yap, Sheryl A. & Robillard, Tony, 2016, Two new species of Eneopterinae crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) from Luzon, Philippines, pp. 93-105 in Zootaxa 4139 (1)</i> on pages 94-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.1.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/266396">http://zenodo.org/record/266396</a&gt

First record and redescription of Helionothrips annosus Wang, 1993 (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) in South Asian region: a pest of True Cinnamon Tree, Cinnamomum verum J.Presl. in Sri Lanka

A thrips species, Helionothrips annosus Wang, 1993, is reported for the first time from the South Asian region as a leaf damaging pest on True Cinnamon Tree in Sri Lanka and taxonomically redescribed. The species is very distinct in hav-ing a complete comb of microtrichia on abdominal tergite VIII. Female is dark brown and 1.5–1.6mm in length with a prominent transverse occipital ridge and metascutum triangle with posterior margin extending over the metascutellum. Its local distribution, alternative host plants, and damage to cultivated True Cinnamon leaves are also recorded in this study