/library/oar/handle/123456789/1501 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:42:47 GMT 2025-11-05T14:42:47Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/1617 Title: First European interception of the brown fir longhorn beetle, Callidiellum villosulum (Fairmaire, 1900) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) Authors: Cocquempot, Christian; Mifsud, David Abstract: A specimen of the brown fir longhorn beetle, Callidiellum villosulum villosulum found in Malta represents the first record of this invasive species for Europe. Historical details on world invasion of this species are provided as well as a short description, origin and biology. A brief pest risk analysis of this species is also presented. Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/1617 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/1616 Title: Diplazon laetatorius (Fabricius, 1781) - new record of an Ichneumonidae from Malta (Hymenoptera) Authors: Cassar, Thomas Abstract: Mifsud (2012) provided a check-list of 29 recorded species of Ichneumonidae from the Maltese Islands. A recently collected ichneumonid wasp proved to be a new record for Malta Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/1616 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/1615 Title: Cinara tujafilina (del Guercio, 1909) - a new aphid record for Malta (Aphididae, Lachninae) Authors: Mifsud, David; Perez Hidalgo, Nicolas Abstract: The aphidofauna of the Maltese archipelago is currently composed of some one hundred recorded species (Mifsud & Pérez Hidalgo, 2011; Mifsud et al. 2011) of which only six species are associated with conifers. Of these, three species belong to the genus Cinara: C. maghrebica, C. palaestinensis (both recorded on Pinus halepensis) and C. cupressi (recorded on Cupressus sempervirens). Identification of a recently captured single alate viviparous female of Cinara, based on Binazzi & Scheurer (2009) and Nieto Nafría et al., (2003), proved to be Cinara (Cupressobium) tujafilina (del Guercio, 1909), a species not previously recorded from Malta. Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/1615 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/1614 Title: Further contributions to the tritrophic plant-aphid-parasitoid associations in Malta with special reference to Aphis nerii (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea) as a prevalent refugium of Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) Authors: Mifsud, David; Zammit, Mark; Stary, Petr Abstract: Four species of aphid parasitoids, namely Aphidius colemani, Binodoxys angelicae, Lysiphlebus fabarum and Lysiphlebus testaceipes were reared from Aphis nerii on Nerium oleander and/or Stephanotis floribunda in Malta. Aphidius colemani was the most abundant, occurring in different habitat types. Binodoxys angelicae represents a confirmation of a doubtful past record, while Lysiphlebus testaceipes is a new record for Malta. Aphis nerii is evaluated as a refugium of several aphid parasitoids in Malta. Praon yomenae, another new record for Malta is also included in the present work. Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT /library/oar/handle/123456789/1614 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z