Insect Biodiversity in the Afrotropical Region

2017 ◽  
pp. 93-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarke H. Scholtz ◽  
Mervyn W. Mansell
Keyword(s):  
Insect Biodiversity ◽  
Afrotropical Region

Insect Biodiversity in the Afrotropical Region

2009 ◽  
pp. 69-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarke H. Scholtz ◽  
Mervyn W. Mansell
Keyword(s):  
Insect Biodiversity ◽  
Afrotropical Region

New records of Afrotropical Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-276
Author(s):  
A.I. Khalaim
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
New Records ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
First Time

A new data on distribution of 19 species of Tersilochinae (Ichneumonidae) belonging to the genera Allophrys Förster (four species), Aneuclis Förster (five spp.), Diaparsis Förster (eight spp.) and Tersilochus Holmgren (two spp.) in the Afrotropical Region are provided. Tersilochus abyssinicus Khalaim, 2006, syn. nov. is synonymised with T. moestus Holmgren, 1868. The subfamily Tersilochinae is recorded from Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zambia and Yemen for the first time.

To the study of Afrotropical species of the genus Aneuclis Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae)

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-123
Author(s):  
A.I. Khalaim
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Afrotropical Region

Aneuclis rhodesiana sp. nov. is described from Zimbabwe, Cameroon and South Africa from the material of the Natural History Museum, London. New faunistic records of six species of the genus Aneuclis are given for Afrotropical region.

Discovery of Systenus in the Afrotropical Region with a description of a new species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-290
Author(s):  
I.Ya. Grichanov ◽  
M.B. Mostovski
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The genus Systenus Loew, 1857 is recorded from Afrotropical Region for the first time. A description of a new species, Systenus africanus Grichanov sp. nov., and notes on females of another probably new Afrotropical species are provided. The genus is considered now as cosmopolitan. A key to species and species groups of the Systenus worldwide is compiled.

Monte Desert (Argentina): insect biodiversity and natural areas

2001 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Roig-Juñent ◽  
Gustavo Flores ◽  
Silvia Claver ◽  
Guillermo Debandi ◽  
Adriana Marvaldi
Keyword(s):  
Natural Areas ◽  
Monte Desert ◽  
Insect Biodiversity

scholarly journals Revisiting global trends in freshwater insect biodiversity: A reply

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roel Klink ◽  
Diana E. Bowler ◽  
Konstantin B. Gongalsky ◽  
Jonathan M. Chase
Keyword(s):  
Global Trends ◽  
Insect Biodiversity

Alpha-taxonomy and phylogeny of African Junoniini butterflies based on morphological data, with an emphasis on genitalia, and COI barcode (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4991 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-433
Author(s):  
TOMASZ W. PYRCZ ◽  
KLAUDIA FLORCZYK ◽  
STEVE COLLINS ◽  
SZABOLCS SÁFIÁN ◽  
OSCAR MAHECHA-J. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
East African ◽  
East African Coast ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Close Relationship

The tribe Junoniini is a predominantly Paleotropical group of the cosmopolitan butterfly subfamily Nymphalinae (Nymphalidae), with highest diversity in the Afrotropical region. Its systematics and relationships are not entirely resolved. Question marks remain concerning the validity of some genera; and the apparently close relationship between the Indo-Australian genus Yoma and the Afrotropical Protogoniomorpha, as evidenced by molecular phylogenies, remains a puzzle. Here, we present a cladistic analysis, based on 42 characters of the male and female genitalia of 41 species of Junoniini belonging to six genera, nearly all of them continental Afrotropical, and 3 species of two Indo-Australian genera Yoma and Rhinopalpa. A ML COI-based tree is produced for 36 species of Afrotropical Junoniini and Yoma. The molecular data are consistent with previous studies. However, morphological analysis does not confirm a close relationship between Protogoniomorpha and Yoma. Despite the evolution of a number of modifications, the male genitalia within all genera and species of the Junoniini share a cohesive build plan, in particular a transformed sacculus, from which Yoma is highly divergent. The position of the genus Kamilla, previously synonymized with Junonia, is discussed. Three East African coast taxa, Junonia elgiva stat. reinst., Protogoniomorpha nebulosa stat. reinst. and Salamis amaniensis stat. reinst., and one from central Africa, Precis silvicola stat. reinst. are raised to species level, based on comparative analysis of their male genitalia.  

scholarly journals A REVISION OF THE PACHNEPHORUS FROM THE AFROTROPICAL REGION (COLEOPTERA, CHRYSOMELIDAE)

2007 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Stefano Zoia
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Guinea Bissau ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Nomenclatural Change ◽  
New Synonymy

A revision of the genus <em>Pachnephorus</em> Chevrolat, 1837 from the Afrotropical Region is given and a key to the species is provided. Types of all the previously known taxa have been studied and redescribed; 40 new taxa are described and illustrated: <em>P. achardi</em> n. sp. (Mali), <em>P. aequatorianus</em> n. sp. (Rep. Pop. Congo), <em>P. aethiopicus</em> n. sp. (Etiopia), <em>P. baehri</em> n. sp. (Namibia), <em>P. balyi</em> n. sp. (Angola), <em>P. beharui</em> n. sp. (Etiopia), <em>P. bertiae</em> n. sp. (Madagascar), <em>P. bezdeki</em> n. sp. (Rep. Pop. Congo), <em>P. bracarumvestitus</em> n. sp. (Rep. Pop. Congo), <em>P. bryanti</em> n. sp. (Mali), <em>P. burgeoni</em> n. sp. (Natal), <em>P.</em> <em>camerun­ensis</em> n. sp. (Camerun), <em>P. cristiani</em> n. sp. (Namibia), <em>P</em>. <em>crocodilinus</em> n. sp. (Zambia), <em>P. daccordii</em> n. sp. (Yemen), <em>P.</em> <em>danielssoni</em> n. sp. (Sierra Leone), <em>P. danielssoni congoanus</em> n. ssp. (Rep. Pop. Congo), <em>P. demeyeri</em> n. sp. (Rep. Pop. Congo), <em>P. episternalis</em> n. sp. (Madagascar), <em>P. fabianae</em> n. sp. (Congo), <em>P. fasciatus occidentalis</em> n. ssp. (Nigeria), <em>P. gardinii</em> n. sp. (Etiopia),<em> P. gerstaeckeri</em> n. sp. (Namibia), <em>P. grobbelaarae</em> n. sp. (South Africa), <em>P. hajeki</em> n. sp. (Madagascar), <em>P. lopatini</em> n. sp. (Senegal), <em>P. malicus</em> n. sp. (Mali), <em>P. maroantsetranus</em> n. sp. (Madagascar), <em>P. medvedevi</em> n. sp. (Zambia), <em>P. mo­seykoi</em> n. sp. (Chad), <em>P. pacificus</em> n. sp. (Central Afr. Rep.), <em>P.</em> <em>parentorum</em> n. sp. (Ghana), <em>P. poggii</em> n. sp. (Somalia), <em>P</em>. <em>regalini</em> n. sp. (Zambia), <em>P. rigatoi</em> n. sp. (Kenya), <em>P. sas­sii</em> n. sp. (Guinea Bissau), <em>P. shuteae</em> n. sp. (Rep. South Africa),<em> P</em>. <em>sprecherae</em> n. sp. (Madagascar), <em>P. uhligi</em> n. sp. (Namibia), <em>P</em>. <em>willersi</em> n. sp. (Namibia). The lectoypes of <em>P. conspersus</em> Gerstaecker, 1871, <em>P. senegalensis</em> Achard, 1914, <em>P. latior</em> Pic, 1921 and <em>P. testaceipes</em> Fairmaire, 1880 are designated. A new synonymy (<em>P. costatus</em> Achard, 1914 <strong>n. syn</strong>. of <em>P. torridus</em> Baly, 1878) and a nomenclatural change (<em>Mecistes lineatus</em> (Pic, 1921) <strong>n. comb</strong>. for <em>Pachnephorus lineatus</em> Pic, 1921) are proposed; the Lectotypes of <em>M. lineatus</em> and of <em>M. flavipes</em> (Gerstaecker, 1855) are designated.

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