Notes on the Subgenus Coquillettidia Dyar (Diptera, Culicidae)

Notes are recorded on some of the habits of members of the subgenus Coquillettidia of the genus Taeniorhynchus, with an account of catching and rearing methods employed. Fourth-stage larvae of eight different species have been caught and successfully reared to the adult stage, four of these for the first time. One new species is included in the list.Keys are given for larvae and pupae, together with full descriptions of the larvae and pupae of the eight species dealt with.Errors in the previous descriptions of T. aurites and microannulatus are pointed out.

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Diatoms of the genus Navicula of Lake Teletskoye (Altai) and some rivers of its basin

Novosti sistematiki nizshikh rastenii ◽

10.31111/nsnr/2019.53.2.255 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 53 (2) ◽

pp. 255-278

Author(s):

D. A. Chudaev

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Diatom Species ◽

Lake Teletskoye ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species

As a result of study of 18 samples, collected in Lake Teletskoye and inflowing rivers in 1992–1995, 34 diatom species of the genus Navicula Bory were found. Among them 21 taxa are new for the studied region, 7 species (Navicula arkona, N. hangaica, N. cf. pseudoreinhardtii, N. ricardae, N. scaniae, N. schweigeri, N. suecicarum) are recorded for the first time in Russia. One new species (N. pseudoharmoniae sp. nov.) is described. It is compared with N. harmoniae and N. digitoconvergens.

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The cricket genus Abaxitrella (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Podoscirtinae) in China, with description of one new species

Zoosystematica Rossica ◽

10.31610/zsr/2015.24.1.85 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 85-89

Author(s):

Libin Ma ◽

A.V. Gorochov

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Chinese Province ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species

The genus Abaxitrella Gorochov, 2002 is recorded from China for the first time. Abaxitrella uncinata sp. nov. is discovered in the Chinese province Fujian; its description and illustrations as well as a key to Abaxitrella species are given.

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Taxonomic revision of Cylindera Westwood, 1831 subgenus Parmecus Motschulsky, 1864 stat. rest., stat. nov. (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) with the description of one new species from Yunnan Province, China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4706.1.2 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4706 (1) ◽

pp. 48-70

Author(s):

ANDREY V. MATALIN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Type Species ◽

Yunnan Province ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Jammu And Kashmir ◽

Tiger Beetle ◽

Indian State ◽

Chinese Province ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species

Within the Asiatic tiger beetle fauna, Parmecus Motschulsky, 1864 stat. rest., stat. nov., is reestablished as a subgenus of Cylindera Westwood, 1831 with Cylindera (Parmecus) dromicoides (Chaudoir, 1852), as its type species, and the lectotype and paralectotypes of Cicindela dromicoides Chaudoir, 1852 are designated as well. Two other species are included, Cylindera (Parmecus) armandi (Fairmaire, 1886), from the Himalayan Region, and Cylindera (Parmecus) mosuoa, sp. nov., from Yunnan, China. Cylindera (Parmecus) as a subgenus is characterized, a key to identify its species is provided, and its species composition is discussed. Cylindera (Parmecus) dromicoides (Chaudoir, 1852) is newly recorded from Pakistan and the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, while Cylindera (Parmecus) armandi (Fairmaire, 1886) is recorded for the first time from the Chinese province of Sichuan. The records of C. armandi from Bhutan, as well as C. dromicoides from Yunnan Province (China) are rejected due to erroneous identifications.

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Taxonomic review of the Sinopoda okinawana-group (Araneae: Sparassidae) in China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4388.3.2 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4388 (3) ◽

pp. 328 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

YANG ZHONG ◽

PETER JÄGER ◽

JIAN CHEN ◽

JIE LIU

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Current Paper ◽

Western China ◽

Taxonomic Review ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species

Five Sinopoda species in the okinawana-group including one new species from central and south-western China are treated in the current paper: S. cochlearia Zhang, Zhang & Zhang, 2015, S. fasciculata Jäger, Gao & Fei, 2002, S. guangyuanensis sp. nov., S. hamata (Fox, 1937) and S. wangi Song & Zhu, 1999. The female of S. fasciculata is described for the first time. New province records are provided as well as photos of copulatory organs and habitus.

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REVISION OF THE GENUS SYNOPHROMORPHA ASHMEAD (HYMENOPTERA: CYNIPIDAE)

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent119215-3 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 119 (3) ◽

pp. 215-230 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Alasdair J. Ritchie ◽

Joseph D. Shorthouse

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Type Species ◽

Type Locality ◽

Key To Species ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species

AbstractThe species of Synophromorpha Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) are reviewed. One new species is described (Synophromorpha kaulbarsi; type locality: Naupan, Puebla, Mexico). The previously described species (S. rubi Weld, S. sylvestris (O.S.), and S. terricola Weld) are redescribed, and a key to species is presented. All species are illustrated for the first time. Synophromorpha sylvestris is designated type-species for the genus and a lectotype is chosen. Hypotheses on the phylogenetic relationships between the species of Synophromorpha are presented.

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Review of the Priocnemis hyalinata species-group (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with description of a new species from China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4254.5.4 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4254 (5) ◽

pp. 551

Author(s):

VALERY M. LOKTIONOV ◽

ARKADY S. LELEJ ◽

ZAI-FU XU

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Group ◽

Oriental Region ◽

Males And Females ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species ◽

A New Species

Eight species in the Priocnemis hyalinata species-group are reviewed. The species-group is recorded from Oriental Region for the first time, and one new species, Priocnemis (Priocnemis) yunnanensis Loktionov, Lelej & Xu, sp. nov. (China: Yunnan) is described and illustrated. The lectotype of Salius (Priocnemis) unicolor Gussakovskij is designated. The distribution of P. (P.) hyalinata (Fabricius), P. (P.) fennica Haupt and P. (P.) unicolor (Gussakovskij) is clarified and enlarged within Russia. Keys to species for males and females are given.

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Two New Families and a New Species of Myxosporeans (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Fishes

Vestnik Zoologii ◽

10.2478/v10058-011-0036-z ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 45 (6) ◽

pp. e-48-e-52

Author(s):

V. Yurakhno

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Black Sea ◽

The Black Sea ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species ◽

A New Species

Two New Families and a New Species of Myxosporeans (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) of the Mediterranean and Black Sea FishesDescriptions of two new families — Polysporoplasmidae fam. n. (Syn. Sphaerosporidae Davis, 1917 in Sitja-Bobadilla, Alvarez-Pellitero, 1995) and Gadimyxidae fam. n. (syn. Parvicapsulidae Schulman, 1953 in Kie et al., 2007), and one new species of myxosporeans —Gadimyxa ovalesp. n. — parasites of fishes of the Mediterranean and the Black Seas are presented. Species of the genus Gadimyxa is found for the first time in the Black Sea.

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Hexatoma (Eriocera) Macquart (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Xizang, China

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.1071.66750 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1071 ◽

pp. 155-173

Author(s):

Bing Zhang ◽

Qicheng Yang ◽

Yan Li ◽

Ding Yang

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species

One new species of the subgenus Eriocera Macquart,1838, Hexatoma (Eriocera) xizangensissp. nov. is described and illustrated from Xizang, China. The following four species are re-described and reported from Xizang for the first time: H. (E.) latigrisea Alexander, 1971, H. (E.) nepalensis (Westwood, 1836), H. (E.) paragnava Alexander, 1973 and H. (E.) perhirsuta Alexander, 1973. A key to the species of Eriocera from Xizang is presented.

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Review of the leafhopper genus Hatigoria Distant with one new species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Hylicinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5005.3.10 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5005 (3) ◽

pp. 358-366

Author(s):

JIU TANG ◽

YALIN ZHANG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Morphological Study ◽

First Record ◽

External Morphology ◽

Adult Males ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species

The taxonomy of the hylicine genus Hatigoria Distant is reviewed based on morphological study of the types and other specimens. The male external morphology and genitalia of two known species, H. praeiens Distant, 1908 and H. sauteri Jacobi, 1914, are described and photographed for the first time. A description and figures of the female ovipositor of H. praeiens Distant, 1908 are provided. One new species, H. longistylia n. sp., from Laos and China is reported with descriptions and figures. This also represents the first record of the genus Hatigoria from Laos. A key to adult males of all species is provided.

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An overview of the Chloropidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4791.1.1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4791 (1) ◽

pp. 1-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

HASSAN A. DAWAH ◽

MOHAMMED A. ABDULLAH ◽

JOHN C. DEEMING

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

New Species ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

New Records ◽

Economic Importance ◽

Reference Points ◽

Brazilian Purpuric Fever ◽

Rearing Methods ◽

First Time ◽

Malaise Traps

Chloropidae are of major economic importance, since the larvae of some species are pests of cereals and grasses, some are parasitoids and predators, and adults of some Hippelates spp. visit and transmit or are suspected of transmitting yaws sores in man and animals and by feeding around the eyes are vectors of Brazilian Purpuric Fever. Within the framework of the exploration of the biodiversity of Diptera in Southwest Saudi Arabia a survey of the grass flies fauna in 18 sites in Jazan, Asir, and Najran in south-western Saudi Arabia was performed mainly using Malaise traps and sweep nets from 2010– to 2016. Sixty six species of 43 genera and three subfamilies of Chloropidae were identified and are recorded from Saudi Arabia, 20 of them for the first time and three are described as new species: Elachiptera arabica Deeming sp. n.; Kwarea ismayi Deeming sp.n. and Tricimba turneri Deeming sp.n.. This makes the total number of Chloropidae species in Saudi Arabia 95 (including 29 species previously recorded). Seventy images are presented. The species of Chloropidae listed are predominantly of Afrotropical/ Palaearctic origin. An updated checklist of Chloropidae species of Saudi Arabia is presented.This study adds new records of Chloropidae to the Saudi Arabian Diptera fauna, which will become reference points for research detailing the systematic geographic distribution and for identifying other specimens submitted for identification. Further species will undoubtedly be discovered with more research involving collecting and rearing methods.

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