Jumping plantlice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) attacking avocado pear trees, Persea americana, in the New World, with a review of Lauraceae-feeding among psylloids

1997 ◽  
Vol 87 (5) ◽  
pp. 471-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Hollis ◽  
J.H. Martin

AbstractFour species of the psylloid genus Trioza damage Persea americana in Central and South America; two of these species, T. aguacate and T. godoyae are described as new; an identification key is provided for the six Trioza species known to develop on Persea species in the New World. A review is given of the psylloid species associated with the plant family Lauraceae.

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4442 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-121
Author(s):  
EDGARD PALACIO ◽  
SANTIAGO BORDERA ◽  
ILARI E. SÄÄKSJÄRVI ◽  
FRANCISCO DÍAZ

The New World Clistopyga isayae species group is revised. Seven species are described as new: C. crassicaudata sp. nov., C. isayae sp. nov., C. kalima sp. nov., C. nigriventris sp. nov., C. panchei sp. nov., C. splendida sp. nov. and C. taironae sp. nov. An illustrated identification key to all species of the group is provided. The Clistopyga isayae species group is composed entirely of previously undescribed species mainly from Andean forests of tropical South America. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4671 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-250
Author(s):  
YURI CAMPANHOLO GRANDINETE ◽  
GUSTAVO BELLINI CORTES ◽  
JAMES MICHAEL CARPENTER

The genus Gastrodynerus is here revised based on external morphology and male genitalia. Bohart (1984) proposed Gastrodynerus as a new genus with three species: G. vanduzeei (Bohart 1948), G. searsi Bohart, 1984, and G. stangei Bohart, 1984. Later, Rodriguez-Palafox (1996) added G. tacubayae (de Saussure, 1857). Herein, we describe four new species from Central America and South America: G. guatemalensis sp. nov.; G. barretti sp. nov.; G. aimara sp. nov. and G. yungaensis sp. nov. After this taxonomic revision, the Gastrodynerus includes eight species widely distributed in the New World. An identification key is provided for all of the species. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. MARTIN ◽  
A. M.F. AGUIAR ◽  
P. BAUFELD

Crenidorsum aroidephagus Martin & Aguiar sp. nov., a New World native, is here described, colonising several members of the plant family Araceae in Central and South America, southern USA, the Pacific Region and Madeira. It is becoming a minor problem for growers of ornamental-foliage plants. It has recently been discovered in the glasshouse of a botanic garden in Germany. Two Asian species, Aleurotrachelus micheliae (Takahashi) and A. turpiniae (Takahashi) are here transferred to Crenidorsum (both comb. nov.).


2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-286
Author(s):  
D.R. Kasparyan ◽  
M. López-Ortega

A new species of the tribe Hemigasterini, Platymystax xalapa sp. nov., is described from the Mexican State of Veracruz. It is the first species of the genus described from the New World. A preliminary identification key to all known seven species of Platymystax of the world fauna is provided.


2004 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmood Iranpour ◽  
Terry D. Galloway

AbstractThree new species of Tabanidae egg parasitoids are described: Telenomus hybomitraesp. nov. and Telenomus utilissp. nov., both reared from eggs of Hybomitra nitidifrons nuda (McDunnough) and Hybomitra lasiophthalma Macquart, and Telenomus chrysopsissp. nov., reared from eggs of Chrysops aestuans Wulp, Chrysops excitans Walker, and Chrysops mitis Osten Sacken. Specimens of these species were compared with type specimens of known New World species of scelionid parasitoids attacking tabanid eggs. Diagnostic characters and identification key to the Nearctic species are provided.


Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3626 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROWLAND M. SHELLEY ◽  
DANIELA MARTINEZ-TORRES

In the New World, the milliped family Platyrhacidae (Polydesmida) is known or projected for Central Americasouth of southeastern Nicaraguaand the northern ¼ of South America, with disjunct, insular populations on Hispaniola(Haiti), Guadeloupe(Basse-Terre), and St. Lucia. Male near-topotypes enable redescription of Proaspis aitia Loomis, 1941, possibly endemic to the western end of the southern Haitian peninsula. The tibiotarsus of its biramous gonopodal telopodite bends strongly laterad, and the medially directed solenomere arises at midlength proximal to the bend. With a uniramous telopodite, P. sahlii Jeekel, 1980, on Guadeloupe, is not congeneric, and Hoffmanorhacus, n. gen., is erected to accommodate it. Nannorrhacus luciae (Pocock, 1894), onSt. Lucia, is redescribed; also with a biramous telopodite, its tibiotarsus arises distad and diverges from the coaxial solenomere. The Antillean species do not comprise a clade and are only distantly related; rather than introductions, they plausibly reflect ancestral occurrences on the “proto-Antillean” terrain before it rifted from “proto-SouthAmerica” in the Cretaceous/Paleocene, with fragmentation isolating modern forms on their present islands. Existing platyrhacid tribes are formally elevated to subfamilies as this category was omitted from recent taxonomies. Without unequivocal evidence to the contrary, geographically anomalous species should initially be regarded as indigenous rather than anthropochoric.


Author(s):  

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Naupactus xanthographus (Germar), Coleoptera: Curculionidae. Hosts: polyphagous, especially grape (Vitis vinifera), but also avocado (Persea americana), kiwi (Actinidia sp.) and fruit species of Malus, Pyrus, Prunus and Citrus. Information is given on the geographical distribution in South America (Argentina, Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Chile, Easter Island, Paraguay and Uruguay).


Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 239 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Stauffer Viveros ◽  
Alexandre Salino

Two new species of Ctenitis (Dryopteridaceae) from South America are described and illustrated: Ctenitis christensenii is endemic to southeastern Brazil and C. glandulosa occurs from southeastern to northeastern Brazil and in Guyana. An identification key and notes about the distribution, habitat and taxonomy of the new species, C. falciculata and allies are provided. Moreover, seven lectotypifications and two new synonyms are proposed.


2006 ◽  
Vol 138 (4) ◽  
pp. 504-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Henry

AbstractFive new species of the Neotropical geocorid genus Epipolops are recognized, raising to 14 the number of known species. The new species E. angelaesp. nov., E. kathrynaesp. nov., E. scudderisp. nov., E. slaterisp. nov., and E. thomasisp. nov. are described, the identity of E. mucronatus Distant is clarified, and the nine previously known species are diagnosed and redescribed. Photographs, scanning electron photomicrographs, outline illustrations of all pronota and hemelytra, and an identification key are provided to help distinguish species.


Hoehnea ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Felipe de Almeida

ABSTRACT The taxonomic revision of Amorimia (Malpighiaceae) is presented, including typifications, and descriptions for all accepted species. The genus is endemic to Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests and Rainforests of South America, and its species can be distinguished by morphological details of leaves, indumenta, inflorescences, flowers, and fruits. This study includes an identification key for the subgenera and species of Amorimia, illustrations, distribution maps, conservation risk assessments, and comments on ecology, nomenclature, and taxonomy for all species. Additionally, I provide a key to differentiate Amorimia from the remaining genera of the Malpighioid clade.


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