Cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the scutellaris group of Palpada Macquart (Diptera:Syrphidae)

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mírian Nunes Morales ◽  
Luciane Marinoni
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Large Genus ◽  
General Aspects

Palpada Macquart, 1834 is a large genus of tropical Eristaliini flies with distribution restricted to the New World (Diptera : Syrphidae : Eristalinae). Most species were initially placed within Eristalis Latreille, 1804. In 1972, most Neotropical species were transferred to Palpada when F.C. Thompson divided Eristalis sensu lato into three genera: Eristalis, Eoseristalis Kanervo, 1938 and Palpada. The latter genus was divided by Thompson (1981) into three groups of species: scutellaris, agrorum and vinetorum. In the present study, the species of the scutellaris group are revised and the phylogenetic relationships among its species are reconstructed based on adult morphology. The cladistic analysis of the 24 terminal species and 48 characters of external morphology and male and female genitalia, produced one cladogram under equal weights. The monophyly of the scutellaris group was corroborated. Twelve species are recognised within the group, of which one is described as new: Palpada cordiformis Morales, sp. nov., P. claudia (Curran), P. conica (Fabricius), P. doris (Curran), P. erratica (Curran), P. fuliginosa (Hull), P. megafemur Thompson, P. melanaspis (Wiedemann), P. precipua (Williston), P. rufoscutellata (Sack), P. scutellaris (Fabricius) and P. vera (Hull). Two new synonymies are proposed: P. dorothea (Hull, 1942) = P. melanaspis (Wiedemann, 1830); and P. glabella (Hull, 1942) = P. fuliginosa (Hull, 1935). The lectotype is designated for Eristalis melanaspis. An identification key, a catalogue, distribution maps, illustrations of general aspects, illustrations of male and female genitalia and scanning electron micrographs are provided.

Revision of the New World Hendelia (Diptera: Clusiidae: Clusiodinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2748 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
OWEN LONSDALE ◽  
STEPHEN A. MARSHALL
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
World Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Neotropical Species

The New World species of Hendelia Czerny, 1903 (Clusiidae, Clusiodinae) are recognized as a single lineage (the “H. mirabilis clade”) and revised with the description of seven new neotropical species: H. boliviensis spec. nov., H. campa spec. nov., H. heliconiae spec. nov., H. masneri spec. nov., H. nigripalpus spec. nov., H. putealis spec. nov. and H. salebrosa spec. nov. The fourteen neotropical species are discussed, an identification key is provided, and new morphological and distributional data are given for previously described taxa. The unusual, and sometimes very large genal processes characteristic of several species are figured and discussed. This clade can be separated from other species of neotropical Clusiidae by the presence of one pair of well-developed interfrontal bristles, entirely reclinate fronto-orbital bristles, and derived male and female genitalia.

Primitive Ghost Moths

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
ES Nielsen ◽  
NP Kristensen
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Flight Period ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Adult Moth ◽  
Successful Group ◽  
New Interpretation

Hepialidae (ghost moths or swifts) are, in terms of diversity and distribution, the most successful group of homoneurous primitive moths. The morphology of Fraus is described in some detail with emphasis on the adult moth, and a new interpretation of hepialid male genitalia is presented. Beyond describing and illustrating a primitive hepialid, these observations are intended to serve as reference for the study of the classification of Hepialoidea and lower Lepidoptera.In the taxonomic revision, based on more than 3000 specimens, the 25 Fraus species are described and diagnosed. The adult moths, as well as male and female genitalia, are richly illustrated, and distribution maps and flight period diagrams are provided for all species. The biology, behaviour, distribution and phylogeny are summarised and discussed.

REVIEW OF NEARCTIC APOTOMIS HÜBNER (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE: OLETHREUTINI)

1986 ◽  
Vol 118 (7) ◽  
pp. 649-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Adamski ◽  
T. Michael Peters
Keyword(s):  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
Wing Patterns ◽  
Scanning Electron

AbstractA review of Nearctic Apotomis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutini) is presented. Seventeen species are recognized, of which the following are new: coloradensis, trifida, and spurinfida. Apotomis strigosa Heinrich, 1926 is considered a new synonym of tertiana McDunnough, 1922, and dextrana McDunnough, 1923 of removana Kearfott, 1907. Descriptions, distribution maps, and a key to species are provided. Illustrations of male and female genitalia and photographs of distinctive wing patterns are included. Scanning electron micrographs reveal that setae on digitus of male genitalia are taxonomically important.

A taxonomic revision of the genus Daedalma Hewitson with the descriptions of twenty new taxa and the immature stages of two species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2898 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOMASZ W. PYRCZ ◽  
HAROLD F. GREENEY ◽  
KEITH R. WILLMOTT ◽  
JANUSZ WOJTUSIAK
Keyword(s):  
New Taxa ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Larval Stages ◽  
The Status ◽  
First Time

The taxonomy of the Andean butterfly genus Daedalma (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) is discussed. Generic synapomorphies based on adult morphology are proposed, and the relationships with allied genera of the subtribe Pronophilina are evaluated. The status of Junea as the sister-genus of Daedalma is reconsidered, particularly in light of new data on the larval stages. The genus Daedalma is divided into two presumed monophyletic groups distinguished by a series of morphological and ecological characters. Three species, D. eliza n. sp., D. dognini n. sp. and D. rubroreducta n. sp., and seventeen new subspecies are described, one new status is proposed, and three lectotypes are designated. Female genitalia of Daedalma are described for the first time and their taxonomical value is assessed. The early stages of D. rubroreducta and D.dinias are described, the first larval descriptions for any species of Daedalma. Distribution and diversity patterns of Daedalma are discussed. Distribution maps, illustrations of male and female genitalia, and figures of adult butterflies of both sexes are provided for all taxa where possible, with comments on bionomics and adult behaviour for all taxa in the genus.

Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of the South American genus Endeius Coiffait & Sáiz (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Chani-Posse de Maus
Keyword(s):  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
South American ◽  
The South ◽  
Systematic Revision ◽  
Male And Female

AbstractThe genus Endeius Coiffait & Sáiz, 1968 (Staphylininae: Staphylinini), distributed from Chile and Argentina through Juan Fernández Is. and Galapagos Is., is revised using characters of external morphology and male and female genitalia. Endeius comprises seven valid species: E. punctipennis (Solier), E. nitidipennis (Solier), E. subpunctipennis Coiffait & Sáiz, E. loensis Coiffait & Sáiz, E. franzi Sáiz, E. lugubris Sáiz and E. ovaliceps Coiffait. Belonuchus multipunctatus (Coiffait), comb. nov., is excluded from Endeius. An identification key to all species of the genus is provided. Monophyly of Endeius, as considered in the present study, is supported by one synapomorphy from the external morphology. Within the genus, the best supported subgroup consists of E. punctipennis (Solier), E. subpunctipennis Coiffait & Sáiz, E. loensis Coiffait & Sáiz and E. ovaliceps Coiffait.

Systematics of Mallochianamyia Santos-Neto (=Gayomyia Malloch), an unplaced genus of Neotropical acalyptrate flies (Diptera: Schizophora)

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry A. Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New World ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Male And Female

AbstractMallochianamyia Santos-Neto was proposed as a replacement name for Gayomyia Malloch, 1933 (preoccupied by Gayomyia Banks, 1913), an unplaced genus of acalyptrate Diptera from Chile and Argentina. The genus comprises 12 species: M. cladostyla sp. n.; M. fenestrata sp. n.; M. flavitibia sp. n.; M. furcata sp. n.; M. gallina sp. n.; M. latigena sp. n.; M. magnipalpis sp. n.; M. nigrohalterata (Malloch) comb. n.; M. penai sp. n.; M. setosa sp. n.; M. truncata sp. n.; M. vexans sp. n. All new species are illustrated and a key to species of Mallochianamyia is provided. The monophyly of the genus is supported by three characters of the male and female genitalia. Mallochianamyia is most closely related to the New World genera Paraleucopis Malloch and Schizostomyia Malloch and an undescribed Australian genus. The group cannot be placed in any established family as currently defined, although there are affinities to some families in the Asteioinea sensu J. F. McAlpine (1989). Research on the morphology and relationships of genera related to Mallochianamyia is required to clarify the familial status of the group.

Revision of the Eurybrachidae (XII). The Oriental genus Nicidus Stal, 1858 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1842 (1) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEROME CONSTANT
Keyword(s):  
Biological Data ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Distribution Maps

The Oriental genus Nicidus Stål, 1858 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Eurybrachidae) is redescribed and reviewed. Male and female genitalia are illustrated and photos of habitus, distribution maps and biological data are provided with the description of the species. Two species are placed in the genus: N. fusconebulosus Stål, 1858 and N. stali Schmidt, 1911. An identification key to the species is proposed. Lectotypes are designated for N. stali and Kandiana lewisi Distant, 1892.

A revision of the genus Lophomilia Warren, 1913 with description of four new species from East Asia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1989 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
VLADIMIR KONONENKO ◽  
Gottfried Behounek
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

The East Asian noctuid genus Lophomilia Warren, 1913 (=Atuntsea Berio, 1977, Bryograpta Sugi, 1977) is revised. Four new species (L. nekrasovi sp. n., L. rustica sp. n., L. diehli sp. n., and L. kobesi sp. n.) are described from Russian Far East, Korea, China and Indonesia, Sumatra. Lophomilia takao Sugi, 1962 and Lophomilia albicosta Yoshimoto 1995 are reported for the first time from China; Lophomilia polybapta (Butler, 1879) is first reported from Russia. The male and female genitalia of most species are described, adults of 12 species from East Asia are illustrated, and distribution maps for all species are presented.

Taxonomic revision and preliminary phylogenetic analysis of the subgenus Megalostomis (Scaphigenia) Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Roig-Juñent ◽  
Martha Domínguez ◽  
Federico Agrain
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Arid Regions ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Systematic Revision ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Preliminary Phylogenetic Analysis

AbstractThe subgenus M. (Scaphigenia) Lacordaire includes six species distributed in arid regions of South America. A systematic revision of this subgenus is presented, including re-descriptions and an update of distribution data of the six species. A preliminary cladistic analysis is performed to test the relationships among the species of the subgenus and if the morphological characters used are suitable. A key is presented to separate the seven subgenera of Megalostomis Chevrolat as well as a key for the species of the subgenus M. (Scaphigenia). Male aedeagus internal sac of the nine studied taxa are described and illustrated. This constitutes the first internal sac descriptions for members of this subtribe and could help clarify the homology of such structures within Cryptocephalinae. M. (S) consimilis Achard is reassigned to the species status on the base of genitalic characters. The cladistic analysis was done using forty-one characters from adult external morphology and male and female genitalia. Two species of two different subgenera of Megalostomis: M. (Megalostomis), and M. (Heterostomis) Lacordaire, and one representative of the genus Themesia Lacordaire were selected as out groups. Results were obtained by implicit enumeration using parsimony software. Three equally parsimonious trees were obtained of 45 steps, Ri=0.952, and Ci= 0.941. Support of each group was evaluated by Jacknifing, Bootstrap and Bremer values. Relationships between species are discussed.

Ophiolechia, a new genus of Neotropical Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera)

1996 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Sattler
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
General Aspects

AbstractOphiolechia gen. n., a Neotropical genus occurring in Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay and Argentina, is described and its systematic position is discussed together with some general aspects of gelechiid morphology. Two new generic combinations are introduced, twelve species are newly described and four further species are discussed but not named. Keys to the species are provided, based on the male and female genitalia, and the adults and their genitalia are described and illustrated.

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