Arpactophilus reassessed, with three bizarre new species from New Guinea (Hymenotpera : Sphecidae : Pemphredonindae)

1988 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 737 ◽  
Author(s):  
AS Menke
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
New Britain

Diagnostic characters of the Australian genus Arpactophilus are reviewed and augmented. Spilornena is demonstrated to be very similar morphologically, and the distinctions between the two genera are discussed. The known distribution of Arpactophilus now includes New Guinea, New Britain, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji. Three new species of the genus are described from New Guinea: A. preposterus, A. rhinocerus and A. papua. The maxillary palpi of Arpactophilus, Spilomena, Xysrna and Microstigrnus are 5-segmented, not 6- as previously assumed. These four genera are removed from the subtribe Stigmina, and placed in a new subtribe, the Spilomenina.

NEW TAXA IN PAPHIA AND DIMORPHANTHERA (ERICACEAE) IN PAPUASIA AND THE PROBLEM OF GENERIC LIMITS IN VACCINIEAE

2003 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. STEVENS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Sw Pacific ◽  
The Status ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Made In

New species of Ericaceae recently collected in Papua New Guinea necessitate a re-evaluation of the status of Agapetes subgenus Paphia section Paphia. The combination of molecular and morphological data confirms that Agapetes, currently a genus of about 100 species from Fiji, New Caledonia and Queensland to mainland SE Asia, and most diverse in the latter area, cannot be maintained in its current circumscription. Various taxonomic solutions that do justice to our current knowledge of the morphology and relationships of the two main parts of the genus are discussed. The reinstatement of Paphia does least violence nomenclaturally. All 23 taxa recognized in Paphia are listed, 14 new combinations of Agapetes from the New Guinea–SW Pacific area are made in Paphia, three new species are described (P. megaphylla, P. vulcanicola and P. woodsii), and an incompletely known taxon is characterized. A key to all taxa is presented. In Dimorphanthera, five new species are described (D. angiliensis, D. anomala, D. antennifera, D. cratericola and D. inopinata), three reduced to synonymy, one reduced to a variety and one variety recognized as a species (D. continua). A key to the 87 taxa currently recognized in the genus is presented.

The genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Melanesia and Oceania

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1502 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
HEIKKI HIPPA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The Other

The following new species of Manota are described: M. biunculata (Papua New Guinea), M. evexa (Papua New Guinea), M. explicans (Papua New Guinea), M. gemella (Ambon, Maluku Utara, Indonesia), M. hirsuta (Papua New Guinea), M. orthacantha (Papua New Guinea), M. parilis (Papua New Guinea), M. pentacantha (Solomon Islands), M. perissochaeta (Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands), M. serawei (Papua New Guinea), M. sicula (Papua New Guinea), M. spathula (Papua New Guinea), M. subspathula (Papua New Guinea) and M. tricuspis (Fiji). Manota ctenophora Matile (New Caledonia), M. maorica Edwards (New Zealand) and M. taedia Matile (New Caledonia) are redescribed. Manota hamulata Colless, previously known from Palau, is redescribed and recorded from Papua New Guinea. Manota pacifica Edwards from Samoa is discussed and compared with the other species of the region. A key to the Melanesian and Oceanian species of Manota is given.

Ficus in the Solomon Islands and its bearing on the post-jurassic history of Melanesia

1967 ◽  
Vol 253 (783) ◽  
pp. 23-159 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Geographical Unit ◽  
New Hebrides ◽  
Tropical America ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Britain ◽  
Asian Mainland ◽  
The Tropical Pacific

The fig-flora of the Solomon Islands (Bougainville to San Cristobal) is exceptionally rich (63 species, 23 endemic). It is related to that of New Guinea but differs in the species of four groups, namely subgen. Pharmacosycea (3 endemics), subgen. Ficus sect. Sycidium ser. Scabrae (6 endemics), sect. Sycocarpus subsect. Auriculisperma (5 endemics), and subsect. Sycocarpus (8 endemics); the other endemic is in sect. Adenosperma . The effect is a flora that defines the Solomons as a geographical unit. These four subgeneric groups appear to have arisen in this part of Melanesia and to have spread thence with varying success through Malaysia to the Asian mainland. Eastwards ser. Scabrae has evolved in Polynesia and subgen. Pharmacosycea in New Caledonia. Most of the 36 species common with New Guinea terminate their eastward distribution in San Cristobal; nine extend to New Hebrides and two of these to Polynesia. Four dispersal arcs are recognized: (i) the Melanesian Foreland linking northern New Guinea, New Ireland, New Britain, the Solomons, New Hebrides and, perhaps, Fiji; (ii) the Australian Foreland linking southern New Guinea, Queensland and New Caledonia; (iii) a subsidiary connexion between the Solomons, New Hebrides and New Caledonia; (iv) the tropical Pacific fig-route which, as the oldest, connected with tropical America. These conclusions put Melanesia as a centre of Ficus -evolution and, therefore, the distribution of the Melanesian groups of Ficus becomes a prime chronological factor in the post-Jurassic history of Melanesia. Ficus is taken as an example of the durian theory in the sense of the evolution of the modern tree. The rule is formulated that, without a pachycaul predecessor, there can have been no major subgeneric evolution. Surviving pachycauls are descendents of the stocks from which the new groups have spread. Hence pachycaul geography becomes a basis for phytogeography. New taxa are : F. cristobalensis, F. dissipata, F. illiberalis, F. immanis, F. macrothyrsa var. lancifolia, F. novae-georgiae, F. oleracea var. villosa, F. pseudowassa, F. scaposa and F. tanypoda .

Revision of the Genus Amblypelta Stål (Hemiptera, Coreidae)

1958 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. S. Bkown
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
The West ◽  
Bismarck Archipelago ◽  
New Hebrides ◽  
Species Groups

SummaryIn view of the discovery of several new species and subspecies of Amblypelta (Hemiptera, COREIDAE), some of which are either known to be or else threaten to become of economic importance, a revision of the whole genus has become necessary.The genus Amblypelta, as defined in the present paper and as known so far, is confined to Australia north of Sydney, the islands between Australia and New Guinea, New Guinea and, to the west, the Kai Is., Timor and Java; the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands including Bougainville, Eennell and Bellona; the New Hebrides and New Caledonia. In the present revision of the genus, twelve species and five subspecies are included, of which all but seven species are new to science. Apart from the descriptions of the new species and subspecies, taxonomic notes on the previously known species are given as well as a key to all the species.The known distribution of each species is stated, and consideration given to the zoogeography of the genus as a whole, and of certain species-groups which can be recognised within the genus.

scholarly journals CHIONANTHUS (OLEACEAE) IN SULAWESI, INDONESIA, INCLUDING THREE NEW SPECIES

REINWARDTIA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 287
Author(s):  
RUTH KIEW
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Widespread Species ◽  
Bismarck Archipelago ◽  
Three New Species

KIEW, R. 2015. Chionanthus (Oleaceae) in Sulawesi, Indonesia, including three new species. Reinwardtia 14(2): 287 - 295. - The genus Chionanthus (Oleaceae) in Sulawesi is revised. Nine species are described of which C. kostermansii Kiew, C. sordidus Kiew and C. sulawesicus Kiew are new species. Four species are endemic, C. celebicus Koord., C. sordidus, C. stenurus (Merr.) Kiew and C. sulawesicus. The geographic range of C. cordulatus Koord. extends to Borneo and Mollucas, while C. kostermansii also occurs in Sumbawa and Flores, and the range of C. rupicolus (Lingelsh.) Kiew extends to Sumbawa, Mollucas, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. Chionanthus polygamus (Roxb.) Kiew and C. ramiflorus Roxb. are both widespread species, the former from Sumatra to New Guinea and the latter from continental Asia to the Solomon Islands. A key to identify the species is provided. Chionanthus gigantifolius Koord. remains incompletely known.

scholarly journals Melanesian ants of the genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera : Formicidae)

1978 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 823 ◽  
Author(s):  
RW Taylor
Keyword(s):  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Biological Species ◽  
Sea Islands ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrograph ◽  
Tasman Sea ◽  
New Hebrides ◽  
New Britain

The known Melanesian ants of genus Amblyopone are reviewed, with a key to species and comprehensive scanning electron micrograph illustrations of each. They are: A. noonadan Taylor (New Britain); A. papuana, sp. nov. (New Guinea); A. celata Mann (eastern Solomon Islands); A. gnoma, sp. nov. (Guadalcanal) and A. australis Erichson (New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides; also widespread in Australia, New Zealand and Tasman Sea islands). The name 'A. australis' is currently applied to a complex of closely related, intractable, biological species.

New occurrences of squat lobsters of the genus Eumunida Smith, 1883 (Decapoda, Eumunididae) in New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and Papua-New Guinea, with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4786 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-496
Author(s):  
ENRIQUE MACPHERSON ◽  
PAULA C. RODRÍGUEZ-FLORES ◽  
ANNIE MACHORDOM
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
A New Species ◽  
New Occurrences ◽  
Squat Lobsters

Examination of numerous specimens of squat lobsters of the genus Eumunida Smith, 1883 collected by French cruises along the coasts of New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and Papua-New Guinea revealed the presence of six species, including a new species. The collection data of all of these species are recorded. The new species, E. turbulenta n. sp., is described and illustrated from New Caledonia and Chesterfield Islands. 

The genus Microcerotermes (Isoptera : Termitidae) in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yves Roisin ◽  
Jacques M. Pasteels
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Asian Origin ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
Specific Rank ◽  
Worker Castes

The genus Microcerotermes Silvestri is revised in an area covering New Guinea, the Bismarck Islands and the Solomon Islands. The presence and status of M. biroi (Desneux), M. papuanus Holmgren and M. repugnans Hill are confirmed. Microcerotermes brevior (Desneux), formerly treated as a subspecies or a synonym of M. biroi, is raised to specific rank. Microcerotermes piliceps Snyder, formerly considered a junior synonym of M. biroi, is recognised as valid; M. umbritarsus Hill and M. froggatti Hill are transferred from the synonymy of M. biroi to that of M. piliceps. The Australian species, M. taylori Hill, is reported from southern New Guinea. Four new species: M. luluai, sp. nov., M. cupreiceps, sp. nov.,M. bouilloni, sp. nov. and M. flyensis, sp. nov. are described. For each of the ten species recorded from our study area, all castes are described or redescribed, diagnostic characters are outlined, and a distribution map is given. Comparisons are also made with related species from adjacent regions. An identification key, based on the soldier and worker castes, is provided. We hypothesise that the New Guinean Microcerotermes fauna is of mixed Australian/southeast Asian origin.

Floristic relationships between New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands

1969 ◽  
Vol 255 (800) ◽  
pp. 595-602 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Seed Plant ◽  
Vegetation Types ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
Botanical Exploration ◽  
Alpine Regions ◽  
Physical Features ◽  
New Britain

New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands are compared briefly as to location, size, climate, and other physical features. Possibly 585 seed-plant genera known from the Solomon-Santa Cruz groups are indigenous there, and 692 similarly may be indigenous in New Caledonia. Unknown from New Caledonia are 272 of the Solomons genera and unreported from the Solomons are 379 of the New Caledonian genera. Thus only 313 genera, or 32-5 %, of the 964 total genera are common to both archipelagoes. It is suggested that the relatively smaller generic flora of the Solomons reflects the more limited botanical exploration of the Solomons as well as the greater variability of climate, substrate, and vegetation types of New Caledonia. Also New Caledonia is believed to have a much older, more relict flora than the Solomons, as indicated by the numerous conifers and primitive angiosperms (four genera of which are primitively vesselless). The far greater generic endemism (perhaps 94 genera or 13-5%) of New Caledonia as compared with the Solomons (5 genera or 0-86%) is explained by the much greater isolation in space and time of New Caledonia from other land masses. New Caledonia has its closest botanical relationships with coastal Queensland and New Guinea, with which it shares 474 and 482 genera respectively. Its floristic affinities are less with New Zealand and the Outer Melanesian Arc. The Solomons, on the other hand, have their closest botanical ties with New Guinea through New Britain and New Ireland. At least 572, or almost 98%, of the 585 genera recorded from the Solomons are represented also in New Guinea. As with the fauna, however, the Solomons flora is much attenuated, lacking many of the characteristic New Guinea genera, especially those of the montane and alpine regions. The break between the Solomon Islands and the Santa Cruz Islands is much greater than that between New Guinea and the Bismarcks and between the Bismarcks and the Solomons.

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