Taxonomic contribution on the Andean species of Aegognathus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) with two new species from Colombia and Peru

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (35) ◽  
pp. 2145-2164
Author(s):  
Cáceres ◽  
Ríos-Málaver ◽  
Grossi
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Actual Distribution ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Andes ◽  
The World ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Enormous Number

The Andes represent one of the most important eco-regions of the world, fostering an enormous number of taxa associated with different altitudinal gradients. In the past two decades, there has been an increase in the description of different groups of insects, as in the case of the Lucanidae whose number of described species significantly rose in countries such as Peru and Bolivia. Aegognathus, a genus described originally from Peru, gained four new species during the last decade. Since then, the genus has not received proper taxonomic treatment, lacking updated information such as the actual distribution of some species, genitalic descriptions, female descriptions and identification keys. This paper aims to offer new taxonomic knowledge for the Andean species of Aegognathus, with a redescription of the type species, A. waterhousei Leuthner, the description of two new species and an identification key for the Andean taxa, as well as, the discussion of some possible implications in future conservation studies related to the distribution data of the studied taxa.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D7A3FB96-F47D-4420-97BB-FFC399649564

scholarly journals Furcotanilla, a New Genus of the Ant Subfamily Leptanillinae from China with Descriptions of Two New Species of Protanilla and P. rafflesi Taylor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng-Hui Xu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
The World ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Worker Caste

A new genus of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae, Furcotanilla gen. nov., discovered in southwestern China is described. The new genus is distributed in the Oriental region and belongs to the tribe Anomalomyrmini of Leptanillinae. A key to the 4 known genera of Leptanillinae of the world based on the worker caste is provided. Two new species of Protanilla collected from southwestern China, P. gengma sp. nov. and P. tibeta sp. nov., are described. The type-species of Protanilla, P. rafflesi Taylor, is also described based on the AntWeb images. A key to the 7 known species of Protanilla of the world based on worker and queen castes is prepared.

Two new species of Pezothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) in Japan and Europe, with designation of lectotype of type species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4743 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-91
Author(s):  
MASAMI MASUMOTO ◽  
SHÛJI OKAJIMA
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
World Species ◽  
The World ◽  
Two New Species

Pezothrips nadeshiko n. sp. is described from Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus at Honshu, Japan and P. pelikani n. sp. is described from Czech Republic. A lectotype is designated for P. frontalis (Uzel), the type species of this genus, and this species is re-described. An illustrated identification key to the world species of Pezothrips is also provided. 

New Nepticulidae species (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from the Yucatán Peninsula

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3609 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
JONAS R. STONIS ◽  
ANDRIUS REMEIKIS ◽  
ARŪNAS DIŠKUS ◽  
REMIGIJUS NOREIKA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Yucatan Peninsula ◽  
Leaf Miner ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Yucatán Peninsula ◽  
The World ◽  
Two New Species

Thirty-eight species of Nepticulidae are known from the Yucatán Peninsula and adjacent areas (mainland Mexico and Be-lize). This paper describes two new species: Stigmella maya Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov. (a leaf-miner of Karwinskia hum-boldtiana, Rhamnaceae), and Acalyptris yucatani Remeikis & Stonis, sp. nov. (a leaf-miner of Schinus sp., Anacardiaceae). S. maya is among the smallest Lepidoptera in the world. In its male genitalia S. maya resembles a sizeable group of undescribed species occurring in the Andes (Patagonia: Argentina). The adults of both new species are illustrated with photographs of adults, genitalia and leaf-mines.

A new species of the genus Parapachymorpha Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Phasmida, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae) from Laos

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4732 (1) ◽  
pp. 196-200
Author(s):  
CHANG-MOON JANG ◽  
YANG˗SEOP BAE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Surface ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Lateral View ◽  
Lower Margin ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
The World ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Egg Capsule

Parapachymorpha is one of eight genera within the tribe Medaurini of subfamily Clitumninae (Phasmatidae). It was established by Brunner von Wattenwyl (1893), with the type species Parapachymorpha nigra by subsequent designation of Kirby (1904), from Myanmar. Species of this genus are widely distributed in oriental tropics (Laos, China, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia), with only 11 known species in the world (Brock et al. 2018, Ho 2017). Species of the genus Parapachymorpha can be recognized by following characters (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893;1907, Henmemann & Conle 2008, Ho 2017): 1) body robust in female and slender in male with long leg in relation to the length; 2) body surface of female granulose or spinose; 3) mesonotum of female more and less expanded posteriorly; 4) abdominal tergites lacking expanded prostero–lateral angles in both sexes; 5) laminal supraanalis undeveloped in female; 6) semi–tergite of male irregularly rectangular, with an additional finger­–like ventro–apical appendix on the lower margin and reduced or absent; 7) egg capsule oval to oblong and covered with a raised net–like structure in lateral view; 8) micropylar plate oval; 9) operculum concave or convex. In the present study, we describe additional species, Parapachymorpha minuta sp. nov. from Laos, with photographs of both sexes of adults and egg. 

New species and record of Pseudonereis (Annelida, Polychaeta, Nereididae) from Taiwan

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4996 (3) ◽  
pp. 492-512
Author(s):  
PAN-WEN HSUEH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
Length Ratio ◽  
Offshore Island ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Record Species ◽  
Ridge Pattern ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Key Characters

Two new species and one new record species of the genus Pseudonereis are described from specimens collected from ecological surveys of coasts of Taiwan and an offshore island during the past 15 years: P. jihueiensis n. sp., P. kihawensis n. sp., and P. trimaculata. Epitokes of P. jihueiensis n. sp. and P. trimaculata are also described. Pseudonereis jihueiensis n. sp. can be distinguished from congeners by having edentate jaws, χ-shaped ridge pattern of Areas VI–V–VI, parapodial morphology (i.e., length ratio of dorsal cirrus to dorsal ligule or presence of small pennant-like dorsal ligule, shape of dorsal ligule in certain region of chaetigers), and no heterogomph spinigers in the subacicular fascicle of the neuropodia. Pseudonereis kihawensis n. sp. differs from congeners by having crescent-shaped pointed-bars in Area VI, λ-shaped ridge pattern of Areas VI–V–VI, parapodial morphology (i.e., length ratio of dorsal cirrus to dorsal ligule or presence of small pennant-like dorsal ligule or shape of dorsal ligule in certain region of chaetigers), and no heterogomph spinigers in the subacicular fascicle of the neuropodia. Pseudonereis trimaculata, a species originally described from Indonesia, is reported from Taiwan for the first time. A table of key characters for all species of Pseudonereis is provided.  

Two new empoascine leafhopper genera, Thaioasca and Mjolnirus, from Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), with a checklist of Empoascini in Thailand

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4915 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-254
Author(s):  
YI-MEI WANG ◽  
YE XU ◽  
DMITRY A. DMITRIEV ◽  
CHRISTOPHER H. DIETRICH ◽  
DAO-ZHENG QIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Two New Species

Two new microleafhopper genera of Empoascini, Thaioasca Wang, Xu & Qin, gen. nov. and Mjolnirus Wang, Xu & Qin, gen. nov., based on the type species, Thaioasca contaminata Wang, Xu & Qin, sp. nov. and Mjolnirus mediolobus Wang, Xu & Qin, sp. nov. are described from Thailand. Male habitus photos and illustrations of male genitalia of these two new species are given. A checklist of Empoascini from Thailand is also provided. 

Biodiversity in the Andean Mountains: Two new rain frogs of the genus Pristimantis (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the northern Cordillera Central in Colombia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5040 (3) ◽  
pp. 334-364
Author(s):  
MAURICIO RIVERA-CORREA ◽  
GUSTAVO A. GONZÁLEZ-DURÁN ◽  
ANA M. SALDARRIAGA-GÓMEZ ◽  
SEBASTIÁN DUARTE-MARÍN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Delimitation ◽  
Intraspecific Diversity ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Diversity Studies ◽  
First Time ◽  
Central Cordillera

Frequent biodiversity sampling and monitoring programs often lead to relevant taxonomic findings. Here, as a product of different field expeditions to two places in the northern Andes, we discover and describe two new species of rain frogs of the genus Pristimantis from the cloud forests of the Central Cordillera of Colombia. Pristimantis chocolatebari sp. nov. is diagnosed by having the following character states: dentigerous process of vomer triangular, snout large and protruding, dorsum smooth, vocal slits and vocal sac present, groin and hidden part of the thighs yellow. Pristimantis carylae sp. nov. is diagnosed by having iris copper red, dentigerous process of vomer oval, snout short and rounded, dorsum finely shagreen with scattered tubercles, double nuptial pad in males, groin and hidden part of thighs pink. We also infer, for the first time, the phylogenetic position of P. permixtus, P. platychilus, and two candidate new species. In addition, we emphasize not to use genetic distance as the only source of evidence for species delimitation, considering the high intraspecific diversity found in one of the species described here. Finally, we highlight the relevance of different habitat and ecosystem conservation strategies to promote amphibian diversity studies in the Andes.  

Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Himantigera James, 1982 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Sarginae), including the description of two new species and a key to the known species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4531 (4) ◽  
pp. 451
Author(s):  
DIEGO AGUILAR FACHIN ◽  
MARTIN HAUSER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Two New Species

The Neotropical genus Himantigera James in James & McFadden, 1982, is revised. Two new species are described and illustrated—H. amauroptera nov. sp. (Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia), and H. xanthopoda nov. sp. (Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica). Three species are transferred from Himantigera to Sargus Fabricius, 1798—S. dichrous (Schiner, 1868) comb. nov., S. flavoniger Lindner, 1928 comb. rev. and S. fulvithorax (Bigot, 1879) comb. nov. One species is transferred to Microchrysa Loew, 1855—M. splendens (Schiner, 1868) comb. nov. Himantigera jamesi Lindner, 1969 syn. nov. is proposed as a junior synonym of H. superba Lindner, 1949. The type species H. silvestris McFadden, 1982, as well as H. nigrifemorata Macquart, 1847 and H. superba Lindner, are herein redescribed and illustrated. Photographs of the type specimens of these three species are provided. Two unnamed species of Himantigera (sp. A and sp. B) are also described given that they have slight differences, but because we had only one specimen of each species, we did not officially describe them. This updates the total number of extant Himantigera from eight sensu Woodley (2001) to seven species. The species Merosargus apicalis Lindner, 1935, although never referred to the genus Himantigera or Himantoloba McFadden 1970, is also transferred to the genus Sargus. A key to all species of Himantigera and a map expanding geographical distribution of the genus are also presented, with the first records of the genus for Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador and Bolivia. 

Revision of Austrosignum Hodgson and Munnogonium George & Strömberg (Paramunnidae) with descriptions of eight new genera and two new species, (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1515 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEAN JUST ◽  
GEORGE D.F. WILSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Two New Species

The paramunnid genera Austrosignum Hodgson, 1910 (type species A. glaciale Hodgson, 1910) and Munnogonium George & Strömberg, 1968 (type species M. waldronense George & Strömberg, 1968) are re-diagnosed. Twenty seven species are reviewed. Austrosignum is restricted to two described species, Munnogonium to five described species. The remaining 20 species are placed in the following eight new genera: Boreosignum (type species Austrosignum maltinii Schiecke & Fresi, 1972), Cryosignum (type species Paramunna lunata Hale, 1937), Meridiosignum (type species M. macquariensis sp. nov.), Tethygonium (type species T. quadricuspis sp. nov.), Quetzogonium (type species Austrosignum dentatum Winkler, 1994), Advenogonium (type species Austrosignum fuegiae Doti & Roccatagliata, 2005), Zizzygonium (type species Paramunna magellanensis Winkler, 1994), Kussakinella (type species Austrosignum spinosum Kussakin, 1982).

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