A new species of ground beetle and a revised list of the East Asian endemic subgenus Nialoe (s. lat.) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichus)

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kôji Sasakawa
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Ground Beetle ◽  
A New Species

Description of the first flightless platynine ground beetle preserved in Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4318 (1) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
JOACHIM SCHMIDT ◽  
TORBEN GÖPEL ◽  
KIPLING WILL
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Computed ◽  
A New Species

Species of the megadiverse ground beetle tribe Platynini occur on all continents except Antarctica. It has been long recognized that platynine beetles were preserved in the Eocene Baltic amber. However, thus far only a single Eocene fossil has been described to the species level. In the present paper, a new species of Platynini known only as an amber inclusion fossil is described and imaged using light microscopy and micro X-ray computed tomography. Since this species cannot be assigned to any of the recently described genera, the monotypic genus Praeanchodemus gen. n., with the type species P. punctaticeps sp. n., is erected. There is some evidence from external morphology that Praeanchodemus gen. n. is part of a lineage comprising the recent genera Paranchodemus, Rhadine, and Tanystoma. However, since some synapomorphies were not found, the true relationships of the fossil taxon remain moot. 

scholarly journals New species of the genus Ypsolopha Latreille, 1796 (Lepidoptera: Ypsolophidae) from the south of the Russian Far East

2020 ◽  
Vol 421 ◽  
pp. 14-26
Author(s):  
M.G. Ponomarenko ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Genetic Distance ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
The South ◽  
Asian Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
The Russian Far East

An analysis of the mtCOI sequences in the species from the genus Ypsolopha Latreille, 1796 made it possible to confirm a new species for science, Y. occultatella sp. n., morphologically similar to the East Asian species Y. yasudai Moriuti, 1964. The genetic distance between the mtCOI sequences in Y. occultatella sp. n. and Y. yasudai is 0,066–0,069 (6,6–6,9 %). However, the minimal genetic distance, 0,038–0,042 (3,8–4,2 %), was determined between the mtCOI sequences of the new species and Y. blandella (Christoph, 1882), while these species differ well in the forewing pattern.

First East Asian record of the genus Alpagut (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Dipsocoridae), with description of a new species and a note on the metacoxal adhesive pad of Dipsocoridae

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4768 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAZUTAKA YAMADA ◽  
MASAMI HAYASHI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asia ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The genus Alpagut Kıyak, 1995, is recorded from East Asia for the first time based on the description of A. masakazui sp. nov. from Japan. Habitus images and illustrations of diagnostic features, including genitalia structures, are provided. The loculus capsulae of A. masakazui sp. nov. is discussed. The presence of a metacoxal adhesive pad is reconfirmed in Dipsocoridae along with a discussion of its morphology. 

scholarly journals Unrealized diversity in an urban rainforest: A new species of Lygosoma (Squamata: Scincidae) from western Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4370 (4) ◽  
pp. 345 ◽  
Author(s):  
BENJAMIN R. KARIN ◽  
ELYSE S. FREITAS ◽  
SAMUEL SHONLEBEN ◽  
L. LEE GRISMER ◽  
AARON M. BAUER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Lizard Species ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
East Malaysia ◽  
Mitochondrial Nd1 ◽  
Distinct Morphology ◽  
A New Species

We collected two specimens of an undescribed species of Lygosoma from pitfall traps in an urban rainforest in Kuching and from the base of a forested hill in western Sarawak, East Malaysia. The new species is diagnosable from all south-east Asian congeners by morphological characters, and most closely resembles Lygosoma herberti from the Thai-Malay Peninsula. The new species shows substantial molecular divergence from its closest relatives in two protein-coding genes, one mitochondrial (ND1) and one nuclear (R35) that we sequenced for several south-east Asian congeners. We describe the new species on the basis of this distinct morphology and genetic divergence. It is the third species of Lygosoma known from Borneo, and highlights the continuing rise in lizard species diversity on the island. In addition, the discovery of this species from a small urban rainforest underscores the importance of preserving intact rainforest areas of any size in maintaining species diversity. 

A new species and two new records ofPoecilochaetus(Polychaeta: Poecilochaetidae) from Hawaii

2014 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Wagner F. Magalhães ◽  
Julie H. Bailey-Brock ◽  
Cinthya S. G. Santos
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
East Asian ◽  
The Other ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
A New Species

A new species,Poecilochaetus anterospinussp. nov., is described from the east and south shores of Oahu, Hawaii.Poecilochaetus anterospinussp. nov. is unique in the genus by the presence of noto- and neuropodial spines from chaetiger 11 to posterior segments. Neuropodial spines on anterior chaetigers are absent in all otherPoecilochaetusspecies while notopodial spines are limited to segments preceding the pygidium.Poecilochaetuscf.koshikiensis, originally described from Japan, is newly recorded from Hawaii and apparently widely distributed in the western Pacific and South-east Asian Seas.Poecilochaetussp. is distinguished from the other two species by the distribution of the ampullaceous cirri (7–12) and its chaetal characters.

What are the smallest moths (Lepidoptera) in the world?

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4942 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-289
Author(s):  
JONAS R. STONIS ◽  
ANDRIUS REMEIKIS ◽  
ARŪNAS DIŠKUS ◽  
SVETLANA BARYSHNIKOVA ◽  
M. ALMA SOLIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asian ◽  
The South ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
A New Species

The world’s smallest moths in Lepidoptera (Insecta) and the complexity in making such a determination are examined and discussed. The forewing length and wingspan of 650 species were measured and the same data were retrieved from published papers to determine which species and family have the smallest moths in the world. The minimal recorded forewing length was found to be around 1.2–1.3 mm and the wingspan around 2.6–2.8 mm in two families, the Gracillariidae and Nepticulidae. Among Lepidoptera, the following species have the smallest moths globally: the European Johanssoniella acetosae (Stainton), the Peruvian Simplimorpha kailai Stonis & Diškus, the Mexican Stigmella maya Remeikis & Stonis, the Mediterranean S. diniensis (Klimesh), the Mediterranean Parafomoria liguricella (Klimesh) (Nepticulidae), the South East Asian Porphyrosela alternata Kumata, and the Central African P. desmodivora De Prins (Gracillariidae). Additionally, in the Nepticulidae, we provide a measurement update for Stigmella maya Remeikis & Stonis, one of the tiniest species with a forewing length of 1.3 mm and wingspan of 2.8 mm, and describe a new species, Stigmella incaica Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., with a forewing length of 1.75 to 1.95 mm and a wingspan of 3.8 to 4.3 mm. 

A new species of Orthomus Chaudoir, 1838 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Madeira island (Macaronesia) and notes on related species

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1972 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTUR R. M. SERRANO ◽  
CARLOS A. S. AGUIAR ◽  
MÁRIO C. BOIEIRO ◽  
PAULO A. V. BORGES ◽  
CARLA REGO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Pitfall Traps ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Madeira Island ◽  
Island Type ◽  
A New Species

The present study describes a new ground-beetle species (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Madeira island (type localities: FANAL and RIBEIRO BONITO), Orthomus (Nesorthomus) susanae Serrano & Borges, n. sp. Adults were sampled by means of pitfall traps. This work provides diagnostic characters, in particular the structure of male genitalia, and the distribution of this new species. Affinities to putative relatives and a key for the identification of males of the eight Orthomus (Nesorthomus) species of the Madeira island are also given.

Description of a new species of Lygephila Billberg, 1820 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae) from Russian Far East and North China

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1922 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL FIBIGER ◽  
VLADIMIR S. KONONENKO ◽  
DANNY NILSSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North China ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Liaoning Province ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
A New Species

A new species in the genus Lygephila Billberg, 1820, L. dubatolovi sp. n. was discovered in the Primorye territory of Russian Far East and in the Liaoning province of North China. The new species is compared with its closest relatives L. maxima and L. ludicra. In addition, the East Asian Lygephila nigricostata (Graeser, 1890) is established as a new synonym of the European Lygephila procax Hübner, [1813].

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