Systematic review and phylogeny of the firefly genus Dilychnia (Lampyridae: Lampyrinae), with notes on geographical range

Abstract Dilychnia (Lampyridae: Lampyrinae) is a poorly known Neotropical genus of lampyrid firefly. Descriptions of Dilychnia species were traditionally based on differences in colour pattern, which are usually not reliable for species discrimination. Here, we review and redescribe the genus Dilychnia and its species, after examining the type material of all species, and we present the first phylogenetic analysis for the group, including 70 morphological characters and 15 species. After the proposal of new taxonomic combinations, Dilychnia was recovered as monophyletic with high support. We provide a key to species identification, updated geographical ranges and illustrations of diagnostic features for all species. We transfer Lucidota propinqua and Photinus succensus to Dilychnia and describe the new species Dilychnia dumasi sp. nov. We report, for the first time, that these three taxa are nocturnal and flash with an orange-yellow light. Phenotypic diversity within the genus is most pronounced in characters involved in mate tracking (i.e. antennae, eyes and light organs).

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Two late-spring braconid genera of the subfamily Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) new for the fauna of Russia

Zoosystematica Rossica ◽

10.31610/zsr/2011.20.1.85 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 85-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

S.A. Belokobylskij ◽

T.S. Kostromina

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Late Spring ◽

Key To Species ◽

The Urals ◽

Asian Continent ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

Two braconid genera from the subfamily Alysiinae, Lodbrokia Hedqvist, 1962 and Asyntactus Marshall, 1898, are recorded in the fauna of Russia and in the Asian continent for the first time. A new species Lodbrokia uralica sp. nov. is described from the Urals, and a key to species of this genus is provided. Redescriptions of the female and male of Asyntactus rhogaleus Marshall, 1898 with information about the level of variability of its morphological characters are given. Asyntactus sigalphoides Marshall, 1898 is synonymised with A. rhogaleus Marshall, 1898 (syn. nov.).

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Filling missing links in albuneid crab distributions (superfamily Hippoidea) in the Bay of Bengal, eastern Indian Ocean

Crustaceana ◽

10.1163/15685403-00003846 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 91 (12) ◽

pp. 1495-1504 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Rajan Kumar ◽

Shikha Rahangdale ◽

Subal Kumar Roul

Keyword(s):

Indian Ocean ◽

Bay Of Bengal ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Eastern Indian Ocean ◽

Species Discrimination ◽

Gulf Of Mannar ◽

Fishing Gear ◽

Morphometric Characters ◽

First Time

Abstract Albuneid crabs are specialized and active sand-burrowing organisms. Despite their substantial diversity, their ability to avoid fishing gear leads to “under collection” and a discontinuous record of distribution. The present study documents the first distributional record of Albunea occulta Boyko, 2002 from the Bay of Bengal, eastern Indian Ocean. Albunea thurstoni Henderson, 1893 is also recorded for the first time from the area, i.e., from the Gulf of Mannar, southwestern Bay of Bengal. This study further reports variation in morphological characters, especially in the carapace grooves (CG) from previous records and across specimens from different regions. Morphometric characters were found useful in species discrimination, which is explained as well.

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The Problematic Genus Sclerocardius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Ithyporini)

Diversity ◽

10.3390/d10030074 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 74

Author(s):

Christopher Lyal

Keyword(s):

Morphological Characters ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

Key To Species ◽

First Time

The genus Sclerocardius is revised, using morphological characters. Four species are recognized, including S. africanus (Boheman), S. bohemani Schoenherr stat.rev., S. indicus Hartmann and S. kuscheli sp.nov. The species Sclerocardius madecassus Ferragu is synonymized with S. bohemani syn.nov., and Charactocnemus hintzi Hartmann is treated as a junior synonym of S. bohemani, not S. africanus. A key to species is given. Lectotypes are designated for Heteramphus africanus Boheman and Sclerocardius africanus Schoenherr. A female elytro-tergal stridulatory system involving the modification of the wing-binding patch of the seventh tergite is reported for the Sclerocardiina for the first time and supports the inclusion of the subtribe within the Ithyporini.

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Morphological phylogenetic analyses and taxonomic revision of the Panorpa davidi group (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)

Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny ◽

10.3897/asp.79.e65179 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 79 ◽

pp. 309-342

Author(s):

Li Ning ◽

Ji-Shen Wang ◽

Bao-Zhen Hua

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Maximum Likelihood ◽

Maximum Parsimony ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Monophyletic Group ◽

Key To Species ◽

First Time

Abstract The Chinese Panorpa species without anal horn are normally assigned to the Panorpa davidi group. Here, we taxonomically revise the P. davidi group, which currently includes 17 known species and four new species: P. gaokaii sp. nov., P. huayuani sp. nov., P. uncinata sp. nov. and P. yaoluopingensis sp. nov. Panorpa shanyangensis Chou & Wang, 1981 and P. sexspinosa zhongnanensis Chou & Ran, 1981 are treated as junior synonyms of P. sexspinosa Cheng, 1949. We describe for the first time the male of P. stigmosa Zhou, 2006, and the females of P. curva Carpenter, 1938, P. davidi Navás, 1908, P. difficilis Carpenter, 1938, P. fructa Cheng, 1949, and P. jinchuana Hua, Sun & Li, 2001. A key to species of the group is provided. Phylogenetic analyses of maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood based on 79 morphological characters show that the newly defined P. davidi group is a well-supported monophyletic group and is sister to the genus Cerapanorpa Gao, Ma & Hua, 2016.

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Taxonomic revision of the Genus Pieris Schrank (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) from India

Journal of Applied and Natural Science ◽

10.31018/jans.v12i3.2314 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 328-343

Author(s):

Jagbir Singh Kirti ◽

Manpreet Kaur ◽

Avtar Kaur Sidhu ◽

Navneet Singh

Keyword(s):

Male Genitalia ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Female Genitalia ◽

Key To Species ◽

Wet Season ◽

Important Species ◽

Male And Female ◽

Polymorphic Forms ◽

First Time

The genus Pieris Schrank popularly called as garden whites are economically important species of family Pireridae, comprise 35 species world over and in India is represented by nine species. In the present manuscript, six species of genus Pieris Schrank i.e., i.e. P. brassicae (Linnaeus), P. canidia (Linnaeus), P. deota (de Niceville), P. extensa Poujade, P. melete Menetries and P. rapae (Linnaeus) have been treated taxonomically from India. Besides studying morphological characters, their male and female genitalia have been described in details and illustrated for the first time. The diagnosis of the genus and key to species has been updated using genitalic attributes. In the study of genitalia, it has been observed that in the male genitalia of the genus Pieris the uncus is undivided and aedeagus is short and thick, whereas in the female genitalia the signum is bifid and appendix bursae are well developed. In the present work, the male genitalia of scheduled species P. deota has been studied and illustrated for the first time. The male and female genitalia of dry season forms and wet season forms of species P. melete, and the subspecies and polymorphic forms of species P. canidia have been studied and compared. It has been observed that in all forms there were no genitalic variations within the species.

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Two species and a genus new for Thailand, with description of a new species of Neurolarthra Fischer (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.7 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4438 (3) ◽

pp. 551

Author(s):

JUNLI YAO ◽

CORNELIS VAN ACHTERBERG ◽

MICHAEL J. SHARKEY ◽

ERIC G. CHAPMAN ◽

JIAHUA CHEN

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Key To Species ◽

Coi Sequences ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

Neurolarthra Fischer, 1976, is a small braconid genus with two described species. The genus is revised using morphological characters and a phylogenetic analysis of COI sequence data; GenBank accession numbers of seven COI sequences from two species are included. A new species from Thailand is described and illustrated: N. karensharkeyae Yao n. sp. Neurolarthra Fischer and N. procera are reported for the first time from Thailand. A key to species of the genus Neurolarthra is presented.

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Close relationship between the genera Sinhomidia and Homidia (Collembola, Entomobryidae) revealed by adult and first instar characters, with description of a new Sinhomidia species

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.872.29815 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 872 ◽

pp. 41-55

Author(s):

Zhi-Xiang Pan ◽

Chen-Chong Si ◽

Shu-Sheng Zhang

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

South China ◽

Colour Pattern ◽

Key To Species ◽

First Instar ◽

Close Relationship ◽

First Time

A third species of the genus Sinhomidia is described from South China: S. unisetasp. nov. This new species can be distinguished from the two other species of the genus by the following characters: colour pattern, single labial chaeta M, chaetotaxy on terga and ventral tube, unguis with three inner teeth, and 15 clypeal ciliated chaetae. Also, the chaetotaxy of the first instar of Sinhomidia is described for the first time in the present paper, and confirms the close relationship between Sinhomidia and Homidia. A key to species of Sinhomidia is provided.

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Morphological and molecular data confirm the transfer of homostylous species in the typically distylous genus Galianthe (Rubiaceae), and the description of the new species Galianthe vasquezii from Peru and Colombia

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.4012 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. e4012

Author(s):

Javier Elias Florentín ◽

Andrea Alejandra Cabaña Fader ◽

Roberto Manuel Salas ◽

Steven Janssens ◽

Steven Dessein ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Geographical Distribution ◽

Pollen Grains ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Diagnostic Features ◽

Molecular Analyses ◽

Generic Concept ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

First Time

Galianthe (Rubiaceae) is a neotropical genus comprising 50 species divided into two subgenera, Galianthe subgen. Galianthe, with 39 species and Galianthe subgen. Ebelia, with 11 species. The diagnostic features of the genus are: usually erect habit with xylopodium, distylous flowers arranged in lax thyrsoid inflorescences, bifid stigmas, 2-carpellate and longitudinally dehiscent fruits, with dehiscent valves or indehiscent mericarps, plump seeds or complanate with a wing-like strophiole, and pollen with double reticulum, rarely with a simple reticulum. This study focused on two species that were originally described under Diodia due to the occurrence of fruits indehiscent mericarps: Diodia palustris and D. spicata. In the present study, classical taxonomy is combined with molecular analyses. As a result, we propose that both Diodia species belong to Galianthe subgen. Ebelia. The molecular position within Galianthe, based on ITS and ETS sequences, has been supported by the following morphological characters: thyrsoid, spiciform or cymoidal inflorescences, bifid stigmas, pollen grains with a double reticulum, and indehiscent mericarps. However, both species, unlike the remainder of the genus Galianthe, have homostylous flowers, so the presence of this type of flower significantly modifies the generic concept. In this framework, a third homostylous species, Galianthe vasquezii, from the Andean region is also described. Until now, this species remained cryptic under specimens of Galianthe palustris It differs however from the latter by having longer calyx lobes, the presence of dispersed trichomes inside the corolla lobes (vs. glabrous), fruits that are acropetally dehiscent (vs. basipetally dehiscent), and its Andean geographical distribution (vs. Paranaense). Additionally, a lectotype has been chosen for Diodia palustris, Borreria pterophora has been placed under synonymy of Galianthe palustris, and Galianthe boliviana is reported for the first time from Peru. A key of all Galianthe species with indehiscent mericarps is also provided.

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Two new species of Tenomerga Neboiss from eastern Asia (Coleoptera: Cupedidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4526.4.6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4526 (4) ◽

pp. 531

Author(s):

CHENG-BIN WANG ◽

JIŘÍ HÁJEK

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Colour Pattern ◽

Eastern Asia ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

Two new species of reticulated beetles (Cupedidae) are described: Tenomerga angulinota sp. nov. from Laos and T. helii sp. nov. from Sichuan, China. Important morphological characters of both new species are illustrated. T. angulinota sp. nov. can be easily recognized from all other Palaearctic-Oriental species by bifid anterior angles of pronotum; T. helii sp. nov. is in habitus very similar to widespread T. anguliscutis (Kolbe, 1886) and can be distinguished based on shape of pronotum, colour pattern of elytra and predominantly male genitalia. In addition, T. anguliscutis is for the first time recorded from Hainan and Jiangxi Provinces of China.

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Annotated and updated checklist of marine crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) of Mozambique supported by morphological and molecular data from shelf and slope species of the “MOZAMBIQUE” surveys

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5056.1.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5056 (1) ◽

pp. 1-67

Author(s):

ISABEL MUÑOZ ◽

EVA GARCÍA-ISARCH ◽

JOSE A. CUESTA

Keyword(s):

Dna Barcode ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Colour Pattern ◽

General Distribution ◽

Bathymetric Range ◽

Coi Sequences ◽

First Time

An updated checklist of Mozambican marine brachyuran crabs is generated based on an exhaustive revision of the existing literature, together with the additional records provided by the specimens collected throughout the three “MOZAMBIQUE” surveys carried out in Mozambican waters during three consecutive years (2007–2009) by the Instituto Español de Oceanografía, (Spanish Institute of Oceanography, IEO). A total of 269 species, grouped in 15 superfamilies, 26 families and 172 genera are reported in the checklist, and a detailed inventory is produced with the list and remarks about the brachyuran species collected. Thirty-nine crab species belonging to 19 families were identified based on morphological characteristics and/or genetic tools. DNA barcode sequences (16S rRNA and/or COI) were obtained for 37 species, including 16S and COI sequences that are new for 26 and 14 species, respectively. Colour photographs of fresh specimens illustrate the comments about most species, being the first time that the original colour pattern is described for some of them. New records in Mozambican waters are reported for the species Paromolopsis boasi, Mursia aspera, Carcinoplax ischurodous, Tanaoa pustulosus, Euclosiana exquisita, Oxypleurodon difficilis, Naxioides robillardi, Samadinia galathea, Cyrtomaia gaillardi, Paramaja gibba, Pleistacantha ori, Parathranites granosus, Parathranites orientalis, Ovalipes iridescens and Charybdis smithii, and second records for Moloha alcocki, Samadinia pulchra and Charybdis africana. In addition, Raninoides crosnieri, S. galathea and P. ori were collected for the first time after their descriptions. The female of Samadinia galathea is described for the first time, and a potential new species of Mursia is reported. Some records expand the known bathymetric range of certain species and/or their general distribution. New molecular and morphological data suggest the necessity of the revision of P. boasi, R. crosnieri, C. africana and the genera Platymaia and Carcinoplax. The variability and taxonomic validity of some morphological characters in brachyuran systematic is discussed.

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