Three new species of Gomphonema Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyta), from Eastern Himalayas, with a note on the unique girdle band structure

AbstractThree new species which have previously been confused with Pannaria rubiginosa are described. The first, Pannaria complanata sp. nov., from southern India, has a possibly subtropical Afro-Asian distribution, the second, Pannaria emodii sp. nov., may be restricted to the eastern Himalayas from Bhutan to Sichuan China, and the third, Pannaria ramulosa sp. nov. is known only from Java. The last two species are both related to Pannaria asahinae P. M. Jørg. from Japan. A fourth new species from southern Taiwan, the isidiate Pannaria formosana, is closely related to Pannaria ramosa Vain., a little known species from the Philippines.

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New species of bristletails of the genus Lepismachilis (Archaeognatha: Machilidae) from Serbia and Montenegro

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae ◽

10.2478/aemnp-2018-0049 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 58 (2) ◽

pp. 577-587

Author(s):

Vladimir Kaplin

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Balkan Peninsula ◽

Species Group ◽

Compound Eyes ◽

Serbia And Montenegro ◽

Sensory Field ◽

Fore Femur ◽

Three New Species

Abstract The fauna of bristletails of the genus Lepismachilis Verhoeff, 1910 in Montenegro and Serbia includes only one species L. (Berlesilis) targionii (Grassi, 1887) with 2 + 2 eversible vesicles on abdominal urocoxites II–VI. Three new species of this genus are described: L. (Lepismachilis) prijepolja sp. nov., L. (Lepismachilis) limensa sp. nov. from Serbia, and L. (Lepismachilis) alexandrae sp. nov. from Montenegro. All described new species belong to the species group of the subgenus Lepismachilis s. str. with 2 + 2 eversible vesicles on abdominal urocoxites II–V. Lepismachilis prijepolja sp. nov. differs from L. y-signata Kratochvíl, 1945 and L. notata Stach, 1919 by the color, drawings and ratios of the compound eyes; ratios of sensory field on fore femur of male, number of divisions of ovipositor. Lepismachilis limensa sp. nov. differs from L. hauseri Bitsch, 1974 and L. abchasica Kaplin, 2017 by ratios of paired ocelli, sensory field on fore femur of male; ratios and chaetotaxy of maxillary and labial palps. Lepismachilis alexandrae sp. nov. differs from L. abchasica by the drawings of the compound eyes; ratios of paired ocelli, sensory field on fore femur of male; number of divisions of the parameres and gonapophyses. A list of the Machilidae occurring in Balkan Peninsula is also provided.

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Studies of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) in the Spirit Collection of the Natural History Museum, London 2: New species and records from P. Hammond's visit to New Zealand in 1983–84

The Entomologist s monthly magazine ◽

10.31184/m00138908.1543.3924 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 154 (3) ◽

pp. 179-196

Author(s):

Michael Darby

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Zealand ◽

Natural History ◽

Natural History Museum ◽

History Museum ◽

The North ◽

Three New Species ◽

North And South

Some 2,000 Ptiliidae collected in the North and South Islands of New Zealand in 1983/1984 by Peter Hammond of the Natural History Museum, London, are determined to 34 species, four of which are new to the country. As there are very few previous records, most from the Auckland district of North Island, the Hammond collection provides much new distributional data. The three new species: Nellosana insperatus sp. n., Notoptenidium flavum sp. n., and Notoptenidium johnsoni sp. n., are described and figured; the genus Ptiliodes is moved from Acrotrichinae to Ptiliinae, and Ptenidium formicetorum Kraatz recorded as a new introduction. Information is provided to aid separation of the new species from those previously recorded.

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The genus Tolmerinus Bernhauer in Borneo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae)

The Entomologist s monthly magazine ◽

10.31184/m00138908.1541.3864 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 154 (1) ◽

pp. 9-15

Author(s):

Guillaume De Rougemont

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time

The genus Tolmerinus Bernhauer is recorded from Borneo for the first time with the descriptions of three new species: T. brunneus sp.n., T. sharpi sp.n.and T. tutus sp.n.

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