scholarly journals The Ant GenusSphinctomyrmexMayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Cerapachyinae) in the Neotropical Region, with the Description of Two New Species

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo M. Feitosa ◽  
Carlos Roberto F. Brandão ◽  
Fernando Fernández ◽  
Jacques C. H. Delabie
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Two New Species

The ant genusSphinctomyrmexhas been represented in the Neotropical Region until now by a single species,S. stali, known only from sparse localities in southeastern Brazil. Two new neotropical species are herein described,S. marcoyisp. n. andS. schoerederisp. n. from workers collected in the Brazilian Amazon and Atlantic Forest, respectively. New records forSphinctomyrmex staliare presented, and the species is redescribed together with discussions on its high morphological variation and the identity of its type specimen. A key for the neotropicalSphinctomyrmexworkers, images of all species presently known, and a distribution map are supplied.

Stylogaster Macquart, 1835 (Diptera: Conopidae) from Northeastern Brazil: new records and two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3590 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
LEONARDO SILVESTRE GOMES ROCHA ◽  
CÁTIA ANTUNES DE MELLO-PATIU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Northern Brazil

Of the 69 Neotropical species of Stylogaster, only one record was previously known from Northeastern Brazil (from Bahia state in 1985—S. brasilia Camras & Parrillo). Several specimens from this region housed at the MNRJ collection were studied, mostly from Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco states. Two new records were obtained: S. macrura Lopes, 1938, previously known from São Paulo state (Southeastern Brazil), and S. souzai Monteiro, 1960, from Amapá and Pará (Northern Brazil). Descriptions of two new species, S. hugoi sp. nov. and  S. planitarsis sp. nov. are presented, as well as that of the previously unknown female of S. souzai. Illustrations and geographic distribution of the species are also provided.

Additions to the knowledge of Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Neotropical region, with description of four new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4938 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-100
Author(s):  
OLAVI KURINA ◽  
HEIKKI HIPPA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Caribbean Island ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Southern Caribbean

The Neotropical species of the genus Manota Williston are studied, based on material of 146 specimens from French Guiana, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Dominica and the Dominican Republic. Four new species are described, viz. M. corniculata sp. n. (French Guiana), M. pseudocavata sp. n. (French Guiana), M. truuverki sp. n. (French Guiana) and M. vladi sp. n. (Dominican Republic). Manota defecta Williston, 1896, the type species of the genus, is listed from Dominica, representing the first record since its description more than a century ago from a Southern Caribbean Island, St. Vincent. New records of 13 additional species are provided: M. acutistylus Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (Dominica), M. aligera Hippa, Kurina & Sääksjärvi, 2017 (French Guiana), M. digitata Hippa, Kurina & Sääksjärvi, 2017 (French Guiana), M. iota Hippa & Kurina, 2013 (French Guiana), M. micula Hippa & Kurina, 2013 (French Guiana), M. nordestina Kurina, Hippa & Amorim, 2018 (French Guiana), M. parva Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (Nicaragua), M. pauloides Hippa, Kurina & Sääksjärvi, 2017 (Ecuador), M. perplexa Kurina, Hippa & Amorim, 2017 (Nicaragua), M. rotundistylus Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (Ecuador), M. serrulata Hippa, Kurina & Sääksjärvi, 2017 (French Guiana), M. spinosa Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (French Guiana), M. subaristata Kurina, Hippa & Amorim, 2017 (Ecuador). The number of Neotropical Manota species has risen to 96. 

New records of Tonnoira Enderlein (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from the Brazilian Amazon with descriptions of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3318 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
CÍNTHIA CHAGAS-VIEIRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
The State ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

Diagnoses and illustrations are given for Tonnoira bitalea Quate. This species is recorded from Brazil for the first time based on material collected from the state of Amazonas, Ipixuna, Rio Gregório. T. spina sp. nov. and T. tripenis sp. nov. are described and illustrated based on specimens collected from the same locality.

scholarly journals Integrative taxonomy of root aphid parasitoids from the genus Paralipsis (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) with description of new species

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 831 ◽  
pp. 49-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milana Mitrović ◽  
Petr Starý ◽  
Miljana Jakovljević ◽  
Andjeljko Petrović ◽  
Vladimir Žikić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Morphological Characterization ◽  
Ecological Diversity ◽  
Aphid Parasitoids ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Lineage Divergence ◽  
Aphid Host

Species from the genus Paralipsis are obligatory endoparasitoids of root aphids in the Palaearctic. It is known that these species are broadly distributed, parasitizing various aphid hosts and showing great biological and ecological diversity. On the other hand, this group of endoparasitoids is understudied and was thought to be represented by a single species in Europe, viz., Paralipsisenervis (Nees). However, recent description of two new species indicated the possibility of cryptic speciation and recognition of additional Paralipsis species in Europe. In this research, Paralipsis specimens collected during the last 60 years from eight European countries, as well as one sample from Morocco, were subjected to molecular and morphological characterization. Newly designed genus-specific degenerative primers successfully targeted short overlapping fragments of COI of the mitochondrial DNA. Molecular analyses showed clear separation of four independent lineages, two of which are the known species P.enervis and P.tibiator, while two new species are described here, viz., P.brachycaudi Tomanović & Starý, sp. n. and P.rugosa Tomanović & Starý, sp. n. No clear specialization of the taxa to a strict root aphid host has been determined. The recognized mitochondrial lineages were distinct one from another, but with a substantial within-lineage divergence rate, clearly indicating the complexity of this group of parasitoids, on which further research is required in order to clarify the factors triggering their genetic differentiation. We reviewed literature data and new records of Paralipsisenervis aphid host associations and distributions. A key for the identification of all known Paralipsis species is provided and illustrated.

Two New Rare, Endangered Species of Stenandrium (Acanthaceae: Acantheae) Reinforce Proposed Centers of Endemism and Key Biodiversity Areas in the Serra do Espinhaço, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-360
Author(s):  
Maria Rosa V. Zanatta ◽  
Thomas F. Daniel ◽  
Cíntia Kameyama ◽  
Carolyn E. B. Proença
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Campos Rupestres ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Scanning Electron ◽  
Centers Of Endemism

Abstract—We describe and illustrate Stenandrium diamantinense and Stenandrium eustachyum, two new species from campos rupestres in a region of high endemism in southeastern Brazil. Stenandrium diamantinense is differentiated from other congeners by its unique indurate, small leaves with revolute margins. Stenandrium eustachyum is most similar to Stenandrium villosum, the only congener with which it shares the combination of oval bracts and caulescent habit; it can be distinguished from the latter species by its ovate to widely ovate leaves (vs. lanceolate in S. villosum). Stenandrium eustachyum differs from other species of Stenandrium from the Serra do Espinhaço by its oval (vs. linear in all other regional species) bracts. Photographs of living plants in the field are supplemented by scanning electron micrographs of pollen, seeds, and trichomes. A distribution map and a key to the Stenandrium species of the southern Serra do Espinhaço are provided. Stenandrium diamantinense is informally and provisionally assessed as Endangered and S. eustachyum as Critically Endangered. The distribution of Stenandrium in the Serra do Espinhaço supports proposed centers of endemism and key biodiversity areas.

Pilargidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from coastal and deep waters of the Southwestern Atlantic, with descriptions of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4878 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-76
Author(s):  
RANNYELE PASSOS RIBEIRO ◽  
ALINE DA CRUZ BARBOSA ◽  
ROBERTA FREITAS ◽  
JOANA ZANOL ◽  
CHRISTOPHER J. GLASBY ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
New Records ◽  
Relative Length ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Deep Waters ◽  
Two New Species

We describe seven species of Pilargidae from the coast and deep sea (300–1400 m deep) of southeastern Brazil, belonging to the genera Ancistrosyllis McIntosh, 1878, Cabira Webster, 1879, Glyphohesione Friedrich, 1950, Hermundura Müller, 1858, and Pilargis Saint-Joseph, 1899. Of those, two are new species (Glyphohesione campensis sp. nov. and Pilargis falconae sp. nov.) and two are new records of Ancistrosyllis for Brazil. Glyphohesione campensis sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by fewer neurochaetae, the anteriormost appearance of first notopodial spines, and intermediate relative length of dorsal and ventral cirri. Pilargis falconae sp. nov. is diagnosed by the presence of parapodial glands from the first chaetiger on the dorsal surface and from the sixth chaetiger on the ventral surface; and neurochaetae smooth capillaries and limbates with unidentate tips. Keys to pilargid species reported from, or likely to occur in, Brazilian waters are provided.

Descriptions of a new subgenus and two new species of Atrichobrunettia Satchell (Diptera, Psychodidae) from the Neotropical region

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1590 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68
Author(s):  
FREDDY BRAVO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
New Subgenus ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Amazonas State

Pachybrunettia subg. nov. is proposed for three Neotropical species of Atrichobrunettia: A. minuta Bravo from Bahia State, Brazil, A. trilobata sp.nov. from Amazonas State, Brazil and A. triangularis sp. nov from Pará State, Brazil. A key for identification of the Neotropical species of Atrichobrunettia is provided.

Two new Peruvian species of Paravelia (Heteropera: Veliidae) from water-filled bamboo internodes, and distributional notes for other Paravelia species

2014 ◽  
Vol 157 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 151-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan A. Polhemus
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Geographic Ranges ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Ecological Preferences ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of Paravelia – P. loutoni and P. reclusa – are described from water-filled bamboo internodes in the forests of eastern Peru. Color dorsal habitus photographs of both species and line drawings of key male genitalic characters are provided, accompanied by a distribution map. Line drawings of the male genitalic structures of P. myersi Hungerford, the closest putative relative to these two new species, are also provided for comparison. Although Neotropical Veliidae have been previously reported from bromeliad phytotelmata, the current results from bamboo internodes are the first records for veliid utilization of this habitat in the Western Hemisphere, and indicate that further samples from such habitats are likely to result in the discovery of other heretofore undetected veliid species. New records are also provided for 12 other previously described Paravelia species; the new records serve to clarify the geographic ranges and ecological preferences of these taxa.

scholarly journals Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical spiders of the genus Idiops Perty, 1833 (Araneae, Idiopidae), with description of four new species

2021 ◽  
Vol 780 ◽  
pp. 1-71
Author(s):  
Rafael Fonseca-Ferreira ◽  
José Paulo Leite Guadanucci ◽  
Flávio Uemori Yamamoto ◽  
Antonio Domingos Brescovit
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Immature Female ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Nomen Dubium ◽  
First Time ◽  
Species Inquirendae

Neotropical species of the genus Idiops Perty, 1833 are reviewed, and four new species are described from Brazil: I. duocordibus Fonseca-Ferreira, Guadanucci & Brescovit sp. nov., I. guri Fonseca-Ferreira, Guadanucci & Brescovit sp. nov., I. mocambo Fonseca-Ferreira, Guadanucci & Brescovit sp. nov. and I. sertania Fonseca-Ferreira, Guadanucci & Brescovit sp. nov. The majority of species are redescribed based on the examination of the types and extensive material. Males of I. petiti (Guérin, 1838), I. rastratus (Pickard-Cambrige, 1889), I. rohdei Karsch, 1886 and I. nilopolensis Mello-Leitão, 1923, and females of I. fuscus Perty, 1833 and I. pirassununguensis Fukami & Lucas, 2005, hitherto unknown, are described for the first time. Idiops nilopolensis, considered a nomen dubium, is revalidated. Idiops fulvipes Simon, 1889 is synonymized with I. argus Simon, 1889, and I. santaremius (Pickard-Cambrige, 1896) is synonymized with I. petiti. Neotypes are designated for Idiops fuscus, I. nilopolensis and I. siolii (Bücherl, 1953). Idiops bonapartei Hasselt, 1888 is considered species inquirendae, since the type is an immature female. Finally, an updated distribution map of Neotropical species is included. The genus now has 24 species in the Neotropical region.

Two New Species of Halictophagidae (Insecta: Strepsiptera) from the Brazilian Amazon Basin

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3517 (1) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCOS KOGAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
New Records ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
First Record ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Results

A sample of ca. 130 specimens from the Collection of Strepsiptera of the National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA) contained species in four families: Corioxenidae, Bohartillidae, Myrmecolacidae, and Halictophagidae. First results of the study of that sample are presented with descriptions of two new species of Halictophagidae: Halictophagus urucui sp. n. and Coriophagus jennyae sp. n. The latter species is the first record of Coriophagus in the Western Hemisphere; the genus distribution had been limited so far to Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the Solomon Islands. These new records contribute to an expanded view of the biodiversity of the Strepsiptera fauna in the Brazilian Amazon Basin.

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