Description of Mythimna serradague n.sp. from Madeira (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

1977 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
Niels L. Wolff
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
New Material ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

AbstractRebel (1940) listed 34 species of Noctuidae for Madeira. Since then finds of 7 further species (2 endemic) have been published. New material, partly placed at my disposal in order to contribute to a revision of the list of Madeiran Lepidoptera, partly collected by myself, contains 8 additional species of Noctuidae, one of which was hitherto unknown. In the present paper this species is described as Mythimna serradaguae and placed in the Mythimna sicula (Treitschke) group. Photographs of the male genitalia of allied species: M. saucesa Pinker, M. sicula (Treitschke), M. congrua (Hübner), and M. loreyi (Duponchel) are presented. The 15 species of Noctuidae new to the fauna of Madeira since 1940 are enumerated. Comments on these will appear in a revised list together with corrections to some of the taxa mentioned in the previous list (1940).

A new species of Dichagyris Lederer, 1857 from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4927 (4) ◽  
pp. 593-600
Author(s):  
PETER GYULAI ◽  
AIDAS SALDAITIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Wing Pattern ◽  
High Mountains ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
A New Species

Dichagyris is a diverse genus with a Holarctic distribution. Only a few taxa of the subgenus Albocosta Fibiger & Lafontaine, 1997 occur in the northwesternmost part of the Oriental region. The genus is most diverse in Turkey, Iran and the Central Asiatic high mountains. However, there is a distinct Sino-Tibetan group of species, possibly representing an undescribed subgenus. However, this idea is provisional and awaits revision of the genus. For present purposes, we assign these species to the subgenus Dichagyris. They share the following putative synapomorphies: black, dark brown or dark greyish forewing ground colour (with one exception), with obscure, reduced wing pattern and a broad-based, short, conical harpe in the male genitalia. Species of this group can be subdivided to two species-groups. In the astigmata-group which was mentioned for the first time by Hreblay et al. (1998) but without description or diagnosis from the minuta-group, the vesica is elongate and tubular (males), the appendix bursae and corpus bursae are long, sack–like, almost equal in size (females). In the minuta-group, the vesica is more ample than in the astigmata-group, and coiled, and the appendix bursae is globular and much shorter than the corpus bursae. The astigmata-group includes Dichagyris astigmata (Hampson, 1906), D. gansuensis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998, D. geochroides (Boursin, 1948) and D. vargazoli (Gyulai & Ronkay, 2001). The minuta-group comprises D. minuta Hreblay & Plante, 1998 and D. kormos Gyulai & Ronkay, 2001. During a research expedition in Sichuan in 2019, the existence of a third species in the minuta-group was recognized, which is described here. In addition, the female and its genitalia of D. gansuensis, which was described by Hreblay & Ronkay (1998) based on a single male, are illustrated here for the first time. 

The genus Neotrichia Morton 1905 (Insecta: Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) in Roraima state, Brazil: New records and description of seven new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4695 (6) ◽  
pp. 516-528
Author(s):  
JAIME DE LIEGE GAMA NETO ◽  
MAHEDY ARAUJO BASTOS PASSOS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Records ◽  
Additional Species

Seven new species of Neotrichia Morton 1905 from Brazil are described: Neotrichia caboca sp. nov., Neotrichia capitiana sp. nov., Neotrichia cruviana sp. nov., Neotrichia damurida sp. nov., Neotrichia macuxi sp. nov., Neotrichia makunaima sp. nov., and Neotrichia matula sp. nov. Illustrations of male genitalia are provided with each description. New country records for Brazil of two additional species, Neotrichia tauricornis Malicky 1980 and Neotrichia parabullata Harris & Armitage 2015 are also provided. 

A new Blepharosis species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4576 (3) ◽  
pp. 596
Author(s):  
PETER GYULAI ◽  
AIDAS SALDAITIS ◽  
ANDRO TRUUVERK ◽  
GINTAS VAITONIS
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Flight Period ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Western Sichuan ◽  
Coi Sequences ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

In 2017 the second author encountered a rather small Noctuidae species in western Sichuan (China) with unicolorous brown forewings and ochre reniform stigmata. Initially the six males collected resembled the taxa of the genus Cerapteryx Curtis, 1833, but the more gracile body, the finely serrate (and not bipectinated) male antennae and the late flight period indicated the need of further study. Dissection of the male genitalia revealed that the peculiar species belongs to the genus Blepharosis Boursin, 1964. The most recent review with descriptions of new Blepharosis taxa is available from Hreblay, Ronkay & Plante (1998). Comparison of external and genitalia features of the newly found taxon with the known species confirmed that it represents an undescribed species, which is very different externally from all but one of the members of Blepharosis. Regarding the configuration of the male genitalia, the only similar species is Blepharosis anachoretoides (Alphéraky, 1892), displaying only surprisingly small differences between the two species. The large difference between their barcodes (13.5% difference in the COI sequences) indicate however their specific distinctness despite their similar male genitalia structures. 

First report of the male of Zamora granulata Roewer, 1928, with implications on the higher taxonomy of the Zamorinae Kury, 1997 (Opiliones, Laniatores, Cranaidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3546 (1) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADRIANO B. KURY
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
First Report ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
New Material ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
First Time

Males of Zamora granulata Roewer, 1928—a species known from Zamora, Ecuador—are reported for the first time. Thestudy of this species, especially the male genitalia, along with all species of Zamorinae Kury, 1997, allowed to reach thefollowing conclusions: 1) Zamora vulcana Kury, 1997, from Cotopaxi, Ecuador, does not belong to Zamora and istransferred to Rivetinus Roewer, 1914; 2) Zamora granulata, the name-bearer of Zamorinae, is not an Agoristenidae andtherefore Zamorinae is placed in Cranaidae; 3) Zamorinae is redefined based on previously unavailable information frommale genitalia; (4) some genera hitherto placed in Zamorinae which present a combination of a generalized gonyleptoidhabitus plus an agoristenid genitalia (which includes Globibunus Roewer, 1912 and Rivetinus), are placed in Globibuninaesubfam. nov. Based on the examination of the holotype of Prostygnus vestitus Roewer, 1913 (from Ecuador, notColombia, nor Venezuela), and new material of Cutervolus albopunctatus Roewer, 1957, the Prostygninae are restrictedto Cutervolus Roewer, 1957 and Prostygnus Roewer, 1913, with distribution accordingly restricted to southern Ecuadorand northern Peru. Iconographic complements are made on the type species of these two genera, and their male genitaliaare illustrated for the first time. All other Prostygninae are considered Gonyleptoidea incertae sedis. Emended diagnoses are provided for Globibuninae, Prostygninae and Zamorinae.

Adult morphology of Paramorganiella adventurosa Tonnoir (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae), including a description of the unique maxillary palpi

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2559 (1) ◽  
pp. 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATHIAS JASCHHOF ◽  
STEPHAN M. BLANK ◽  
Uwe Kallweit
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Maxillary Palpus ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Adult Morphology ◽  
New Material ◽  
Mechanical Tool ◽  
First Time

The adult morphology of male Paramorganiella adventurosa Tonnoir is redescribed on the basis of new material from Tasmania. Details of the male genitalia are described and figured for the first time. The female is described for the first time. Special attention is paid to the clypeus and maxillary palpus, both sexually dimorphic, of which the anatomy is extensively illustrated and discussed with respect to possible function and in the context of palpal modifications found in other Mycetophilidae. Anatomy suggests the palpi of males function as a mechanical tool rather than a probing organ, which is unique among Mycetophilidae and Diptera. Various functional hypotheses are discussed in the context of sexual selection.

Redescription and lectotype designation of Helichus cordubensis Berg (Coleoptera: Dryopidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3168 (1) ◽  
pp. 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. RODRIGUEZ ◽  
V. MANZO
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Material ◽  
First Time

Helichus cordubensis Berg, 1885 is redescribed based on type material and new material. A lectotype is designated for this species. Male genitalia are illustrated for the first time.

A taxonomic revision of the fruit-piercing and blood-sucking moth genus Calyptra Ochsenheimer [=Calpe Treitschke] (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

1983 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 467-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Bänziger
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Crossing Experiments ◽  
Blood Sucking ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

AbstractThe genus Calyptra [=Calpe] is revised with comments on and illustrations of the male genitalia and habitus of all species and subspecies, together with a key to the species and tables summarizing pertinent characters. Culyptra is redescribed and compared to closely related genera (Africalpe, Oraesia, Percalpe, Plusiodonta). 17 species are recognized (albivirgata, bicolor, eustrigata, fasciata [=labilis], fletcheri, gruesa, hokkaida [=hoenei], imperialis, lata [=aureola], minuticornis, nyei. ophideroides, orthograpta [=striata], parva, pseudobicolor, thalictri [=sodalis], 5 synonymies are newly established or confirmed. Crossing experiments proved novaepommeraniae a subspecies of minutiornis; subspecies pallida is identical to thalictri form centralitalica, while its aberration intensiva is an infrasubspecific name. The species aeneofusa, albescens, argyrolampra, argyrosema, cerne. glaucocheila. igneceps, wintgensi are transferred to Oraesia, nubifera to Africalpe, icterica to Arcyophora, sittaca to Hemiceratoides and dubiosa to Odontestis; emarginata, excavata, rectistria are confirmed to belong to Oraesia and canadensis to Percalpe.

Description of a new genus and two new species of cutworm moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

2004 ◽  
Vol 136 (6) ◽  
pp. 823-834
Author(s):  
J. Donald Lafontaine ◽  
James T. Troubridge
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
North America ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

AbstractAlastriagen. nov. is described, and Callierges tropicalis Schaus is transferred to the genus. Alastria chicosp. nov. is described from western North America and Alastria machosp. nov. is described from Costa Rica. We provide illustrations of the adults and genitalia of all three species, as well as the male genitalia of two related genera, Nedra Clarke and Actinotia Hübner.

scholarly journals Seek and ye shall find: new species and new records of Microporella (Bryozoa, Cheilostomatida) in the Mediterranean

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1053 ◽  
pp. 1-42
Author(s):  
Emanuela Di Martino ◽  
Antonietta Rosso
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Intraspecific Variability ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
New Material ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Submarine Caves

The Mediterranean specimens of the genus Microporella collected from shallow water habitats during several surveys and cruises undertaken mostly off the Italian coast are revised. As a result of the disentanglement of the M. ciliata complex and the examination of new material, three new species, M. bicollarissp. nov., M. ichnusaesp. nov., and M. pachyspinasp. nov., are described from submarine caves or associated with seagrasses and algae. An additional species Microporella sp. A, distinct by its finely reticulate ascopore, is described but left in open nomenclature owing to the limitations of a single infertile fragment. After examination of all available material, based on their identical zooidal morphology, the genus Diporula is regarded as junior synonym of Microporella and the combination Microporella verrucosa is resurrected as first suggested by Neviani in 1896. Fenestrulina joannae is also reassigned to Microporella. The availability of a large number of colonies of the above-mentioned and other species already well known from the area (i.e., M. appendiculata, M. ciliata, and M. modesta), allowed the assessment of their high intraspecific variability as well as the observation, for the first time, of some morphological characters including ancestrulae, early astogeny, and kenozooids. Finally, M. modesta, in spite of M. ciliata as defined by the neotype selected by Kukliński & Taylor in 2008, appears to be the commonest species in the basin.

scholarly journals Apamea yunnana sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from northern Yunnan, China

1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-85
Author(s):  
Vladimir Kononenko ◽  
Kauri Mikkola
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Noctuid Species ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

A new noctuid species, Apamea yunnana sp. n. is described from the yunnan Province, S China. The moth is superficially similar to A. ferrago (Eversmann) and to the recently described A. nekrasovi Mikkola, Varga & Guylai but differs from these in the details of the forewing pattern and more so in the structure of genitalia. The adult and the male genitalia of the new species are illustrated.

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