Dissimulitermes, a new soldierless termite genus (Blattaria: Isoptera: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae) from the Neotropics and the histology of its dehiscent organ

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Joice Constantini ◽  
Vanelize Janei ◽  
Ana Maria Costa-Leonardo ◽  
Eliana M. Cancello
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Feature ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Morphological Aspects ◽  
A New Species

Abstract A new genus, Dissimulitermes Constantini & Cancello gen. nov., is described from the Neotropical region. The main morphological feature of the new genus is remarkable defensive organs. A new species of Dissimulitermes is described: D. invisibilis Constantini & Cancello, sp. nov. Description, comparisons, measurements, a distribution map, histology of their dehiscent organ, and an illustration of all the fundamental morphological aspects are provided.

A new species and new records of Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan in Neotropical Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3394 (1) ◽  
pp. 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
HERÓN HUERTA ◽  
MARIA LUIZA FELIPPE-BAUER ◽  
GUSTAVO R. SPINELLI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Records ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
The World ◽  
Northern Brazil ◽  
A New Species

In the revision of the Ceratopogonini of the World, Wirth & Grogan (1988) placed the species of the Monohelea multilineata group in the new genus Downeshelea, which includes 33 species (Borkent, 2011), most of them known from the New World. Borkent and Spinelli (2000, 2007) listed 18 species from the Neotropical Region and Felippe-Bauer and Silva (2008) subsequently described D. oliveirai Felippe-Bauer from northern Brazil. From Mexico, only D. multilineata (Lutz) and D. panamensis (Lane & Wirth) have been reported.

A new species of Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Peruvian Andes, with updated key to South American species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4722 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-200
Author(s):  
GALILEU P. S. DANTAS ◽  
ANA A. HUAMANTINCO ARAUJO ◽  
NEUSA HAMADA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
South American ◽  
Congeneric Species ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
South American Species ◽  
Peruvian Andes ◽  
A New Species

Rheotanytarsus is a speciose genus, currently composed by more than 100 nominal species distributed worldwide, 19 are known from the Neotropical region, four from South America and only one is registered for Peru. In the present study, a new species is described and illustrated based on males collected in the Peruvian Andes. In addition, the key to the South American species is updated and a distribution map of them is provided. Rheotanytarsus amaru sp. n. is easily distinguished from the congeneric species by the dark general coloration and the hypopygial morphology. 

scholarly journals Integrative taxonomy reveals a new genus and new species of Philosciidae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from the Neotropical region

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (5) ◽  
pp. 473-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca L. Zimmermann ◽  
Ivanklin S. Campos-Filho ◽  
Paula B. Araujo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Nuclear Markers ◽  
Terrestrial Isopods ◽  
New Methods ◽  
A New Species

Although new methods and data are conquering space in the field of taxonomy, such as integrative taxonomy, most terrestrial isopod species are still described based only on morphology. Species of the genus Atlantoscia Ferrara and Taiti, 1981 were the first and are the unique terrestrial isopods from the Neotropics for which a molecular phylogeny was already conducted. Previous results indicated that this genus could be paraphyletic, and a more detailed analysis would be required. Our aim was to reconstruct the phylogeny of Atlantoscia using mitochondrial and nuclear markers and test its monophyly by integrating molecular and morphological data. We observed that, indeed, Atlantoscia is paraphyletic. Atlantoscia ituberasensis Campos-Filho, Lisboa and Araujo, 2013 and Atlantoscia rubromarginata Araujo and Leistikow, 1999 were placed in a new genus of terrestrial isopods, Paratlantoscia gen. nov., together with a new species described in the present study, Paratlantoscia robusta sp. nov. The new genus is defined by the presence of specialized respiratory areas in the pleopod exopods and its validity is highly corroborated by molecular analyses and by biogeographic information. This study highlights the importance of multiple and complementary perspectives as a way to improve the quality of species hypothesis and associated descriptions.

scholarly journals A New Genus and a New Species of Cladorchiidae (Digenea: Dadayiinae) from Podocnemis Expansa (Chelonia) of the Neotropical Region, State of Pará, Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 378-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Knoff ◽  
Daniel Rusk Brooks ◽  
Maria Cristina Mullins ◽  
Delir Corrêa Gomes
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Podocnemis Expansa ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals Apu, a new genus of Euchromiina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini), and a new species from the montane forests of southeastern Peru

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 639-648
Author(s):  
Juan Grados
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The Andes ◽  
A New Species

Based on external morphological characters and the structure of the male genitalia, a new genus of Euchromiina from the Neotropical region, Apu gen. nov. is described. A new species is described, Apu mooreorum sp. nov. and the species Apu flavicornis (Druce) comb. nov. is redescribed. The genus occurs in the montane forests of the Andes. Diagnostic characters are provided for the genus and the two species which comprise it. Photographs of the adults of both species are provided, as well as the morphological characters of the male genitalia.

scholarly journals Pectotibialis paghmanensis Tshernyshev gen. nov. – a new genus and species of soft-winged flower beetle (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Malachiidae) from Afghanistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 775 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Sergei E. Tshernyshev
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Other ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
External Appearance ◽  
Distal Half ◽  
Male Characters ◽  
A New Species

A new genus with a new species of soft-winged flower beetle, Pectotibialis paghmanensis Tshernyshev gen. et sp. nov. are described from Afghanistan. The new genus can be distinguished from the congeners of the tribe Apalochrini by the dark pectination in the apices of tibiae in both sexes, and the anterior tibiae which are hollowed at distal half, flattened and rounded femora, bituberculate basal parts of head and pronotum, two lamellate metathoracic appendages, tarsal comb above second tarsomere of anterior legs, and serrate antennae in the male. Based on the metathoracic appendages and comb in anterior legs would attribute this new species to the new genus Dromanthomorphus Pic, 1921, but all the other above-mentioned characters define its independent status and the designation of a new genus; Pectotibialis Tshernyshev gen. nov. The external appearance, special male characters and genitalia of the type species of the new genus are illustrated, and a distribution map is provided. A key to the Apalochrus-section of the tribe Apalochrini is provided.

scholarly journals Notes on Potentilla (Rosaceae) of Altai. 9. A new species from Kuraisky Ridge

Turczaninowia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 58-72
Author(s):  
Aleksey A. Kechaykin ◽  
Alexander I. Shmakov ◽  
Frank Müller ◽  
Michail V. Skaptsov ◽  
Aleksey V. Vaganov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Feature ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Alpine Belt ◽  
Dark Violet ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
A New Species

Based on morphological characters, a new species Potentilla friesenii collected from alpine belt of Kuraisky Ridge (Altai Mts.) is described. The novelty belongs to Potentilla sect. Chrysanthae; it is most closely related to P. asiatica but differs from the latter by styles not or somewhat widened and smooth to slightly verrucose (vs. always somewhat widened and strongly verrucose) at base as well as the presence of numerous violet glands on sepals. Stability of these differences are confirmed by several years of observation in the wild and in introduction. Illustration of the new species, image of its type specimen, and distribution map are adduced; the area of P. asiatica within Altai Mts. is also presented. A novel morphological feature separating P. asiatica and P. chrysantha is found: staminal ring in P. asiatica (as well as in the new species) is dark violet while it is pale in P. chrysantha. The name P. asiatica is lectotypified.

A new species of the genus Bertholdia Schaus, 1896 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from the Neotropical region: Bertholdia zoenia sp. n.

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4238 (1) ◽  
pp. 88 ◽  
Author(s):  
HERNAN MARIO BECCACECE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Outer Margin ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Bertholdia Schaus is described: Bertholdia zoenia sp. n., based on males and females from Argentina and Paraguay. This new species is closer to Bertholdia myosticta Hampson, 1901 from Costa Rica, Irazú. Bertholdia zoenia sp. n. can be recognized externally because its hyaline spot on forewing is the widest among all species of genus. Also, the shape of this hyaline spot is like a right triangle with smooth outer margin, different from other species of genus, which have an irregular spot. Habitus, male and female genitalia, and particular structures of B. zoenia sp. n. are illustrated. Habitus and male genitalia of B. myosticta are also illustrated. A distribution map and commentaries of habitat of B. zoenia sp. n. and B. myosticta are given. Remarks on nomenclature of the genus are provided. 

scholarly journals Two new Stratiomyinae, including Panamamyia gen. nov., from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1701 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
NORMAN E. WOODLEY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Malaise Trap ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Hoplitimyia James, H. inbioensis sp. nov., is described from Costa Rica. A new genus, Panamamyia gen. nov. (type species P. silbergliedi sp. nov.) is described from Panama. Both taxa are very rare in collections, not having been taken during extensive Malaise trap surveys in Costa Rica.

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