Lapita (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) from Fiji and Vanuatu

2016 ◽  
Vol 159 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-195
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Bickel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Strong Connection ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
High Level ◽  
A New Species

Lapita Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae), previously known only from New Caledonia, is newly described from Fiji and nearby Pacific archipelagoes, and includes 21 species in four species groups. The vakalevu group comprises four new species, Lapita vakalevu from Fiji and Tonga, and L. morleyi, L. savura and L. tavuki, all from Fiji. The tuimerekei group comprises two new Fijian species, L. batiqere and L. tuimerekei. The paradoxa group comprises two new species from Viti Levu, Fiji, L. paradoxa and L. maafusalatu. The denticauda group includes 13 species, L. greenwoodi (Bezzi), comb. n., from Viti Levu, L. sanma, a new species from Vanuatu (Espiritu Santo), and eleven additional new species, all from Fiji: L. adusta, L. macuata, L. coloisuva, L. delaco, L. timocii, L. bicolor, L. veilaselase, L. kuitarua, L. denticauda, L. sarnati, and L. vatudiri. Most Lapita species are known only from single or adjacent sites, suggesting a high level of local endemicity. As demonstrated elsewhere for the Sciapodinae, there is a strong connection between Fiji and Vanuatu, with species groups shared between the two archipelagoes. Biogeographical processes to account for the distribution of Lapita on Fiji and New Caledonia are discussed.

A revision of Eastern Palaearctic Anthobium Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). IV. The atrocephalum and convexior groups, and additional species of the morchella, nigrum and reflexum groups

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4821 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-434
Author(s):  
ALEXEY V. SHAVRIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Group A ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

Two new species groups are established for East Palaearctic species of the genus Anthobium Leach, 1819: the atrocephalum group containing the widespread Palaearctic A. atrocephalum (Gyllenhal, 1827), A. formosanum Shavrin, sp. n. (Taiwan), A. hammondi Watanabe, 1990 (Japan), A. lackneri Shavrin, sp. n. (Japan: Hokkaido), and two Chinese species, A. kabateki Shavrin, sp. n. (Yunnan, Gansu) and A. marci Shavrin, sp. n. (Sichuan); the convexior group containing four new species from China: A. convexior Shavrin, sp. n. (Shaanxi, Sichuan), A. auritum Shavrin, sp. n. (Yunnan), A. kabaki Shavrin, sp. n. (Sichuan), and A. semenovi Shavrin, sp. n. (Sichuan). New species are described and illustrated. The species groups are defined, briefly discussed and a key to the species of each group is given. Additionally, a new species of the morchella group, A. inopinatum Shavrin, sp. n. (China: Yunnan) and the nigrum group, A. bengalicum Shavrin, sp. n. (India: West Bengal), are described and illustrated. New faunistic records of A. reflexum (Reitter, 1891) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan are provided.

scholarly journals The Dacini fruit fly fauna of Sulawesi fits Lydekker’s line but also supports Wallacea as a biogeographic region (Diptera, Tephritidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 973 ◽  
pp. 103-122
Author(s):  
Camiel Doorenweerd ◽  
Arni Ekayanti ◽  
Daniel Rubinoff
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Strong Connection ◽  
Biogeographic Region ◽  
Biogeographic Regions ◽  
High Level ◽  
Interesting Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Male Lures

Although there is scientific consensus on most of the major biogeographic regions in the world, the demarcation of the area connecting Southeast Asia with Australia and Oceania remains debated. Two candidate boundaries potentially explain faunistic diversity patterns in the regions: Lydekker’s and Wallace’s lines. The islands in between both ‘lines’ are jointly termed Wallacea, with Sulawesi as the largest landmass. We surveyed Dacini fruit flies (Tephritidae: Dacinae) in Sulawesi between 2016 and 2019 using traps baited with male lures, resulting in 4,517 collected flies. We identified all specimens to species level, which adds 15 new species records to the island, bringing the total number of Dacini species in Sulawesi to 83. The biogeographic affinity of species in the updated checklist reveals a strong connection with former ‘Sunda’ (41% of species); validating Lydekker’s line, but also a high level of endemism (47% of species), confirming the uniqueness of Wallacea as a biogeographic region. We further describe a new species, Bactrocera (Bactrocera) niogreta Doorenweerd, sp. nov. and discuss the taxonomy of several interesting species.

scholarly journals A new species-group of the genus Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) from south-eastern Asia, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini)

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-152
Author(s):  
Svatopluk Bílý
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

Abstract Two new species of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 are described: A. (Haplanthaxia) phobos sp. nov. (Thailand) and A. (H.) deimos sp. nov. (China, Laos, Thailand). Anthaxia (H.) phobos species-group is defined and a review of all the currently defined species-groups in the subgenus Haplanthaxia Reitter, 1911 is provided. New species are illustrated and the newly defined species-group is differentiated from previously defined groups.

scholarly journals A new species ofTriteSimon, 1885 (Araneae: Salticidae) from New Zealand, with remarks onTriterelationships and radiation

PeerJ ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. e3463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Patoleta ◽  
Marek Żabka
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Lord Howe Island ◽  
Norfolk Island ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Alternative Scenarios ◽  
A New Species

A species known from earlier behavioural studies as “Holoplatys sp.”, is described asTrite pollardisp. nov. Within the genusTrite, two species groups are distinguished: theplaniceps-group (found in New Caledonia, New Zealand, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island) and theincognita-group (limited to New Zealand). The three alternative scenarios of theTriteorigin, relationships and radiation in New Zealand, New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island are discussed. Three species are considered to be excluded fromTrite.

Description of two new species from China in a new species group of the fig wasp genus Sycophaga Westwood (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae: Sycophaginae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4196 (4) ◽  
pp. 569
Author(s):  
YANG LIU ◽  
ZI LI ◽  
LINGYI JIA ◽  
DAWEI HUANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Fig Wasp ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Fig Tree ◽  
A New Species

A new species group, the brevis-group, is established for two new species of the fig wasp genus Sycophaga Westwood (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) reared from the monoecious fig tree Ficus orthoneura (Moraceae, Ficus, subgenus Urostigma) in China. The two new species, S. brevis n. sp. and S. diutius n. sp. are described and illustrated, supplemented by COI sequence data. In contrast with two other species groups newly recognized in Sycophaga, the explorator-group for species previously classified in Apocryptophagus Ashmead and the sycomori-group for other species previously classified in Sycophaga, the brevis-group is uniquely defined by the long pronotum of females and a Ficus host within the subgenus Urostigma. 

A new species of Thysanoptyx Hampson, 1894 from India (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4319 (2) ◽  
pp. 375
Author(s):  
NAVNEET SINGH ◽  
RAHUL JOSHI ◽  
JAGBIR SINGH KIRTI ◽  
ANTON V. VOLYNKIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South India ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Subjective Synonym

The genus Thysanoptyx Hampson, 1894 is a member of the subtribe Lithosiina, tribe Lithosiini (Arctiinae). It was described as a monotypic genus for Lithosia tetragona Walker, 1854 from Silhet [Sylhet], [Bangladesh].Hampson (1900) treated Thysanoptyx as a synonym of Eilema Hübner. Daniel (1954) placed it under Lithosia Fabricius, whereas Birket-Smith (1965) treated it as a junior subjective synonym of Teulisna Walker. Later, Kishida (1993) considered Thysanoptyx Hampson as a valid genus. Fang (2000) reported four species from China: Thysanoptyx tetragona (Walker, 1854), T. fimbriata (Leech, 1890), T. signata (Walker, 1854), and T. brevimacula (Alphéraky, 1897). However, the male genitalia of T. tetragona figured by Fang (2000) belong to a probably new species (Singh, pers. obs.). Holloway (2001) considered four species, Thysanoptyx tetragona, T. oblonga (Butler, 1877), T. sordida (Butler, 1881), and T. incurvata Wileman & West, 1928 from Oriental region. Kirti & Singh (2015) described a new species, T. pseudotetragona Joshi, Singh & Kirti from South India (Kerala) and reported T. incurvata for the first time from India. However, the new reporting of T. incurvata seems to be incorrect (see the remark below). Recently, Volynkin & Dubatolov (2017) subdivided Thysanoptyx into five species groups: tetragona species group, oblonga species group, sordida species group, signata species group, and fimbriata species group, with the description of two new species: T. indosinica Volynkin & Dubatolov, 2017 from Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam and T. mirifica Volynkin & Dubatolov, 2017 from Vietnam. At present the genus comprises 10 valid species distributed from China, Taiwan to India and South East Asia. 

scholarly journals On a new species of the genus Cyprinotus (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from a temporary wetland in New Caledonia (Pacific Ocean), with a reappraisal of the genus

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koen Martens ◽  
Mehmet Yavuzatmaca ◽  
Janet Higuti
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Main Island ◽  
Temporary Wetland ◽  
Recent Species ◽  
Doubtful Species ◽  
The Right ◽  
High Level ◽  
A New Species

The New Caledonia archipelago is known for its high level of endemism in both faunal and floral groups. Thus far, only 12 species of non-marine ostracods have been reported. After three expeditions to the main island of the archipelago (Grande Terre), about four times as many species were found, about half of which are probably new. Here, we describe a new species, Cyprinotus drubea sp. nov., which is characterised mainly by the hyper-developed dorsal hump on the right valve, much larger than in any other known Recent species in this genus. After a literature study of the other presumed species in Cyprinotus Brady, 1886, we retain seven Recent species in the genus, including the present new species. Cyprinotus crenatus (Turner, 1893), C. dentatus (Sharpe, 1910), C. flavescens Brady, 1898, C. inconstans Furtos, 1936, C. newmexicoensis Ferguson, 1967, C. ohanopecoshensis Ferguson, 1966, C. pellucidus (Sharpe, 1897), C. scytodus (Dobbin, 1941) and C. sulphurous Blake, 1931 are here all referred to the genus Heterocypris s. lat. Claus, 1892. Cyprinotus unispinifera Furtos, 1936 is assigned to the genus Cypricercus Sars, 1895. Cyprinotus tenuis Henry, 1923, C. fuscus Henry, 1919 and C. carinatus (King, 1855) are here classified as doubtful species. A checklist of the 14 non-marine ostracods, now including Cyprinotus drubea sp. nov. and Cypris granulata (Daday, 1910), thus far reported from New Caledonia, is provided. Herpetocypris caledonica Méhes, 1939 and H. caledonica var. minor Méhes, 1939 are synonymised with Candonocypris novaezelandiae (Baird, 1843).

Revision of the Paleartic species of the genus Ochthebius Leach (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) XXIV. Description of Ochthebius (Asiobates) sanabrensis n. sp. from northwestern Spain

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1818 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
LUIS F. VALLADARES ◽  
MANFRED A. JÄCH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Western Palearctic ◽  
Palearctic Region ◽  
Northwestern Spain ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
High Level ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Northwestern Iberian Peninsula

In the Palearctic region, the hydraenid subgenus Asiobates Thomson, 1859 comprises two species groups (Jäch, 1990): the O. minimus Fabricius group and the O. bicolon Germar group. The O. bicolon group is quite diverse in the Iberian Peninsula (12 species) displaying a high level of endemism (six Iberian endemic species). In contrast, only two Iberian species of the O. minimus group are known to date, with both rather widely distributed in the western Palearctic Region: O. (Asiobates) aeneus Stephens, 1835 and O. (A.) minimus (Fabricius, 1792). A new species, apparently endemic to the northwestern Iberian Peninsula, is now added to this group.

Definitions of two species groups of Stenothemus Bourgeois (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of three new species from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5047 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-152
Author(s):  
SHUJUAN GE ◽  
XINGKE YANG ◽  
HAOYU LIU ◽  
YUXIA YANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Spermathecal Duct ◽  
Body Coloration ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Internal Genitalia ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
A New Species

Two new species-groups of the cantharid genus Stenothmeus Bourgeois are defined, S. laterophysus species-group and S. notaticollis species-group. The S. laterophysus species-group is composed of two species, including S. laterophysus Švihla, 2004 and a new species, S. nigritibius Y. Yang et H. Liu, sp. nov., and characterized by the pitch black elytra and bicolored legs, the subrounded pronotum with widely rounded anterior angles and projecting posterior angles, male genitalia with slender ventral processes of parameres which are slightly bent inwards at apical parts, laterophyses tilting ventrally at an angle of more than 45° with dorsal plates, compressed at apical parts, as well as the slender spermathecal duct, extremely long spermatheca and diverticulum. The S. notaticollis species-group consists of five species, including S. notaticollis (Gorham, 1895), S. bourgeoisi Wittmer, 1974, S. tamil Švihla, 2011 and two new species, S. parameratus Y. Yang et S. Ge, sp. nov. and S. acutiapicis Y. Yang et X. Yang, sp. nov., which is differentiated from the S. laterophysus species-group by the more variable body coloration, elytra pitch black or black brown or pale-yellow, male genitalia with thick or flattened ventral processes of parameres which are diverging apically, laterophyses parallel to dorsal plates, expanded at apices, as well as the stout spermathecal duct, moderately long spermatheca and diverticulum. The above species are illustrated with photographs of habitus, male genitalia, abdominal sternites and internal genitalia of female. A key for the identification of these species is provided and a distribution map is presented.  

A Synopsis of Dicliptera (Acanthaceae) in Brazil, with the Description of Two New Species

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-348
Author(s):  
James Lucas da Costa-Lima ◽  
Earl Celestino de Oliveira Chagas
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
The North ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul ◽  
A New Species

Abstract—A synopsis of Dicliptera (Acanthaceae) for Brazil is presented. Six species are recognized: Dicliptera ciliaris, D. sexangularis, and D. squarrosa, widely distributed in South America; D. purpurascens, which ranges from the North Region of Brazil (in the state of Acre) to eastern Bolivia; D. gracilirama, a new species from the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil; and D. granchaquenha, a new species recorded in dry and semideciduous forests in Bolivia and western Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Furthermore, we propose new synonyms and designate lectotypes for eleven names. An identification key to the six accepted Dicliptera species in Brazil is provided.

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