Revision of the genus Cyphura . Part III: The geminia and semiobsoleta species groups from the Indo-Pacific region with five new species (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae: Uraniinae)

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-37
Author(s):  
Siep Sinnema ◽  
Jannie Sinnema-Bloemen

The geminia and semiobsoleta groups of the genus Cyphura Warren, 1902 (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae) are revised. Five new species are described. There are four new species in the geminia species group: Cyphura pallidata sp. n., C. marcoi sp. n., C. aruensis sp. n., and C. numforensis sp. n. In this group, a lectotype is designated for Strophidia costalis Butler, 1887, C. subsimilis Warren, 1902, S. bifasciata Butler, 1879, C. catenulata Warren, 1902, Urapteroides approximans Swinhoe, 1902, U. falka Swinhoe, 1916, U. swinhoei Rothschild, 1915 and for U. swinhoei Joicey & Kaye, 1917. Six new synonyms are proposed: U. gutturalis (Swinhoe, 1916) is a junior synonym of C. geminia (Cramer, 1779), C. subsimilis Warren, 1902 is a junior synonym of C. costalis (Butler, 1887), C. catenulata Warren, 1902 and U. approximans (Swinhoe, 1902) are both junior synonyms of C. bifasciata (Butler, 1879), U. falka (Swinhoe, 1916) is a junior synonym of C. pieridaria Warren, 1902 and U. swinhoei (Joicey & Kaye, 1917) is a junior synonym of C. maxima (Strand, 1912). Urapteroides swinhoei Rothschild, 1915 is transferred to Cyphura as Cyphura swinhoei (Rothschild, 1915) comb. n. In the semiobsoleta species group, one new species is described: C. trifasciata sp. n. In this group a lectotype is designated for Urapteroides semiobsoleta Warren, 1896, U. semiobsoleta reducta Joicey & Talbot 1916, C. multistrigaria Warren, 1907 and for C. multistrigaria ab. dealbata Warren, 1907.

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4995 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-333
Author(s):  
SHUXIA WANG ◽  
XIAOJU ZHU ◽  
ZHULIN TAO

Eighteen new species of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick are described: M. arcivalvata sp. nov., M. chongqingensis sp. nov., M. curvativa sp. nov., M. curvitaeniana sp. nov., M. dilatifasciata sp. nov., M. fasciptera sp. nov., M. globoidea sp. nov., M. graciliclavata sp. nov., M. grandivalvula sp. nov., M. lunata sp. nov., M. medispinea sp. nov., M. proapicalis sp. nov., M. raphidacantha sp. nov., M. sinuaclavata sp. nov., M. tenuiclavata sp. nov., M. tetrodonta sp. nov. M. ventridentata sp. nov. and M. ventrisinuata sp. nov. The female of M. similifloralis (Wang, 2006) is described for the first time. Images of both adults and genitalia are provided. All species are divided into two species-groups, the dentivalvata species-group and the fasciptera species-group. A key to each group and maps showing the distribution of each group in China are given.  


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4647 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
OWEN D. SEEMAN

Eutarsopolipus burwelli sp. nov. and E. echinatus sp. nov. (Acari: Podapolipidae) are described from Nurus medius Darlington, 1961 (Coleoptera: Carabidae), a large burrowing carabid beetle found in the rainforests of coastal central Queensland, Australia. Eutarsopolipus burwelli belongs to the ochoai species group, which is herein refined, and E. echinatus is placed tentatively in the pterostichi species group. A revised key to the species groups of Eutarsopolipus is provided. The synhospitalic species of Eutarsopolipus are reviewed and synhospitality within the genus is discussed. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2004 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
NEAL L. EVENHUIS

The Marquesan species of Campsicnemus are reviewed and four new species groups: the gladiator group (Marquesan gladiator flies), the aa group (Marquesan vowel flies), the englundi group (Marquesan silly-walk flies), and the hihiroa group (Marquesan eyelash flies) are defined. Twelve new species are described and illustrated: Campsicnemus gladiator Evenhuis, n. sp. (gladiator group); C. aa Evenhuis, n. sp., C. ee Evenhuis, n. sp., C. ii Evenhuis, n. sp., C. oo Evenhuis, n. sp., C. uu Evenhuis, n. sp. (all in the aa group); C. englundi Evenhuis, n. sp.; C. cheesmanae Evenhuis, n. sp., C. plautus Evenhuis, n. sp.; (all in the englundi group); C. dytei Evenhuis, n. sp., C. hihiroa Evenhuis, n. sp., C. taratara Evenhuis, n. sp. (all in the hihiroa group). A key to all known French Polynesian species groups of Campsicnemus and to species within each species group in the Marquesas are given.


Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3462 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
GREGORY P. SETLIFF

The Indo-Australian crowned weevil genus Asytesta Pascoe, 1865 is revised. Forty-one species are recognized, including18 that are new: A. alexandriae, A. alexriedeli, A. allisoni, A. biakana, A. cheesmanae, A. concolora, A. emarginata, A.fayae, A. frontalis, A. gressitti, A. julieae, A. marginalis, A. morobeana, A. sedlaceki, A. thompsoni, A. tuberculata, A.vivienae, and A. woodlarkiana, new species. One subspecies, A. lugubris bidentata Voss is elevated to species status, A.bidentata Voss, new status. Four species are newly synonymized: A. circulifera Lea, 1928 = A. rata Heller, 1910, A.definita Faust, 1898 = A. humeralis Pascoe, 1865, A. granulifera Lea, 1928 = A. aucta Faust, 1898, and A. setipes Lea,1928 = A. lugubris Heller, 1895 new synonyms. Six new species groups are proposed. Lectotypes are designated for 18species. Two species are transferred from Asytesta to other genera: A. maura Pascoe to Microporopterus Lea and A.ypsilon Heller to Meroleptus Faust, new combinations. A checklist and key for all crowned weevil genera, key to speciesgroups and species of Asytesta, adult habitus illustrations, distribution maps, and line drawings of diagnostic charactersare provided.A phylogeny for the genus based on 82 adult morphological characters (187 states) for 41 ingroup taxa is alsopresented. All genera and species of the crowned weevil group as redefined here (including Cyamomistus Heller,Eudyasmus Pascoe, Glochinorhinus Waterhouse, Nothotragopus Zimmerman, Panopides Pascoe, and Zygara Pascoe),were included in the analysis to test the monophyly of Asytesta. Monophyly of Asytesta was supported only with thesynonymy of the monotypic genus Zygara. Accordingly, Zygara is a new junior synonym of Asytesta and Zygara doriae (Kirsch) is returned to its original combination with Asytesta; A. doriae Kirsch resurrected status.


1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hansen

AbstractThe genus Kiransus Makhan, 1994 erected for a hydrochid species, K. aschnaae Makhan, 1994, with a unique and extremely modified tergum 8 (= 'sternum 5' of Makhan), is placed as a junior synonym (syn. n.) of Hydrochus Leach, 1817, in which it represents a highly derived, subordinate clade, here referred to as the 'Hydrochus aschnaae species group'. A redefinition of this clade is proposed, based on the discovery of three new species, Hydrochus tuberculatus sp. n. from Burkina, H. nigeriensis sp. n. from Nigeria and H. ensifer sp. n. from Sudan. Structural peculiarities in the abdominal apex of Hydrochidae are outlined and attention is called to certain features of phylogenetic importance.


Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1137 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
MING-FU WANG ◽  
RONG-RONG WANG ◽  
WAN-QI XUE

The Helina obtusipennis species-group is erected for nine species of Helina in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions, namely H. atlantica (Tiensuu), H. ciliatocosta (Zetterstedt), H. eurymetopa Emden, H. macrocera Hennig, H. mandschurica Hennig, H. medogensis sp. nov., H. obtusipennis (Fallén), H. setigera (Pokorny), and H. spinicosta ( Zetterstedt). These species are Palaearctic in distribution except for H. eurymetopa Emden and H. medogensis, which are known from the Oriental Region. Members of this group can be easily differentiated from those of other Helina species-groups by their broad frons in both sexes with one or two pairs of upper orbital setae. A key to the males of the H. obtusipennis species-group is given.


Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3635 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOSHIO KAWAI

The Indo-Pacific peristediid genus Satyrichthys Kaup, 1873 was first diagnosed as having a broad head with mesethmoid, postocular, parietal and preopercular spines. Later, most ichthyologists characterized Satyrichthys by its toothless jaws and strong preopercular spine. Kawai (2008) divided Satyrichthys into two genera, Satyrichthys and Scalicus, on the basis of a phylogenetic hypothesis, and redefined Satyrichthys. Seven species of Satyrichthys are recognized here, including one new species: S. clavilapis, S. laticeps, S. longiceps, S. milleri sp. nov., S. moluccensis, S. rieffeli and S. welchi. The new species is distinguished from its congeners in having equilateral-triangular rostral projections, 4 lip and 4 chin barbels, and no anterior directed spines on the upper lateral row of the caudal peduncle. Satyrichthys laticeps, previously treated as a junior synonym of S. moluccensis, is regarded as a valid species. The following new synonyms are noted: S. adeni, S. halyi and S. magnus are all junior synonyms of S. laticeps; S. isokawae is a junior synonym of S. moluccensis; and S. lingi is a junior synonym of S. welchi. In addition, a neotype is designated for S. moluccensis.


Author(s):  
Hiroshi Ikeda ◽  
Hiroyuki Yoshitomi

Japanese species of the genus Intybia are revised taxonomically, with the examination of the endophallic structure. Eight species, including one new species Intybia donan sp. nov. from Yonaguni-jima, are recognized. All species are described or redescribed with a key and figures. The endophallic structure contains one primary sclerite (gonoporal piece), three secondary sclerites (ligula, semi-gonoporal piece, and spinous plate) in some species, and a membranous basal area densely covered with many spines (spinous area). Based on the structures of the endophallus, the Japanese members of the genus are divided into two species groups (the histrio and pelegrini groups). The pelegrini species group is furthermore subdivided into three subgroups (subgroups 1–3). New distributional records are as follows: I. histrio from Hachijô-jima and Tanega-shima; I. niponica from Sakhalin and I. takaraensis from Tokuno-shima and Amami-Ôshima.


Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4485 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
AMIRA AQILAH MUHAMMAD ◽  
MING KAI TAN ◽  
NURUL ASHIKIN ABDULLAH ◽  
MOHAMMAD SOFIAN AZIRUN ◽  
DHANEESH BHASKAR ◽  
...  

Pygmy grasshoppers (Tetrigidae) are a speciose group of complicated taxonomy, with many species requiring clarification on their species boundaries, and more still awaiting discovery. Two new species of Scelimena Serville, 1838 are described: (1) from S. discalis species group S. gombakensis sp. nov. and (2) from S. hexodon species group Scelimena marta sp. nov. Catalogue of Scelimenini genera (15) and species (100) is presented and taxonomy and biogeography of the tribe are discussed. New and resurrected combinations are: Falconius becvari (Buzzetti & Devriese, 2008) comb. nov. (of Gavialidium becvari), Gavialidium carli Hebard, 1930 comb. resurr. (of Bidentatettix carli), Indoscelimena india (Hancock, 1907) comb. nov. (of Scelimena india), Paragavialidium nodiferum (Walker, 1871) comb. nov. (of Platygavialidium nodiferum), Platygavialidium productum (Walker, 1871) comb. nov. (of Gavialidium productum), Scelimena hexodon (Haan, 1843) comb. resurr. (of Hexocera hexodon), Scelimena rosacea (Hancock, 1915) comb. resurr. (of Amphibotettix rosaceus), Tegotettix bufocrocodil (Storozhenko & Dawwrueng, 2015) comb. nov. (of Gavialidium bufocrocodil). New synonyms are: Gavialidium phangensum Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007 syn. nov. (of Eufalconius pendleburyi), Gavialidium philippinum Bolívar, 1887 syn. nov. (of Platygavialidium productum comb. nov.), Hexocera Hancock, 1915 syn. nov. (of Scelimena), Paracriotettix Liang, 2002 syn. nov. (of Scelimena), Paracriotettix zhengi Liang, 2002 syn. nov. (of Scelimena melli), Scelimena mellioides Deng, 2016 syn. nov. (of Scelimena melli), Scelimena wuyishanensis Deng, 2016 syn. nov. (of Platygavialidium sinicum). The genus Scelimena is divided into six species groups. Eucriotettix neesoon Tan & Storozhenko nom. nov. is new name for homonym Eucriotettix guentheri Tan & Storozhenko, 2017. Finally, a tabular key to 15 Scelimenini genera, based on 16 morphological characters, is presented. 


Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 451
Author(s):  
Wenyuan Duan ◽  
Fengyan Wang ◽  
Hongzhang Zhou

This is a study on the leaf beetle subgenus Cryptocephalus Geoffroy, 1762 from China, with the particular emphasis upon the species-group classification of the subgenus and the taxonomy of the Cryptocephalus heraldicus species group. A new key is compiled to all the species groups found in China. Four new species are described from China: Cryptocephalus (Cryptocephalus) biordopunctatus sp. nov. from Yunnan, C. hani sp. nov. from Shanxi, Hubei, Shaanxi and Gansu, C. incisodentatus sp. nov. from Sichuan and Yunnan, and C. nigroflavusiventerus sp. nov. from Yunnan. Three species are found for the first time in China: C. lacosus Pic, 1922, C. nigriceps Allard, 1891 and C. rajah Jacoby, 1908. The species C. nigrolimbatus Jacoby, 1890 is transferred from the subgenus Burlinius Lopatin to this subgenus and assigned to the Cryptocephalus heraldicus group. The species number of this group is now 30 in total according to our result of taxonomic review. A key to all the mainland China species of this species group is provided as well as high quality color images and line drawings of adult habitus, aedeagus, and other important structures. All the types of the new species are deposited in the collection of Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZ-CAS).


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