Revision of Coelana Kramer, 1964 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Neocoelidiinae) and taxonomic notes on the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1547 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42
Author(s):  
ANA PAULA MARQUES-COSTA ◽  
RODNEY RAMIRO CAVICHIOLI
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Black Spot ◽  
Dorsal Margin ◽  
Nomen Nudum ◽  
Ventral Margin ◽  
Small Black Spot

Coelana Kramer [= Coelidiana subgenus Coelana DeLong nomen nudum] is revised and its two species, Coelana modesta (Baker) and Coelana drakei Kramer are redescribed. Coelana can be distinguished from other genera of Neocoelidiinae by the presence of a small black spot at the apex of the crown and male genitalia with an inflated pygofer, longer than subgenital plates, with a large ventral hook and laterally with a long suture, extending from the ventral margin to near the dorsal margin. The species are redescribed and illustrated, their geographical distribution is given, and a lectotype for Neocoelidia modesta Baker is designated.

NEW SPECIES OF GEOMETRIDAE WITH NOTES, II

1939 ◽  
Vol 71 (12) ◽  
pp. 249-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. McDunnough
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Oblique Line ◽  
Black Spot ◽  
Small Black Spot

Male. Palpi extremely short and stubby. Antennae slightly compressed laterally but not particularly thickened. Primaries light smoky gay, sprinkled with deeper smoky. Basal space light gray, bordered outwardly by a strong black oblique line which is angled rather sharply below costa and then somewhat concave outwardly to vein I, ending in a small black spot on inner margin.

Venturia pirina. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

1974 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sivanesan
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Primary Infection ◽  
Secondary Infection ◽  
Apple Scab ◽  
Black Spot ◽  
Eriobotrya Japonica ◽  
Venturia Pirina ◽  
Young Growth

Abstract A description is provided for Venturia pirina. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Principally on pear (Pyrus communis) and other Pyrus spp., also recorded from Eriobotrya japonica (loquat) (Herb. IMI). DISEASE: Causes scab or black spot of pear, which results in loss of quantity and quality of fruit. The disease attacks shoots, buds, leaves and fruit, symptoms and aetiology being very similar to those of apple scab caused by V. inaequalis on Malus spp. (CMI Descript. 401). Dark, more or less circular scabs are produced on leaves and fruit, often with some growth distortion. Infection of young wood is more common than with apple scab and causes pale brown blister-like lesions which burst to release conidia in the following year. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide in temperate and subtropical regions wherever pears are grown (see CMI Map 367, ed. 2, 1968). TRANSMISSION: Epidemiology is similar to that of apple scab. The overwintering saprophytic perithecial stage on leaf litter releases airborne ascospores in spring which infect young growth, and secondary infection by conidia dispersed during wet summer weather also occurs. Overwintering lesions on young wood are more frequent than with apple scab and conidia produced by these in the spring can be an important source of primary infection (46, 2061; 47, 849).

New records and two new species of Xiphocentron Brauer 1870 (Trichoptera, Xiphocentronidae) from southern Atlantic Forest, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4851 (2) ◽  
pp. 386-400
Author(s):  
ALBANE VILARINO ◽  
PITÁGORAS C. BISPO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Records ◽  
Ventral Margin ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Morphological Variations ◽  
Two New Species

Xiphocentron is the most species-rich genus of the pantropical family Xiphocentronidae. Among its five subgenera, Antillotrichia is the most diverse and the only one to occur in South America and Antilles. In the present study, two new species of Xiphocentron (Antillotrichia) are described from southern Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Xiphocentron gwarakeraba sp. nov. is diagnosed by the very elongate inferior appendage not bearing spines and with a simple mesal sclerite; X. muelleri sp. nov. is diagnosed by the inferior appendage with its ventral margin produced posterad and distinctly truncate. New distributional records are provided for X. acqualume, X. jaguare, X. kamakan, and X. maracanan. Additional non-genital diagnostic characters are presented for X. jaguare, and intraspecific morphological variations of forewing fork II (R3 and R4) and male genitalia are described for X. maracanan. 

scholarly journals Ocellus-bearing Neobythites species (Teleostei: Ophidiidae) from the West Atlantic with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2228 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
JØRGEN G. NIELSEN ◽  
FRANZ UIBLEIN ◽  
MICHAEL M. MINCARONE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Black Spot ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
The West ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Eastern Brazil ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Small Black Spot ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
A New Species

Three species of the ophidiid genus Neobythites containing ocelli in the dorsal fin are known from the West Atlantic: Neobythites gilli Goode and Bean 1885, N. ocellatus Günther 1887 and N. monocellatus Nielsen 1999. In the year 2000, 18 specimens of Neobythites were caught on the upper continental slope off eastern Brazil. This is the first documented record of a Neobythites specimen off Brazil since the holotype of N. ocellatus was caught in 1873. Seventeen of the specimens are referable to N. ocellatus and one to N. monocellatus. Until now the distribution of N. ocellatus was considered to be from off Atlantic Florida, the Caribbean Sea and then a gap of 4500 km to the type locality off Brazil. However, the holotype and the 17 specimens differ from the more northerly recorded specimens in pattern and number of spots and ocelli on the dorsal fin. The 18 Brazilian specimens have two distinct ocelli, one near the origin of the dorsal fin and one above the midpoint of the fish, and further back occasionally a small, black spot, while the northern specimens occasionally have a small, black spot near the origin of the fin, a distinct ocellus above the midpoint and up to three ocelli further posteriorly. Consequently a new species, N. multiocellatus, is described based on 59 specimens from the Caribbean Sea to off Atlantic Florida. The record of the N. monocellatus specimen extends its distribution about 3000 km southwards. A comparison of the four ocellus-bearing species from the West Atlantic is made.

Hidden in plain sight: a morphological study revealing three new species of the skipper genus Drephalys Watson, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4472 (3) ◽  
pp. 573
Author(s):  
RICARDO RUSSO SIEWERT ◽  
JANAÍNA MADRUGA ◽  
DIEGO RODRIGO DOLIBAINA ◽  
OLAF HERMANN HENDRIK MIELKE ◽  
MIRNA MARTINS CASAGRANDE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Morphological Study ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Amazonas State ◽  
First Time

Three new species of Drephalys Watson, 1893 from Brazil are described as follows: D. dracarys Madruga, Siewert, Mielke & Dolibaina, sp. n. from Acre, Mato Grosso and Rondônia states, D. electrinus Siewert, Madruga, Mielke & Dolibaina, sp. n. from Acre and Amazonas states, and D. citrinus Madruga, Siewert, Mielke & Casagrande, sp. n. from Amazonas state. Drephalys heraclides Bell, 1942 was reported for the first time from Brazil. To characterize the new species, illustrations of the male genitalia of D. heraclides, D. phoenice (Hewitson, 1867) and D. phoenicoides (Mabille & Boullet, 1919) are provided. Diagnosis, adult photos, illustration of the male genitalia and a geographical distribution map are provided for the new species. 

Re-descriptions of larvae of Hoperius and Meladema and phylogenetic implications for the tribe Colymbetini (Coleoptera Dytiscidae)

2006 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yves Alarie ◽  
Samantha Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Relative Position ◽  
Abdominal Segment ◽  
Variable Number ◽  
Maxillary Palpus ◽  
Dorsal Margin ◽  
Ventral Margin ◽  
Larval Morphology ◽  
Parsimony Analysis ◽  
Phylogenetic Implications ◽  
Segment Viii

New descriptions of the larvae of <em>Meladema lanio</em> (Fabricius), <em>M</em>. <em>coriacea</em> Laporte and <em>Hoperius planatus </em>Fall are provided. Characters from larval morphology are analyzed to infer the phylogenetic relationships of the genera <em>Meladema</em> Laporte and <em>Hoperius</em> Fall with other genera of the tribe Colymbetini (Colymbetinae). Larvae of <em>Meladema</em> are unique among other Colymbetini being characterized by the presence of a variable number of additional setae along the dorsal margin of both femora and tibiae. Larvae of <em>Hoperius</em> reveal to be remarkably modified and autapomorphic being characterized by a short antennomere II, the presence of a variable number of secondary setae on antennomeres I - II and maxillary palpomere, an elongate maxillary palpus, and a narrow and elongate mandible. A parsimony analysis based on 30 informative larval characters is carried out. Whereas the 12 most parsimonious trees support the placement of <em>Meladema</em> as sister to <em>Neoscutopterus</em> J. Balfour-Browne, the relative position of Hoperius remains unresolved within the Colymbetini. Larvae of <em>Meladema</em> share with those of <em>Neoscutopterus</em>: (i) the presence of additional setae both on the frontoclypeus and parietale, (ii) the presence of a large number of secondary setae on trochantera, (iii) the absence of spinulae along ventral margin of mesotibia and mesotarsus and (iv) the presence of additional setae both on abdominal segment VIII.

A new Satsuma species (Pulmonata: Camaenidae) endemic to Taiwan

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1608 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHU-PING WU ◽  
YAO-SUNG LIN ◽  
CHUNG-CHI HWANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Land Snail ◽  
Large Shell ◽  
Lowland Forests ◽  
Southern Taiwan ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species of camaenid land snail, Satsuma longkiauwensis sp. nov. from southern Taiwan is established. This large terrestrial and herbivorous snail inhabits the lowland forests with a narrow geographical distribution. The species is characterized by having a large shell, roundly angulated peripheries adjacent to the peristome, an open umbilicus, a robust flagellum, a weak expansion on male genitalia instead of a penial caecum externally and a hemispherical verge instead of an elongated pilaster internally. A key is provided for the first time to identify camaenids from Taiwan.

Two new species of Thyridosmylus Kruger (Neuroptera: Osmylidae) from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1793 (1) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
YONGJIE WANG ◽  
XIANGGE DU ◽  
ZHIQI LIU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Lateral View ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Dorsal Margin ◽  
Anal Plate ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Radial Field ◽  
Two New Species

The genus Thyridosmylus Krüger (Neuroptera: Osmylidae) belongs to the subfamily Spilosmylinae based on the type species Osmylus langii Mclachlan 1870 (Krüger 1913). The genus has 19 species mainly distributed in Asia, especially in China where there are 14 species: Thyridosmylus polyacanthus sp. nov., Thyridosmylus trimaculatus sp. nov., Thyridosmylus minoroides Yang, 1987, Thyridosmylus laetus Yang, 1988, Thyridosmylus pulchrus Yang, 1988, Thyridosmylus medoganus Yang, 1988, Thyridosmylus similaminor Yang, 1992, Thyridosmylus trifasciatus Yang, 1993, Thyridosmylus triypsiloneurus Yang, 1995, Thyridosmylus maolanus Yang, 1993, Thyridosmylus qianus Yang, 1993, Thyridosmylus fuscus Yang, 1999, Thyridosmylus vulgatus Yang, 1999 and Thyridomsylus pallidius Yang, 2002. Three species are described from India (Thyridosmylus langii (McLachlan 1870), Thyridosmylus perspicillaris (Gerstaecker, 1885), Thyridosmylus pustulatus Kimmis 1942) while another two species are known from Madagascar (Thyridosmylus marmoratus Fraser, 1955 and Thyridosmylus punctulatus (Navás, 1933)). Gerstaecker (1885) described one subspecies Thyridosmylus perspicillaris perspicillaris Gerstaecker and Kimmins (1942) erected three additional subspecies, Thyridosmylus langii angustus Kimmins, 1942, Thyridosmylus perspicillaris fenestratus Kimmins, 1942, Thyridosmylus perspicillaris minor Kimmins, 1942. However due to rampant variation in colouration and venation, the valid status of these subspecies is doubted and they are provisionally treated as synonyms herein. Thyridosmylus is characterised by fuscous and maculate forewings and largely hyaline hind wings, moderately sized and usually ochreous body, costal cross-veins simple and radial field with numerous cross veins (not including gradates). In the male genitalia, the anal plate generally elevates into a fingerlike process on the dorsal margin, and parameres are commonly arcuate in lateral view. Female genitalia usually have a broad anal plate, while the gonapophysis lateralis is finger-like or coniform in lateral view. In this paper, two new species are described from China. Terminology follows Tjeder (1957) and New (1986). All the type specimens are deposited in the Entomological Museum of China Agricultural University (CAU), Beijing.

A new Species of Encyrtidae parasitic in Coccus hesperidum, L

1947 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-283
Author(s):  
Harold Compere
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Biological Information ◽  
Dorsal Margin ◽  
Ventral Margin ◽  
Typical Species ◽  
Coccus Hesperidum ◽  
The One ◽  
Similar Kind ◽  
A New Species

The species described as new is placed in the genus Adelencyrtus, Ashmead, provisionally. The description is published at this time to provide a name, so that biological information concerning the species can be made a matter of record. The new species is most closely allied to Adelencyrtus. It differs from typical species of this genus with regard to the mandibles. In typical Adelencyrtus the mandibles are quadridentate, and the ventral margin is provided with a stout, cone-shaped seta. In the new species only the ventral tooth is distinct; the dorsal margin of the cutting edge appears as a wide truncation, which can scarcely be described as subdivided, and the ventral margin of the mandible lacks the stout conical seta. The most useful character for the identification of this species, and the one which reveals its relationship to Adelencyrtus most surely, is the distinctive male antennae. In this sex the antennal club is enormously cylindrically elongated, and the funicle is composed of two vestigial segments that are contained in a recess at the base of the club. Antennae of a similar kind have been described in the males of Habrolepis, Förster and Anabrolepis, Timberlake, two genera which are closely allied to Adelencyrtus. The males of Adelencyrtus have not been described.

Taxonomic notes on owlflies from Pakistan (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Ascalaphinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4970 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-452
Author(s):  
MUHAMMAD ASGHAR HASSAN ◽  
XINGYUE LIU
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

Taxonomic notes are presented on the former Ascalaphidae (owlflies), now subfamily Ascalaphinae of the family Myrmeleontidae from Pakistan. An updated checklist of new records is provided that accounts for all known 15 genera and 22 species from Pakistan, excluding the species of the tribe Palparini. Geographical distribution maps and an updated identification key to all known genera and species from Pakistan are also given. We synonymized two monotypic genera, Horischema Mészáros & Ábrahám, 2003 and Perissoschema Mészáros & Ábrahám, 2003 both as junior synonyms of Ogcogaster Westwood, 1847 based on very similar male genitalia and external morphological characters. Moreover, Perissoschema evae Mészáros & Ábrahám, 2003 is treated as a junior synonym of Ogcogaster segmentator Westwood, 1847. We recorded three genera for the first time from Pakistan, i.e., Acheron Lefèbvre, 1842, Glyptobasis McLachlan, 1873, and Suphalomitus van der Weele, 1909. To more completely resolve the generic or specific status of those poorly known species from Pakistan, broader sampling throughout the country is needed. 

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