Revision of Odontophotopsis Viereck (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Part 1, with a description of a new Genus Laminatilla

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1619 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAMES P. PITTS
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Group A ◽  
Species Groups

This study presents part 1 of a revision of Odontophotopsis Viereck (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) and includes the cockerelli, dentifera, exogyra, hexadonta, quadridentata, setifera, tenuiptera, and unicornis species-groups sensu Schuster (1958), representing 14 species. This revision also includes the sonora species-group, which contains Odontophotopsis sonora (Schuster), new comb., and the villosa species-group, which is newly defined and contains O. villosa Mickel. Odontophotopsis polis, sp. nov., is described from Baja California and is placed in the O. dentifera species-group. Odontophotopsis mexicana, sp. nov., and O. costaricensis, sp. nov., are described from Mexico and Costa Rica, respectively, and are placed in the O. tenuiptera species-group. A neotype is designated for O. unicornis Schuster. Keys are provided to the Odontophotopsis species-groups and to the species in these species-groups, where appropriate. Odontophotopsis (Periphotopsis) mamata Schuster is placed in the O. parva species-group and Periphotopsis is a junior synonym ofOdontophotopsis. Odontophotopsis rubriventris (Schuster), new comb., was previously placed in Sphaeropthalma Blake. Photomorphus piceogaster (Schuster), new comb., was previously placed in Odontophotopsis. A new genus Laminatilla, gen. nov. (type species Odontophotopsis lamellifera Schuster 1958), is described. This new genus includes the three species L. bicornigera (Schuster), comb. nov., L. lamellifera (Schuster), comb. nov., and O. mixtoensis Schuster (Schuster), comb. nov., which were previously placed in the O. lamellifera species-groups sensu Schuster (1958). A key to the species of Laminatilla and a new key for the males of the Nearctic genera of nocturnal mutillids are provided.

Taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Steinera (Arctomiales, Arctomiaceae) in the subantarctic islands of Crozet and Kerguelen

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 324 (3) ◽  
pp. 201 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAMIEN ERTZ ◽  
ROAR S. POULSEN ◽  
MARYVONNE CHARRIER ◽  
ULRIK SØCHTING
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Evolution ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
The Past ◽  
Subantarctic Islands ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
High Level

The lichenized genus Steinera is revised for the archipelagos of Crozet and of Kerguelen, with a high level of endemism revealed. It is shown to represent a good example of convergent evolution between two different orders. Phylogenetic analyses using nuLSU, RPB1 and mtSSU sequences show that two different species groups can be recognized: Steinera s. str. belongs to the Arctomiaceae (Arctomiales) and is characterized notably by species having pluriseptate ascospores, and a second species group belongs to the Koerberiaceae (Peltigerales) and is characterized notably by simple ascospores sometimes having a plasma-bridge. The genus Henssenia is newly described to accommodate this latter group. The type species of Steinera is shown to have been erroneously treated in the past, with Steinera molybdoplaca being the type of Steinera and “S.” glaucella belonging to the genus Henssenia. A sorediate morph is recorded for S. molybdoplaca and the results confirmed using a 4-gene phylogeny, including nuITS sequences. Some species previously described in the genera Arctomia and Massalongia from the Southern Hemisphere are shown to belong to Steinera s. str. Five new species are described: Steinera isidiata Ertz & R.S. Poulsen, S. membranacea Ertz & R.S. Poulsen, S. lebouvieri Ertz, S. pannarioides Ertz & R.S. Poulsen and Henssenia subglaucella Ertz & R.S. Poulsen along with seven new combinations: Steinera intricata (Øvstedal) Ertz, S. latispora (Øvstedal) Ertz, S. olechiana (Alstrup & Søchting) Ertz & Søchting, S. subantarctica (Øvstedal) Ertz, Henssenia glaucella (Tuck.) Ertz, R.S. Poulsen & Søchting, H. radiata (P. James & Henssen) Ertz and H. werthii (Zahlbr.) Ertz, R.S. Poulsen & Søchting. An epitype is chosen for Henssenia glaucella and a neotype for H. werthii. “Steinera” symptychia has an isolated phylogenetic position in the Koerberiaceae and might represent a distinct, new genus. World-wide identification keys to the species of Henssenia and Steinera are provided.

scholarly journals Asianopis gen. nov., a new genus of the spider family Deinopidae from Asia

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 911 ◽  
pp. 67-99
Author(s):  
Yejie Lin ◽  
Lili Shao ◽  
Ambros Hänggi ◽  
John T.D. Caleb ◽  
Joseph K.H. Koh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Species Groups

A new genus of the spider family Deinopidae C.L. Koch, 1850 is described from Asia: Asianopis Lin & Li gen. nov., with A. zhuanghaoyuni Lin & Li sp. nov. as the type species. The new genus is divided into two species groups, of which the liukuensis-group includes two species: A. dumogae (Merian, 1911) sp. reval. comb. nov. (♀) and A. liukuensis (Yin, Griswold & Yan, 2002) comb. nov. (♂♀); and the zhuanghaoyuni-group comprises five species: A. celebensis (Merian, 1911) comb. nov. (♂), A. konplong (Logunov, 2018) comb. nov. (♂), A. wangi Lin & Li sp. nov. (♂♀), A. wuchaoi Lin & Li sp. nov. (♂♀), and A. zhuanghaoyuni Lin & Li sp. nov. All previously described species are transferred from Deinopis MacLeay, 1839. Deinopis scrubjunglei Caleb & Mathai, 2014 is treated as a junior synonym of Asianopis liukuensiscomb. nov.

Synonymization of the genus nomen Dendroplex Swainson, 1827 and description of a new genus of woodcreeper (Aves: Passeriformes: Dendrocolaptidae) with remarks on Articles 67.5 and 70.3 of the Code

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4532 (4) ◽  
pp. 561
Author(s):  
MARCOS A. RAPOSO ◽  
ALAIN DUBOIS ◽  
GUY M. KIRWAN ◽  
CLAYDSON PINTO DE ASSIS ◽  
ELIZABETH HÖFLING ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Complex Species ◽  
Considerable Confusion ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Group D ◽  
Real Type

The polytypic Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) is one of the most complex species-groups of Dendrocolaptidae (Aves: Passeriformes), from both the nomenclatural and morphological standpoints. Firstly, its alpha taxonomy is debatable. Virtually all recent works (e.g. Aleixo 2002; Marantz et al. 2003; del Hoyo & Collar 2016) have recognized just two species in the group—Dendroplex picus and Zimmer’s Woodcreeper Dendroplex kienerii (Des Murs, 1856)—although some of the other described taxa possess singular morphological characters and well-defined ranges somewhat isolated from their geographically closest relatives (e.g. Plain-throated Woodcreeper Dendroplex picirostris Lafresnaye, 1847). Secondly, the correct genus to which to allocate taxa presently included in this group (vide Aleixo 2002) has been controversial. There is a considerable confusion as to which nominal species should be regarded as the type of Dendroplex Swainson, 1827b. Three species are involved in the dispute (Cory & Hellmayr 1925; Peters 1951; Aleixo et al. 2002; Marantz et al. 2003; Aleixo et al. 2007): Oriolus picus J. F. Gmelin, 1788; Dendrocolaptes guttatus M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1818; and Dendrocolaptes ocellatus Spix, 1824. Here, we re-examine the nomenclatural issue and show that application of the nomen Dendroplex to the clade comprising the species-group D. picus (Aleixo et al. 2007) is based on a misunderstanding of the application of Article 70.3 of the Code (Anon. 1999) and that Dendrocolaptes ocellatus Spix, 1824, is its real type species. Consequently, the genus Dendroplex Swainson, 1827b, must be considered a junior synonym of Xiphorhynchus Swainson, 1827a. Because no generic nomen is currently available for them, we propose a new genus nomen to encompass the species originally described as Oriolus picus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Dendroplex picirostris Lafresnaye, 1847, and Dendrornis kienerii Des Murs, 1856. 

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
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Group A ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
One New Species

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.

Rediscovery of Choroterpes atramentum in Costa Rica, type species of Tikuna new genus (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae: Atalophlebiinae), and its role in the "Great American Inter-change"

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 932 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
HARRY M. SAVAGE ◽  
R. WILLS FLOWERS ◽  
WENDY PORRAS V.
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
South American ◽  
Early Tertiary ◽  
Geological Formation

A new genus, Tikuna, is described based on recent collections of adults and nymphs of Choroterpes atramentum Traver from western Costa Rica. All recent collections are from streams on or near the Nicoya Complex, the oldest geological formation in Lower Central America. Tikuna belongs to a lineage of South American Atalophlebiinae (Leptophlebiidae: Ephemeroptera) whose origin is hypothesized to have been in the late Cretaceous–early Tertiary. Some implications of the distribution of Tikuna for theories on the origin of Costa Rica’s biota are discussed.

Revision of the Metallactus kollari species-group with a new diagnosis of the genus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4413 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
DAVIDE SASSI
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Original Diagnosis ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
New Diagnosis ◽  
Good Resource

The genus Metallactus has been controversial since its introduction due to the ambiguous nature of the original diagnosis. This has caused some confusion in the taxonomy of Neotropical Pachybrachina. In this work the morphology of endophallus, which is useful for the characterization of species groups in several groups of Coleoptera, including Cryptocephalinae, has been analyzed. This has proven to be a good resource also in the taxonomic treatment of the species belonging to the genus Metallactus. After a careful survey on most of the species described so far, the endophallus shape in Metallactus turned out to be remarkably distinctive and very promising in the delimitation of species groups. The present work includes: a) a new diagnosis of the genus Metallactus on the basis of the aedeagal anatomy; b) the designation of the type species of the nominal genus; c) the revision of a first species-group of the genus, including the type species, hereinafter called Metallactus kollari species-group. Before this revision, catalogues had been reporting 13 species attributable to this group, in the present work three species have been synonymized and seven have been described as new to science. Therefore, the group includes 17 species. The species described as new are: Metallactus rileyi n. sp., M. bellatrix n. sp., M. longicornis n. sp.; M. londonpridei n. sp., M. regalini n. sp., M. bezoar n. sp., M. guarani n. sp. The new synonymies are as follows: Metallactus albipes Suffrian, 1866 (= M. nigrofasciatus Suffrian, 1866 n. syn.), M. albifrons Suffrian, 1866 (= M. flavofrontalis Jacoby, 1907 n. syn.), M. dodecastictus Suffrian, 1866 (= Griburius nigritarsis Jacoby, 1907 n. syn.). The lectotypes of all previously described species have been designated. The new synonymies, the name-bearing type fixations and designations and the nomenclatural acts have been critically discussed. An identification key for the species-group is also provided. 

Study of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China (III), with descriptions of eighteen new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4995 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-333
Author(s):  
SHUXIA WANG ◽  
XIAOJU ZHU ◽  
ZHULIN TAO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Group A ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time

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.  

Synonymy and descriptions in Cerambycinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Costa Rica

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4319 (1) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
MARIA HELENA M. GALILEO ◽  
ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Monotypic Genus

Hudepohlellus Chemsak & Hovore, 2010, a monotypic genus, is considered a junior synonym of Monneellus Hüdepohl, 1985 and M. semilunatus (Chemsak & Hovore, 2010) is a new combination. Kozlovellus bicolor, a new genus and new species of Rhopalophorini is described from Costa Rica. 

Philippinozercon, a new genus of Heterozerconidae (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata), with description of all active instars

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4540 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
BEVERLY S. GERDEMAN ◽  
RUFINO C. GARCIA ◽  
ANDREW HERCZAK ◽  
HANS KLOMPEN
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Temperate Species ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
The Family

The generic classification of millipede associated Heterozerconidae in the Oriental region is revised. The genus Allozercon Vitzthum is re-diagnosed and Asioheterozercon Fain is designated as an subjective junior synonym of Allozercon. Philippinozercon gen. nov., with the type species P. makilingensis sp. nov., is described for all instars. This genus may be endemic for the Philippines, but is quite widespread in that country. All immature instars are described, making this the second species of Heterozerconidae known for all instars. The morphology of the immatures is compared with that of immatures of the temperate species Narceoheterozercon ohioensis and unnamed species from Brazil and Thailand. All immatures were collected from millipede frass and litter, never from millipedes. Adults are associated with millipedes in the family Trigoniulidae (Spirobolida). 

Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Himantigera James, 1982 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Sarginae), including the description of two new species and a key to the known species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4531 (4) ◽  
pp. 451
Author(s):  
DIEGO AGUILAR FACHIN ◽  
MARTIN HAUSER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Two New Species

The Neotropical genus Himantigera James in James & McFadden, 1982, is revised. Two new species are described and illustrated—H. amauroptera nov. sp. (Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia), and H. xanthopoda nov. sp. (Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica). Three species are transferred from Himantigera to Sargus Fabricius, 1798—S. dichrous (Schiner, 1868) comb. nov., S. flavoniger Lindner, 1928 comb. rev. and S. fulvithorax (Bigot, 1879) comb. nov. One species is transferred to Microchrysa Loew, 1855—M. splendens (Schiner, 1868) comb. nov. Himantigera jamesi Lindner, 1969 syn. nov. is proposed as a junior synonym of H. superba Lindner, 1949. The type species H. silvestris McFadden, 1982, as well as H. nigrifemorata Macquart, 1847 and H. superba Lindner, are herein redescribed and illustrated. Photographs of the type specimens of these three species are provided. Two unnamed species of Himantigera (sp. A and sp. B) are also described given that they have slight differences, but because we had only one specimen of each species, we did not officially describe them. This updates the total number of extant Himantigera from eight sensu Woodley (2001) to seven species. The species Merosargus apicalis Lindner, 1935, although never referred to the genus Himantigera or Himantoloba McFadden 1970, is also transferred to the genus Sargus. A key to all species of Himantigera and a map expanding geographical distribution of the genus are also presented, with the first records of the genus for Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador and Bolivia. 

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