Phylogenetics and classification of the world genera of Diparinae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1647 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER A. DESJARDINS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Classification Scheme ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Tsetse Fly ◽  
Biological Information ◽  
Smooth Convex ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
The World

A morphological phylogenetic analysis of the world genera of Diparinae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is provided, and the generic classification is revised. A hypothesized phylogeny is given based on 73 characters, primarily from adult females. The diparines are supported as monophyletic in all analyses based on 4–6 synapomorphies depending on their sister-group, including the presence of a cercal brush which is synapomorphic in all analyses. The cercal brush, in combination with the absence of a smooth, convex dorsellum, is diagnostic for Diparinae. Liepara Bou…ek (Pteromalidae: subfamily inquirenda) and Bohpa Darling (Pteromalidae: Ceinae) both appear as sister-group to Diparinae in different analyses. In the proposed classification scheme, Diparinae consists of 116 species in 14 genera. Nine genera are removed from Diparinae, two of which are placed in synonymy: Calolelaps Timberlake, Dinarmolaelaps Masi, Mesolelaps Ashmead, Neolelaps Ashmead, and Stictolelaps Timberlake are placed in Pteromalinae (Pteromalidae), while Seyrigina Risbec is placed in Eulophinae (Eulophidae); Diparisca Hedqvist is synonymized under Spalangiopelta Masi (Pteromalidae: Ceinae); Bekiliella Risbec is synonymized under Notanisus Walker (Pteromalidae: Cleonyminae); and Liepara Bou…ek and the tribe Lieparini Bou…ek are placed in Pteromalidae without a subfamily association. Fifteen new generic synonyms are proposed: Afrolelaps Hedqvist, Alloterra Kieffer and Marshall, Diparomorpha Hedqvist, Emersonia Girault, Grahamisia Delucchi, Parurios Girault, Pondia Hedqvist, Pseudipara Girault, Trimicrops Kieffer, and Uriolelaps Girault under Dipara Walker; Spalangiolelaps Girault under Lelaps Walker; Australolaelaps Girault under Neapterolelaps Girault; Dolichodipara Hedqvist under Myrmicolelaps Hedqvist; and Dipareta Bou…ek and Malinka Bou…ek under Pseudoceraphron Dodd. Three genera are described as new: Cerodipara, Dozodipara, and Chimaerolelaps. Fourteen new species are described: Cerodipara sabensis, Chimaerolelaps villosa, Conophorisca littoriticus, C. grisselli, Dozodipara insularis, Lelaps noortii, Myrmicolelaps iridius, M. aurantius, Neapterolelaps viridescens, N. mitteri, Nosodipara ferrana, Pseudoceraphron regieri, P. burwelli, and P. fijensis. A key to the genera of Diparinae is provided. The species of each genus are cataloged, and species-level keys are provided for most genera in which new species are described. New biological information shows that diparine host range is not restricted to Curculionidae as previously thought; one species of Myrmicolelaps was reared from mantid oothecae and a second from a tsetse fly puparium (Glossinidae: Glossina).

scholarly journals A new species of Parabonzia (Trombidiformes: Cunaxidae) based on adults and nymphs with a key to the world species

Acarologia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 806-824
Author(s):  
Jian-Xin Chen ◽  
Jian-Jun Guo ◽  
Tian-Ci Yi ◽  
Dao-Chao Jin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
World Species ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
The World ◽  
A New Species

A new species, namely Parabonzia xinningensis Chen and Jin sp. nov., is described from China, based on female, male, tritonymph, deutonymph and protonymph. A key to adult females of Parabonzia species of the world is provided.

A Revision of the Subfamilies of the Streblidae and the Genera of the Subfamily Streblinae (Diptera Acalypterae) including a Redescription of Metelasmus pseudopterus Coquillett and a Description of Two New Species from Africa

Parasitology ◽  
1936 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Jobling
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The World ◽  
Two New Species

In a very important revision of the Streblidae, Speiser (1900) classified them into two subfamilies: (1) the Nycteriboscinae and (2) the Streblinae. To the first subfamily he referred all the genera of the world, with the exception of Strebla and Euctenodes. Upon the presence of the ctenidium and some other characters these two American genera were included in the second subfamily. This classification of the subfamilies was also adopted by Kessel (1924, 1925).

Taxonomic revision of the myrmecophilous, meliponiphilous and rhizophilous soft scale genus Cryptostigma Ferris (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2709 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAKUMASA KONDO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New World ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Scale Insects ◽  
Biological Information ◽  
World Species ◽  
Soft Scale ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
First Instar

The present study revises the soft scale insects of the genus Cryptostigma Ferris (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae), which comprises a group of New World species associated with ants or bees or of hypogeal habit. It includes 17 species, of which 10 species are new to science. The study is based on the external, mostly cuticular morphology of the adult females and first-instar nymphs. Taxonomic keys based on adult females and known first-instar nymphs are provided. For each species a description or redescription is given, followed by information on its distribution, host plants, and known biological information including associated ants or bees. The new species described are Cryptostigma chacoensis sp. nov., C. gullanae sp. nov., C. jonmartini sp. nov., C. longinoi sp. nov., C. melissophilum sp. nov., C. mexicanum sp. nov., C. philwardi , sp. nov. C. rhizophilum sp. nov., C. serratum sp. nov., and C. tuberculosum sp. nov. Neolecanium urichi (Cockerell) is transferred to Cryptostigma as C. urichi (Cockerell) comb. nov., and C. quinquepori (Newstead) is synonymized with Cryptostigma urichi, comb. nov. Lectotypes are designated for Cryptostigma saundersi Laing, Lecanium silveirai Hempel, Lecanium urichi Cockerell and Akermes quinquepori Newstead. Cryptostigma inquilina (Newstead) is amended to C. inquilinum in order to match the neutral ending “stigma”. The following names are treated as nomina nuda: Cryptostigma jamaicensis and Lecanopsis jamaicensis (Ben-Dov, 1993: 97).

A new species of Centrouropoda (Acari: Uropodidae: Uropodina), with a key to the world species of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4706 (4) ◽  
pp. 501-516
Author(s):  
REHAM I.A. ABO-SHNAF ◽  
SALLY F.M. ALLAM
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Red Palm Weevil ◽  
World Species ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
The World ◽  
Bahariya Oasis ◽  
A New Species

The present work provides descriptions of a new species of mite, Centrouropoda bahariyaensis n. sp. (Uropodidae), based on the adult female and male collected from the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Oliver) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and its habitat at El-Bawiti, Bahariya Oasis, Egypt. Complete descriptions of the immature stages are included. Keys to the known species of genus Centrouropoda Berlese based on adult females, adult males and deutonymphs are provided.

Two new species of Afrodacarellus (Acari: Mesostigmata: Rhodacaridae) from Brazil and a key to the world species of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4363 (3) ◽  
pp. 409 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCIA D. DOS SANTOS ◽  
RAPHAEL C. CASTILHO ◽  
GILBERTO J. DE MORAES ◽  
EDMILSON S. SILVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Predatory Mites ◽  
World Species ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
The World ◽  
Two New Species

Within a project to determine the edaphic predatory mites from the Brazilian Alagoas state, two new species of Afrodacarellus Hurlbutt (Rhodacaridae) were found, namely Afrodacarellus alagoensis Santos & Castilho n. sp. and Afrodacarellus xucurukariri Santos & Castilho n. sp.. These are here described based on the morphology of adult females. A key for the separation of females of the 31 recognisable world species of Afrodacarellus is provided, including the newly described species.

Aethiophenax mycetophagi sp. nov. (Acari: Trombidiformes:  Acarophenacidae), an egg parasitoid of Mycetophagus quadripustulatus (Coleoptera: Mycetophagidae) from Iran

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elham Arjomandi ◽  
Hamidreza Hajiqanbar ◽  
Omid Joharchi
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Egg Parasitoid ◽  
Mazandaran Province ◽  
Northern Iran ◽  
World Species ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
The World ◽  
Oyster Mushrooms ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Aethiophenax Mahunka, 1981 (Acari: Prostigmata: Acarophenacidae), A. mycetophagi Arjomandi and Hajiqanbar sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on adult females. Mites were collected from the beneath elytra of hairy fungus beetles, Mycetophagus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1761) (Col.: Tenebrionoidea: Mycetophagidae) grazing on oyster mushrooms on a bough of a tree in Mazandaran province, northern Iran. The new species, as fourth representative of the genus, is characterized by all dorsal setae thin and relatively long (26–35) in comparison with those of congeners; all ventral setae thin, setae 2a longest and 1b shortest of venter of idiosoma; tibiotarsus I with solenidion φ slightly clavate and as long as ω; tarsi II with seta pl” modified and spine-like; genu III with two setae (l’ and v’). A key to the world species of the genus is also provided. 

scholarly journals Descriptions of eighteen new species of Glemparon, a previously monotypic genus of Porricondylinae (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathias Jaschhof ◽  
Catrin Jaschhof
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
European Species ◽  
The World ◽  
Australasian Region ◽  
Major Impediment

Glemparon Jaschhof, 2013, a previously monotypic genus confined to Sweden, is shown here to be considerably richer in species, with most species found to occur in the Australasian region. Eighteen new species are described: G. tomelilla sp. nov. (from Sweden); G. aotearoa sp. nov., G. birhojohmi sp. nov., G. cervus sp. nov., G. didhami sp. nov, G. kaikoura sp. nov., G. nativitas sp. nov., G. orautahi sp. nov., G. otago sp. nov., G. pureora sp. nov., G. rakiura sp. nov., G. rotoiti sp. nov., G. rotoroa sp. nov., G. tewaipounamu sp. nov., G. waipapa sp. nov., G. waipoua sp. nov. (all from New Zealand); G. manuka sp. nov. and G. warra sp. nov. (both from Tasmania, Australia). Glemparon sagittifer Jaschhof, 2013 is redescribed. Genitalic illustrations are provided allowing for the effective identification of all the species known thus far. Morphological data obtained here are used for revising the generic definition. Dicerura Kieffer, 1898 is hypothesized as the sister group to Glemparon. The case of Glemparon is discussed as a perfect example of the fact that our collective ignorance of porricondyline diversity in most parts of the world is a major impediment to a better understanding of the European species.

scholarly journals The Influence of Classification on World View and Epistemology

10.28945/3279 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gholamreza Fadaie
Keyword(s):  
Classification Scheme ◽  
World View ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Key Points ◽  
The World ◽  
Static Approach ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Knowledge Classification

Worldview as a kind of man's look towards the world of reality has a severe influence on his classification of knowledge. In other words one may see in classification of knowledge the unity as well as plurality. This article deals with the fact that how classification takes place in man's epistemological process. Perception and epistemology are mentioned as the key points here. Philosophers are usually classifiers and their point of views forms the way they classify things and concepts. Relationship and how one looks at it in shaping the classification scheme is critical. The classifications which have been introduced up to now have had several models. They represent the kind of looking at, or point of view of their founders to the world. Aristotle, as a philosopher as well as an encyclopedist, is one of the great founders of knowledge classification. Afterwards the Islamic scholars followed him while some few rejected his model and made some new ones. If we divide all classifications according to their roots we may define them as human based classification, theology based classification, knowledge based classification, materialistic based classification such as Britannica's classification, and fact based classification. Tow broad approaches have been defined in this article: static and dynamic. The static approach refers to the traditional approaches and the dynamic one refers to the eight way of looking toward objects in order to realize them. The structure of classification has had its influence on epistemology, too. If the first cut on knowledge tree is fully defined, the branches would usually be consistent with it.

A new species of Multidentorhodacarus (Mesostigmata: Rhodacaridae) from Brazil, complementary description of Multidentorhodacarus squamosus Karg and a key to the world species of the genus

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emiliano Brandão De Azevedo ◽  
Renato A. Sarmento ◽  
Raphael C. Castilho
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The State ◽  
World Species ◽  
Cerrado Biome ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
The World ◽  
A New Species

Multidentorhodacarus tocantinensis sp. nov. is described based on the morphology of adult females collected from litter and soil in the Cerrado biome of the State of Tocantins, north of Brazil. The holotype and paratypes of M. squamosus Karg, 2000 were examined, given that this species was also found in this study, and complementary morphological information about it is provided. A key for the separation of females of the 20 recognizable world species of Multidentorhodacarus Karg is provided.

The genus Uroseius Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata: Uropodina: Trachytidae) in the Iberian Peninsula with description of a new species associated with animal remains

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 929
Author(s):  
Maria L. Moraza ◽  
Sandra Pérez-Martínez
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
New Record ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Animal Remains ◽  
The World ◽  
Biological Aspects ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Description of a new species of Uroseius Berlese based on deutonymph and female specimens from northern Spain is presented. Observations of some cuticular organs on idiosoma and legs are described for the first time for the genus. An attempt to notate idiosomal setae as in Gamasina mesostigmatid mites is made based on complete dorsal chaetome of larval and pronymphal instars of Uroseius and Apionoseius Berlese species. Uroseius acuminatus (C.L. Koch) is a new record for the Iberian Peninsula. General morphological and biological aspects of Uroseius are presented. A tentative key, provided for separation of the 15 deutonymphs and nine adult females of the world species of Uroseius, is given.

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