Studies on neotropical Phasmatodea II: Revision of the genus Malacomorpha Rehn, 1906, with the descriptions of seven new species (Phasmatodea: Pseudophasmatidae: Pseudophasmatinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1748 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
OSKAR V. CONLE ◽  
FRANK H. HENNEMANN ◽  
DANIEL E. PEREZ-GELABERT
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Greater Antilles ◽  
First Time

The genus Malacomorpha Rehn, 1906 is revised at the species-level, based upon examination of all necessary type-material and extensive material housed in ANSP, CMNH and USNM mainly collected on nine expeditions to the Dominican Republic, including collections at 280 sites distributed throughout the country. A re-description of the genus and detailed descriptions of all 13 known species are provided. Seven new species are described and illustrated: Malacomorpha bastardoae n. sp., M. macaya n. sp., M. hispaniola n. sp., M. minima n. sp., M. multipunctata n. sp. & M. obscura n. sp.from Hispaniola and M. sanchezi n. sp. from Puerto Rico. The eggs of M. bastardoae n. sp., M. cyllarus (Westwood, 1859), M. jamaicana (Redtenbacher, 1906), M. multipunctata n. sp., M. obscura n. sp., M. sanchezi n. sp., and M. spinicollis (Burmeister, 1838) are described and illustrated, those of the four latter species for the first time. According to the original description and distribution Phasma graveolens King, 1867 is obviously a synonym of M. cyllarus (Westwood, 1859), and not a synonym of Anismorpha buprestoides (Stoll, 1813) as stated by previous authors (n. syn.). A lectotype is designated for Phasma spinicollis Burmeister, 1838. The newly described species, M. longipennis (Redtenbacher, 1906) and M. hispaniola n. sp. in particular, prove the genera Pseudolcyphides Karny, 1923 (Type-species: Phasma spinicollis Burmeister, 1838) and Alloeophasma Redtenbacher, 1906 (Type-species: Anophelepis poeyi Saussure, 1868) to be synonyms of Malacomorpha Rehn, 1906 (n. syn.). Consequently, the type species of both genera are here transferred to Malacomorpha Rehn, 1906 (n. comb.). The genus now contains apterous, brachypterous and pterous species restricted to the Greater Antilles and Bahamas.

A revision of the African species of Odontolochini Stebnicka & Howden, 1996 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2230 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
ZDZISŁAWA T. ZDZISŁAWA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
African Species ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time

The taxonomic position and synonymy of 11 native afrotropical species of Odontolochini Stebnicka & Howden, 1996 are discussed and re-descriptions are provided. Lectotypes are here designated for Odontolochus sulcatus Endrödi, 1964 and Loeblietus sulcatus Endrödi, 1979. The genus Loeblietus Endrödi, 1973 is formally synonymized with Odontolochus Schmidt, 1916 and seven new species level synonyms are proposed: Odontolochus chevalieri Paulian, 1942 syn. n., O. parcepunctatus Petrovitz, 1956 syn. n., O. sulcatus Endrödi, 1964 syn. n., and Loeblietus sulcatus Endrödi, 1979 syn. n. are found to be junior synonyms of O. raffrayi Paulian, 1942. Odontolochus granulipennis Petrovitz, 1956 syn. n. and O. heyrovskyi Balthasar, 1963 syn. n. are considered conspecific with O. spinicollis (Harold, 1871) and Odontolochus elgonensis Balthasar, 1961 syn. n. conspecific with O. oberthueri (Clouët, 1900). The name Anodontolochus Paulian, 1942 is determined to be unavailable as no type species was designated with the original description. A key to the 11 species of Odontolochus is provided, sexual dimorphic characters are described and illustrated for the first time, and a general diagnosis of the tribe on the world basis is included.

Sialis navasi, a new alderfly species from China (Megaloptera: Sialidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2230 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
XINGYUE LIU ◽  
FUMIO HAYASHI ◽  
DING YANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time

The taxonomic position and synonymy of 11 native afrotropical species of Odontolochini Stebnicka & Howden, 1996 are discussed and re-descriptions are provided. Lectotypes are here designated for Odontolochus sulcatus Endrödi, 1964 and Loeblietus sulcatus Endrödi, 1979. The genus Loeblietus Endrödi, 1973 is formally synonymized with Odontolochus Schmidt, 1916 and seven new species level synonyms are proposed: Odontolochus chevalieri Paulian, 1942 syn. n., O. parcepunctatus Petrovitz, 1956 syn. n., O. sulcatus Endrödi, 1964 syn. n., and Loeblietus sulcatus Endrödi, 1979 syn. n. are found to be junior synonyms of O. raffrayi Paulian, 1942. Odontolochus granulipennis Petrovitz, 1956 syn. n. and O. heyrovskyi Balthasar, 1963 syn. n. are considered conspecific with O. spinicollis (Harold, 1871) and Odontolochus elgonensis Balthasar, 1961 syn. n. conspecific with O. oberthueri (Clouët, 1900). The name Anodontolochus Paulian, 1942 is determined to be unavailable as no type species was designated with the original description. A key to the 11 species of Odontolochus is provided, sexual dimorphic characters are described and illustrated for the first time, and a general diagnosis of the tribe on the world basis is included.

Three new species of Thaloe Brescovit (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae), with descriptions of the first known females of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4624 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-266
Author(s):  
ANTONIO D. BRESCOVIT ◽  
LUIZ FERNANDO M. OLIVEIRA
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Virgin Island ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

Three new species of the genus Thaloe are described from Antillean region: Thaloe maricao n. sp., from Maricao, Puerto Rico and Virgin Island, Thaloe leboulet n. sp., from Le Boulet and Mariani, Haiti and Thaloe ebano n. sp., from the Dominican Republic. Females of species of this genus are described for the first time. 

The millipede family Diplomaragnidae Attems, 1907 in the Asian part of Russia, with the descriptions of two new genera and seven new species (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5060 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-44
Author(s):  
ELENA V. MIKHALJOVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Species Level ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Primorsky Krai ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Russian Far East

The family Diplomaragnidae Attems, 1907 of the Asian part of Russia is reviewed and shown to comprise 11 genera and 60 species + 1 dubious species. Two genera and seven species are described here as new to science: Alineuma gen. nov., with type species A. rodionovi sp. nov. and Litovkia gen. nov., with the type species L. anisimovka sp. nov., Diplomaragna budilovi sp. nov., Diplomaragna dentifer sp. nov., Pacifiosoma shabalini sp. nov., Pacifiosoma acutum sp. nov., Pacifiosoma triangulatum sp. nov. Pacifiosoma asperum Mikhaljova, 2016 is recorded from the Primorsky Krai for the first time. Five genera are endemic to the Asian part of Russia. At the species level, the rate of endemism amounts to 91.7%. A key is given to all species of Diplomaragnidae presently known from Siberia and the Russian Far East. The distributions of the region’s diplomaragnids are discussed. Taxonomic remarks are provided for many species.  

scholarly journals Studies on neotropical Phasmatodea XVII: Revision of Phantasca Redtenbacher, 1906,, with the descriptions of six new species (Phasmatodea: Diapheromeridae: Diapheromerinae)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Hennemann ◽  
Oskar Conle ◽  
Yannick Bellanger ◽  
Philippe Lelong ◽  
Toni Jourdan
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Species Level ◽  
South American ◽  
The South ◽  
Northern Half ◽  
First Time

The South American genus Phantasca Redtenbacher, 1906 (Phasmatodea: Diapheromeridae: Diapheromaerinae) is re-diagnosed and revised at the species level. The precedingly unknown eggs are described for the first time. The genus Pterolibethra Günther, 1940 (type species: P. heteronemia Günther, 1940) is re-synonymised, with Phantasca (syn. nov.) and consequently the two species originally contained, P. heteronemia Günther, 1940 and P. poeciloptera Günther, 1940, are transferred to Phantasca (comb. rev.). P. laeta Conle, Hennemann & Gutierréz, 2011 is not congeneric and is transferred to the genus Jeremiodes Hennemann & Conle, 2007 (Cladomorphinae: Cladomorphini; comb. nov.). Two species are removed from Bacteria Berthold, 1827 and transferred to Phantasca; these are B. quadrilobata Chopard, 1911 and B. montana Redtenbacher, 1906 (comb. nov.). Six new species are described: P. adiposa sp. nov., P. amabile sp. nov., P. femorata sp. nov., P. guianensis sp. nov., P. nigrolineata sp. nov. and P. ruboligata sp. nov. The male and egg of P. quadrilobata (Chopard, 1911) are described and illustrated for the first time. The genus now contains 13 species that are distributed throughout the northern half of South America. A key as well as detailed descriptions and illustrations are presented for all known species.

A revision of the genus Pochyta Simon, with descriptions of new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtina)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5052 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-41
Author(s):  
WANDA WESOŁOWSKA ◽  
TAMÁS SZŰTS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Type Material ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Jumping Spiders ◽  
First Time ◽  
Established Genus ◽  
New Distribution

Thiratoscirtina is an African endemic subtribe of aelurilline jumping spiders. Among the 18 genera belonging here, the genus Pochyta Simon, 1901 and its ten currently recognized species is yet to be revised, and the described species have been not studied from a taxonomical perspective. We examined all the species thought to belong here based on the type material. The limits of the genus are redefined. Pochyta moschensis Caporiacco, 1947 is proposed as the junior synonym of Natta horizontalis Karsch, 1879. Pochyta simoni Lessert, 1925 is transferred to the newly established genus Kibo gen. n., and a new combination Kibo simoni comb. n. is proposed for it. Both P. albimana Simon, 1902 and P. pannosa Simon, 1903 are proposed as a junior synonym of P. spinosa Simon, 1901, the type species. P. occidentalis Simon, 1902 is proposed as a junior synonym of P. pulchra (Thorell, 1899). Lectotypes are designated for Pochyta insulana and P. simoni. Seven new species are described: Pochyta aurantiaca sp. n. (♂♀), P. equatorialis sp. n. (♂♀), P. lucida sp. n. (♀), P. maddisoni sp. n. (♂♀), P. tendicula sp. n. (♂)—all from Gabon, P. konilokho sp. n. (♂) from Guinea, and P. minuta sp. n. (♀) from Nigeria. The yet unknown females of Pochyta fastibilis Simon, 1903, P. major Simon, 1902 and P. pulchra (Thorell, 1899) are described for the first time. New distribution data for some species are given.  

Copelatus Erichson from the Dominican Republic, with the description of a new species, comments on elytral striation and faunistic notes on Antillean species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4399 (3) ◽  
pp. 371 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAËL MANUEL ◽  
ALBERT DELER-HERNÁNDEZ ◽  
YOANDRI S. MEGNA ◽  
JIŘÍ HÁJEK
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Intraspecific Variability ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The species of the genus Copelatus Erichson, 1832 occurring in the Dominican Republic are reviewed. Five species are recorded, with recent collecting data provided for four of them. Copelatus martini sp. nov., a member of the consors species group, is described and illustrated. It is compared to the apparently similar species C. guadelupensis Legros, 1948 based on morphological characters and on partial sequences of the CO1 gene. Interesting cases of intraspecific variability in the number of elytral dorsal striae in C. martini sp. nov. and C. vitraci are discussed in the light of the traditional taxo-nomic importance of this character for species group delimitation in Copelatus. Copelatus caelatipennis Aubé, 1838 and C. vitraci Legros, 1948 are recorded for the first time from the Dominican Republic (and therefore also from Hispaniola Island). The remaining species are C. posticatus (Fabricius, 1801), and C. insolitus Chevrolat, 1863 (for the latter, pre-sence in Hispaniola is doubtful and requires confirmation). Finally, C. guadelupensis is recorded from Puerto Rico for the first time, and a checklist of the Copelatus species of the Antilles is appended. 

Revision of Piola Marinoni, 1974 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Phacellini)

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-295
Author(s):  
Francisco E. de L. Nascimento ◽  
Juan Pablo Botero ◽  
Antonio Santos-Silva
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Material ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The genus Piola is revised; the original description is translated and updated; the known species are redescribed (except P. unicolor); a new species, Piola wappesi sp. nov., is described from Bolivia; P. schiffi is registered for the first time for Peru; an updated key and photos of the type material of the species are provided.

New euophryine jumping spiders from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3476 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUN-XIA ZHANG ◽  
WAYNE P. MADDISON
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Jumping Spiders ◽  
Caribbean Islands

Twenty four new species and three new genera of euophryine jumping spiders from two Caribbean Islands, Hispaniolaand Puerto Rico, are described. The new genera are Corticattus (C. guajataca sp. nov. and the type species C. latus sp.nov.), Popcornella (P. furcata sp. nov., P. nigromaculata sp. nov., P. yunque sp. nov. and the type species P. spiniformissp. nov.) and Truncattus (T. cachotensis sp. nov., T. dominicanus sp. nov. and the type species T. flavus sp. nov.). The othernew species belong to the genera Agobardus (A. bahoruco sp. nov., A. cordiformis sp. nov., A. gramineus sp. nov., A.oviedo sp. nov., A. phylladiphilus sp. nov.), Anasaitis (A. adorabilis sp. nov., A. brunnea sp. nov., A. hebetata sp. nov., A.laxa sp. nov.), Antillattus (A. applanatus sp. nov.), Bythocrotus (B. crypticus sp. nov.) and Corythalia (C. broccai sp. nov.,C. bromelicola sp. nov., C. coronai sp. nov., C. peblique sp. nov.). Photographs of living spiders and diagnostic illustrations are provided for all of the new species.

scholarly journals REVISION OF THE GENUS DELLIA STÅL, 1878 (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE). PART 1. TWO REDESCRIPTIONS AND SEVEN NEW SPECIES FROM CUBA

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 58-107
Author(s):  
Sheyla Yong
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Greater Antilles ◽  
First Time

The first part of the revision of genus Dellia Stål, 1878, comprising Cuba in the Greater Antilles, is presented here. Dellia insulana Stål, 1878, the type-species, is redescribed and illustrated for the first time. Dellia multicolor Carl, 1916 stat. resurr. is restored as valid species, redescribed from both sexes, illustrated for the first time, its type locality is defined and its geographical distribution is clarified. Seven new species are also described: Dellia albida n. sp., Dellia atrostriata n. sp., Dellia brauni n. sp., Dellia megalapida n. sp., Dellia melici n. sp., Dellia siboney n. sp., and Dellia zephyra n. sp. All nine species are described and compared in detail, supported by a thorough photographic complement.

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