The South American genus Quemedice Mello-Leitao (Araneae: Sparassidae): familial placement and taxonomic revision

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1813 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
CRISTINA A. RHEIMS ◽  
FACUNDO M. LABARQUE ◽  
MARTÍN J. RAMÍREZ
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
South American ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

The genus Quemedice Mello-Leitão, 1942 is revised. The female of the type species, Quemedice enigmaticus MelloLeitão, 1942 is redescribed and the male described and illustrated for the first time based on specimens from Argentina (Santiago del Estero province, near the type locality), central-western and southeastern Brazil (states of Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso and São Paulo). Quemedice piracuruca n. sp. is described based on male and female specimens from Colombia (Dept. Meta) and northern, northeastern and central-western Brazil (states of Piauí, Bahia and Minas Gerais). All specimens share the undisputed synapomorphy for Sparassidae, a soft dorsal trilobate membrane at the distal end of leg metatarsi, hence the genus is transferred to the family Sparassidae.

Taxonomic revision of the genus Panca Evans, 1955 (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Hesperiini: Moncina) with the description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4830 (3) ◽  
pp. 503-543
Author(s):  
ADALBERTO DANTAS DE MEDEIROS ◽  
DIEGO RODRIGO DOLIBAINA ◽  
EDUARDO CARNEIRO ◽  
OLAF HERMANN HENDRIK MIELKE ◽  
MIRNA MARTINS CASAGRANDE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
South American ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Natural Grasslands ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Distrito Federal ◽  
Respective Species

The South American genus Panca Evans, 1955 and its respective species are revised. Previous to this study, the genus included solely its type species, Lerodea subpunctuli Hayward, 1934, until Panca moseri Dolibaina, Carneiro & O. Mielke, 2017 was described recently. However, as a result of a broader morphological study including closely related genera, we here propose that Panca assembles 12 species, most of which inhabit open environments such as the Cerrado biome and the natural grasslands of the Atlantic Forest biome. Eight species formerly included among other genera of Moncina are here combined with Panca: Panca satyr (Evans, 1955) comb. nov., Panca tobiasi (Mielke, 1992) comb. nov., Panca trogon (Evans, 1955) comb. nov., Panca steinhauseri (Dolibaina & A. Warren, 2015) comb. nov., Panca acroleuca (Plötz, 1884) comb. nov., and Panca mirnae (O. Mielke, Dolibaina, Carneiro & A. Warren, 2015) comb. nov. (all formerly in Artines Godman, 1901), Panca paulo (Bell, 1932) comb. nov. (formerly in Eutocus Godman, 1901), and Panca mictra (Evans, 1955) comb. nov. (formerly in Vidius Evans, 1955). Additionally, two new species are described from Brazil: Panca puri Medeiros, O. Mielke & Casagrande sp. nov. (from Pará, Pernambuco, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Paraná) and Panca xavante Medeiros, O. Mielke & Dolibaina sp. nov. (from Mato Grosso, Goiás, Distrito Federal and Minas Gerais). A neotype for Apaustus acroleuca Plötz, 1884 is designated. Illustrations of the male and female genitalia and distribution maps are presented for all the species of Panca and an identification key is provided for both sexes. 

scholarly journals Revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. IV. Genus Tagoria Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, gen. nov.

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Roman V. Yakovlev ◽  
Vadim V. Zolotuhin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Fourth Part ◽  
The Family

In the fourth part of the revision on the Asian Metarbelidae we describe the new genus Tagoria Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, gen. nov. (type species, by original designation: Arbela watsoni Hampson, 1900). The male and female of Tagoria watsoni (Hampson, 1900) comb. nov. are redescribed, the new species Tagoria dierli Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, sp. nov. (type locality: Nepal, Rapti Tal, Monahari Khola, Belwa) is described.

Ovomanonychus, a new genus of South American Sericoidini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4759 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
FÁBIO CORREIA COSTA ◽  
MARIANA ALEJANDRA CHERMAN ◽  
LUCIANA IANNUZZI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
New Combination ◽  
South American ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Mato Grosso

Ovomanonychus new genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericoidini) is described based on Ovomanonychus rosettae (Frey, 1976), new combination (type species), Ovomanonychus inajae new species, and Ovomanonychus striatus new species. The genus occurs in Bahia, Mato Grosso, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo States, Brazil. Description is provided for the new genus and for its placement in Sericoidini. A key to species is presented along with illustrations, distributional data, and a map for each species. 

A review of the South American species of Heilus Kuschel, 1955 (Curculionidae: Molytinae: Molytini: Hylobiina) with emphasis on those from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4861 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-187
Author(s):  
ALINE DE OLIVEIRA LIRA ◽  
WESLEY OLIVEIRA DE SOUSA ◽  
GERMANO HENRIQUE ROSADO-NETO ◽  
GEANE BRIZZOLA DOS SANTOS ◽  
MARINÊZ ISAAC MARQUES
Keyword(s):  
Species Identification ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Type Material ◽  
South American ◽  
South American Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
First Time ◽  
Eleven Species

The fourteen described South American species of Heilus (Curculionidae, Molytinae, Molytini, Hylobiina) are reviewed for the first time. Eleven species are redescribed based on specimens (almost exclusively from Brazil) examined by us: H. bistigma (Hustache, 1938), H. faldermanni (Boheman, 1836), H. fasciculatus (Boheman, 1843), H. freyreissi (Boheman, 1836), H. inaequalis (Boheman, 1836) [= type species of the genus], H. iniquus (Kirsch, 1874), H. myops (Boheman, 1836), H. ochrifer (Boheman, 1843), H. pupillatus (Olivier, 1790), H. rufescens (Boheman, 1836), and H. tuberculosus (Perty, 1832). Diagnoses of one additional Brazilian species, Heilus admixtus (Hustache, 1938), and two additional South American species, H. asperulus (Erichson, 1847), and H. inornatus (Kirsch, 1874), are presented based on the literature and by examination of images of the type material. Integument texture and the variations in the patterns of maculation are the main characteristics used for species identification. Geographic distribution, descriptions of male and female genitalia are provided for eleven redescribed species, together with habitus photographs, and an identification key to the fourteen described South American species. 

scholarly journals The South American Plated Catfish Genus Aspidoras R. von Ihering, 1907,

1976 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Nijssen ◽  
I.J.H. Isbrücker
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
South American ◽  
Related Genus ◽  
The South ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Morphological Differences

The South American callichthyid catfish genus Aspidoras R. von Ihering, 1907, is redefined on the basis of thirteen nominal species. Morphological differences with the related genus Corydoras Lacépède, 1803, are discussed. Two species originally described in Corydoras, viz., Corydoras raimundi and Corydoras pauciradiatus are herein transferred to Aspidoras. Aspidoras now consists of the following previously described nominal species: (1) Aspidoras rochai R. von Ihering, 1907 (type-species of the genus), known from Brazil, Est. Ceará, Fortaleza, (2) Aspidoras raimundi (Steindachner, 1907) from Brazil, Est. Moararnhão, Rio Parnaíba system, (3) Aspidoras lakoi P. de Miranda Ribeiro, 1949, from Brazil, Est. Minas Gerais, Rio Paranaíba system, and (4) Aspidoras pauciradiatus (Weitzman & Nijssen, 1970) from Brazil, Est. Goiás, Rio Araguaia system. Nine new species from Brazil are described herein: (1) Aspidoras albater from Est. Goiás, Rio Tocantinzinha, (2) Aspidoras brunneus from Est. Mato Grosso, Serra do Roncador, (3) Aspidoras carvalhoi from Est. Ceará, Guaramiranga, (4) Aspidoras eurycephalus from Est. Goiás, Córego Vermelho, (5) Aspidoras fuscoguttatus from Est. Mato Grosso, Córrego Corguinho, (6) Aspidoras maculosus from Est. Bahia, Rio Itapicurú system, (7) Aspidoras menezesi from Est. Ceará, Rio Salgado system, (8) Aspidoras poecilus from Est. Mato Grosso, upper Rio Xingu, and from Est. Goiás, Rio Araguaia, and (9) Aspidoras spilotus from Est. Ceará, a tributary of Rio Acaráu, and from Cachoeira do Gusmão. In addition to these nominal species some material is described and figured under the provisional designation of Aspidoras sp. aff. poecilus. These specimens may represent another species, but are not formally named.

What is Amphipteryx agrioides Selys 1853 (Odonata: Amphipterygidae)?

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2074 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
ENRIQUE GONZÁLEZ-SORIANO ◽  
N. VON ELLENRIEDER
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Digital Images ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Holotype Female ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

The family Amphipterygidae comprises a group of moderately large, robust species of pan-tropical damselflies. It was first recognized by Selys (1853) as his "6me legion" based on the description of a unique female which he named "Amphipteryx agrioïdes." Its provenance ("Colombie. [Collect. Selys.]") has remained a mystery as no specimens of this genus had subsequently been collected from South America. Selys (1854a: 241, 243) expanded on the distribution of the specimen noting (page 241) that it had been collected “dans la province de Cumana (Amérique méridionale équatoriale)” and (page 243) “d’après un exemplaire recueilli par M. Funck, et qui se trouvait avec l’ Hetaerina majuscula et l’ Agrion (Hyponevra) Funcki….” De Marmels (1990) dismissed the record of A. agrioides from “Cumaná [Venezuela]” as unlikely and suggested deletion of the species from that country.The single holotype female was apparently never re-examined, except by the late B.E. Montgomery who never published his observations, until recently (von Ellenrieder & Garrison 2007). Calvert (1901) in his Biologia Centrali-Americana assigned this name to specimens from Mexico and Guatemala. He described the male for the first time and gave a description of the female comparing it with the original description and noting that "The hind prothoracic lobe also possesses two dorsal lamellate processes (not mentioned by Selys)…." González (1991) described A. longicaudatus (should be A. longicaudata; Novelo 1995) from Oaxaca, Mexico and distinguished this species from A. agrioides based only on Calvert's (1901) description and illustrations. Several years ago, Rosser W. Garrison was sent digital images of the holotype female of A. agrioides by Jérôme Constant of the IRSNB, and observed that the pronotal armature differed from specimens given this name by Calvert (1901) and González (1991) (Garrison pers. comm.). Since Amphipteryx is the type genus of the family Amphipterygidae, it is imperative that its type species, A. agrioides, be correctly assigned to specimens. The purpose of this paper is to determine the correct identity of A. agrioides, provide diagnostic illustrations of the same, and discuss the location of its type locality.

Ctenomys brasiliensis Blainville (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae): clarifying the geographic placement of the type species of the genus Ctenomys

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3272 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
FABIANO ARAUJO FERNANDES ◽  
RODRIGO FORNEL ◽  
THALES R. O. FREITAS
Keyword(s):  
Geometric Morphometrics ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Subterranean Rodents ◽  
Southern Coast ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Taxonomic Relation

The genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) comprises more than 60 species of subterranean rodents. Despite the widedistribution of the genus in southern America, the type locality of the type species—Ctenomys brasiliensisBlainville—was long thought to be the State of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil, well outside the presently knowndistributional area of the genus. Since it has never been collected again in that State, the type locality of this species is stilla matter for investigation. In order to elucidate this question, we investigated the skull of the type specimens of C.brasiliensis. From geometric morphometrics comparisons with other species of the genus, and taking into account thelabel information, it was possible to rediscover the type locality of this species. There is no doubt that the specimen wascollected in Minas, in the department of Lavalleja, Uruguay. Nowadays in this area on the southern coast of Uruguay, onlypopulations of Ctenomys pearsoni Lessa and Langguth were recognized. We suggest that more studies must be done tobetter understand the taxonomic relation between C. pearsoni complex and the C. brasiliensis, the type species for the genus that was collected in Uruguay and never occurred in southeastern Brazil.

scholarly journals Revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. III. Genus Stueningeria Lehmann, 2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 16-29
Author(s):  
Roman V. Yakovlev ◽  
Vadim V. Zolotuhin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
The Third ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

In the third part of the revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of South-Eastern Asia, we provide a revision of the genus Stueningeria Lehmann, 2019 with description of six new species: Stueningeria htetae sp. nov. (Type locality: Mynmar, 21 km E Putao), Stueningeria csovarii sp. nov. (Type locality: Thailand, Changwat Nan, 15 km N of Bo Luang), Stueningeria loeffleri sp. nov. (Type locality: Thailand, Sakhon Nakhon Prov., Phu Pan NP), Stueningeria ihlei sp. nov. (Type locality: Vietnam (C.), Prov. Thua-Thien-Hue, Kreis A Luoi, Gemeinde A Rong, Passastrasse ca. 30 km S A Luoi.), Stueningeria murzini sp. nov. (Type locality: China, SW Yunnan, Xishuanbanna, Guanping env., 60 km N Jinghong), and Stueningeria pinratanai sp. nov. (Type locality: NW Thailand, Chiangmai, Doi Pui Forest Res. Stat.)  Two new combinations are established: Stueningeria campbelli (Hampson, 1910) comb. nov. and Stueningeria phaga (Swinhoe, 1894) comb. nov. Both species are redescribed. The type species of the genus Stueningeria nepalensis Lehmann, 2019 is reported for the first time for the fauna of India (Uttarakhand). We also give for the first time the description of female genitalia of the genus Stueningeria. The genus distribution map is provided.

scholarly journals Revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. V. Genus Marcopoloia Yakovlev & Zolotuhin gen. nov. from the Taiwan Island and Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 44-52
Author(s):  
Roman V. Yakovlev ◽  
Vadim V. Zolotuhin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
The Family ◽  
Taiwan Island

In the fifth part of the revision on the Asian Metarbelidae we describe the new genus Marcopoloia Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, gen. nov. (type species, by original designation: Arbela discipuncta Wileman, 1915). The male and female of Marcopoloia discipuncta (Wileman, 1915) comb. nov. are redescribed; four new species Marcopoloia leloi Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, sp. nov. (type locality: C. Vietnam, Gia Lai Prov., Kon Ka Kinh NP), Marcopoloia nangmai Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, sp. nov. (type locality: Thailand, Changwat Nan, 20 km N of Bo Luang), Marcopoloia siniaevi Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, sp. nov. (type locality: Mynmar (Burma), 40 km N Myitkyina, Chanc Kand village), and Marcopoloia thaica Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, sp. nov. (type locality: Thailand, Changwat Nan, 30 km E of Pua) are described. A new synonym is established: Arbela discipuncta Wileman, 1915, syn. nov. = Arbela baibarana Matsumura, 1927.

Two new Brazilian species of Neapion Alonso-Zarazaga, 1990 subgenus Neotropion Alonso-Zarazaga, 1990 with a key to South American species (Brentidae: Apioninae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4402 (3) ◽  
pp. 551 ◽  
Author(s):  
WESLEY OLIVEIRA DE SOUSA ◽  
CIBELE STRAMARE RIBEIRO-COSTA
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Tuning Fork ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
South American ◽  
South American Species ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Brazilian Species ◽  
Penis Length ◽  
First Time

Two new Brazilian species of the genus Neapion Alonso-Zarazaga, 1990 subgenus Neotropion Alonso-Zarazaga, 1990 (Brentidae: Apioninae) are described and illustrated: Neapion (Neotropion) marquesae sp. n. (Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso) and Neapion (Neotropion) diringsi sp. n. (Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas).  Neapion (Neotropion) marquesae sp. n.  has dense, thin vestiture and raised areas on the elytra (recorded for the first time to the South American Apioninae); Neapion (Neotropion) diringsi sp. n. differs by the sparse vestiture and absence of raised areas. In addition to these characters, the vestiture color pattern and male genitalia characters such as the form of penis, length of the ‘tuning-fork’ shaped sclerite in the internal sac (the largest found in Apioninae) and the form of the tegminal plate are fundamental for the diagnosis of species of this subgenus. We also provide a key to the species of South American Neapion (Neotropion). 

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