Description of a new Patagonian species of Urophonius Pocock (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae), from Meseta de Somuncurá, Argentina

Zootaxa ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 187 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIS E. ACOSTA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Activity Period ◽  
Central Chile ◽  
Pigment Pattern ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Northern Patagonia ◽  
Rio Negro ◽  
Southern Patagonia ◽  
Basaltic Plateau

Urophonius somuncura n. sp. (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae) is described and illustrated. This species is presumably endemic to the higher plains of the Meseta de Somuncurá (province of Río Negro, Argentina), a basaltic plateau in northern Patagonia. Its nearest relatives are U. granulatus Pocock, from southern Patagonia, and U. tregualemuensis Cekalovic, from central Chile, with all three belonging to the 'granulatus species group'. The diagnostic characters for the new species include the development of the ventral submedian carinae on metasomal segment I, the number of ventral setae on the same segment and presence of tegumentary borders around them, and details of the pigment pattern on carapace, mesosomal tergites and metasoma, among others. U. somuncura n. sp. is seemingly a species active in summer, and its activity period is probably slightly asynchronous in respect to a sympatric Bothriurus species.

A revision of the Anthaxia (Anthaxia) midas Kiesenwetter, 1857 species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4370 (3) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
DANIELE BAIOCCHI ◽  
GIANLUCA MAGNANI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Unknown Male

The Anthaxia (Anthaxia) midas Kiesenwetter, 1857 species-group is defined and revised. A new species from Turkey, A. (A.) cebecii sp. nov., is described and compared to its most similar species. A. midas oberthuri Schaefer, 1938 is elevated to the rank of species, and a lectotype is designated. A. (A.) spathuligera Obenberger, 1924 and A. (A.) midas muelleri Obenberger, 1925 are reconfirmed synonyms of A. midas Kiesenwetter, 1857.All species of the new species-group are illustrated, including the hitherto unknown male of A. (A.) patsyae Baiocchi, 2008, all type specimens and original data labels. In addition to diagnostic characters, informations on the distribution, biology and taxonomic position of each species are also presented, together with a short definition of the new species-group, and a key to its species. 

Four new species of Desmopachria Babington from Peru (Coleoptera:  Dytiscidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1059 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
KELLY B. MILLER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Madre De Dios ◽  
Group D

Four new species in the genus Desmopachria Babington are described from Madre de Dios, Peru: D. pilosa Miller, n. sp. (D. convexa species group), D. balionota Miller, n. sp. (D. nitida species group), D. annae Miller, n. sp. (D. nitida species group), and D. tambopatensis Miller, n. sp. (ungrouped). Diagnostic characters, including habiti and male genitalia, are described and illustrated.

A new species of the pontoniine shrimp genus Onycocaris Nobili, 1904 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from Sagami Bay, central Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3440 (1) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
TOMOYUKI KOMAI ◽  
ISAMU ITOU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Congeneric Species ◽  
Sagami Bay ◽  
Central Japan ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Internal Cavities ◽  
Unidentified Species ◽  
Shallow Subtidal ◽  
A New Species

The pontoniine shrimp genus Onycocaris Nobili, 1904 currently contains 18 species, all known from the Indo-WestPacific. In this study, a new species of the genus, O. hayamaensis, is described and illustrated on the basis of fourovigerous female and three male specimens collected from Sagami Bay, central Japan, at shallow subtidal depths of5–6 m. The specimens lived in internal cavities of an unidentified species of a haliclonid sponge, Haliclona sp. Thisnew species is referred to the O. quadratophthalma (Balss, 1921) species group, represented by four species, i.e., O.balssi Bruce, 2011, O. fujinoi Bruce, 2011, O. quadratophthalma, and O. trullata Bruce, 1978. Differentiatingcharacters between the new species and the latter four species are discussed. The present new species exhibits strongsexual dimorphism in the second pereopods and heterochaely in the male second pereopods, though these traits are notfully documented in some of other congeneric species. Diagnostic characters derived from the second pereopods should be treated carefully.

Review of the leucotela species-group of Conura (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) from Amazon rainforest

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4942 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-427
Author(s):  
THALES RENAN DE AGUIAR BROTTO ◽  
MARCELO TEIXEIRA TAVARES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Coupling Mechanism ◽  
Short Discussion ◽  
Accurate Identification ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Concept

The leucotela species-group of Conura Spinola (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) was initially proposed to include C. leucotela (Walker 1862) within the subgenus Spilochalcis Thomson. Despite this treatment, the accurate identification of C. leucotela is not possible based on the literature. In this paper, C. leucotela is redescribed and two new species, C. paraleucotela sp. nov. and C. pseudoleucotela sp. nov., are described within the leucotela group, with all the species based on female singletons. Additionally, diagnoses and illustrations are presented for two other unnamed species based on males. The taxonomic concept of the species group is discussed, and new diagnostic characters are proposed. An identification key and illustration of species are provided. The morphology of the coupling mechanism of the propodeum and gaster of some species of the leucotela group and its relation with possible hosts is discussed. A short discussion of rarity of the leucotela group is presented. 

A new fossil Tanytarsus from Eocene Baltic amber, with notes on systematics of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3069 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
WOJCIECH GIŁKA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Diagnostic Characters

Tanytarsus fereci sp. nov. is described from a specimen found in Eocene Baltic amber. The new species is compared with the fossil Tanytarsus serafini Giłka and with the extant T. aculeatus Brundin. Following the analysis of morphological diagnostic characters, T. fereci is placed in the mendax species group.

A new species of Liolaemus (Reptilia: Squamata) from southwestern Rio Negro province, northern Patagonia, Argentina

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2434 (1) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCIANO JAVIER AVILA ◽  
CRISTIAN HERNAN FULVIO PEREZ ◽  
MARIANA MORANDO ◽  
JACK WALTER SITES, JR.
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Sandy Soil ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Sister Taxon ◽  
Northern Patagonia ◽  
Rio Negro ◽  
A New Species

A new species of lizard of the genus Liolaemus from southwestern Rio Negro Province, central Patagonia is described. The new species is a member of the Liolaemus fitzingerii group, and molecular data show it as sister taxon of L. martorii, but it differs in size, squamation, coloration, and sexual dimorphism. Liolaemus casamiquelai sp. nov. is terrestrial, dwelling on loose sandy soil in a shrubby landscape, and seems to be oviparous and insectivorous.

scholarly journals Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical Agabus raffrayi species group with the description of four new species (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 963 ◽  
pp. 45-79
Author(s):  
William F. Englund ◽  
Laban Njoroge ◽  
Olof Biström ◽  
Kelly B. Miller ◽  
David T. Bilton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Widespread Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Quantitative Measurements

We revise the Afrotropical Agabus raffrayi species group, motivated by the discovery of new diversity in Kenya and South Africa. Whilst Agabus is mainly a holarctic genus, the Agabus raffrayi group is restricted to high altitude regions of eastern Africa and temperate parts of South Africa, from where we describe the southernmost Agabus in the world. The following new species are introduced: Agabus anguluverpussp. nov. from Mount Kenya in central Kenya, Agabus austellussp. nov. a widespread species in South Africa, Agabus riberaesp. nov. from the Kamiesberg and northeastern Cederberg ranges in the Northern and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa and Agabus agulhassp. nov. from the Agulhas Plain, Western Cape Province, South Africa. We provide a distribution map, a determination key for males, quantitative measurements of diagnostic characters, habitus photos and detailed photos of male genitalia for all described species in the group, as well as images of diagnostic characters and habitats. The presence or absence of an elongated section between the subapical broadening and the base of the apical and subapical teeth of the male aedeagus is a useful novel character, first revealed by our study. In contrast with the most recent revision of Afrotropical Agabus, we show that Agabus ruwenzoricus Guignot, 1936 is restricted to eastern Africa; South African records of this species having been based on misidentifications, no species of the group being common to southern and eastern Africa. We speculate that the raffrayi group may display phylogenetic niche conservatism, being restricted, as an originally temperate taxon, to higher elevations in tropical eastern Africa, but occurring at lower altitudes in temperate South Africa.

Taxonomic and nomenclatorial revision within the Neotropical genera of the subtribe Odontocheilina W. Horn in a new sense—24. Odontocheila paraexcisipenis sp. nov., a new species of the O. cajennensis species-group (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5005 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-188
Author(s):  
JIŘÍ MORAVEC ◽  
RONALD HUBER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Odontocheila Laporte de Castelnau, 1834 is described from Venezuela as Odontocheila paraexcisipenis sp. nov. It is classified as a further species of the large O. cajennensis species-group and described subsequent to the recently published revision of the genus (Moravec (2018). Illustrations of the habitus, diagnostic characters and variability of the new species and distinguishing characters of similar species are presented in colour photographs. Revised key to species of the O. cajennensis species-group is presented with references to descriptions and illustrations of other species of the species-group in the above-cited taxonomic revision of the genus. An essential map of distribution is also given.

Review of the Patrus landaisi species group from Thailand with description of three new species (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4991 (3) ◽  
pp. 561-591
Author(s):  
BENJAMART SUKSAI ◽  
GREY T. GUSTAFSON ◽  
ROBERT W. SITES ◽  
NARUMON SANGPRADUB
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

A survey of the whirligig beetles of the genus Patrus Aubé, 1838 occurring in Thailand belonging to the newly designated Patrus landaisi species group is presented. Three new species are described and illustrated: P. garuda sp. nov., P. nanensis sp. nov. and P. phetchabunensis sp. nov.; with P. apicalis (Régimbart, 1891), P. landaisi (Régimbart, 1892), and P. subapicalis (Ochs, 1930) stat. nov. being recorded for the first time in Thailand. Morphological and molecular analyses, together in an integrative approach, support the elevation of P. subapicalis to species status, instead of being a subspecies of P. apicalis. A diagnosis, illustrations of habitus and diagnostic characters, distribution maps, habitat images and a key to species are provided for all known members of the P. landaisi species group that occur in Thailand. A checklist of species in the group is also given.  

A revision of the Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) kheiliana Obenberger, 1931 species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1816 (1) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
SVATOPLUK BÍLÝ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Diagnostic Characters

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) kheiliana Obenberger, 1931 species-group is defined and revised, four new species are described: A. (H.) impressipennis, sp. nov. (Tanzania), A. (H.) nasheri, sp. nov. (Yemen), A. (H.) occulta, sp. nov. (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania) and A. (H.) zambiana, sp. nov. (Zambia). All species are keyed and diagnostic characters of the group and all species are illustrated.

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