scholarly journals Two new species of Culex subgenus Melanoconion (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Amazon forest

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1920 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROSA SÁ GOMES HUTCHINGS ◽  
MARIA ANICE MUREB SALLUM

Two new mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae), Culex (Melanoconion) phyllados n. sp. and Culex (Melanoconion) brachiatus n. sp. from the state of Amazonas, Brazil, are here validated and described based on morphological features of the male genitalia. Both species are morphologically more similar to both Culex coppenamensis Bonne-Wepster & Bonne and Culex alinkios Sallum & Hutchings than to any other species of the Bastagarius Subgroup of the subgenus Melanoconion. Diagnostic characters for the identification of the adult male of both species are provided.

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4851 (2) ◽  
pp. 386-400
Author(s):  
ALBANE VILARINO ◽  
PITÁGORAS C. BISPO

Xiphocentron is the most species-rich genus of the pantropical family Xiphocentronidae. Among its five subgenera, Antillotrichia is the most diverse and the only one to occur in South America and Antilles. In the present study, two new species of Xiphocentron (Antillotrichia) are described from southern Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Xiphocentron gwarakeraba sp. nov. is diagnosed by the very elongate inferior appendage not bearing spines and with a simple mesal sclerite; X. muelleri sp. nov. is diagnosed by the inferior appendage with its ventral margin produced posterad and distinctly truncate. New distributional records are provided for X. acqualume, X. jaguare, X. kamakan, and X. maracanan. Additional non-genital diagnostic characters are presented for X. jaguare, and intraspecific morphological variations of forewing fork II (R3 and R4) and male genitalia are described for X. maracanan. 


2008 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carina M. Mews ◽  
Carlos F. Sperber

We describe here two new species of the genus Phalangopsis Serville, 1831 from the Brazilian Amazon Forest. The male genitalia and the female copulatory papilla were described, and a combination of diagnostic characteristics was given to separate both new species from the other described species. The principal morphological characteristics of this genus were discussed.


Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3455 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAI-TAO SUN ◽  
YU-ZHOU DU

Klapálek (1907) established Kamimuria as a subgenus of Perla, but later elevated it to generic rank (Klapálek 1912). Later, Klapálek (1923) designated Perla tibialis Pictet, 1841, a Japanese species, as the type species. Uchida & Isobe (1991) designated a neotype for K. tibialis and resurrected K. uenoi Kohno from synonymy. Sivec et al. (1988) redescribed the diagnostic characters of Kamimuria in reference to other Perlinae. It is a genus widespread in the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions, being particularly diverse in China. A total of 76 species have been described over the worldwide and includes 45 species residing in China (DeWalt et al. 2011, Sivec & Stark 2008, Sivec et al. 1988, 1997, Du et al. 1999, 2001, Du & Ran 2002, Du & Sivec 2004, 2005, Du & Wang 2005, 2007, Du 2006, Wu 1938, 1962, 1973). The type material of many species proposed by Wu (1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1947–1948) were lost because of the war, but for some species he designated neotypes (1962) which were deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica. Based on adult male morphology, two new species from China are described, and K. cheni Wu and K. Chungnanshana Wu are redescribed in this paper. The types of new species are deposited in the Insect Collection of Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, China.


Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1064 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
DIRK AHRENS

Two new species of Microserica Brenske are described from the Indochinese region, Microserica panzona (Laos) and M. soppongensis (Thailand). The male genitalia are illustrated and diagnostic characters from related taxa are discussed.


ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 771 ◽  
pp. 57-71
Author(s):  
Denis Rafael Pedroso ◽  
Alessandro Ponce De Leão Giupponi ◽  
Renner Luiz Cerqueira Baptista

Two new species of Diplura C. L. Koch 1850 are described from Brazil: Dipluramapinguari sp. n., from the state of Rondônia in southeastern Amazonia, northern Brazil, and Diplurarodrigoi sp. n., known from southeastern and central west regions of Brazil. Diplurarodrigoi sp. n. is morphologically similar to D.lineata (Lucas, 1857), D.sanguinea (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896), and D.mapinguari sp. n. Comments on diagnostic characters of Diplura are included. The synonymy of D.maculata (Mello-Leitão, 1927) with D.catharinensis (Mello-Leitão, 1923) is corroborated. A classification of color pattern of the dorsum of the abdomen is given.


Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3116 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
ARTUR R. M. SERRANO ◽  
CARLOS A. S. AGUIAR

Two new species of the genus Geocharis Ehlers, 1883 (Carabidae: Trechinae, Anillini) are described (Geocharis barcorabelo n. sp. and Geocharis antheroi n. sp.) from the northern region of Portugal (Iberian Peninsula). This work provides diagnostic characters for these species and, in particular, for the structure of male genitalia. The affinities with other known species namely their putative closest relatives, as well as ecological and biogeographical comments are also included. A key for the identification of the males of the Geocharis species found north of the Tejo River in Portugal is also provided. New chorologist data on other endogean carabids from Portugal are also included.


Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4750 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-402
Author(s):  
CESAR J. BENETTI ◽  
LUIS F. VALLADARES ◽  
JUAN A. DELGADO ◽  
NEUSA HAMADA

Hydraena (Hydraenopsis) josefinae sp. nov. and H. (H.) pernambucana sp. nov. are described respectively from Amapá and Pernambuco States, Brazil. Hydraena (H.) josefinae sp. nov. is a member of the scintillabella subgroup of the leechi group, while H. (H.) pernambucana sp. nov. belongs to the orcula complex in the marginicollis subgroup of the marginicollis group. Descriptions and diagnostic characters for both new species are offered; habitus photographs and line drawings of male genitalia of the two new species, as well as drawings of female genitalia of H. josefinae sp. n., are provided. Male genitalia of H. alterra Perkins, 1980 is illustrated and compared with that of the closely related H. josefinae sp. nov. Habitat and distributional data of the two new species are also included. 


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (16) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aare Lindt ◽  
Lennart Lennuk ◽  
Jaan Viidalepp

The genus Dioscore Warren, 1907 is reviewed. Diagnostic characters are listed for the genus and species included, the male genitalia are described for the first time for seven species and the female genitalia for three species. Two new species are described from Papua Indonesia: Dioscore kirke Lindt, Lennuk & Viidalepp, sp. nov. and Dioscore vilu Lindt, Lennuk & Viidalepp, sp. nov. The genus with its ten species is endemic to New Guinea and nearby islands; its taxonomic affinities are discussed.


ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 923 ◽  
pp. 65-77
Author(s):  
Kelly B. Miller

Two new species are described in the Desmopachria convexa species group in the Neotropical genus Desmopachria Babington: D. mancosp. nov. (Guyana), and D. mortimersp. nov. (Costa Rica). Two subgroups, the D. convexa-convexa and the D. convexa-signata groups are defined. Desmopachria convexa-convexa species are from North and Central America and have a subapical articulable lobe on the male lateral lobe that is large and elongate and extends well beyond the slender, oblique apex of the lateral lobe. Desmopachria convexa-signata species are from South America and have a subapical articulable lobe on the male lateral lobe that is small and discrete and does not extend beyond the truncate apex of the lateral lobe. The male genitalia of all recognized species in the D. convexa group are redrawn from the literature. New species are illustrated from specimens and described species have morphological features redrawn from published illustrations.


2003 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico C. Ocampo

AbstractThe new genus Totoia Ocampo and two new species, Totoiasplendida Ocampo from Costa Rica and Panama and Totoiabrachycarina Ocampo from Panama and Colombia, are described. Diagnostic characters of the genus and male genitalia of both species are illustrated.


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