Revision of Elginus Theron (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with the description of two new genera and comments on the grassland leafhopper fauna in South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2135 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-56
Author(s):  
M. STILLER
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Grazing Pressure ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Grassland Biome ◽  
New Habitats

The previously monotypic South African leafhopper genus, Elginus Theron, 1975, is revised. Its type species, E. saltus (Naudé, 1926), is redescribed, and the following 24 species are described as new: E. acutus, E. bispinus, E. cavatus, E. contradens, E. cultellus, E. denticulatus, E. dexteruncus, E. eccentricus, E. extrinsecus, E. falcatus, E. furcillatus, E. latus, E. levilobus, E. matarei, E. minutulus, E. recavus, E. malotiensis, E. oriens, E. semialatus, E. theroni, E. tortuosus, E. tubulus, E. unispinus and E. vulgaris. A key is provided for the identification mainly of males. These species are all grass-feeding and assigned to the tribe Paralimnini of the Deltocephalinae. Two new genera and species are described, namely Micropedeticus ochrus gen.n. & sp.n. in the tribe Paralimnini, from the Grassland Biome and Theronus priapus gen.n. & sp.n. in the tribe Deltocephalini, from the Fynbos Biome. Most species of Elginus and Micropedeticus are more common in the Grassland Biome in climax grassland under lower grazing pressure. Species of Elginus in the Fynbos Biome are more migratory and colonize new habitats such as grasses that appear after fire. These three genera are endemic to the Grassland and Fynbos Biomes of South Africa. A brief discussion on leafhoppers associated with grasses in the Fynbos, Grassland and Savanna Biomes of South Africa, is provided.

New basal taxa of South African Apioninae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Brentidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5035 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-60
Author(s):  
MAREK WANAT
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
New Genera ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
The Republic

Four new genera, six new species and one new subspecies of the brentid subfamily Apioninae are described from the Republic of South Africa (R.S.A.), all representing ancient fauna with Gondwanan roots. The new genera are: Rhynchitapion gen. n., with Rh. variiforme sp. n. (the type-species) and Rh. pallidum sp. n., Apodytapion gen. n., with A. stepniewskii sp. n., Turnerapion gen. n., with T. pondoense sp. n., and Lepanomidius gen. n., with L. ruthmuellerae sp. n. (the type-species) and L. magdaloides sp. n. The primitive genus Lepanomus Balfour-Browne is re-described and a new subspecies of its type species, Lepanomus crinalis zuluensis ssp. n., is described from north-eastern R.S.A. In addition, Rhynchitapion usambarense sp. n. is described from Tanzania. An identification key to all 12 basal genera of South African Apioninae is presented and their higher systematics is discussed. Three new tribes are proposed in South African Apioninae: Rhynchitapiini trib. n., Apodytapiini trib. n., and Lepanomini trib. n., in addition to the existing basal Antliarhinini Schoenherr, 1823, Tanaini Schoenherr, 1839, Mecolenini Wanat, 2001, Apiomorphini Legalov, 2018, Setapiini Legalov, 2018, and derived Apionini Schoenherr, 1823. A temporary resignation from supertribal division of the subfamily is recommended after discussion.  

Four new South African monotypic grass-feeding leafhopper genera and a revision of Lecacis (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha, Cicadellidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3126 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
MICHAEL STILLER
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New South ◽  
Male Type ◽  
Two New Species

Four new monotypic leafhopper genera in Deltocephalinae and their type species are described: Ochromelanus brachyphallus gen.n. & sp.n. (Deltocephalini), Teinopterus microphallus gen.n. & sp.n. (Paralimnini), Tytthuspilus onychophallus gen.n. & sp.n. (Paralimnini) and Umeqi okhahlamba gen.n. & sp.n. (Paralimnini). These genera and species are associated with grass mainly in the Fynbos and Grassland Biomes of South Africa. The revision of Lecacis Theron (Paralimnini) concerns the redescription of the male type species of L. platypennis, the new description of the female, and two new species. Lecacis species appear to be distributed somewhat randomly in the Grassland and Savanna Biome of South Africa.

scholarly journals More than 40 years of excellence: the outstanding contribution of the South African Edward A. Ueckermann to acarology

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 1480
Author(s):  
P.D. Theron ◽  
Gilberto Moraes
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
New Genera ◽  
The South ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Professional Capacity ◽  
To Receive

Great contribution to acarology has been provided by the South African taxonomist Edward A. Ueckermann, for the knowledge of mites of his country and of several other countries. His major contribution for more than 40 years concerns predaceous and phytophagous mites of many different families. He has conducted collaborative works with researchers from different countries, including Cape Verde, Marion and Reunion Islands, Israel, Kenya, Egypt, Zambia, Zimbabwe, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Brazil, Iran and USA. In addition, he has trained researchers and students of different countries in his specialty. More than 240 new species and 23 new genera were described by him, in more than 212 high quality scientific papers. His contribution has been recently recognized by the South Africa National Research Foundation, entitling him to receive incentive funding. Despite retiring in January 2016, he continues to participate in research activities in full professional capacity, collaborating with researchers from South Africa and elsewhere.

On some new and old soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from Africa, with description of a new Coccus species and introduction of a new genus 

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4612 (3) ◽  
pp. 373
Author(s):  
BOŻENA ŁAGOWSKA ◽  
CHRIS J. HODGSON
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Scale Insects ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Soft Scale ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species of soft scale (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha; Cocccidae) from South Africa, Coccus giliomeei Łagowska & Hodgson sp. n., collected on Gymnosporia buxifolia (L.) Szyszyl, is described and illustrated. Also, Coccus rhodesiensis (Hall) is recorded for the first time from South Africa and is redescribed and illustrated based on the adult females of the type series and fresh South African specimens. An updated key to the species of Coccus and similar species known from Africa is included. Based on this latter study, (i) Marsipococcus proteae (Brain) and M. durbanensis (Brain) are considered not to be congeneric with Marsipococcus marsupialis (Green), the type species of Marsipococcus Cockerell & Bueker, and are placed in a new genus Proteacoccus Łagowska & Hodgson, gen. n. with Lecanium proteae Brain as the type species; (ii) it is considered that Coccus asiaticus Lindinger is clearly not a junior synonym of Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner) and is accepted as a full species, rev. stat., and (iii) Neoplatylecanium adersi (Newstead) is considered to be non-conspecific with N. cinnamomi Takahashi, the type species of Neoplatylecanium Takahashi, and is transferred to Maacoccus Tao & Wong, as Maacoccus adersi (Newstead), comb. n. 

New Fleas from South African Rodents

1927 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-293
Author(s):  
A. Ingram
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Field Work ◽  
New Genera

During the carrying out of field work in connection with the investigation of plague in the Union of South Africa, certain fleas which appeared to be new were taken in the nests of water rats and on a golden rock mouse in the Karroo.Whilst resembling Chiastopsylla, Rosthsch., morphologically, the fleas from the Karroo rats differ from that genus in the absence of tooth-like spines at the genal margin of the head, and the flea taken on the rock mouse differs in possessing no pronotal comb, in addition to the absence of spines at the genal margin of the head. It was thought that these differences would require the erection of new genera for the reception of these fleas ; two specimens, however, of one of the species showed an incomplete set of genal spines, and Dr. Jordan, who kindly examined the material, considers that all the fleas described below belong to the genus Chiastopsylla. Apparently, if one may judge from the presence of genal spines in the two specimens found, certain species of this genus have been recently evolved.

scholarly journals Description of a new monospecific genus of South African Trichiina, with a key to the related genera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrico Ricchiardi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Genus Level ◽  
Northwestern Region

A new monospecific genus, Pseudostegopterus gen. nov., endemic to the northwestern region of South Africa, is erected. The type species is described as Pseudospegopterus melonthinoides sp. nov. and is currently known only from male specimens. A provisional dichotomic key of the African Trichiina genera is also provided, in order to facilitate the identification of male specimens to the genus level.

Demoulinia Gillies 1990 and two unnamed genera of the plesiomorphon Protopatellata (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae) from South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4820 (3) ◽  
pp. 438-464
Author(s):  
NIKITA J. KLUGE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Type Species ◽  
The South ◽  
African Species

Larvae, subimagines, imagines of both sexes and eggs of Demoulinia crassi (Demoulin 1971) are described based on reared specimens from South Africa. Newly revealed characters testify that Demoulinia Gillies 1990 belongs to the plesiomorphon Protopatellata. Demoulinia includes two species, the South African species D. crassi and the Madagascar species D. insularis Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty 1998 (= D. assimilis Gattolliat 2003 syn. n.). Larvae of these two species differ in structure of claws and paraprocts; imagines and eggs are described for D. crassi only. Larvae of two unnamed species of Protopatellata from South Africa are briefly described and figured; possibly, one of them belongs to africanum [Cloeon], which is the type species Austrocloeon Barnard 1932.

Stygiomyces and Pseudonitschkia: Two new genera of lichenicolous fungi

1995 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Coppins ◽  
S. Y. Kondratyuk
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South America ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Lichenicolous Fungi ◽  
Parmotrema Tinctorum

Two new genera, Stygiomyces (Coelomycetes) with type species S. galliformis on Pseudocyphellaria faveolata from Tasmania, and Pseudonitschkia (Dothideales) with type species P. parmotrematis on Parmotrema tinctorum and P. pseudotinctorum from South America (Paraguay, Venezuela), Africa (Ivory Coast, Malawi, South Africa) and Nepal, are described. Their placement and differences from similar genera are discussed.

Morphological and taxonomic studies of selected genera from the tribe Amansieae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta)

2000 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 325 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Wilson ◽  
G. T. Kraft
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Wing Development ◽  
Tropical Atlantic ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
Holotype Specimen ◽  
Lateral Wing ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Taxonomic Studies

The morphology and taxonomy of seven poorly understood species from five genera of the Amansieae are documented. The basic characters by which genera of the tribe are currently distinguished include: (1) the number of pericentral cells; (2) the degree of thallus flattening and lateral wing development; (3) the type of endogenous branching; (4) branch and/or spine features of blade margins; and (5) the position of reproductive axes. Two Australian species of Enantiocladia Falkenberg, E. robinsonii (J.Agardh) Falkenberg and E. axillaris Falkenberg, do not conform to the defining features of Enantiocladia as exhibited by specimens of the type species examined in this study, and the two new genera Plectrophora and Nanopera are proposed to accommodate them. The genusKuetzingia Sonder has previously included four species, the three Australian endemics K. canaliculata (Greville) Sonder, K. angusta (Harvey) and K. pectinella (Harvey) Falkenberg, and the South African K. natalensis J.Agardh. Phoographs in AD of the holotype specimen of Kuetzingia pectinella indicate that it is an earlier taxonomic synonym of Enantiocladia robinsonii and is thus the type species of the genus Plectrophora Wilson et Kraft. Kuetzingia natalensis is also transferred to Plectrophora, leaving Kuetzingia as an Australian-endemic genus of two species. A rare tropical-Atlantic species previously credited to Protokuetzingia, P. schottii Taylor, is provisionally transferred to Enantiocladia because the number of its pericentral cells and the position of its procarps conform to that of the Caribbean type species of Enantiocladia, E. duperreyi (C.Agardh) Falkenberg. This transfer leaves Protokuetzingia monotypic and also an Australian-endemic genus. A review of the genera of the Amansieae is given and conclusions are drawn as to the generic criteria most likely to be important within the tribe.

scholarly journals Capalictus, a new subgenus of Lasioglossum Curtis 1833 from South Africa, with description of three new species (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae)

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Pauly ◽  
Jason Gibbs ◽  
Michael Kuhlmann
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
New Subgenus ◽  
Basal Clade ◽  
Three New Species

Capalictus, a new subgenus of Lasioglossum Curtis, 1833 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halic-tidae), endemic to the South African Cape Province, is described. The type species is Halictus mosselinus Cockerell, 1945. Evylaeus (Sellalictus) fynbosensis (Pauly et al., 2008) is a new junior synonym of L. (C.) mosselinum. Three new species are described: Lasioglossum (Capalictus) hantamense sp. nov., L. (C.) tigrinum sp. nov. and L. (C.) timmermanni sp. nov. DNA sequence data from three nuclear genes support morphologically-determined species limits. Capalictus is a basal clade of the Hemihalictus series of Lasioglossum.

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