Description of two new species of Leptinopterus Hope (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) with notes on the taxonomy and natural history of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2172 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
PASCHOAL COELHO GROSSI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time

Two new species of Leptinopterus are described, both from southern Brazil: L. asketus new species and L. assimilis new species. Two new synonymies are also made; L. rotundicollis Lüderwaldt and L. luederwaldti de Moraes are synonymyzed with L. tibialis (Eschscholtz). The correct identities of two unavailable names are discussed: “L. nitidus ab. lepidus” with L. affinis Parry and “L. elegans ab. catharinensis” with L. gracilis Boileau. For the first time, some natural history notes for five species of Leptinopterus are reported and some information on their behavior is also given. The identity of Leptinopterus gracilis is correctly determined after an examination of a picture of the holotype.

scholarly journals Illustrated checklist of Nolinae (Lepidoptera, Nolidae) of Hong Kong, China, with description of two new species

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 35-58
Author(s):  
Gyula M. László ◽  
Mark Sterling
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Check List ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

This paper provides a comprehensive check list of Nolinae species recorded in Hong Kong, China based on the collections of the second author, Dr. Roger Kendrick and the Natural History Museum, London. The checklist comprises 30 species.  Two of them are new to science and described here as new species (Spininola kendricki sp. n., and Hampsonola ceciliae sp. n.). Misidentification of the female paratype of Spininola nepali László, Ronkay & Ronkay, 2014 is revealed and the true female of S. nepali is illustrated with its genitalia described here for the first time. The hitherto unknown female of S. armata László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010 is also illustrated here for the first time. All species recorded from Hong Kong are illustrated together with their genitalia on 54 colour and 46 black and white diagnostic figures.

Two new spider species of the genus Conculus (Araneae, Anapidae) from Southeast Asia

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4612 (3) ◽  
pp. 423
Author(s):  
QIQI ZHANG ◽  
YUCHENG LIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Spider Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

Two new species the spider family Anapidae are described from Southeast Asia: Conculus sagadaensis n. sp. from Philippines and Conculus yaoi n. sp. from Indonesia, both described after male specimens. Conculus is reported from Southeast Asia for the first time. Diagnoses and illustrations are provided for two new species. The types are deposited in the Natural History Museum of Sichuan University (NHMSU) in Chengdu, China. 

Two new species and new records of Psychoda Latreille (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from Brazil, with comments on supraspecific classification of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1298 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
FREDDY BRAVO ◽  
DANILO CORDEIRO ◽  
CINTHIA CHAGAS
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
New Classification ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
First Time

Two new species of Brazilian Psychoda Latreille are described, and Psychoda alternata Say and P. zetoscota Quate are recorded for the first time from Brazil. Psychoda divaricata Duckhouse, already described from southern Brazil, was recorded in the northeastern part of that country, as well as in the eastern Amazon region. The supraspecific classification proposed for the species of Psychoda according to Quate (= Psychodini of Jeñek) are discussed. A new classification is suggested that considers only one genus, Psychoda, divided into 12 subgenera: subgenus Psychoda Latreille, subgenus Copropsychoda Vaillant, subgenus Falsologima Jeñek & Harten, subgenus Psychodula Jeñek, subgenus Psychomora Jeñek, subgenus Psychana Jeñek & Harten, subgenus Logima Eaton, subgenus Tinearia Schellenberg, subgenus Chodopsycha Jeñek, subgenus Ypsydocha Jeñek, subgenus Psychodocha Jeñek, and subgenus Psycha Jeñek. A list of the Psychoda species from Latin America and the Caribbean region is presented.

A new species and notes on unusual natural history of Cladochaeta Coquillett, 1900 (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4410 (3) ◽  
pp. 483 ◽  
Author(s):  
FERNANDO DA SILVA CARVALHO-FILHO ◽  
GABRIELA PIRANI ◽  
THIAGO GECHEL KLOSS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
First Record ◽  
The State ◽  
Female Specimen ◽  
Urban Garden ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Cladochaeta Coquillett (Diptera: Drosophilidae) is described, C. caxiuana sp. nov. from the Brazilian Amazon, based on 10 male and 10 female specimens obtained from nymphs of Sphodroscarta trivirgata (Amyot & Serville, 1843) (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Aphrophoridae). The female of Cladochaeta atlantica Pirani & Amorim, 2016 is described based on specimens reared from spider egg sacs of the spider Cryptachaea migrans (Keyserling, 1884) (Araneae: Theridiidae) obtained in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. This is the first record of this fly genus attacking a spider egg sac. The species Cladochaeta sororia (Williston, 1896) is recorded for the first time from Brazil, based on specimens collected in an urban garden in the Amazon. In addition, an unidentified female specimen of Cladochaeta Coquillett, 1900 was obtained from the cocoon of a spider wasp of the genus Notocyphus Smith (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). 

scholarly journals The extraordinary genus Myja is not a tergipedid, but related to the Facelinidae s. str. with the addition of two new species from Japan (Mollusca, Nudibranchia)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 818 ◽  
pp. 89-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Martynov ◽  
Rahul Mehrotra ◽  
Suchana Chavanich ◽  
Rie Nakano ◽  
Sho Kashio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Pacific Waters ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
History Of ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

Morphological and molecular data are presented for the first time in an integrative way for the genus Myja Bergh, 1896. In accordance with the new molecular phylogenies, the traditional Facelinidae is paraphyletic. Herein is presented the phylogenetic placement of true Facelinidae s. str., including the first molecular data for F.auriculata (Müller, 1776), type species of the genus Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855. The taxonomic history of F.auriculata is reviewed. The genus Myja is related to the clade Facelinidae s. str., but shows disparate morphological traits. Two new species of the genus Myja, M.karinsp. n., and M.hyotansp. n., are described from the Pacific waters of Japan (middle Honshu), and M.cf.longicornis Bergh, 1896 is investigated from Thailand. According to molecular analysis and review of available morphological information, the genus Myja contains more hidden diversity. The family-level relationship within aeolidacean nudibranchs with emphasis on the family Facelinidae is outlined. The problem of the relationship between Facelinidae Bergh, 1889 and Glaucidae Gray, 1827 is discussed. The family Glaucidae has precedence over Facelinidae and is phylogenetically related to the core group of Facelinidae s. str., but has a profoundly modified aberrant external morphology, thus making a purely molecular-based approach to the taxonomy an unsatisfactory solution. To accommodate recently discovered hidden diversity within glaucids, the genus Glaucilla Bergh, 1861 is restored. The family Facelinidae s. str. is separate from, and not closely related to, a clade containing the genera Dondice Marcus, 1958, Godiva MacNae 1954, Hermissenda Bergh, 1879, and Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (= Myrrhine Bergh, 1905). The oldest valid available name for the separate ex-facelinid paraphyletic clade that contains several facelinid genera is Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905, and resurrection of this family name under provision of the ICZN article 40.1 can preliminarily solve the problem of paraphyly of the traditional Facelinidae. “Facelinidae” s. l. needs to be further divided into several separate families, pending further study.

scholarly journals PseudacteonParasitoids ofAzteca instabilisAnts in Southern Mexico (Diptera: Phoridae; Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian V. Brown ◽  
Stacy M. Philpott
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
History Of ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

Three new species of the genusPseudacteonare described, all from Chiapas, Mexico, and all of which are parasitoids of the antAzteca instabilis. Sternite 6 ofPseudacteon dorymyrmecisBorgmeier is illustrated for the first time, andP. confususDisney is synonymized with this species. The natural history of theAzteca-Pseudacteoninteraction is described.

Review of Nearctic genera of Euderinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), with descriptions of two new species of Allocerastichus Masi, and redescription of Carlyleia marilandica Girault

1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 1044-1054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lonny D. Coote
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
New World ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Jackson County ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Nearctic Region

Nearctic genera of Euderinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) are reviewed, and diagnostic characters of the subfamily are discussed. Six genera, Acrias, Allocerastichus, Astichus, Carlyleia, Euderus, and Hubbardiella, are recognized from the Nearctic region. Notes are provided on nomenclature, taxonomy, geographic distribution, and natural history for each genus. Six generic names are placed in synonymy: Moureisca De Santis, Urban, &Graf, Balinia Hedqvist, Durinia Hedqvist, and Oinia Hedqvist as junior synonyms of Acrias, and Cortesiella De Santis and Gimlia Hedqvist as junior synonyms of Allocerastichus. Two specific names are placed in synonymy: Astichus (Astichus) notus Yoshimoto as a junior synonym of A. (A.) polyporicola Hedqvist and Euderus (Euderus) viridilineatus Yoshimoto as a junior synonym of E. (E.) verticillatus (Ashmead). The genus Allocerastichus is recorded from the Nearctic region for the first time, based on A. bicarinatus sp.nov. (type locality: Louisa County, Virginia, U.S.A.) and A. tricarinatus sp.nov. (type locality: Jackson County, North Carolina, U.S.A.). The female of Carlyleia marilandica Girault is redescribed, and the male is described for the first time. Two subgenera of Euderus are recognized: Euderus s.str. and Euderus (Secodelloidea). The genus Parasecodella, represented in the New World by an undescribed Nearctic species, is probably synonymous with Euderus; it may constitute a third subgenus. Further examination of species of Parasecodella and Euderus s.l. should be done before such a classification is made. The difficulty of recognizing Hubbardiella as a euderine, based on the number of distinct metasomal tergites, is discussed.

TWO NEW SPECIES OF METALLIC-GREEN COLEOPHORA HÜBNER (LEPIDOPTERA: COLEOPHORIDAE) FROM THE NEARCTIC REGION, AND FIRST RECORDS OF C. MAYRELLA (HÜBNER) FROM SOUTH AMERICA

1994 ◽  
Vol 126 (5) ◽  
pp. 1185-1191
Author(s):  
Jean-François Landry
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Natural History ◽  
South America ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Larval Host Plants ◽  
Nearctic Region

AbstractTwo new species of metallic-green Coleophora are described from the Nearctic region: C. alabama Landry from coastal Alabama, U.S.A.; and C. mexicana Landry from the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Modifications to the key to adults of the Nearctic species of metallic-green Coleophora from Landry and Wright (1993) are provided to account for these new species. Larval host plants and natural history are unknown. Both species are tentatively placed in the ramitella group. Coleophora mayrella (Hübner), originally from the Old World but long established in North America, is recorded for the first time from South America (Chile and Argentina).

Revision of the Neotropical spider genus Acanthoctenus (Araneae: Ctenidae: Acanthocteninae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4920 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-55
Author(s):  
STEPHANY ARIZALA ◽  
FACUNDO MARTÍN LABARQUE ◽  
DANIELE POLOTOW
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Synonymy ◽  
First Time ◽  
Species Inquirendae

We revise the genus Acanthoctenus Keyserling, 1877 recognizing thirteen valid species, of which five are new species and two are re-validated. Further, we find one new synonymy and transfer one species. We describe Acanthoctenus alux sp. nov. from Guatemala, A. chickeringi sp. nov. and A. lamarrei sp. nov. from Panama, A. manauara sp. nov. from Brazil and A. torotoro sp. nov. from Bolivia. We revalidate Acanthoctenus dumicola Simon, 1906 stat. res. from Venezuela, and A. virginea (Kraus, 1955) stat. res., comb. nov. from El Salvador. We transfer Acanthoctenus mammifer to Viracucha mammifer (Mello-Leitão, 1939) comb. nov., from Brazil. Acanthoctenus maculatus Petrunkevitch, 1925 and Gephyroctenus kolosvaryi Caporiacco, 1947 are considered species inquirendae in Acanthocteninae and Ctenidae, respectively, and A. obauratus Simon, 1906 and A. rubrotaeniatus Mello-Leitão, 1947 are considered incertae sedis in Acanthocteninae and Acantheinae, respectively. We also describe for the first time the female of Acanthoctenus spiniger Keyserling, 1877, the type species of the genus. We provide illustrations of male and female diagnostic characters, genitalia, habitus, and measurements to support the genus re-description and further identification of its species. We yield a distributional map of the specimens recorded and the description of the natural history of Acanthoctenus manauara sp. nov. 

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