Parallidiostoma tricornum Ocampo and Colby, a new genus and species of Allidiostomatinae from Peru (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2287 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
FEDERICO C. OCAMPO ◽  
JULIA COLBY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
History Of

Parallidiostoma tricornum Ocampo and Colby, new genus and new species, are described and illustrated. The new genus is placed in the New World scarab subfamily Allidiostomatinae. The known distribution and natural history of the new species are discussed.

scholarly journals Puelchesia gracilis, a new genus and species of Pachydemini endemic to the Monte biogeographic province in Argentina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1349 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
FEDERICO C. OCAMPO ◽  
ANDREW B.T. SMITH
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Scarab Beetle ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Biogeographic Province ◽  
Central Argentina ◽  
West Central ◽  
Current Classification ◽  
History Of

A new scarab beetle genus and species, Puelchesia gracilis, is described based on specimens collected in the Monte biogeographic province of west central Argentina. This genus is placed in the tribe Pachydemini based on an evaluation of the characters within the context of the current classification of the subfamily Melolonthinae. The distribution and natural history of the taxon is also discussed.

A new Genus and Species, Eurymyiocnema aphelinoides (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae), and a History of the Genera Euryischia Riley and Myiocnema Ashmead

1947 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold Compere
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Africa ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
History Of

The new species described in this paper was received from Richard Le Pelley, Government Entomologist, Kenya Colony, British East Africa, for identification. A new genus Eurymyiocnema is erected for its reception. This genus is most closely related to Myiocnema Ashmead, which was placed by its author in the “Aphelininae”, although subsequent authors have regarded Myiocnema as belonging to the Elasmidae. Eurymyiocnema is placed in the Aphelinidae, and the opinion is expressed that Myiocnema, as well as Euryischia Riley, are out of place in the Elasmidae, since both of these genera resemble Aphelinus Dalman much more closely than they do Elasmus Westwood.

scholarly journals A new genus and species of tanager (Passeriformes, Thraupidae) from the lower Yungas of western Bolivia and southern Peru

The Auk ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel F Lane ◽  
Miguel Angel Aponte Justiniano ◽  
Ryan S Terrill ◽  
Frank E Rheindt ◽  
Luke B Klicka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Rainy Season ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Breeding Population ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Sister Relationship ◽  
The Andes

Abstract We describe a colorful and distinctive new species of tanager from the lower slopes of the Andes of southeastern Peru and western Bolivia. The species was first noted from southeastern Peru in 2000, but little of its natural history was uncovered until the 2011 discovery of a breeding population in deciduous forest in an intermontane valley, the Machariapo valley, in Bolivia. This species appears to be an intratropical migrant, breeding in deciduous forest during the rainy season (November–March) and spending the dry season dispersed along the lower slopes of the Andes, apparently favoring Guadua bamboo-dominated habitats in both seasons. Phylogenetic evidence suggests this tanager is embedded within a clade of thraupids that includes Ramphocelus, Coryphospingus, Loriotus, Tachyphonus, and related genera in the subfamily Tachyphoninae. Within this subfamily, the new species falls in a clade with two monotypic genera, Eucometis penicillata (Gray-headed Tanager) and Trichothraupis melanops (Black-goggled Tanager). There is strong support for a sister relationship between the new tanager and T. melanops, but because all three species in this clade are highly distinctive phenotypically, we propose erecting a new genus and species name for the new tanager.

scholarly journals The freshwater red algae (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) of Africa and Madagascar I. New species of Kumanoa, Sirodotia and the new genus Ahidranoa (Batrachospermaceae)

2020 ◽  
pp. 147-166
Author(s):  
Eberhard Fischer ◽  
Johanna Gerlach ◽  
Dorothee Killmann ◽  
Dietmar Quandt
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Red Algae ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Short History ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
History Of ◽  
Freshwater Red Algae

Our knowledge of the diversity of African freshwater red algae is rather limited. Only a few reports exist. During our field work in the last five years we frequently encountered freshwater red algae in streams in Rwanda and Madagascar. Here we describe four new species and one new genus of freshwater red algae from the Batrachospermales, based on morphological and molecular evidence: Kumanoa comperei from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda is related to K. montagnei and K. nodiflora; Kumanoa rwandensis from Rwanda is related to K. ambigua and K. gudjewga; Sirodotia masoalensis is related to S. huillensis and S. delicatula; and the new genus and species Ahidranoa madagascariensis from Madagascar is sister to Sirodotia, Lemanea, Batrachospermum s.str. and Tuomeya. There is also evidence for the presence of Sheathia, which was recorded as yet-unidentifiable Chantransia stages. These are among the first new descriptions since 1899 from the African continent and since 1964 from Madagascar. A short history of the exploration of freshwater red algae from Africa and Madagascar is provided. All new taxa are accompanied by illustrations and observations on their ecology.

scholarly journals Lophorrhinides muellerae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae): a new genus and species from southern Tanzania

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 833 ◽  
pp. 75-84
Author(s):  
Renzo Perissinotto ◽  
Lynette Clennell ◽  
Gerhard Beinhundner
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
General Body ◽  
The Third ◽  
Unknown Species ◽  
Species Analysis

A male cetoniine specimen recently submitted for identification from the Ditsong Museum of Natural History (Pretoria, South Africa) has been found to represent a yet unknown species. A review of the recently published book of Beinhundner (2017) has further revealed that one of the specimens mistakenly figured as Lophorrhinadonckieri Bourgoin, 1913 in that work is most likely the female of this new species. Analysis of the diagnostic characters of the genus Lophorrhina Westwood, 1842 shows that the new species differs in several key areas. In particular, the clypeal armature is virtually identical in both sexes, the male protibiae are not typically elongate and narrow as in all the members of Lophorrhina, but are remarkably more robust, laterally expanded and with a tridentate margin in both sexes, even though the third tooth in the female and the second and third teeth in the male are virtually obsolete. The general body shape in the new species is also more globose and lacks the typical deplanate and apically tapering elytra of the Lophorrhina males. These and other characters are, in our view, sufficient to justify the erection of a new genus, Lophorrhinidesgen. n., to accommodate the new species, here described as L.muelleraesp. n. The new genus is presumably a mountain specialist, as both known specimens were collected in the southern highlands of Tanzania, at Manow and Rungwe respectively.

The Erythrothrips complex of tropical Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera) with new taxa from Australia and South Africa

1993 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Marullo ◽  
Laurence A. Mound
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
African Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
African Genus

AbstractThe New World genus Erythrothrips is redefined and a key to the species provided. A new genus and species, Erythridothrips cubilis, is described from Australian tropical rain-forest. The South African genus Audiothrips is withdrawn from synonymy with Erythrothrips and a new species, A. senckenbergiana, is described. The sole African species in the American genus Stomatothrips is transferred to the African genus Allelothrips. The relationships of these taxa are discussed, together with reasons for questioning the validity of the tribe Orothripini.

On Old World ninetine spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae), with a new genus and species and the first record for Madagascar

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1635 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
BERNHARD A. HUBER ◽  
HISHAM K. EL-HENNAWY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Records ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
First Record ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Old World

Ninetines (Pholcidae: Ninetinae) are tiny spiders, largely restricted to arid habitats where they lead reclusive lives under objects close to the soil. They are rare in collections and poorly known in any respect. Only two genera were previously known from the Old World, the monotypic Mystes Bristowe from Malaysia, and Ninetis Simon, with four described species ranging from Yemen to Namibia. Here we describe a new genus from Egypt and Uzbekistan, represented by a single new species, Nita elsaff n. gen., n. sp. Based on ultrastructural data and cladistic analysis we hypothesize that this species is more closely related to some largely New World ninetines (Chisosa Huber from Baja California and Texas, Aucana Huber from Chile and New Caledonia) than to Ninetis. We also describe the first Ninetis species from Madagascar (N. toliara n. sp.), give new records for two previously known species, and present a distribution map for Ninetis.

Two new genera and two new species of the subterranean family Bogidiellidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from groundwaters in northern Oman, with notes on the geographic distribution of the family

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1208 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
VALENTINA IANNILLI ◽  
JOHN R. HOLSINGER ◽  
SANDRO RUFFO ◽  
RONALD VONK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Eastern Africa ◽  
New Genera ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Unique Character ◽  
Biogeographic History ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of

The bogidiellid amphipod crustaceans Stockigi diella aequim ana new genus and species and Om angidiella p arvid actyl a new genus and species are described from subterranean groundwater habitats in the Sultanate of Oman on the Arabian Peninsula. Stockigidiell a is easily distinguished by a row of long, deeply bifid setae on pereopods 5 and 6, whereas Omangidiell a is distinguished by a greatly reduced propodus of gnathopod 2 and elongate oostegites; it also possesses a third coxal lobe on the maxilliped, a unique character noted only in three other bogidiellid genera from northern and eastern Africa. At present, the family Bogidiellidae contains 35 genera and 105 species but a significant number of provisionally recognized new species and possibly several new genera await description. The geographic distribution of the family Bogidiellidae is nearly circumglobal, but species tend to be clustered in discontinuous regions. A number of important questions regarding the origin and biogeographic history of the family remains unanswered.

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