Two new flea beetle genera: Alasia alpina gen. et sp. nov. from a Costa Rican cloud forest and Pseudostenophyma gen. nov. from Brazil (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2679 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
DAVID G. FURTH ◽  
KIRA M. ZHAUROVA
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
The Other ◽  
Forest Understory ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Body Form

Alasia alpina is described as a new genus and species from high altitude cloud forests in Heredia, Costa Rica. Morphologically it is distinctive by its overall smooth shiny surface, dark-brown to black coloration, elongate body form; very long antennae, long, slender femora, broadly triangular, subconcave frons with shagreened surface, elytra weakly striate, and structure of the genitalia and metafemoral spring. It apparently prefers Melastomataceae host plants in the forest understory. It is most similar to Pseudostenophyma modesta com. nov. from which it differs in morphology, color, size, altitude of occurrence, and habitat. Stenophyma elegans Baly (type species) was discovered not to be congeneric with the other species in that genus S. modesta Weise, resulting in Pseudostenophyma being established as a new generic name for this taxon (P. modesta).

Mantids in the Mist – Taxonomy of the Andean genus Pseudopogonogaster Beier, 1942, a cloud forest specialist, with notes on its biogeography and ecology (Mantodea: espidae: Miopteryginae)

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio Rivera ◽  
Hiromi Yagui ◽  
Reinhard Ehrmann
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Mountain Forests ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Country Analysis ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
Available Information ◽  
A New Species

AbstractThe Neotropical lichen mimicking mantid genus Pseudopogonogaster Beier, 1942 is revisited and re-described. The examination of the type species, P. mirabilis Beier, 1942, the first described species of this lineage, allowed us to determine that those species currently included in Pseudopogonogaster and Calopteromantis Terra, 1982 are all congeneric. As a result, the genus Calopteromantis is now considered to be a junior synonym of Pseudopogonogaster. Accordingly, Calopteromantis hebardi Terra, 1982 and Calopteromantis marulandae Salazar, 2002 are transferred to Pseudopogonogaster. The species Calopteromantis otongica Lombardo & Ayala, 1998 from Ecuador was also found to be a synonym of P. mirabilis. In addition, a new species from northwestern Peru, Pseudopogonogaster kanjaris, is described herein, thus constituting a new genus and species record for this country. Analysis of the distribution of the six recognized species of Pseudopogonogaster suggests that this genus is endemic to the mountain forests of Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru and its members are specialized inhabitants of epiphytic vegetation, exhibiting unique morphological and chromatic adaptations to these habitats. The newly available information on Pseudopogonogaster also allowed to determine that Calopteromantis terrai Jantsch, 1994, described from Mato Grosso, Brazil, is actually a member of the genus Eumiopteryx Giglio-Tos, 1915 (espidae: Pseudomiopteriginae) and, thus, is transferred to this genus as E. terrai (Jantsch, 1994) comb.n.

A new genus and species of cave-dwelling terrestrial isopod (Crustacea: Oniscidea: Trichoniscidae) from Southern Spain

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4822 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
LLUC GARCIA ◽  
ADRIÀ MIRALLES-NÚÑEZ ◽  
TONI PÉREZ-FERNÁNDEZ
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Other ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Terrestrial Isopod ◽  
The Family

A new genus of terrestrial isopod (Oniscidea) belonging to the family Trichoniscidae, subfamily Haplophthalminae, Baeticoniscus n. gen., is described. We discuss its affinities and differences with the other genera of the same subfamily, which are characterized by presenting a completely smooth third pleonite. Baeticoniscus bullonorum n. sp. is described and designated as a type species of the new genus. The specimens of this new isopod come from the Cueva de la Pileta of Benaoján in the province of Málaga (Andalusia, Spain). 

scholarly journals Pectotibialis paghmanensis Tshernyshev gen. nov. – a new genus and species of soft-winged flower beetle (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Malachiidae) from Afghanistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 775 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Sergei E. Tshernyshev
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Other ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
External Appearance ◽  
Distal Half ◽  
Male Characters ◽  
A New Species

A new genus with a new species of soft-winged flower beetle, Pectotibialis paghmanensis Tshernyshev gen. et sp. nov. are described from Afghanistan. The new genus can be distinguished from the congeners of the tribe Apalochrini by the dark pectination in the apices of tibiae in both sexes, and the anterior tibiae which are hollowed at distal half, flattened and rounded femora, bituberculate basal parts of head and pronotum, two lamellate metathoracic appendages, tarsal comb above second tarsomere of anterior legs, and serrate antennae in the male. Based on the metathoracic appendages and comb in anterior legs would attribute this new species to the new genus Dromanthomorphus Pic, 1921, but all the other above-mentioned characters define its independent status and the designation of a new genus; Pectotibialis Tshernyshev gen. nov. The external appearance, special male characters and genitalia of the type species of the new genus are illustrated, and a distribution map is provided. A key to the Apalochrus-section of the tribe Apalochrini is provided.

Saotomia tuberculata, a new genus and species of Peritelini (Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Entiminae) from São Tomé, West Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4966 (5) ◽  
pp. 571-577
Author(s):  
ROMAN BOROVEC ◽  
ROBERT ANDERSON
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Genus And Species

Saotomia tuberculata, a new genus and species of Peritelini (Curculionidae; Entiminae) from São Tomé, West Africa is described. The new genus is most similar to the other African genera Dysommatus Marshal, 1933 and Fernandius Marshall, 1954. Important taxonomic characters are illustrated. 

Rediagnosis of the squat lobster genus Gastroptychus Caullery, 1896, with a new genus Sternostylus and a new family Sternostylidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Chirostyloidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4524 (1) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
KEIJI BABA ◽  
SHANE T. AHYONG ◽  
KAREEN E. SCHNABEL
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Anterior Margin ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
The Other ◽  
Squat Lobster ◽  
Terminal Spine ◽  
New Family ◽  
Left And Right

The chirostyloidean squat lobster genus Gastroptychus Caullery, 1896 is revised and is split into two genera: Gastroptychus sensu stricto (type species, Ptychogaster spinifer A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) and Sternostylus new genus (type species, Ptychogaster formosus Filhol, 1884). Gastroptychus sensu stricto, is restricted to nine species with a sternal plastron, at sternite 3, abruptly demarcated from the preceding sternites (excavated sternum) by a distinct step forming a well-defined transverse or concave anterior margin at the articulation with maxillipeds 3, the maxillipeds 3 widely separated, with the distal parts accommodated in the excavated sternum between the left and right maxillipeds 3 when folded, and the P2–4 dactyli with the terminal spine demarcated by a suture. Sternostylus new genus, represented by 12 species, has the sternite 3 anteriorly bluntly produced medially and steeply sloping anterodorsally to the anterior sternite, with a pair of spines directly behind the anterior margin, the left and right maxillipeds 3 adjacent, and the P2–4 dactyli ending in an indistinctly demarcated corneous spine. The above-mentioned characters of Gastroptychus are consistent with Chirostylidae sensu stricto. Published molecular phylogenies indicate, however, that Sternostylus is the sister group to all the other Chirostylidae, and is designated the type genus of a new family, Sternostylidae. 

A new genus and species of Sclerodactylidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Sclerothyoninae) from the Pacific coast of Panama, and assignment of Neopentamera anexigua to Sclerothyoninae

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4429 (1) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
LUCIANA MARTINS ◽  
MARCOS TAVARES
Keyword(s):  
Body Wall ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Calcareous Ring

Paulayellus gustavi, a new sclerodactylid genus and species, is described from the Pacific coast of Panama. The new genus and species is assigned to the subfamily Sclerothyoninae based on a suite of characters, which include the radial and interradial plates of the calcareous ring united at the base only. Paulayellus gen. nov. differs from the other Sclerothyoninae genera in having posterior processesof radial plates undivided. Additionally, differs from Sclerothyone, Thandarum and Neopentamera in having knobbed buttons, plates and cups in the body wall (whereas the body wall is furnished only with tables and plates in Sclerothyone, Temparena and Thandarum, and only with knobbed buttons and plates in Neopentamera). The new genus is, so far, monotypic. The also monotypic genus Neopentamera proved to have the radial and the interradial plates of the calcareous ring united at the base only, as typically found in the Sclerothyoninae, and is therefore transferred to that subfamily. The discovery of a new genus in the Sclerothyoninae and the transfer of Neopentamera required the amendation of the diagnosis for the subfamily. A key to the Sclerothyoninae is given. 

scholarly journals Claviplatys henryi, a new genus and species of Plataspidae from southern India (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 796 ◽  
pp. 397-408
Author(s):  
Dávid Rédei ◽  
Zdeněk Jindra
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Southern India ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Systematic Relationships

Claviplatysgen. n. and its type species C.henryisp. n. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae: Plataspinae) are described from Kerala, India. The new genus is related to the Indomalayan genera Heterocrates Amyot & Serville, 1843, Cratoplatys Montandon, 1894, and Cronion Bergroth, 1891, but differs from them and all other plataspid genera by the peculiarly modified antenna. The morphological characters and systematic relationships of the above genera are discussed.

scholarly journals The Unicorn exists! A remarkable new genus and species of Perilissini (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from South East Asia

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 523-529
Author(s):  
Alexey Reshchikov ◽  
Cornelis Van achterberg
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Northern Thailand ◽  
Facial Projection

Abstract Gilen gen. nov. (type species G. orientalis sp. nov.) from South East Asia is described and illustrated. The new taxon has a produced mid-longitudinal facial projection, which differentiates it from all other known genera of Ichneumonidae. It belongs to the tribe Perilissini in the subfamily Ctenopelmatinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) and is recorded from Laos, Northern Thailand and Vietnam.

Copidothrips octarticulatus recorded from Tahiti, with first description of the male and larvae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae, Panchaetothripinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4949 (3) ◽  
pp. 591-594
Author(s):  
ARTURO GOLDARAZENA ◽  
BRUNO MICHEL ◽  
FRED JACQ
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Host Record ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Christmas Island ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Single Genus ◽  
Unknown Male

Heliothrips (Parthenothrips) octarcticulatus was originally described by Schmutz (1913) from Sri Lanka. Subsequently, Hood (1954) described from Taiwan a new genus and species Copidothrips formosus, and then Stannard and Mitri (1962) described a further new genus and species, Mesostenothrips kraussi, from Kiribati and Gibert Islands. Bhatti (1967, 1990), recognized that only a single genus and species was involved amongst these names, established the resultant synonymies, and recorded the species octarcticulatus from various localities between the Seychelles and five different Pacific Island groups. It has also been recorded from Northern Australia, and Thailand (ThripsWiki 2021) as well as Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean (Mound 2019). Despite these records, there is little reliable information about host plants and biology apart from Piper myristicum on Pohnpei island (Micronesia), and also damage caused to the leaves of Aglaonema and Spathoglottis at Darwin in Australia (Mound & Tree 2020). In this note, we add a further interesting host record and describe the previously unknown male as well as the larvae of this species. 

scholarly journals A new leafhopper genus Comahadina Huang and Zhang (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) and a key to genera of Eupteryx-complex

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2353 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
MIN HUANG ◽  
YALIN ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Hind Wing ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Wing Vein ◽  
Posterior Branch ◽  
Anterior Branch ◽  
A New Species

Leafhoppers of the Eupteryx-complex differ from other members of the tribe Typhlocybini in having the posterior branch of hind wing vein R separate from the anterior branch of M (Young 1952). The complex now includes 9 known genera of which 5 genera, Aguriahana Distant 1918, Eurhadina Haupt 1929, Eupteryx Curtis 1833, Caknesia Dworakowska 1994, Almunisna Dworakowska 1969 and Bellpenna Chiang et al 1989, have been reported from China. Here we propose a new genus Comahadina Huang and Zhang which shares the hind wing character with other genera in the complex, based on a new species, Comahadina angelica Huang and Zhang, here designated as the type-species. The new genus and species are described and illustrated and a key to all genera of the Eupteryx-complex is provided.

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