A taxonomic study on Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from southwest China: descriptions of eleven new species belonging to the redefined C. laesus-group

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2683 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
LIANMENG WEI ◽  
LILI ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
Group A

Eleven new species of Chrysotus Meigen are described from southwest China: C. adunatus sp. nov., C. agraulus sp. nov., C. anshunus sp. nov., C. apicicaudatus sp. nov., C. biprojicienus sp. nov., C. fanjingshanus sp. nov., C. fuscitibialis sp. nov., C. laxifacialus sp. nov., C. pallidus sp. nov., C. trapezinus sp. nov. and C. xinanus sp. nov. which belong to the redefined Chrysotus laesus species-group. A key to all species of the C. laesus species-group is provided.

Taxonomic study of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). VII. The cornigera species group, with descriptions of six new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4718 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
SHUXIA WANG ◽  
CHEN LIU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Taxonomic Study

The cornigera species group of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 is proposed based on the forewing patterns. Species of this group are characterized by the forewing with the costal and ventral areas densely covered with dark scales forming ill-defined dark bands along the basal 2/5 to 3/4, respectively, and the dorsum with two pale parallel streaks. Six new species are described: P. albipectinalis sp. nov., P. flavidilineata sp. nov., P. grandaedeaga sp. nov., P. malipoensis sp. nov. and P. voluta sp. nov are from China, and P. latignatha sp. nov. is from Thailand. Photographs of adults and genitalia of the new species are provided.  

Study of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China (III), with descriptions of eighteen new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4995 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-333
Author(s):  
SHUXIA WANG ◽  
XIAOJU ZHU ◽  
ZHULIN TAO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Group A ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time

Eighteen new species of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick are described: M. arcivalvata sp. nov., M. chongqingensis sp. nov., M. curvativa sp. nov., M. curvitaeniana sp. nov., M. dilatifasciata sp. nov., M. fasciptera sp. nov., M. globoidea sp. nov., M. graciliclavata sp. nov., M. grandivalvula sp. nov., M. lunata sp. nov., M. medispinea sp. nov., M. proapicalis sp. nov., M. raphidacantha sp. nov., M. sinuaclavata sp. nov., M. tenuiclavata sp. nov., M. tetrodonta sp. nov. M. ventridentata sp. nov. and M. ventrisinuata sp. nov. The female of M. similifloralis (Wang, 2006) is described for the first time. Images of both adults and genitalia are provided. All species are divided into two species-groups, the dentivalvata species-group and the fasciptera species-group. A key to each group and maps showing the distribution of each group in China are given.  

The Vietnamese population of Megophrys kuatunensis (Amphibia: Megophryidae) represents a new species of Asian horned frog from Vietnam and southern China

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4344 (3) ◽  
pp. 465 ◽  
Author(s):  
BENJAMIN TAPLEY ◽  
TIMOTHY CUTAJAR ◽  
STEPHEN MAHONY ◽  
CHUNG THANH NGUYEN ◽  
VINH QUANG DAU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Vietnamese Population ◽  
Group A ◽  
A New Species

The Asian frog genus Megophrys is a diverse group of morphologically conserved, forest-dwelling frogs. The genus harbours highly localised species diversification and new species continue to be described on a regular basis. We examined the taxonomic status of a population of Megophrys frogs from the Hoang Lien Range in northern Vietnam and southern China previously identified as M. kuatunensis (subgenus Panophrys). Preliminary phylogenetic analyses using a fragment of 16S rDNA places the species in question within the Megophrys (subgenus Panophrys) species group, a primarily Chinese radiation within the genus. On the basis of morphological, molecular and bioacoustic data, we conclude that this population does not represent M. kuatunensis, or any known species in the genus. We herein describe this species of Megophrys as new. Known only from Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province in Vietnam and Jinping County, Yunnan Province in China, the new species is likely to be threatened by ongoing deforestation in the region. We provide an updated species description of M. kuatunensis based on type specimens, and suggest that M. kuatunensis is likely to be restricted to eastern China.  

A review of the Cyana phaedra (Leech, 1889) species-group, with description of a new species from China (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4970 (3) ◽  
pp. 558-568
Author(s):  
ANTON V. VOLYNKIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Group A ◽  
A New Species

The Cyana phaedra (Leech, 1889) species-group is reviewed. The group is closely related to the C. dohertyi (Elwes, 1890) species-group. A new species, C. leechi sp. nov. is described from Sichuan, southwestern China. Bizone phaedra var. moupinensis Leech, 1899 is upgraded to species level: C. moupinensis (Leech, 1899), stat. nov. The lectotype is designated for Bizone phaedra Leech, 1889. 

scholarly journals A new species of Anomaloglossus (Anura: Aromobatidae) of the stepheni group with the redescription of A. baeobatrachus (Boistel and de Massary, 1999), and an amended definition of A. leopardus Ouboter and Jairam, 2012

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4576 (3) ◽  
pp. 439 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTOINE FOUQUET ◽  
JEAN-PIERRE VACHER ◽  
ELODIE A. COURTOIS ◽  
CHLOÉ DESCHAMPS ◽  
PAUL OUBOTER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Guiana Shield ◽  
Group A ◽  
Breeding Mode ◽  
Definition Of

Anomaloglossus is a species-rich genus of frogs endemic to the Guiana Shield that still harbors several unnamed species. Within the A. stepheni species group (which includes four valid nominal species), A. baeobatrachus has an uncertain taxonomic status, notably because the holotype was an unvouchered specimen depicted in a popular journal. Another member of this group, A. leopardus, was only superficially described, lacking information on the sex of specimens in the type series and on advertisement call. Therefore, these two taxa need clarifications in order to allow the description of the extant undescribed species. In this paper, we redescribe A. baeobatrachus based on newly collected material from the species type locality and provide information about its reproductive ecology. We also provide an amended definition of A. leopardus using newly collected material from its type locality. These two species form a clade along with a third species from the Eastern Guiana Shield, which is also described herein. The reproductive biology of A. baeobatrachus and A. stepheni is very similar. Both species have endotrophic and nidicolous tadpoles, despite being distantly related, suggesting independent evolution of this breeding mode. The new species and A. leopardus, on the other hand, have exotrophic tadpoles. 

Two new species of Australian Eutarsopolipus (Acariformes: Podapolipidae) from Nurus medius (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4647 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
OWEN D. SEEMAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Group A ◽  
Species Groups

Eutarsopolipus burwelli sp. nov. and E. echinatus sp. nov. (Acari: Podapolipidae) are described from Nurus medius Darlington, 1961 (Coleoptera: Carabidae), a large burrowing carabid beetle found in the rainforests of coastal central Queensland, Australia. Eutarsopolipus burwelli belongs to the ochoai species group, which is herein refined, and E. echinatus is placed tentatively in the pterostichi species group. A revised key to the species groups of Eutarsopolipus is provided. The synhospitalic species of Eutarsopolipus are reviewed and synhospitality within the genus is discussed. 

Review of Campsicnemus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) of the Marquesas, French Polynesia, with description of four new species groups

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2004 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
NEAL L. EVENHUIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Group A ◽  
Species Groups

The Marquesan species of Campsicnemus are reviewed and four new species groups: the gladiator group (Marquesan gladiator flies), the aa group (Marquesan vowel flies), the englundi group (Marquesan silly-walk flies), and the hihiroa group (Marquesan eyelash flies) are defined. Twelve new species are described and illustrated: Campsicnemus gladiator Evenhuis, n. sp. (gladiator group); C. aa Evenhuis, n. sp., C. ee Evenhuis, n. sp., C. ii Evenhuis, n. sp., C. oo Evenhuis, n. sp., C. uu Evenhuis, n. sp. (all in the aa group); C. englundi Evenhuis, n. sp.; C. cheesmanae Evenhuis, n. sp., C. plautus Evenhuis, n. sp.; (all in the englundi group); C. dytei Evenhuis, n. sp., C. hihiroa Evenhuis, n. sp., C. taratara Evenhuis, n. sp. (all in the hihiroa group). A key to all known French Polynesian species groups of Campsicnemus and to species within each species group in the Marquesas are given.

Three new species of Euglossa Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1547 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Group A ◽  
Three New Species

Euglossa (Euglossella) jacquelynae sp. n., from Central Brazil, Euglossa solangeae sp. n., from coastal southeastern Brazil, and Euglossa (Euglossa) sovietica sp. n., from the western Brazilian Amazon, are described as new species. Euglossa solangeae sp. n. is believed to belong to the Euglossa stellfeldi Moure species group—a discussion on the placement of this group is also presented – and Euglossa sovietica sp. n. is treated as a member of Euglossa purpurea Friese species group.

The systematic status of Kiransus Makhan, 1994, with the description of three new species of Hydrochus Leach, 1817 (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae)

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hansen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Systematic Status ◽  
Structural Peculiarities ◽  
Group A ◽  
Three New Species

AbstractThe genus Kiransus Makhan, 1994 erected for a hydrochid species, K. aschnaae Makhan, 1994, with a unique and extremely modified tergum 8 (= 'sternum 5' of Makhan), is placed as a junior synonym (syn. n.) of Hydrochus Leach, 1817, in which it represents a highly derived, subordinate clade, here referred to as the 'Hydrochus aschnaae species group'. A redefinition of this clade is proposed, based on the discovery of three new species, Hydrochus tuberculatus sp. n. from Burkina, H. nigeriensis sp. n. from Nigeria and H. ensifer sp. n. from Sudan. Structural peculiarities in the abdominal apex of Hydrochidae are outlined and attention is called to certain features of phylogenetic importance.

Description of a new Palaearctic Trox Fabricius species (Coleoptera: Trogidae) from Thailand, with a review of the Trox opacotuberculatus species-group and its biogeography

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daegan Inward ◽  
Malcolm Kerley ◽  
Clarke Scholtz
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Tropical Region ◽  
Relict Species ◽  
Group A

A new Trox species, T. jeanae Scholtz and Inward, is described from Thailand. The new species belongs to the Trox opacotuberculatus species-group, a mainly eastern Palaearctic group consisting of 12 species. Habitus drawings of the T. jeanae adult and male genitalia are provided. All members of the species-group are re-examined, a map of species distribution and a tabulated key to the group is provided, and their male genitalia illustrated. The biogeography of the trogid genera Trox and Omorgus is discussed and contrasted. We suggest that T. jeanae sp. nov. is a relict species, persisting in a tropical region where it is now quite isolated from most other members of the predominantly Palaearctic T. opacotuberculatus species-group.

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