scholarly journals The first earthworm collections from Nicaragua with description of two new species (Oligochaeta)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2732 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
EMMA SHERLOCK ◽  
STEWART LEE ◽  
SALLY MCPHEE ◽  
MARK STEER ◽  
JEAN MICHEL MAES ◽  
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In August 2009 the Natural History Museum London, Hungarian Natural History Museum and Systematic Zoology Research group, Entomological Museum in Leon and The Society for Environmental Exploration, mounted the first earthworm collection expedition to Nicaragua. No native earthworm species had previously been recorded for this country. This paper lists 18 new species records for the Country with the description of two new taxa to science: Eutrigaster (Graffia) azul sp. n. and Eutrigaster (Graffia) nicaraoi sp. n. New data on the species Eutrigaster (Eutrigaster) oraedivitis Cognetti, 1904 is also presented here.

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e9352
Author(s):  
Barbara Maria Patoleta ◽  
Joanna Gardzińska ◽  
Marek Żabka

The study is based on new material from the collections of the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre in Leiden (RNHM) and the Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM) and addresses issues in two genera: Epeus Peckham & Peckham, 1886 and Ptocasius Simon, 1885 from Thailand. Both genera are of Asian/Indomalayan origin, the latter with a diversity hotspot in the subtropical valleys of the Himalayas. Based on morphological data, we propose three new species of Epeus (Epeus daiqini sp. nov. (♂♀), Epeus pallidus sp. nov. (♀), Epeus szirakii sp. nov. (♀)) and two new species of Ptacasius (Ptocasius metzneri sp. nov. (♂♀) and Ptocasius sakaerat sp. nov. (♀)). Additionally, we redescribed E. tener (Simon, 1877) and added photographs of morphological characters. The genus Ptocasius is redefined due to the inclusion of 37 species, previously included in Yaginumaella Prószyński, 1979. Relationships and distribution of both genera are discussed in reference to molecular, morphological and distributional data, published by other authors in recent years.


2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 35-58
Author(s):  
Gyula M. László ◽  
Mark Sterling

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.


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4612 (3) ◽  
pp. 423
Author(s):  
QIQI ZHANG ◽  
YUCHENG LIN

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. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4851 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-582
Author(s):  
ÉVA SZITA ◽  
ZSUZSANNA KONCZNÉ BENEDICTY ◽  
TAKUMASA KONDO ◽  
ANDREA AMALIA RAMOS-PORTILLA ◽  
MEHMET BORA KAYDAN

The Neotropical scale insect genus Ripersiella Tinsley (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Rhizoecidae) was investigated, based on soil samples deposited at the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Description and illustration of a new species, Ripersiella incarum Kaydan & Szita sp. n., and an identification key and new additional locality records for the currently known Ripersiella species in the Neotropical region, are provided and discussed. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4375 (4) ◽  
pp. 567
Author(s):  
RORY A. DOW ◽  
HAO-MIAO ZHANG

Yunnanosticta gen. nov. in the platystictid subfamily Sinostictinae is described from Yunnan, China. The genotype is Yunnanosticta wilsoni sp. nov., described here (holotype ♂ from Tongbiguan, Yingjiang County, Dehong Dai & Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China, 23 vi 2015, leg. H.M. Zhang, to be deposited in the Natural History Museum, London). Yunnanosticta cyaneocollaris sp. nov. (holotype ♂ from Tongbiguan, Yingjiang County, Dehong Dai & Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China, 23 vi 2015, leg. H.M. Zhang, to be deposited in the Natural History Museum, London) is also described. 


2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Zettel

The Madagascan material of the halobatine genus Eurymetra Esaki, 1926 (Hemi­ptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae: Halobatinae), which is deposited at the Natural History Museum Vienna, is revised. A close examination of “Eurymetra madagascariensis Poisson, 1945” revealed two new species, Eurymetra santamariae sp. nov. and Eurymetra papaceki sp. nov. A definition of the newly established Eurymetra madagascariensis species group is provided as well as keys to the freshwater halobatine genera and to Eurymetra species known from Madagascar.


Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3426 (1) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
AIDAS SALDAITIS ◽  
POVILAS IVINSKIS ◽  
ROBERT BORTH

Two new species of Perigrapha Lederer, 1857 are described:  Perigrapha pekarskyi sp. n. and Perigrapha balazsi sp. n. from Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces of China. Superficially the new species resemble Perigrapha hoenei Püngeler, 1914, Perigrapha extincta Kononenko, 1989 and Perigrapha gyulaipeteri Ronkay, Ronkay & Hacker, 2010 from Japan, Russia and China, respectively, but differ slightly externally as well as by genitalia and DNA barcodes.  Recent collecting records and taxonomic  studies of this group are covered in Ahn et al. 1994, Kononenko 1989, Ratnasingham & Hebert 2007 and Ronkay et al. 2010.   Acronyms for institutional repositories noted below include:  AFM: Alessandro Floriani (Milan, Italy); BBT: Balázs Benedek(Törökbálint, Hungary); FHB: Franz Hofer (Baden, Austria); GBG/ZSM: Gottfried Behounek (Grafing, Germany) / Zoologische Staatssammlung, München (Germany); HNHM: Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest, Hungary); NRCV: Nature Research Centre (Vilnius, Lithuania); OPB: Oleg Pekarsky (Budapest, Hungary), PGM: Peter Gyulai (Miskolc, Hungary).


ZooKeys ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 492 ◽  
pp. 49-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Somsak Panha ◽  
Chirasak Sutcharit ◽  
Jonathan Ablett ◽  
Piyoros Tongkerd ◽  
Fred Naggs

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4369 (1) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
OLGA SCHMIDT

The present study contributes to the knowledge of the Indo-Pacific genus Visiana Swinhoe based on historic specimens collected in Indonesia and deposited in the collections of the Natural History Museum (London, UK) and Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Leiden, the Netherlands). Two new species V. cyclopsensis, sp. nov. from the Cyclops Mountains (West Papua) and V. minahasensis, sp. nov. from Minahasa (Sulawesi) are described and illustrated. These belong to two different species groups. An updated checklist of the genus Visiana, comprising 18 species is included. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4688 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-381
Author(s):  
AHMED S. THANDAR

A mixed batch of sea cucumbers tentatively labelled as ?Thyone or ?Havelockia species was obtained on loan from the Natural History Museum, United Kingdom (NHMUK) for identifications and records. The material dates back to 1850 and originates from shallow waters from various parts of the world. The material includes two new species and one new subspecies which have already been described in an earlier paper (see Thandar, 2017). The remaining specimens comprise a few known or poorly known nominal species and several indeterminate forms. This paper describes the known species while adding some useful information about them. Of the indeterminate species included are several specimens most belonging to the genus Thyone or Havelockia which, because of their incompleteness and absence of ossicles, are not identified beyond their suspected genus or species. 


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