Systematic revision of Thaumastocoris Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Thaumastocoridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3121 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANN E. NOACK ◽  
GERASIMOS CASSIS ◽  
HARLEY A. ROSE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Systematic Revision ◽  
Plant Associations ◽  
Distributional Range ◽  
Diagnostic Key

The genus Thaumastocoris is revised. Nine new species are described (T. busso, T. freomooreae, T. kalaako, T. majeri, T. nadeli, T. ohallorani, T. roy, T. safordi, and T. slateri) and the five previously described species are redescribed. A diagnostic key to species is provided, supported with illustrations of key character systems and maps depicting their distributional range. Host plants are tabulated, and biology and host plant associations are discussed.

Systematics and host plant associations of the Australian lace bug genus Nethersia (Insecta: Heteroptera: Tingidae), including the description of eighteen new species

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerasimos Cassis ◽  
Philippe Koenig ◽  
Celia Symonds ◽  
Ryan Shofner
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Systematic Revision ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Lace Bug ◽  
Plant Associations ◽  
Key Species

A systematic revision of the lace bug genusNethersiaHorváth 1925 is given including a redescription of the genus. Previously described speciesN.absimilisDrake 1944,N.haplotesDrake and Ruhoff 1962,N.maculosaHorváth 1925 andN.setosa(Hacker 1927) are redescribed. The New Caledonian speciesTingis chazeauiGuilbert (1997) is transferred toNethersia. Eighteen new species are described:N.acaciaphilasp.n.,N.apphasp.n.,N.bipannanotasp.n.,N.boorabbinensissp.n.,N.costatasp.n.,N.finlayaesp.n.,N.kimberleyensissp.n.,N.magnasp.n.,N.mareebasp.n.,N.mcquillanisp.n.,N.nigrasp.n.,N.pilbarasp.n.,N.silveiraesp.n.,N.stipulasp.n.,N.tatarnicisp.n.,N.tanamisp.n.,N.tomentosasp.n. andN.westralensissp.n.Nethersia pugnaDrake 1944 is removed from synonymy withN.maculosaHorváth and treated as a valid species. An identification key species is given which relies on colour patterning, vestiture and texture of the dorsum.Nethersia nigritarsis(Horváth, 1925) is transferred fromNethersiatoTingisand designated asincertae sedis. Phylogenetic analysis ofNethersiawas undertaken resulting in fully resolved topologies for a range of concavity constant settings (K= 2–6) under implied weights. The plant associations ofNethersiaare documented, with most species recorded from phyllodinousAcaciaspecies, with twenty designated as host plants.

Corrigendum to: Systematic revision, phylogeny and host plant associations of the Australian endemic genus Mcateella Drake (Hemiptera:Heteroptera:Piesmatidae)

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 434
Author(s):  
Michael A. Elias ◽  
Gerasimos Cassis
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Sister Taxon ◽  
Plant Analysis ◽  
Systematic Revision ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
Plant Associations ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Stridulatory Apparatus

A systematic revision of Mcateella is given including the description of seven new species: M. austera, sp. nov., M. coolgardie, sp. nov., M. esperancensis, sp. nov., M. exocarposa, sp. nov., M. kwoki, sp. nov., M. reidi, sp. nov. and M. schuhi, sp. nov. The following species are redescribed: M. elongata Hacker M. gibber Drake, M. interioris Hacker and M. splendida Drake. Mcateella is defined as a monophyletic group on the basis of clavate guard setae and the stridulatory apparatus. Phylogenetic analysis of the Piesmatidae recognised Eopiesma as the sister-taxon relative to the remaining extant Piesmatidae. The ingroup relationships of Mcateella contained one polytomy. Miespa was found to be the sister taxon to Mcateella, positing a transantarctic relationship. Host plant analysis indicates that Mcateella are not all Acacia specialists as stated in the literature but feed on a wide range of angiosperms.

The genus Obrium Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Obriini) in Argentina: new species, distributions and host plant

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4732 (4) ◽  
pp. 556-564
Author(s):  
GASTÓN E. ZUBARÁN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Species Distributions ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Two New Species

The following species of the genus Obrium Dejean, 1821 are currently listed for Argentina: O. bifasciatum Martins and Galileo, 2003; O. cantharinum cantharinum (Linnaeus, 1767); O. cicatricosum Gounelle, 1909; O. multifarium Berg, 1889; O. trifasciatum Bosq, 1951; O. vicinum Gounelle, 1909. Two new species are described: O. mimicum and O. trilobatum. The species are illustrated; a key to species of the genus occurring in Argentina is provided. The geographic distribution and the host plants in the country are mentioned. 

scholarly journals The Smicronychini of southern Africa (Coleoptera, Curculionidae): Review of the tribe and description of 12 new species

2021 ◽  
Vol 735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien M. Haran
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
New Host ◽  
Plant Associations

This study reviews the species of the tribe Smicronychini Seidlitz, 1891 found in southern Africa. In total, 18 species are recognized in this region, 12 of them being described as new (Sharpia madibai sp. nov., Afrosmicronyx cycnii sp. nov., A. louwi sp. nov., A. marshalli sp. nov., A. nebulosipennis sp. nov., Smicronyx pseudocoecus sp. nov., S. australis sp. nov., S. drakensbergensis sp. nov., S. gracilipes sp. nov., S. paucisquamis sp. nov., S. san sp. nov., S. similis sp. nov.). The following genera and species are newly reported from this area: Afrosmicronyx Hustache, 1935; Sharpia Tournier, 1873; Smicronyx pauperculus Wollaston, 1864; S. albosquamosus Wollaston, 1854 and S. namibicus Haran, 2018. New host plant taxa and plant associations for the tribe are reported among the families Gentianaceae Juss., Orobanchaceae Vent. and Convolvulaceae Juss. A key to species and images of the habitus of adults and male genitalia are provided.

Systematic revision, phylogeny and host plant associations of the Australian endemic genus Mcateella Drake (Hemiptera:Heteroptera:Piesmatidae)

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Elias ◽  
Gerasimos Cassis
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Sister Taxon ◽  
Plant Analysis ◽  
Systematic Revision ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
Plant Associations ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Stridulatory Apparatus

A systematic revision of Mcateella is given including the description of seven new species: M. austera, sp. nov., M. coolgardie, sp. nov., M. esperancensis, sp. nov., M. exocarposa, sp. nov., M. kwoki, sp. nov., M. reidi, sp. nov. and M. schuhi, sp. nov. The following species are redescribed: M. elongata Hacker M. gibber Drake, M. interioris Hacker and M. splendida Drake. Mcateella is defined as a monophyletic group on the basis of clavate guard setae and the stridulatory apparatus. Phylogenetic analysis of the Piesmatidae recognised Eopiesma as the sister-taxon relative to the remaining extant Piesmatidae. The ingroup relationships of Mcateella contained one polytomy. Miespa was found to be the sister taxon to Mcateella, positing a transantarctic relationship. Host plant analysis indicates that Mcateella are not all Acacia specialists as stated in the literature but feed on a wide range of angiosperms.

Taxonomic review of the plant bug genus Campylomma Reuter from Japan (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Nasocorini), with descriptions of two new species

2015 ◽  
Vol 158 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomohide Yasunaga ◽  
Randall T. Schuh ◽  
Ram Keshari Duwal
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Ne China ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Plant Associations ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Russian Far East

The nasocorine plant bug genus Campylomma Reuter from Japan and neighboring regions is reviewed. Twelve species are currently recognized. Several species, which have pale basic coloration, are rediagnosed, with emphasis on the male and female genitalia as significant taxonomic characters. Two new species, C. fukagawai and C. tanakakiana, are described and figured, and C. marjorae Schuh is reported from Japan for the first time and diagnosed. The females of three taxonomically confused species, C. eurycephala Yasunaga, C. livida Reuter and C. lividicornis Reuter, are documented in detail and figured for the first time. Female specimens of the most frequently encountered congeners, C. lividicornis Reuter and C. livida Reuter, can now be unequivocally identified. Confidently associated final-instar immatures are figured for C. aterrima Yasunaga and C. livida Reuter. Confirmed host plant associations are reported for most treated species. Campylomma chinensis [= chinense] Schuh is proposed as a junior synonym of C. livida Reuter, and C. chichijima Carvalho is regarded as nomen dubium. A checklist and a key to species are provided, which are applicable to the faunas of Japan, and of Korea, NE China the Russian Far East and Taiwan as well.

scholarly journals Characterization of insect galls from a vegetation area in Altinópolis, São Paulo State, Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. e20195904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Das Neves Ribeiro ◽  
Maria Isabel Protti de Andrade Balbi ◽  
Maria Virginia Urso-Guimarães
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Insect Galls ◽  
Host Plant Species ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
São Paulo State

Herein, we studied the occurrence of insect galls from natural vegetation around the Itambé Cave, Altinópolis, SP, Brazil. A sampling effort of 7.5 hours resulted in 41 gall morphotypes on 21 host plant species from 14 families. The richest families of host plants in morphotypes were Fabaceae (N = 11), Euphorbiaceae (N = 7), and Malpighiaceae (N = 5). Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. (N = 8), Croton floribundus Spreng. (N = 7), Diplopterys pubipetala (A. Juss.) W.R. Anderson & C.C. Davis (N = 5), and Bauhinia holophylla (Bong.) Steud. (N = 4) were the super host plant species. Among the gall makers obtained, cecidomyiids were reared in 81% of cases and Hemiptera (Diaspididae), Hymenoptera (Eurytomidae), Coleoptera (Apion sp./Apionidae), and Lepidoptera in 4.5% of cases, each. The parasitoids belong to the Chalcidoidea superfamily (Hymenoptera). One new species of Camptoneuromyiia (Cecidomyiidae) was found in Smilax oblongifolia Pohl ex Griseb. (Smilacaceae) as inquiline and a new species of Lestodiplosis in Diplopterys pubipetala (Malpighiaceae) was a predator. We also present the first register of Bauhinia holophylla as host plants of Cecidomyiidae, and we expand the occurrence of Rochadiplosis tibouchinae Tavares and Couridiplosis vena to São Paulo State. The results of this paper are a continuation of the description of gall morphotypes from the vegetation in Northeastern São Paulo State, and they also increase knowledge about the diversity of host plant and gall-maker associations in the Neotropical region.

Revision of the endemic Philippine Poeciloterpa Stål (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) with description of four new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4608 (2) ◽  
pp. 291
Author(s):  
ELORDE JR. S. CRISPOLON ◽  
SHERYL A. YAP ◽  
ADELINE SOULIER-PERKINS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
New Host ◽  
First Time

The genus Poeciloterpa Stål endemic to the Philippines with 9 known species is reviewed. Four new species are described and illustrated: P. altissima Crispolon et Soulier-Perkins sp. nov., P. conica Crispolon et Soulier-Perkins sp. nov., P. gapudi Crispolon et Yap sp. nov. and P. mangkas Crispolon et Yap sp. nov. Illustrations and descriptions for the male genitalia are given for the first time for all the species except for P. nigrolimbata Stål known only by two female specimens. A key to species is provided. The type of habitats where the species are found is discussed and new host-plants listed. 

Drosophila sonorae (Diptera, Drosophilidae), a new species in the repleta species group from Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1725 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM B. HEED ◽  
SERGIO CASTREZANA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Plant Associations ◽  
Species Complexes ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species, D. sonorae Heed and Castrezana from Sonora, Mexico in the repleta species group of Drosophila (Drosophilidae, Diptera). This species is morphologically similar to other members of the newly established D. longicornis complex, and the well-established D. longicornis cluster. Host plant associations, biogeography, and distributions of species in both the longicornis and mulleri species complexes are discussed here.

New species of Bertawolia Blocker and Momoria Blocker (Cicadellidae: Iassinae: Hyalojassini) from Brazil, including notes about host plants

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4808 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-490
Author(s):  
ALEXANDRE CRUZ DOMAHOVSKI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

Two new species of Bertawolia and one of Momoria are described and illustrated from Brazil: Bertawolia grazielia sp. nov. from Paraná and Santa Catarina; B. lata sp. nov. from Paraná and Momoria albohabena sp. nov. from Paraná and Minas Gerais. The female genitalia of Bertawolia and Momoria species are described and illustrated by the first time. In addition, host plants for B. grazielia sp. nov. and M. albohabena sp. nov. are recorded and a key to species of Bertawolia is given. 

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