A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical termite genus Cyrilliotermes Fontes (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae)

The taxonomy of the South American termite genus Cyrilliotermes Fontes, 1985 is revised, including an identification keyto soldiers and distribution maps for all species. Two new species are described: C. brevidens and C. crassinasus, bothfrom southeastern Brazil. C. cashassa Fontes, 1985 and C. jaci Fontes, 1985 are both designated as junior synonyms ofC. angulariceps (Mathews, 1977), and C. cupim Fontes, 1985 is designated as a junior synonym of C. strictinasus (Mathews, 1977). An updated diagnosis for the genus is presented, including gut morphology. All species are illustrated.

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Taxonomic revision of the genus Panca Evans, 1955 (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Hesperiini: Moncina) with the description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4830.3.3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4830 (3) ◽

pp. 503-543

Author(s):

ADALBERTO DANTAS DE MEDEIROS ◽

DIEGO RODRIGO DOLIBAINA ◽

EDUARDO CARNEIRO ◽

OLAF HERMANN HENDRIK MIELKE ◽

MIRNA MARTINS CASAGRANDE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

South American ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Distribution Maps ◽

Natural Grasslands ◽

Two New Species ◽

Distrito Federal ◽

Respective Species

The South American genus Panca Evans, 1955 and its respective species are revised. Previous to this study, the genus included solely its type species, Lerodea subpunctuli Hayward, 1934, until Panca moseri Dolibaina, Carneiro & O. Mielke, 2017 was described recently. However, as a result of a broader morphological study including closely related genera, we here propose that Panca assembles 12 species, most of which inhabit open environments such as the Cerrado biome and the natural grasslands of the Atlantic Forest biome. Eight species formerly included among other genera of Moncina are here combined with Panca: Panca satyr (Evans, 1955) comb. nov., Panca tobiasi (Mielke, 1992) comb. nov., Panca trogon (Evans, 1955) comb. nov., Panca steinhauseri (Dolibaina & A. Warren, 2015) comb. nov., Panca acroleuca (Plötz, 1884) comb. nov., and Panca mirnae (O. Mielke, Dolibaina, Carneiro & A. Warren, 2015) comb. nov. (all formerly in Artines Godman, 1901), Panca paulo (Bell, 1932) comb. nov. (formerly in Eutocus Godman, 1901), and Panca mictra (Evans, 1955) comb. nov. (formerly in Vidius Evans, 1955). Additionally, two new species are described from Brazil: Panca puri Medeiros, O. Mielke & Casagrande sp. nov. (from Pará, Pernambuco, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Paraná) and Panca xavante Medeiros, O. Mielke & Dolibaina sp. nov. (from Mato Grosso, Goiás, Distrito Federal and Minas Gerais). A neotype for Apaustus acroleuca Plötz, 1884 is designated. Illustrations of the male and female genitalia and distribution maps are presented for all the species of Panca and an identification key is provided for both sexes.

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A TAXONOMIC REVIEW AND A NEW SPECIES OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN WOODY GENUS AMBURANA (LEGUMINOSAE, PAPILIONOIDEAE)

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.212.4.1 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 212 (4) ◽

pp. 249 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Elidiene P. Seleme ◽

GWILYM P. LEWIS ◽

CHARLES H. STIRTON ◽

Ângela L.b. Sartori ◽

Vidal F. Mansano

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Geographical Distribution ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

South American ◽

Peruvian Amazon ◽

The South ◽

Chapada Diamantina ◽

Distribution Maps ◽

Taxonomic Review ◽

A New Species

A taxonomic revision of the South American genus Amburana comprised of three species is presented, including the new species A. erythrosperma which is described and illustrated. Amburana cearensis occurs widely in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. Amburana acreana occurs in the Bolivian, Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon. Amburana erythrosperma is endemic to the southern Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. The species are distinguished by the color of the stem, the number per leaf and shape of leaflets, the size of inflorescence, color and size of the standard petal, fruit with endocarp developed to form a papery wing surrounding the seed or this lacking, and color of seed. A key to the species is provided together with descriptions, taxonomic comments, geographical distribution maps and illustrations for each. Lectotypes for A. acreana and A. cearensis are designated.

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A taxonomic revision of South American species of the seed-harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Part II

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5033.1.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5033 (1) ◽

pp. 1-230

Author(s):

ROBERT A. JOHNSON

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Natural History ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

South American ◽

South American Species ◽

Distribution Maps ◽

Harvester Ant ◽

Senior Synonym ◽

Ergatoid Males

This paper provides a taxonomic revision and reviews natural history for 35 South American species of the seed-harvesting ant genus Pogonomyrmex. Species treated herein mostly comprise the P. rastratus-group; four species are revived from synonomy, three taxa are elevated from subspecies to species, five taxa are synonymized, and 20 new species are described. The following taxa are revived from synonomy: P. intermedia Menozzi, P. semistriata Emery, P. spinolae Emery, and P. weiseri Santschi. The following taxa are raised from subspecies to species: P. leonis Kusnezov, P. pulchellus Santschi, and P. sanmartini Kusnezov. The following new synonymies are proposed, with the senior synonym listed first, and the junior synonym(s) in parentheses: P. carbonarius Mayr (= P. kusnezovi Cuezzo & Claver, = P. weiseri var. neuquensis Santschi, = P. variabilis Santschi); P. vermiculatus Emery (= P. vermiculatus var. chubutensis Forel, = P. vermiculatus var. jorgenseni Forel). The following new species are described: P. apterogenos, P. araucania, P. atacama, P. bolivianus, P. colca, P. cusquena, P. excelsior, P. forelii, P. granulatus, P. lagunabravensis, P. loaensis, P. mapuche, P. maulensis, P. pichachen, P. propinqua, P. santschii, P. strioligaster, P. tafi, P. varicolor, and P. wilsoni. One species treated herein has brachypterous queens (P. atacama), one species has dimorphic queens (winged and brachypterous in P. longibarbis), and two species have ergatoid (permanently wingless) queens and ergatoid males (P. apterogenos, P. laguanbravensis); the latter two are the only known ant species in which both sexual castes are only ergatoid. I also provide keys for workers and queens (in English and Spanish), diagnoses for males, photographs of known castes, distribution maps, and a summary of known biology.

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A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical termite genera Labiotermes Holmgren and Paracornitermes Emerson (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1340.1.1 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1340 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

REGINALDO CONSTANTINO ◽

AGNO N.S. ACIOLI ◽

KAREN SCHMIDT ◽

CAROLINA CUEZZO ◽

SÉRGIO H.C. CARVALHO ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Rain Forest ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

South American ◽

Distribution Maps ◽

Central Brazil ◽

Amazon Rain Forest ◽

New Synonym ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

The taxonomy of the South American termite genus Labiotermes Holmgren (sensu novo) is revised, including identification keys to soldiers and workers, and distribution maps for all 10 species. Paracornitermes Emerson is treated as a new synonym of Labiotermes. Two new species are described: L. guasu, from the Amazon rain forest and L. oreadicus, from the Cerrado of central Brazil. Paracornitermes caapora Bandeira & Cancello and P. hirsutus Araujo are placed under the synonymy of L. orthocephalus. The imagos of L. emersoni and L. orthocephalus are described for the first time. The workers of all species are described and illustrated, including the enteric valve armature and the mixed segment. The soldiers of the species previously included in Paracornitermes are redescribed.

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Revision of the South American catfish genus Hypophthalmus (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae) with descriptions of two new species from the Amazon and Orinoco Basins

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia ◽

10.1635/053.167.0112 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 167 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Michael W. Littmann ◽

John G. Lundberg ◽

Marcelo Salles Rocha

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

South American ◽

The South ◽

Two New Species

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Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Himantigera James, 1982 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Sarginae), including the description of two new species and a key to the known species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4531.4.1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4531 (4) ◽

pp. 451

Author(s):

DIEGO AGUILAR FACHIN ◽

MARTIN HAUSER

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Costa Rica ◽

Trinidad And Tobago ◽

Geographical Distribution ◽

Type Species ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

Type Specimens ◽

Two New Species

The Neotropical genus Himantigera James in James & McFadden, 1982, is revised. Two new species are described and illustrated—H. amauroptera nov. sp. (Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia), and H. xanthopoda nov. sp. (Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica). Three species are transferred from Himantigera to Sargus Fabricius, 1798—S. dichrous (Schiner, 1868) comb. nov., S. flavoniger Lindner, 1928 comb. rev. and S. fulvithorax (Bigot, 1879) comb. nov. One species is transferred to Microchrysa Loew, 1855—M. splendens (Schiner, 1868) comb. nov. Himantigera jamesi Lindner, 1969 syn. nov. is proposed as a junior synonym of H. superba Lindner, 1949. The type species H. silvestris McFadden, 1982, as well as H. nigrifemorata Macquart, 1847 and H. superba Lindner, are herein redescribed and illustrated. Photographs of the type specimens of these three species are provided. Two unnamed species of Himantigera (sp. A and sp. B) are also described given that they have slight differences, but because we had only one specimen of each species, we did not officially describe them. This updates the total number of extant Himantigera from eight sensu Woodley (2001) to seven species. The species Merosargus apicalis Lindner, 1935, although never referred to the genus Himantigera or Himantoloba McFadden 1970, is also transferred to the genus Sargus. A key to all species of Himantigera and a map expanding geographical distribution of the genus are also presented, with the first records of the genus for Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador and Bolivia.

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Taxonomy of the South American genus Pachypops Gill 1861 (Teleostei: Perciformes: Sciaenidae), with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.26.1.1 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

LILIAN CASATTI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

River Basins ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

Valid Species ◽

Nominal Species ◽

South American ◽

The South ◽

Haemal Spine ◽

A New Species ◽

Fin Spines

Pachypops is a South American freshwater sciaenid genus characterized by having two anal-fin spines, three mental barbels, an inferior mouth, a swimbladder with a pair of short appendages anteriorly and a pair of longer appendages projected posteriorly, and the haemal spine of the first caudal distinctly expanded. Three valid Pachypops species are recognized herein. Of the six nominal species previously assigned to Pachypops, two are herein recognized as valid (Perca fourcroi and Micropogon trifilis), two are assigned to other sciaenid genera (Pachypops adspersus and Pachypops cevegei) and two are considered junior synonyms (Corvina biloba and Pachypops camposi). A seventh nominal species, Pachyurus nattereri, formerly considered a valid species of Pachyurus, is determined to be a junior synonym of Pachypops fourcroi, and lectotype and paralectotypes are designated for it. Pachypops fourcroi occurs in the Orinoco, Amazonas, Essequibo, Corantijn, and Approuague River basins, and Pachypops trifilis in rivers of Guyana and middle and lower reaches of the Rio Amazonas basin. A third valid species, Pachypops pigmaeus n. sp., is herein described from tributaries of the Rio Amazonas, Brazil.

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Comparative anatomy of the gut of the South American species of Amitermes, with description of two new species and an identification key based on soldiers and workers

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4751.1.4 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4751 (1) ◽

pp. 75-104

Author(s):

MAURICIO M. ROCHA ◽

ELIANA M. CANCELLO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

South America ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

Comparative Anatomy ◽

Distribution Patterns ◽

South American ◽

The South ◽

South American Species ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

In this contribution we present updates on the taxonomy and morphology of the South American species of Amitermes. Two new species are described: Amitermes bandeirai, sp. n., from Brazil, and Amitermes lilloi, sp. n., from Argentina. Amitermes nordestinus is a junior synonym of Amitermes aporema. The imago of A. aporema is described for the first time. Detailed comparative gut anatomy of the eight species is presented for the first time. The geographic distribution of Amitermes in South America is expanded and the distribution patterns of some species are discussed.

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Taxonomic revision of Gripopteryx (Pictet, 1841) (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2792.1.1 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2792 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

LUCAS SILVEIRA LECCI ◽

CLAUDIO GILBERTO FROEHLICH

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Adult Males ◽

Two New Species

The genus Gripopteryx is revised and two new species are described, G. japi n. sp. from southeastern Brazil, and G. clemira n. sp. from northeastern Brazil. The male of G. brasiliensis Šámal, 1921 and the female of G. flinti Froehlich, 1993 are described. New figures for G. maculosa Jewett, 1960, for the male of G. reticulata Brauer, 1866, and for the female of G. brasiliensis are provided. Keys to adult males and to nymphs are provided.

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