A revised checklist and key to the genus Podocinum Berlese (Acari: Podocinidae) with description of a new species from Tibet, Southwest China

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3194 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
YI YAN ◽  
DAO-CHAO JIN ◽  
DIAN WU ◽  
JIAN-JUN GUO ◽  
XIAN-GUO GUO

The family Podocinidae Berlese is reported from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Southwest China for the first time, on thebasis of a new species, Podocinum tibetensis sp. nov. A revised global checklist of the genus Podocinum is provided, in-cluding distribution information and bibliography for all species. A revised key for all known species of Podocinum isalso provided, based on the adult females. The new species increases the Chinese fauna of Podocinum to 12 species and the global fauna to 30 species.

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3050 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
HANS FERY

Agabus puetzi sp. n. is described from the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (Sichuan). It is a very distinctive species, males of which can be identified easily even in the field because the inner outline of the protibiae is distinctly curved, a feature which is unknown or considerably less prominent in any other Agabus Leach, 1817. The new species undoubtedly belongs to the subgenus Acatodes Thomson, 1859, although males lack the preapical spine of the median lobe, a character which is also seen in the Nearctic Agabus audeni Wallis, 1933, and the Holarctic Agabus inexspectatus Nilsson, 1990. Due to an unusual combination of external characters (e.g., double reticulation, shape of tibiae and of proand metasternal processes) it is not easy to assign the species to one of the known species groups of the subgenus. It seems likely, however, that it belongs to the confinis-group because several other characters are shared with most members of this group. A few features suggest a closer relationship to Agabus thomsoni (J. Sahlberg, 1871) and Agabus zetterstedti Thomson, 1856. The new species raises the number of members of the confinis-group to 36, seven of which occur in China. A list of all Afrotropical and Palearctic members of this group is given and their median lobes are figured in lateral view. The lectotype of Agabus turcmenus Guignot, 1957 is designated, and its habitus and aedeagus are illustrated for the first time. Some notes on the distribution and external morphology of A. inexspectatus are included.


Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4995 (3) ◽  
pp. 581-593
Author(s):  
KYU-TEK PARK ◽  
TIMM KARISCH

Five new species belonging to the subfamily Torodorinae of Lecithoceridae are described from Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea), based on specimens which were collected during a short expedition on the island by the second author in 1994. The new species are three species of the genus Thubdora Park, 2018 (T. biocoica sp. nov., T. vernaculella sp. nov., and T. angustiala sp. nov.), and a new species of Ptilothyris Walsingham, 1891and Dragmatucha Meyrick, 1908 respectively (Ptylothyris ruicheensis sp. nov.; and Dragmatucha vulcaniella sp. nov.). In addition, Thubdora bilobella Park, 2018 is reported for the first time from Equatorial Guinea. Images for adults and the genitalia of all species are given.  


2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 2159
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Damavandian ◽  
Saeid Paktinat-Saeij

A new species, Stigmocheylus persicus sp. nov. (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata: Stigmocheylidae) is described based on adult females from Noor, Mazandaran province, northern Iran. The new species can be distinguished from other species by the following features: non-segmented peritremes; absence of setae c3; presence of setae g2; coxa II with four setae; genu I with nine setae; tarsi I–IV with 24(+2ω)–11(+1ω)-11-10 setae. This finding presents the first new species of the family Stigmocheylidae Berlese, 1910 from Asia. Additionally, an identification key to known species of Stigmocheylus is updated.


Acarologia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 456-474
Author(s):  
Sergey G. Ermilov ◽  
Stanislav Kalúz

This work includes taxonomic data on two species of oribatid mites of the family Otocepheidae from Malaysia. A new species of the genus Fissicepheus is described. Fissicepheus parastriganovae n. sp. differs from Fissicepheus striganovae Ermilov and Anichkin, 2014 by body ornamentation, length of interlamellar and notogastral setae and morphology of genital plates. The species Leptotocepheus murphyi (Mahunka, 1989) is recorded in Malaysia for the first time. A supplementary description of this species which was originally described from Singapore is given on the basis of the Malaysian specimens. The main morphological traits for L. murphyi are summarized.


Author(s):  
Fatemeh Moghimi ◽  
Ali Ahadiyat ◽  
Mehmet Karaca ◽  
Hadi Kiadaliri ◽  
Raşit Urhan

A new species of zerconid mites, Prozercon caspiansis sp. nov. is described based on female, male, and protonymph specimens collected from different forestland areas in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran. In addition, the male and larval specimens of P. dominiaki Błaszak were found in the same region and described for the first time. An updated key for the Iranian Prozercon species is provided, and the situation of the Iranian genera and species of the family is briefly discussed.


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4544 (1) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
SCARLETH MARGARITA RAUDEZ REYES ◽  
ROBERTO ANTONIO CANO ESPINOZA ◽  
JENNIFER C. GIRÓN

Yara marmontsedu, a new species in the family Hydroscaphidae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga), is described and illustrated. Specimens of Y. marmontsedu were collected at the Pijibay Creek, tributary of the Mico River in Chontales, Nicaragua. The immature stages are described and illustrated for the first time for a species of Yara. This is a contribution to the knowledge of the water beetle fauna of Nicaragua. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1472 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
BADAMDORJ BAYARTOGTOKH

The oribatid mite family Astegistidae is represented in Mongolia by four species in two genera. A new species, Cultroribula taigagica sp. nov., collected from cool temperate forests in Northern Mongolia is described based on adults. In addition, three known species, Astegistes pilosus (C.L. Koch, 1840), Cultroribula dentata Willmann, 1950 and Cultroribula vtorovi Krivolutsly, 1971 are recorded for the first time from Mongolia, which are redescribed along with data on their distribution and ecology. A key to Mongolian species of Astegistidae is given.


2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 1799-1808
Author(s):  
Maciej Skoracki ◽  
Martin Hromada ◽  
Petra Prevuznakova ◽  
Wanyoike Wamiti

Quill mites (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) parasitizing waxbills of genus Estrilda Swainson (Aves: Passeriformes: Estrildidae) from the Sub-Saharan region are studied for the first time. Among them, a new species, Syringophiloidus estrildus sp. nov., is described and new host species for Neosyringophilopsis lonchurus Skoracki, 2008, Neoaulonastus oryzivorus (Skoracki, 2011) comb. nov., and Picobia lonchurae Skoracki et al., 2016 are recorded. In our study, we examined 120 specimens belonging to seven of the 16 (44%) species of the genus Estrilda. The prevalence of infestation by syringophilid species varied from 3.7 to 25%. The host and habitat (feather type) specificity are discussed. 


2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Mustafa Akyol ◽  
Kamil Koç

A new species Tycherobius izmirensis sp. nov., collected from soil and litter under Quercus sp. in Turkey is described and illustrated based on adult females. Additionally, T. farsiensis Khanjani, Yazyanpanah, Ostovan and Asali Fayaz 2012 is recorded for the first time in Turkey. A key to all known species of Tycherobius is provided.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 350 (1) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHONG-SHUAI ZHANG ◽  
SHAN-WEN JIANG ◽  
WEN-LI CHEN

A new species of Achnatherum from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is described and illustrated. It is distinguished from other species of the genus by attributes of ligules, panicles, glumes, lemmas, awns and anthers. Evidence from lemma epidermal pattern, cytology and morphology confirm its systematic position in Achnatherum s.s.


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