Soil insect research in South Africa. 1. A new genus of terricolous weevils with four new species from the Richtersveld National Park (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Trachyphloeini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3646 (5) ◽  
pp. 501 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. BOROVEC ◽  
M. MEREGALLI
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
New Genus

A new genus and four new species of Isometopinae (Hemiptera: Miridae) from South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 728 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
E. Akingbohungbe
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Two New Species

Namaquaropus niger gen nov. & sp.nov. is described from South Africa. In addition, two new species of the subgenus Jehania Distant of Isometopus Fieber (I. mirus sp. nov. and I. maculipennis sp. nov.), and Paloniella flavicolor sp. nov. are described. With these, the known species of Isometopinae in South Africa now number sixteen.

scholarly journals Two remarkable new species of Penicillata (Diplopoda, Polyxenida) from Table Mountain National Park (Cape Town, South Africa)

ZooKeys ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 85-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monique Nguyen Duy - Jacquemin ◽  
Charmaine Uys ◽  
Jean-Jacques Geoffroy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Table Mountain

scholarly journals Ngwevu intloko: a new early sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Elliot Formation of South Africa and comments on cranial ontogeny in Massospondylus carinatus

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberley E.J. Chapelle ◽  
Paul M. Barrett ◽  
Jennifer Botha ◽  
Jonah N. Choiniere
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Lower Jurassic ◽  
Early Jurassic ◽  
Adult Size ◽  
Minimum Age ◽  
Cranial Ontogeny ◽  
Morphological Differences

Our knowledge of Early Jurassic palaeobiodiversity in the upper Elliot Formation of South Africa has increased markedly in recent years with the discovery of new fossils, re-assessments of previously collected material and a better understanding of Stormberg Group stratigraphy. Here, Ngwevu intloko, a new genus of upper Elliot basal sauropodomorph is named on the basis of a complete skull and partial skeleton (BP/1/4779) previously assigned to Massospondylus carinatus. It can be distinguished from all other basal sauropodomorphs by a combination of 16 cranial and six postcranial characters. The new species is compared to a small ontogenetic series of M. carinatus as well as to a range of closely related taxa. Taphonomic deformation, sexual dimorphism and ontogeny are rejected as possible explanations for the morphological differences present between BP/1/4779 and other taxa. Osteohistological examination reveals that BP/1/4779 had nearly reached adult size at the time of its death at a minimum age of 10 years.

A new genus and three new species of South African Cicadettini (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4885 (4) ◽  
pp. 579-590
Author(s):  
ALLEN F. SANBORN ◽  
MARTIN H. VILLET
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Three New Species

Ingcainyenzane irhiniensis n. gen., n. sp. and Ingcainyenzane nolukhanyoensis n. gen., n. sp. are described from Eastern Cape and Ingcainyenzane umgeniensis n. gen., n. sp. is described from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Notes on its biology of the species and a key to species of the genus are also provided. 

scholarly journals On the taxonomy of Psephenoidinae: Revision of Afropsephenoides, and descriptions of two new species and one new, genus (Coleoptera: Psephenidae)

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
P.-S. Yang ◽  
M.-L. Jeng ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Two New Species

AbstractThe genus Afropsephenoides Basilewsky is revised. A new genus of Psephenoidinae, Malacopsephenoides Jeng & Satô gen.n. is established. Psephenoides japonicus Masuda is transferred to Malacopsephenoides, and P. volatilis Champion is transferred to Afropsephenoides. Two new species, Afropsephenoides ruthae Jeng & Yang sp.n. (South Africa) and Malacopsephenoides eureka Jeng & Jäch sp.n. (China), are described. A key to genera is given. The zoogeography and phylogeny of Psephenoidinae are discussed.

scholarly journals Acrobeles farzanae spec. nov. and Seleborca complexa (Thorne) from the West Coast National Park and Rocher Pan Nature Reserve (Nematoda: ephalobidae)

Koedoe ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Heyns
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Body Length ◽  
West Coast ◽  
National Park ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
The West ◽  
Lateral Field

Acrobeles fananae spec. nov. is described from two localities on the west coast of South Africa. The new species is characterised by body length of 0.7-0.8 mm; relatively slender, cylindroid body, abruptly ventrally bent in vulval region; vulva with protruding lips and situated in a sunken area; three incisures in lateral field; and cuticle with an intricate interlocked block-like pattern. Additional data is presented on the morphology of Seleborca complexa (Thorne, 1925) collected in the same area.

A new genus and a new species of Schizomyiina (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Asphondyliini) inducing petiole galls on Macaranga bancana (Miq.) in Borneo, Malaysia

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4482 (1) ◽  
pp. 188 ◽  
Author(s):  
AYMAN KHAMIS ELSAYED ◽  
USUN SHIMIZU-KAYA ◽  
TAKAO ITIOKA ◽  
PAULUS MELENG ◽  
JUNICHI YUKAWA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Gall Midge ◽  
A New Species

We describe a gall midge Macarangamyia itiokai Elsayed & Tokuda gen. n., sp. n. belonging to the subtribe Schizomyiina (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Asphondyliini) inducing petiole galls on Macaranga bancana (Miq.) in Lambir Hills National Park, Borneo, Malaysia. The new genus is distinguishable from all known genera of Schizomyiina by the unique dorsally-placed aedeagus slit, the short, membranous, protrusible ovipositor, with scattered strong setae ventrally and dorsally, and the presence of spiracles on all larval thoracic segments. It is compared and separated from its closely related Oriental genera of Schizomyiina. 

A new leafhopper genus Geelus and 12 new species (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) from Southern Africa 

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4786 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL STILLER
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Dorsal Side ◽  
Distribution Model ◽  
The South ◽  
African Species ◽  
The North ◽  
Bioclimatic Variables

Twelve new species in a new genus, Geelus gen.n. are described, 10 species from a confined area in the north- and south-western parts of South Africa and two from Namibia. The genus has been recorded from 35 plant species in 18 families, with one species Geelus dundraad collected on Rooibos Tea, Aspalathus linearis (Fabaceae), which is indigenous to South Africa and cultivated commercially. The 12 new species are Geelus driehoekdraad sp.n., G. drietanddraad sp.n., G. dundraad sp.n., G. haakdraad sp.n., G. kinkeldraad sp.n., G. lemdraad sp.n., G. nektanddraad sp.n., G. platdraad sp.n., G. slangdraad sp.n., G. stompdraad sp.n., G. viertanddraad and G. vurkdraad sp.n. This new genus is allied to the Bonaspeiini, in the Deltocephalinae based on the broad lorum, apically expanded clypellus, dorsal side of the pygofer deeply and broadly incised, large sclerotized segment X, smooth merging of face and crown and Y-shaped connective with short stem. A MaxEnt distribution model based on 19 bioclimatic variables confirmed that the South African species occur within a confined region in the south-western parts of southern Africa. 

scholarly journals Erratum: Addendum to Zootaxa 4612 (3): On some new and old soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from Africa, with description of a new Coccus species and introduction of a new genus by B. Łagowska and Chris J. Hodgson.

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4629 (4) ◽  
pp. 600-600
Author(s):  
BOŻENA ŁAGOWSKA ◽  
CHRIS J. HODGSON
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Scale Insects ◽  
The South ◽  
Soft Scale ◽  
New Material

Due to an oversight, the depositories of the new species, Coccus giliomeei Łagowska & Hodgson, and of the new material of Coccus rhodesiensis (Hall) collected in the Transvaal, South Africa, was omitted from the manuscript.  Both lots of slides will be deposited in SANC, The South African National Collection of Insects, Pretoria, South Africa. 

New taxa in Drosanthemum and a new genus in Drosanthemeae (Ruschioideae, Aizoaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 459 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-154
Author(s):  
CORNELIA KLAK ◽  
PAVEL HANÁČEK ◽  
ODETTE CURTIS-SCOTT ◽  
ANSO LE ROUX ◽  
PETER V. BRUYNS
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Nomenclatural Change ◽  
A New Species

A phylogeny of all nine subgenera of Drosanthemum, based on chloroplast sequence-data, is presented. The results confirm some previously published facts, e.g. that D. zygophylloides is sister to Drosanthemum. We propose to treat this species as a new monotypic genus, Lemonanthemum, which differs from Drosanthemum in features of the leaves and fruit-stalks. In Drosanthemum s.s., the small subg. Quadrata, characterized by 4-locular fruits, is highly supported as sister to the remainder of Drosanthemum (where fruits are 5-locular). Further, our data support the transfer of Delosperma pubipetalum to Drosanthemum (where a nomenclatural change is also made). The pubescent petals, 5-locular fruits with narrow covering membranes and downward-pointing hair-like papillae on the branches suggest that D. pubipetalum is close to D. papillatum and belongs to subg. Quastea. Another species, D. badspoortense, which had been placed in D. subg. Quastea on account of its narrow covering membranes, is shown to belong to Delosperma and also lacks the unique structure of the fruit-stalk of Drosanthemum. In addition, a new species, D. overbergense, is described from disjunct patches of remnant renosterveld within the Overberg and near Albertinia, in the Western Cape of South Africa. Morphological characteristics suggest that this species belongs to subg. Xamera, but this was not corroborated by our molecular data. Finally, a new name—Drosanthemum calcareum—is proposed for the illegitimate D. intermedium and a lectotype (at BOL) is designated for D. pubipetalum. The lectotypification of D. badspoortense is also proposed.

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