Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea III: Catalogue of the phasmids of Hainan Island, China, with descriptions of one new genus, one new species and two new subspecies and proposals of three new combinations

The leafhopper subfamily Idiocerinae from Hainan Island (China) is reviewed. Eight genera and 10 species are recognized including one new genus and one new species, Longistyla gen. nov. and Longistyla viraktamathi sp. nov., based on specimens from Jianfengling Nature Reserve. A checklist and keys to genera and species are included.

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Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Phasmatodea V: New taxa and new nomenclatures of the subfamilies Necrosciinae (Diapheromeridae) and Lonchodinae (Phasmatidae) from the Phasmatodea of China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4368.1.1 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4368 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

GEORGE WAI-CHUN HO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Taxa ◽

New Genus ◽

New Combinations ◽

New Subspecies ◽

First Time

This study provides descriptions of one new genus, 24 new species and four new subspecies from the Necrosciinae and Lonchodinae of China. They are, Dianphasma sparsigranulatum sp. nov., D. yui sp. nov., Micadina songxiaobini sp. nov., Necroscia dianica sp. nov., Neohirasea fenshuilingensis sp. nov., N. hujiayaoi hujiayaoi sp. nov. & subsp. nov., N. h. shengtangshanensis subsp. nov., N. nanlingensis sp. nov., N. pengzhongi sp. nov., N. unispina unispina sp. nov. & subsp. nov., N. unispina parvula subsp. nov., N. wangpengi sp. nov., Oxyartes jinpingensis sp. nov., O. rubris sp. nov., Planososibia brevialata sp. nov., P. liui sp. nov., Pseudososibia cristata gen. nov. & sp. nov., P. undulatomarginata sp. nov., Sipyloidea tuberculata sp. nov., Carausius bicornis sp. nov., C. huanglianshanensis sp. nov., C. luchunensis sp. nov., C. novus sp. nov., C. yingjiangensis sp. nov., C. yunnanensis sp. nov. and Pericentrus biwenxuani sp. nov.; suggests seven new combinations for Neohirasea asper (Redtenbacher, 1908) comb. nov. from Paramenexenus Redtenbacher, 1908, Planososibia qiongensis (Ho, 2013) comb. nov. from Sosibia Stål, 1875, Pseudososibia brachyptera (Chen & He, 2004) comb. nov. from Sosibia with the first description of the female, Phraortes albopictus (Chen & He, 2008) comb. nov. from Dixippus Stål, 1875, Lonchodes gracicercatus (Chen & He, 2008) comb. nov. from Dixippus, Lonchodes guangdongensis (Chen & He, 2008) comb. nov. from Dixippus and Lonchodes paucigranulatus (Chen & Xu, 2008) comb. nov. from Dixippus; records Pericentrus Redtenbacher, 1908 for the first time in China. Key to the species and list of the species of the studied genera including Dianphasma Chen & He, 1997, Micadina Redtenbacher, 1908, Necroscia Audinet-Serville, 1838, Neohirasea Rehn, 1904, Oxyartes Stål, 1875, Planososibia Seow-Choen, 2016, Pseudososibia gen. nov., Sipyloidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 and Carausius Stål, 1875 are provided.

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Redescription of the cicada genus Pycna Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Platypleurini) with the formation of two new genera, one new species, one revised species status and twenty-four new combinations

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4722.2.3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4722 (2) ◽

pp. 157-174

Author(s):

ALLEN F. SANBORN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Genetic Analysis ◽

New Genus ◽

First Record ◽

New Combinations ◽

New Genera ◽

Species Status ◽

Asian Species ◽

One New Species

A recent genetic analysis has shown that the genus Pycna Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 is polyphyletic. New genera are proposed for the species that have been classified together in the genus previously but form distinct clades from the clade containing the true species of Pycna. Pycnoides n. gen. is described for the species inhabiting continental Africa. Pycna antinorii (Lethierry, 1881), Pycna baxteri Distant, 1914, Pycna becarrii (Lethierry, 1881), Pycna dolosa Boulard, 1975a, Pycna hecuba Distant, 1904b, Pycna moniquae Boulard, 2012, Pycna natalensis Distant, 1905b, Pycna neavei Distant, 1912b, Pycna passosdecarvalhoi Boulard, 1975b, Pycna quanza (Distant, 1899a), Pycna semiclara (Germar, 1834), Pycna sylvia (Distant, 1899b), Pycna umbelinae Boulard, 1975b, Pycna vitrea Schumacher, 1913, and Pycna vitticollis (Jacobi, 1904) are reassigned to Pycnoides n. gen. to become Pycnoides antinorii (Lethierry, 1881) n. comb., Pycnoides baxteri (Distant, 1914) n. comb., Pycnoides becarrii (Lethierry, 1881) n. comb., Pycnoides dolosa (Boulard, 1975a) n. comb., Pycnoides hecuba (Distant, 1904b) n. comb., Pycnoides moniquae (Boulard, 2012) n. comb., Pycnoides natalensis (Distant, 1905b) n. comb., Pycnoides neavei (Distant, 1912b) n. comb., Pycnoides passosdecarvalhoi (Boulard, 1975b) n. comb., Pycnoides quanza (Distant, 1899a) n. comb., Pycnoides semiclara (Germar, 1834) n. comb., Pycnoides sylvia (Distant, 1899b) n. comb., Pycnoides umbelinae (Boulard, 1975b) n. comb., Pycnoides vitrea (Schumacher, 1913) n. comb., and Pycnoides vitticollis (Jacobi, 1904) n. comb. Pycnoides zambiaensis n. sp. is described as new to increase the diversity of the new genus further and represents the first record of a species in the group for Zambia. Eopycna n. gen. is described for the Asian species previously assigned to Pycna. Pycna coelestia Distant, 1904a, Pycna concinna Boulard, 2005, Pycna himalayana (Naruse, 1977), Pycna indochinensis Distant, 1913, Pycna minor Liu, 1940, Pycna montana Hayashi, 1978, Pycna repanda (Linnaeus, 1758), and Pycna verna Hayashi, 1982 are reassigned to Eopycna n. gen. to become Eopycna coelestia (Distant, 1904a) n. comb., Eopycna concinna (Boulard, 2005) n. comb., Eopycna himalayana (Naruse, 1977) n. comb., Eopycna indochinensis (Distant, 1913) n. comb., Eopycna minor (Liu, 1940) n. comb., Eopycna montana (Hayashi, 1978) n. comb., Eopycna repanda (Linnaeus, 1758) n. comb., and Eopycna verna (Hayashi, 1982) n. comb. Pycna angusta (Butler, 1882) rev. stat. is removed from junior synonymy of Pycna madagascarensis (Distant, 1881). Pycna schmitzi Boulard, 1979 is reassigned to Canualna Boulard, 1985a to become Canualna schmitzi (Boulard, 1979) n. comb. and Pynca tangana (Strand, 1910) is reassigned to Orapa Distant, 1905c to become Orapa tangana (Strand, 1910) n. comb.

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Compsodactylus, a new South American genus with one new species and two new combinations (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3577.1.2 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3577 (1) ◽

pp. 43

Author(s):

JUARES FUHRMANN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

New South ◽

New Combination ◽

South American ◽

New Combinations ◽

The South ◽

One New Species

Compsodactylus new genus and C. scabrosus new species are described and C. martinezi (Frey, 1972) new combination and C. parvulus (Frey, 1970) new combination are redescribed and transferred from Dicrania LePeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828. The new genus is placed in Macrodactylini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) and occurs in the South American Andean and Preandean regions. A key to the species, modification on the recent generic key to Macrodactylini, and distributional map are presented.

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Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2583.1.1 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2583 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

MICHAEL FIBIGER

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

New Combination ◽

New Genera ◽

Eastern Asia ◽

Climatic Zones ◽

New Subspecies ◽

The Third ◽

Three New Species ◽

One New Species

This is the third part of a series of papers on the recently described family Micronoctuidae Fibiger, 2005. Part 3 includes the description of one new subfamily: Tactusinae, with two new tribes: Tactusini and Obscurini; and 18 new genera: Tactusa, Conspica, Tumula, Dignus, Vas, Nigerides, Fustis, Bruma, Costasensora, Longiantrum, Abes, Asyprocessa, Tantulius, Asylemissa, Clarior, Obscura, Editum, and Asytegumen. A total of 77 species and one subspecies are described, of which 76 species are new. One new combination is given. As additions to previously published parts 1 and 2 of the revision, one new genus, Sinochrostia in the subfamily Parachrostiinae, is described. Three new species of Pollexinae Fibiger, 2007, are described; three new species of subfamily Belluliinae are described; and six new species of Parachrostiinae are described, five in the genus Duplex, and one new species and one new subspecies in teh genus Mimachrostia. All taxa inhabit eastern, southern, or south-eastern Asia, Indonesia, or Australia in tropical, subtropical, and temperate climatic zones.

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A revision of the weevil genus Procas Stephens (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Erirhinidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1234.1.1 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1234 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

RICHARD T. THOMPSON

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Level ◽

Palaearctic Region ◽

New Combinations ◽

New Subspecies ◽

Western Palaearctic ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species ◽

Nearctic Region ◽

Made In

The Holarctic weevil genus Procas Stephens, 1831 is revised for the first time. Six species are recognized: four in the western Palaearctic Region, one in the eastern Palaearctic Region and one in the Nearctic Region. One new species, P. michaelis, sp. n. is described from Spain and one new subspecies, P. picipes levantinus, ssp. n. is described from the Levant. P. picipes (Marsham, 1802), sp. rev. and P. p. steveni (Gyllenhal, 1835), ssp. rev. are released from synonymy with P. armillatus (Fabricius, 1801). The species are separated using, among others, characters derived from sternite 8 of the male which is here used at species level for the first time. Related genera are discussed. Notodermus Desbrochers, 1875, gen. rev. and Apachiscelus Desbrochers, 1875, gen. rev. are released from synonymy with Procas. Pseudypera Voss, 1936, is returned to synonymy with Notodermus (stat. rev.). Syrdariellia Ter-Minassian, 1978 = Theanellus Reitter, 1912, syn. n. Hypera siccensis (Normand, 1951), comb. n. (ex Procas) = H. pollux (Fabricius, 1796), syn. n. Procas cottyi Perris, 1864 = P. armillatus (Fabricius, 1801), syn. rev. The following new combinations are made in Theanellus: T. alepensis (Pic), comb. n. (ex Procas); T. alternans (Faust, 1885), comb. n. (ex Procas); T. testaceus (Bajtenov, 1974), comb. n. (ex Procas); T. antoinei (Hustache, 1932), comb. n. (ex Procas); T. fastidiosus (Pic, 1904b), comb. n. (ex Procas). The relationships of the taxa are shown in a simple dendrogram, together with their habitats which vary from very wet to very dry.

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A new genus and new species of eriophyoid mites (Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) from Thailand with supplementary description of two species

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.24.11.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (11) ◽

pp. 1975-1987

Author(s):

Ploychompoo Konvipasruang ◽

Angsumarn Chandrapatya ◽

J.W.Jr. Amrine

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Record ◽

New Genus ◽

New Combination ◽

Artocarpus Heterophyllus ◽

Eriophyoid Mites ◽

Genus One ◽

One New Species

One new genus, one new species, one new record and one new combination of the eriophyoid mites from Thailand were described. They are Rotsukhona loureirii gen. nov., sp. nov. on Tetracera loureiri (Finet & Gagnep.) Pierre ex W. G. Craib, Vareeboona mangiferae (Keifer 1946) new record on Bouea oppositifolia (Roxb.) Adelb and Vimola artocarpae (Mohanasundaram 1981) new combination on Artocarpus heterophyllus Lamarck.

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New species and new combinations in Micromeria (Lamiaceae) from the Canary Islands and Madeira

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.230.1.1 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 230 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Pamela Puppo ◽

Harald Meimberg

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Canary Islands ◽

Molecular Evidence ◽

New Combinations ◽

New Subspecies ◽

New Name ◽

One New Species ◽

La Gomera

Based on recent molecular evidence, one new species and one new subspecies of Micromeria are described for the Canary Islands: M. pedro-luisii and M. hierrensis subsp. incana. Six new combinations are proposed: M. canariensis, M. canariensis subsp. meridialis, M. gomerensis, M. rupestris, M. herpyllomorpha subsp. palmensis, and M. hierrensis. Three new hybrids are described for La Gomera: M. lepida subsp. bolleana × M. gomerensis, M. lepida subsp. bolleana × M. pedro-luisii, and M. lepida subsp. lepida × M. pedro-luisii. A new name is also given to the taxon from Madeira: M. maderensis. A revised key to the species present in the Canary archipelago is provided.

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