Limonia crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) of Korea

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4231 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
SIGITAS PODENAS ◽  
VIRGINIJA PODENIENE
Keyword(s):  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Habitat Characteristics ◽  
Crane Flies

The Korean species of Limonia Meigen, 1803 crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) are taxonomically revised. Species L. annulata Lackschewitz, 1940 (Lackschewitz, Pagast, 1940), L. bidens Savchenko, 1979, L. episema Alexander, 1924, L. fusciceps fusciceps Alexander, 1924, L. juvenca Alexander, 1935, L. messaurea messaurea Mendl, 1971, L. nemoralis Savchenko, 1983 are new records for the Korean peninsula and L. pia n. sp. is described. Synonymy of L. venerabilis Alexander, 1938 with L. macrostigma (Schummel, 1829) is confirmed. L. tanakai (Alexander, 1921) is not confirmed for the Korean Peninsula. An identification key, redescriptions and illustrations of all species and both sexes of adults, if they were found in Korea, are presented. Descriptions, illustrations and habitat characteristics are given for the previously unknown larva and pupa of L. parvipennis Alexander, 1940. Distinguishing morphological characters of the last instar larvae of Korean Limonia are discussed. Keys to the known Korean Limonia larvae and pupae are compiled. 

Taxonomic notes on owlflies from Pakistan (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Ascalaphinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4970 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-452
Author(s):  
MUHAMMAD ASGHAR HASSAN ◽  
XINGYUE LIU
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

Taxonomic notes are presented on the former Ascalaphidae (owlflies), now subfamily Ascalaphinae of the family Myrmeleontidae from Pakistan. An updated checklist of new records is provided that accounts for all known 15 genera and 22 species from Pakistan, excluding the species of the tribe Palparini. Geographical distribution maps and an updated identification key to all known genera and species from Pakistan are also given. We synonymized two monotypic genera, Horischema Mészáros & Ábrahám, 2003 and Perissoschema Mészáros & Ábrahám, 2003 both as junior synonyms of Ogcogaster Westwood, 1847 based on very similar male genitalia and external morphological characters. Moreover, Perissoschema evae Mészáros & Ábrahám, 2003 is treated as a junior synonym of Ogcogaster segmentator Westwood, 1847. We recorded three genera for the first time from Pakistan, i.e., Acheron Lefèbvre, 1842, Glyptobasis McLachlan, 1873, and Suphalomitus van der Weele, 1909. To more completely resolve the generic or specific status of those poorly known species from Pakistan, broader sampling throughout the country is needed. 

Libnotes crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Jeju Island (South Korea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4483 (2) ◽  
pp. 375
Author(s):  
SIGITAS PODENAS ◽  
HYE-WOO BYUN
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
New Records ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Jeju Island ◽  
Crane Flies

The Korean species of Libnotes (Laosa) Edwards, 1926 and L. (Libnotes) Westwood, 1876 from Jeju Island are taxonomically revised. L. (Laosa) charmosyne (Alexander, 1958) and L. (Libnotes) divaricata (Alexander, 1924) are new records for South Korea and L. (Libnotes) byersiana n. sp. is described. An identification key for all Korean Libnotes, redescriptions and illustrations of the three currently known Jeju species are presented. 

scholarly journals Tipula (Vestiplex) crane flies (Diptera, Tipulidae) of Korea

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1061 ◽  
pp. 23-55
Author(s):  
Pavel Starkevich ◽  
Sigitas Podėnas ◽  
Virginija Podėnienė ◽  
Sun-Jae Park ◽  
A-Young Kim
Keyword(s):  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Crane Flies

The Korean species of Tipula (Vestiplex) Bezzi, 1924 crane flies are taxonomically revised. Five species are recognized. Tipula (V.) coquillettiana Alexander, 1924, T. (V.) kuwayamai Alexander, 1921, T. (V.) tchukchi Alexander, 1934, and T. (V.) verecunda Alexander, 1924 are newly recorded from the Korean Peninsula, and T. (V.) serricauda Alexander, 1914 was previously recorded. The larva of T. (V.) serricauda is described and illustrated, and the larvae of the subgenus T. (Vestiplex) are divided into four groups based on spiracular lobe morphology. An identification key, redescriptions, and illustrations of Korean T. (Vestiplex) adults and grouping of known larvae are presented.

Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Fanniidae) of Colombia: new species, identification key and updated checklist

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4604 (2) ◽  
pp. 301
Author(s):  
YESICA DURANGO ◽  
MANUEL RAMÍREZ-MORA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Identification ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Biogeographic Regions

The genus Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy is a group of calyptrate Diptera distributed in all biogeographic regions and comprises about 300 species. The present study described five new species from Colombia: Fannia aburrae sp. nov., Fannia copacabana sp. nov., Fannia isa sp. nov., Fannia pseudoconstricta sp. nov., Fannia spinosa sp. nov. Male specimens are described, and morphological characters and terminalia are illustrated. Likewise, an updated identification key for males and an updated checklist for the 37 species present in Colombia are provided. New records are presented for the country. 

scholarly journals Taraxacum sect. Palustria (Compositae) in the Iberian Peninsula

2017 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 064
Author(s):  
Gabriel Mercadal i Corominas ◽  
Antonio Galán de Mera
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
New Records ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Phenological Data ◽  
Taxonomical Revision

After detecting new records for Taraxacum sect. Palustria (Compositae), a first taxonomical revision of this section is provided for the Iberian Peninsula. Four taxa, T. aginnense, T. ciliare, T. litophyllum and T. raii, are recognized, of which T. aginnense and T. raii are new for the Iberian flora. From each one of them, its morphological description, geographical, ecological and phenological data, and conservation status are presented. In addition, an identification key, as well as several images showing the main morphological characters are given. This work also includes comments on T. mediterraneum group (T. sect. Erythrocarpa) because its morphological similitude and ecological affinities with Iberian plants of T. sect. Palustria.

Dicranomyia crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) of Korea

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4595 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
SIGITAS PODENAS ◽  
HONG YUL SEO ◽  
TAEWOO KIM ◽  
JUN MI HUR ◽  
A YOUNG KIM ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
North Korea ◽  
New Records ◽  
General Distribution ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Elevation Range ◽  
Crane Flies ◽  
First Time

A total of 38 Korean species of crane flies belonging to the genus Dicranomyia Stephens, 1829 (Diptera: Limoniidae: Limoniinae) are taxonomically revised. No species of Dicranomyia were previously reported from South Korea, and only twelve species were reported from North Korea. New records of Dicranomyia from the Korean Peninsula include: D. (Dicranomyia) depauperata Alexander, 1918, D. (D.) distendens pallida Savchenko, 1983, D. (D.) handlirschi handlirschi Lackschewitz, 1928, D. (D.) hyalinata (Zetterstedt, 1851), D. (D.) kandybinae Savchenko, 1987, D. (D.) longipennis (Schummel, 1829), D. (D.) mesosternatoides Alexander, 1924, D. (D.) modesta (Meigen, 1818), D. (D.) pammelas Alexander, 1925, D. (D.) poli (Alexander, 1941), D. (D.) sera (Walker, 1848), D. (D.) shinanoensis (Alexander, 1933), D. (D.) takeuchii Alexander, 1922, D. (D.) unispinosa Alexander, 1921, D. (Erostrata) globithorax Osten Sacken, 1869, D. (E.) globulithorax Alexander, 1924, D. (E.) yazuensis Kato et al., 2018, D. (Glochina) basifusca Alexander, 1919, D. (Melanolimonia) paramorio platysoma (Alexander, 1933), D. (Numantia) fusca (Meigen, 1804), D. (Sivalimnobia) euphileta (Alexander, 1924). Species D. (D.) byuni Podenas, sp. nov., D. (D.) cornuta Podenas, sp. nov., D. (D.) jirisana Podenas, sp. nov., D. (D.) petrasiuni Podenas, sp. nov., and D. (D.) yankovskyi Podenas, sp. nov. are described. An additional ten new records are reported from North Korea, bringing the total number of Dicranomyia species known from North Korea to 22 species. South Korea has a greater diversity of Dicranomyia with total number of 30 species.        D. (D.) amurensis Alexander, 1925 is synonymised with D. (D.) hyalinata (Zetterstedt, 1851). An illustrated key with redescriptions and photographs of all species and both sexes of adults collected in Korea are presented. Most females are illustrated or described for the first time. Elevation range, period of activity, habitat information, general distribution and a distribution map in Korean Peninsula is given for each species.

Taxonomy of Neomuscina Townsend (Diptera, Muscidae) from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3504 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALESSANDRE PEREIRA-COLAVITE ◽  
CLAUDIO J. B. DE CARVALHO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Distributions ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
New Distribution

Neomuscina Townsend includes 41 species distributed throughout the Nearctic and Neotropical Regions. Although the genus has a large number of species, it has been ignored and its taxonomy is confusing and has many flaws. In this work we analyzed the following species recorded for Brazil: Neomuscina atincta Snyder, N. atincticosta Snyder, N. capalta Snyder, N. currani Snyder, N. douradensis Lopes & Khouri, N. goianensis Lopes & Khouri, N. inflexa (Stein), N. instabilis Snyder, N. mediana Snyder, N. mimosa Lopes & Khouri, N. neosimilis Snyder, N. nigricosta Snyder, N. paramediana Lopes & Khouri, N. pictipennis pictipennis (Bigot), N. ponti Lopes & Khouri, N. sanespra Snyder, N. schadei Snyder, N. similata Snyder, N. stabilis (Stein), N. transporta Snyder, N. vitoriae Lopes & Khouri and N. zosteris (Shannon & Del Ponte). Neomuscina nigricosta and N. transporta are new distribution records for Brazil. Three new species are described: Neomuscina anajeensis sp. nov. from Anagé (Bahia), Neomuscina maculata sp. nov. from Botelhos (Minas Gerais) and Neomuscina snyderi sp. nov. from Mata de São João (Bahia). An identification key based on the morphological characters of both male and female is provided. Species distributions are discussed and updated, and the number of species now recorded for Brazil is 29.

scholarly journals Tardigrades of Kristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve with description of four new species from Sweden

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edoardo Massa ◽  
Roberto Guidetti ◽  
Michele Cesari ◽  
Lorena Rebecchi ◽  
K. Ingemar Jönsson
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
New Records ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Confocal Laser ◽  
Biological Value

AbstractKristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve [KVBR] is a UNESCO designated area of Sweden possessing high biological value. Although several studies on tardigrades inhabiting Sweden have been performed, the KVBR area has been neglected. The current study investigates the tardigrade fauna of five areas of the biosphere reserve and includes 34 samples of different substrates analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. In total, 33 species of tardigrades were found in the samples, including 22 new records for the Skåne region, 15 new records for Sweden, and four species new to science. Mesobiotus emiliae sp. nov., Xerobiotus gretae sp. nov., Itaquascon magnussoni sp. nov., and Thulinius gustavi sp. nov. were described with an integrative approach (when possible) using morphological characters (light, electron scanning, and confocal laser scanning microscopies) and molecular markers (ITS2, 18S, 28S, cox1). A new protocol to increase morphological data was developed recovering mounted specimens within old slides for SEM analysis. Emended diagnoses for the genus Itaquascon and the transfer of Platicrista itaquasconoide to the genus Meplitumen are proposed. This study enriches the knowledge of the tardigrade biodiversity both within the KVBR and in Sweden and contributes to the rapidly increasing number of tardigrade species reported worldwide. The 33 species identified in the KVBR area represents 28% of all water bear species found in Sweden so far. The restricted study areas and limited number of samples collected suggests that the KVBR is very rich of tardigrades.

scholarly journals New Species and New Records of Sponge-Inhabiting Barnacles (Cirripedia, Balanidae, Acastinae) from Australia

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 290
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Hosie ◽  
Jane Fromont ◽  
Kylie Munyard ◽  
Diana S. Jones
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Undescribed Species

The subfamily Acastinae contains a diverse group of barnacles that are obligate symbionts of sponges and alcyonacean and antipatharian corals. Integrating morphological and genetic (COI) data to compare against known species, this paper reports on nine species of sponge-inhabiting barnacles of the subfamily Acastinae, including three undescribed species (Acasta caveata sp. nov., Euacasta acutaflava sp. nov., and E. excoriatrix sp. nov.) and three species previously not recorded in Australian waters (A. sandwichi, Pectinoacasta cancellorum, and P. sculpturata). The new species are distinguished from similar species by a suite of morphological characters as well as genetic distances. A lectotype for Pectinoacasta cancellorum is designated. Sponge hosts were identified for all specimens where possible and are represented by 19 species from eight families and five orders.

A revision of Rhaponticoides (Asteraceae, Cardueae–Centaureinae) from Iran

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 213 (2) ◽  
pp. 87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazem Negaresh ◽  
SAYED MOHAMMAD REZA KHOSHROO ◽  
ROYA KARAMIAN ◽  
MOHAMMAD REZA JOHARCHI
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Full Description ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
Herbarium Collections ◽  
First Time

A taxonomic review of Rhaponticoides in Iran is based on morphological characters of the specimens from the authors’ expeditions and other herbarium collections. Rhaponticoides lachnopus, R. schmidii, R. sect. Iranicae and R. sect. Ruthenicae are proposed as new combinations. Full description for the genus Rhaponticoides and R. sect. Iranicae and R. sect. Ruthenicae are presented for the first time here. Three names, R. lachnopus, R. ruthenica and its synonym, are typified. A synopsis with recognized sections and species, relevant synonyms, type citations, lists of specimens examined and an identification key are provided for the genus Rhaponticoides in Iran. In addition, some notes about ecology and habitat of Rhaponticoides especially in Iran are given. Finally, the geographical distribution of all the 4 species recognized in Iran is presented and mapped.

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