Canthyporus reebae sp. nov. from the Itremo and Andringitra mountains of central eastern Madagascar (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4273 (1) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
MICHAËL MANUEL ◽  
ANDRIAMIRADO T. RAMAHANDRISON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Median Lobe ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Reproductive Structures ◽  
Central Eastern ◽  
Group Species

Canthyporus reebae sp. nov. is described from the south-eastern part of the Itremo mountain range and from the Andringitra massif in central eastern Madagascar. The new species is the second one of the genus Canthyporus Zimmermann, 1919 to be recorded from Madagascar, the other being C. pauliani Guignot, 1951, so far endemic to the northern massif of Tsaratanana. The habitus and male and female reproductive structures of the new species are illustrated. Canthyporus reebae sp. nov. differs from C. pauliani notably by larger size, less parallel-sided and more evenly convex habitus, paler pronotum, more weakly impressed body surface reticulation, and a different shape of the median lobe of aedeagus. Differences with similar C. hottentottus-group species from mainland Africa are also discussed. Data on habitat preferences of C. reebae sp. nov. and a distribution map of Malagasy Canthyporus are presented and discussed. 

New southeastern Nearctic Rhynchelmis (Rhynchelmoides) species and the description of Pararhynchelmis n. gen. (Annelida: Clitellata: Lumbriculidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2554 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEVEN V. FEND ◽  
DAVID R. LENAT
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
Blood Vessels ◽  
The Other ◽  
Related Genus ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Reproductive Structures ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Viii And Ix

The first verified records of Rhynchelmis from the southeastern Nearctic represent two new species. Both belong to R. (Rhynchelmoides) (Hrabě) n. comb., which is defined here. Rhynchelmis bolinensis n. sp. resembles other R. (Rhynchelmoides) species with elongate spermathecae, but differs in details of the reproductive structures. Rhynchelmis croatanensis n. sp. is similar in many respects, but the gonads and male and female pores are shifted anteriad by one segment, a character previously unknown within the genus. Pararhynchelmis murdocki n. gen., n. sp. has the spermathecal pores in VIII and IX and male pores in X, and the spermathecae connect to the gut. These characters associate the new species with Rhynchelmis, but the combination of differences in morphology or arrangement of atria, spermathecae, blood vessels and nephridia, and the absence of a proboscis, suggest that it be placed in a related genus. Rhynchelmis bolinensis was collected at several sites in North Carolina, but the other two species are known only from single localities.

Two new species of Ocyochterus (Heteroptera: Ochteridae) from Ecuador and Panama

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4958 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-44
Author(s):  
DAN A. POLHEMUS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of Ocyochterus are described, O. graziae from Ecuador, and O. gilloglyi from Panama, and compared to the other two Andean species previously known in the genus. Dorsal habitus and anterior head photos are provided for all described species of Ocyochterus, and photomicrographs are provided for the male genitalic structures of O. graziae and O. gilloglyi. A distribution map is provided for all species in the genus. 

Two new species of Aegopsis Burmeister, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from the central Brazilian Cerrado

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4526 (2) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
RAFAEL SOBRAL ◽  
PASCHOAL C. GROSSI ◽  
JOSÉ W. DE MORAIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of Aegopsis Burmeister, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Agaocephalini), Aegopsis diceratops Sobral & Grossi new species and Aegopsis vazdemelloi Sobral & Grossi new species, are described and illustrated based on specimens collected in Cerrado habitat in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso. The new species are similar to A. bolboceridus (Thomson, 1860). A redescription of A. bolboceridus is provided along with remarks comparing characters among these three species. A distribution map and a male and female key to the species in the genus are provided. 

Four new species of Phrynus, Lamarck (Arachnida: Amblypygi) from Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4948 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-183
Author(s):  
DANIEL CHIRIVI JOYA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Population Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Genetic Population ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Taxonomic Information ◽  
Species Complexes ◽  
Morphologic Variation ◽  
Mexican Species

Mexico is the country with the largest diversity of the genus Phrynus (Amblypygi: Phrynidae); however, many species could remain hidden due to the conservative morphology of the group. Two of the Mexican species, P. operculatus, and P. jalisco show enough variation, between populations from different localities, to be considered as possible species complexes. The scarce taxonomic information of these species and the few analyses of their variation could cause misidentifications and sub estimation of the diversity. Specimens morphologically similar to P. operculatus from different Mexican localities were analyzed, using characters from the male and female genitals. Four new species are described, presenting illustrations of SEM for the male genitals. Details of the morphologic variation in this group of species are discussed, as well as the usefulness of sexual characters like the size proportions, and sclerotization in the female gonopods, and ornaments in males, to improve the diagnoses of the Mexican Phrynus. The known distribution of P. operculatus is large in comparison with those of the other species, after the result of this research, the possibility that it is a larger species complex is evident, thus, it is necessary to increase the morphologic and genetic population studies in this group. 

A new species of Ferula (Apiaceae) from Malta

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 382 (1) ◽  
pp. 74 ◽  
Author(s):  
SALVATORE BRULLO ◽  
CRISTIAN BRULLO ◽  
SALVATORE CAMBRIA ◽  
GIANPIETRO GIUSSO DEL GALDO ◽  
CRISTINA SALMERI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Taxonomic Group ◽  
Herbarium Material ◽  
Reproductive Structures ◽  
Leaf Segments ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Shape And Size

Ferula melitensis, a new species from the Malta Archipelago, is described and illustrated. It belongs to the taxonomic group of F. communis, showing close relationships mainly with F. tunetana, F. arrigonii, F. communis s.str. and F. glauca, from which it differs in several features regarding the stem, leaves (mainly for shape and size of terminal segments), flowers and mericarps; other significant differences regard the ecology and phenology. The investigations, carried out on living plants, herbarium material and literature data, regard the morphological analysis of vegetative and reproductive structures, the anatomy of terminal leaf segments and mericarps, as well as the shape and size of seedlings. Previous phylogenetic approaches, based on nuclear and plastidial genome, have allowed to clarify better the relationships among F. melitensis and the other species of this group.

Studies on the Australian Muscidae (Diptera). VIII. The genus Lispe Latreille, 1797

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4557 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADRIAN C. PONT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Australian Species

The 39 Australian species of the genus Lispe Latreille are revised, including 22 new species here described. A key to species is given, and descriptions of both sexes are provided, including the male and female terminalia. Illustrations of external characters and of the male and female terminalia are given, including habitus photographs of the new species. Summaries of biology and habitat preferences, where known, are described. 22 new species are described: Lispe absentiseta sp. nov., Lispe affinis sp. nov., Lispe attenuata sp. nov., Lispe brendana sp. nov., Lispe caespitosa sp. nov., Lispe cilitibia sp. nov., Lispe collessi sp. nov., Lispe crinitarsis sp. nov., Lispe cristata sp. nov., Lispe esuriens sp. nov., Lispe floccosa sp. nov., Lispe glauca sp. nov., Lispe gracilitarsis sp. nov., Lispe grisea sp. nov., Lispe hamulifera sp. nov., Lispe howeana sp. nov., Lispe incana sp. nov., Lispe lamellata sp. nov., Lispe nigrimanoides sp. nov., Lispe orbitalis sp. nov., Lispe penicillata sp. nov. and Lispe vikhrevi sp. nov. 

scholarly journals A New Species of Ligyrocoris Stal With a Key to the Northeastern Species (Hemiptera:Lygaeidae)

1963 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-21
Author(s):  
Merrill H. Sweet
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
New England ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
The Other ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Carex Stricta ◽  
A New Species

In the course of current work upon the biology and ecology of the Rhyparochrominae of New England, a new species of Ligyrocoris was discovered. The species runs in Barber's (1921) key to the couplet separating diffusus (Uhler) from sylvestris (L.), but is distinct from either species. While the new species is closely related to these species, it is also quite close to L. depictus which is separated out in a different part of Barber's key.These four closely related species are sympatric in New England, although they are markedly different in their overall distribution. The habitat preferences and life cycles of the species are quite different (Sweet, unpublished). The habitat of the new species described below is most unusual for the genus. The greater part of the type series was collected along the margin of a small pond where sedge clumps were standing in the water among occasional exposed rocks rather than in relatively dry fields or slope habitats where the other species occur. The species feeds upon the seeds of the sedge, Carex stricta Lam, and its life cycle is apparently adapted to that of the sedge, which fruits in late May and June. The insect becomes adult in mid-June and lays eggs until mid-July. The eggs remain in diapause over the summer and winter and hatch in May.

Two new species of Senecio (Compositae, Senecioneae) from Peru

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 479 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-204
Author(s):  
HAMILTON BELTRÁN ◽  
JOEL CALVO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of Senecio are described from Peru. One thrives in the high Andes of the southeastern department of Lima and the other one occurs in the lomas vegetation of southern Ica. Both species are compared with the morphologically closest taxa and useful characters for their proper identification are provided. A distribution map, illustrations, and pictures of living plants are also presented.

A large and enigmatic new eleutherodactyline frog (Anura, Strabomantidae) from Serra do Sincora Espinhaco range, Northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1761 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSÉ CASSIMIRO ◽  
VANESSA K. VERDADE ◽  
MIGUEL T. RODRIGUES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central America ◽  
The Other ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Head Width ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Campos Rupestres ◽  
Espinhaço Range ◽  
Large Size ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of a large eleutherodactyline frog from the mountain rocky meadows (“campos rupestres”) of the Serra do Sincorá, Espinhaço mountain range, Mucugê municipality, State of Bahia, Brazil. The new species is promptly diagnosed from all the other Brazilian eleutherodactylines by its large size (males SVL 40.3–41.1; females SVL 75.2–79.7mm), broad head (head width 43–49% of SVL), presence of frontoparietal crests, pars fascialis of the maxilla deepened, discs absent on fingers, toes with poorly developed discs, first and second toes ridged, and tarsal fold absent. On the basis of these characters the new species is attributed to the genus Strabomantis up to now restricted to southern part of Central America and northwest part of South America.

Two new species of Colombian Epigomphus (Odonata: Gomphidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4896 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-276
Author(s):  
CORNELIO ANDRÉS BOTA-SIERRA ◽  
RODOLFO NOVELO-GUTIÉRREZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Cordillera Central ◽  
The North ◽  
Diagnostic Characteristics ◽  
Two New Species

The Neotropical genus Epigomphus Hagen in Selys, 1854 groups 31 species distributed from Mexico to northern Argentina. Only two species have been recorded so far from Colombia. Here we present two new species found in the north of the Andean Colombian Cordillera Central, Epigomphus rufus sp. nov. and Epigomphus brillantina sp. nov. Full descriptions of adult male and female and adult male respectively, plus diagnoses, pictures of the diagnostic characteristics, natural history notes, and a distribution map are provided. 

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