Sakakibarana, a new genus of Gyponini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) from the Amazon Rainforest

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4281 (1) ◽  
pp. 219 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLAYTON CORRÊA GONÇALVES ◽  
DANIELA MAEDA TAKIYA ◽  
GABRIEL MEJDALANI
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Related Genus ◽  
Caudal Process ◽  
Northern Brazil

A new genus of Gyponini, Sakakibarana gen. nov., is proposed and its type species S. amazonica sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on specimens from the Amazon Rainforest of Northern Brazil (states of Amazonas and Pará) and French Guiana. The new genus can be distinguished from other members of the Gyponini by the following morphological features: robust body, short crown, crown and face transition distinct and subfoliaceous, pronotum strongly declivous, male pygofer with caudal process, and aedeagus with dorsal apodemes with a pair of processes. A discussion comparing the new genus with the related genus Tenuacia DeLong, 1977 is provided. 

The Old World Microveliinae (Hemiptera: Veliidae). II. Three new species of Baptista Distant and a new genus from the Oriental region

1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Møller Andersen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Related Genus ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Old World ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Three New Species

AbstractThe Oriental genus Baptista Distant is redescribed and compared with other genera of Old World Microveliinae. The type-species, B. gesiroi Distant, hitherto only known from the type specimens (from Burma), is redescribed and recorded from Thailand. Three new speeies are described: B. femoralis sp. n. (Thailand, West Malaysia), B. digitata sp. n. (Thailand), and B. angulata sp. n. (southern India). These species all live in very cryptic and secluded habitats, like wet litter, small watery holes in rocks, or small cavities under turf along streams. The males of the new species exhibit a remarkable polymorphism in the structure of fore Iegs and pregenital abdomen. A closely related genus, Lathriovelia gen. n., is described with two species, L. capitata sp. n. and L. collaris sp. n., both from West Malaysia. This genus has a head structure which is quite unique within the subfamily.

A new genus, Krameragallia, a segregate from the Neogeic genus Agalliopsis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2748 (1) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANA CLARA GONÇALVES ◽  
MERVIN WILLIAM NIELSON
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
First Time ◽  
Ventral Process ◽  
Black Color

A new genus, Krameragallia, type-species Agalliopsis rex gen. nov. Kramer, is described and illustrated. Krameragallia gen. nov. can be distinguished from all other known genera of Neotropical Agalliini by morphological features such as the following: largest size (7.4–9mm) among known species in the New World representatives of the subfamily; strong contrasting scarlet and black color pattern; aedeagus shaft very long, almost ribbon-like with ventral process; aedeagal apex bearing one pair of lateral slender processes on each side and first valvifer of female genitalia very well developed and hook-shaped. Female genitalia are described for the first time, including a highly unusual, well developed first valvifer. Notes on the genus as well as on the distinction between Krameragallia gen. nov., Agalliopsis Kirkaldy, Brasa Oman, and Chromagallia Linnavuori are given.

A new stegelytrine leafhopper genus from China and Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1333 (1) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
YALIN ZHANG ◽  
CONG WEI ◽  
M. D. WEBB
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Related Genus ◽  
Two New Species

A new Oriental stegelytrine leafhopper genus, Wyuchiva, and two new species, Wyuchiva elegantula (type species) from Thailand and Wyuchiva menglaensis from China, are described and illustrated. The taxonomic position of the new genus is discussed and phylogenetic remarks on this and a related genus, Temburocera Webb, 1999, are given.

Definition of a new genus of glossiphoniid leech and a redescription of the type species, Clepsine picta Verrill, 1872

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (9) ◽  
pp. 1942-1950 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Barta ◽  
Roy T. Sawyer
Keyword(s):  
Salivary Glands ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Rana Catesbeiana ◽  
Blood Feeding ◽  
Single Pair ◽  
Related Genus ◽  
Diagnostic Characteristics ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Feeding Behaviours

A new genus, Desserobdella, is described to accommodate the leech Clepsine picta Verrill, 1872 which feeds exclusively on amphibians of northern and central North America. This leech belongs to the subfamily Glossiphoniinae and therefore deposits cocoons directly onto the substrate. The genus Desserobdella n.gen. has the following diagnostic characteristics: (i) two pairs of coalesced eyes; (ii) one pair of diffuse salivary glands; and (iii) a single pair of saccular mycetomes containing prokaryotic endosymbionts. Members of the new genus are distinguished from species of the closely related genus Placobdella Blanchard, 1893 on the basis of their salivary gland structure; Placobdella species have two pairs of compact salivary glands versus the single pair of diffuse salivary glands of the genus Desserobdella n.gen. Congenitors of the new genus are Desserobdella cryptobranchii (Johnson and Klemm, 1977) n.comb., Desserobdella michiganensis (Sawyer, 1972) n.comb., and Desserobdella phalera (Graf, 1899) Jones and Woo, 1990. Desserobdella picta n.gen. et comb. exhibited a stereotypical sequence of feeding behaviours on Rana catesbeiana tadpoles which involved picking at the site of proboscis insertion prior to probing, probing, and finally blood-feeding with the posterior sucker released.

A new aberrant Doryctinae genus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from French Guiana

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4604 (2) ◽  
pp. 381
Author(s):  
ALEJANDRO ZALDÍVAR-RIVERÓN ◽  
SERGEY A. BELOKOBYLSKIJ ◽  
YVES BRAET
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Single Specimen

A new genus, Cerritulus gen. nov., with type species, C. forticrura sp. nov., are described from French Guiana based on a single specimen that is considerably distinct morphologically from all known Neotropical genera. The new genus is only partially similar to the enigmatic, monotypic Asian genera Ceylonspathius Belokobylskij and Termitospathius Beloko-bylskij, whose species were collected inside termite nests. We provide colour pictures for the type species of the above three genera. 

Interesting interstitial Paramesochridae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida): Maliithipon wellsi gen. et sp. nov. from the Philippines, M. aberrans (Mielke, 1984) comb. nov. from Panama, and M. cf. aberrans (Mielke, 1984) from the Azores

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5051 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-93
Author(s):  
VEZIO COTTARELLI ◽  
MARIA CRISTINA BRUNO
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sandy Beaches ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Distal Margin ◽  
As Species ◽  
Caudal Rami ◽  
Species Inquirendae

We propose and describe a new genus of interstitial Paramesochridae, Maliithipon gen. nov., to accommodate three species. Maliithipon wellsi sp. nov., type species of the genus, is described based on specimens collected in two sandy beaches in Isla Verde, the Philippines. Apodopsyllus aberrans Mielke, 1984a described from Panama, is allocated to the herein erected genus as Maliithipon aberrans (Mielke, 1984a) comb. nov. Maliithipon cf. aberrans is described, based on specimens collected in the Azores and previously identified as Apodopsyllus aberrans. The new genus is characterized by several distinct morphological features: mandible with uniramous, 2-segmented palp and gnathobase with thin and pointed teeth; maxillule with reduced armature, lacking endopod and exopod; maxilla large, with three syncoxal endites and endopod with reduced setal number; P5 very reduced in both sexes; caudal rami with six setae, two of which (setae III and VI) transformed; pseudoperculum well-developed, with four-lobed distal margin. The new genus is included in the subfamily Paramesochrinae Lang, 1944 and in the genus-group Scottopsyllus (sensu Huys, 1987). It has strong affinities with Leptopsyllus (Leptopsyllus) platyspinosus Mielke, 1984b and Wellsopsyllus (Intermediopsyllus) smirnovi (Kunz, 1992), which are considered as species inquirendae in this paper. Some remarks on the ecology and geonemy of the three studied species are provided. We also list the accompanying Paramesochridae obtained from the two new collecting sites of the genus, and all the genera of Paramesochridae recorded from other sites in the Philippines during the same survey.  

Description of two new species of Regalana and a new genus of Gyponini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidade: Iassinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4731 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-102
Author(s):  
ALEXANDRE CRUZ DOMAHOVSKI ◽  
CLAYTON CORRÊA GONÇALVES ◽  
DANIELA MAEDA TAKIYA ◽  
RODNEY RAMIRO CAVICHIOLI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Dorsal Margin ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Subgenital Plate ◽  
Northern Brazil ◽  
State Records

Two new species of Regalana DeLong & Freytag, 1975 are described and illustrated: Regalana jamari sp. nov. and Regalana madeira sp. nov., both from State of Rondônia, Northern Brazil. Delongiana gen. nov. is described within Gyponini, based on two new species from Brazil: Delongiana ramosa sp. nov., designated as type-species, from Minas Gerais and Paraná states and Delongiana baiana sp. nov. from Bahia and Rio de Janeiro states. The new genus can be distinguished from other Gyponini genera based on the combination of the following features: crown slightly produced, parallel striated; crown-face transition distinct, thick and striated; male pygofer with an oblique integument thickening near dorsal margin; subgenital plate very narrow and elongated; connective Y-shaped; style elongated with apex foot-shaped; aedeagus with dorsal apodemes strongly developed, shaft cylindrical and curved dorsally, with processes near mid-length and without apical processes. Additionally, new country records are given for Regalana bobbyi and R. dianae and state records to R. sheilae. 

Calvariopsis gen. nov., a new genus of Neotropical Scirtidae (Coleoptera: Scirtoidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4604 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
RAFAŁ RUTA
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
New Genus

A new genus of Scirtidae, Calvariopsis gen. nov., is described to accommodate two species described by Maurice Pic (Prionocyphon brasiliensis Pic, 1916 and Cyphon sculptipenne Pic, 1931) and 14 newly described species: Calvariopsis bituberculata sp. nov. (French Guiana), C. borowieci sp. nov. (Ecuador), C. fourgassiense sp. nov. (French Guiana), C. guyanense sp. nov. (Guyana), C. kawense sp. nov. (French Guiana), C. nana sp. nov. (Brazil), C. panamense sp. nov. (Panama), C. peruviana sp. nov. (Peru), C. picta sp. nov. (Bolivia), C. pittieri sp. nov. (Venezuela), C. saopaulense sp. nov. (Brazil), C. venezuelense sp. nov. (Venezuela), C. wittmeri sp. nov. (Brazil), and C. yanayacuense sp. nov. (Ecuador) [type species of Calvariopsis]. The new genus can be distinguished from other Neotropical Scirtidae on the basis of the following characters: antennae filiform, subgenal ridge without buttonhole configuration, head with deep subantennal grooves, mesoventral process short, as long as wide or shorter, hind legs not saltatorial.

The advertisement call of the Hoogmoed’s harlequin toad Atelopus hoogmoedi Lescure, 1974 from northern Brazil (Anura, Bufonidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4521 (1) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
CARLOS EDUARDO COSTA-CAMPOS ◽  
THIAGO RIBEIRO DE CARVALHO
Keyword(s):  
French Guiana ◽  
Species Range ◽  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Guiana Shield ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Full Species ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Northern Brazil

Harlequin toads (Atelopus) are distributed over a wide range in the Amazon Rainforest, mostly associated with streamlets in dense ombrophilous forests in lowland and sub-montane regions. Atelopus hoogmoedi Lescure, 1974a was considered as bearing full species status by Lötters et al. (2005), although until that moment this species had been assigned to a subspecies of A. pulcher (Boulenger, 1882) (Lescure 1974a, 1976) or of A. spumarius Cope, 1871 (Lescure et al. 1980; Lescure & Marty 2000; Lötters et al. 2002). More recently, Noonan & Gaucher (2005) subscribed to Lötters et al. (2005)’s statement that A. s. hoogmoedi should belong to a distinctive species (A. hoogmoedi), based on phylogeographic evidence. The species’ range is currently restricted to the Guiana Shield of French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and in adjacent regions of northern Brazil (Lötters et al. 2005). 

A new genus and species of Edessinae from Amazon Region (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2662 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSÉ ANTÔNIO MARIN FERNANDES
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Amazon Region ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Madre De Dios ◽  
Heteroptera Pentatomidae

The new genus Doesburgedessa is here proposed to include Edessa rugifera Stål, 1872 (type species) and four other species new to science: D. nigrolimbata sp. nov., D. armata sp. nov., D. elongatispina sp. nov., and D. linnei sp. nov. The new genus is characterized by a very unusual metasternal process with a single anterior projection that clearly derives from the bifurcated metasternal process found in Edessa. These species are restricted to the Amazon region; D. rugifera n. comb. is known from Brazil (Amazonas and Mato Grosso), D. nigrolimbata sp. nov. from Peru (Madre de Dios) and Bolivia (Santa Cruz), D. armata sp. nov. from Brazil (Pará and Mato Grosso), D. linnei sp. nov. from French Guiana (Cayenne and St Laurent du Maroni) and Guyana (East Berbice-Corentyne), and D. elongatispina sp. nov. from Brazil (Amazonas). The species were illustrated and photographed and the descriptions were made using external morphological characters, mostly from the metasternal process and the male and female genitalia.

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