Guilielmia Weise, a little known Afrotropical flea beetle genus: systematic affinities and description of a second new species from Central Africa (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4323 (4) ◽  
pp. 572 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAURIZIO BIONDI ◽  
PAOLA D’ALESSANDRO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Female Specimen ◽  
High Mountains ◽  
Morphological Adaptations ◽  
Scanning Electron

The genus Guilielmia Weise from the high mountains of Central Africa, known on a female specimen only, is redescribed based on new specimens of the type species, and the new species Guilielmia leleupi sp. nov. described here. Habitus photos, and microscope and scanning electron micrographs of diagnostic characters, including the aedeagus, are provided for both the species. Some considerations about taxonomic affinities and morphological adaptations to high altitudes are suggested. 

A new genus and four new species of millipedes from Tasmania, Australia (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae), with notes on male leg setae in some Tasmanian dalodesmids

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 558 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT MESIBOV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Scanning Electron

Bromodesmus catrionae n. gen., n. sp. (type species), B. militaris n. sp., B. riparius n. sp. and B. rufus n. sp. are described. The new genus is characterized by greatly reduced paranota and a gonopod telopodite expanded at the distal end into a posteriorly concave hood fringed with teeth; the hood partly protects a long, curved, acutely pointed solenomerite. Male leg setation in the type species of six Tasmanian dalodesmid genera is briefly discussed and illustrated with scanning electron micrographs. The sphaerotrichome shaft is sharply pointed in Atrophotergum; gently tapered in Dasystigma, Lissodesmus and Tasmanodesmus; expanded at the tip in Bromodesmus; and entirely absent in Gasterogramma. Tips of the setae forming the dense ventral brush on male podomeres are gently tapered in Dasystigma and Lissodesmus, truncated in Gasterogramma, expanded in Bromodesmus and forked in Tasmanodesmus.

scholarly journals Revision of Diphaulacosoma Jacoby, an endemic flea beetle genus from Madagascar, with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio Biondi ◽  
Paola D'Alessandro
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
New Material ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Scanning Electron

A taxonomic revision of the flea beetle genus <em>Diphaulacosoma</em> Jacoby, endemic to Madagascar, is provided. This genus includes seven species of which three are new to science: <em>D. elegans</em> sp. n., <em>D. jenisi</em> sp. n., and <em>D. nigroscutis</em> sp. n. An updated catalogue including new material, new faunistic records, distributions, chorotypes, and ecological notes is supplied. Lectotypes for <em>Diphaulacosoma</em> <em>laevipenne</em> Jacoby, <em>D. bicolor</em> (Weise) and <em>D. scutellare</em> (Weise) are designated. Additionally, the revision comprises a key for the identification of all seven species considered, habitus photos, and microscope and scanning electron micrographs of diagnostic characters, including aedeagus and spermatheca.

Revision of the Afrotropical flea beetle genus Serraphula Jacoby and description of Bechynella, a new genus from Western and Central Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2444 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAURIZIO BIONDI ◽  
PAOLA D’ALESSANDRO
Keyword(s):  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Scanning Electron

In this paper a revision of the Afrotropical flea beetle genus Serraphula Jacoby, 1897 is reported. Three species previously attributed to this genus are transferred to the new genus Bechynella gen. n. and the following new combinations are established: Bechynella bohumilae (Bechyné, 1955) comb. n.; Bechynella pallens (Bechyné, 1955) comb. n.; Bechynella sesengensis (Bechyné, 1959) comb. n. The genus Serraphula includes currently 19 species, 16 of which are new to sci-ence: Serraphula aenea Jacoby, 1897; S. elongata Jacoby, 1900; S. puncticollis Bryant, 1944; S. alticola sp. n.; S. audisiana sp. n.; S. bulirschi sp. n.; S. colonnellii sp. n.; S. debiasei sp. n.; S. drakensbergensis sp. n.; S. duplessisi sp. n.; S. grobbelaariae sp. n.; S. monticola sp. n.; S. mpumalangaensis sp. n.; S. natalensis sp. n.; S. oberprieleri sp. n.; S. osellai sp. n.; S. transvaalensis sp. n.; S. uysi sp. n.; S. wittmeri sp. n. Lectotypes for S. aenea, S. elongata and S. puncticollis are designated. A key to all the species is presented as well as line drawings of male and female genitalia, scanning electron micrographs of some diagnostic morphological characters, and autoecological and distributional data.

Revision of the Australian Sabellariidae (Polychaeta) and description of eight new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3306 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAT HUTCHINGS ◽  
MARÍA CAPA ◽  
RACHAEL PEART
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Scanning Electron ◽  
Eleven Species

The family Sabellariidae is represented in Australian waters by eleven species belonging to five genera, including eight of themnew to Science: Idanthyrsus nesos n. sp., I. willora n. sp., Lygdamis wambiri n. sp., Phalacrostemma maloga n. sp., Sabellariakooraltha n. sp., S. lungalla n. sp., S. pyramis n. sp., and Tetreres terribilis n. sp. Three genera, Phalocrostemma, Sabellaria andTetreres, are newly recorded from Australia. Descriptions of all species are given, acompanied by detailed illustrations, includingdrawings, photographs and scanning electron micrographs, tables summarising specific diagnostic characters of all species ofeach genus, and distribution maps within Australia. A key to all genera worldwide and Australian species is given. Maximumparsimony analyses based on morphological features have been performed to assess the position of the new species and relation-ships with other Sabellariidae. For this purpose, the Australian species, the type species of each genus and some others species,representing the variability within each group, were incorporated into the analyses. Some of the species were recovered withinmonophyletic genera (Phalacrostemma and Tetreres), while others have been considered as member of previously recognised genera (Idanthyrsus, Lygdamis and Sabellaria) have not been assessed as monophyletic.

Selaginella salinoi (Selaginellaceae), a new species from Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 224 (3) ◽  
pp. 291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Armando De Araújo Góes-Neto ◽  
Gustavo Heringer ◽  
Alexandre Salino
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
Espirito Santo ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Scanning Electron

 A species of Selaginella from Parque Nacional do Caparaó, in Espírito Santo State, southeastern Brazil, is described as new to the science: Selaginella salinoi grows on rocks in Atlantic Rainforest vegetation at ca. 1200 m. The description includes photos of live plants and, scanning electron micrographs.

scholarly journals Three new species of the flower bug genus Orius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) from Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-401
Author(s):  
Tomohide Yasunaga ◽  
Kazutaka Yamada ◽  
Ram Keshari Duwal
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Plant Association ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Scanning Electron

Abstract Three new species of the flower bug genus Orius Wolff, 1811 (Anthocorinae: Oriini) are described as new, namely Orius (Orius) ekaii sp. nov., O. (Orius) nigromaritus sp. nov., and O. (Xylorius) paveli sp. nov., all from Nepal. The plant association and habitat are documented for each new species. Habitus images of live individuals and scanning electron micrographs are also provided to aid in proper recognition of their identities. A checklist of Orius species known from South Asia (SAARC nations) is incorporated; Orius indicus (Reuter, 1884) is herein placed in the subgenus Dimorphella Reuter, 1884.

scholarly journals Taxonomic review of the plant bug genera Amapacylapus and Cylapus with descriptions of two new species and a key to the genera of Cylapini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 399-455
Author(s):  
Andrzej Wolski
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New World ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Scanning Electron

The plant bug tribe Cylapini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae) is diagnosed and a worldwide key to the genera of the tribe is provided. The taxonomic review of the New World Cylapini genera Amapacylapus Carvalho & Fontes,1968 and Cylapus Say, 1832 is provided, including a key to species, diagnoses and redescriptions of genera and most included species, and descriptions of two new species, Amapacylapus unicolor sp. nov. (Ecuador) and Cylapus luridus sp. nov. (Brazil). Illustrations of the male genitalia, color photographs of the adult and scanning electron micrographs of the selected species are provided. The genus Cylapocerus Carvalho & Fontes, 1968 syn. nov. is proposed as a junior synonym of Cylapus with all species currently placed in Cylapocerus transferred to Cylapus. The following new combinations are established: Cylapus amazonicus (Carvalho, 1989) comb. nov., Cylapus antennatus (Carvalho & Fontes, 1968) comb. nov., and Cylapus tucuruiensis (Carvalho, 1989) comb. nov. Peltidocylapus labeculosus (Bergroth, 1922) is transferred to the genus Amapacylapus as Amapacylapus labeculosus (Bergroth, 1922) comb. nov. Male neotype is designated for Cylapus tenuicornis Say, 1832. The following new country records are provided: Amapacylapus amapariensis Carvalho & Fontes, 1968 (Ecuador, Guyana); Cylapus amazonicus (Bolivia, Ecuador); Cylapus antennatus (Ecuador); Cylapus citus Bergroth, 1922 (Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Peru); Cylapus marginicollis (Distant, 1883) (Nicaragua, Panama); Cylapus ruficeps Bergroth, 1922 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador); Cylapus tenuicornis (USA); Cylapus tucuruiensis (Venezuela).

Ilex calcicola (Aquifoliaceae), a new species from a limestone area of Guangxi, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 326 (4) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
KEWANG XU ◽  
XIANGGANG SHI ◽  
QIANG FAN ◽  
WEIBIN XU ◽  
WENBO LIAO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Pollen Grains ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Scanning Electron

Ilex calcicola (Aquifoliaceae), a new species from western Guangxi, China, is described, illustrated, and compared to two morphologically similar species: I. mamillata and I. wuana. The scanning electron micrographs of pollen grains and stomata of this new species are also showed in the plate. I. calcicola is currently known only from the limestone hills in western Guangxi.

Voragocoris weirauchae sp. n. (Heteroptera: Schizopteridae: Schizopterinae), a further minute litter bug species from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4729 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-144
Author(s):  
FLAVIO ROBERTO DE ALBUQUERQUE ALMEIDA ◽  
FERNANDO DA SILVA CARVALHO-FILHO ◽  
ALEXANDER KNYSHOV ◽  
JOSE ANTONIO MARIN FERNANDES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
First Record ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Scanning Electron

The genus Voragocoris Weirauch, 2012 is composed of Voragocoris schuhi Weirauch, 2012 and Voragocoris amrishi Makhan, 2013, previously recorded from Peru and Suriname, respectively. In this paper, a new species, Voragocoris weirauchae sp.n., is described based on specimens collected in the Brazilian Amazon, representing the first record of the genus from Brazil. We provide diagnosis, description, photographs of habitus, and scanning electron micrographs of the diagnostic features. A key to species based on males of Voragocoris is also presented. 

Ntaolaltica and Pseudophygasia, two new flea beetle genera from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio Biondi ◽  
Paola D’Alessandro
Keyword(s):  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Flea Beetle ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Scanning Electron

Ntaolaltica antennata gen.n. and sp.n. and Pseudophygasia gen.n. from Madagascar are described. The following new combinations are established: Phygasia ambohitsitondroensis Bechyné, 1952 (= Pseudophygasia ambohitsitondroensis (Bechyné, 1952) comb.n.); Phygasia analis (Harold, 1877) (= Pseudophygasia analis (Harold, 1877) comb.n.); Phygasia apolinaria Bechyné, 1952 (= Pseudophygasia apolinaria (Bechyné, 1952) comb.n.); Phygasia denotata Bechyné, 1952 (= Pseudophygasia denotata (Bechyné, 1952) comb.n.); Phygasia freyi Bechyné, 1964 (= Pseudophygasia freyi (Bechyné, 1964) comb.n.); Phygasia furax Bechyné, 1952 (= Pseudophygasia furax (Bechyné, 1952) comb.n.); Phygasia goudoti (Harold, 1877) (= Pseudophygasia goudoti (Harold, 1877) comb.n.); Phygasia bicolor Weise, 1910 (= Diphaulacosoma bicolor (Weise, 1910) comb.n.); Phygasia scutellaris Weise, 1910 (= Diphaulacosoma scutellare (Weise, 1910) comb.n.). Photomicrographs and scanning electron micrographs of peculiar morphological characters, and distributional data are also provided.

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