There and back again: More on the taxonomy of the crab spiders genus Epicadus (Thomisidae: Stephanopinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4382 (3) ◽  
pp. 501 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIGUEL MACHADO ◽  
RENATO AUGUSTO TEIXEIRA ◽  
ARNO ANTONIO LISE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Taxonomic History ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Crab Spider ◽  
First Time ◽  
Crab Spiders ◽  
Eleven Species

The Neotropical crab spider genera Tobias Simon, 1895 and Epicadus Simon, 1895 comprise species with remarkable somatic morphology and confounding taxonomic history. The results of our recent cladistic analysis corroborate and extend preceding taxonomic assumptions in showing that Tobias is a junior synonym of Epicadus. In the present paper the six species recently transferred from Tobias to Epicadus are redescribed. Two new species are described based on both males and females: Epicadus dimidiaster sp. nov. and Epicadus tigrinus sp. nov.; the male of Epicadus granulatus Banks, 1909 is described for the first time. The diagnosis of the genus is revised, an identification key is provided, and information on geographical distribution is updated. Epicadus now comprises eleven species. 

scholarly journals Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

Caldasia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-29
Author(s):  
Diego A. Guevara ◽  
Victor H. Gonzalez ◽  
Rodulfo Ospina
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central America ◽  
Stingless Bees ◽  
Stingless Bee ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Northern South America ◽  
Colombian Amazon ◽  
First Time ◽  
Eleven Species

Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are culturally and economically important bees and they represent a major component of the Colombian melittofauna. However, the bee fauna of Colombia is still in early stages of exploration and species identification is often difficult or impossible. We revised the species of the cleptobiotic stingless bee genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia and recognized the following eleven species: L. glabrata, L. guyanensis, L. rufa, L. rufipes, and L. spinosa, which are recorded for the first time for the country; L. huilensis, L. opita, L. piedemontana, and two new species, L. diminuta, sp. n. and L. galvisi sp. n. We also confirmed the presence of L. limao in the Colombian Amazon and provide new geographical records with an updated key to species from Central America and northern South America

Scaphopoda (Mollusca) from the Brazilian continental shelf and upper slope (13º to 21ºS) with descriptions of two new species of the genus Cadulus Philippi, 1844

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1267 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARLOS HENRIQUE SOARES CAETANO ◽  
VICTOR SCARABINO ◽  
RICARDO SILVA ABSALÃO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Geographical Range ◽  
Northeast Brazil ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Upper Slope

Twenty six species of Scaphopoda, included in 12 genera and five families were identified. Within these, Fustiaria stenoschiza (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897), Gadila pocula n.comb. (Dall, 1889); G. simpsoni n.comb. (Henderson, 1920) and G. pandionis (Verril & Smith in Verril, 1880) are recorded for the first time for Brazil and two new species of the genus Cadulus are here described. Besides that, six species previously recorded from north and northeast Brazil have their geographical range expanded southward: Antalis circumcincta (Watson, 1879), Episiphon didymum (Watson, 1879), Ep. sowerbyi (Guilding, 1834), Entalina platamodes (Watson, 1879), Gadila dominguensis (Orbigny, 1853) and Compressidens pressum (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897). In the other hand, Paradentalium infractum n.comb. (Odhner, 1931) has its geographical distribution extended northward to the state of Maranhão (02ºS). Gadila acus (Dall, 1889) is proposed as junior synonym of G. dominguensis (Orbigny, 1853).

Bothynus entellus (LePeletier & Serville) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) species group: taxonomic revision and description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4750 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-121
Author(s):  
PAULO R.M. DUARTE ◽  
PASCHOAL C. GROSSI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Identification Keys ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
First Time

The Bothynus entellus (LePeletier & Serville) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini) species group is reviewed with redescriptions, diagnoses, illustrations, and separate identification keys to males and females. Distribution maps for all species in this species group are presented for the first time. Furthermore, two new species, Bothynus araya Duarte & Grossi new species and Bothynus condacki Duarte & Grossi new species, are described. 

New species, redescriptions and phylogenetic revision of tribe Dacini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) from India based on morphological characters

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4551 (2) ◽  
pp. 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. J. DAVID ◽  
S. RAMANI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Plant Character ◽  
The World ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Phylogenetic Revision

The tribe Dacini comprising four genera, namely Bactrocera Macquart, Dacus Fabricius, Monacrostichus Bezzi and Zeugodacus Hendel, is a derived lineage in Tephritidae. It is one of the most economically important tribes in Tephritidae harbouring several species of quarantine concern across the world. We describe two new species of Bactrocera Macquart, B. (Parazeugodacus) conica David & Ramani, sp. n. & B. (B.) prabhui David, sp. n. from India. Postabdominal structures of males and/or females of 23 species of Bactrocera, 16 species of Zeugodacus and 8 species of Dacus from India are illustrated and described for the first time, which revealed similarities between Dacus and Zeugodacus with respect to epandrial shape and praeputium patterning. Bactrocera is unique in possessing oval shaped epandrium and an unpatterned praeputium. An analysis of phylogenetic relationships between three genera of the tribe Dacini from India based on morphological characters has been attempted for the first time. Cladistic analysis employing 51 characters of 62 species in Dacini, with seven species as outgroups revealed the monophyly of Dacini, Bactrocera and Dacus with supporting nonhomplasious synapomorphies. Ichneumonopsis Hardy, often included in the Gastrozonini, does not possess any synapomorphies of Dacini, eventhough it appeared at the base of the Dacini clade. Zeugodacus was retrieved as a monophyletic sister-group to Dacus based solely on a single homoplasious host plant character, with weak statistcal support. 

Cladistic analysis of Thoreyella and related genera (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Procleticini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2310 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
JORGE L. C. BERNARDES ◽  
CRISTIANO F. SCHWERTNER ◽  
JOCÉLIA GRAZIA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Monophyletic Group ◽  
Sister Group Relationship ◽  
Common Ancestry ◽  
As Species ◽  
Two New Species

In this paper, the monophyly of the genus Thoreyella Spinola was tested, and a hypothesis of relationships among its species is proposed. Four known species of Thoreyella and two new species, as well as species of three other genera of Procleticini (Neoderoploa Pennington, Lobepomis Berg, and Procleticus Berg), were treated as the ingroup. The new species of Thoreyella will be published elsewhere. Two species of Dendrocoris were used for outgroup comparison. A cladistic analysis of 38 morphological characters supported a hypothesis of common ancestry for Thoreyella and the three genera of Procleticini included in the ingroup. The results also showed Thoreyella as a monophyletic taxon, and its sister group relationship with the monophyletic group including Neoderoploa, Lobepomis, and Procleticus. The geographical distribution of these taxa is discussed.

Two new species of Xanthophius Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae, Xantholinini) from China with notes on X. filum (Kraatz)

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3626 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-380
Author(s):  
YU-LINGZI ZHOU ◽  
HONG-ZHANG ZHOU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Color Plate ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Chinese Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time

This paper studies the taxonomy of the genus Xanthophius Motschulsky, 1860 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae, Xantholinini). Two new species are described from China: Xanthophius unicidentatus sp. n. from Yunnan, Zhejiang, Guangxi and Hainan, and X. gutianshanensis sp. n. from Zhejiang. The number of species of Xanthophius therefore increased to eight. The elaborate structures of the everted endophallus of X. filum (Kraatz, 1859) is described for the first time and illustrated with a color plate. A key to eight species and their geographical distribution map are provided. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZ-CAS).

Gibocercus Szumik and Biguembia Szumik (Embioptera, Archembiidae): new species and the potentiality of female traits

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4317 (2) ◽  
pp. 338 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLAUDIA SZUMIK ◽  
RAQUEL GANDOLFO ◽  
VERONICA PEREYRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species

Two new species of Biguembia Szumik (B. mirador n. sp. and B. troncol n. sp.) and one new species of Gibocercus Szumik (G. podamita n. sp.) from Brazil are described and illustrated. The female of Gibocercus chaco Szumik is described for the first time. Female terminalia of both genera are redefined and redescribed for B. copo, G. chaco and G. beni. Additionally, a cladistic analysis using almost 100 morphological characters was developed. Both genera appear monophyletic and well supported by several synapomorphies. The results also indicate that some species are unjustified and therefore they are synonymized: Gibocercus magnus Ross, 2001 = Gibocercus beni Szumik, 1997; Gibocercus flavipes Ross, 2001 = Gibocercus nanai Szumik, 1997; Gibocercus napoa Ross, 2001 = Gibocercus sandrae Ross, 2001, all new synonymies. The relationships of the new species are discussed as well as the potentiality of female traits. 

scholarly journals Two new species and ten new records of Heteroptera from Turkey, including the first record of the potential alien Campylomma miyamotoi in the Western Palaearctic

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 295-306
Author(s):  
Barış Çerçi ◽  
Özgür Koçak ◽  
Serdar Tezcan
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Albizia Julibrissin ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Western Palaearctic ◽  
First Time

Abstract In this paper, two new Miridae species are described from Turkey, Adelphophylus oenderi sp. nov. from Silifke (Mersin province) and Phytocoris (Exophytocoris) carapezzai sp. nov. from Merkez (Karaman province). Habitus of males and females and male genitalia of both species and female genitalia of A. oenderi sp. nov. are illustrated. Additionally, 10 Heteroptera species are recorded from Turkey for the first time: Campylomma miyamotoi Yasunaga, 2001, Compsidolon (Compsidolon) elegantulum Reuter, 1899, Hallodapus concolor (Reuter, 1890), Maurodactylus kukuensis V. G. Putshkov, 1978, Pinalitus viscicola (Puton, 1888), Platycranus alkestis Linnavuori, 1999, Zanchius breviceps (Wagner, 1951), Montandoniola moraguesi (Puton, 1896), Temnostethus (Temnostethus) gracilis Horváth, 1907, and Plinthisus (Isioscytus) minutissimus Fieber, 1864. Campylomma miyamotoi Yasunaga, 2001, an Eastern Palaearctic species bound to the ornamental Albizia julibrissin, is a new potentially alien species in the Western Palaearctic. The species status of Compsidolon (Compsidolon) parietariae V. G. Putshkov, 1984 is discussed.

scholarly journals Two new species of Engertia Dalla Torre, 1913 and Philacelota Heller, 1900 from Indonesia and the Philippines with a revised identification key (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artem M. Prokofiev
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
The Other ◽  
Dichotomous Key ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
First Time

Two new species of the leucopholine genera Engertia Dalla Torre, 1913 and Philacelota Heller, 1900 are described. Engertia allolepis sp. nov. from Ambon Island in the Moluccas, Indonesia, can be distinguished from the other species of the genus by the heterogeneous setosity on the elytra as well as by a very robust and arcuate aedeagus. Philacelota leucothea sp. nov. from Luzon Island, Philippines, differs from the other species of Philacelota in the scaled whitish vestiture of the pronotum and elytra, as well as in the unidentate protibiae and in the shape of parameres. The length of the 3rd antennomere is the only reliable character for the separation of the genera Engertia and Philacelota. A revised dichotomous key for identification of males and females of all species of Engertia and Philacelota is given. The genus Philacelota is reported from the Philippines for the first time.

Lineacoelotes, a new genus of Coelotinae from China (Araneae: Amaurobiidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1700 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIANG XU ◽  
SHUQIANG LI ◽  
XIN-PING WANG
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Western China ◽  
Dorsal Edge ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
First Time

A new genus of Coelotinae, Lineacoelotes gen. nov., is described. Lineacoelotes includes five species from central and western China. The females of L. bicultratus (Chen, Zhao & Wang, 1991) comb. nov. from Hubei (transferred from Coelotes), the males and females of L. funiushanensis (Hu, Wang & Wang, 1991) comb. nov. from Henan (transferred from Draconarius), the females of L. nitidus (Li & Zhang, 2002) comb. nov. from Hubei (transferred from Coelotes) are redescribed, the males of L. nitidus are described for the first time. Two new species from both males and females, L. longicephalus sp. nov. from Sichuan and L. strenuus sp. nov. from Hubei, are described. The females of this new genus have distinct, unusually long spermathecal heads, and the males have a broad, long patellar apophysis and a strongly modified conductor but lack a lateral tibial apophysis and a conductor dorsal apophysis. Comparison of male palps of Lineacoelotes gen. nov. suggests that none of the modified apophyses on the dorsal edge of the conductor is homologous to the conductor dorsal apophysis found in many other Coelotinae, but this assumption should be tested in a future phylogenetic analysis. As in other Coelotinae, spinnerets of representatives of Lineacoelotes gen. nov. have PMS with 2 cylindrical spigots on the lateral sides and 2 minor ampullate spigots on the middle, and PLS long with 1–2 cylindrical spigots on its base, and the trichobothrium has a transversely striped large hood and a smooth small hood.

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