Notomicrus petrareptans sp. n., a new seep-dwelling species of Noteridae from Suriname (Coleoptera: Adephaga)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4388 (2) ◽  
pp. 182 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEPHEN M. BACA ◽  
ANDREW EDWARD Z. SHORT
Keyword(s):  
Median Lobe ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The Family

Notomicrus petrareptans sp. n. is described from an inselberg seepage in southwestern Suriname. This species is diagnosable by a combination of its weakly punctate elytra, respective shapes of the pro- and mesotarsal claws (males), and long and slender median lobe of the aedeagus. This is the first member of the subfamily Notomicrinae to be described from hygropetric seep habitats and only the second known seep-dwelling species of the family Noteridae. Diagnostic characters are illustrated and habitat images are provided. 

Coniosternum masneri sp. nov., a new species of the family Scathophagidae (Diptera) from Canada

2017 ◽  
Vol 186 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-116
Author(s):  
František Šifner
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Abstract A new Nearctic species of the genus Coniosternum Becker, 1894, C. masneri sp. nov., is described from Canada, and its important diagnostic characters are illustrated.

Redescription and relationships of Pseudothilmanus Pic (Coleoptera: Rhagophthalmidae)—a long-term neglected glow-worm beetle genus from the Himalayas

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2794 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBIN KUNDRATA ◽  
LADISLAV BOCAK
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Divergence ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The Family

Pseudothilmanus Pic, 1918 is redescribed and two species, P. alatus Pic, 1918 and P. marginatus Pic, 1918, are placed in the genus. The subgenus Drilothilmanus Pic, 1918 is synonymized with the nominotypical genus on the basis of low morphological divergence and redundancy in classification. Pseudothilmanus is newly classified in the family Rhagophthalmidae, in contrast to the original placement in Drilidae. Diagnostic characters for Pseudothilmanus and both species placed within the genus are illustrated.

Redescription of the final stadium larva of Megalestes heros Needham from Fujian, China, with discussion of the characters of genus Megalestes Selys (Odonata: Zygoptera: Synlestidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4728 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
QI-HAN XU
Keyword(s):  
Lateral Lobe ◽  
Cylindrical Body ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Median Lobe ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Unequal Size ◽  
Median Cleft

The final stadium larva of Megalestes heros Needham, 1930 is redescribed and illustrated in detail. It is characterized by having a long and cylindrical body, a very long prementum with two end hooks of unequal size on lateral lobe, parallel wing sheaths, long and slender legs, female ovipositor short reaching the basal third of S10, and based on a distinct abdominal color pattern. The major diagnostic characters of the larvae of the genus Megalestes are as follows: (1) body smooth and slender, with long abdomen and leaf-shaped caudal gills; (2) antenna filiform, seven-segmented,third segment longest; (3) median cleft present in median lobe of prementum; lateral lobe with two end hooks of unequal size, the inner one being longer and larger than the outer, movable hook without setae; (4) wing sheaths parallel to each other. 

The lefteye flounder family Bothidae (Order Pleuronectiformes) of Taiwan

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4702 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-215
Author(s):  
KUNIO AMAOKA ◽  
HSUAN-CHING HO
Keyword(s):  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Historical Records ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

The family Bothidae in Taiwan is reviewed. A total of 15 genera and 42 species are recognized. Historical records are re-evaluated and five species are recorded in Taiwan for the first time: Arnoglossus yamanakai Fukui & Ozawa, 1988, Crossorhombus valderostratus (Alcock, 1890), Parabothus polylepis (Alcock, 1889), Parabothus coarctatus (Gilbert, 1905), and Psettina variegata (Fowler, 1933). Laeops tongkongensis Chen & Weng, 1965 is recognized as a junior synonym of Laeops kitaharae Smith & Pope, 1906. Keys to genera and species, diagnostic characters, distribution and photographs are provided. 

Description of five new Wulfila (Araneae, Anyphaenidae) species from Mexico with comments on the taxonomy of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4712 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-289
Author(s):  
F. ANDRÉS RIVERA-QUIROZ ◽  
FERNANDO ÁLVAREZ-PADILLA
Keyword(s):  
Valid Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
San Luis ◽  
San Luis Potosi ◽  
The Family ◽  
San Luis Potosí

The genus Wulfila O. Pickard-Cambridge 1895 belongs to the family Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878, commonly called ghost spiders. Wulfila is endemic to the Americas and currently has 43 valid species; here we describe five new: Wulfila conchamonile spec. nov., W. xilitlensis spec. nov., W. luisi spec. nov., W. unguis spec. nov. and W. phantasma spec. nov. Specimens were collected in Mexico as part of three biological inventories developed in Xilitla, San Luis Potosí, and Atotonilco and Xamaticpac, Veracruz, between 2011 and 2014. In addition, we provide an overview of Wulfila taxonomic literature with a discussion on the genus taxonomy, diagnostic characters, species placement, and novel genital characters. 

Taxonomic review of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae), with a checklist of all the described species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4763 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHUXIA WANG ◽  
XIAOJU ZHU ◽  
BAIXUE ZHAO ◽  
XIAOFEI YANG
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Study ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
The Family ◽  
Species Groups

Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 is treated as a genus of the family Autostichidae based on the recent study. Fifty species are transferred from the genus Cryptolechia to Meleonoma, and eight Meleonoma species groups are proposed for the taxonomic convenience based on both molecular data and morphological study. Eight species groups include: the malacobyrsa group, the segregnatha group, the annulignatha group, the fasciptera group, the jigongshanica group, the dentivalvata group, the facialis group, and the acutiuscula group. Diagnostic characters and representative illustrations of each species group are provided. A discussion on the proposed species groups is given, and a checklist of all the 88 described Meleonoma species is provided. 

Hydaticus (Prodaticus) hauthi sp. nov., a new diving beetle from the cloud forest in the Cordillera El Sira, Peru (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4743 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
LARS HENDRICH ◽  
MICHAEL BALKE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Median Lobe ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Diving Beetle

A new species of the genus Hydaticus Leach, 1817, subgenus Prodaticus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) has been discovered in the mountains of Cerros del Sira, Peru. It is here described as Hydaticus (Prodaticus) hauthi sp. nov.. It is morphologically similar to the Peruvian H. panguana Megna, Balke, Apenborn & Hendrich, 2019. The new species differs from H. panguana by its almost complete black dorsal surface and the shape of the median lobe. Diagnostic characters of both species, including illustrations of male genitalia and habitus, are presented, and a modified key for the 12 Neotropical species is provided. 

The placement of the spider genus Periegops and the phylogeny of Scytodoidea (Araneae: Araneomorphae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3312 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
FACUNDO M. LABARQUE ◽  
MARTÍN J. RAMÍREZ
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Median Lobe ◽  
Posterior Median ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Family ◽  
Long Time

The relationships of Scytodoidea, including the families Drymusidae, Periegopidae, Scytodidae and Sicariidae, have been con-tentious for a long time. Here we present a reviewed phylogenetic analysis of scytodoid spiders, emphasizing Periegops, theonly genus in the family Periegopidae. In our analysis the Scytodoidea are united by the fusion of the third abdominal entapo-physes into a median lobe, the presence of female palpal femoral thorns and associated cheliceral stridulatory ridges, a mem-branous lobe on the cheliceral promargin, and the loss of minor ampullate gland spigots. A basal split within Scytodoideadefines two monophyletic groups: Sicariidae and a group formed by Scytodidae as the sister group of Periegopidae plus Dry-musidae, all united by having bipectinate prolateral claws on tarsi I–II, one major ampullate spigot accompanied by a nubbin,and the posterior median spinnerets with a mesal field of spicules. Periegops is the sister group of Drymusidae, united by the regain of promarginal cheliceral teeth and a triangular cheliceral lamina, which is continuous with the paturon margin.

scholarly journals Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on some species of Gyrinidae (Coleoptera)

2021 ◽  
pp. 55-71
Author(s):  
Hans Fery ◽  
Jiří Hájek
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
International Commission ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Nomina Nova ◽  
The Family ◽  
Subjective Synonym

Nomenclatural notes on the names of several species in the family Gyrinidae are provided. Six specific names are found to be junior homonyms. Three of them are replaced by nomina nova: Aulonogyrus marginatus (Aubé, 1838) by Aulonogyrus charlesaubei nom. nov., Gyrinus dubius Wallis, 1926 by Gyrinus suspectus nom. nov., and Macrogyrus (Andogyrus) colombicus australis (Brinck, 1977) by Macrogyrus (Andogyrus) colombicus brincki nom. nov. The other three junior homonyms were never considered congeneric with senior homonyms after the year 1899, and thus cannot not be replaced by new names: Gyretes dorsalis (Brullé, 1837), Macrogyrus australis (Brullé, 1835), and Andogyrus glaucus (Aubé, 1838); it is proposed that these names will be conserved by a ruling of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. It is found that Enhydrus sulcatus (Forsberg, 1821) is a primary homonym and a junior subjective synonym of Enhydrus sulcatus (Wiedemann, 1821) in Wiedemann & Germar (1821). The neotype is designated for Gyrinus striatus Fabricius, 1792, which is a senior primary homonym and a senior subjective synonym of G. striatus Olivier, 1792 (both currently in Aulonogyrus Motschulsky, 1853). Gyrinus striatus was published by Olivier not only in 1792, but again in the year 1795 (so far treated as the correct publishing year). To stabilise the nomenclature, one and the same specimen is designated simultaneously as the neotype for Gyrinus striatus Olivier, 1792, and G. striatus Olivier, 1795, and thus both names become objective synonyms. Gyrinus ovatus Klug, 1829 is a senior subjective synonym of Gyrinus gibbus Aubé, 1838 syn. nov. and of Gyrinus apicalis Sharp, 1878 syn. nov. Gyrinus racenisi Ochs, 1953 must be used as the valid name for Gyrinus ovatus sensu Aubé (1838b) (nec Klug 1829). Lectotypes are designated for Gyrinus apicalis Sharp, 1878, Gyrinus gibbus Aubé, 1838, Gyrinus ovatus Klug, 1829, and Gyrinus paykulli Ochs, 1927b. Type specimens and diagnostic characters are illustrated for G. striatus Fabricius, G. striatus Olivier, G. ovatus Klug, G. racenisi and G. paykulli.

scholarly journals Inventory of teloganodid mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Teloganodidae) from southern India with records of endemic taxa

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 11800
Author(s):  
C. Selvakumar ◽  
K. G. Sivaramakrishnan ◽  
T. Kubendran ◽  
Kailash Chandra
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Eastern Ghats ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The Family ◽  
Present Pattern ◽  
The Western Ghats

The present study deals with diagnostic characters, diversity, distribution and status of seven species belonging to four genera of Teloganodidae from southern India.  Six of them are endemic to the Western Ghats as is the genus Indoganodes Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus, 2014 and one is endemic to the Eastern Ghats.  Due to this high percentage of endemism, conservation of habitats and microhabitats harbouring this ancient gondwanan lineage gains priority.  A larval key to the known genera and species of Teloganodidae of southern India is also provided.  The present pattern of distribution of the family Teloganodidae is confined to southern Africa, Madagascar, southern India and Southeast Asia. 

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