A new species of subgenus Homoneura from Northern China, with information of 12 species newly recorded (Diptera: Lauxaniidae: Homoneura)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4418 (6) ◽  
pp. 501
Author(s):  
RONGRONG SHEN ◽  
LI SHI ◽  
WENLIANG LI ◽  
JUNCHAO WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Homoneura (Homoneura) hanmaensis sp. nov. is described as new to science and 12 species are recorded from China for the first time: Homoneura (Homoneura) albomarginata Czerny, 1932, Homoneura (H.) biumbrata (Loew, 1847), Homoneura (H.) cerina Shatalkin, 2000, Homoneura (H.) euaresta (Coquillett, 1898), Homoneura (H.) filiola Czerny, 1932, Homoneura (H.) kaszabi Shewell, 1971, Homoneura (H.) lamellata (Becker, 1895), Homoneura (H.) mediospinosa Merz, 2003, Homoneura (H.) patella Shewell, 1971, Homoneura (H.) shewelliana Papp, 1978, Homoneura (H.) spinicauda Sasakawa and Ikeuchi, 1982, Homoneura (H.) tenera (Loew, 1846). A few of photographs and illustrations are provided for eight species. Keys are provided to separate eight species groups and Chinese species of eight species groups of subgenus Homoneura.

Discovery of Systenus in the Afrotropical Region with a description of a new species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-290
Author(s):  
I.Ya. Grichanov ◽  
M.B. Mostovski
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The genus Systenus Loew, 1857 is recorded from Afrotropical Region for the first time. A description of a new species, Systenus africanus Grichanov sp. nov., and notes on females of another probably new Afrotropical species are provided. The genus is considered now as cosmopolitan. A key to species and species groups of the Systenus worldwide is compiled.

A new species of Dichagyris Lederer, 1857 from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4927 (4) ◽  
pp. 593-600
Author(s):  
PETER GYULAI ◽  
AIDAS SALDAITIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Wing Pattern ◽  
High Mountains ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Ground Colour ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
A New Species

Dichagyris is a diverse genus with a Holarctic distribution. Only a few taxa of the subgenus Albocosta Fibiger & Lafontaine, 1997 occur in the northwesternmost part of the Oriental region. The genus is most diverse in Turkey, Iran and the Central Asiatic high mountains. However, there is a distinct Sino-Tibetan group of species, possibly representing an undescribed subgenus. However, this idea is provisional and awaits revision of the genus. For present purposes, we assign these species to the subgenus Dichagyris. They share the following putative synapomorphies: black, dark brown or dark greyish forewing ground colour (with one exception), with obscure, reduced wing pattern and a broad-based, short, conical harpe in the male genitalia. Species of this group can be subdivided to two species-groups. In the astigmata-group which was mentioned for the first time by Hreblay et al. (1998) but without description or diagnosis from the minuta-group, the vesica is elongate and tubular (males), the appendix bursae and corpus bursae are long, sack–like, almost equal in size (females). In the minuta-group, the vesica is more ample than in the astigmata-group, and coiled, and the appendix bursae is globular and much shorter than the corpus bursae. The astigmata-group includes Dichagyris astigmata (Hampson, 1906), D. gansuensis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998, D. geochroides (Boursin, 1948) and D. vargazoli (Gyulai & Ronkay, 2001). The minuta-group comprises D. minuta Hreblay & Plante, 1998 and D. kormos Gyulai & Ronkay, 2001. During a research expedition in Sichuan in 2019, the existence of a third species in the minuta-group was recognized, which is described here. In addition, the female and its genitalia of D. gansuensis, which was described by Hreblay & Ronkay (1998) based on a single male, are illustrated here for the first time. 

A new species of Scolelepis (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from sandy beaches in China, with a review of Chinese Scolelepis species

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2236 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIN ZHOU ◽  
WEIWEI JI ◽  
XINZHENG LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Sandy Beaches ◽  
China Seas ◽  
Chinese Waters ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Spionidae, Scolelepis (Scolelepis) daphoinos sp. nov., is described and illustrated from northern China seas. The species was frequently encountered and highly abundant on sand beaches, but rarely found in subtidal areas. It was formerly misidentified as S. (S.) squamata (Müller, 1806) in China but differed from the latter species in several details in morphology, including the presence of obvious reddish pigmentation patches and the absence of unidentate hooded hooks. Another two Scolelepis species, S. (S.) lingulata Imajima, 1992 and S. (S.) variegata Imajima, 1992, are reported for the first time from Chinese waters. Two species of Scolelepis, S. (S.) globosa Wu & Chen, 1964 and S. (S.) lefebvrei (Gravier, 1905), were reported previously; therefore, five species in this genus are known from China in total. A key to all Scolelepis species from Chinese waters is provided.

Revision of the genus Bradyporus Charpentier, 1825 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Bradyporinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4272 (4) ◽  
pp. 491 ◽  
Author(s):  
MUSTAFA ÜNAL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Check List ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The genus Bradyporus Charpentier is taxonomically revised using information obtained from numerous recently collected specimens. Bradyporus is divided into two subgenera Bradyporus Charpentier s.str. and Callimenus Fischer von Waldheim. Five species groups are distinguished in the latter subgenus. Sixteen species and subspecies are listed. Bradyporus (Callimenus) multituberculatus multituberculatus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1833) and Bradyporus (Callimenus) multituberculatus montandoni (Burr, 1898) are designated subspecies for the first time. Previously synonymized Bradyporus (Callimenus) macrogaster skopjensis Karaman, 1961 is reinstated as a valid species. A new species, Bradyporus (Callimenus) gocmeni Ünal, sp. nov. from Eastern Turkey and the previously unknown female of Bradyporus (Callimenus) skopjensis Karaman, 1961 are described. A Neotype for Bradyporus (Callimenus) macrogaster longicollis (Fieber, 1853) is designated. Nomenclatural and taxonomical problems are discussed under the relevant taxa. Phylogenetic relationships based on morphology of the subgenera, species groups, and the species and subspecies of each species group are proposed. Morphological derived and ancestral characters are discussed. A key to the lower taxa of the genus is provided with 207 original figures including 3 distributional maps. A check-list of the lower taxa of the genus is given. Additionally the IUCN Red List statuses of the species and subspecies are included. 

Review of the genus Bythonia Oman 1936 with description of a new species and new record from Venezuela (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Iassinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4273 (3) ◽  
pp. 447
Author(s):  
MARCO A. GAIANI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
Southern State ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Bythonia freytagi sp. nov. is diagnosed and described from northern Venezuela. Bythonia rugosa is recorded for the first time in Venezuela from the southern state of Amazonas. The presence of both species of Bythonia in Venezuela represent the first occurrences of this genus north of the Equator. Comments on the relationships of the described species are made and two species groups are proposed. A checklist and key to the known species of the genus are provided. 

Agabus (Acatodes) puetzi sp. n., a new species of the confinis-group from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Agabini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3050 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
HANS FERY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral View ◽  
Tibet Plateau ◽  
Median Lobe ◽  
Unusual Combination ◽  
Group A ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Qinghai Tibet Plateau ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Agabus puetzi sp. n. is described from the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (Sichuan). It is a very distinctive species, males of which can be identified easily even in the field because the inner outline of the protibiae is distinctly curved, a feature which is unknown or considerably less prominent in any other Agabus Leach, 1817. The new species undoubtedly belongs to the subgenus Acatodes Thomson, 1859, although males lack the preapical spine of the median lobe, a character which is also seen in the Nearctic Agabus audeni Wallis, 1933, and the Holarctic Agabus inexspectatus Nilsson, 1990. Due to an unusual combination of external characters (e.g., double reticulation, shape of tibiae and of proand metasternal processes) it is not easy to assign the species to one of the known species groups of the subgenus. It seems likely, however, that it belongs to the confinis-group because several other characters are shared with most members of this group. A few features suggest a closer relationship to Agabus thomsoni (J. Sahlberg, 1871) and Agabus zetterstedti Thomson, 1856. The new species raises the number of members of the confinis-group to 36, seven of which occur in China. A list of all Afrotropical and Palearctic members of this group is given and their median lobes are figured in lateral view. The lectotype of Agabus turcmenus Guignot, 1957 is designated, and its habitus and aedeagus are illustrated for the first time. Some notes on the distribution and external morphology of A. inexspectatus are included.

scholarly journals Taxonomy of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in the Afrotropical region, with a review of current species groups and description of a new species of the N. angulatus group from Mozambique

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Hita Garcia ◽  
Nokuthula Mbanyana ◽  
Tracy Lynn Audisio ◽  
Gary D. Alpert
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
The Other ◽  
Rain Forests ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
Current Species ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

This study reviews the taxonomy of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 in the Afrotropical region. Previous revisionary studies are discussed and four species groups are proposed on the basis of external morphology. The N. angulatus group contains seven species that are widely distributed throughout the whole Afrotropical region, with one species also occurring in the Palaearctic and Malagasy regions. The N. cataulacoides group is monotypic, with one morphologically bizarre species found in Equatorial rain forests. The N. humerosus group is also monotypic and occurs in East Africa. The last and by far most species-rich group is the N. simoni group that contains 17 species, all of which are endemic to South Africa. The four groups are defined for the first time for the region, and an illustrated identification key is provided. Furthermore, the N. angulatus group is more thoroughly reviewed. One new species from Mozambique is described, N. inhaca sp. nov., and species accounts for the other six are provided. Also, an illustrated identification key to the species of the N. angulatus group is presented.

scholarly journals A systematic revision of the genus Neopterygosoma Fajfer, 2019 (Acariformes: Pterygosomatidae) with the description of a new species

2020 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. 535-551
Author(s):  
Monika Fajfer
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Systematic Revision ◽  
Full List ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Time Description ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Host Associations

AbstractA systematic revision of the scale mites of the genus Neopterygosoma Fajfer, 2019 (Acariformes: Pterygosomatidae) formerly placed in the genus Pterygosoma Peters, 1849, is presented. Two new natural species groups are established: the chilensis group for species found on Chilean liolaemid lizards (Sauria: Liolaemidae) and the patagonica group for N. patagonica (Dittmar de la Cruz, Morando & Avila, 2004) found on several Liolaemus spp. from Argentina. A neotype of N. patagonica is designated. A leg chaetotaxy model for tarsi-coxae I–IV is proposed for the genus. A key to all species of Neopterygosoma is provided and a full list of Neopterygosoma spp. with their updated host associations and distribution data is compiled. Additionally, a new species, N. schroederi n. sp. found on Liolaemus schroederi Müller & Hellmich, is described, including for the first time, description and illustrations of the immature stages of a species of Neopterygosoma.

Species of the genus Sphaeronemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from continental China

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2004 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-64
Author(s):  
WEIHAI LI ◽  
DING YANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Palaearctic Region ◽  
Fresh Material ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Close Relatives ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The genus Sphaeronemoura is reported from the Palaearctic Region for the first time, accompanied with a new species added from northern China, Sphaeronemoura songshana sp. nov. Sphaeronemoura hamistyla (Wu, 1962) is redescribed and reillustrated for comparison based on the holotype and fresh material. Their relationships with close relatives are discussed. Unassociated females for one species are also described for further understanding of the genus under informal designation. Clarification or further definition of the generic characters and remarks on questions of Shimizu & Sivec (2001) are presented.

A new species of Thysanoptyx Hampson, 1894 from India (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4319 (2) ◽  
pp. 375
Author(s):  
NAVNEET SINGH ◽  
RAHUL JOSHI ◽  
JAGBIR SINGH KIRTI ◽  
ANTON V. VOLYNKIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South India ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Subjective Synonym

The genus Thysanoptyx Hampson, 1894 is a member of the subtribe Lithosiina, tribe Lithosiini (Arctiinae). It was described as a monotypic genus for Lithosia tetragona Walker, 1854 from Silhet [Sylhet], [Bangladesh].Hampson (1900) treated Thysanoptyx as a synonym of Eilema Hübner. Daniel (1954) placed it under Lithosia Fabricius, whereas Birket-Smith (1965) treated it as a junior subjective synonym of Teulisna Walker. Later, Kishida (1993) considered Thysanoptyx Hampson as a valid genus. Fang (2000) reported four species from China: Thysanoptyx tetragona (Walker, 1854), T. fimbriata (Leech, 1890), T. signata (Walker, 1854), and T. brevimacula (Alphéraky, 1897). However, the male genitalia of T. tetragona figured by Fang (2000) belong to a probably new species (Singh, pers. obs.). Holloway (2001) considered four species, Thysanoptyx tetragona, T. oblonga (Butler, 1877), T. sordida (Butler, 1881), and T. incurvata Wileman & West, 1928 from Oriental region. Kirti & Singh (2015) described a new species, T. pseudotetragona Joshi, Singh & Kirti from South India (Kerala) and reported T. incurvata for the first time from India. However, the new reporting of T. incurvata seems to be incorrect (see the remark below). Recently, Volynkin & Dubatolov (2017) subdivided Thysanoptyx into five species groups: tetragona species group, oblonga species group, sordida species group, signata species group, and fimbriata species group, with the description of two new species: T. indosinica Volynkin & Dubatolov, 2017 from Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam and T. mirifica Volynkin & Dubatolov, 2017 from Vietnam. At present the genus comprises 10 valid species distributed from China, Taiwan to India and South East Asia. 

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