Taxonomic notes on Papilio ocypete Fabricius, 1776 and Papilio helle Cramer, 1779 with description of two new similar species from South America (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4425 (1) ◽  
pp. 115 ◽  
Author(s):  
MOHAMED BENMESBAH ◽  
THAMARA ZACCA ◽  
MIRNA M CASAGRANDE ◽  
OLAF H H MIELKE ◽  
GERARDO LAMAS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Complex Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

The discovery of a new species of satyrine butterfly, Magneuptychia louisammour Benmesbah & Zacca, sp. n., that is phenotypically similar to a sympatric species widely known as Magneuptychia ocypete (Fabricius, 1776), led to a review of the taxonomic status of M. ocypete. A neotype for Papilio ocypete Fabricius, 1776 is designated and its redescription is provided. Neonympha sabina C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867 and Euptychia helle var. olivacea Aurivillius, 1929 are treated as junior subjective synonyms of P. ocypete and a lectotype is designated for each name. A neotype for the preoccupied name Papilio helle Cramer, 1779, and its replacement name Magneuptychia fugitiva Lamas, [1997], is also designated, and a redescription of this name and discussion of its taxonomic status are provided. We describe an additional phenotypically similar species, Magneuptychia kamel Benmesbah & Zacca, sp. n. from the western Amazon and raise the name Magneuptychia opima sheba Brévignon & Benmesbah, 2012 to species rank (stat. rev.) on the basis of morphological and DNA sequence evidence. We also discuss the difficulties regarding taxonomic and geographical delimitation in these complex species groups. Observations on Euptychiina behaviour are also provided. Finally, based on external characters and male genitalia, a proposed preliminary arrangement of two species groups is proposed, including other species of Magneuptychia Forster, 1964 and Cissia Doubleday, 1848. 

scholarly journals Description of a new species of the genus Neopseustis Meyrick, 1909 from China, with a new classification of the genus (Lepidoptera, Neopseustoidea, Neopseustidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1078 ◽  
pp. 35-48
Author(s):  
Siyao Huang ◽  
Yongxiang Hou ◽  
Lijuan Zhu ◽  
Yongqiang Xu ◽  
Min Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Genetic Distance ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Morphological Evidence ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Dna Barcodes ◽  
New Classification ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Neopseustis Meyrick, 1909, Neopseustis chentangensis S.Y. Huang & Chen sp. nov., which was confirmed by both morphological and molecular methods, is described from Xizang, China. This is currently the westernmost species in Asia of the primitive lepidopteran family Neopseustidae. The new species is externally reminiscent of N. moxiensis Chen & Owada, 2009; however, it can be easily distinguished from the latter by comparison of the male genitalia and is further distinguished by the large genetic distance in DNA barcodes (COI). The adult and genitalia of the new and similar species have been illustrated. Utilizing our new data, a new classification of the genus is provided, with its members subdivided into four species groups: the meyricki-group, the moxiensis-group, the bicornuta-group, and the chentangensis-group, which are supported by both molecular and morphological evidence. A checklist of the genus and a key to the species groups are also provided.

scholarly journals New records of eumenine wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Russia, with description of a new species of Stenodynerus de Saussure, 1863

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 89-109
Author(s):  
Alexander F. Fateryga ◽  
Maxim Yu. Proshchalykin ◽  
Denis N. Kochetkov ◽  
Batchuluun Buyanjargal
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Records ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Altai Republic ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

New additions to the knowledge of the subfamily Eumeninae in Russia are provided. Stenodynerus rossicus Fateryga & Kochetkov, sp. nov. is described from Amurskaya Province and Altai Republic. Three species of eumenine wasps are reported from Russia for the first time: Onychopterocheilus kiritshenkoi (Kostylev, 1940), Pterocheilus quaesitus (Morawitz, 1895), and Stenodynerus chitgarensis Giordani Soika, 1970. Ancistrocerus dusmetiolus (Strand, 1914) is excluded from the fauna of Russia; the previous records of this species were based on a misidentification of another similar species, i. e., A. raddei (Kostylev, 1940). The taxonomic status of A. raddei, however, is unclear: its differences from A. dusmetiolus, including the material from Central Asia described as A. alius (Kostylev, 1935), are mainly in the color pattern but not in the structure (including the structure of the male genitalia). New and confirmative regional records for 20 species are reported. The known fauna of Russia currently numbers 34 genera and 165 species of Eumeninae s. l. (including Raphiglossinae and Zethinae). In addition, Eumenes tripunctatus (Christ, 1791) is reported for the first time from Afghanistan; the first data on the nesting of this species are also reported.

The new Belostoma fittkaui species group with supplemental descriptions of B. fittkaui De Carlo and B. sayagoi De Carlo

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4942 (4) ◽  
pp. 583-591
Author(s):  
FABIANO STEFANELLO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Comparative Morphology ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Extreme Variation ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Tropical South America

The giant water bug fauna from tropical South America remains poorly known. Three species of Belostoma Latreille (Belostoma fittkaui De Carlo, B. sayagoi De Carlo and B. hirsutum Roback & Nieser) have been cited only a few times in the literature. These three species are remarkable since they represent an extreme variation for the genus, with article II of the labium distinctly shorter than article III. Here, the synonymy of B. hirsutum with B. sayagoi is proposed based on examination of type material and additional specimens. Further, B. fittkaui and B. sayagoi are redescribed, including discussion about comparative morphology with congeners. A new species group is proposed for these species and a key to the Belostoma species groups is provided. Distribution records are also updated. 

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. 

Macrobiotus derkai, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae, huziori group) from the Colombian Andes (South America)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1731 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER DEGMA ◽  
ŁUKASZ MICHALCZYK ◽  
ŁUKASZ KACZMAREK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Morphometric Analysis ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Moss Sample ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
Alpine Zone ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Macrobiotus derkai sp. nov., is described from a moss sample collected in the alpine zone of Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Mts (NE Colombia). It differs from the most similar species, Macrobiotus huziori Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2006 mainly in the location of the second macroplacoid and in the dimensions of accessory points on the claws. Eggs of the new species have the same type of areolation as eggs of M. huziori but they differ from the latter in the size and number of processes. The differences between the new species and others having similar number and shape of placoids are discussed. An identification key for these species is also provided. A round depression on the dorsal head cuticle is reported in Tardigrada for the first time. The results of a morphometric analysis of the new species are also given.

Monotypic no longer: a new species of Panca Evans (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Moncini) from South America

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4269 (1) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
DIEGO RODRIGO DOLIBAINA ◽  
EDUARDO CARNEIRO ◽  
OLAF HERMANN HENDRIK MIELKE ◽  
MIRNA MARTINS CASAGRANDE ◽  
GERARDO LAMAS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
A New Species

A new species belonging to the previously monotypic genus Panca Evans, 1955, P. moseri Dolibaina, Carneiro & O. Mielke sp. nov., from grasslands areas of Peru, Bolivia and Brazil is described. Adults and male and female genitalia of the new species are illustrated, described in detail, and compared with the type species of the genus, Lerodea subpunctuli Hayward, 1934, and with its externally most similar and sympatric species, Vidius mictra Evans, 1955. The systematic position of the genus Panca and its association with lowland open natural habitats of South America are discussed.

Definition of Anthaxia (A.) hackeri species-group with description of a new species from China (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4619 (3) ◽  
pp. 589-594
Author(s):  
MARTIN OBOŘIL ◽  
PETR BAŇAŘ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A New Species

A new species Anthaxia (Anthaxia) tichyi sp. nov. from Yunnan, Southern China, is described, illustrated, including male genitalia and compared with the most similar species Anthaxia (A.) cupressi Bílý, 2005. The new species belongs to newly defined Anthaxia (Anthaxia) hackeri J. Frivaldszky, 1884 species-group. 

The taxonomy and phylogeny of Austropleospora ochracea sp. nov. (Didymosphaeriaceae) from Guizhou, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 491 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-229
Author(s):  
LAKMALI S. DISSANAYAKE ◽  
NALIN N. WIJAYAWARDENE ◽  
MILAN C. SAMARAKOON ◽  
KEVIN D. HYDE ◽  
JI-CHUAN KANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogeny ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Terrestrial Habitat ◽  
Extant Species

Austropleospora is a genus of Didymosphaeriaceae with only three extant species. A survey of saprobic ascomycetes in Guizhou Province, China, discovered a new Austropleospora species on dead twigs in a terrestrial habitat. The molecular phylogeny based on a combined SSU-LSU-tef1-ITS DNA sequence dataset confirmed the new species’ taxonomic position in Austropleospora. Austropleospora ochracea sp. nov. is characterized by globose to subglobose and uni-loculate ascoma with a centric short papilla, brown to dark brown peridium with cells of textura angularis to textura prismatica and conical, comparatively smaller ascospores with narrowly rounded polar ends. The new taxon is compared with similar species in Austropleospora, and its taxonomic status is briefly discussed. 

A new species of genus Aberrasine Volynkin & Huang, 2019 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from North East India

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4950 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-388
Author(s):  
NAVNEET SINGH ◽  
JAGBIR SINGH KIRTI ◽  
SANTOSH SINGH BISHT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
North East India ◽  
North East ◽  
The World ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

Aberrasine pangsau, sp. nov. is described as a new from Shergaon, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India. The new species is diagnosed with its closely similar species, A. strigivenata (Hampson, 1894). Additionally, we divide the genus into two species groups and provide the world checklist of the genus. 

Multi-gene phylogeny and morphotaxonomy of Phaeosphaeria ampeli sp. nov. from Ficus ampelas and a new record of P. musae from Roystonea regia

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 406 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANUSHKA S. TENNAKOON ◽  
RAJESH JEEWON ◽  
ELENI GENTEKAKI ◽  
CHANG-HSIN KUO ◽  
KEVIN D. HYDE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Bayesian Inference ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
New Record ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Affinities ◽  
A New Species

Phaeosphaeria ampeli is a new species collected from dead leaves of Ficus ampelas in Fanlu Township area, Dahu forest, Chiayi, Taiwan. Phaeosphaeria musae is a new record from dead leaves of Roystonea regia. Both species are described, illustrated and compared with similar species. Phaeosphaeria ampeli is distinguished from other Phaeosphaeria species based on distinct size differences of the ascomata, asci, ascospores and analyses of DNA sequence data. Maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analyses of combined ITS, LSU, SSU and tef1-α sequence data are used to clarify the phylogenetic affinities of the species.

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