Two new species of Tenuipalpus sensu stricto (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Brazil, with a discussion on the ontogeny of leg setae

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4540 (1) ◽  
pp. 178 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELIZEU B. CASTRO ◽  
JENNIFER J. BEARD ◽  
RONALD OCHOA ◽  
GARY R. BAUCHAN ◽  
REINALDO J.F. FERES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Natural Vegetation ◽  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Ontogenetic Changes ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species

The Amazon and the Cerrado are the two largest biomes in Brazil, and combined represent nearly 70% of the natural vegetation in the country. Recent surveys of the mite fauna present in these two biomes have revealed a great number of new species. In this paper, we describe the adult females, deutonymphs, protonymphs, larvae and eggs of two new species of Tenuipalpidae (Trombidiformes: Tetranychoidea), Tenuipalpus protium sp. nov., collected on Protium heptaphyllum (Burseraceae), and Tenuipalpus kitajimai sp. nov., collected on an unidentified plant of the family Sapindaceae, from the Cerrado and the Amazon Rainforest, respectively. Females of these two new species bear two distinct cuticular crests on the dorsal opisthosoma, one transverse crest anteriorly and one longitudinal crest mesally. The ontogenetic changes in the idiosomal and leg chaetotaxy of all stages are presented for both species. Adult males are not known for either species. 

Two new species and taxonomic notes on the Neotropical spiny orb-weaving spi-ders Micrathena and Chaetacis (Araneae: Araneidae), with remarks on the development of Micrathena excavata IVAN L. F. MAGALHÃES & ADALBERTO J. SANTOS (Brazil)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2983 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
IVAN L. F. MAGALHÃES ◽  
ADALBERTO J. SANTOS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Development Stages ◽  
Brazilian Amazonia ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
First Time

In this paper, M. yanomami n. sp., from Brazilian Amazonia, Chaetacis bandeirante n. sp., from Central Brazil, and the males of M. gaujoni Simon, 1897 and M. ruschii (Mello-Leitão, 1945) n. comb. , respectively from Ecuador and Brazil, are described and illustrated for the first time. An ontogenetic series of the last development stages of both sexes of Micrathena excavata (C. L. Koch, 1836) is illustrated and briefly described. Adult females are larger and have longer legs and larger abdomens than adult males. Probably females undergo at least one additional moult before adulthood, compared to males. Micrathena ornata Mello-Leitão, 1932 is considered a junior synonym of M. plana (C. L. Koch, 1836), and M. mastonota Mello-Leitão 1940 is synonymized with M. horrida (Taczanowski, 1873). Acrosoma ruschii Mello-Leitão, 1945 is revalidated, transferred to Micrathena and considered a senior synonym of M. cicuta Gonzaga & Santos, 2004. Chaetacis necopinata (Chickering, 1960) is recorded for Brazil for the first time. Chaetacis incisa (Walckenaer, 1841) is considered a nomen dubium.

Two new species of Hoplomegistidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with passalid Beetles from China

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 797
Author(s):  
Xin-Feng Zhang ◽  
Tian-Ci Yi ◽  
Jian-Jun Guo ◽  
Dao-Chao Jin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
First Record ◽  
Lateral Margin ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species

Stenosternum cordata sp. nov. and Stenosternum bifurcata sp. nov., new to science, are described, which is the first record of Hoplomegistidae from Asia. Stenosternum cordata sp. nov. is distinguished by its heart-shaped latigynal shield with two pairs of setae along the lateral margin, and two pairs of setae along the posterior margin of the sternal shield. Stenosternum bifurcata sp. nov. is distinguished by having remarkable bifurcate corniculus, six pairs of setae on the sternal shield and three pairs setae on the latigynal shield. The family Hoplomegistidae Camin & Gorirossi, 1955 is redefined and a key to adult females of species is provided. 

Anystipalpus, Antennoseius and Vitzthumia: a taxonomic and nomenclatural conundrum of genera (Acari: Mesostigmata: Dermanyssina), with description of four species of Anystipalpus

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2243 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
EVERT E. LINDQUIST ◽  
MARÍA L. MORAZA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Family Level ◽  
History Of

The genus Anystipalpus Berlese, 1911, of uncertain prior placement in the superfamilies Ascoidea or Dermanyssoidea, is redescribed, based on reexamination of type and other material of the type-species, A. percicola Berlese, and of material representing Anystipalpus livshitsi (Eidelberg) new combination and two new species, A. labiduricola n. sp. and A. kazemii n. sp. Anystipalpus nataliae (Eidelberg) new combination and Anystipalpus ukrainicus (Sklyar) new combination are determined to be junior synonyms of A. percicola Berlese and A. livshitsi (Eidelberg), respectively, new synonymies. The genus is known thus far only from adult females phoretic under the elytra of carabid beetles and the tegmina of labidurid earwigs in Eurasia. The relationships between it and the closely related Antennoseius Berlese, 1916 and Vitzthumia Thor, 1930, are reviewed, and the options for the family level placement of these genera are reconsidered. Attention is given to some gnathosomatic attributes that are commonly overlooked in description of species of these closely related genera. Phoresy and the role of adult female morphs in the life history of these mites, as well as the extraordinary phoretic association of one species with earwigs are discussed.

Morphological and systematic study of the tribe Australiosomatini (Diplopoda:Polydesmida:Paradoxosomatidea:Paradoxosomatidae) and a revision of the genus Australiosoma Brölemann

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissah Rowe ◽  
Petra Sierwald
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Data Matrix ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Ecological Studies ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Species Specific

The collection of several paradoxosomatid species in the context of ecological studies prompted an investigation into the morphology and species-level characteristics of Australian millipedes in the tribe Australiosomatini Brölemann, 1916 (Polydesmida : Paradoxosomatidae). Three new species are described: Akamptogonus caragoon, sp. nov., Australiosoma fulbrighti, sp. nov. and Australiosoma combei, sp. nov. Notes or re-descriptions are provided for nine additional species belonging to the tribe. Scanning electron microscopy was utilised to examine details of the antennal sensory fields, the fifth sternite lamella and associated pores. The presence of the fifth sternite lamella in adult males is considered a synapomorphy for the family Paradoxosomatidae, whereas the prominent tubercle on the first femur in males (adenostyle) represents a synapomorphy of the subfamily Australiosomatinae. With the description of two new species in the genus Australiosoma Brölemann, 1913 a revision of the genus was undertaken with the purpose of constructing a species-level phylogeny. The most commonly described and utilised species-specific characteristics were scored in a data matrix and analysed using PAUP. The analysis resulted in a single, fully resolved tree of the following structure: Hoplatria clavigera ((A. clavigerum, A. inusitatum) (((A. rainbowi, A. nodulosum) A. michelseni) (A. laminatum (A. combei, A. fulbrighti))).

On the family Fissiphalliidae Martens, 1988, with descriptions of two new Amazonian species (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1325 (1) ◽  
pp. 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANA LÚCIA TOURINHO ◽  
ABEL PÉREZ GONZÁLEZ
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Genital Morphology ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Framework ◽  
Amazonas State

Two new species of Brazilian Fissiphalliidae are described. Fissiphallius chicoi n. sp. from Pará State, Gurupá municipality, whitewater floodplains (várzea), and Fissiphallius tucupi n. sp. from Amazonas State, Castanho municipality (paleovárzea). The number of species for this family in the Amazon rainforest increases from one to three. The two new species are closely related to Fissiphallius martensi Pinto-da-Rocha, 2004 from Amazonas State, Manaus. Fissiphalliidae and Zalmoxidae show remarkable similarities in somatic and genital morphology. Fissiphalliidae is kept as a family on the basis of its particular shape of the stragulum, but this character should be tested in a phylogenetic framework. A future phylogenetic analysis should determine if Fissiphalliidae is in fact the sister group of Zalmoxidae, or just a junior synonym. A key for identification, a distribution map, and notes on the distribution of the six species of Fissiphalliidae and the biology of the Amazonian species are given.

scholarly journals Two new species of the family Tarsonemidae (Acari: Prostigmata) from Greece

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.G. Emmanouel ◽  
R. Smiley
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Plant Hosts ◽  
Males And Females

Adult males and females of two tarsonemid species, Steneotarsonennis hordei and Tarsoneinus pruni, are described and illustrated. Data are given on their plant hosts and distributions in Greece.

scholarly journals New and variable caddisfly species (Insecta: Trichoptera) from Bạch Mã National Park in Vietnam

Zoosymposia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-102
Author(s):  
KELLY M. MURRAY-STOKER ◽  
JOHN C. MORSE ◽  
MADELINE S. GENCO ◽  
HONG THAI PHAM
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
National Park ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

Two new species and descriptions of variation in two previously-described species of Vietnamese Trichoptera are presented. Adult males were collected in Bạch Mã National Park, Thừa Thiên Huế Province, Vietnam. Two species in the genus Anisocentropus (Calamoceratidae) are examined here, with one new species and variations in the second species described. Two species in the family Hydroptilidae are examined, with descriptions of a new species in the genus Chrysotrichia and variation in a species of of Ugandatrichia. We provide illustrations of male genitalia for each species.

CHINESE SPECIES OF PRISTIPHORA AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO PALAEARCTIC AND NEARCTIC SPECIES (HYMENOPTERA: TENTHREDINIDAE)

1977 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Horne R. Wong
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Asian Species ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Species Complexes ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Holarctic Species

AbstractThree species complexes (pallidiventris, chlorea, and geniculata) of Pristiphora Latreille are recognized from China. Two new species of Pristiphora from Nanking (Nanching), China, are described: P. sinensis n. sp., which is closely related to the Holarctic species P. geniculata (Hartig); and P. nankingensis n. sp., which belongs in the chlorea complex with P. fausta (Hartig), P. chlorea (Norton), and P. borneensis Forsius. P. formosana Rohwer and P. sauteri Rohwer from Taiwan (Formosa), together with P. zella Rohwer, P. pallidiventris (Fallén), and P. denudata Konow, belong in the pallidiventris complex. The lancets of the southeast Asian species of Pristiphora not illustrated by Benson (1963) are shown. Keys to adult females of species in the pallidiventris and chlorea complexes, and the separation of adult males and females of P. geniculata and P. sinensis n. sp., are presented. P. denudata is considered to be a valid species, not a subspecies of P. pallidiventris.

A new species of Podapolipus (Acari: Heterostigmata: Podapolipidae) from an Australian gryllacridid cricket (Orthoptera), with keys to orthopteran-associated species of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4647 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-133
Author(s):  
EVERT E. LINDQUIST ◽  
EKATERINA A. SIDORCHUK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Prodorsal Shield ◽  
Biological Features ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
The Family ◽  
Larval Female ◽  
Associated Species ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the ectoparasitic mite genus Podapolipus Rovelli & Grassi, 1888 from a recently described species of the raspy cricket genus Chauliogryllacris Rentz, in Rentz and John,1990 (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae) is described. The main distinctions of Podapolipus gryllacridi n. sp. from its described congeners from orthopterans are the larval female and adult male having all dorsal and ventral idiosomatic setae, except the greatly elongated pair of scapular setae (and the caudal setae of the larval female), reduced to the size of microsetae; the larval female having separate tergites C and D; the male having an entire prodorsal shield, with apex of the aedeagus between bases of setae v1; and the adult female having smooth dorsal shields. Novel biological features of this parasite include its adult females’ dwelling in the hollow sternal apodemes of their host, and its larval females using their host’s other parasite, a gamasine mite, as phoretic and facultative hyperparasitic hosts. Keys are presented for the larval females and adult males of Podapolipus species associated with orthopterans. Problems with the generic concept of Podapolipus and closely related genera are reviewed. This is the first record of a podapolipid associated with orthopterans of the family Gryllacrididae. 

The oldest representatives of the family Coccinellidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) from the Lowermost Eocene Oise amber (France)

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.G. Kirejtshuk ◽  
A. Nel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Short Review ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Fossil Records ◽  
One New Species ◽  
Eocene Amber

In the paper two new species of the genus Rhyzobius Stephens, 1829 (R. antiquus sp. nov. and R. gratiosus sp. nov.) and one new species of the genus Nephus Mulsant 1846 (N. subcircularis sp. nov. without a certain subgeneric placement) from the Lowermost Eocene amber of Oise are described. A short review of known fossil records of the family Coccinellidae is given.

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