Three new species and a new record of the genus Pangrapta Hübner, 1818 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Pangraptinae) from China

Pangrapta Hübner, 1818 was erected for the North American species P. decoralis Hübner, 1818 as its type species. The genus Pangrapta presently consists of about 100 species, and is widely distributed in China and surrounding regions, as well as in the New World (Hu & Wang, 2013). In this article, three new species, P. nanlingensis sp. n., P. jianfenglingensis sp. n. and P. hainanensis sp. n., are described from China. Each of them is superficially similar to the species, P. neorecusata (Hu & Wang, 2013), P. perturbans (Walker, 1858) and P. pannosoides (Holloway, 2005), correspondently. The known Southeast Asian species, P. shivula (Guenée, 1852), is reported for the first time from China. Adults and genitalia are illustrated. The type series of all described species (including holotypes) are deposited in Southwest University of Science and Technology (SWUST), Mianyang, China.

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Two new species and a new record of Spininola from China (Lepidoptera: Nolidae: Nolinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3547.1.9 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3547 (1) ◽

pp. 85 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

YAN-QING HU ◽

MIN WANG ◽

HUI-LIN HAN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

New Record ◽

Type Species ◽

Eastern Asia ◽

The West ◽

The North ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time ◽

Small Genus

The small genus Spininola was recently erected by László, Ronkay & Witt (2010) with the type species Nola loxoscia Hampson, 1900. They tabulated six species in the genus, S. loxoscia (Hampson, 1900), S. vesiculalis (Eecke, 1926), S. trilinea (Marumo, 1923), S. denticulata (Moore, 1888), S. fuscibasalis (Hampson, 1896) and S. armata László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010 from Thailand. The genus is distributed in eastern Asia, from Nepal and Sri Lanka in the west, to Japan in the north and Sumatra in the south. In our surveys, two new species were found and are described herein, and S. loxoscia (Hampson, 1900) is recorded for the first time from China (Fig. 1).

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A review of the Neotropical sharpshooter genus Onega Distant, 1908 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.718.1.1 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 718 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

DANIELA M. TAKIYA ◽

RODNEY R. CAVICHIOLI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Type Species ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

Female Genitalia ◽

Incertae Sedis ◽

Color Variant ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time

Tettigonia sanguinicollis Latreille, 1811, and its junior synonym Tettigonia farinaria Amyot & Serville, 1843, are herein transferred to the genus Onega Distant, 1908. Thus, the previously incertae sedis genus Paragonalia Evans, 1947 (type-species: T. sanguinicollis), becomes a new junior synonym of Onega. Onega sanguinicollis comb. nov. is redescribed and its female genitalia are described and illustrated for the first time. A color variant of Onega fassli Young, 1977 is described. Three new species of Onega are described and illustrated: O. freytagi sp. nov. from Colombia (Cauca Department), O. krameri sp. nov. from Ecuador (Azuay and Bol var provinces), and O. orphne sp. nov. from Ecuador (Bol var and Pichincha provinces). A key to all nine species now included in Onega is provided along with notes on the distribution of the species. O. bracteata Young, 1977 is newly recorded from Azuay province (Ecuador) and Jun n and Pasco departments (Peru), and O. fassli is newly recorded from Ecuador (Napo Province) and Cundimarca Department (Colombia). Records of Onega from Cuba are considered doubtful.

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Review of the genus Eustomias (Stomiiformes: Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae) of Taiwan, with descriptions of three new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4702.1.14 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4702 (1) ◽

pp. 94-106

Author(s):

KEITA KOEDA ◽

HSUAN-CHING HO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Record ◽

Similar Species ◽

Western Pacific Ocean ◽

Meristic Characters ◽

Fin Ray ◽

Unidentified Species ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time ◽

The Western Pacific

The barbeled dragonfish genus Eustomias in Taiwan is reviewed. Five species in three subgenera are recognized, including three new species, a new record, and an unidentified species. Eustomias (Dinematochirus) dendrobium sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congener by its unique barbel structure. Eustomias (Haploclonus) stamen sp. nov. has a unique barbel structure and diagnostic meristic characters. Eustomias (Nominostomias) tritentaculatus sp. nov. has an extremely long barbel and distinct pigmentation, with fin ray counts that are different from most similar species. Eustomias (Nominostomias) perplexus Gibbs, Clarke & Gomon 1983, widespread in the western Pacific Ocean is reported for the first time from Taiwan. Three specimens of Eustomias were only identifiable to subgenus Haploclonus due to their poor condition.

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A revision of Pegadomyia Kertész with descriptions of a new genus and four new species (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)

Insect Systematics & Evolution ◽

10.1163/187631208788784138 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 39 (2) ◽

pp. 171-187

Author(s):

Damir Kovac ◽

Rudolf Rozkošný

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

The Philippines ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Type Series ◽

Oceanic Species ◽

Three New Species ◽

Australasian Region

AbstractAll Oriental and Australasian/Oceanic species of Pegadomyia are re-examined. A detailed study of the generic characters shows that Pegadomyia actually contains two easily diagnosed genera: Pegadomyia Kertész, 1916 and Pseudopegadomyia gen. n. Pegadomyia now includes the type species P. pruinosa Kertész, 1916 (occurring in Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand) and three new species: P. ceylonica sp.n. (from Sri Lanka), P. nana sp.n. (from Laos) and P. nasuta sp.n. (from Malaysia). Pseudopegadomyia contains Ps. jamesi sp.n. (based on a type series from the Philippines) and two species originally belonging to Pegadomyia: Ps. glabra (Bezzi, 1928), comb.n. (Fiji Is.) and Ps. nuda (James, 1948), comb.n. (Australasian Region and Philippine Is.). Figures of the diagnostic characters of all treated species are included. Identification keys and a map showing the distribution of all species of both genera are presented.

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A new antipatharian-associated species of the genus Cuapetes Clark, 1919 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) and a new record of C. nilandensis (Borradaile, 1915) from Japan

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3367.1.11 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3367 (1) ◽

pp. 115 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

JUNJI OKUNO ◽

TIN-YAM CHAN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Record ◽

Type Species ◽

Ryukyu Islands ◽

The Ryukyu Islands ◽

Japanese Waters ◽

Associated Species ◽

First Time

Two antipatharian-associated species of the pontoniine shrimp genus Cuapetes Clark, C. lanceolatus sp. nov. and C.nilandensis (Borradaile), are reported from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. The new species appears closest to C. akiensis(Kubo) and C. calmani (Tattersall), but differs considerably from the latter two species in the shape of the rostrum and thelength of upper antennular flagellum. Cuapetes nilandensis, the type species of the genus, is recorded from Japanese waters for the first time.

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Redescriptions of two species and descriptions of three new species of the louse genus Bizarrifrons Eichler, 1938 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3273.1.2 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3273 (1) ◽

pp. 28 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

MICHEL P. VALIM ◽

RICARDO L. PALMA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Cytochrome Oxidase ◽

Type Species ◽

Elongation Factor ◽

Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽

Elongation Factor 1Α ◽

Species Groups ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time ◽

Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase

Redescriptions of Bizarrifrons magus (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866), the type species of Bizarrifrons, and B. picturatus Car-riker & Díaz-Ungría, 1961 are given based on material from their type hosts. The nymphal instars of these two species aredescribed and illustrated for the first time. Also, three new species are named and described: B. latifrons, from the russet-backed oropendola, Psarocolius angustifrons alfredi (Des Murs, 1856); B. wecksteini, from the Amazonian oropendola,Psarocolius b. bifasciatus (Spix, 1824); and B. quasisymmetricus, from the solitary cacique, Cacicus solitarius (Vieillot,1816) (Passeriformes: Icteridae). Two species-groups are proposed, and a checklist and a key for the species of Bizarri-frons are also included. Sequences of a portion of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and the nuclear elongation factor 1α (EF-1α) genes for two species are given for the first time in this genus.

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REVISION OF THE NEW WORLD CHRYSOLAMPINAE (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA)

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent118913-9 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 118 (9) ◽

pp. 913-940 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

D. Christopher Darling

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

North America ◽

Late Cretaceous ◽

New World ◽

World Species ◽

European Species ◽

Extant Species ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time ◽

Climatic Information

AbstractThe taxonomy and biology of New World species of Chrysolampinae are reviewed with diagnoses given for the subfamily, genera, and species. A key to the species of Chrysolampus and a summary of geographic distribution and information on host and floral associations are presented. Three new species are described from North America (Chrysolampus improcerus, C. luridus and C. elegans); Chrysolampus lycti Crawford is transferred to Perilampus and synonymized with the European species P. micans Dalman. The genus Chrysomalla is recorded in the New World for the first time based on the new species Chrysomalla hesperis. An explanation of the historical biogeography of the genera is proposed that is consistent with Late Cretaceous and Tertiary geological, botanical, and climatic information. It is suggested that the extant species are descendents of elements of a widely distributed arid biota.

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The genus Tapiena Bolívar (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae; Holochlorini), with description of three new species from China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2328.1.2 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2328 (1) ◽

pp. 49

Author(s):

CHUN-XIANG LIU ◽

LE KANG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Type Species ◽

Identification Key ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time

Tapiena Bolívar, 1906 (type species Tapeina acutangula Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) is reviewed from China. A list and an identification key to ten species of Tapiena from China are given. Three new species are described: T. parapentagona sp. n., T. bilobata sp. n., and T. stridulous sp. n.. The previously unknown female of T. spinicaudata Liu & Xia, 1996 are described for the first time. Based on the examination of male stridulatory area, some known species are redescribed. Important and necessary illustrations, a distribution map, and discussion on distribution of Tapiena are provided.

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Three new species of the genus Dendronotus from Japan and Russia (Mollusca, Nudibranchia)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4747.3.4 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4747 (3) ◽

pp. 495-513

Author(s):

ALEXANDER MARTYNOV ◽

YOSHIHIRO FUJIWARA ◽

SHINJI TSUCHIDA ◽

NADEZHDA SANAMYAN ◽

KAREN SANAMYAN ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

North Pacific ◽

Molecular Data ◽

The North ◽

Pacific Waters ◽

Morphological And Molecular Data ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time ◽

Japanese Islands ◽

The North Pacific

Three new species of the genus Dendronotus are described from the North Pacific waters of Japan and Russia. For the first time since 1949, three new species, D. jamsteci sp. nov., D. zakuro sp. nov. and D. bathyvela sp. nov. are described from the waters of the Japanese Islands. D. zakuro sp. nov. was also discovered in the waters of Russia (Kamchatka). The descriptions of the new species D. jamsteci sp. nov. and D. zakuro sp. nov. are based on morphological and molecular data; D. bathyvela sp. nov. morphologically belongs to the group of D. robustus, D. velifer and D. patricki. This study revises our knowledge of North Pacific species of the genus Dendronotus, considerably expands the number of species worldwide and contributes to the multilevel fine-scale diversity concept.

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The genus Benthofascis (Gastropoda: Conoidea): A revision with descriptions of new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2796.1.1 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2796 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J. K. TUCKER ◽

M. J. TENORIO ◽

P. STAHLSCHMIDT

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Western Australia ◽

Type Species ◽

Fossil Species ◽

Extant Species ◽

Three New Species ◽

Geologic Record ◽

First Time

The conoidean gastropod genus Benthofascis Iredale, 1936 is examined. This genus of Conorbidae has extant species. Three previously described species from the Recent including the type species B. biconica (Hedley), B. sarcinula (Hedley), and B. lozoueti Sysoev & Bouchet are reviewed. Three new species from the Recent, B. conorbioides sp. nov., B. pseudobiconica sp. nov., and B. angularis sp. nov. are described from Australia. One of these (B. angularis) is the first Benthofascis species described from Western Australia. Two fossil species originally described as Conorbis from the Miocene and Oligocene of Australia (C. atractoides Tate and C. otwayensis Long, respectively) are for the first time assigned to Benthofascis, thus extending the geologic record of the genus to the Oligocene.

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