Taxonomic and nomenclatorial revision within the Neotropical genera of the subtribe Odontocheilina W. Horn in a new sense—21. Pentacomia paranigrimarginata sp. nov. and P. nigrimarginata Huber with revised key to Pentacomia species (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4612 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
JIŘÍ MORAVEC ◽  
DAVID BRZOSKA
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Original Concept

A new species of the genus Pentacomia Bates, 1872 (restored to the original concept of the genus by Moravec 2018a) is described from Bolivia as P. paranigrimarginata sp. nov. The new species is compared to P. nigrimarginata Huber, 1999 of which the differential diagnosis and redescription are also given. Both species are illustrated with colour photographs of the habitus and diagnostic characters. A revised key to 12 recognized species of Pentacomia with illustrative figures of important diagnostic characters is given. 

New or rare Madagascar tiger beetles—20. Pogonostoma (Bathypogonum) horimichioi sp. nov. and supplemented characters of P. (B.) levigatum levigatum (W. Horn) and P. (B.) levigatum lucens Rivalier (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4926 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-262
Author(s):  
ELYSÉ HUGO RAZANAJAONARIVALONA ◽  
JIŘÍ MORAVEC ◽  
HAJANIRINA RAKOTOMANANA
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Differential Diagnoses ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Tiger Beetles ◽  
Original Concept

Pogonostoma (Bathypogonum) horimichioi sp. nov. is described as new to science from western Madagascar. Apart from a detailed description, illustrations in colour photographs of the habitus, diagnostic characters and habitat of the new species are introduced. A rectified differential diagnosis of the subgenus Bathypogonum Jeannel, 1946 is performed. The new species is compared to other two hitherto known taxa of the subgenus Bathypogonum (in its narrow original concept and sensu Moravec 2007), which are P. (B.) levigatum levigatum W. Horn, 1908 and P. (B.) levigatum lucens Rivalier, 1970. Differential diagnoses of the two taxa with illustrations of their habitus and important distinguishing characters in colour photographs are presented. References to their detailed redescriptions and illustrations, as well as to those of the subgenera Neopogonum Moravec, 2007 and Parapogonum Moravec, 2007 in the monograph of the genus Pogonostoma by Moravec (2007) are given. Essential maps of distribution are also presented. 

A review of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae), with description of a new species from West Malaysia

2000 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Böhme ◽  
Jakob Hallermann
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Mountain Forest ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The Third ◽  
A New Species

AbstractA new species of the genus Pseudocalotes (P. dringi n. sp.) from the mountain forest of Western Malaysia is described. The holotype of the new species was formerly regarded as a syntype of P. floweri. A review of all species of the genus is given including a differential diagnosis and a key to the species. Diagnostic characters for the genera Bronchocela, Calotes, Dendragama were established. Paracalotes poilani and Pseudocophotis sumatrana, showing all diagnostic characters of the genus Pseudocalotes, are included in that genus. Members of Pseudocalotes of the Indochinese region can be differentiated from members inhabiting the Sunda region by the shape of the scales under the third toe.

A new species of Suphisellus Crotch from Mexico (Coleoptera: Noteridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4323 (2) ◽  
pp. 277 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERTO ARCE-PÉREZ ◽  
STEPHEN M. BACA
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Anterior Extremity ◽  
First Record ◽  
Median Lobe ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Light Yellow ◽  
A New Species

Suphisellus epleri sp. nov. is described from Veracruz, Mexico. The new species is characterized by (1) size; (2) elytra brownish-red, moderately punctate, each with three light-yellow spots; and (3) aedeagus with median lobe curved with width nearly uniform along its length. In appearance, S. epleri is very similar to S. neglectus Young 1979 with which it is here compared based on specimens collected from Colombia and Venezuela. Suphisellus epleri is distinguished by having a slightly broader anterior extremity of prosternal process and a slender median lobe that is not distinctly expanded at apex, as in S. neglectus. The first record of S. neglectus in Venezuela is also reported. Descriptions, images and illustrations of diagnostic characters, and differential diagnosis of S. epleri are provided. 

A new species of Contomastix (Squamata, Teiidae) supported by total evidence, with remarks on diagnostic characters defining the genus

2019 ◽  
pp. 23-36
Author(s):  
Mario. R. Cabrera
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Phylogenetic Reconstruction ◽  
Total Evidence ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Proximal Margin ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Molecular Characters

Formerly Cnemidophorus was thought to be the most speciose genus of Teiidae. This genus comprised four morphological groups that were later defined as four different genera, Ameivula, Aurivela, Cnemidophorus and Contomastix. The last appears as paraphyletic in a recent phylogenetic reconstruction based on morphology, but monophyletic in a reconstruction using molecular characters. Six species are allocated to Contomastix. One of them, C. lacertoides, having an extensive and disjunct geographic distribution in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Preliminary analyses revealed morphological differences among its populations, suggesting that it is actually a complex of species. Here, we describe a new species corresponding to the Argentinian populations hitherto regarded as C. lacertoides, by integrating morphological and molecular evidence. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the presence of notched proximal margin of the tongue is a character that defines the genus Contomastix.

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.

scholarly journals Discovery of the Smallest Lace Bug from Mid-Cretaceous of Northern Myanmar Supports the Hypothesis of a Miniaturization Phenomenon of Insects in Kachin Amber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae)

Taxonomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-68
Author(s):  
Jun Souma ◽  
Shûhei Yamamoto ◽  
Yui Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Other ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Lace Bug ◽  
New Finding ◽  
A New Species

A total of 14 species in seven tingid genera have been described from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese (Kachin) amber from northern Myanmar, with very distinct paleofauna. Here, a new species of a new genus, Burmavianaida anomalocapitata gen. et sp. nov., is described from Kachin amber. This new species can be readily distinguished from the other described tingid taxa by the apparently smaller body and the structures of the pronotum and hemelytron. Burmavianaida gen. nov. shares the diagnostic characters with two clades composed of three extant subfamilies (Cantacaderinae + Tinginae) and Vianaidinae and may represent an extinct clade distinct from them. To the best of our knowledge, B. anomalocapitata sp. nov. is the smallest species of Tingidae among over 2600 described species. Our new finding supports the hypothesis of the miniaturization phenomenon of insects in Kachin amber, as suggested by previous studies.

Ahnea, a new genus from New Zealand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), with description of a new species

2014 ◽  
Vol 147 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong-Seok Park ◽  
Christopher E. Carlton
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
A New Species

AbstractAhnea keejeongi Park and Carlton (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), a new genus and new species of New Zealand endemic beetle belonging to the supertribe Faronitae is described. Six previously described species are included to this genus and four species are synonymised as follow: Sagola dissonans Broun, 1921 and S. planicula Broun, 1921 under Ahnea ventralis (Broun, 1912); S. carinata Broun, 1912 and S. lineiceps Broun, 1921 under Ahnea lineata (Broun, 1893). A key to species, habitus photographs, line drawings of diagnostic characters, and distribution maps are provided.

A new species of Prosopocoilus Hope & Westwood, 1845 from China and Vietnam (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5082 (4) ◽  
pp. 384-392
Author(s):  
CHENG-BIN WANG ◽  
YU WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
A New Species

A new species of stag beetle, Prosopocoilus zhuchuangi new species (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) is described from China (Guizhou) and Vietnam. It is closely related to P. fulgens (Didier, 1927), sharing a fringe of dense setae in the apical 2/3 of the mesal sides of the mesotibiae and metatibiae. Diagnostic characters of the two species are illustrated and compared.  

Fritillaria arsusiana (Lilieae, Liliaceae), a new species from southern Anatolia

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 502 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-159
Author(s):  
HASAN YILDIRIM ◽  
MEHTAP TEKŞEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Flower Colour ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Shape And Size

In this study, Fritillaria arsusiana (Liliaceae) is described and illustrated as a new species from Hatay province in southern Anatolia, Turkey. It is related to F. amana and F. hermonis by habitus features and broadly campanulate flowers, but differs mainly by its bulb shape and size, smaller leaf and flower features, and flower colour. It has also been morphologically compared with F. wendelboi, F. pinardii, and F. latakiensis. The detailed description, diagnostic characters, original photographs, geographical distribution, habitat and phenology, etymology, conservation status, and identification key of the new and the related species are presented in this study. IUCN conservation status of F. arsusiana is suggested as Critically Endangered (CR).

Aspidosperma dardanoanum (Apocynaceae), a new species spanning from the Atlantic Forest into the Caatinga (Northeast Region, Brazil)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 491 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-280
Author(s):  
JARINA WALÉRIA ALVES-SILVA ◽  
ANDREZA STEPHANIE DE SOUZA PEREIRA ◽  
THALES SILVA COUTINHO ◽  
ANA CAROLINA DEVIDES CASTELLO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Northeast Region ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
A New Species

Aspidosperma dardanoanum, a new species occurring both in the Atlantic Forest and Caatinga (Northeast Region, Brazil) biomes is described and illustrated here. A distribution map and a comparative table with the diagnostic characters of Aspidosperma dardanoanum and species that occur in sympatry or resemble it are also provided.

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