Review of leafhopper genus Dwightla McKamey (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Selenocephalini) with description of a new species from Central African Republic

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4664 (4) ◽  
pp. 581-586
Author(s):  
DELIANG XU ◽  
YALIN ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
A New Species

The leafhopper genus Dwightla McKamey (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Selenocephalini) is reviewed with description of a new species, Dwightla lancea sp. nov., from Central African Republic. An updated checklist with distribution and a key to males of this genus from Afrotropical Region are also provided. 

A new Dinapsis species from the Central African Republic (Hymenoptera, Megalyridae, Dinapsini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2118 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
SCOTT RICHARD SHAW ◽  
SIMON VAN NOORT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
First Record ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Taxonomic History ◽  
A New Species

A new species of megalyrid wasp, Dinapsis centralis Shaw and van Noort sp. nov. from the Central African Republic is described and illustrated. The new species is contrasted with other described species of Dinapsis. An online key to Dinapsis species is available at: http://www.waspweb.org/Megalyroidea/Megalyridae/Keys/index.htm. This represents the first record of any megalyrid species from the Central African Republic and the northernmost confirmed distribution of Dinapsis in the Afrotropical region. The taxonomic history, distribution, biogeography and biology of Megalyridae are discussed.

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.

scholarly journals A cryptic new species of Chlidonoptera Karsch, 1892 from the south west protected zone of the Central African Republic (Insecta, Mantodea, Hymenopodidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 917 ◽  
pp. 63-83
Author(s):  
Nicolas Moulin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
National Park ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
History Information ◽  
A New Species

Between 1998 and 2012, several scientific expeditions in Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve and Dzanga-Ndoki National Park led to the collection of many Mantodea specimens from Central African Republic (CAR). Among these specimens, several males of an undescribed species were discovered. Morphologically, this species most closely resembles to Chlidonoptera vexillum Karsch, 1892 and Chlidonoptera lestoni Roy, 1975. A new lineage was revealed by DNA barcoding. Therefore, a new species is described, Chlidonoptera roxanaesp. nov. Habitus images, genitalia illustrations and descriptions, measurement data, a key to species, natural history information, and locality data are provided. These results add to the evidence that cryptic species can be found in tropical regions, a critical issue in efforts to document global species richness. They also illustrate the value of DNA barcoding, especially when coupled with traditional taxonomic tools, in disclosing hidden diversity.

First record of the genus Kimulodes Tjeder & Hansson in West Africa with description of a new species (Neuroptera, Ascalaphidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3497 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
BRUNO MICHEL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Africa ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
First Record ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
African Species ◽  
A New Species

The genus Kimulodes was described by Tjeder and Hansson (1992) to accommodate two species, Kimulodes sinuatus originally described as Helicomitus sinuatus by Kimmins (1949) and a new species they named K. angulicornis. Within the tribe Ascalaphini, this genus is characterized by the hairless genae, the absence of a tuft of hairs at the base of the forewing in males, in contrast to the African species of Ascalaphus, and the antennae of males being sinuate or sharply arched with stout tufts of hairs on the basal flagellomeres. The genus Kimulodes was known from Central and East Africa, but remained unrecorded from West Africa. The material collected by a colleague, Jean-Michel Maldès (CIRAD), during a prospecting mission in Togo in 1990 included a male of an undescribed species of Kimulodes, which is described below. Furthermore, examination of the collection of the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, yielded a male and a female of K. angulicornis from an unrecorded locality in the Central African Republic.

scholarly journals Review of the Merodon natans group with description of a new species, a key to the adults of known species of the natans lineage and first descriptions of some preimaginal stages

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 343-378
Author(s):  
Ante Vujić ◽  
Tamara Tot ◽  
Andrijana Andrić ◽  
Jelena Ačanski ◽  
Ljiljana Šašić Zorić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Techniques ◽  
Mediterranean Islands ◽  
Preimaginal Stages ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Taxonomic Approach ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Group Species ◽  
First Descriptions

Abstract Merodon natans group (Diptera, Syrphidae) taxa are reviewed using an integrative taxonomic approach combining morphological, morphometric and molecular techniques. The approach substantiates recognition of the three species: M. calcaratus (Fabricius, 1794), M. natans (Fabricius, 1794) and M. pulveris Vujić & Radenković in Radenković et al. 2011, and reveals the existence of a new species, M. makrisi Vujić, Radenković & Tot sp. nov., which is described. It also highlights the existence of a series of natans group populations, especially on some of the Mediterranean islands, in the Levant and in the Afrotropical Region, for which more comprehensive data are required to clarify their status. A key is provided to the natans lineage species currently recognised, and preimaginal stages of some natans-group species are described for the first time. Redescriptions for M. calcaratus and M. natans are provided. A neotype is selected for M. natans. Lectotypes are designated for M. annulatus (Fabricius, 1794) and M. melancholicus (Fabricius, 1794). Merodon annulatus is recognised as a synonym of M. natans.

A second species of Platypygus Loew (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) from South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 155 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-274
Author(s):  
Neal L. Evenhuis
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Platypygus emoji (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) is described and illustrated from South Africa. This marks only the second species of Platypygus to be recorded from the Afrotropical Region.

Twenty-one new species of craneflies (Diptera: Tipulidae and Limoniidae), and a new fold-wing cranefly (Diptera: Ptychopteridae) from Mount Kupe, Cameroon, with notes on eighteen other species new to the country from the same location

2020 ◽  
Vol 156 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-206
Author(s):  
Pete Boardman
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Malaise Trap ◽  
Winston Churchill ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

Following the award of a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (WCMT) Fellowship the author was able to visit the Charles P. Alexander (1889–1981) collection at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C. to study craneflies gifted to him from fieldwork in Cameroon. They were collected by Malaise trap in forest clearings near streams on Mount Kupe, near Nyasoso, Cameroon. 21 new species of cranefly (Diptera: Tipulidae and Limoniidae): Dolichopeza (Dolichopeza) vicki sp. n., Nephrotoma mawdsleyi sp. n., Baeoura nyasosoensis sp. n.,Ellipteroides (Ellipteroides) nigromaculatus sp. n., Hovamyia gelhausi sp. n.,Limnophilomyia (Limnophilomyia) alexanderi sp. n., Ormosia (Neserioptera) cameroonensis sp. n., Afrolimnophila mederosi sp. n., A. oosterbroeki sp. n., Neolimnomyia kupensis sp. n., Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) staryi sp. n., Achyrolimonia prycei sp. n., Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) tuberculata sp. n., D. (Idioglochina) stubbsi sp. n., Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) gilsonae sp. n., Libnotes (Afrolimonia) trimaculata sp. n., Metalimnobia (Tricholimnobia) krameri sp. n., Thaumastoptera (Thaumastoptera) churchilli sp. n., Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) holvia sp. n., Trentepohlia (Trentepohlia) zorro sp. n., and Trichoneura (Xipholimnobia) jacksoni, and a new species of fold-wing cranefly (Diptera: Ptychopteridae): Ptychoptera (Ptychoptera) fasbenderi sp. n., are described. 18 species of cranefly known from elsewhere in the Afrotropical region are recorded here from Cameroon for the first time: Gonomyia (Leiponeura) hyperion Alexander, 1956, Limnophilomyia (Limnophilomyia) medleriana Alexander, 1976, Styringomyia vittata Edwards, 1914, Afrolimnophila hartwigi (Alexander, 1974), A. urundiana (Alexander, 1955), Austrolimnophila (Phragmocrypta) fulani Alexander, 1974, Hexatoma (Eriocera) brevifurca Alexander, 1956, H. (E.) trichoneura Alexander, 1956, H. (E.) tumidiscapa (Alexander, 1920), Medleromyia nigeriana Alexander, 1974, Achyrolimonia recurvans (Alexander, 1919), Atypopthalmus (Atypopthalmus) submendicus tuberculifer (Alexander, 1956), Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) redundans (Alexander, 1956), Libnotes (Afrolimonia) rhanteria (Alexander, 1920), L. (A.) illiterata (Alexander, 1937), Limonia woosnami (Alexander, 1920), Orimarga (Protorimarga) bequaertiana (Alexander, 1930) and Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) nigripleura (Alexander, 1920). In total 40 species are presented as new for Cameroon. A further 23 species already known from Cameroon were identified, and are listed here as some of them have not been recorded since their original description close to, or in some cases over, a hundred years ago.

New species of Chaetonerius Hendel (Diptera: Neriidae) from the Oriental Region

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5027 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-149
Author(s):  
TATIANA A. SEPÚLVEDA ◽  
LUCIANE MARINONI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
A New Species

The genus Chaetonerius Hendel has 25 valid species, predominantly distributed in the Afrotropical Region with only three species recorded for the Oriental Region. Herein, we describe a new species, Chaetonerius colavitei sp. n., from material collected in Thailand and Malaysia.  

A new species belonging to the genus Anonaepestis Ragonot (Lepidoptera, Phycitinae) attacking black pepper (Piper nigrum) in West Africa

1965 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-302
Author(s):  
J. D. Bradley
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
Black Pepper ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Piper Nigrum ◽  
A New Species

A Phycitine species bred from larvae boring in stems of black pepper (Piper nigrum) in the Cameroons and Central African Republic is described as new and is named Anonaepestis tamsi sp.n. The species is differentiated from A. bengalella Rag., the only other known representative of the genus, and illustrations are given of the adults and female genitalia of both species and the male genitalia of A. tamsi.

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