A new species of Versicorpus Deschodt, Davis & Scholtz, 2011 (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Byrrhidiini) from the Brandberg Mountain, Namibia

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4671 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-144
Author(s):  
CHRISTIAN M. DESCHODT ◽  
CATHERINE L. SOLE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Current Definition ◽  
Constituent Species ◽  
Procavia Capensis ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A New Species

The recently described dung beetle tribe Byrrhidiini currently comprises seven genera and nineteen species (Davis et al. 2019). During a recent collecting expedition to the Brandberg Mountain [S21.11° E14.69°] in Namibia, a single male specimen, together with various disarticulated body parts of a new species belonging to this tribe were collected. It was found amongst dried hyrax (Procavia capensis) dung pellets between large granite boulders. This new species clearly fits the current definition of the genus Versicorpus Deschodt, Davis & Scholtz, 2011. This raises the number of the constituent species of Versicorpus to three and that for Byrrhidiini to twenty. 

A new species of the genus Gabrius Stephens from Sweden (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

1997 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-85
Author(s):  
Gösta Gillerfors
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
A New Species

AbstractGabrius dufbergi sp. n. is described and illustrated from a single male specimen collected in the province of Scania (SkÅne), Sweden. Collection data are given.

A new natricine snake of the genus Amphiesma (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from the central Truong Son, Vietnam

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1225 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS ZIEGLER ◽  
LE KHAC QUYET
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Slender Body ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Anal Plate ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Central Vietnam ◽  
Eye Diameter ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Amphiesma is described from the Truong Son (Annamite mountain range) of Quang Binh Province in central Vietnam. This new species is characterized by the combination of the distinct coloration and pattern, the slender body and tail (tail/total length ratio 0.31), the large eye diameter, a single loreal and preocular, three postoculars, a single anterior and posterior temporal, nine supralabials (fourth to sixth reach the eye), nine infralabials, 179 ventrals (plus two preventrals), anal plate divided, 99 divided subcaudals, dorsal scales in 19-19-17 keeled rows, 34 maxillary teeth (the two posteriormost enlarged), hemipenis simple, with undivided sperm groove, covered with small spines except for a single, strongly enlarged spine next to the sperm groove at the hemipenis base and except for irregularly arranged medium-sized spines that encircle the organ horizontally at the trunco-pedicel area. The new taxon is known only from a single male specimen that was collected in a limestone forest valley.

Description of a new species of Paraxenylla (Collembola, Hypogastruridae) from Brazil, with comments on the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1858 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
GABRIEL C. QUEIROZ ◽  
LOUIS DEHARVENG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Antennal Segment ◽  
Forest Litter ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Terminal Position ◽  
Coast Line ◽  
Current Definition ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Littoral Habitats

The genus Paraxenylla Murphy, 1965 is redefined and compared to Xenylla Tullberg, 1869 and Thibaudylla Najt & Weiner, 1997, its closest relatives. It is characterized by the differentiation of four thickened S-chaetae on the fourth antennal segment, modified mouthparts, the absence of empodial appendage, the presence of 5+5 eyes, the absence of anal spines and the anus in terminal position. P. sooretamensis sp. nov. is described, characterized by a reduced labial chaetotaxy, modified mouthparts, 6 axial chaetae on Th II–III and Abd IV, 4+4 chaetae on ventral tube and several other morphological features. Its chaetotaxy is very different from that of other Paraxenylla except P. arenosa Uchida & Tamura, 1967, resembling that of Xenylla or Thibaudylla. The new species was collected in forest litter about 40 km inland from the coast line of Espírito Santo, Brazil, while all other species of the genus live in littoral habitats. The three species Xenylla longicauda Folsom, 1898, X. occidentalis Womersley, 1933 and X. littoralis Womersley, 1933, that Palacios and Janssens (2006) considered to probably belong to Paraxenylla, do not fit the current definition of this genus (anal spines are present), and are either Xenylla or Thibaudylla. A key and a table of the 9 species of Paraxenylla are given.

Taxonomic revision of the epigean representatives of the spider subfamily Harpacteinae (Araneae: Dysderidae) on the island of Crete

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1169 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIA CHATZAKI ◽  
MIQUEL A. ARNEDO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Critical Appraisal ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Current Definition ◽  
On This Island ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Here we review the taxonomy of the epigean species of the spider subfamily Harpacteinae (Araneae, Dysderidade) on Crete. Along with the endemic cave-dwelling genus Minotauria, this subfamily is represented on this island by the genera Harpactea and Stalagtia, the last of which is reported for the first time. We describe and illustrate the previously unknown females of Harpacteacressa Brignoli, 1984 and Harpactea coccifera Brignoli, 1984. Furthermore, a new species, Stalagtia thaleriana n. sp., is described and a critical appraisal and a re-delimitation of the current definition of the genus Stalagtia is provided. An identification key, some notes on the ecology (habitat preferences, activity periods) and the distribution of these species on Crete are also given.

A new species of Hemus (Majoidea: Majidae: Mithracinae) from the Pacific coast of Panamá, with a key to the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2799 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
AMANDA M. WINDSOR ◽  
DARRYL L. FELDER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Shallow Waters ◽  
Spider Crab ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
A New Species

A new species of spider crab, Hemus magalae n. sp. (Majidae), is described from a single male specimen from Islas de las Perlas, Pacific Ocean coast of Panamá. This species differs from its congeners with respect to many features of the carapace including mid-line elevation and lateral dentition. Hemus A. Milne-Edwards, 1875, now includes four species, three from coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean and one from shallow waters in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean. A key to the Pacific and Atlantic species of Hemus is provided.

Notes on the genus Diarsia with description of a new species from China (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4810 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-400
Author(s):  
PETER GYULAI ◽  
AIDAS SALDAITIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Research History ◽  
Colour Image ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Comprehensive Studies

In 2019, the authors of the present paper presented a detailed study on the genus Diarsia Hübner, 1816, giving an overview on the distribution, research history and the comprehensive studies and generic classification of the genus, including the description of seven new species (Gyulai & Saldaitis, 2019). In that paper, one of the newly described species was Diarsia zillii Gyulai & Saldaitis, 2019, based on a single male specimen. Since, a further male and a female were found in the collected stored material, almost from the same locality and date. The genitalia dissection confirmed that the description was necessary and correct. Thus, the colour image of the female and the short characterisation of the female genitalia are given in the present paper. 

A new species of the genus Hebius (Squamata: Colubridae) from Sichuan, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4483 (2) ◽  
pp. 385
Author(s):  
QIN LIU ◽  
GUANG-HUI ZHONG ◽  
PING WANG ◽  
YANG LIU ◽  
PENG GUO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Evergreen Forest ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Anterior Teeth ◽  
Forest Dweller ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the natricine snake genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 is described from Sichuan Province, Southwest China, based on a single male specimen. The new species is distinguished from its congeners found in China and adjacent regions by possessing the following combination of characters: 1) TL/SVL ratio 0.35; 2) three postoculars; 3) six temporals in formula 1/(1+1) +1+2; 4) eight supralabials, 4th and 5th in contact with the eye, 6th supralabial largest; 5) ten infralabials with the first five bordering the anterior chinshields; 6) 172 ventrals (plus two preventrals); 7) cloacal plate divided; 8) 90 divided subcaudals; 9) dorsal scales in 19-19-17 rows, all weakly keeled except the outer two; 10) reduction of dorsal scale rows from 19 to 17 at the position above ventral scale 99th; 11) reduction of the tail dorsal scales from 8 to 6 rows at the position above 18th subcaudal, and from 6 to 4 rows at the position above 37th subcaudal; 12) postorbital bones do not touch frontals, the parietal ridge weakly developed; the end of the supratemporal bones extending beyond the braincase; maxillary teeth 23–25, the last two enlarged, without diastema between them and the anterior teeth. This species is an evergreen forest dweller. 

A new cavernicolous harvestman, Texella martensi n. sp., from the Mojave Desert, California (Opiliones: Laniatores: Phalangodidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4984 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-118
Author(s):  
DARRELL UBICK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mojave Desert ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Texella, T. martensi n. sp., is described on the basis of a single male specimen from Titus Canyon Cave, Inyo County, California. The species belongs to the kokoweef group in having a spur on trochanter IV and lacking a postopercular process on the abdomen. Texella martensi n. sp. is the most troglomorphic of the four species of Texella now recorded from the Mojave Desert and it is the northernmost member of the group. 

scholarly journals A new species of shrimp of the genus Periclimenaeus Borradaile, 1915 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, including a key to the western Atlantic species of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4303 (4) ◽  
pp. 491 ◽  
Author(s):  
GABRIEL E. RAMOS-TAFUR ◽  
RAFAEL LEMAITRE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Ventral Margin ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Dry Tortugas ◽  
The Third ◽  
A New Species

A new species of symbiotic palaemonid shrimp, Periclimenaeus mcmichaeli sp. nov., is described based on a single male specimen collected near Dry Tortugas, Florida, in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. This new species, the 14th now known for the genus Periclimenaeus Borradaile 1915 from the western Atlantic, is morphologically most similar to P. wilsoni (Hay, 1917), from which it can be separated by the presence in the new species of two small subdistal teeth on the ventral margin of the rostrum, absence of small spinules or tubercles on ventral margin of the meri of the major and minor chelipeds, presence of three teeth on the cutting edge of the dactylus of the minor chela, and position of dorsal spines on the telson. The presence in this new species of a prominent acute projection on each pleurae of the third and fourth somite is documented, and appears to be a character previously overlooked in the taxonomic literature of species of the genus. This new species is compared with other similar congeners from the western Atlantic as well as other oceanic regions. An updated diagnosis for P. wilsoni, and a key to identify the western Atlantic species of the genus, are also presented. 

A new species of Wahydra from Ecuador (Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae, Anthoptini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4392 (1) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
EDUARDO CARNEIRO ◽  
DIEGO R. DOLIBAINA ◽  
NICK V. GRISHIN ◽  
ANDREW D. WARREN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Taxonomic Studies ◽  
High Elevations ◽  
A New Species

Recent taxonomic studies on the genus Wahydra Steinhauser, 1991, have described five new species in the past two years, from high elevations in the Andes Mountains. A markedly distinct species of Wahydra is herein described and illustrated based on a single male specimen from Ecuadorian Andes, Wahydra graslieae A. Warren, Carneiro & Dolibaina, sp. nov. The new species is compared with other species of Wahydra, as well as with the somewhat similar species Lerema viridis (Bell, 1942) and Tigasis viridenex (Weeks, 1901). 

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