Rhinusa Stephens: a taxonomic revision of the species belonging to the R. linariae, R. herbarum, R. melas, and R. mauritii groups (Coleoptera Curculionidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4679 (2) ◽  
pp. 318-340
Author(s):  
ROBERTO CALDARA ◽  
IVO TOŠEVSKI
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
New Synonymy ◽  
First Time

The species of Rhinusa Stephens, 1829 (Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Mecinini) belonging to the R. linariae, R. herbarum, R. melas and R. mauritii groups are revised. The R. linariae group includes three species: R. linariae (Panzer, 1795), R. brisouti (Faust, 1891) and R. kumatschevi (Bajtenov, 1977). The R. herbarum group also includes three species: R. herbarum (H. Brisout de Barneville, 1863), R. mateui (Hoffmann, 1965) and R. vulpeculus (Reitter, 1907). The R. melas group includes two species: R. melas (Boheman, 1838) and R. korotyaevi sp. n. (Israel, Jordan). Lastly, the R. mauritii group is monobasic. The lectotypes of Gymnetron consors Desbrochers des Loges, 1898, Gymnetron herbarum H. Brisout de Barneville, 1863, Gymnetron heydeni Desbrochers des Loges, 1869, and Gymnetron melas Boheman, 1838 are designated. The following new synonymy is proposed: Rhinusa herbarum (H. Brisout de Barneville, 1863) = Gymnetron semirufum Desbrochers des Loges, 1898 (syn. n.). For each species treated, description or redescription, notes on type specimens, synonymies, comparative notes, distribution, bionomics when available, photographs of the habitus and drawings of the rostra, genitalia and other structures useful for taxonomy are provided. A key including all the groups of Rhinusa as currently considered is provided for the first time. 

A taxonomic revision of Chinese Cleopomiarus Pierce (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4378 (3) ◽  
pp. 337 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHUNYAN JIANG ◽  
ROBERTO CALDARA ◽  
RUNZHI ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Chinese Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
New Synonymy ◽  
First Time ◽  
Beijing China

The Chinese species of Cleopomiarus Pierce, 1919 (Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Mecinini) are revised. Six taxa are reported: two already know from China (C. distinctus (Boheman, 1845), C. vestitus (Roelofs, 1875)), two cited for the first time from this country (C. flavoscutellatus (Morimoto, 1959), C. graminis (Gyllenhal, 1813)), and two new to science (C. danfengensis Jiang & Caldara n. sp., C. nuerhachii Jiang & Caldara n. sp.). The following new synonymy is proposed: C. distinctus (Boheman, 1845) = Miarus longirostris mandschuricus Voss, 1952 n. syn. Diagnosis, description or redescription, comparative notes and distribution are reported for each species. Dorsal and lateral habitus, as well as details of rostra and genitalia are illustrated. Finally, a key to the species is provided. Type specimens are deposited in the National Zoological Museum of China in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China. 

Taxonomic revision of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) in Italy

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 199 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duilio Iamonico
Keyword(s):  
Chromosome Number ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Flora Of Italy ◽  
Nomenclatural Change ◽  
New Synonymy ◽  
First Time

A taxonomic revision of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) in Italy is here presented. Field surveys were carried out during the period 2006–2014. 58 herbaria (both European and American, including 12 personal herbaria) were consulted (more than 3,000 specimens were examined) as well as extensive literature was analized. Twenty-seven non-hybrid taxa (twenty-four species, and six varieties) are recognized (A. crassipes and A. graecizans subsp. graecizans are considered doubtful for the flora of Italy). Three taxa (A. blitum, A. cacciatoi, and A. graecizans subsp. sylvestris) are native, one (A. bouchonii) has doubtful origin, while the others are to be considered aliens, mostly neophytes native to the Americas. Information about nomenclature (accepted names, main synonyms, and types), morphology, chromosome number, chorology (for native taxa) or alien status (for exotic taxa, at national and regional levels), occurrence in Italy (at regional scale), ecology (preferential habitat, phenology, elevation), taxonomic annotations are provided for each taxon, as well as original photos were prepared. Diagnostic keys at species and infraspecific levels (for A. blitum subsp. blitum s.l., A. emarginatus s.l., and A. graecizans s.l.) are given. An isolectotype for the name A. bouchonii was found at Z. A list of the seven hybrids recorded and their main morphological characteristics are also given. Among them, A. × mauritii is recorded in the present study for the first time in Italy. The nomenclatural change Amaranthus × pyxidatus comb. et stat. nov. is proposed. Two specimens preserved at MPU are designated as lectotype and isolectotype of the name A. × mauritii s.s., while for A. × mauritii f. ramosissima the holotype was found; the two names are to be considered heterotypic synonyms (new synonymy).

Taxonomic revision of Scoparia Haworth, 1811 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2609 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
WEICHUN LI ◽  
HOUHUN LI ◽  
MATTHIAS NUSS
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Wing Pattern ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
First Time ◽  
Unknown Male

Scoparia Haworth, 1811 is revised from China with a total of twenty-six species. Sineudonia Leraut, 1986 syn. n. is synonymized with Scoparia and its type species, Scoparia brunnea (Leraut, 1986) comb. n. is transferred from Sineudonia to this genus. Scoparia isochroalis Hampson, 1907 syn. n. is synonymized with S. congestalis Walker, 1859 and Scoparia kiangensis Leraut, 1986 syn. n. is synonymized with S. spinata Inoue, 1982. Six species are described as new: Scoparia spinosa sp. n., S. jiuzhaiensis sp. n., S. uncinata sp. n., S. brevituba sp. n., S. bifaria sp. n. and S. largispinea sp. n. Scoparia ancipitella (La Harpe, 1855), S. afghanorum Leraut, 1985 and S. utsugii Inoue, 1994 are recorded for the first time in China. Scoparia metaleucalis Hampson, 1907, S. caradjai Leraut, 1986 and S. sinensis Leraut, 1986 are redescribed. The previously unknown male of S. caradjai Leraut, 1986 and the female of S. metaleucalis Hampson, 1907 are described for the first time. Images of wing pattern and genitalia of new and redescribed species are provided. The occurrence of S. basistrigalis Knaggs, 1866 and S. molestalis Inoue, 1982 in China is falsified. The occurrence of S. ambigualis (Treitschke, 1829), S. molestalis Inoue, 1982, S. murificalis Walker, 1859, S. vinotinctalis Hampson, 1896 in China could not be verified. The identification of S. stoetzneri Caradja, 1927 and S. submedinella Caradja, 1927 remains unknown as the type specimens are currently untraceable.

A taxonomic revision of the genus Phyxioschema (Araneae, Dipluridae), II: species from Central Asia

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2815 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER J. SCHWENDINGER ◽  
SERGEI L. ZONSTEIN
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Female Holotype ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Phyxioschema raddei Simon, 1889 is revised. A re-examination of type specimens confirms the synonymy of P. raddei and Ischnothele strandi Spassky, 1937, but the synonymy of Afghanothele lindbergi Roewer, 1960 and A. striatipes Roewer, 1960 cannot be confirmed due to the immature state of their types. The copulatory organs of the female holotype and other females from different localities are illustrated for the first time. Variation in morphological characters is shown. New records are given for Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. Phyxioschema females from Pakistan cannot be attributed to any nominal species and are left unnamed. A new species, P. roxana, is described from male and female specimens collected at eight localities in southern Uzbekistan and western Tajikistan. Relationships between Central Asian and Southeast Asian species are discussed. A summary of relevant morphological characters of all Phyxioschema species is given.

scholarly journals Megaflora of the Australian Triassic–Jurassic: a taxonomic revision

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary A. Pattemore
Keyword(s):  
Middle Jurassic ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Continuum Concept ◽  
First Time

Abstract Umkomasiaceans are the most commonly recorded components of Gondwanan Triassic floras but they are not represented subsequently in that region. Their diversity appears to have substantially declined prior to the Rhaetian. Lower and Middle Jurassic floras in Australia and elsewhere in Gondwana are strikingly different from those of the Triassic, comprising ferns, lycopods, conifers, cycads, and bennettitaleans. The fern Cladophlebis Brongniart 1849 emend. Seward 1894 dominated coal-forming paludal environments during the Middle Jurassic in Queensland and it is one of the most commonly preserved plants in the Eastern Gondwanan Jurassic. Ginkgoaleans were present in Eastern Gondwana until near the end-Triassic but were absent below ca 60°S palaeolatitude during the Early and Middle Jurassic. The type specimen of Dicroidium superbum (Shirley 1898) Townrow 1957 emend. nov. has been inaccurately represented in the published record. Consequently, many specimens belonging to the species have been incorrectly assigned to other umkomasiacean species. Misidentifications and considerably enlarged circumscriptions of some species have resulted in an erroneous and simplistic morpho-continuum concept supposedly linking umkomasiacean fronds. Several commonly occurring umkomasiacean species are re-assessed with particular attention to their type specimens, two of which are accurately figured here for the first time. This re-assessment, together with evidence from allied fructifications and wood, supports the view that umkomasiacean fronds belong to several genera. Most umkomasiacean lineages probably terminated prior to the Rhaetian; however, Zuberia Frenguelli 1943 emend. Artabe 1990 persisted to near the close of the Triassic.

Merulius: s.s. and s.l., taxonomic disposition and identification of species

1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 100-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Ginns
Keyword(s):  
Type Specimens ◽  
Identification Of Species ◽  
New Synonymy ◽  
First Time

Twenty-one species are treated in detail. New specific combinations are proposed as Ceraceomerulius albostramineus (Torrend) and its variety flavido-albus (Corner); as Ceraceomyces serpens (Ft.); as Gloeoporus chlorinus (Pat.) and G. subambiguus (P. Henn.); as Leucogyrophana luridochracea (Corner), L. sororia (Burt) and L. montana (Burt); as Meruliopsis ambiguus (Berk.), M. bellus (Berk. & Curtis), M. corium (Fr.), M. hirtellus (Burt), and M. miniatus (Wakef.); and as Radulomyces fuscus (Lloyd). Cultural characters are described in detail for the first time for M. ambiguus, M. hirtellus, Merulius incarnatus Schw., C. borealis (Rom.), C. serpens, and Ceraceomerulius albostramineus. Extensive new synonymy is proposed, which is based on the study of nearly 150 type specimens, and a nomenclator is included which contains over 350 valid combinations in Merulius.

A taxonomic review of the Night Frog genus Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 in the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) with description of twelve new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3029 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. D. BIJU ◽  
INES VAN BOCXLAER ◽  
STEPHEN MAHONY ◽  
K. P. DINESH ◽  
C. RADHAKRISHNAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Egg Guarding ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
First Time ◽  
Active Predator

A taxonomic revision of the genus Nyctibatrachus is presented. As a result, we recognize 27 species, 12 of which are new to science and described herein. Three ‘lost’ species—Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris, Nyctibatrachus sylvaticus and Nannobatrachus kempholeyensis are rediscovered after their original descriptions and the latter two species are neotypified. Four species are lectotypified (Nannobatrachus beddomii, Nyctibatrachus deccanensis, Nyctibatrachus major and Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris). The taxonomic revision and description of new species is based on new morphological, behavioural, ecological and molecular data from available type specimens and/or recent collections from throughout the distribution range of Nyctibatrachus. Specimens from the type localities of all previously described species were collected and discussed along with the type specimens. Nyctibatrachus sholai is considered a junior subjective synonym of N. deccanensis. Nyctibatrachus sanctipalustris modestus is resurrected from synonymy, but allocated to the genus Fejervarya. A new gland, the subocular gland is introduced to anuran morphological terminology. Both the courtship behaviour and ovipositional sites of four species are described for the first time. The process of fertilisation was carried out in the absence of physical contact between males and females in all four species. Furthermore, previously unreported parental care behaviour is documented for the genus, including biparental egg attendance (probably clutch hydration) and egg guarding (active predator defense). A brief outline of tadpole development from egg to metamorph is provided for Nyctibatrachus aliciae, with figures of the major developmental stages.

scholarly journals Towards a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the Neotropical dung beetle subgenus Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) Lane, 1946 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): Division into species-groups

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. e0244657
Author(s):  
Arturo González-Alvarado ◽  
Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Identification Of Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Distribution Composition ◽  
First Time ◽  
Internal Margin

Deltochilum Eschscholtz, 1822 is perhaps the most speciose genus of the tribe Deltochilini sensu Tarasov & Dimitrov (2016) (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) and has been traditionally divided into eight subgenera. Among them, the subgenus Deltohyboma Lane, 1946, is the most speciose with 47 species, five of which are described here (D. genieri sp. nov., D. gilli sp. nov., D. susanae sp. nov., D. bolivariensis sp. nov. and D. inesae sp. nov.), and at least 165 species still undescribed. Due to the large number of species, and for practical purposes, the subgenus is here divided into 19 species-groups, with D. inesae sp. nov. left as incertae sedis. This division into species-groups will help in the reliable identification of species and will aid in the completion of the revision of subgenus. This report is the first part of the taxonomic revision of the subgenus Deltohyboma; it is based on the examination of all type specimens and almost 9,800 specimens of which approximately 1,200, mostly males, had their genitalia studied. The 19 species-groups recognized here are based mainly on characters described for the first time for Deltohyboma, namely, the state of a) the anterior margin of the clypeus (between the clypeal teeth), b) the internal margin of hypomera, c) the ventral face of the protibia, d) the posterior margin of the metafemur, and e) several new characters resulting from the first detailed study of the aedeagus and the endophallus of the group. Diagnosis, description, geographic distribution, composition and identifications keys (for males as well as males and females) for the species-groups are provided.

A new revision of Capirona (Rubiaceae, Ixoroideae, Condamineeae), with a new combination and additional notes on typification of the names involved

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 443 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-106
Author(s):  
PIERO G. DELPRETE
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Conservation Assessment ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
First Time

A new taxonomic revision of Capirona (Rubiaceae, Condamineeae) is presented. Delprete (1999) treated Condaminea macrophylla as a new synonym of Capirona decorticans; as the former name has priority over the latter, the new combination Capirona macrophylla is here proposed. Full synonymy, type citations, further notes on lectotypification of C. decorticans, and an amplified description of the single species recognized in the genus are provided. Additional type specimens (i.e., not mentioned in previous revisions) and barcodes or accession numbers for all type specimens are here cited for the first time. A preliminary conservation assessment is proposed using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.

Notes on the taxonomy of some “Astaena” species described by Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4885 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-145
Author(s):  
THAYNARA L. PACHECO ◽  
MARCELA L. MONNÉ ◽  
FERNANDO Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO ◽  
DIRK AHRENS
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
New Combination ◽  
South American ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
The South ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
New Synonymy

In the framework of the taxonomic revision of South American Sericini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), we examined the type specimens of the species described by Burmeister (1855) in the genus Astaena Erichson, 1847. A few taxa resulted to not belong to the South American Sericini fauna, either due to different geographical provenience or due to incorrect systematical placement within Sericini. Two new combinations and one new synonymy are proposed: Neoserica pubescens (Burmeister, 1855), new combination (= Neoserica subsetosa Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2016: 121, new synonymy) and Manonychus robustus (Burmeister, 1855), new combination. 

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