Afromelampsalta, a new genus, a new species, and five new combinations of African cicadettine cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4731 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-542
Author(s):  
ALLEN F. SANBORN ◽  
MARTIN H. VILLET
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
African Species ◽  
A New Species

Afromelampsalta n. gen. is described for African species currently assigned to the genera Melampsalta Kolenati, 1857. Cicadetta Kolenati, 1857 and Pauropsalta Goding & Froggatt, 1904, and the new species Afromelampsalta luteofasciata n. gen., n. sp. is described. Afromelampsalta aethiopica (Distant, 1905) n. comb., A. cadisia (Walker, 1850) n. comb. and A. leucoptera (Germar, 1830) n. comb. are reassigned from Melampsalta to Afromelampsalta n. gen., A. limitata (Walker, 1852) n. comb. is transferred from Cicadetta Kolenati, 1857 and A. mimica (Distant ,1907) n. comb. is transferred from Pauropsalta Goding & Froggatt, 1904 to Afromelampsalta n. gen. Notes on the biology of the new species, a description of the exuvia of A. mimica n. comb., and a key to the species of African Cicadettini are provided. 

Vadensea (Icacinaceae), a new genus to accommodate continental African species of Desmostachys

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 405 (5) ◽  
pp. 237-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
CAREL C.H. JONGKIND ◽  
OLIVIER LACHENAUD
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
African Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
African Genus

The African genus Desmostachys s.l. is split in two, Desmostachys s.s. from Madagascar and the Comoros, with one species, and the new genus Vadensea from continental Africa, with four species. A synopsis of the latter genus is presented, with the necessary new combinations and the description of a new species, Vadensea testui. Desmostachys is characterised by asymmetrical and compressed pyrenes with a bumpy endocarp, petals glabrous inside and free, a linear stigma, a 5-lobulate disk, inflorescences with spirally arranged flowers and bracts present at most nodes, and a climbing habit. Vadensea has the pyrenes symmetrical, not compressed and with a reticulate endocarp, the petals hairy inside and often connate, a capitate stigma, a disk either cupular or absent, inflorescences with distichously arranged flowers and bracts absent or present at the lowest node only, and a usually arborescent or shrubby habit (occasionally climbing in one species).

Burmanyctycia, a new genus for a new species from north-western Myanmar with notes on closely related genera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae: Xylenini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5061 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-176
Author(s):  
BALÁZS BENEDEK ◽  
ANTON V. VOLYNKIN ◽  
JÁNOS BABICS ◽  
AIDAS SALDAITIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

A new genus Burmanyctycia gen. n. is described for the new species Burmanyctycia naumanni sp. n. from Chin State in north-western Myanmar. The new genus is related to the genera Blepharomima Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998, Bryotypella Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998 and Charanyctycia Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998. Two new synonyms are established: Bryotypella = Paranyctycia Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998, syn. n. and Bryotypella = Parabole Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998, syn. n. Six new combinations are established: Bryotypella minima (Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1999), comb. n., Bryotypella miraculosa (Hreblay, Peregovits & L. Ronkay, 1999), comb. n., Bryotypella orbiculosa (Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998), comb. n., Bryotypella rubiculosa (Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999), comb. n., Bryotypella medionigra (Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998), comb. n. and Bryotypella rectilinea (Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998), comb. n. The check-lists of the genera Bryotypella and Charanyctycia are provided. Adults, male and female genitalia of the new and the related taxa are illustrated.  

scholarly journals A new species of Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) attacking Quadrastichus spp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) galling Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae), with a summary of African Eurytoma biology and species checklist

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1751 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. GATES ◽  
G. DELVARE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
African Species ◽  
Species Checklist ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Host Associations

Eurytoma erythrinae Gates and Delvare, new species, is described and illustrated. This species was reared from fieldcollected galls on Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae) induced by Quadrastichus spp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), in Tanzania, Ghana, and South Africa. It is compared with very similar African species, Eurytoma radicicola Risbec. Afrotropical species classified in Eurytoma are reviewed and twenty-seven new combinations are proposed: Aximopsis acaciacola (Hedqvist) comb. n., A. caryedocida (Rasplus) comb. n., A. lamtoensis (Rasplus) comb. n., A. mateui (Hedqvist) comb. n., A. mimosarum (Rasplus) comb. n., A. obocki (Risbec) comb. n., A. oryzivora (Delvare) comb. n., A. saharensis (Hedqvist) comb. n., A. senegalensis (Risbec) comb. n., A. tropicana (Risbec) comb. n., Bruchophagus conapionis (Rasplus) comb. n., Fronsoma ellenbergeri (Risbec) comb. n., Gibsonoma amborasahae (Risbec) comb. n., G. aphloiae (Risbec) comb. n., G. bararakae (Risbec) comb. n., G. eugeniae (Risbec) comb. n., G. mandrakae (Risbec) comb. n., G. pauliani (Risbec) comb. n., G. plectroniae (Risbec) comb. n., G. tavolae (Risbec) comb. n., Philolema arachnovora (Hesse) comb. n., P. arnoldi (Waterston) comb. n., P. bambeyi (Risbec) comb. n., P. braconidis (Ferrière) comb. n., and P. syleptae (Ferri_re) comb. n., Phylloxeroxenus cressoni (Howard) comb. n., and Sycophila plectroniae (Risbec) comb. n. Lectotypes are designated for ten species: Eurytoma perineti Risbec, E. radicicola Risbec, E. toddaliae Risbec, Gibsonoma amborasahae (Risbec), G. aphloiae (Risbec), G. eugeniae (Risbec), G. mandrakae (Risbec), G. pauliani (Risbec), G. tavolae (Risbec), and P. bambeyi (Risbec). We also provide a checklist of Afrotropical species that are or were classified in Eurytoma and tabulate the known host/associations of these species with references.

A Revision of Parasecia (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) With a Description of a New Species, a New Genus and a Key to Species

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Bassini-Silva ◽  
Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius ◽  
Mariana Oliveira ◽  
Laura Contreras Peinado ◽  
Claudenice Faxina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Present Review ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
A New Species

Abstract Chiggers of the genus Parasecia Loomis parasitize birds, mammals, and reptiles in the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. In the present review, we examined 18 species previously included in the genus, 15 of them being retained in the genus Parasecia, one genus is created, Nahuacarus bulbocalcarn. gen. (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae), and new combinations are proposed for two species: Lorillatum lasiurusn. comb. and Lorillatum orphanan. comb. (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae). In addition, Parasecia kansasensis (Loomis) (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) is synonymized with Parasecia gurneyi (Ewing) (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae), Parasecia gilbetoin. sp. (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) is described and new locality and host records are added for Parasecia chara (Wharton), Parasecia longicalcar (Brennan and Jones), Parasecia manueli (Brennan and Jones), and Parasecia thalurania (Brennan) (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae).

New genera, new species and new combinations for some African Coccomorpha (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5020 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-80
Author(s):  
CHRIS J. HODGSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genera ◽  
African Species ◽  
Soft Scale ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

In the past, various authors have placed many species in genera that are now understood to be restricted to other regions of the world. Thus, in Africa, species of soft scale (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) with this problem are those in Ceronema Maskell, a genus probably restricted to Australia; Ceroplastodes Cockerell, probably restricted to the New World; and Inglisia Maskell, which is restricted to New Zealand. The placement of these species is reviewed here. Four of the known Ceronema species are placed in three new monotypic genera, Neoceronema gen. nov., Illovococcus gen. nov. and Bugandacoccus gen. nov., as Neoceronema africanum (Macfie) comb. nov., N. brachystegiae (Hall) comb. nov., Illovococcus mobilis (Brain) comb. nov. and Bugandacoccus gowdeyi (Newstead) comb. nov.; Ceroplastodes ritchiei Laing and C. zavatarii Bellio are transferred to Drepanococcus Williams & Watson, as D. ritchiei (Laing) comb. nov. and D. zavattarii (Bellio), comb. nov., and Inglisia grevilliae Hall, I. pluvialis Hodgson and I. theobromae Newstead are transferred to Cryptinglisia Cockerell as C. grevilliae (Hall) comb. nov., C. pluvialis (Hodgson) comb. nov. and C. theobromae (Newstead) comb. nov. Keys are provided to all Drepanococcus and Cryptinglisia species, and all the African species discussed are illustrated. In addition, another new genus of African Coccidae is described, Testudovestis gen. nov., to take a new species somewhat similar to Eucalymnatus Cockerell: T. africana spec. nov. In addition, a new species of Coccus L.: Coccus moorei, spec. nov., and a new species of mealybug (Heliococcus tinglei spec. nov., Pseudococcidae), are described, both from mainland Africa. The lecanodiaspid Lecanodiaspis zygophylli Hodgson is also recorded from Nigeria for the first time.  

Paralasianthus (Rubiaceae), a new genus from Southeast Asia

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 202 (4) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
Zhu Hua
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
East Asia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
A New Species

The new genus Paralasianthus is described from South-East Asia. Five species are recognised in the genus, four of which required new combinations, P. brevipes, P. dichotomus, P. lowianus and P. hainanensis, and one is described as a new species, P. zhengyianus. A key to the species is presented.

A review of the genus Dolgoma Moore from India, with notes on the genus taxonomy and descriptions of a new genus, four new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4683 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-54
Author(s):  
NAVNEET SINGH ◽  
JAGBIR SINGH KIRTI ◽  
HARVINDER SINGH DATTA ◽  
RAHUL JOSHI ◽  
ANTON V. VOLYNKIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

In the present paper, we review the genus Dolgoma from India, establish three species-groups and describe a new species, D. xanthoma N. Singh, Kirti, Datta & Volynkin, sp. nov. and a new subspecies, D. rectoides arunachala N. Singh & Joshi, ssp. nov. A new genus, Teuloma Volynkin & N. Singh, gen. nov. is established for Lithosia oblitterans Felder like species. Eight species are included here under Teuloma gen. nov., with five species known from India. Three of them are new for science and described below: T. microoblitterans N. Singh, Kirti & Datta, sp. nov., T. neooblitterans N. Singh, Joshi & Kirti, sp. nov. and T. falsinebulosa N. Singh, Kirti, Datta & Volynkin, sp. nov. Eight new combinations are established: Dolgoma steineri (Holloway, 2001), comb. nov., D. locus Bucsek, 2012, comb. nov., Teuloma oblitterans (Felder, 1868), comb. nov., T. montanebula (Holloway, 2001), comb. nov., T. nebulosa (Walker, 1862), comb. nov., T. divisa (Walker, 1862), comb. nov., T. setiniformis (Hampson, 1900), comb. nov. and Wittia lucida (Fang, 2000), comb. nov. In addition, checklists of presently known species of Dolgoma and Teuloma gen. nov. are provided. 

scholarly journals Kryptonesticus deelemanae gen. et sp. nov. (Araneae, Nesticidae), with notes on the Mediterranean cave species

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Pavlek ◽  
Carles Ribera
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
High Degree ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Subterranean Environment

This paper describes and illustrates a new genus and a new species belonging to the family Nesticidae based on morphology and supported by molecular data. The new genus, Kryptonesticus gen. nov., groups eight species spread from Bulgaria and Turkey to Croatia, including Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Crete. As a result, seven new combinations are proposed: K. eremita (Simon, 1879) comb. nov., K. arenstorffi (Kulczyński, 1914) comb. nov., K. fagei (Kratochvíl, 1933) comb. nov., K. beroni (Deltshev, 1977) comb. nov., K. beshkovi (Deltshev, 1979) comb. nov., K. henderickxi (Bosselaers, 1998) comb. nov. and K. dimensis (López-Pancorbo, Kunt & Ribera, 2013) comb. nov., all ex Nesticus. Kryptonesticus deelemanae gen. et sp. nov. is described on the basis of both sexes and its phylogenetic relationships with closely related species are discussed based on morphological and molecular data (the cox1, rrn and H3 genes). In addition, the species of this new genus (except for K. eremita) are clear candidates for protection: they have highly restricted ranges and some of them show a high degree of adaptation to the subterranean environment.

The Erythrothrips complex of tropical Aeolothripidae (Thysanoptera) with new taxa from Australia and South Africa

1993 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Marullo ◽  
Laurence A. Mound
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
African Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
African Genus

AbstractThe New World genus Erythrothrips is redefined and a key to the species provided. A new genus and species, Erythridothrips cubilis, is described from Australian tropical rain-forest. The South African genus Audiothrips is withdrawn from synonymy with Erythrothrips and a new species, A. senckenbergiana, is described. The sole African species in the American genus Stomatothrips is transferred to the African genus Allelothrips. The relationships of these taxa are discussed, together with reasons for questioning the validity of the tribe Orothripini.

LABOPIDEA UHLER IN NORTH AMERICA, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF A NEW SPECIES AND A NEW GENUS (HETEROPTERA: MIRIDAE)

1979 ◽  
Vol 111 (7) ◽  
pp. 753-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard A. Kelton
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
European Species ◽  
A New Species

AbstractLabopidea chloriza Uhler (1877) is synonymized with Tinicephalus simplex Uhler (1872). Labopidea brooksi n. sp. is described from Alberta and Saskatchewan. Orthotylus discolor Sahlberg, a European species now known to occur in North America, is transferred to Labopidea. Nine species currently placed in Labopidea are here removed from that genus. The new combinations are as follows: Labopidea atriseta Van Duzee is transferred to Hesperocapsus Knight, Orthotylus insignis Van Duzee is transferred to Ilnacorella Knight, Labopidea viridula Knight is transferred to Melanotrichus Reuter, and Labopidea utahensis Knight is synonymized with Diaphnidia heidemanni Knight (= Brachynotocoris heidemanni). Labopidicola n. gen. is described and Labopidea idahoensis Knight, L. planifrons Knight, L. ainsliei Knight, L. allii Knight, and L. geminata Johnston are transferred to it. Key to species of Labopidea is given.

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