Additions to the taxonomy of Gnamptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae) with an updated key to the New World species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4747 (3) ◽  
pp. 450-476
Author(s):  
GABRIELA P. CAMACHO ◽  
WESLLY FRANCO ◽  
RODRIGO M. FEITOSA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Natural History ◽  
New World ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
World Species ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
High Resolution Images ◽  
First Time

This study aimed to raise and address nomenclatural issues surrounding Neotropical species in the genus Gnamptogenys, in addition to describing new species accumulated in myrmecological collections. New and reinstated names recognized here include G. pernambucana (Santschi) sp. rev., stat.n., G. lenis sp. n., G. latistriata sp. n., and G. avus sp. n. The queen and intercaste of G. lavra Lattke and the queen of G. pernambucana are described for the first time. For these five species we provide complete descriptions and diagnoses, comments on taxonomy and natural history, distribution data, and high-resolution images, including the first images of G. lavra. An updated identification key for all the Neotropical species of Gnamptogenys is also provided, including the new and revived species as well as G. aspera Morgan and G. pilosa Lattke, not present in previous keys for the genus. 

scholarly journals Contribution to the Knowledge of the Genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Proceratiinae) in the New World

Sociobiology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 551
Author(s):  
Itanna Oliveira Fernandes ◽  
Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie ◽  
Fernando Castiblanco Fernández
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
South America ◽  
New Record ◽  
New World ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Caribbean Islands ◽  
The World ◽  
High Resolution Images ◽  
South Of Brazil ◽  
First Time

The genus Proceratium Roger comprises rare ants that are irregularly distributed in tropical and temperate regions of the world. Despite this global distribution, these ants are rarely collected, likely due to their cryptobiotic lifestyle. In the New World, the genus comprises 22 known species distributed from Southern Canada to the South of Brazil, and in some Caribbean islands. The taxonomy of the genus Proceratium is here updated for South America. We describe P. amazonicum sp. nov, from Rondônia state and provide distribution data for P. brasiliense, P. convexipes, and P. silaceum. We also present, for the first time, high-resolution images of the P. colombicum type and P. ecuadoriense, and provide a new record of P. micrommatum from Peru, and comment about its morphological variation and distribution. A key for the workers of the P. micrommatum clade is also provided. The species we describe belongs to P. micrommatum clade and represents the second species recorded from Brazil after 60 years, since only P. brasiliense was known previously in the country.

Review of the parasitoid genus Synosis Townes, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Metopiinae) in the Neotropical region, with a key to species

2020 ◽  
Vol 152 (5) ◽  
pp. 601-612
Author(s):  
M. Alvarado
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New World ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
World Species ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

AbstractThe genus Synosis Townes, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Metopiinae) currently comprises 18 described species. A redescription of the genus is presented and three new species are described and illustrated: S. diaguita new species, S. nigra new species, and S. zezei new species. Two previously known species, Synosis rubinus Alvarado and Rodriguez-Berrios, 2013 and S. townesi Alvarado and Rodriguez-Berrios, 2013 are recorded for the first time in Ecuador. The genus is recorded for the first time for Ecuador and Argentina. An identification key to the New World species is presented.

Six new species of Paraleia Tonnoir (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): amphinotic elements at the northern range of the Andes

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3186 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
SARAH SIQUEIRA OLIVEIRA ◽  
DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Distribution Pattern ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
World Species ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
The Andes

Paraleia was originally described by Tonnoir for P. fulvescens, known from Australia. More recently, eleven Neotropicalspecies were added to the genus—nine of which are from Chile and southern Argentina, one from Bolivia, and one fromPeru. This distribution pattern is typical of many mycetophilid genera. Six new Neotropical species of Paraleia from theAndean Colombia and Ecuador are herein described. Male terminalia of P. bolivari sp. n., P. denticulata sp. n., P. fumosasp. n., and P. tonnoiri sp. n., as well as female terminalia of P. bolivari sp. n., P. denticulata sp. n., P. fumosa sp. n., P.nidorosa sp. n., P. sharkeyi sp. n., and Paraleia sp. are illustrated. High-resolution photos of wings for all species are presented. An identification key for world species of Paraleia is provided.

Review of the Neotropical genus Pseudosympycnus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with description of six new species from Brazil and Peru

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4881 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-256
Author(s):  
MATHEUS M. M. SOARES ◽  
RENATO S. CAPELLARI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Brazilian State ◽  
High Resolution Images ◽  
First Time

The Neotropical stolidosomatine genus Pseudosympycnus Robinson (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) is reviewed and contains 12 species, including six new species that herein are described and illustrated: P. araza sp. nov. (Peru, department of Cusco), P. bickeli sp. nov. (Brazilian States of Pará and Roraima), P. latitibia sp. nov. (Brazilian States of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo), P. maroaga sp. nov (Brazilian State of Amazonas), P. robinsoni sp. nov. (Brazilian State of Acre), and P. sehnali sp. nov. (Brazilian State of Amazonas). All species are diagnosed, male and female terminalia of the genus are illustrated for the first time, high-resolution images of relevant characters are presented and an identification key to males is provided.

A new species of Pirhosigma Giordani Soika, 1978 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae: Eumeninae), with additional notes and a key to the species in the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4300 (2) ◽  
pp. 269 ◽  
Author(s):  
WELLINGTON D. FERREIRA ◽  
LETÍCIA A. DE OLIVEIRA ◽  
TIAGO G. INEZ ◽  
MARCEL G. HERMES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new Neotropical species of Pirhosigma Giordani Soika, 1978 is described, Pirhosigma transfluvium Ferreira & Oliveira. The male of Pirhosigma limpidum Giordani Soika, 1978 is reported for the first time. An illustrated identification key is presented for all currently recognized species of Pirhosigma. 

Three new Nearctic species of Telenomus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) attacking Tabanidae eggs

2004 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmood Iranpour ◽  
Terry D. Galloway
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New World ◽  
Egg Parasitoids ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
World Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Three New Species

AbstractThree new species of Tabanidae egg parasitoids are described: Telenomus hybomitraesp. nov. and Telenomus utilissp. nov., both reared from eggs of Hybomitra nitidifrons nuda (McDunnough) and Hybomitra lasiophthalma Macquart, and Telenomus chrysopsissp. nov., reared from eggs of Chrysops aestuans Wulp, Chrysops excitans Walker, and Chrysops mitis Osten Sacken. Specimens of these species were compared with type specimens of known New World species of scelionid parasitoids attacking tabanid eggs. Diagnostic characters and identification key to the Nearctic species are provided.

The Neotropical species of Clistopyga (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae). Part II: the C. isayae species group, with the description of seven new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4442 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-121
Author(s):  
EDGARD PALACIO ◽  
SANTIAGO BORDERA ◽  
ILARI E. SÄÄKSJÄRVI ◽  
FRANCISCO DÍAZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
New World ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Tropical South America

The New World Clistopyga isayae species group is revised. Seven species are described as new: C. crassicaudata sp. nov., C. isayae sp. nov., C. kalima sp. nov., C. nigriventris sp. nov., C. panchei sp. nov., C. splendida sp. nov. and C. taironae sp. nov. An illustrated identification key to all species of the group is provided. The Clistopyga isayae species group is composed entirely of previously undescribed species mainly from Andean forests of tropical South America. 

scholarly journals Description of a new species of Macronychia Rondani (Diptera: Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae), with a key to the New World species of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2832 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
PABLO RICARDO MULIERI ◽  
JUAN CARLOS MARILUIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
New World ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Actual Number ◽  
World Species ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Endemic Genera ◽  
A New Species

The Miltogramminae of the Neotropical Region are low in species diversity, with no endemic genera (Pape 1996). However, the actual number of Neotropical species in this subfamily is expected to be higher according to the few comprehensive taxonomic revisions (e.g., Pape 1987a, 1989).

A new spider fly (Diptera: Acroceridae: Ogcodinae: Ogcodes Latreille) from Chiloé Island’s evergreen forest and new distributional records for other spider flies in Chile

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4779 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-64
Author(s):  
RODRIGO M. BARAHONA-SEGOVIA ◽  
VICENTE VALDÉS GUZMÁN ◽  
MATÍAS BARCELÓ ◽  
LAURA PAÑINAO-MONSÁLVEZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Evergreen Forest ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Wing Vein ◽  
Cosmopolitan Distribution ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Morphological Aspects ◽  
A New Species

Ogcodes Latreille is the largest genus of Acroceridae. They exhibit a cosmopolitan distribution and parasitize several spider families. Eleven Neotropical species are currently recognized in the genus, with five of them occurring in Chile, though distribution data is limited in this group of rarely collected flies. In this work, we describe a new species, Ogcodes kunkunche sp. nov. Barahona-Segovia from the evergreen forest of Chiloé Island, provide an identification key to the Chilean species of Ogcodes, and include novel distributional data for other species of spider flies (Acrocerinae and Ogcodinae). Based in our results, we suggest that O. kunkunche sp. nov. must be incorporated in the porteri group, due to wing vein reduction. Morphological aspects within Ogcodes, and their evolutionary implications are discussed. 

Revision of Anisepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of 135 new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4416 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
DIEGO N. BARBOSA ◽  
CELSO O. AZEVEDO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New World ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Identification Keys ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Almost All ◽  
First Time ◽  
Female Genital

The identity of many species of Anisepyris Kieffer is currently unknown, mostly because the available taxonomic data are not sufficiently accurate to allow for precise identifications. To solve this problem, all 121 described species were investigated, including the analyses of 115 holotypes and 26 allotypes. Almost all Neotropical species of Epyrinae and many from the Nearctic were also examined in order to recognize possible species of Anisepyris misclassified in other genera. The ten species-groups included in Anisepyris are redefined. And the female genital structures of the genus are investigated for the first time. Based on this, we recognize 119 previously described species as belonging to Anisepyris, one species is transferred to Laelius Ashmead, L. foveaticeps (Rosmann & Azevedo) comb. nov., one is transferred to Chlorepyris Kieffer, C. nigerrimus (Evans) comb. nov., and 135 new species are described to science, so that the genus is now contains 254 species. They are recorded from 31 countries of the New World. Lectotypes are designated for A. aurichalceus (Westwood) and A. planiceps (Fabricius). The previously identified species-groups are re-organized into six, and seven additional species-groups are proposed are new. Identification keys for Anisepyris species-groups and species are provided.

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