Taxonomy of the leaf beetle genus Exomis Weise (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Clytrini) with description of six new species from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4748 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-364
Author(s):  
FENG-YAN WANG ◽  
HONG-ZHANG ZHOU

This publication revises the taxonomy of the leaf beetle genus Exomis Weise, 1889 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Clytrini) which is endemic to China. Six new species are described: E. deqinensis sp. nov., E. huangi sp. nov., E. pubescens sp. nov., E. pubipennis sp. nov., E. tanae sp. nov. and E. viridis sp. nov., in addition to two known species, namely E. degenevei Pic, 1932 and E. peplopteroides Weise, 1889. Exomis oblongum (Lopatin & Konstantinov, 2009) from China (Yunnan) is transferred to this genus as new combination. The total Chinese fauna of Exomis is thus increased to nine species. A key to these species is provided and, for each of them, also a color photo of habitus and line drawings of the aedeagus, spermatheca and kotpresse, in order to ease identification in the future. 

2008 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaoran Xu ◽  
†B. L. Burtt ◽  
L. E. Skog ◽  
D. J. Middleton

The genus Paraboea Ridl. (Gesneriaceae) is revised. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, southern China, India (Assam), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi), Laos, Malaysia (Peninsular and Borneo), Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, mostly from limestone habitats. Eighty-nine species and five varieties are recognised. Four new species and one new variety are described: Paraboea apiensis Z.R.Xu, Paraboea argentea Z.R.Xu, Paraboea graniticola Z.R.Xu, Paraboea paraprimuloides Z.R.Xu and Paraboea harroviana var. ovata Z.R.Xu. In addition two taxa are highlighted as possible new species but are not described here due to insufficient material. The treatment includes one new combination for a species, Paraboea harroviana (Craib) Z.R.Xu, one new combination for a variety, Paraboea schefferi var. ambigua (C.B.Clarke) Z.R.Xu, one new status for a variety, Paraboea rufescens var. tomentosa (Barnett) Z.R.Xu, and one new name, Paraboea primuloides Z.R.Xu. Fifty-one line drawings are included. A key is presented and all taxa are described. Preliminary conservation assessments are given.


1994 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. I. Wood

Various problems and issues in the Acanthaceae of Bhutan and the Himalaya are considered. The typification of Thunbergia grandiflora is discussed, and T. lacei and T. clarkei are reduced to synonomy. A new species of Eranthemum, E. erylhrochilum, is described, and the characters which separate it from its allies are listed. A new combination, P. gomezii, is made in Phlogacanthus. The genus Echinacanthus is reviewed and redefined. One group of species placed in it is moved to a new genus, Clarkeasia. which contains one species with two recognized varieties. The Chinese species, Strobilanthes lofuensis, is moved to Echinacanthus pending a thorough review of the three Chinese species in the genus. A wide-ranging discussion of Strobilanthes is presented, and Bremekamp's division of the genus into some fifty segregate genera is criticized and rejected. Various characters used in dividing the genus including life form (with particular attention to the gregarious flowering of the many plietesial species), anisophylly, inflorescence type, calyx development, corolla shape, pollen and seeds are discussed and reassessed. Although pollen is of minor value in subdividing the genus in the Himalayan region, it is possible to recognize 17 distinct groups of species at infrageneric level. These groups are described and discussed with the hope that they will help towards the reclassification of the Strobilanthes group as a whole. Keys are provided for most groups covering species from outside the Himalayan region as well. Thirty-five individual species of Strobilanthes are discussed, of which 17 are described as new. SEM photographs and line drawings illustrate the new species and various aspects of the genus discussed in the paper.


Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 451
Author(s):  
Wenyuan Duan ◽  
Fengyan Wang ◽  
Hongzhang Zhou

This is a study on the leaf beetle subgenus Cryptocephalus Geoffroy, 1762 from China, with the particular emphasis upon the species-group classification of the subgenus and the taxonomy of the Cryptocephalus heraldicus species group. A new key is compiled to all the species groups found in China. Four new species are described from China: Cryptocephalus (Cryptocephalus) biordopunctatus sp. nov. from Yunnan, C. hani sp. nov. from Shanxi, Hubei, Shaanxi and Gansu, C. incisodentatus sp. nov. from Sichuan and Yunnan, and C. nigroflavusiventerus sp. nov. from Yunnan. Three species are found for the first time in China: C. lacosus Pic, 1922, C. nigriceps Allard, 1891 and C. rajah Jacoby, 1908. The species C. nigrolimbatus Jacoby, 1890 is transferred from the subgenus Burlinius Lopatin to this subgenus and assigned to the Cryptocephalus heraldicus group. The species number of this group is now 30 in total according to our result of taxonomic review. A key to all the mainland China species of this species group is provided as well as high quality color images and line drawings of adult habitus, aedeagus, and other important structures. All the types of the new species are deposited in the collection of Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZ-CAS).


ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 796 ◽  
pp. 97-106
Author(s):  
Dan A. Polhemus

Engytatushenryisp. n. is described from the Waianae Mountains of Oahu. This new species feeds on Abutilonsandwicense (Malvaceae), an endangered understory plant in mesic forests. A dorsal habitus photograph and line drawings of key male genitalic structures are provided for E.henryi, accompanied by a photograph of the host plant. Cyrtopeltiskahakai Asquith is given a new generic assignment as Engytatuskahakai (Asquith) new combination, and additional locality and host-plant records are provided for four other Hawaiian endemic Engytatus species.


Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4233 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
LIANG SU ◽  
HONG-ZHANG ZHOU

This study is focused on the Chinese fauna of the leaf beetle genus Chlamisus Rafinesque, 1815 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and three new species are described, namely C. corollinotatus sp. nov. from Guangxi, and C. lycocephalus sp. nov. and C. varipennatus sp. nov. from Yunnan. The number of the Chinese Chlamisus is thus increased to 66. Twenty-five species are redescribed with the emphasis mainly on the genital morphological characters that are observed and reported for the first time for most species of the genus from China. Color plates and line drawings of general habitus and other detailed structures are also provided. Chinese fauna of the genus is keyed to species. Type specimens of the new species and other materials included in this study are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4351 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
LIN-FEI WANG ◽  
HONG-ZHANG ZHOU ◽  
LIANG LÜ

The Anotylus sculpturatus species group is one of the relatively well-defined assemblages within the very large genus Anotylus Thomson, 1859 of the subfamily Oxytelinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). This paper briefly examines the species group classification of the genus Anotylus and concentrates mainly on the taxonomy of Anotylus sculpturatus group. The paper reviews the Chinese fauna of 13 species, with seven new species described here: Anotylus benisculptilis sp. nov., A. nigelisculptilis sp. nov. and A. brevisculptilis sp. nov. from Sichuan, A. varisculptilis sp. nov. from Yunnan and Sichuan, A. nitelisculptilis sp. nov. from Sichuan, Ningxia, Gansu and Shaanxi, A. rectisculptilis sp. nov. from Zhejiang, and A. extrasculptilis sp. nov. from Yunnan. Lectotypes are designated for Anotylus chinkiangensis (Bernhauer, 1938) and A. subsericeus (Bernhauer, 1938). Color figures and line-drawings are provided for all the new species and most of the earlier known species from China. A preliminary key to the species groups of Anotylus and a key to the species of Anotylus sculpturatus group, mainly focused on Chinese fauna, are also included in the paper, so as to benefit the classification and identification in the future. 


Kew Bulletin ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron P. Davis ◽  
Franck Rakotonasolo

SummarySix new species of Coffea are described as new to science: Coffea callmanderi, C. darainensis, C. kalobinonensis, C. microdubardii, C. pustulata and C. rupicola. All six species are endemic to northern Madagascar; four species are narrowly endemic to specific forest areas. Associated information, including distribution maps, conservation assessments, phenology and taxonomic notes are provided, and two species are illustrated with line drawings.


Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3551 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
SERGIO ÁLVAREZ-ORTEGA ◽  
JOAQUÍN ABOLAFIA ◽  
GRACIA LIÉBANAS ◽  
REYES PEÑA-SANTIAGO

Four new species with complex uterus of the genus Aporcelaimellus, collected mainly in natural areas in the IberianPeninsula, are identified and described here. Aporcelaimellus alpujarrensis sp. n. is characterized by having body1.72–1.91 mm long, lip region offset by constriction and 14–15μm broad, odontostyle 14–16μm long with apertureoccupying 67–70% its length, neck about 455μm long, pharyngeal expansion about 224μm long, uterus tripartite and145–206μm long, V = 53–55, tail convex conoid (27–34μm, c = 55–71, c’ = 0.9–1.1), spicules 56–60μm long, and 7–9irregularly spaced ventromedian supplements with hiatus. Aporcelaimellus castaneanus sp. n. is characterized by havingbody 2.18–2.83 mm long, lip region offset by constriction and 20–23μm broad, odontostyle 22–24μm long with apertureoccupying 62–67% its length, neck 581–662μm long, pharyngeal expansion 300–355μm long, uterus tripartite and164–348μm long, V = 52–58, tail conical with rounded terminus (44–52μm, c = 48–60, c’ = 0.8–1.1), spicules 94–103μm long, and 14–15 irregularly spaced ventromedian supplements which lack hiatus. Aporcelaimellus communis sp. n. ischaracterized by having body 2.56–4.22 mm long, lip region offset by constriction and 19–25μm broad, odontostyle19–26μm long with aperture occupying 64–74% its length, neck 595–750μm long, pharyngeal expansion 321–427μmlong, uterus bipartite and 190–450μm long, V = 51–60, tail short and convex conoid (29–50μm, c = 63–109, c’ = 0.5–1.0),spicules 89–118μm long, and 16–25 irregularly spaced ventromedian supplements with hiatus. Aporcelaimellus tenuis sp.n. is characterized by having body 1.89–2.70 mm long and comparatively slender (a = 35–49), lip region offset byconstriction and 15–18μm broad, odontostyle 15–21μm long with aperture occupying 60–70% of its length, neck488–645μm long, pharyngeal expansion 251–366μm long, uterus bipartite and 135–213μm long, V = 55–58, tail convexconoid with rounded terminus (25–40μm, c = 64–92, c’ = 0.8–1.1), spicules 52–66μm long, and 11–12 irregularly spaced SEM pictures, are given for the four species.ventromedian supplements with hiatus. Measurements and illustrations, including line drawings, LM pictures and and/or


2014 ◽  
Vol 147 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong-Seok Park ◽  
Christopher E. Carlton

AbstractAhnea keejeongi Park and Carlton (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), a new genus and new species of New Zealand endemic beetle belonging to the supertribe Faronitae is described. Six previously described species are included to this genus and four species are synonymised as follow: Sagola dissonans Broun, 1921 and S. planicula Broun, 1921 under Ahnea ventralis (Broun, 1912); S. carinata Broun, 1912 and S. lineiceps Broun, 1921 under Ahnea lineata (Broun, 1893). A key to species, habitus photographs, line drawings of diagnostic characters, and distribution maps are provided.


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