Report on two African mealybug species (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha)

Most mealybug species in the Afrotropical Region have been described or redescribed adequately and their identities are now well established. The species are listed in the catalogue of world species by Ben-Dov (1994) and in ScaleNet, an online database of the scale insects (García-Morales et al. 2019). The genera found in South Africa, and their type species, were discussed by Millar (2002). However, two species remain that have not been discussed since they were described, and their identities remain obscure. Here we discuss these species.

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Jocquestus, a new genus of trachelid sac spiders from the Afrotropical Region (Arachnida: Araneae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4471.2.4 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4471 (2) ◽

pp. 309 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

ROBIN LYLE ◽

CHARLES R. HADDAD

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

Woody Plants ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Soil Surface ◽

Afrotropical Region ◽

First Time

The new dark sac spider genus Jocquestus gen. nov. (Araneae: Trachelidae) is proposed for two species of Afrotropical trachelid spiders, J. schenkeli (Lessert, 1923) comb. nov. (type species) from D.R. Congo, South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and J. roeweri (Lawrence, 1938) comb. nov. from South Africa, both of which are transferred from Trachelas L. Koch, 1872. Both species are redescribed and the male of J. roeweri comb. nov. is described for the first time. Five new species are described: J. capensis sp. nov. (♂ ♀), J. harrisi sp. nov. (♀) and J. incurvus sp. nov. (♂ ♀) from South Africa, and J. griswoldi sp. nov. (♂) and J. obliquus sp. nov. (♂ ♀) from Tanzania. Present data suggests that all of the species are arboreal spiders associated with the vegetation of woody plants in savanna, forest and fynbos habitats, and are only very rarely encountered near the soil surface.

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On some new and old soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from Africa, with description of a new Coccus species and introduction of a new genus

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4612.3.4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4612 (3) ◽

pp. 373

Author(s):

BOŻENA ŁAGOWSKA ◽

CHRIS J. HODGSON

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

South African ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Scale Insects ◽

Similar Species ◽

Soft Scale ◽

Adult Females ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

A new species of soft scale (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha; Cocccidae) from South Africa, Coccus giliomeei Łagowska & Hodgson sp. n., collected on Gymnosporia buxifolia (L.) Szyszyl, is described and illustrated. Also, Coccus rhodesiensis (Hall) is recorded for the first time from South Africa and is redescribed and illustrated based on the adult females of the type series and fresh South African specimens. An updated key to the species of Coccus and similar species known from Africa is included. Based on this latter study, (i) Marsipococcus proteae (Brain) and M. durbanensis (Brain) are considered not to be congeneric with Marsipococcus marsupialis (Green), the type species of Marsipococcus Cockerell & Bueker, and are placed in a new genus Proteacoccus Łagowska & Hodgson, gen. n. with Lecanium proteae Brain as the type species; (ii) it is considered that Coccus asiaticus Lindinger is clearly not a junior synonym of Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner) and is accepted as a full species, rev. stat., and (iii) Neoplatylecanium adersi (Newstead) is considered to be non-conspecific with N. cinnamomi Takahashi, the type species of Neoplatylecanium Takahashi, and is transferred to Maacoccus Tao & Wong, as Maacoccus adersi (Newstead), comb. n.

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Synonymy of Reikosiella Yoshimoto under Merostenus Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), with a checklist of world species and a revision of those species with brachypterous females

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4255.1.1 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4255 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

GARY A. P. GIBSON

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Species Group ◽

Character State ◽

Morphological Comparison ◽

World Species ◽

Basal Group ◽

Afrotropical Region ◽

Republic Of The Congo ◽

Previously Treated

Reikosiella Yoshimoto, 1969 is synonymized under Merostenus Walker, 1837 n. syn. and treated as M. (Reikosiella), one of four subgenera recognized in the genus. Hirticauda Bouček, 1988, previously treated as a subgenus of Reikosiella, is synonymized under M. (Merostenus) n. syn., and two subgenera established in Reikosiella by Gibson (1995) are synonymized under Merostenus and treated as the subgenera M. (Capreocauda) and M. (Incohata) n. syns. The new generic synonymy is proposed after morphological comparison of females and males of Merostenus and Reikosiella sensu Gibson (1995), including reanalysis of features possessed by a basal group of genera of Eupelminae whose females share two hypothesized symplesiomorphies—a medially divided mesotrochantinal plate and lack of a mesotibial apical groove. A checklist of the 51 world species assigned to Merostenus is given, with 1 described species in M. (Incohata), 6 in M. (Capreocauda), 6 in M. (Reikosiella) and 38 in M. (Merostenus). All but one, the type species of Merostenus, represent new combinations. The species of Merostenus with brachypterous females are revised, with 8 of 10 species described as new. In addition to M. (Merostenus) excavatus (Dalman) (♀, ♂) from the Palaearctic, described in the same subgenus are one new species from Mexico, M. (Merostenus) mexicanus n. sp. (♀), and seven from the Afrotropical region, M. (Merostenus) distigma n. sp. (♀: Kenya, Tanzania), M. (Merostenus) micropterus n. sp. (♀: Democratic Republic of the Congo), M. (Merostenus) platyscapus n. sp. (♀: South Africa), M. (Merostenus) reticulatus n. sp. (♀, ♂: Kenya), M. (Merostenus) speculum n. sp. (♀: Burundi), M. (Merostenus) congoensis (♀: Democratic Republic of the Congo), and M. (Merostenus) longistylus n. sp. (♀, ♂: South Africa). The first seven species are assigned to the excavatus species-group of M. (Merostenus) based on females sharing a completely sclerotized pronotum and apically truncate syntergum. Also treated is M. (Reikosiella) melinus (Yoshimoto) n. comb. (♀: Argentina, Brazil, Hawaii), the only species known with macropterous to variably strongly brachypterous females. Six species are transferred to other genera. Merostenus ferrugineus Yoshimoto & Ishii is transferred to Anastatus Motschulsky as A. ferrugineus (Yoshimoto & Ishii) n. comb., Merostenus guamensis Yoshimoto & Ishii and Merostenus palauensis Yoshimoto & Ishii are transferred to Eupelmus Dalman and provisionally classified in E. (Eupelmus) as E. (Eupelmus) guamensis (Yoshimoto & Ishii) n. comb. and E. (Eupelmus) palauensis (Yoshimoto & Ishii) n. comb., Eupelminus subapterus Ashmead is transferred to E. (Eupelmus) as E. (Eupelmus) subapterus (Ashmead) n. comb., and Eupelminus robustus Brues and Eupelminus tarsatus Waterston are transferred to Arachnophaga (Parasolindenia Brues) as Arachnophaga (Parasolindenia) robusta (Brues) n. comb. and Arachnophaga (Parasolindenia) tarsata (Waterston) n. comb. The character-state analysis and treated species are illustrated through macrophotography and, except for A. robusta, notes and illustrations provided for the excluded species to assist their future recognition.

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Capobula gen. nov., a new Afrotropical dark sac spider genus related to Orthobula Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Trachelidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4942.1.2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4942 (1) ◽

pp. 41-71

Author(s):

CHARLES R. HADDAD ◽

CHI JIN ◽

NORMAN I. PLATNICK ◽

RUAN BOOYSEN

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Coi Gene ◽

Western Cape ◽

Eastern Cape ◽

Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit ◽

Kwazulu Natal ◽

Afrotropical Region ◽

First Time

A new genus of the spider family Trachelidae L. Koch, 1872 from the Afrotropical Region is described. Capobula gen. nov. is represented by five species, known from South Africa and Lesotho only. Adults of both sexes of Orthobula infima Simon, 1896a, which is widely distributed in the Western Cape, South Africa, are described for the first time, and this species is transferred to Capobula gen. nov. as its type species. Four new species are described: C. capensis spec. nov. and C. neethlingi spec. nov. (South Africa: Western Cape), C. montana spec. nov. (Lesotho and South Africa: Eastern Cape, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal) and C. ukhahlamba spec. nov. (South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal). A phylogenetic analysis based on the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, including 14 genera of Trachelidae, one genus of Clubionidae Wagner, 1887 and three genera of Phrurolithidae Banks, 1892, supports the placement of Capobula gen. nov. in Trachelidae, with Orthobula Simon, 1897 as its likely closest relative.

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REVISION OF THE WORLD SPECIES OF ARADOPHAGINI (HYMENOPTERA: SCELIONIDAE)

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent1111089-10 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 111 (10) ◽

pp. 1089-1100 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Lubomir Masner ◽

Lars Huggert

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Central Asia ◽

Type Species ◽

South India ◽

Taxonomic Position ◽

World Species ◽

The Family ◽

The World

AbstractSeven species of Aradophagini are classified in three genera. Aradophagus Ashmead includes A. fasciatus (USA, Canada, Europe) A. pulchricornis n. sp. (Mexico, USA), and A. microps n. sp. (South India). Ladora n. gen. includes L. brunnea n. sp. (type-species: Morocco, Mallorca, Gambia), L. maura n. sp. (South Africa), and L. trjapitzini n. sp. (Central Asia). Abuko n. gen. with A. sarotes n. sp. (type-species: Gambia). The tribe Aradophagini is redefined and its taxonomic position in the family Scelionidae is discussed. Keys to genera and species of Aradophagini are given.

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Skusella Freeman (Diptera: Chironomidae): new species, immature stages from Africa, Asia and Australia, and expanded distributions

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4450.1.3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4450 (1) ◽

pp. 41 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

PETER S. CRANSTON ◽

HONGQU TANG

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

Type Species ◽

Type Locality ◽

Immature Stages ◽

Life Stages ◽

Adult Males ◽

African Species ◽

Pupal Exuviae ◽

Afrotropical Region

Skusella Freeman, 1961 (Diptera: Chironomidae, Chironominae), known previously from adults from Australia and Africa, is revised with extended descriptions, including for immature life stages. Skusella is diagnosed based on its type species S. subvittata (Skuse, 1889) from Australia, S. pallidipes (Kieffer, 1921) from the Afrotropical region (the only other originally included species), a second African species S. freemani Harrison, 2002, and S. silingae Tang, sp. n., newly described here from the pupa and adult males from China. The immature stages of Skusella have been known informally for several decades, notably for a characteristic fringe of setae on one or more abdominal pleurae of the pupa, shared only with newly described Paraskusella Cranston, 2018 within the Chironominae. Amongst larvae of Chironomini with 6-segmented antenna, alternate Lauterborn organs and a well-demarcated ventromentum, those of Skusella are distinguishable only with caution due to insufficient reared associations. Unassociated pupal exuviae, tentatively belonging to three unknown new species, are described informally from China, as is a larval type from Africa. Range extensions include for S. freemani, with pupae (newly described here) from Nigeria and Cameroon, at least 5000 km from the type locality in South Africa. A wider distribution of S. subvittata in Australia and Asia is revealed by extensive pupal exuviae sampled from drift.

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A revision of and key to the world species of Mycterothrips Trybom (Thysanoptera, Thripidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1261.1.1 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1261 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

MASAMI MASUMOTO ◽

SHÛJI OKAJIMA

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Type Species ◽

Indian Species ◽

World Species ◽

The World ◽

Species Groups

The genus Mycterothrips Trybom is reviewed. Twenty-seven species are recognized in the genus, of which six species are newly described mainly from Australia and Japan: M. desleyae sp. n. (Australia); M. egonoki sp. n. (Japan); M. fasciatus sp. n. (Japan, West Malaysia); M. grandis sp. n. (Japan); M. shihoae sp. n. (Japan); M. yamagishii sp. n. (Japan). Five species-groups are recognized in this genus based on character states of males. M. ravidus Wang from Taiwan is treated as a synonym of the Indian species, M. nilgiriensis (Ananthakrishnan), and it is newly recorded from Australia and Nepal. Another Indian species, M. ricini (Shumsher Singh), is newly recorded from Japan. The type species of the genus from South Africa, M. laticauda Trybom, is newly recorded from Tchad. A key to world species is provided.

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Partial revision of the Afrotropical Ballini, with the description of seven new genera (Araneae: Salticidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.4 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4899 (1) ◽

pp. 15-92

Author(s):

GALINA N. AZARKINA ◽

CHARLES R. HADDAD

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

Indian Ocean ◽

Type Species ◽

New Combination ◽

New Genera ◽

Jumping Spiders ◽

Afrotropical Region ◽

Partial Revision ◽

A New Species

The jumping spider tribe Ballini is reviewed in the Afrotropical Region. The genera Afromarengo Benjamin, 2004 and Goleta Peckham & Peckham, 1894 are redefined. In Afromarengo, A. coriacea (Simon, 1900) is illustrated and A. ghanaensis sp. nov. (♀, from Ghana) and A. ugandensis sp. nov. (♂♀, from Uganda and D.R. Congo) are newly described. For Goleta, the type species, Goleta workmani (Peckham & Peckham, 1885), is redescribed from both sexes. Seven new genera and twelve new species are described, including three monotypic genera, Ballagascar gen. nov., with B. insularis (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) comb. nov. (ex Colaxes Simon, 1900) from Madagascar (♂♀) as the type species; Mondeku gen. nov., with M. albopilosum sp. nov. (♂♀, from Kenya) as the type species; and Oviballus gen. nov., with O. vidae sp. nov. (♂♀, from South Africa) as the type species. We also describe Planamarengo gen. nov., with P. bimaculata (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) comb. nov. (ex Afromarengo) from South Africa (♂♀) as the type species, as well as P. gatamaiyu sp. nov. (♂, from Kenya) and P. kenyaensis sp. nov. (♂♀, from Kenya); Propiomarengo gen. nov., with P. plana (Haddad & Wesołowska, 2013) comb. nov. (ex Afromarengo) from South Africa (♀) as the type species, as well as P. foordi sp. nov. (♂, from South Africa); Tenuiballus gen. nov., with T. minor sp. nov. (♂, from South Africa) as the type species, and also including T. coronatus sp. nov. (♂, from South Africa); and Wandawe gen. nov., with W. benjamini (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013) comb. n. (ex Colaxes) from South Africa (♂♀) as the type species, and also including W. australe sp. nov. (♂♀, from South Africa) and W. tigrinа sp. nov. (♂♀, from Kenya and Uganda). A new combination for Copocrossa albozonata Caporiacco, 1949, Afromarengo albozonata comb. nov. is provided, and the name A. albozonata is treated as a nomen dubium. A new species of Padilla Peckham & Peckham, 1894, a genus only known from the Afrotropical Indian Ocean islands, P. wandae sp. nov. (♂♀, from Madagascar), is described. New data and illustrations for Sadies Wanless, 1984, as well as two Asian species of Colaxes, are provided. The recently revised Pachyballus Simon, 1900 and Peplometus Simon, 1900 are not treated further. A key to the genera of Afrotropical Ballinae is presented, as well as new data on their natural history, biogeography, and a discussion of the evolution of mimicry of various arthropod groups by balline jumping spiders. A putative synapomorphy and the new composition of Ballini sensu novo are proposed.

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To the study of Afrotropical species of the genus Aneuclis Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae)

Zoosystematica Rossica ◽

10.31610/zsr/2010.19.1.120 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 120-123

Author(s):

A.I. Khalaim

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Natural History ◽

Natural History Museum ◽

History Museum ◽

Afrotropical Region

Aneuclis rhodesiana sp. nov. is described from Zimbabwe, Cameroon and South Africa from the material of the Natural History Museum, London. New faunistic records of six species of the genus Aneuclis are given for Afrotropical region.

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A REVISION OF THE PACHNEPHORUS FROM THE AFROTROPICAL REGION (COLEOPTERA, CHRYSOMELIDAE)

Fragmenta Entomologica ◽

10.4081/fe.2007.128 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Stefano Zoia

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Sierra Leone ◽

New Taxa ◽

Guinea Bissau ◽

Afrotropical Region ◽

Nomenclatural Change ◽

New Synonymy

A revision of the genus Pachnephorus Chevrolat, 1837 from the Afrotropical Region is given and a key to the species is provided. Types of all the previously known taxa have been studied and redescribed; 40 new taxa are described and illustrated: P. achardi n. sp. (Mali), P. aequatorianus n. sp. (Rep. Pop. Congo), P. aethiopicus n. sp. (Etiopia), P. baehri n. sp. (Namibia), P. balyi n. sp. (Angola), P. beharui n. sp. (Etiopia), P. bertiae n. sp. (Madagascar), P. bezdeki n. sp. (Rep. Pop. Congo), P. bracarumvestitus n. sp. (Rep. Pop. Congo), P. bryanti n. sp. (Mali), P. burgeoni n. sp. (Natal), P. camerunensis n. sp. (Camerun), P. cristiani n. sp. (Namibia), P. crocodilinus n. sp. (Zambia), P. daccordii n. sp. (Yemen), P. danielssoni n. sp. (Sierra Leone), P. danielssoni congoanus n. ssp. (Rep. Pop. Congo), P. demeyeri n. sp. (Rep. Pop. Congo), P. episternalis n. sp. (Madagascar), P. fabianae n. sp. (Congo), P. fasciatus occidentalis n. ssp. (Nigeria), P. gardinii n. sp. (Etiopia), P. gerstaeckeri n. sp. (Namibia), P. grobbelaarae n. sp. (South Africa), P. hajeki n. sp. (Madagascar), P. lopatini n. sp. (Senegal), P. malicus n. sp. (Mali), P. maroantsetranus n. sp. (Madagascar), P. medvedevi n. sp. (Zambia), P. moseykoi n. sp. (Chad), P. pacificus n. sp. (Central Afr. Rep.), P. parentorum n. sp. (Ghana), P. poggii n. sp. (Somalia), P. regalini n. sp. (Zambia), P. rigatoi n. sp. (Kenya), P. sassii n. sp. (Guinea Bissau), P. shuteae n. sp. (Rep. South Africa), P. sprecherae n. sp. (Madagascar), P. uhligi n. sp. (Namibia), P. willersi n. sp. (Namibia). The lectoypes of P. conspersus Gerstaecker, 1871, P. senegalensis Achard, 1914, P. latior Pic, 1921 and P. testaceipes Fairmaire, 1880 are designated. A new synonymy (P. costatus Achard, 1914 n. syn. of P. torridus Baly, 1878) and a nomenclatural change (Mecistes lineatus (Pic, 1921) n. comb. for Pachnephorus lineatus Pic, 1921) are proposed; the Lectotypes of M. lineatus and of M. flavipes (Gerstaecker, 1855) are designated.

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