Taxonomy of Iranian Gonatopodinae (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae), with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4789 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-402
Author(s):  
HOSSEIN ALI DERAFSHAN ◽  
MASSIMO OLMI ◽  
EHSAN RAKHSHANI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Iran ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Gonatopodinae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Dryinidae) of Iran, were taxonomically reviewed. A recent sampling in South-Eastern Iran has led to the identification of eight species belonging to three different genera, Echthrodelphax Perkins (one species), Gonatopus Ljungh (six species), and Haplogonatopus Perkins (one species). A new species, Gonatopus opsiicida Rakhshani & Olmi sp. nov. is described and Illustrated. It was found  in association with leafhoppers on Tamarix stricta Boiss., in Hamoon international wetlands (Sistan, Iran). Two species, E. tauricus Ponomarenko and G. lunatus Klug, are recorded for the first time from Iran A description was also provided for the previously recorded species. The key for identification and distribution maps are also provided for the known species of Gonatopodinae in Iran. 

Bioacoustics review of Anatolian species of the predatory bush-cricket genus Saga (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Saginae) with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4664 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-102
Author(s):  
DENİZ ŞİRİN ◽  
MEHMET SAİT TAYLAN ◽  
HASAN SEVGİLİ ◽  
ABBAS MOL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Calling Song ◽  
Palaearctic Region ◽  
Structural Investigations ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Male Calling ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Bush Cricket

The genus Saga is a genus of generally large predatory bush-cricket species. It includes 13 taxa in the Palaearctic region. In this research, eight species belonging to Saga (Tettigoniidae, Saginae) were sampled during field studies in different regions of Anatolia of Turkey between 2010 and 2018 (except one specimen). The bioacoustic parameters of these species recorded during the field or in laboratory conditions and the male calling song descriptions, as well as the oscillographic illustrations and distribution maps are given. A new population of Saga found from the South-Eastern Taurus (Hakkari province), which is affiliated to a new species and shows similarity to S. ephippigera, along with the morphological and bioacoustical descriptions of Saga hakkarica sp. n. Şirin & Taylan from Turkey, are also given. The relationships between the new species and the closest taxa are discussed using morphological and bioacoustical characters. The structural investigations of the male calling songs reveal three different bioacoustic groups affiliated to eight Anatolian Saga species; as (i) Ephippigera group (S. syriaca + (S. ephippigera + Saga hakkarica), (ii) Natoliae group (S. natoliae + (S. beieri + (S. longicaudata + S. puella) and (iii) S. cappadocica. 

Revision of the Micronoctuidae species occurring in the Russian Far East and neighbouring countries with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1890 (1) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
MICHAEL FIBIGER ◽  
VLADIMIR S. KONONENKO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Amur River ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Amur River ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
The Russian Far East

The family Micronoctuidae and the genus Micronoctua Fibiger, 1997 are reported from the Russian Far East and neighbouring countries for the first time. The family is represented in the region by two species in the genera Mimachrostia Sugi, 1982 and Micronoctua both occurring in Russian Far East, Korea, China and Japan. The northern distribution limit of the family Micronoctuidae is the middle of the Amur River (50°31΄N, 137°035΄E), reached by Mimachrostia fasciata Sugi, 1982. The new species, Micronoctua occi, sp. n. is described from Russian Far East, the Korean peninsula, China and the Tsushima Islands of Japan. The male and female genitalia are illustrated and compared with those of Micronoctua karsholti. Distribution maps for the two species are presented.

scholarly journals A New Species of Hendrella (Diptera, Tephritidae) from South-Eastern Iran

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-220
Author(s):  
S. Mohamadzade Namin ◽  
A. Moeinadini ◽  
S. M. Madjdzadeh
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Palaearctic Region ◽  
Wing Pattern ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Iran ◽  
Artemisia Aucheri ◽  
A New Species

Abstract The genus Hendrella Munro, 1938 hitherto was known to include 8 species occurring in the Palaearctic Region. All species of known biology are associated with Artemisia spp. (Asteraceae). An additional species with similar biology, H. kermanensis sp. n., recently discovered in Iran is described. It is very similar to H. caloptera in the coloration of antenna and femora, as well as presence of one hyaline spot in cell r1, but differs from it by the shape of the first flagellomere and also by the wing pattern details. Larvae of H. kermanensis sp. n. induce stem galls in Artemisia aucheri Boiss. of the tribe Anthemideae (Asteraceae).

A new species of Tenagogonus Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) and first records of eight species of aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera from India

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4718 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-107
Author(s):  
E. EYARIN JEHAMALAR ◽  
KAILASH CHANDRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Black Stripe ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Freshwater Bodies ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Aquatic Heteroptera

Aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera from lentic and lotic freshwater bodies were surveyed from all the districts of Meghalaya. Tenagogonus aruli sp. nov. (Gerromorpha: Gerridae) is described and can be identified by the presence of a very long connexival process in the female, medium sized connexival process in the male, an irregular longitudinal black stripe on the sublateral region of the abdominal sternum in the apterous form, and a median longitudinal depression on the eighth abdominal sternum of the male. In addition, eight species of the infraorders Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha are recorded for the first time from India: Ranatra libera Zettel, 1999, Hydrometra jaczewskii Lundblad, 1933, H. longicapitis Torre-Bueno, 1927, Strongylovelia balteiformis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2015, S. hainanensis Ye, Chen & Bu, 2015, Gerris (Gerris) lobatus Andersen & Chen, 1993, Tenagogonus kuiterti Hungerford & Matsuda, 1958, and Rheumatogonus vietnamensis Zettel & Chen, 1996. Detailed illustrations of the new species and habitus images and distribution maps of all the species recorded for the first time from India are provided. 

A new species ofTamarix from south-eastern Iran

1967 ◽  
Vol 114 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 379-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard R. Baum
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Iran ◽  
A New Species

Description of a new species of Capederces (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) from South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4244 (4) ◽  
pp. 583
Author(s):  
PIERRE-OLIVIER MAQUART ◽  
SIMON VAN NOORT
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Longhorned Beetle ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species of longhorned beetle in the tribe Tillomorphini, Capederces madibai sp. nov., is described from the “Albany district” in south-eastern South Africa. Adult specimens are illustrated and compared with the only other known species from this previously mono-specific genus: C. hauseri Adlbauer, 2001. An illustration of the female of C. hauseri is provided for the first time. 

Review of the genus Microcurgus Haupt, 1950 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) with description of a new species from Iran

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4444 (5) ◽  
pp. 530
Author(s):  
CHRISTIAN SCHMID-EGGER ◽  
MASOUMEH ENAYATNINA ◽  
EHSAN RAKHSHANI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Combination ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Iran ◽  
New Synonymy ◽  
A New Species

Three species are reviewed. A new synonymy is proposed for Microcurgus Haupt, 1950 (=Micropompilus Priesner, 1955, syn. nov.). Microcurgus iraniensis Schmid-Egger sp. nov. is described and illustrated from South-Eastern Iran. A new combination is proposed for Microcurgus braconoides (Priesner, 1955), comb. nov. (from the genus Micropompilus). A key to the species based on females is given. 

scholarly journals Ants of the Monomorium monomorium species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species from southwestern Saudi Arabia

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e4277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa Sharaf ◽  
Hathal M. Al Dhafer ◽  
Abdulrahman S. Aldawood ◽  
Francisco Hita Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Myrmicine Ants ◽  
Worker Caste ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

We revise the taxonomy of the myrmicine ants of the Monomorium monomorium species-group for the Arabian Peninsula. Six species are recognized: Monomorium aeyade Collingwood & Agosti, 1996, M. clavicorne André, 1881, M. exiguum Forel, 1894, M. holothir Bolton, 1987, M. mohammedi sp. n., and M. sarawatense Sharaf & Aldawood, 2013. On the basis of the worker caste, we describe Monomorium mohammedi sp. n. from the southwestern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). We designate a neotype for Monomorium aeyade Collingwood & Agosti and redescribe and illustrate the worker caste. Furthermore, we provide a worker-based species identification key, distribution maps for the treated species, and ecological and biological notes, if available. Monomorium holothir is recorded for the first time from the KSA. Also, we propose M. clavicorne var. punica Santschi, 1915a as a junior synonym of M. clavicorne, as well as M. dryhimi Aldawood & Sharaf, 2011 and M. montanum Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 to be treated as junior synonyms of Monomorium exiguum.

Notes on the spider genus Dysdera Latreille, 1804 (Araneae: Dysderidae) in Central Asia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5006 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-89
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER A. FOMICHEV ◽  
YURI M. MARUSIK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Dysdera mikhailovi sp. nov. (♀), is described from Tajikistan (nr. Dushanbe). A poorly known species Dysdera subcylindrica Charitonov, 1956 from Central Asia is redescribed based on newly collected material. Dysdera dushengi Lin, Chang et Li, 2020, known from western Xinjiang (China) is reported from Kazakhstan for the first time. (Re)descriptions, figures, diagnoses and distribution maps of all the studied species are provided.

The large carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Turkey: a review with a new species record

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4441 (3) ◽  
pp. 555
Author(s):  
DERYA ÇİFTÇİ ◽  
JAN RŮŽIČKA ◽  
ABDULLAH HASBENLİ ◽  
ÜLFET ŞAHİN
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
New Species ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
Western Turkey ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Carrion Beetles ◽  
First Time ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

A total of 24 species and subspecies of Silphidae (ten belonging to the subfamily Nicrophorinae and 14 to Silphinae) are reported from Turkey. This list combines a literature review with examination of specimens collected in various regions of Turkey, and mostly housed at the Metin Aktaş Zoological Museum of Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey and in the collection of Jan Růžička, Prague, Czech Republic. One species, Silpha olivieri Bedel, 1887, is reported from Turkey for the first time. The occurrence of Nicrophorus sepultor Charpentier, 1825 in Turkey is confirmed, based on abundant recently collected material from north-western Turkey. For several other species, we provide new province records within Turkey. Thanatophilus ferrugatus (Solsky, 1874) is excluded from the Turkish fauna, since the published record was based on misidentification of the similar T. terminatus (Hummel, 1825). We provide a key to adults of species and subspecies known from Turkey, and distribution maps and photographs of all taxa. 

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