Studies on the genus Ripersiella Tinsley (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Rhizoecidae) in the Neotropical region, with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4851 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-582
Author(s):  
ÉVA SZITA ◽  
ZSUZSANNA KONCZNÉ BENEDICTY ◽  
TAKUMASA KONDO ◽  
ANDREA AMALIA RAMOS-PORTILLA ◽  
MEHMET BORA KAYDAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Scale Insect ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Hungarian Natural History Museum ◽  
A New Species

The Neotropical scale insect genus Ripersiella Tinsley (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Rhizoecidae) was investigated, based on soil samples deposited at the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Description and illustration of a new species, Ripersiella incarum Kaydan & Szita sp. n., and an identification key and new additional locality records for the currently known Ripersiella species in the Neotropical region, are provided and discussed. 

scholarly journals Salticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of Thailand: new species and records of Epeus Peckham & Peckham, 1886 and Ptocasius Simon, 1885

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e9352
Author(s):  
Barbara Maria Patoleta ◽  
Joanna Gardzińska ◽  
Marek Żabka
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
New Material ◽  
Hungarian Natural History Museum ◽  
Three New Species

The study is based on new material from the collections of the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre in Leiden (RNHM) and the Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM) and addresses issues in two genera: Epeus Peckham & Peckham, 1886 and Ptocasius Simon, 1885 from Thailand. Both genera are of Asian/Indomalayan origin, the latter with a diversity hotspot in the subtropical valleys of the Himalayas. Based on morphological data, we propose three new species of Epeus (Epeus daiqini sp. nov. (♂♀), Epeus pallidus sp. nov. (♀), Epeus szirakii sp. nov. (♀)) and two new species of Ptacasius (Ptocasius metzneri sp. nov. (♂♀) and Ptocasius sakaerat sp. nov. (♀)). Additionally, we redescribed E. tener (Simon, 1877) and added photographs of morphological characters. The genus Ptocasius is redefined due to the inclusion of 37 species, previously included in Yaginumaella Prószyński, 1979. Relationships and distribution of both genera are discussed in reference to molecular, morphological and distributional data, published by other authors in recent years.

scholarly journals Rharodesmus tabarkensis n. sp., a new pyrgodesmid from Tunisia (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)

Zootaxa ◽  
10.11646/6 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3195 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
NESRINE AKKARI ◽  
HENRIK ENGHOFF
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Full Description ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
The West ◽  
History Museum ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Recently, we (Akkari & Enghoff 2011) described a new species of the genus Rharodesmus Schubart, 1960, discussing the taxonomic state of the family Pyrgodesmidae and providing notes on the four genera occurring in the west Palaearctic area. However, we failed to present details on the holotype of the new species, which we now provide in this note in order to make the species name available. Thus, we describe here the new species Rharodesmus tabarkensis Akkari & Enghoff by reference to the full description given in Akkari & Enghoff (2011) with the following information on the type material: Holotype ♂, TUNISIA, NW, Jendouba Governorate, Tabarka, N36°57.8, E8°44.6, alt. < 40 m, coastal slope below the Genoese fort, under stones, 9.iii.2009, N. Akkari & H. Enghoff leg. (Natural History Museum of Denmark, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, ‒ ZMUC); Paratypes: 12 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, 14 juveniles, same locality and date as holotype, N. Akkari & H. Enghoff leg. (ZMUC).

A new species of Larinus Dejean (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from China

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (24) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Levent Gültekin ◽  
Christopher H. C. Lyal
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Digital Photographs ◽  
A New Species

Based on specimens in the Natural History Museum (London), a new species of the genus Larinus Dejan, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae), Larinus barclayi sp. nov., is described from China. The new species is assigned to the subgenus Phyllonomeus Gistel, 1856, compared with closely related species, and colour digital photographs of morphological characters are presented.

Confirmation of the identity of the type host of the louse Halipeurus fallacis (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4407 (1) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
RICARDO L. PALMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Natural History ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
Descriptive Data ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Type Host ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
A New Species

Alexander (1954: 489) recorded a petrel (Aves: Procellariiformes) captured alive on board a ship in the Indian Ocean by Mr W.W.A. Phillips who, after removing some lice, liberated it the following morning. Alexander (1954) identified that petrel as the species “Pterodroma aterrima Bonaparte”, now placed in the genus Pseudobulweria. The lice were kept in the collection of the then British Museum (Natural History), now the Natural History Museum, London, England. Jouanin (1955) published a new species of petrel from the Indian Ocean as Bulweria fallax. Jouanin (1957: 19) discussed the identity of the petrel identified by Alexander (1954) as Pterodroma aterrima, stating that the descriptive data given by Alexander (1954) did not clearly fit either P. aterrima or B. fallax. However, considering the geographical coordinates where the bird was captured, Jouanin (1957) believed it was more likely Bulweria fallax. 

Ixodes heinrichi, sp.nov. from Angola

Parasitology ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 52 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 207-209
Author(s):  
Don R. Arthur
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Chicago Natural History Museum ◽  
A New Species

During an investigation into the tick fauna of Africa, Dr H. Hoogstraal sent me a specimen of a female Ixodes tick collected from Angola, which was deposited in the Chicago Natural History Museum. This is a new species which I describe below under the name of I. heinrichi.

scholarly journals A century of waiting: description of a new Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) based on specimens housed for more than 100 years in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna (NMW)

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Koch ◽  
Angele Martins ◽  
Silke Schweiger
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Anterior Part ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Epictia based on eight specimens from Nicaragua collected and housed in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna for more than a century. The species differs from the congeners by the combination of external morphological characters: midtail scale rows 10; supralabials two, anterior one large and in broad contact with supraocular; infralabials four; subcaudals 14–19; middorsal scale rows 250–267; supraocular scales present; frontal scale distinct; striped dorsal color pattern with more or less triangular dark blotches on each scale; small white blotch in anterior part of dorsal surface of rostral present in five out of six specimens (two further specimens are lacking their heads); terminal spine and adjacent scales white. Eidonomic species separation from other Epictia spp. is also supported by a few qualitative and quantitative differences in vertebrae count and morphology. The new species is putatively assigned to the Epictia phenops species group based on external morphological characters and distribution.

African Spilogona Schnabl: morphology of the male terminalia and description of a new species (Diptera: Muscidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4277 (2) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
MÁRCIA S. COURI ◽  
ADRIAN C. PONT
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Natural History Museum ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
University Museum ◽  
A New Species

Spilogona breviaristata sp. nov. from South Africa is described and the morphology of the male terminalia of seven African Spilogona Schnabl (Diptera, Muscidae) species are described and illustrated: Spilogona biguttata Emden, Spilogona fuscotriangulata Emden, Spilogona natalensis Zielke, Spilogona pertinisetodes Emden, Spilogona quasifasciata Emden, Spilogona semifasciata Emden and Spilogona spinipes (Bigot). The material studied is deposited in the Natural History Museum (BMNH), London, United Kingdom, and paratypes of the new species are also in the Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH), Oxford, United Kingdom. 

A review of the Diplazontinae of Mongolia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2790 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
SERAINA KLOPFSTEIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Large Variability ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Hungarian Natural History Museum ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Scanning Electron

The Diplazontinae identified and described by Setsuya Momoi in the collection of Dr. Kaszab from Mongolia were examined at the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest. Because of insufficient labelling, the type status of some specimens had to be clarified and four lectotypes were designated. Syrphophilus stibarus Momoi,1973 is conspecific with Syrphophilus dilleriator Aubert, 1976, syn. nov., and Syrphoctonus lipothrix (Momoi, 1973) is a junior synonym of Syrphoctonus haemorrhoidalis (Szépligeti, 1898), syn. nov. Diplazon multicolor (Gravenhorst, 1829) is removed from synonymy with Diplazon annulatus (Gravenhorst, 1829), stat. rev. A new species is described, Sussaba mongolica sp. nov., and the male of Syrphoctonus venustus (Dasch, 1964) is re-described to account for the material from Mongolia. The ultrastructure of the tyloids of three species is illustrated by scanning electron micrographs to demonstrate their large variability in the subfamily. Seven species are recorded for the first time from Mongolia, four of which are recorded for the first time from the Eastern Palaearctic. These data on the Mongolian diplazontines provide further evidence for an unusually large proportion of species of this subfamily with a multiregional distribution.

A new species of Catocala Schrank, 1802 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3420 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
AIDAS SALDAITIS ◽  
POVILAS IVINSKIS ◽  
ALESSANDRO FLORIANI ◽  
JÁNOS BABICS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Dna Barcodes ◽  
Base Pairs ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Hungarian Natural History Museum ◽  
The University ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Catocala borthi, from southwest China is described. The new species differs in appearance, genitalia and DNA from its closest known relative C. koreana Staudinger, 1892 and from the sympatric C. fulminea (Scopoli, 1763). In addition, three taxa, Catocala invasa Leech, 1900, syn. n., Catocala invasa melli Ishizuka 2001, syn. n. and Catocala fulminea tungus Ishizuka 2009, syn. n. are synonymised with Catocala fulminea fulminea (Scopoli, 1763).  DNA barcodes (658 base pairs of Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I 5' region, COI-5P) were sequenced at the University of Guelph (see Hebert et al. 2003). Nomenclature follows  Goater et al. 2003; Ishizuka 2001, 2009, 2011; Kononenko et al. 1998; Kononenko 2011; Park et al. 2006).  Institutional acronyms are:  AFM = Alessandro Floriani (Milan, Italy); BMNH – British Museum (Natural History), London; GBG/ZSM = Gottfried Behounek (Grafing, Germany)/Zoologische Staatssammlung, München (Germany); HNHM – Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest, Hungary); NRCV = Nature Research Centre (Vilnius, Lithuania).

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