Cryptic new species of Nesoecia Scudder, 1893 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Pseudophyllinae) from northeastern, Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4859 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-486
Author(s):  
LUDIVINA BARRIENTOS-LOZANO ◽  
AURORA Y. ROCHA-SÁNCHEZ ◽  
GEOVANY J. FERNÁNDEZ-AZUARA ◽  
URIEL JESHUA SÁNCHEZ-REYES ◽  
PEDRO ALMAGUER-SIERRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Acoustic Signal ◽  
The State ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Northeastern Mexico ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Chichen Itza

Nesoecia Scudder, 1893 is a neotropical genus of true katydids (Pseudophyllinae) comprising four species: N. brasiliensis (Bruner, 1915) from Brazil (Bahia), N. cooksonii (Butler, 1877) from Ecuador (Galápagos, Floreana Island), and two species from southern Mexico: N. insignis (Hebard, 1932) from Yucatán (Temax and Chichen-Itza), and N. nigrispina (Stål, 1873) reported also from Yucatán and the State of Tabasco (Teapa). Members of this genus are large and attractive insects, nonetheless, they have been poorly studied since they are not abundant or commonly collected. This paper describes four new species of Nesoecia from the Huasteca Region in northeastern México: N. huichihuayan n. sp., N. potoniya n. sp., N. insolita n. sp., and N. constricta n. sp. Taxa delimitation is based on morphological diagnostic characters and parameters of the acoustic signal. Information on distribution, habitat, and behavior is provided. [urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B932F2DC-97F4-4751-A6F7-0869318364FA] 

The crystalline waters of the Bodoquena Plateau revealed Hypostomus froehlichi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new armored catfish from the rio Paraguay basin in Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4933 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-112
Author(s):  
CLÁUDIO H. ZAWADZKI ◽  
GABRIELA NARDI ◽  
LUIZ FERNANDO CASERTA TENCATT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The State ◽  
Flagship Species ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Numerical Variation ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul ◽  
Continuous Range

The menaced and poorly-known waters of the Bodoquena Plateau revealed a new resident, the stunning Hypostomus froehlichi sp. n., a large-sized armored catfish, which is finally described after more than twenty years since its discovery. The Bodoquena Plateau is drained by the rio Paraguay basin, and is located in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The new species differs from its congeners on the Bodoquena crystalline waters by having teeth with morphological and numerical variation in adult specimens. There is a continuous range of specimens having about 20 thick and worn teeth to specimens having about 50 thin teeth with intact crowns and lanceolate main cusps. Additional diagnostic characters are: dentaries angled more than 90 degrees, dark blotches, one plate bordering supraoccipital, moderate keel along dorsal series of plates, usually two rows of blotches per interradial membrane on dorsal, pectoral and ventral fins, and by attaining comparatively large size. Hypostomus froehlichi seems to be endemic to the area of the Bodoquena Plateau, in rivers draining to the rio Miranda. The description of the new species reveals a potential conservation flagship species as it is one of the most seen and documented fish by visitors and divers in the clear waters from the touristic, though menaced, Bonito region in Brazil. 

A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Megetra (Coleoptera: Meloidae) with Ecological and Behavioral Notes

1965 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. 561-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Selander
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Intraspecific Variation ◽  
North American ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Seasonal Distribution ◽  
The State ◽  
Northern Arizona ◽  
The North ◽  
And Behavior

Abstract>Three species are recognized in the North American genus Megetra LeConte. The most distinctive of these anatomically and ecologically is M. cancellata (Brandt and Erichson), which ranges discontinuously from Arizona and New Mexico to the state of Hidalgo in México and occurs in limited sympatry with both of its congeners. Megetra vittata (LeConte) ranges from northern Arizona to western Texas. It appears to be strictly allopatric with, and similar ecologically to, M. punctata, new species, which ranges from southern Arizona and New Mexico to Durango, México. Specific diagnoses are made on the basis of characters of adult and, for M. cancellata and M. punctata, larval anatomy. Intraspecific variation in several adult characters is analyzed. Notes on the seasonal distribution, habitat, and behavior of the adult beetles are included.

Seven New Species of Microlicia (Melastomataceae: Microlicieae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-293
Author(s):  
Ricardo Pacifico ◽  
Frank Almeda ◽  
Karina Fidanza
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Conservation Assessments

Abstract—Seven new species of the neotropical genus Microlicia are proposed (Microlicia capitata, M. coriacea, M. mutabilis, M. piranii, M. polychaeta, M. repanda, and M. sparsifolia). All seven species are known only from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, mainly in the Diamantina Plateau and/or the Serra do Cabral. Diagnoses, line drawings, distribution maps, notes on diagnostic characters, conservation assessments, and habitat and phenology are provided.

scholarly journals Comments on the genus Diplura C. L. Koch, 1850, with description of two new species (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Dipluridae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 771 ◽  
pp. 57-71
Author(s):  
Denis Rafael Pedroso ◽  
Alessandro Ponce De Leão Giupponi ◽  
Renner Luiz Cerqueira Baptista
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
The State ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Northern Brazil

Two new species of Diplura C. L. Koch 1850 are described from Brazil: Dipluramapinguari sp. n., from the state of Rondônia in southeastern Amazonia, northern Brazil, and Diplurarodrigoi sp. n., known from southeastern and central west regions of Brazil. Diplurarodrigoi sp. n. is morphologically similar to D.lineata (Lucas, 1857), D.sanguinea (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896), and D.mapinguari sp. n. Comments on diagnostic characters of Diplura are included. The synonymy of D.maculata (Mello-Leitão, 1927) with D.catharinensis (Mello-Leitão, 1923) is corroborated. A classification of color pattern of the dorsum of the abdomen is given.

Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Cylloceria (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cylloceriinae) in Central America with description of a new species from Mexico

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.E. Humala
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Central America ◽  
The State ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Unknown Male

Cylloceria tropicana sp. nov. is described from Southern Mexico and the hitherto unknown male of C. alvaradoi Gauld is described from Honduras. Cylloceria arizonica Dasch is reported for the first time from the state of Morelos in Mexico.

scholarly journals Two new species of Culex subgenus Melanoconion (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Amazon forest

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1920 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROSA SÁ GOMES HUTCHINGS ◽  
MARIA ANICE MUREB SALLUM
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Mosquito Species ◽  
The State ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Amazon Forest ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Two New Species

Two new mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae), Culex (Melanoconion) phyllados n. sp. and Culex (Melanoconion) brachiatus n. sp. from the state of Amazonas, Brazil, are here validated and described based on morphological features of the male genitalia. Both species are morphologically more similar to both Culex coppenamensis Bonne-Wepster & Bonne and Culex alinkios Sallum & Hutchings than to any other species of the Bastagarius Subgroup of the subgenus Melanoconion. Diagnostic characters for the identification of the adult male of both species are provided.

Justicia paracambi, a new Brazilian species of Acanthaceae

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 236 (2) ◽  
pp. 184
Author(s):  
Denise Monte Braz
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Glandular Trichomes ◽  
The State ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Restricted Area ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Number Of Individuals ◽  
The City

Justicia paracambi is described as a new, so far strictly endemic species to the state of Rio de Janeiro, which occurs in an area of natural forest in the Parque Natural Municipal do Curió, in the city of Paracambi. It differs from other Justicia L. species by the presence of dense glandular and non-glandular trichomes on the rachis, on the bracts and bracteoles and on the calyx, the terminal, lax panicle of spikes with decussate branches and flowers, the calyx 5-lobed, the white to greenish corolla and by the anthers with the lower thecae with a remarkable basal appendage. According to its restricted area of occurrence and the approximate number of individuals, it is considered critically endangered. The new species is described and illustrated and comments on its occurrence, phenology, taxonomy and diagnostic characters are provided.

Description of a new species of Isagoras Stål (Phasmatodea: Pseudophasmatidae: Xerosomatinae: Prexaspini) from the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4378 (4) ◽  
pp. 595 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAPHAEL AQUINO HELEODORO ◽  
JOSÉ ALBERTINO RAFAEL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Compound Eye ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
A New Species

Isagoras aurocaudata sp. nov. is being described from two female specimens from the States of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Diagnostic characters for the new species are the yellowish compound eye with brown spots, the yellowish spot at basal third of tegmina and the yellowish abdomen segments 8–11. Furthermore, Isagoras aurocaudata sp. nov. is compared to species of Isagoras Stål and Planudes Stål. 

Discovery of substantial Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) diversity and endemism in an arid biodiversity hotspot

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 181 (2) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Carl Oberlander ◽  
Francois Roets ◽  
Leanne Laurette Dreyer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
The State ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Morphological Identification ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
New Knowledge

Despite globally acknowledged diversity levels, the flora of the arid Richtersveld of South Africa remains poorly known for certain plant lineages, including the eudicot genus Oxalis. Cryptic habit, inaccessible and harsh terrain and the lack of focussed systematic attention has led to the assumption that the region is depauperate in this genus. However, recent exploration proved quite the opposite and revealed a wealth of Oxalis species, including at least ten undescribed species and many significant range extensions of known taxa. We are in the process of describing these new species, but an overarching work, placing the abundant new knowledge in the context of southern African Oxalis, is necessary. In this study we revise the state of knowledge regarding Richtersveld Oxalis and provide brief descriptions, diagnostic characters and a morphological identification key for the 20 species confirmed to occur in the region. Nine of the ten new species are currently only known from the Richtersveld, with seven having extremely limited known distributions. Surprisingly, levels of endemism in the Richtersveld are higher than the relatively well-explored central Namaqualand Oxalis flora, and suggest that, far from being depauperate in Oxalis, the Richtersveld region should be considered a centre of endemism for the genus in southern Africa.

scholarly journals Pukupuku arunachalensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devanshu Gupta ◽  
Kailash Chandra ◽  
Aleš Bezděk
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
The State ◽  
Arunachal Pradesh ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Pukupuku Muramoto, 2006 is described from the state of Arunachal Pradesh (Northeast India): Pukupuku arunachalensis sp. nov. Relevant diagnostic characters are illustrated and compared with closely related species, Pukupuku curtus (Arrow, 1919) and Pukupuku katsurai (Muramoto, 2002). The distribution of the new species is mapped.

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