Airapus rakovici (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini), a new species from Fujian, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4920 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-144
Author(s):  
DAVID KRÁL ◽  
YUANYUAN LU ◽  
MING BAI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The North ◽  
South Vietnam ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
Fourth Species ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Beijing China ◽  
Central Thailand

The genus Airapus Stebnicka & Howden, 1996 currently comprises 26 extant species distributed in the Australian and Oriental zoogeographical regions (Stebnicka & Howden 1996; Stebnicka 1998, 2009; Rakovič et al. 2019; Král et al. 2019; Minkina 2020) and one fossil species from the Eocene Baltic amber (Tamutis et al. 2017). Of the continental Southeast Asia, only three species have been known so far: Airapus cechovskyi Král, Mencl & Rakovič, 2019 (mainland Malaysia: Kelantan), A. tyri Král, Mencl & Rakovič, 2019 (Central Thailand: Phetchaburi Province) and A. sicardi ( Paulian, 1945) (Laos: “Cochinchine: Long Xuyen” and South Vietnam: “Annam: Tanh Hoa”) (Paulian 1945; Balthasar 1964; Král et al. 2019). Examination of the material housed in the collections of the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, revealed Airapus material belonging to an undescribed species. Its formal description is presented in this paper. This new species is another, fourth species occurring in mainland Southeast Asia. It is also the first country record from China. The geographical distribution of the genus is now known to the north as far as Fujian Province. 

scholarly journals Ten new species of the spider genus Althepus Thorell, 1898 from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Ochyroceratidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 776 ◽  
pp. 27-60
Author(s):  
Fengyuan Li ◽  
Chang Liu ◽  
Shuqiang Li
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Chinese Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Beijing China

Spiders of the genus Althepus Thorell, 1898 are found throughout Southeast Asia, notable for their long walking legs. Ten new species are reported in this paper from China, Indonesia, Laos and Myanmar: A.chengmenensis Li & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), A.cheni Li & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), A.gouci Li & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), A.hongguangi Li & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), A.phousalao Li & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), A.qianhuang Li & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), A.qingyuani Li & Li, sp. n. (♀), A.sepakuensis Li & Li, sp. n. (♂♀), A.xuae Li & Li, sp. n. (♂♀) and A.yizhuang Li & Li, sp. n. (♂♀). These species were found in cave entrances and among tree-buttresses, indicating the spiders have a preference for dark and moist environments. All types are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China (IZCAS).

scholarly journals Two unusual new species of Caleremaeus (Acari: Oribatida) from eastern North America, with redescription of C. retractus and reevaluation of the genus

Acarologia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 398-448
Author(s):  
Roy A. Norton ◽  
Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Adult Size ◽  
Transverse Ridge ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
The North ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Eastern Usa

The oribatid mite genus Caleremaeus (Caleremaeidae) is widely distributed in the northern hemisphere but has been represented by only three extant and one fossil species. We redescribe the North American C. retractus (Banks, 1947) based on adults and nymphs; it is distinguishable from the European type species, C. monilipes (Michael, 1882) by its smaller adult size and minor differences in cuticular structure, and by the elongated, tapered form of seta h1 in nymphs. Two new species are proposed: C. nasutus n. sp. from forest soil in Alabama is unique in having adults with a large anterior rostral lobe (juveniles unknown) bearing lamellar setae; the arboreal C. arboricolus n. sp. from eastern USA and Canada is unique among described extant species in having adults with femoral saccules, a transverse ridge bearing lamellar setae and relatively large notogastral setae, and juveniles with a bothridial seta similar to that of the adult. Based on all available data, Caleremaeus is redescribed and considered the sole genus in Caleremaeidae. The higher classification of the family is reviewed, and past placement in Ameroidea is rejected in favor of the monofamilial Caleremaeoidea.

Pelagodes cancriformis, a new emerald moth species from the north of Thailand, Laos and southern China (Lepidoptera, Geometridae: Geometrinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3478 (1) ◽  
pp. 429-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAAN VIIDALEPP ◽  
AARE LINDT ◽  
HONGXIANG HAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
The North ◽  
Distinct Genus ◽  
Chinese Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Beijing China ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Comparative Description

Guenée (1858) described the genus Thalassodes for T. pilaria Guenée from Loyality Island (Tahiti) and some allied species. Prout (1912) revised the genus, listing 32 taxa from the Old World, and later (Prout 1933) listed forty species and divided Thalassodes into four unnamed sections according to habitus and structure of the male legs. Holloway (1996) divided Thalasssodes into three genera using genitalic charactersa and grouped 16 species in genus Pelagodes Holloway (type species: Thalassodes aucta Prout, 1912). Scoble (1999) attributed 22 species to the genus. Later, Inoue (2003, 2005, 2006) revised collections from the Oriental region, describing ten additional species and a further distinct genus, Reniformvalva Inoue, 2006. Han and Xue (2011) added four new species to Pelagodes and found external similarities between P. clarifimbria and moths from Hainan in China, but postponed any differentiation due to limited material. Lindt, while identifying his emerald moths collected in Laos, noticed genitalic differences between brown-fronted Pelagodes specimens from Laos and Thailand, which are allopatric in Thailand. Here we present a comparative description of P. clarifimbria and a new species P. cancriformis. Institutional acronyms are as follows:. EMNH, Estonian Museum of Natural History, Tallinn, Estonia. IZBE, formerly in Institute of Zoology and Botany of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, now deposited in Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia. IZCAS, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Two new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Pakistan

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4820 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-185
Author(s):  
TIANQI LAN ◽  
ZHIYUAN YAO ◽  
ABID ALI ◽  
GUO ZHENG ◽  
SHUQIANG LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Type ◽  
Chinese Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Gilgit Baltistan ◽  
First Time ◽  
Beijing China

The genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 is reported from Pakistan for the first time. Two new species of the Pholcus nenjukovi species-group are described: Pholcus hamuchal Yao & Li sp. nov. (Gilgit Baltistan, male and female) and Pholcus kalam Yao & Li sp. nov. (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, male and female). Type material is deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS) in Beijing, China.

A new species of Lonchodryinus (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) from Upper Eocene Baltic amber

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5020 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-336
Author(s):  
MASSIMO OLMI ◽  
DMITRY V. VASILENKO ◽  
LEONARDO CAPRADOSSI ◽  
EVGENY E. PERKOVSKY ◽  
ADALGISA GUGLIELMINO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fore Wing ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Upper Eocene ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
A New Species

Lonchodryinus groehni sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea: Dryinidae) is described from Baltic amber. The new species is close to L. balticus Olmi & Guglielmino, 2012, but it can be distinguished for the different OPL/POL ratio and 2r-rs&Rs vein of the fore wing. A key to the fossil species of Lonchodryinus and a comparison with the extant species L. ruficornis (Dalman, 1818) are presented.  

A review of Megachile (Chelostomoda) Michener (Megachilidae: Megachilini) known from China with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3267 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
ZE-QING NIU ◽  
YAN-RU WU ◽  
CHAO-DONG ZHU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Chinese Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Beijing China ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Insect Collection

The Chinese species of Megachile (Chelostomoda) Michener, 1962, are treated in this paper. Megachile (C.) guangxiensesp. nov. is described and illustrated. A checklist of the known Chinese species, distribution records, and an updated iden-tification key are provided. The type specimens of M. guangxiense are deposited in the Insect Collection of the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (IZCAS, Beijing).

Aulacophoroides (Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae), a generic account, description of a new species from Hong Kong (China) and a key to species

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1299 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEXIA X. QIAO ◽  
LIYUN Y. JIANG ◽  
JON H. MARTIN
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
New Species ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Chinese Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Beijing China ◽  
A New Species

The aphid genus Aulacophoroides Eastop and Hille Ris Lambers is reviewed. Aulacophoroides millettiae sp. nov. is described from Millettia sp. in Hong Kong, China. A key to the described species of Aulacophoroides is provided. The type specimens studied are deposited in the Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and the Natural History Museum, London, U.K.

scholarly journals Five new species of Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 from China (Araneae, Macrothelidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1052 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Yejie Lin ◽  
Xunyou Yan ◽  
Shuqiang Li ◽  
Francesco Ballarin ◽  
Haifeng Chen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Chinese Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Beijing China

Five new species of the genus Macrothele Ausserer, 1871 are described from China: Macrothele emei Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Sichuan), M. hanfeii Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Hainan), M. hungae Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Taiwan), M. limenghuai Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Sichuan), and M. nanning Lin & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀, Guangxi). Types of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China.

A second fossil species of the enigmatic rove beetle genus Charhyphus in Eocene Baltic amber, with implications on the morphology of the female genitalia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Phloeocharinae)

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Shûhei YAMAMOTO ◽  
Alexey V. SHAVRIN ◽  
Kristaps KAIRIŠS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Part ◽  
The Body ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Micro Computed Tomography ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Rove Beetles ◽  
Rove Beetle ◽  
Extant Species

ABSTRACT Phloeocharinae is a small and likely non-monophyletic subfamily of rove beetles. The enigmatic genus Charhyphus Sharp, 1887 has long been placed in Phloeocharinae, whereas recent studies have found it to be phylogenetically very distant from the core members of this subfamily, suggesting the possibility that it actually deserves its own separate subfamily status. So far, the sole definitive fossil record for Charhyphus is known based on a single male from Eocene Baltic amber as represented by †Charhyphus balticus Shavrin, 2020. Here, we describe and illustrate another new Charhyphus species, †Charhyphus serratus sp. nov. Yamamoto & Shavrin, from Baltic amber based on a well-preserved female fossil. Considering the general proportions of the body and the head, this new species is most similar to †C. balticus. The new species differs from all known species by the development of strong serration of the lateral edges of the pronotum and features of the shape of the apical margin of the mesoventrite. By using X-ray micro-computed tomography, we succeeded in visualising not only the general habitus but also each individual body part, recovering a previously undocumented sclerite on the female internal genital segments in the genus. Morphological features of extinct and extant species of Charhyphus are briefly discussed. Figures of all extant Charhyphus species and a key for the genus are also provided. Our study is important for considering possible higher palaeodiversity, more common occurrence, and palaeobiogeography of Charhyphus.

One new species of Hemielimaea Brunner von Wattenwyl from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3252 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Xi-Ming Song ◽  
Li Yuan ◽  
Chun-Xiang Liu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Chinese Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Left And Right ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Beijing China ◽  
One New Species

One new species Hemielimaea (Hemielimaea) adeviara sp. nov. from China is described. Characteristics of the stridulatory fileon underside of male left tegmen, male stridulatory area on left and right tegmen, and abdominal apex of male and female areprovided. Important and necessary illustrations of the new species are presented. The type specimens are deposited in Collections of Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (IZCAS).

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