Liogenys Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Diplotaxini) from the Chacoan Province and its boundaries: taxonomic overview with four new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4938 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-59
Author(s):  
MARIANA ALEJANDRA CHERMAN ◽  
DANIEL SILVA BASÍLIO ◽  
KLEBER MAKOTO MISE ◽  
JOHANNES FRISCH ◽  
LÚCIA MASSUTTI DE ALMEIDA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Species Status ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
First Time ◽  
Biogeographical Province

A taxonomic revision of the Liogenys Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Diplotaxini) from the Chacoan Biogeographical Province is presented. Liogenys now includes 92 species, including four new species described here: L. neoforcipata Cherman, new species; L. foveata Cherman, new species; L. isotarsis Cherman, new species; and L. truncata Cherman, new species; and the female of L. tarsalis Moser is described for the first time. Six new synonymies are proposed: L. denticulata Moser, 1918 is a new synonym of L. denticeps Blanchard, 1851; L. ophtalmica Frey, 1973 is a new synonym of L. bidenticeps Moser, 1919; L. mendozana incisa Frey, 1969 is a new synonym of L. mendozana Moser, 1918; L. flavicollis Blanchard, 1851 and L. fulvescens Blanchard, 1851 are new synonyms of L. pallens Blanchard, 1851; and L. densicollis Moser, 1921 is a new synonym of L. opacicollis Fairmaire, 1892. Liogenys cribricollis Moser, 1921 species status is revalidated from its synonymy with L. densicollis. A neotype is designated for Liogenys mendozana incisa Frey, 1969, as well as lectotypes for: L. bruchi Moser, 1924; L. cribricollis, L. denticulata, L. denticeps, L. fulvescens, L. latitarsis Moser, 1918; L. mendozana Moser, 1918; L. obscura Blanchard, 1851; L. opacicollis; and L. pallens. Redescriptions and/or diagnoses and updated geographical distributions are provided for 16 species. Six species previously known only from Argentina have their distribution expanded to Bolivia (L. mendozana; L. opacicollis; L. rectangula Frey, 1969), Paraguay (L. nigrofusca Moser, 1918; L. pallens), or to both of these countries (L. latitarsis). 

scholarly journals Taxonomic Studies on Australian Psammoecus Latreille (Coleoptera, Silvanidae, Brontinae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 723 ◽  
pp. 135-158
Author(s):  
Michael Karner
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Studies ◽  
First Time

Two new species of Psammoecus Latreille, 1829 from Australia are described: Psammoecus australis sp. nov. and P. venustus sp. nov. A taxonomic revision and diagnoses for other Australian species are provided. Psammoecus obesus Grouvelle, 1919 is recorded from Australia for the first time. Two new synonyms are discovered: Psammoecus t-notatus Blackburn, 1908 = P. amoenus Grouvelle, 1912 syn. nov.; Psammoecus vittifer Blackburn, 1903 = P. concolor Grouvelle, 1919 syn. nov. A lectotype is designated for Psammoecus concolor Grouvelle, 1919.

Systematics and preliminary phylogeny of Bornellidae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Dendronotina) based on morphological characters with description of four new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1975 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARTA POLA ◽  
WILLIAM B. RUDMAN ◽  
TERRENCE M. GOSLINER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Nomen Nudum ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Monophyletic Clade ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
The Family ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
First Time

In this study all available species of the nudibranch family Bornellidae (Bornella Gray, 1850, Pseudobornella Baba, 1932) are re-examined anatomically and their status re-evaluated. Of these, B. hancockana Kelaart, 1859 syn. nov., B. arborescens Pease, 1871 syn. nov., B. caledonica Crosse, 1875a syn. nov., and B. marmorata Collingwood, 1881 syn. nov. are considered to be new synonyms of B. stellifer (Adams and Reeve in Adams, 1848), and B. japonica Baba, 1949 syn. nov. is considered to be a new synonym of B. hermanni Angas, 1864. Two species, B. excepta Bergh, 1884 and B. simplex Eliot, 1904, are at present unrecognizable, B. semperi Crosse 1875b is here considered a nomen nudum, and four new species, B. dotoides sp. nov., B. pele sp. nov., B. valdae sp. nov. and B. johnsonorum sp. nov. are proposed. These are compared with a further four recognized species, B. calcarata Mörch, 1863, B. anguilla Johnson, 1984, B. sarape Bertsch, 1980 and B. irvingi Edmunds and Preece, 1996. The presence of an unpaired oral gland in Bornella is reported for the first time. The reproductive system is diaulic, and the morphology of the penis and the arrangement of the penial spines are considered diagnostic for most species. The monotypic genus Pseudobornella is re-examined for the first time. A comparative table for all recognized species is also provided. The review of the morphological differences within the family provides the basis for a phylogenetic analysis of the group. Bornella is shown to represent a monophyletic clade while the monophyly of the family Bornellidae is not supported.

Review of the genus Sorolopha Lower (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Olethreutinae) from Mainland China, with descriptions of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2062 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
HAILI YU ◽  
HOUHUN LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Chinese Mainland ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Chinese Mainland ◽  
First Time

The genus Sorolopha Lower from the Chinese Mainland is reviewed. Seventeen species are recognized, including two new species, S. dactyloidea sp. n. and S. identaeolochloca sp. n., and five species previously unrecorded from China, S. asphaeropa Diakonoff, 1973, S. ferruginosa Kawabe, 1989, S. karsholti Kawabe, 1989, S. liochlora (Meyrick, 1914), and S. stygiaula (Meyrick, 1933). Also, the female of S. ferruginosa is reported for the first time with a brief description and illustration. Sorolopha longurus Liu & Bai, 1982 (syn. n.) and S. micheliacola Liu, 2001 (syn. n.) are proposed as new synonyms of S. camarotis (Meyrick, 1936), and S. chlorotica Liu & Bai, 1985 (syn. n.) as a new synonym of S. rubescens Diakonoff, 1973. Photographs of adults and genitalia of the new species are provided. A key to the species from the Chinese Mainland is given based on the male genitalia.

scholarly journals Taxonomic revision of the species of Stenothemus from Southwest China (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with the descriptions of five new species

2021 ◽  
Vol 757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuxia Yang ◽  
Shujuan Ge ◽  
Xingke Yang ◽  
Haoyu Liu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Reproductive System ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Female Reproductive System ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Internal Genitalia ◽  
First Time

The species of Stenothemus Bourgeois, 1907 from Southwest China are reviewed. Three species are transferred to this genus, S. davidi (Pic, 1926) comb. nov. (from Malthacus Kirby, 1837), S. minutissimus (Pic, 1933) comb. nov. (from Micropodabrus Pic, 1920) and S. singularicollis (Pic, 1933) comb. nov. (from Lycocerus Gorham, 1895). Two new synonyms are suggested, S. dinshuiensis Švihla, 2011 syn. nov. is synonymized with S. davidi and S. melleus Švihla, 2005 syn. nov. with S. singularicollis. Stenothemus shaanxiensis Švihla, 2004 stat. nov. is raised to species level from a subspecies of S. benesi Švihla, 2004. Five new species are described, S. gracilis Y. Yang & X. Yang sp. nov., S. chongqingensis Y. Yang & H. Liu sp. nov., S. flavicollis Y. Yang & S. Ge sp. nov., S. jindraimimus Y. Yang & X. Yang sp. nov. and S. laticornis Y. Yang & H. Liu sp. nov., which are illustrated with photographs of habitus, aedeagi, abdominal sternites VIII and internal genitalia of the female. Characters of the female reproductive system are described for the first time for the following species: S. diffusus Wittmer, 1974, S. dundai Švihla, 2004, S. grahami Wittmer, 1974, S. jindrai Švihla, 2004, S. tryznai Švihla, 2004 and S. singularicollis. Some additional distribution information is added for previously known species. A key for the identification of all studied species is provided.

A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical termite genera Labiotermes Holmgren and Paracornitermes Emerson (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1340 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
REGINALDO CONSTANTINO ◽  
AGNO N.S. ACIOLI ◽  
KAREN SCHMIDT ◽  
CAROLINA CUEZZO ◽  
SÉRGIO H.C. CARVALHO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
South American ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Amazon Rain Forest ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

The taxonomy of the South American termite genus Labiotermes Holmgren (sensu novo) is revised, including identification keys to soldiers and workers, and distribution maps for all 10 species. Paracornitermes Emerson is treated as a new synonym of Labiotermes. Two new species are described: L. guasu, from the Amazon rain forest and L. oreadicus, from the Cerrado of central Brazil. Paracornitermes caapora Bandeira & Cancello and P. hirsutus Araujo are placed under the synonymy of L. orthocephalus. The imagos of L. emersoni and L. orthocephalus are described for the first time. The workers of all species are described and illustrated, including the enteric valve armature and the mixed segment. The soldiers of the species previously included in Paracornitermes are redescribed.

Hydatothrips and Neohydatothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) of East and South Asia with three new species from Taiwan

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1575 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHIN-LING WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South Asia ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

The tribe Sericothripini is divided into three genera, Sericothrips Haliday, Hydatothrips Karny and Neohydatothrips John. The genera Corcithrips Bhatti, Faureana Bhatti, Pyrothrips Bhatti, Sariathrips Bhatti and Zonothrips Priesner are considered new synonyms of Hydatothrips. The genera Elbuthrips Bhatti and Kazinothrips Bhatti are considered new synonyms of Neohydatothrips. Keys to the 23 species of Hydatothrips and 16 species of Neohydatothrips in East and South Asia, including Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan, India, Malaysia and the neighboring areas are given. Neohydatothrips pectinarius Kudo is a new synonym of N. medius Wang, N. populi Han is new synonym of N. elaeagni Kudo, and Z. luridus Ananthakrishnan is a new synonym of N. plynopygus (Karny). This paper describes three new species from Taiwan, H. flavidus, H. meriposa, and N. surrufus, and records from Taiwan for the first time the following four species: N. gracilipes Hood, N. plynopygus (Karny), N. samayunkur Kudo and N. tabulifer (Priesner).

Taxonomic revision of Cylindera Westwood, 1831 subgenus Parmecus Motschulsky, 1864 stat. rest., stat. nov. (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) with the description of one new species from Yunnan Province, China

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4706 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-70
Author(s):  
ANDREY V. MATALIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Tiger Beetle ◽  
Indian State ◽  
Chinese Province ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species

Within the Asiatic tiger beetle fauna, Parmecus Motschulsky, 1864 stat. rest., stat. nov., is reestablished as a subgenus of Cylindera Westwood, 1831 with Cylindera (Parmecus) dromicoides (Chaudoir, 1852), as its type species, and the lectotype and paralectotypes of Cicindela dromicoides Chaudoir, 1852 are designated as well. Two other species are included, Cylindera (Parmecus) armandi (Fairmaire, 1886), from the Himalayan Region, and Cylindera (Parmecus) mosuoa, sp. nov., from Yunnan, China. Cylindera (Parmecus) as a subgenus is characterized, a key to identify its species is provided, and its species composition is discussed. Cylindera (Parmecus) dromicoides (Chaudoir, 1852) is newly recorded from Pakistan and the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, while Cylindera (Parmecus) armandi (Fairmaire, 1886) is recorded for the first time from the Chinese province of Sichuan. The records of C. armandi from Bhutan, as well as C. dromicoides from Yunnan Province (China) are rejected due to erroneous identifications. 

A SYNOPSIS OF THE NEARCTIC BRACONINI, WITH REVISIONS OF NEARCTIC SPECIES OF COELOIDES AND MYOSOMA (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE)

1978 ◽  
Vol 110 (7) ◽  
pp. 721-765 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. R. M. Mason
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Chihuahuan Desert ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Northern Mexico ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
First Time ◽  
Nearctic Region

AbstractThe 11 genera of Nearctic Braconini are keyed: two of them, Myosoma Brullé with a wide pantropical range and Alienoclypeus Shenefelt, new genus, are found chiefly in the Chihuahuan desert and shrub fauna of northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S.A. and are recorded as Nearctic for the first time. Four new species are described in Myosoma: eumystax, impexum, longius, and durango. R. D. Shenefelt describes a new genus and species, Alienoclypeus insolitus. The genus Atanycolimorpha Viereck, 1913 is synonymized with Ipobracon Thomson, 1892. The genus Coeloides is revised for the Nearctic Region; 12 species are described and illustrated. Five of these are new: mexicanus, durangensis, sympitys, tsugatorus, and sonora. One species, C. rossicus (Kokujev), is Holarctic, a new subspecies, betulae, is described from Canada. The following are new synonyms: C. rufovariegatus (Provancher) = (dendroctoni Cushman), C. vancouverensis (Dalla Torre) = (brunneri Viereck), C. crocator (Kirby) = (promontorii Dalla Torre).

A revision of the subgenus Leucandrena of the genus Andrena of eastern Asia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Andrenidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2145 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-46
Author(s):  
HUANLI XU ◽  
OSAMU TADAUCHI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

The subgenus Leucandrena of the genus Andrena of eastern Asia is revised, and seven species are recognized. Two new species, Andrena (Leucandrena) paramelanospila and Andrena (Leucandrena) banchan are described from Beijing and Xizang (China) respectively, and the male of Andrena (Leucandrena) melanospila Cockerell is described for the first time. A. (Euandrena) taisetsusana Tadauchi et Hirashima, and A. (Andrena) dolharubang Tadauchi and Xu are recognized as new synonyms of the Holarctic A. barbilabris (Kirby). A key to East Asian Leucandrena is given.

scholarly journals A taxonomic revision of genus Phloeophila (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) in Ecuador

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45
Author(s):  
Marco Marcelo Jiménez ◽  
Leisberth Alexis Vélez-Abarca ◽  
Luis Enrique Baquero ◽  
Carlos James Naranjo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The orchid genus Phloeophila is distributed from southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia, as well as Cuba. A taxonomic revision including the three Phloeophila species present in Ecuador is presented. Morphological characteristics, an identification key, maps of known localities and illustrations of the species are also included. In Ecuador, species of Phloeophila are only known from the Amazonian rainforests, growing from 890 to 1600 meters of altitude. Phloeophila condorana is described as a new species based on specimens collected in the Ecuadorian province of Zamora-Chinchipe and compared to Phloeophila nummularia. Phloeophila nummularia is reported for the first time in Peru. A lectotype for Pleurothallis echinantha is selected.

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