New Mixaderus species from the Mascarene Islands (Coleoptera: Aderidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4969 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-174
Author(s):  
NICOLAS GOMPEL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
La Réunion ◽  
Mascarene Islands ◽  
Mascarene Archipelago

Following a previous revision of species of the genus Mixaderus Collado & Alonso-Zarazaga, 1996 (Coleoptera: Aderidae) from Madagascar and the Mascarene islands, I describe here six new species from the same genus from La Réunion and Mauritius: Mixaderus reunionensis n. sp.; Mixaderus chassaini n. sp.; Mixaderus lemagneni n. sp.; Mixaderus tamisieri n. sp.; Mixaderus voisini n. sp.; Mixaderus mauritiensis n. sp. I also provide an updated key to the Mixaderus species from the Mascarene archipelago. 

The surf flies of the Mascarene Islands (Diptera: Canacidae: Canacinae), with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4990 (3) ◽  
pp. 563-570
Author(s):  
LORENZO MUNARI ◽  
ASHLEY H. KIRK-SPRIGGS ◽  
GILLIAN K. MCGREGOR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rocky Shore ◽  
First Record ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
La Réunion ◽  
Mascarene Islands ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A survey of the surf flies (Canacinae) of the main Mascarene Islands of La Réunion, Mauritius, and Rodrigues was undertaken between 2015 and 2018. It encompassed intertidal material from 38 sampling stations on the islands and included records supplied by Martin J. Ebejer from La Réunion. No specimens of surf flies were collected on Rodrigues Is., which lacks suitable rocky shore habitats. A new species of Isocanace Mathis, 1982, that is deemed closely related to I. briani Mathis, 1982 described from Aldabra Is. and Madagascar, is described and figured from Mauritius (I. mauritiana Munari sp. nov.). Nocticanace mahensis (Lamb, 1912) is also reported from La Réunion and Mauritius and Procanace pninae Mathis & Freidberg, 1991 from Mauritius (all representing first records for the islands concerned). The Procanace grisescens species-group is also reported from Mauritius for the first time, representing a first record of this species-group from the Mascarenes. An identification key to Afrotropical species of Isocanace is provided and the distributions of all species are mapped.  

scholarly journals A new species of Melanotopelia (Graphidaceae) from Africa

2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuël SÉRUSIAUX ◽  
A. Maarten BRAND ◽  
Eberhard FISCHER ◽  
Dorothee KILLMANN ◽  
Pieter P. G. van den BOOM ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
La Réunion ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

AbstractMelanotopelia africana is described as new to science from Rwanda (continental Africa) and La Réunion (Mascarenes archipelago). Topeliopsis muscigena is here reported for the first time from La Réunion.

scholarly journals New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Eperminiidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae).

2016 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-370
Author(s):  
Maik Bippus
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
La Réunion ◽  
New Synonym

Von den maskarenenischen Inseln La Réunion und Mauritius werden Peragrarchis martirea (Carposinidae), Epermenia senaciae (Epermeniidae), Opogona transversata und Tineovertex flavilineata (Tineidae) als neue Arten und Idioglossa bigemma mascarena (Batrachedridae) als neue Unterart beschrieben. Elf Arten sind neu für die Fauna von La Réunion, zwei für die Fauna von Mauritius. Für zwölf Arten wurden neue Futterpflanzen festgestellt. Opogona reunionella Guillermet, 2011 erwies sich nach der Untersuchung des Typenmaterials und weiterer Exemplare als Synonym zu Opogona siccata (Meyrick, 1910).StichwörterLepidoptera, Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Epermeniidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae, Mascarenes, taxonomy, new species, new synonym, additional records.Nomenklatorische Handlungensenaciae Bippus, 2016 (Epermenia), spec. nov.bigemma mascarena Bippus, 2016 (Idioglossa), sspec. nov.transversata Bippus, 2016 (Opogona), spec. nov.martirea Bippus, 2016 (Peragrarchis), spec. nov.flavilineata Bippus, 2016 (Tineovertex), spec. nov.

Synopsis of Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with description of a new species of Leiochrotella Jeannel, 1953 from Réunion

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4486 (3) ◽  
pp. 376
Author(s):  
PETER HLAVÁČ ◽  
MATÚŠ KOCIAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mascarene Islands ◽  
A New Species

The new species, Leiochrotella lequettei Hlaváč & Kocian, sp. n., is described from Réunion. A synopsis of all Pselaphinae of the Mascarenes (Réunion, Mauritius and Rodriguez) is provided. 

New species and new records of Sciophila Meigen (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Afrotropical region

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4722 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-351
Author(s):  
OLAVI KURINA
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
New Records ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
La Réunion ◽  
Republic Of Congo ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Initial Description

A comprehensive material of Afrotropical Sciophila including 262 male specimens of 15 species collected from 7 countries are studied. Two new species—S. geiri sp. n. and S. tchabalensis sp. n.—are described from Madagascar and Cameroon, respectively. New records of the following 13 species are presented: S. digitilenta Søli, 1997 (Uganda), S. fenestralis Søli, 1997 (South Africa), S. kakumensis Søli, 1997 (Cameroon, Uganda), S. kjaerandseni Søli, 1997 (Uganda), S. koundensis Søli, 1997 (Uganda), S. leptosoma Søli, 1997 (Democratic Republic of Congo), S. longistyla Søli, 1997 (South Africa), S. mazumbaiensis Søli, 1997 (Uganda), S. ocreata Philippi, 1865 (France: La Réunion), S. papula Søli, 1997 (Democratic Republic of Congo), S. pinniger Søli, 1997 (South Africa, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya), S. quadra Søli, 1997 (Democratic Republic of Congo), S. stellata Søli, 1997 (Uganda). The majority of the new records represent the first ones since initial description of the species. S. ocreata is considered to be introduced to the Island of La Réunion. The number of Afrotropical Sciophila species is set at 23. 

Dombeya formosa (Malvaceae s. l.): A New Species Endemic to La Réunion (Indian Ocean) Based on Morphological and Molecular Evidence

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 424-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothée Le Péchon ◽  
Jean-Bernard Pausé ◽  
Jean-Yves Dubuisson ◽  
Luc D. B. Gigord ◽  
Agathe Haevermans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
La Réunion ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals Echiniscidae in the Mascarenes: the wonders of Mauritius

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-120
Author(s):  
Yevgen Kiosya ◽  
Katarzyna Vončina ◽  
Piotr Gąsiorek
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Supernumerary Teeth ◽  
Biogeographic Patterns ◽  
Typical Member ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
One New Species ◽  
Mascarene Archipelago

Many regions of the world remain unexplored in terms of the tardigrade diversity, and the islands of the Indian Ocean are no exception. In this work, we report four species of the family Echiniscidae representing three genera from Mauritius, the second largest island in the Mascarene Archipelago. Two species belong in the genus Echiniscus: Echiniscus perarmatus Murray, 1907, a pantropical species, and one new species: Echiniscus insularissp. nov., one of the smallest members of the spinulosus group and the entire genus, being particularly interesting due to the presence of males and supernumerary teeth-like spicules along the margins of the dorsal plates. The new species most closely resembles Echiniscus tropicalis Binda & Pilato, 1995, for which we present extensive multipopulation data and greatly extend its distribution eastwards towards islands of Southeast Asia. Pseudechiniscus (Meridioniscus) mascarenensissp. nov. is a typical member of the subgenus with elongated (dactyloid) cephalic papillae and the pseudosegmental plate IV’ with reduced posterior projections in males. Finally, a Bryodelphax specimen is also recorded. The assemblage of both presumably endemic and widely distributed tardigrade species in Mauritius fits the recent emerging biogeographic patterns for this group of micrometazoans.

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