Redescription and Natural History of the Mexican harvestman Diguetinus raptator Roewer, 1912 (Opiliones: Globipedidae), type species of the genus

The taxonomy of the monotypic genus Diguetinus Roewer, 1912 is discussed with a redescription of the only named species. The redescription, illustrations, and photographs are based upon male and female type specimens as well as a pair of more recently collected specimens from a relatively nearby location; both in Jalisco, Mexico. The genitalia are illustrated for the first time. A distribution map is provided with all verified records from iNaturalist included from: Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Michoacán, Estado de México, Ciudad de México, Hidalgo, and Puebla. All available knowledge on the natural history is presented including biogeography and distribution, local distribution and habitat use, influence of physical factors, and interspecific relations.

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Revision of the Neotropical spider genus Acanthoctenus (Araneae: Ctenidae: Acanthocteninae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4920.1.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4920 (1) ◽

pp. 1-55

Author(s):

STEPHANY ARIZALA ◽

FACUNDO MARTÍN LABARQUE ◽

DANIELE POLOTOW

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Natural History ◽

Type Species ◽

Valid Species ◽

Male And Female ◽

Incertae Sedis ◽

History Of ◽

New Synonymy ◽

First Time ◽

Species Inquirendae

We revise the genus Acanthoctenus Keyserling, 1877 recognizing thirteen valid species, of which five are new species and two are re-validated. Further, we find one new synonymy and transfer one species. We describe Acanthoctenus alux sp. nov. from Guatemala, A. chickeringi sp. nov. and A. lamarrei sp. nov. from Panama, A. manauara sp. nov. from Brazil and A. torotoro sp. nov. from Bolivia. We revalidate Acanthoctenus dumicola Simon, 1906 stat. res. from Venezuela, and A. virginea (Kraus, 1955) stat. res., comb. nov. from El Salvador. We transfer Acanthoctenus mammifer to Viracucha mammifer (Mello-Leitão, 1939) comb. nov., from Brazil. Acanthoctenus maculatus Petrunkevitch, 1925 and Gephyroctenus kolosvaryi Caporiacco, 1947 are considered species inquirendae in Acanthocteninae and Ctenidae, respectively, and A. obauratus Simon, 1906 and A. rubrotaeniatus Mello-Leitão, 1947 are considered incertae sedis in Acanthocteninae and Acantheinae, respectively. We also describe for the first time the female of Acanthoctenus spiniger Keyserling, 1877, the type species of the genus. We provide illustrations of male and female diagnostic characters, genitalia, habitus, and measurements to support the genus re-description and further identification of its species. We yield a distributional map of the specimens recorded and the description of the natural history of Acanthoctenus manauara sp. nov.

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First record of the leafhopper genus Plumosa Sohi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.4 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1879 (1) ◽

pp. 49

Author(s):

YUEHUA SONG ◽

ZIZHONG LI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Natural History ◽

Type Species ◽

First Record ◽

Type Specimens ◽

Illinois Natural History Survey ◽

History Survey ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

The leafhopper genus Plumosa was erected by Sohi (1977). It belongs to the tribe Erythroneurini of Typhlocybinae with Plumosa emarginata Sohi, 1977 from India as its type species. Until now, there have been no further reports on this genus. Here the genus is reported for the first time from China and a new Chinese species is described and illustrated. The type specimens are deposited to the collection of the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou (IEGU) and Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS).

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Redescription and notes on the natural history of the arboreal tarantula Iridopelma seladonium (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Aviculariinae)

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia ◽

10.1590/s0101-81752008000400019 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 728-736 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Lina M. Almeida-Silva ◽

Agustín Camacho ◽

Antonio D. Brescovit ◽

Sylvia M. Lucas ◽

Tania K. Brazil

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Original Description ◽

Reproductive Organs ◽

Single Female ◽

Male And Female ◽

In Captivity ◽

History Of ◽

First Time

The original description of this species was based on a single female and no illustrations of reproductive organs were presented. After we collected several specimens identified as I. seladonium, we decided to redescribe this species and discovered that the male, previously described as belonging to this species, was misidentified by MELLO LEITÃO (1923). Thus, in this paper the male of I. seladonium is newly described and the reproductive organs of male and female are described and illustrated in detail. Notes on the behavior and natural history of I. seladonium are presented based on the observation of live specimens in the field and in captivity. An immature of I. seladonium was observed constructing a hinged retreat with silk and little pieces of bark, a behavior not previously seen for other Aviculariinae. Two courtship events were observed and photographed, leg tapping and palpal drumming of the male on female's body and dorsum-ventral movements of the female's abdomen while the male was inserting the embolus were documented to Aviculariinae for the first time. The courtships and mating lasted almost two minutes.

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Redescription of the type specimens of Althepus pictus Thorell, 1898 (Araneae, Psilodercidae) from Myanmar

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4838.3.9 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4838 (3) ◽

pp. 441-444

Author(s):

YEJIE LIN ◽

MARIA L. TAVANO ◽

SHUQIANG LI ◽

HAIFENG CHEN

Keyword(s):

Southeast Asia ◽

Type Species ◽

Original Description ◽

Female Specimen ◽

Type Specimens ◽

Male And Female ◽

Biodiversity Research ◽

Female Type ◽

Fresh Material ◽

The Family

Althepus pictus Thorell, 1898 is the type species of the genus Althepus Thorell, 1898 from the family Psilodercidae Machado, 1951. This genus includes 60 species from Southeast Asia (WSC 2020). A. pictus was described on the basis of one male and one female from Carin Chebà mountains, elevation 600‒800 m, Kayin Province, Myanmar. Another female specimen lacking several legs was found in Farm Caves in Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar. The original description was in Latin and without any figures. Fage (1912) redescribed it based on the same male and female type specimens from Carin Chebà, but without mentioning the female from Farm Caves. Fage (1912) provided measurements, but the figures of the male right palp are imprecise. The species is redescribed here based on the original male and female type specimens deposited in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale ‘Giacomo Doria’ (MSNG) in Italy. The male and female type specimens are the only known material of A. pictus. No information is available on the female specimen from Farm Caves, which maybe have been lost. No fresh material of this species has been collected in region during five subsequent expeditions to Myanmar tours organized by the Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute in the years 2016–2020.

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The taxonomy of Tarsotomus Berlese and Paratarsotomus Kuznetsov (Acarina : Anystidae : Erythracarinae) with observations on the natural history of Tarsotomus

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/it97035 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 13 (5) ◽

pp. 749 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

J. C. Otto

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Natural History ◽

Type Species ◽

Room Temperature ◽

Reproductive Behaviour ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

Type Material ◽

History Of ◽

First Time

The genera Tarsotomus and Paratarsotomus are revised and keys to species of both genera and to instars of Tarsotomus are provided. Absoloniana, Anandia, Parabsolonia and Paranandia are made new junior synonyms of Tarsotomus and 17 new species of Tarsotomus are described: T. abruptus, T. aiolos, T. aleantis, T. ambitus, T. anubis, T. argillus, T. colossus, T. comosus, T. desertorus, T. dianellus, T. dioxis, T. heliophilus, T. primitivus, T. pusillus, T. pygmaeus, T. solatus, and T. velopes. All of these new species except T. primitivus belong to the new abruptus group which has been found only in Australia. The type species of Tarsotomus, T. hercules, is redescribed from type material and from newly collected specimens and is recorded from France, Iran and the Ukraine for the first time. Absoloniana diversipes is found to be a new junior synonym of T. hercules and records of this species from Switzerland and Greece are shown to be based on misidentifications. The species T. behningii, T. callunae, T. macropalpis and T. sabulosus are assigned to Paratarsotomus. Tarsotomus rackae is found to be a new junior synonym of Paratarsotomus sabulosus which is recorded from Germany and the Ukraine for the first time. Observations on reproductive behaviour were made for five Tarsotomus species. All of these produce stalked spermatophores, which are often deposited on top of one another. The prelarvae of two species of Tarsotomus were studied and for both were found to be motile. Warm, dry and sparsely covered habitats are found to be typical for Tarsotomus many species of which are active on hot surfaces but lie inactively on their dorsum at room temperature.

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

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.9 ◽

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.

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A cladistic revision of Tortopus Needham & Murphy with description of the new genus Tortopsis (Ephemeroptera: Polymitarcyidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2481.1.1 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2481 (1) ◽

Author(s):

CARLOS MOLINERI

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Fore Wing ◽

Type Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Lateral View ◽

Median Line ◽

Male And Female ◽

Line Drawings ◽

Neotropical Species ◽

First Time

The 12 species previously placed in Tortopus together with 3 species newly described here, are revised and included in a phylogenetic analysis. Based on synapomorphic characters on the nymphs and adults of both sexes, Tortopus is restricted to T. igaranus Needham & Murphy, T. circumfluus Ulmer, T. harrisi Traver, T. zottai (Navás), T. bellus Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty, and T. arenales sp. nov., and the genus is defined by: female parastyli receptors with long furrows anterior to sockets; penes entirely flattened; male ninth abdominal sternum almost separated in two portions by a median notch; mesosternum with furcasternal protuberances contiguous only on basal corner; and nymphs with two subapical tubercles on mandibular tusks. Tortopsis is newly described for T. bruchianus (Navás), T. limoncocha sp. nov., T. obscuripennis (Domínguez), T. parishi (Banks), T. primus (McDunnough), T. puella (Pictet), T. sarae (Domínguez), T. spatula sp. nov., and T. unguiculatus (Ulmer). Tortopsis is characterized by: R sector of female fore wing without additional veins between R 2 and IR; female parastyli receptors C or V-shaped, with sockets opening towards median line; male gonopore associated with a claw-like structure; penes separated from the base; parastyli more than 5 times length of pedestals; parastyli curved in lateral view; nymphs with a single subapical tubercle on mandibular tusks. The study of available type material permitted inclusion of comparative diagnoses, with figures and redescriptions as needed. The male imago of the type species of Tortopus (T. igaranus Needham & Murphy) is described for the first time, as are the female adults of Tortopus bellus Lugo-Ortiz & McCafferty and T. harrisi Traver. Three new Neotropical species based on male and female adults are described: Tortopus arenales and Tortopsis limoncocha from Ecuador, and Tortopsis spatula from Colombia. Keys to separate the adults and nymphs of the genera of Polymitarcyidae, and for male and female adults of all the species of Tortopus and Tortopsis are presented, as well as line drawings, pictures and SEM photographs of important structures.

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Descriptions of syntypes of Brumptamyia brumpti (Lsrrousse, 1920) (Diptera: Psychodidae-Phlebotominae)

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz ◽

10.1590/s0074-02761988000300010 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 83 (3) ◽

pp. 335-341 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Paul Williams

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Type Species ◽

British Museum ◽

Male And Female

The male and female of Brumptomyia brumpti (Larrousse, 1920), the type species of the genus Brumptomyia França & Parrot, 1921 (Diptera: Psychodidae - phlebotominae) are redescribed from syntypes in the British Museum (Natural History).

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Taxonomic re-evaluation of the monotypic genus Pararhabdophis Bourret, 1934 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) with discovery of its type species, P. chapaensis, from China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4486.1.2 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4486 (1) ◽

pp. 31

Author(s):

JIN-LONG REN ◽

KAI WANG ◽

TAO THIEN NGUYEN ◽

CHUNG VAN HOANG ◽

GUANG-HUI ZHONG ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Type Species ◽

Yunnan Province ◽

Strong Support ◽

Taxonomic Position ◽

Monotypic Genus ◽

History Data ◽

Lao Cai ◽

Available Information ◽

First Time

The Asian monotypic genus Pararhabdophis Bourret, 1934 has long been known from a single holotype of the type species Pararhabdophis chapaensis Bourret, 1934 only. The limited available information hampered the identification of the natricine species. On the basis of eight newly collected specimens of P. chapaensis from the type locality in Sa Pa, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam and from Pingbian, Yunnan Province in southwestern China, the taxonomic position of the genus Pararhabdophis was re-evaluated using both morphological and molecular datasets for the first time. Pararhabdophis chapaensis is nested within the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 with strong support, and morphologically indistinguishable from the latter genus. As a consequence, we herein synonymize the genus Pararhabdophis with Hebius and discuss about the existing paraphyly of some Hebius species. In addition we report Hebius chapaensis for the first time from China and provide redescription and natural history data of this poorly known species. To facilitate future taxonomic work, an identification key to all known natricine genera from China and Vietnam is also provided.

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Historical review, catalog of type specimens and online database of the ichthyology collection of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (ICN-MHN)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4478.1.1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4478 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

JOSÉ IVAN MOJICA ◽

HENRY D. AGUDELO-ZAMORA

Keyword(s):

High Resolution ◽

Historical Review ◽

Online Database ◽

Type Specimens ◽

History Of ◽

First Time

For the first time, the catalog of type specimens of ICN-MHN is presented with high resolution photographs. The catalog lists 87 species in 161 lots and includes 41 holotypes, 3 neotypes, and 117 lots of paratypes. Some doubts remain about type specimens of some species described by Miles and Dahl that were supposedly deposited at ICN-MHN. The history of the collection is reconstructed and valuable specimens once considered lost or destroyed have been rediscovered. The botanical and zoological collections of the ICN can be consulted online (http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co).

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