Taxonomic study of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) XI. The rubra species-group and the fuscimacularis species-group, with descriptions of six new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4996 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-321
Author(s):  
SHUXIA WANG ◽  
CHEN LIU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time

The rubra and the fuscimacularis species-groups of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 are proposed for the first time based on the forewing patterns. Moths of the rubra species-group are characterized by the ochreous forewing of all shades with a short dorsal spot or a short obliquely inward dorsal streak; moths of the fuscimacularis species-group are characterized by the forewing having a dark basal spot or a dark basal costal patch. Six species are described as new: P. albimarginalis Wang, sp. nov., P. introextensa Wang, sp. nov., P. magnisticta Wang, sp. nov., P. anteromacularis Wang, sp. nov., P. fuscimacularis Wang, sp. nov., P. folivalvaris Wang, sp. nov. Photographs of adults and genitalia of the new species are provided. A list of species belonging to both species-groups is given.  

Study of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from China (III), with descriptions of eighteen new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4995 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-333
Author(s):  
SHUXIA WANG ◽  
XIAOJU ZHU ◽  
ZHULIN TAO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Group A ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time

Eighteen new species of the genus Meleonoma Meyrick are described: M. arcivalvata sp. nov., M. chongqingensis sp. nov., M. curvativa sp. nov., M. curvitaeniana sp. nov., M. dilatifasciata sp. nov., M. fasciptera sp. nov., M. globoidea sp. nov., M. graciliclavata sp. nov., M. grandivalvula sp. nov., M. lunata sp. nov., M. medispinea sp. nov., M. proapicalis sp. nov., M. raphidacantha sp. nov., M. sinuaclavata sp. nov., M. tenuiclavata sp. nov., M. tetrodonta sp. nov. M. ventridentata sp. nov. and M. ventrisinuata sp. nov. The female of M. similifloralis (Wang, 2006) is described for the first time. Images of both adults and genitalia are provided. All species are divided into two species-groups, the dentivalvata species-group and the fasciptera species-group. A key to each group and maps showing the distribution of each group in China are given.  

An update of morphological and distributional data of the genus Patrera Simon (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae) with the description of twenty-five new species from Colombia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4914 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-64
Author(s):  
LEONEL MARTÍNEZ ◽  
ANTONIO D. BRESCOVIT ◽  
EDUARDO VILLARREAL ◽  
LUIZ FERNANDO M. OLIVEIRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Genital Morphology ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time

The knowledge on the diversity of the genus Patrera Simon in Colombia is widely expanded. P. auricoma (L. Koch, 1866) and P. armata (Chickering, 1940) are redescribed and their females are described for the first time and recorded from Cundinamarca and Meta departments, respectively. Aysha strandi (Caporiacco, 1947) is synonymized with P. armata. Three species groups in the genus Patrera are proposed to include the bulk of its species (fulvastra, florezi, and philipi). These groups are diagnosed based on sexual characters. Twenty-five new species are herein described, illustrated and mapped: P. anchicaya n. sp. (♂♀); P. barbacoas n. sp. (♂); P. borjai n. sp. (♂♀); P. danielae n. sp. (♂♀); P. dimar n. sp. (♂♀); P. perafani n. sp. (♂♀); P. platnicki n. sp. (♂); P. quillacinga n. sp. (♂♀), and P. ramirezi n. sp. (♂♀) into the fulvastra species group. P. bonaldoi n. sp. (♂♀); P. boteroi n. sp. (♂); P. carvalhoi n. sp. (♂♀); P. florezi n. sp. (♂♀); P. perijaensis n. sp. (♀); P. quimbaya n. sp. (♂♀); P. sampedroi n. sp. (♂); P. yukpa n. sp. (♂♀), and P. wiwa n. sp. (♂♀) in florezi species group. P. sutu n. sp. (♂); P. chucurui n. sp. (♂♀); P. dawkinsi n. sp. (♂); P. dentata n. sp. (♂); P. dracula n. sp. (♂); P. kuryi n. sp. (♂♀), and P. longitibialis n. sp. (♂) in philipi species group. We also briefly discuss some aspects of the species groups’ genital morphology, based on a comparison with the type, P. fulvastra Simon. Additionally, distribution maps for all Colombian species including new records for P. armata (Chickering, 1940), P. auricoma (L. Koch, 1866) and P. suni Dupérré & Tapia, 2016 from Cundinamarca, Meta and Nariño departments are also herein included. 

On the taxonomy of the genus Agrisius Walker, 1855, with descriptions of two new species from Vietnam and Laos (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4459 (1) ◽  
pp. 128 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTON V. VOLYNKIN ◽  
VLADIMIR V. DUBATOLOV ◽  
YASUNORI KISHIDA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time

Two new species of the genus Agrisius Walker, 1855, A. orhanti Volynkin, Dubatolov & Kishida, sp. n. and A. leloii Volynkin, Dubatolov & Kishida, sp. n. are described from South Laos and Vietnam respectively. A. orhanti sp. n. belongs to the A. japonicus Leech, 1889 species-group. Whereas, the male genitalia structure of A. leloii sp. n. is intermediate between those of the A. japonicus and the A. guttivitta Walker, 1855 species-groups, therefore, it is assigned to a separated species-group (the A. leloii species-group). Agrisius dubatolovi Orhant, 2012 is downgraded as a subspecies of A. japonicus: Agrisius japonicus dubatolovi Orhant, 2012, stat. nov. Female genitalia of species of the A. japonicus and most of the A. guttivitta species-groups are illustrated for the first time. 

scholarly journals Taxonomy of the Cryptocephalus heraldicus Group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae) from China

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 451
Author(s):  
Wenyuan Duan ◽  
Fengyan Wang ◽  
Hongzhang Zhou
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Leaf Beetle ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Species Number ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Group A ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time

This is a study on the leaf beetle subgenus Cryptocephalus Geoffroy, 1762 from China, with the particular emphasis upon the species-group classification of the subgenus and the taxonomy of the Cryptocephalus heraldicus species group. A new key is compiled to all the species groups found in China. Four new species are described from China: Cryptocephalus (Cryptocephalus) biordopunctatus sp. nov. from Yunnan, C. hani sp. nov. from Shanxi, Hubei, Shaanxi and Gansu, C. incisodentatus sp. nov. from Sichuan and Yunnan, and C. nigroflavusiventerus sp. nov. from Yunnan. Three species are found for the first time in China: C. lacosus Pic, 1922, C. nigriceps Allard, 1891 and C. rajah Jacoby, 1908. The species C. nigrolimbatus Jacoby, 1890 is transferred from the subgenus Burlinius Lopatin to this subgenus and assigned to the Cryptocephalus heraldicus group. The species number of this group is now 30 in total according to our result of taxonomic review. A key to all the mainland China species of this species group is provided as well as high quality color images and line drawings of adult habitus, aedeagus, and other important structures. All the types of the new species are deposited in the collection of Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZ-CAS).

On further species of the spider genus Clubiona Latreille, 1804 (Araneae, Clubionidae) from Xishuangbanna Rainforest, southwestern China

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4679 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAO YU ◽  
SHUQIANG LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time

A further study of the spider genus Clubiona Latreille, 1804 from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China is presented. A total of ten species, eight of which new to science, are here addressed, raising from 18 to 27 the number of species of the genus known to the area. Clubiona didentata Zhang & Yin, 1998 is redescribed based on new specimens from type locality, with the first description of the female. C. kai Jäger & Dankittipakul, 2010 is newly recorded from China, and the female is reported for the first time. Seven of the new species here described belongs to four species groups: C. cochlearis sp. nov. (♂) and C. tiane sp. nov. (♂) from the C. corticalis species-group; C. tongi sp. nov. (♂♀) from the C. hystrix species-group; C. yueya sp. nov. (♂♀) and C. zhanggureni sp. nov. (♂) from the C. japonica species-group; and C. bicornis sp. nov. (♂) and C. subasrevida sp. nov. (♂♀) from the C. trivialis species-group. The eighth new species, C. jiandan sp. nov. (♂♀) is not readily assignable to any of the existing species groups. 

Description of 33 new species of Calamoceratidae, Molannidae, Odontoceridae and Philorheithridae (Trichoptera), with detailed presentation of their cephalic setal warts and grooves

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2457 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JÁNOS OLÁH ◽  
KJELL ARNE JOHANSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Wing Venation ◽  
Diagnostic Species ◽  
Fiji Islands ◽  
Species Cluster ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
Detailed Presentation

Additions to the taxonomy of the leptoceroid families Calamoceratidae, Molannidae, Odontoceridae, and Philorheithridae are given, and 33 new species in the superfamily are described based on characters in the male genitalia, head and thoracal setose warts, and groove patterns, wing venation, and forewing colour and pattern. In the Calamoceratidae Ulmer, the Anisocentropus latifasciata diagnostic species-group and Anisocentropus brevipennis diagnostic species cluster are described for the first time. The following 17 species are described as new: Anisocentropus bungus (Vietnam), A. csorbai (Vietnam), A. dvaupadhah (Malaysia), A. fridae (Fiji Islands), A. hannahae (Fiji Islands), A. hoisat (Laos PDR), A. malaisei (Myanmar), A. maralus (Malaysia), A. mjoebergi (Borneo), A. samuh (Madagascar), A. tapenan (Solomon Islands), A. thinlin (Laos PDR), A. thonmihn (Vietnam), A. vanuensis (Fiji Islands), A. vitiensis (Fiji Islands), Ganonema malickyi (Thailand) and G. rong (Vietnam). In addition, Ganonema fuscipenne (Albarda) is synonymized with G. ochraceellum (McLachlan), and Ganonema pallidum Martynov is synonymized with Anisocentropus kawamurai (Iwata). In the Molannidae Wallengren, a single new species, Molanna gamdaha, is described from Myanmar. In the Odontoceridae Wallengren, the genus Inthanopsyche Malicky is synonymized with Psilotreta Banks. The following 14species belonging to previously described genera, are described as new: Lannapsyche birathena (Myanmar), L. suksma (Myanmar), L. kamba (Myanmar), Marilia enikiana (Laos PDR), M. jonssoni (Laos PDR), M. katakaha (Malaysia), M. malickyi (Laos PDR, Malaysia, Vietnam), M. mendolonga (Malaysia), M. namha (Laos PDR), M. tuyetmira (Laos PDR), Phraepsyche pectinata (Vietnam), P. yitungshana (China: Hong Kong), Psilotreta enikoae (Vietnam), and P. malickyi (Myanmar). In addition, the following 3 diagnostic species-groups are described for the first time: Psilotreta japonica diagnostic species-group, Psilotreta trimeresuri diagnostic species-group, and Psilotreta frontalis diagnostic species group. The species Ganonema odaenum Kobayshi is synonymized with Psilotreta locumtenens Botosaneanu, and Psilotreta pyonga Oláh is synonymized with P. falcula Botosaneanu. In the Philotheithridae Mosely, a single new species, Psilopsyche granda, is described from Chile. In addition to describing new taxa, new species records for 34 species in the superfamily are presented.

Revision of the genus Bradyporus Charpentier, 1825 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Bradyporinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4272 (4) ◽  
pp. 491 ◽  
Author(s):  
MUSTAFA ÜNAL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Check List ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The genus Bradyporus Charpentier is taxonomically revised using information obtained from numerous recently collected specimens. Bradyporus is divided into two subgenera Bradyporus Charpentier s.str. and Callimenus Fischer von Waldheim. Five species groups are distinguished in the latter subgenus. Sixteen species and subspecies are listed. Bradyporus (Callimenus) multituberculatus multituberculatus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1833) and Bradyporus (Callimenus) multituberculatus montandoni (Burr, 1898) are designated subspecies for the first time. Previously synonymized Bradyporus (Callimenus) macrogaster skopjensis Karaman, 1961 is reinstated as a valid species. A new species, Bradyporus (Callimenus) gocmeni Ünal, sp. nov. from Eastern Turkey and the previously unknown female of Bradyporus (Callimenus) skopjensis Karaman, 1961 are described. A Neotype for Bradyporus (Callimenus) macrogaster longicollis (Fieber, 1853) is designated. Nomenclatural and taxonomical problems are discussed under the relevant taxa. Phylogenetic relationships based on morphology of the subgenera, species groups, and the species and subspecies of each species group are proposed. Morphological derived and ancestral characters are discussed. A key to the lower taxa of the genus is provided with 207 original figures including 3 distributional maps. A check-list of the lower taxa of the genus is given. Additionally the IUCN Red List statuses of the species and subspecies are included. 

Taxonomic study of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) X. The commotica species-group, with descriptions of twenty-two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4980 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-330
Author(s):  
SHUXIA WANG ◽  
CHEN LIU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

The commotica species-group of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 is proposed based on forewing pattern. Moths of this species group are characterized by the possession of three white streaks extending from the dorsum of the forewing. Twenty-two new species are described herein: P. apiculifera sp. nov., P. apisetosa sp. nov., P. arcicosta sp. nov., P. baoshana sp. nov., P. bicornuta sp. nov., P. bilobignatha sp. nov., P. binipapillata sp. nov., P. bispina sp. nov., P. curvicosta sp. nov., P. denticuligera sp. nov., P. lianhuashana sp. nov., P. motuoensis sp. nov., P. pedata sp. nov., P. quadriprocessa sp. nov., P. ramiformis sp. nov., P. senticosa sp. nov., P. similibellatula sp. nov., P. squamacea sp. nov., P. stenognatha sp. nov., P. subgladiata sp. nov., P. tengchongensis sp. nov. and P. triangulivalva sp. nov. The female of P. spinosicornuta Du & Wang, 2013 is described for the first time. Photographs of adults and genitalia of the new species are provided. A list of all the species belonging to the commotica species group is given. 

A revision of Eastern Palaearctic Anthobium Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). I. Gracilipalpe, morchella and nigrum groups

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4365 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXEY V. SHAVRIN ◽  
ALEŠ SMETANA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

Three new species-groups are established for eastern Palaearctic species of the genus Anthobium Leach, 1819: Gracilipalpe-group containing A. gracilipalpe (Champion, 1920) (Uttaranchal, Nepal), A. daliense sp.n. (China: Yunnan, Diancang Shan) and A. nivale sp.n. (China: Yunnan, Gaoligong Shan). Morchella-group containing A. morchella sp.n. (China: Yunnan, Baima Shan), A. hydraenoides sp.n. (China: Yunnan, Meili Xue Shan) and A. puetzi sp.n. (China: Sichuan, Daxue Shan, Qionglai Shan). Nigrum-Group containing A. nigrum (Cameron, 1924) (Himalaya), A. anishchenkoi sp.n. (China: Gansu, Dalijia Shan), A. conjunctum sp.n. (China: Yunnan, Diancang Shan), A. densepunctatum sp.n. (China: Yunnan, Meili Xue Shan) and A. ivani sp.n. (Nepal: Bagmati; Bhutan). The species groups are defined, briefly discussed and a key to the species included in each group is given. Lectotypes are designated for Eudeliphrum gracilipalpe Champion, 1920 and Lathrimaeum nigrum Cameron, 1924. Species in each species-group are described/redescribed, illustrated and their geographical distribution is mapped. Members of the genus Anthobium are recorded for the first time from China and Bhutan, and Anthobium gracilipalpe is recorded for the first time from Nepal. 

A revision of the endemic South African long-jawed ground spider genus Drassodella Hewitt, 1916 (Araneae: Gallieniellidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4582 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
ZINGISILE MBO ◽  
CHARLES R. HADDAD
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Habitat Preferences ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Southern Half ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time

The genus Drassodella Hewitt, 1916 is one of four Afrotropical genera of Gallieniellidae, and is presently represented by seven species, all endemic to South Africa. The type material of six of the described species was studied and they are redescribed from both sexes: D. melana Tucker, 1923, D. quinquelabecula Tucker, 1923, D. salisburyi Hewitt, 1916, D. septemmaculata (Strand, 1909), D. tenebrosa Lawrence, 1938 and D. vasivulva Tucker, 1923. Of these, the males of D. melana, D. tenebrosa and D. vasivulva are described for the first time. Recent field work yielded additional females of D. purcelli Tucker, 1923 from the vicinity of the type locality, and this sex is redescribed; the male remains unknown. A further 12 new species are recognized: D. amatola sp. nov. (♀ ♂), D. aurostriata sp. nov. (♀ ♂), D. baviaans sp. nov. (♂), D. flava sp. nov. (♀ ♂), D. guttata sp. nov. (♀ ♂), D. lotzi sp. nov. (♀), D. maculata sp. nov. (♀), D. montana sp. nov. (♀ ♂), D. tolkieni sp. nov. (♀ ♂), D. trilineata sp. nov. (♀), D. transversa sp. nov. (♀ ♂) and D. venda sp. nov. (♀ ♂). Based on the genitalic structures, there appear to be two distinct species groups. The D. melana species group, which includes D. melana, D. tenebrosa and eight new species mainly distributed in eastern and northern South Africa, is characterised by very conservative genitalic morphology in both sexes. The D. salisburyi species group, with considerable variation in the structure of the copulatory organs and distributed in the southern half of South Africa, includes the remaining nine species, of which four are new. Although D. tenebrosa represents an intermediate between the two groups, with palpal morphology more typical of the D. melana species group and epigynal morphology typical of the D. salisburyi group, it is placed in the former species group based on its distribution in eastern South Africa. The biology, habitat preferences and biogeography of Drassodella are briefly discussed. 

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