The Dendrothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) of Saudi Arabia, with new records, one new species, and revised status of Pseudodendrothrips stuardoi (Moulton)

Two genera Dendrothrips Uzel and Pseudodendrothrips Schmutz are recorded from Saudi Arabia. A key is provided to eight members of Dendrothrips that have antennae with 9-segments and D. saudicus sp. n. is described in this group. P. aegyptiacus (Priesner) and P. stuardoi are newly reported from Saudi Arabia, with P. stuardoi rev. stat. from the leaves of Ficus carica being newly distinguished from P. mori (Niwa) that lives on the leaves of Morus alba. Some published records of P. mori from Mediterranean countries are possibly misidentifications of P. stuardoi.

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New species and new records of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Cape Verde archipelago

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.26.2.6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 395-426

Author(s):

Francisco Ferragut ◽

Julia Baumann

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Invasive Plants ◽

New Records ◽

Cape Verde ◽

Phytoseiid Mites ◽

Euseius Fustis ◽

One New Species ◽

Unknown Male

The phytoseiid mites of the Cape Verde archipelago are scarcely known. We report the results of a survey conducted on the islands of Santiago and Santo Antão, where phytoseiids were collected from native, cultivated and invasive plants. Fourteen species were collected, four of which represent new records for the islands. One new species, Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) macrodactylus Ferragut sp. nov., is described and illustrated. We describe the unknown male of Amblyseius neolargoensis van der Merwe, provide a redescription of the male of Euseius fustis (Pritchard & Baker) and additional morphological information for all examined species.

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One new species, two generic synonyms and eight new records of Thripidae from China (Thysanoptera)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4418.4.3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4418 (4) ◽

pp. 370

Author(s):

SHIMENG ZHANG ◽

ZHAOHONG WANG ◽

YAJIN LI ◽

LAURENCE MOUND

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

New Records ◽

Eastern China ◽

One New Species

Baliothrips sunae sp.n. is described from eastern China, and eight thripid species are newly recorded from China. One species is shared with Europe, three with Australia and four with southeast Asia. Chilothrips Hood is synonymized with Oxythrips Uzel, and Graminothrips Zhang & Tong is synonymized with Organothrips Hood.

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New records of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from Egyptian pigeons and doves (Columbiformes), with description of one new species

Acta Tropica ◽

10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.10.016 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 190 ◽

pp. 22-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eslam Adly ◽

Mohamed Nasser ◽

Doaa Soliman ◽

Daniel R. Gustafsson ◽

Magdi Shehata

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

Chewing Lice ◽

One New Species

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Forty-one new species of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae), an identification key, and new distributional records for the species of the genus

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4830.1.1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4830 (1) ◽

pp. 1-61

Author(s):

DANILO CÉSAR AMENT ◽

GIAR-ANN KUNG ◽

BRIAN V. BROWN

Keyword(s):

Sexual Selection ◽

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

Hind Femur ◽

Identification Key ◽

The Real ◽

One New Species

Forty-one new species of the mostly neotropical genus Coniceromyia Borgmeier are described. The descriptions follow the methodology of recent works on the genus taxonomy and illustrate habitus, foremetatarsus, wing, hind femur, and hypopygium for each species. Unique features of some species are also illustrated, including several male features possibly related to sexual selection such as processes on different tarsomeres of the foreleg. New records for the known species are presented, as well as an identification key for the species of the genus and maps with their updated distribution. Coniceromyia brandaoi Ament & Amorim is synonymized with Coniceromyia plaumanni Borgmeier. Even though this work examined the Coniceromyia of the major collections of neotropical Phoridae, the high number of singletons and doubletons indicates that the real diversity of the genus may still be far from understood.

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A new species and four new records of Diduga Moore (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Thailand

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4860.3.4 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4860 (3) ◽

pp. 393-400

Author(s):

ULZIIJARGAL BAYARSAIKHAN ◽

NORIO HIRAI ◽

KAREL ČERNÝ ◽

HYUNG-WOOK KWON ◽

YANG-SEOP BAE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

One New Species ◽

A New Species

One new species, Diduga sphaeracephalus n. sp., is described from Thailand along with four newly recorded species, D. alternota Bucsek, 2014, D. bispinosa Bayarsaikhan & Bae, 2018, D. dubatolovi Bayarsaikhan & Bae, 2018 and D. allodubatolovi Bayarsaikhan, Li & Bae, 2020. Illustrations of adults and genitalia of examined species are provided.

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An overview of the Chloropidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4791.1.1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4791 (1) ◽

pp. 1-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

HASSAN A. DAWAH ◽

MOHAMMED A. ABDULLAH ◽

JOHN C. DEEMING

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

New Species ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

New Records ◽

Economic Importance ◽

Reference Points ◽

Brazilian Purpuric Fever ◽

Rearing Methods ◽

First Time ◽

Malaise Traps

Chloropidae are of major economic importance, since the larvae of some species are pests of cereals and grasses, some are parasitoids and predators, and adults of some Hippelates spp. visit and transmit or are suspected of transmitting yaws sores in man and animals and by feeding around the eyes are vectors of Brazilian Purpuric Fever. Within the framework of the exploration of the biodiversity of Diptera in Southwest Saudi Arabia a survey of the grass flies fauna in 18 sites in Jazan, Asir, and Najran in south-western Saudi Arabia was performed mainly using Malaise traps and sweep nets from 2010– to 2016. Sixty six species of 43 genera and three subfamilies of Chloropidae were identified and are recorded from Saudi Arabia, 20 of them for the first time and three are described as new species: Elachiptera arabica Deeming sp. n.; Kwarea ismayi Deeming sp.n. and Tricimba turneri Deeming sp.n.. This makes the total number of Chloropidae species in Saudi Arabia 95 (including 29 species previously recorded). Seventy images are presented. The species of Chloropidae listed are predominantly of Afrotropical/ Palaearctic origin. An updated checklist of Chloropidae species of Saudi Arabia is presented.This study adds new records of Chloropidae to the Saudi Arabian Diptera fauna, which will become reference points for research detailing the systematic geographic distribution and for identifying other specimens submitted for identification. Further species will undoubtedly be discovered with more research involving collecting and rearing methods.

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On the taxonomy of the genus Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken in Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species (Diptera: Bombyliidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4701.6.1 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4701 (6) ◽

pp. 501-519 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

MAGDI S. EL-HAWAGRY ◽

MAHMOUD S. ABDEL-DAYEM ◽

HATHAL M. AL DHAFER

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

New Species ◽

Field Trips ◽

The Other ◽

Wing Morphology ◽

Key To Species ◽

Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽

Rigorous Study ◽

One New Species ◽

A New Species

Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Thyridanthrax spp. collected in field trips or preserved in the Efflatoun’s insect collection in Cairo University were taxonomically studied. One new species, T. elegansoides sp. nov., is herein described, and two species, T. decipulus (Austen) and T. polyphemus (Wiedemann), are newly recorded from Egypt. Ten species are treated: one species from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, T. anomalus Greathead; two species from Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, T. decipulus (Austen) and T. perspicillaris (Loew); and seven species from Egypt: T. elegans (Wiedemann), T. elegansoides sp. nov., T. griseolus (Klug), T. incanus (Klug), T. lotus (Loew), T. obliteratus (Loew), and T. polyphemus (Wiedemann). Taxonomic comments, an identification key to species, diagnoses, and photographs of some species and genitalia are provided. Based on wing morphology and male genitalic characters, T. lotus clearly does not fit in the genus Thyridanthrax, and may need to be placed elsewhere, nevertheless it is not clear whether it can be included in any of the other currently recognized genera in the tribe Villini. It is here kept in Thyridanthrax until a more rigorous study can be conducted to better ascertain its position in the Villini.

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A contribution to the Cicadidae fauna of Vietnam (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha), with one new species and twenty new records

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2249.1.1 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2249 (1) ◽

pp. 1-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

PHAM HONG THAI ◽

JENG-TZE YANG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

Key To Species ◽

Additional Species ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species

According to previous reports, the number of cicada species known from Vietnam is 131; these represent 45 genera. Neotanna yunnanensis Lei et Chou, 1997 and Neotanna sinensis Ouchi, 1938 are transferred to Tanna Distant, 1905 to become Tanna yunnanensis (Lei et Chou, 1997) comb. nov. and Tanna sinensis (Ouchi, 1938) comb. nov., Proretinata vemaculata Chou & Yao, 1986 is transferred to Angamiana Distant, 1890 to become Angamiana vemacula (Chou et Yao, 1986) comb. nov.. Twenty additional species are here recorded for the fauna of Vietnam for the first time: Scolopita lusiplex Chou et Lei, 1997, Hea fasciata Distant, 1906, Hea yunnanensis Chou et Yao, 1995, Katoa chlorotica Chou et Lu, 1997, Mogannia effecta Distant, 1892, Nipponosemia guangxiensis Chou et Wang, 1993, Ambragaeana ambra Chou et Yao, 1985, Balinta tenebricosa (Distant, 1888), Gaeana cheni Chou et Yao, 1985, Gaeana hainanensis Chou et Yao, 1985, Sulphogaeana dolicha Lei, 1997, Paratalainga yunnanensis Chou et Lei, 1992, Formotosena seebohmi (Distant, 1904), Angamiana vemacula (Chou et Yao, 1986), Pomponia backanensis sp. nov., Purana guttularis (Walker, 1858), Tanna yunnanensis (Lei et Chou, 1997), Tanna sinensis (Ouchi, 1938), Euterpnosia ruida Lei et Chou, 1997, Inthaxara flexa Lei et Li, 1996, and Sinosemia shirakii Matsumura, 1927. One of these, Katoa chlorotica, is the first representative of the subfamily Tettigadinae and the tribe Tibicini for Vietnam. One new species, Pomponia backanensis sp. nov., is described and a key to species of Vietnamese Pomponia is provided.

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