The genus Rhyacophila Stephens (Trichoptera, Rhyacophilidae) in Yakushima Island, northern Ryukyu, southwestern Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5023 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-58
Author(s):  
TOMIKO ITO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Ryukyu Archipelago ◽  
Yakushima Island ◽  
Japanese Species ◽  
Asian Species ◽  
First Time

This study revises the caddisfly genus Rhyacophila Stephens, Rhyacophilidae, for Yakushima Island within the northern Ryukyu Archipelago in southwestern Japan. Four new species are described based on adults: Rhyacophila yakushima sp. nov. of the R. anatina Species Group, R. arakawa sp. nov. of the R. lieftincki Species Group, R. miyanoura sp. nov. of the R. yosiiana Species Group, and R. nagata sp. nov. of the R. ulmeri Species Group. Additionally, two species are recorded for the island for the first time: R. brevicephala Iwata 1927, a Japanese species, and R. shikotsuensis Iwata 1927, an East Asian species.  

The family Hydropsychidae Curtis (Trichoptera) in the Ryukyu Archipelago, southwestern Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4504 (4) ◽  
pp. 545
Author(s):  
TOMIKO ITO ◽  
TAKAO NOZAKI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Ryukyu Archipelago ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Asian Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

The caddisfly family Hydropsychidae Curtis is revised for the Ryukyu Archipelago, southwestern Japan. Four new species are described based on adults: Diplectrona uken Ito and Nozaki sp. nov., Homoplectra crassicornea Nozaki and Ito sp. nov., Homoplectra trifurcata Nozaki and Ito sp. nov. and Cheumatopsyche aira Ito and Nozaki sp. nov. Based on examination of type specimens of species described from Taiwan in 1910–1930’s: Cheumatopsyche uchidai Kobayashi 1987 and Hydropsyche yaeyamensis Tanida 1986 are synonymized with C. clavalis Martynov 1930 and H. orbiculata Ulmer 1911, respectively. Five East Asian species: Diplectrona burha Schmid 1961, Diplectrona albofasciata (Ulmer 1913), Cheumatopsyche clavalis Martynov 1930, Hydropsyche verrucosa (Ulmer 1911), and Macrostemum formosicolum (Matsumura 1931) are recorded from Japan for the first time and re-described. Adults of two known species, Cheumatopsyche okinawa Oláh and Johanson 2008 and Macrostemum okinawanum (Matsumura 1931) are re-described. Females of five species, previously known only as males, are described for the first time. 

The genus Stactobiella Martynov (Trichoptera, Hydroptilidae) in Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4748 (3) ◽  
pp. 561-571
Author(s):  
TOMIKO ITO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Far East ◽  
Japanese Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Asian Species ◽  
Three New Species

The caddisfly genus Stactobiella Martynov (Hydroptilidae) is revised for Japan, with revisions of two Far East Asian species, one newly recorded for Japan, and the description of three new species. Both S. tshistjakovi (Arefina & Morse, in Arefina et al. 2002) and S. biramosa Martynov 1929 are redescribed, based on male and female specimens. The three new Japanese species are S. aichi sp. nov., S. amami sp. nov., and S. kumejima sp. nov., bringing to five the number of species of Stactobiella known for Japan. 

New and obscure species of the genus Chilocorus Mayr in eastern Asia, with the proposal of a "nitidus-group" concept (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3012 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
JIMPEI IMURA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Distributional Pattern ◽  
Asian Species ◽  
Group Concept ◽  
One New Species ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Female Genital

Comments are presented on four East-Asian species of the genus Chilocoris Mayr, of which three are known but have been hardly mentioned―namely C. alienus Horváth, C. birmanus Lis and C. nitidulus Lis. One new species is described here as C. monticola n. sp. New distribution records are provided: C. alienus is new to China (Liaoning), as well as newly representing the genus in northern China; C. birmanus is new to Taiwan; and C. nitidulus is new to Vietnam and Thailand. Until recently, C. monticola n. sp. found in Japan has been misidentified as C. nitidus Mayr, and earlier records of the latter from Japan are really this new species. Male genital structures are described and illustrated for all four species, and additionally female genital structures are also described for C. birmanus and C. monticola. These East-Asian species are significantly similar to each other in important morphological structures such as the pronotal punctuation, extension of evaporatorium, and the male and female genital organs, yet they can be distinguished from many other congeners by these same structures. It seems plausible, therefore, to group these four species in a species-group named “nitidus-group” because of the species’ definite association with C. nitidus. This species-group possibly consists at least ten East-Asian and one North American species and exhibits a relictual, trans-Beringian disjunction, suggesting an association of this group with the Tertiary circum-boreal flora. Its distributional pattern may further differentiate the species-group from other congeners.

scholarly journals A revision of Strigiphilus (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4779 (4) ◽  
pp. 501-521
Author(s):  
MEGUMI SHIMADA ◽  
KAZUNORI YOSHIZAWA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Japanese Species ◽  
Strix Aluco ◽  
Type Host ◽  
New Hosts ◽  
Louse Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The Japanese species of the genus Strigiphilus Mjöberg, 1910 (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) are revised. Six species are recorded, including a new species belonging to the cursitans species-group: Strigiphilus stenocephalus new species, described from the type host Otus bakkamoena semitorques and based on specimens originally identified and reported by Uchida (1949) as Strigiphilus rostratus (Burmeister, 1838). A lectotype for Strigiphilus laticephalus (Uchida, 1949) (type host: Strix aluco yamadae) is designated and redescribed, and this louse species is synonymized under Strigiphilus cursor (Burmeister, 1838). Strigiphilus ceblebrachys (Denny, 1842), S. heterogenitalis Emerson & Elbel, 1957 and S. tuleskovi Balát, 1958 are recorded for the first time in Japan. Also, Strix uralensis and Otus sunia japonicus are recorded as new hosts for Strigiphilus heterogenitalis and S. tuleskovi respectively. 

Identities of three taxa of the hippolytid shrimp genus Heptacarpus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea), with description of a new species from East Asian waters

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1684 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOMOYUKI KOMAI ◽  
BORIS G. IVANOV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Previous Literature ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Distributional Pattern ◽  
Asian Species ◽  
Full Species ◽  
Valid Taxon ◽  
A New Species

Taxonomy of the two previously described species of the hippolytid shrimp genus Heptacarpus Holmes, 1900, H. camtschaticus (Stimpson, 1860) and H. geniculatus (Stimpson, 1860), are reassessed. It has been found that Eualus geniculata longirostris Kobjakova, 1936, which has been regarded as a junior synonym of Heptacarpus geniculatus, is a valid taxon, herein reinstated as a full species. It has been found that two species were confounded in previous literature under the name H. camtschaticus, and one of them is described as new, H. acuticarinatus n. sp. Three species, H. camtschaticus, H. geniculatus and H. longirostris, are redescribed. These four species all belong to an informal species group characterized by the lack of pereopodal epipods. Differences in morphology and distributional pattern among the four species are discussed. A key in aid of the identification of the Asian species belonging to the species group is provided.

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

Zootaxa ◽  
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.

Two new species and records of Olophrum laxum species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) from China and Nepal

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4399 (2) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
ALEXEY V. SHAVRIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

Two new species of the genus Olophrum Erichson, 1839 of the laxum group are described and illustrated: O. lama Shavrin, sp.n. (Nepal: Rolwaling Himal) and O. schuelkei Shavrin, sp.n. (China: Shaanxi). Olophrum laxum Shavrin & Smetana, 2017 from Yunnan and O. pacei Shavrin & Smetana, 2017 from Shaanxi and Hubei provinces of China are recorded for the first time. A modified key of the laxum group is provided. 

Notes on some Lepidoptera described by Linnaeus, Fabricius, and Ström

1976 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebbe Schmidt Nielsen ◽  
Ole Karsholt
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Species Group ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
First Time

AbstractNotes are given on the identity and synonymy of five species of Lepidoptera described by Linnaeus, twenty-eight by Fabricius and two by Ström. Each species dealt with is treated under the apparent valid combination; for each species reference is given to the original description. Twenty-four new species-group name synonyms are introduced and nine new combinations are established: Nemaxera betulinella (Fabr.), Argyresthia arcella (Fabr.), Depressaria depressana (Fabr.), Chrysoesthia drurella (Fabr.), Brachmia blandella (Fabr.), Acleris laterana (Fabr.), Pseudohermenias abietana (Fabr.), Epinotia abbreviana (Fab.) and Acrobasis repandana (Fabr.). During the work two neotypes, twenty-seven lectotypes and two paralectotypes have been designated and are here cited for the first time.

A new species and distribution records of Dichotomius Hope, 1838 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in Colombia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4942 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-206
Author(s):  
WILLIAM CHAMORRO ◽  
ALEJANDRO LOPERA-TORO ◽  
MICHELE ROSSINI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Dichotomius (Dichotomius) quadrilobatus new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Dichotomiini), from western Amazonia (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) is described and its putative systematic position within the Dichotomius boreus species group is discussed. An updated identification key to the species of the Dichotomius boreus species group is provided. Additionally, Dichotomius (Selenocopris) fortepunctatus Luederwaldt, 1923 is recorded for the first time in Colombia. 

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.  

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