New long-horned caddisfly genus and species of Leptoceridae (Insecta: Trichoptera) from Brazil

Ibyacerina caparao new genus, new species (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae) is described and illustrated from specimens collected at Serra do Caparaó, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The monotypic genus is characterized by tibial spur formula 0,2,2; preanal appendages originating from a single base with a median process; tergum X broad, heavily sclerotized, saddle-like, wider at apex, and upturned, bearing small stout setae; inferior appendages each 3-branched, setose; and phallic apparatus tubular, curved slightly ventrad, with pair of lateral processes. Phylogenetic Bayesian and maximum likelihood analyses based on concatenated cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase (CAD) partial sequences (1,504 bp) including representatives of 38 leptocerid genera positioned Ibyacerina gen. nov. with good support within Leptocerinae. However, due to low branch support of most relationships among genera within the clade of Leptocerinae, except Mystacidini, Setodini, and Leptocerini, its close affinities and tribal placement are still unknown.

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Synonymy and descriptions in Cerambycinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Costa Rica

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4319.1.10 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4319 (1) ◽

pp. 177

Author(s):

MARIA HELENA M. GALILEO ◽

ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Costa Rica ◽

New Genus ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

New Combination ◽

Monotypic Genus

Hudepohlellus Chemsak & Hovore, 2010, a monotypic genus, is considered a junior synonym of Monneellus Hüdepohl, 1985 and M. semilunatus (Chemsak & Hovore, 2010) is a new combination. Kozlovellus bicolor, a new genus and new species of Rhopalophorini is described from Costa Rica.

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Aurum, a new monotypic genus of Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) endemic to Western Australia, Australia

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4683.2.6 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4683 (2) ◽

pp. 277-285 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

PAUL M. HUTCHINSON ◽

CHRISTIAN H. MOESENEDER

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Western Australia ◽

New Genus ◽

Single Species ◽

Monotypic Genus

The flower beetle genus Aurum new genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Schizorhinini: Schizorhinina) is described. Aurum is endemic to Australia, and contains a single species, Aurum leonorensis new species, from Western Australia. The genus is compared to the most closely related Australian flower beetle genera, Diaphonia Newman, 1840, Aphanesthes Kraatz, 1880, and Chondropyga Kraatz, 1880. Ecological observations and the collecting localities are detailed for Aurum leonorensis.

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New taxa in Drosanthemum and a new genus in Drosanthemeae (Ruschioideae, Aizoaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.459.2.5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 459 (2) ◽

pp. 139-154

Author(s):

CORNELIA KLAK ◽

PAVEL HANÁČEK ◽

ODETTE CURTIS-SCOTT ◽

ANSO LE ROUX ◽

PETER V. BRUYNS

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Western Cape ◽

Monotypic Genus ◽

Nomenclatural Change ◽

A New Species

A phylogeny of all nine subgenera of Drosanthemum, based on chloroplast sequence-data, is presented. The results confirm some previously published facts, e.g. that D. zygophylloides is sister to Drosanthemum. We propose to treat this species as a new monotypic genus, Lemonanthemum, which differs from Drosanthemum in features of the leaves and fruit-stalks. In Drosanthemum s.s., the small subg. Quadrata, characterized by 4-locular fruits, is highly supported as sister to the remainder of Drosanthemum (where fruits are 5-locular). Further, our data support the transfer of Delosperma pubipetalum to Drosanthemum (where a nomenclatural change is also made). The pubescent petals, 5-locular fruits with narrow covering membranes and downward-pointing hair-like papillae on the branches suggest that D. pubipetalum is close to D. papillatum and belongs to subg. Quastea. Another species, D. badspoortense, which had been placed in D. subg. Quastea on account of its narrow covering membranes, is shown to belong to Delosperma and also lacks the unique structure of the fruit-stalk of Drosanthemum. In addition, a new species, D. overbergense, is described from disjunct patches of remnant renosterveld within the Overberg and near Albertinia, in the Western Cape of South Africa. Morphological characteristics suggest that this species belongs to subg. Xamera, but this was not corroborated by our molecular data. Finally, a new name—Drosanthemum calcareum—is proposed for the illegitimate D. intermedium and a lectotype (at BOL) is designated for D. pubipetalum. The lectotypification of D. badspoortense is also proposed.

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A new monotypic genus of ant-mimicking Coraebini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae ) from Madagascar

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1817.1.7 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1817 (1) ◽

pp. 65 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

C. L. BELLAMY

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

New Genera ◽

Monotypic Genus ◽

Preliminary Study ◽

The One ◽

One New Species

Following the itemization of the described Madagascan Coraebini (Buprestidae: Agrilinae) (Bellamy 2001a), additional new genera and species of this large fauna have been described (Bellamy 2001b, 2003, 2006). After a preliminary study of the perceived ant-mimicking species I have accumulated in loans from, and during previous visits to, the vast collection of this fauna held by the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, a new monotypic myrmecomorphic genus and species is described. All other putative ant-mimicking species amongst previously described and currently available specimens belong to the genus Entomogaster Saunders, 1871. The new genus is described now for the one new species found to not be congeneric with Entomogaster. In deference to the classification for the tribe Coraebini Bedel, 1921 presented by Kubáň, et al. (2001), the genus-group taxon described herein is provisionally placed in the subtribe Toxoscelina Majer, in Kubáň, et al., 2001.

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Currhaeus, a new genus of net-winged beetles and phylogenetic analysis of Eurrhacini (Coleoptera: Lycidae: Lycinae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4869.3.5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4869 (3) ◽

pp. 387-403

Author(s):

ELYNTON ALVES DO NASCIMENTO ◽

TAMIRES DINIZ BRESSAN ◽

MILADA BOCAKOVA

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

New Species ◽

Maximum Likelihood ◽

Species Identification ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

New Genus ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Key To Species ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Parsimony Trees

A new genus of Neotropical Lycidae, Currhaeus gen. nov., is herein proposed as the second Eurrhacini genus lacking parameres in male genitalia. Seven new species are described: Currhaeus striatus sp. nov., C. nigroapicalis sp. nov., C. championi sp. nov., C. tabascensis sp. nov., C. ruschii sp. nov., C. polegattoi sp. nov., and C. paranaensis sp. nov. Illustrations of diagnostic characters and a key to species identification are presented. Parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses of morphological data demonstrated that Currhaeus gen. nov. belongs in the crown Eurrhacini. Implied weighting parsimony trees recovered Currhaeus as sister to Eurrhacus Waterhouse.

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A new genus and three new species of Oriental Oxycerini (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Stratiomyinae) with notes on new generic synonyms in two other stratiomyine genera

Insect Systematics & Evolution ◽

10.1163/187631210x502833 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 41 (3) ◽

pp. 275-294 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Norman Woodley ◽

Rudolf Rozkošný

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Genus ◽

Monotypic Genus ◽

Oriental Region ◽

New Synonyms ◽

New Synonym ◽

Three New Species

AbstractOxycerina gen.n. (Stratiomyidae: Stratiomyinae), including three new species, O. hauseri sp.n., O. merzi sp.n. and O. sabaha sp.n., is described from the Oriental Region and compared with related genera of Stratiomyinae and Raphiocerinae. The monotypic genus Scapanocnema Enderlein, 1914 is considered to be a synonym of Odontomyia Meigen, 1803; S. spathulipes Enderlein, 1914 and O. latitibia Rozkošný & Kovac, 1994 are considered to be new synonyms of O. luteiceps de Meijere, 1911. Cyrtopus Bigot, 1883, is also proposed as a synonym of Odontomyia, resulting in new or resurrected combinations for the species O. fastuosa (Bigot, 1883), O. magnifica Lachaise & Lindner, 1973, and O. smaragdifera (Lindner, 1938). Timorimyia Frey, 1934 is proposed as a new synonym of Acanthasargus White, 1914, resulting in A. bidentatus (Frey, 1934), comb.n. A key to the genera of the Oriental Stratiomyinae and Raphiocerinae is presented.

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Lecania falcata, a new species from Spain, the Canary Islands and the Azores, close to Lecania chlorotiza

The Lichenologist ◽

10.1017/s0024282912000308 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 44 (5) ◽

pp. 577-590 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Emmanuël SÉRUSIAUX ◽

Pieter P. G. van den BOOM ◽

Maarten A. BRAND ◽

Brian J. COPPINS ◽

Nicolas MAGAIN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Maximum Likelihood ◽

Canary Islands ◽

Maximum Parsimony ◽

New Genus ◽

Bayesian Inferences ◽

A New Species

AbstractLecania chlorotiza and L. falcata, described here as new from Spain/Navarra, the Canary Islands and the Azores, do not belong to Lecania s. str. They belong to a strongly supported clade comprising Bacidia, Bacidina, Scutula and Toninia when examined with maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian inferences using mtSSU, nuLSU and nuITS sequences. This clade represents the Bacidiaceae and is included in the Ramalinaceae s. lat. Most genera included in that family need further work before a new genus can possibly be described for Lecania chlorotiza and L. falcata.

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A new genus and four new species in the /Psathyrella s.l. clade from China

MycoKeys ◽

10.3897/mycokeys.80.65123 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 80 ◽

pp. 115-131

Author(s):

Tolgor Bau ◽

Jun-Qing Yan

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Maximum Likelihood ◽

New Genus ◽

Phylogenetic Analyses ◽

Single Species ◽

Bayesian Analyses ◽

Distinct Lineage

Based on traditional morphological and phylogenetic analyses (ITS, LSU, tef-1α and β-tub) of psathyrelloid specimens collected from China, four new species are here described: Heteropsathyrella macrocystidia, Psathyrella amygdalinospora, P. piluliformoides, and P. truncatisporoides. H. macrocystidia forms a distinct lineage and groups together with Cystoagaricus, Kauffmania, and Typhrasa in the /Psathyrella s.l. clade, based on the Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian analyses. Thus, the monospecific genus Heteropsathyrella gen. nov. is introduced for the single species. Detailed descriptions, colour photos, and illustrations are presented in this paper.

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Akemetopon, a new genus containing three new species of planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Delphacidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3007.1.2 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 3007 (1) ◽

pp. 50

Author(s):

KATHRYN M. WEGLARZ ◽

CHARLES R. BARTLETT

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Maximum Likelihood ◽

Cytochrome Oxidase ◽

New Genus ◽

Mitochondrial Gene ◽

Cytochrome Oxidase I ◽

Maximum Likelihood Analysis ◽

Key To Species ◽

Likelihood Analysis ◽

Three New Species

The new delphacid genus Akemetopon gen. n. (Delphacinae: Delphacini) is described and illustrated with 3 new species from Arizona and Mexico: Akemetopon inornatum sp. n., A. politum sp. n., and A. ainigma sp. n. A key to species is provided. The barcoding portion of the mitochondrial gene Cytochrome Oxidase I (COI) was sequenced for A. politum sp. n. A maximum likelihood analysis places this genus in the basal Delphacini.

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New records and new species of mites from Cuba, with description of a new genus of Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4612.3.2 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4612 (3) ◽

pp. 326 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

OMID JOHARCHI ◽

BRUCE HALLIDAY ◽

ANDREI V. TOLSTIKOV ◽

VIACHESLAV A. TRACH

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Adult Female ◽

New Genus ◽

New Records ◽

The Other ◽

Monotypic Genus ◽

Two New Species ◽

Genus Two ◽

A New Species

This paper presents a new genus, two new species, and several new records of mites associated with insects and soil in Cuba. A new monotypic genus of Laelapidae, Acantholaelaps gen. nov., is described to accommodate a new species, A. strategus sp. nov., on the basis of adult female and male specimens collected on Strategus sarpedon (Burmeister) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and Strategus surinamensis hirtus Sternberg (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The other species recorded were Macrocheles merdarius (Berlese) (Macrochelidae), Asca quinquesetosa Wharton (Ascidae), Gaeolaelaps cubaensis sp. nov. (Laelapidae) and Pseudoparasitus missouriensis (Ewing) (Laelapidae).

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