Flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Kalamaili Mountain Ungulate Nature Reserve (China: Xinjiang): checklist and description of four new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5063 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-95
Author(s):  
MING ZHANG ◽  
WEN-TIAN XU ◽  
THOMAS PAPE ◽  
WEN-YA PEI ◽  
DONG ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
New Records ◽  
Fore Tarsus ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Nw China ◽  
Extensive Documentation ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Mountain Ungulate ◽  
Flesh Flies

A checklist of the flesh flies occurring in Kalamaili Mountain Ungulate Nature Reserve, Xinjiang, NW China, is presented, based on material collected from 2009 to 2017. The checklist includes 18 genera and 46 species, 12 of which are new records for China. Four new species are described: Asiosarcophila kashanensis sp. nov., Miltogramma szpilai sp. nov., Sphecapatodes superciliosa sp. nov., and Sphecapatodes xinjiangensis sp. nov. Extensive documentation of the male and female habitus, details of the head, and the specialised setae of the male fore tarsus is given for all species where relevant, except for those already well illustrated in other publications. The male terminalia of almost all species of Paramacronychiinae and Sarcophaginae recorded from Kalamaili are illustrated with focus-stacked photographs.  

scholarly journals New species of Hercostomus Loew, 1857 from Afrotropics (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) and key to Afrotropical fauna

2020 ◽  
Vol 722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Ya. Grichanov
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Fore Tarsus ◽  
Fine Structures ◽  
Almost All ◽  
First Time

Five new species of Hercostomus Loew, 1857 from Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania and South Africa are described and illustrated. They belong to the Hercostomus longiventris lineage, which also appears similar to the Palaearctic H. chetifer subgroup and the Oriental H. takagii and H. absimilis groups on the basis of the modified male fore tarsus. The male cercus of almost all Afrotropical species is remarkable in having ventral processes or projections and are conditionally divided into H. nectarophagus and H. perturbus subgroups on the basis of the presence of one or two ventral projections on the cercus, respectively. Hercostomus brandbergensis sp. nov. and H. fedotovae sp. nov. are associated with the H. nectarophagus subgroup; H. koshelevae sp. nov., H. vikhrevi sp. nov., and H. sanipass sp. nov. are associated with the H. perturbus subgroup. The new species differ by fine structures of the male fore tarsus, cercus and postgonite. An identification key to males of 23 Afrotropical species of Hercostomus is compiled for the first time. New records are given for some known species.

A new species group to Edessa, the E. ovina group, with description of a new species (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Edessinae) from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4958 (1) ◽  
pp. 628-642
Author(s):  
JOSE ANTONIO MARIN FERNANDES ◽  
VALERIA JULIETE DA SILVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Internal Genitalia ◽  
Heteroptera Pentatomidae ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The E. ovina group of species is proposed here to include Edessa ovina Dallas, 1851 from Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina (new records) and Guyana; E. impura Bergroth, 1891 from Brazil and Argentina (new record); E. sahlbergii Stål, 1872 restricted to Brazil; and E. graziae sp. nov. from Brazil and Argentina. The E. ovina group can be identified by the apex of the second pair of wings narrowing distally and by a tumid area on the ventral surface of the pygophore (male genitalia) projected posteriorly. Descriptions, measurements, and illustrations of the metasternal process, external and internal genitalia of male and female are provided. A map with the distribution of the species is presented. The holotype of Edessa ovina is designated here. Edessa argali Breddin, 1903 is considered a junior synonym of E. impura. Females of E. ovina and E. impura, and male of E. sahlbergii are described for the first time. 

A review of Spathipheromyia (Diptera: Muscidae) from Argentina with the description of an extra-large new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4701 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-178
Author(s):  
LUCIANO DAMIÁN PATITUCCI ◽  
MARÍA SOFÍA OLEA ◽  
PABLO RICARDO MULIERI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Small Group ◽  
New Records ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Spathipheromyia Bigot is a small group of predaceous muscids endemic of the Neotropical region. Currently, the genus includes 14 species of which only Spathipheromyia atra Malloch, 1934, S. magellani Malloch, 1934 and S. guttipennis (Thomson, 1869) are listed for Argentina. We present a new species Spathipheromyia goliat sp. nov. for Argentina and registered S. albiceps Malloch, 1934 for the first time for Argentina. Also we present a more detailed description of male and female terminalia of S. albiceps, S. atra, and S. guttipennis, notes on their habitat, new records, a key to species, and a discussion on structure of male terminalia. 

A new species of Mycomya Rondani (Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Mycomyinae) from Argentinean Patagonia

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4363 (3) ◽  
pp. 445
Author(s):  
GUILLERMO OMAD ◽  
PABLO PESSACQ ◽  
DANIELLE ANJOS-SANTOS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Argentinean Patagonia ◽  
A New Species

Mycomya bowiei n. sp. is described based on male and female specimens from Argentinean Patagonia. Additionally, we provide a redescription of Mycomya bifida Freman (1951) and new records of three species of Mycomya previously unrecorded from either Chubut Province or Argentina.

scholarly journals Three new species and new records of the genus Centromerus (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Italy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Ballarin ◽  
Paolo Pantini
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Congeneric Species ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

Three new species of the genus Centromerus from Italy, C. tongiorgii sp. nov., C. hanseni sp. nov., and C. gatoi sp. nov., are described for the first time on the basis of both male and female specimens. Their relationships with other congeneric species, as well as their diagnoses, are discussed using morphological characters. New records of poorly known species of Centromerus from Italy are furthermore reported. Among them, C. desmeti Bosmans, 1986 is reported for the first time for the Italian fauna and for continental Europe.

scholarly journals New species and new records of Copris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Mexico and the United States

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1096 (1) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
SCOTT MCCLEVE ◽  
BERT KOHLMANN
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
The United States ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
One New Species

One new species of Copris Geoffroy from Sonora and Chihuahua is described and illustrated: Copris warneri sp. nov. The new species is closely related to C. arizonensis Schaeffer. Drawings of the male and female and a distribution map are included. New distributional records for C. arizonensis Schaeffer and C. martinezi Matthews and Halffter are provided.

A revision of the Neotropical genus Motonerus Hansen (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1268 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARTIN FIKÁÑEK ◽  
ANDREW EDWARD Z. SHORT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
New Records ◽  
Forest Litter ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Key Characters

The previously monotypic genus Motonerus Hansen, 1989 is revised and redefined. Seven new species are described: Motonerus andersoni FikáÖek & Short, sp. n. (Costa Rica, Panama), M. apterus FikáÖek & Short, sp. n., (Venezuela, Colombia), M. depressus FikáÖek & Short, sp. n. (Colombia), M. hanseni FikáÖek & Short, sp. n. (Costa Rica), M. nublado FikáÖek & Short, sp. n. (Venezuela), M. oosternoides FikáÖek & Short, sp. n. (Panama), and M. problematicus FikáÖek & Short, sp. n. (Costa Rica). Two additional new species from Bolivia are left undescribed pending the collection of males. New records are given for the previously described species, M. obscurus Hansen, which had been composite with respect to M. hanseni sp. n. Almost all collections of the genus are associated with cloud and montane forest litter. A key to the species of the genus is provided along with comments on the relationship of the genus with others in the tribe Megasternini. The unusual flightless condition found in M. apterus and M. oosternoides is discussed. The male genitalia and other key characters are illustrated.

A new species of Craterium (Myxomycetes, Physaraceae) growing on living grass and new records of the genus from China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 443 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-18
Author(s):  
BO ZHANG ◽  
HAIXIA MA ◽  
ZHUANG LI ◽  
YU LI ◽  
XIAO LI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
New Records ◽  
Northeastern China ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Fruiting Bodies ◽  
National Nature Reserve ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Scanning Electron

A new species of Craterium (C. subpurpurea) collected in the Changbai Mountain National Nature Reserve, Jilin Province, northeastern China, is described. The fruiting bodies of C. subpurpurea are long cylindrical with distinct ridges, with large spinulose spores (8–10 μm diam.) as well as a persistent purplish pale peridium at the base of the sporotheca. A newly described species, C. aureonuleatum, has been documented in China for the first time, based on material collected from the Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, Hubei Province and the Gexigou National Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province. Craterium aureonuleatum is characterized by a yellowish pseudocolumella at the apex of the sporocarp and a persistent cup-like peridium when mature. Descriptions and scanning electron micrographs for these members of the genus Craterium are provided.

Tanytarsini (Diptera: Chironomidae) from madicolous habitat in Southeast Brazil: new species and new records

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4269 (3) ◽  
pp. 427 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO ◽  
ERIKA MAYUMI SHIMABUKURO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
New Records ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Southeast Brazil ◽  
Three New Species

Tanytarsini (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) collected from madicolous habitats in Brazil are analyzed, and three new species of Tanytarsus van der Wulp are described and illustrated: T. angelae sp. n. and T. alaidae sp. n. as adult male and T. alienus sp. n. as male and female. New records of another Brazilian Tanytarsus species are also presented, and immature stages of Paratanytarsus silentii Trivinho-Strixino are described.

New species and new records of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Cyprus

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4329 (3) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
MARIA CHATZAKI ◽  
ANTHONY RUSSELL-SMITH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

New taxonomic data on the ground spiders of the family Gnaphosidae from the island of Cyprus are presented. Three species are proposed as new to science (Drassyllus cyprius sp. n., Setaphis mccowani sp. n., Zelotes limnatis sp. n.). The male of Synaphosus shirin Ovtsharenko, Levy & Platnick, 1994 and the female of Zelotes zekharya Levy, 2009 are described for the first time. The transfer of Zelotes helvolus (O.P. Cambridge, 1872) and Z. helvoloides Levy, 1998 (the latter not recorded in Cyprus) to Cryptodrassus is proposed. The mismatching of male and female of C. helvoloides is discussed, and the female originally described as C. helvoloides is transferred to C. helvolus. Micaria pallipes (Lucas, 1846) is here recorded and the synonymy with Castanilla marchesii Caporiacco, 1936 is rejected, while the paralectotype of Castanilla marchesii is here assigned to Leptodrassex algericus Dalmas, 1919. Finally a male Poecilochroa still not attributed to a known or new species is described. 

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