A new genus of Neotropical oak gall wasp, Prokius Nieves-Aldrey, Medianero & Nicholls, gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), with description of two new species from Panama

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5081 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-222
Author(s):  
ENRIQUE MEDIANERO ◽  
JAMES A. NICHOLLS ◽  
GRAHAM N. STONE ◽  
JOSÉ LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Biological Data ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Gall Wasp ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Gall Wasps

A new genus, Prokius Nieves Aldrey, Medianero & Nicholls, gen. nov., and two new species of oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), Prokius cambrai Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey sp. nov. and Prokius lisethiae Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey sp. nov., are described from adults reared from galls on Quercus bumelioides Liebm (Fagaceae, sect. Quercus, white oaks) collected in Panama. The new genus is phylogenetically and morphologically close to Dros Kinsey and forms part of a large clade that includes species from several other genera that appear to require revision, including Andricus Hartig and Phylloteras Ashmead. Molecular and morphological data, diagnostic characters, gall descriptions, distribution and biological data of the new genus and the new species are given. This new genus represents the fourth recently described genus of Cynipidae endemic to the Neotropical region.  

First record of the genus Disholcaspis Dalla Torre & Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) in the Neotropics, with description of two new species from Panama

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2802 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
ENRIQUE MEDIANERO ◽  
JOSÉ LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Biological Data ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Community Data

Two new species of Disholcaspis Dalla Torre & Kieffer 1910, Disholcaspis bettyannae and D. bisethiae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) are described from Panama. The two new species induce galls on Quercus bumelioides Liebm. and Q. lancifolia Schledl & Cham. (Fagaceae, sect. Quercus, White Oaks). Diagnostic characters, gall descriptions, distribution, biological data, as well as inquiline and parasitoid associated community data of the new species are given. The new species represent the first records of the genus Disholcaspis from the Neotropical region.

Two new Neotropical species of oak gall wasps of the genus Loxaulus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from Panama

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2811 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
ENRIQUE MEDIANERO ◽  
JOSÉ LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY ◽  
GEORGE MELIKA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Biological Data ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Gall Wasps

Two new species of Loxaulus Mayr, Loxaulus championi and Loxaulus panamensis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) are described from Panama. Both new species induce galls on Quercus bumelioides Liebm. (Fagaceae, sect. Quercus, White Oaks). The diagnostic characters, gall descriptions, distribution, biological data and a key for the identification of the new species are given. The new species represent the first records of the genus Loxaulus outside North America.

Revision of the Amphibolips species of Mexico excluding the "niger complex" Kinsey (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), with description of seven new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3545 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSÉ LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY ◽  
E. PASCUAL ◽  
Y. MALDONADO-LOPEZ ◽  
E. MEDIANERO ◽  
K. OYAMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Biological Data ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Gall Wasps

The species of Amphibolips Reinhard 1865 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) of Mexico not included in the “niger complex” Kinsey 1937 are revised. The “nassa complex” recently created by Melika et al. (2011) for these species is questioned. As a result of faunistic surveys of oak gall wasps in Mexico, seven new species of Amphibolips are described: Amphibolips durangensis Nieves-Aldrey & Maldonado, A. malinche Nieves-Aldrey & Pascual, A. jaliscensis Nieves-Aldrey & Pascual, A. oaxacae Nieves-Aldrey & Pascual, A. nevadensis Nieves-Aldrey & Pascual, A. tarasco Nieves-Aldrey & Pascual and A. michoacaensis Nieves-Aldrey & Maldonado. The types of A. dampfi Kinsey 1937, A. nebris Kinsey 1937 and A. fusus Kinsey 1937 are revised, redescribed and compared with the new species described herein. A new key for the identification of adults of all species not included in the “niger complex” from Mexico, including the related species A. castroviejoi Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey and A. aliciae Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey from Panama, is presented.  Diagnostic characters, distribution data, host plants and species biology are provided for of all of the studied species. The richness and distribution of Amphibolips in Mexico and the Neotropical region, their known biological data, and the taxonomic limits of this genus are also discussed.

Chromatophotina, a remarkable new genus of praying mantid from the Neotropical Region and its two new species (Mantodea: Mantidae, Photinainae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2415 (1) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIO RIVERA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Bright Yellow ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Yellow Orange ◽  
Praying Mantid

A new genus and two new species of Neotropical praying mantids are described: Chromatophotina awajun from Peru and Chromatophotina cofan from Ecuador. Study of the male genitalia suggests that Chromatophotina is a member of the tribe Photinaini, subfamily Photinainae, family Mantidae. Chromatophotina is distinguishable from other Photinainae by several unique characters, including the bright yellow-orange coloration of the metathoracic wings of the females, unique among the Photinainae. Additional remarks on the distribution and systematics of the new genus are also provided.

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

Zootaxa ◽  
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. 

scholarly journals Orientocardiochiles, a new genus of Cardiochilinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with descriptions of two new species from Malaysia and Vietnam

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 971 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilgoo Kang ◽  
Khuat Dang Long ◽  
Michael J. Sharkey ◽  
James B. Whitfield ◽  
Nathan P. Lord
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Braconid Wasp ◽  
First Time

For the first time in 21 years, a new genus of cardiochiline braconid wasp, Orientocardiochiles Kang & Long, gen. nov. (type species Orientocardiochiles joeburrowi Kang, sp. nov.), is discovered and described. This genus represents the ninth genus in the Oriental region. Two new species (O. joeburrowi Kang, sp. nov. and O. nigrofasciatus Long, sp. nov.) are described and illustrated, and a key to species of the genus, with detailed images, is added. Diagnostic characters of the new genus are analyzed and compared with several other cardiochiline genera to allow the genus to key out properly using an existing generic treatment. The scientific names validated by this paper and morphological data obtained from this project will be utilized and tested in the upcoming genus-level revision of the subfamily based on combined morphological and molecular data.

scholarly journals Integrative taxonomy reveals a new genus and new species of Philosciidae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from the Neotropical region

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (5) ◽  
pp. 473-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca L. Zimmermann ◽  
Ivanklin S. Campos-Filho ◽  
Paula B. Araujo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Nuclear Markers ◽  
Terrestrial Isopods ◽  
New Methods ◽  
A New Species

Although new methods and data are conquering space in the field of taxonomy, such as integrative taxonomy, most terrestrial isopod species are still described based only on morphology. Species of the genus Atlantoscia Ferrara and Taiti, 1981 were the first and are the unique terrestrial isopods from the Neotropics for which a molecular phylogeny was already conducted. Previous results indicated that this genus could be paraphyletic, and a more detailed analysis would be required. Our aim was to reconstruct the phylogeny of Atlantoscia using mitochondrial and nuclear markers and test its monophyly by integrating molecular and morphological data. We observed that, indeed, Atlantoscia is paraphyletic. Atlantoscia ituberasensis Campos-Filho, Lisboa and Araujo, 2013 and Atlantoscia rubromarginata Araujo and Leistikow, 1999 were placed in a new genus of terrestrial isopods, Paratlantoscia gen. nov., together with a new species described in the present study, Paratlantoscia robusta sp. nov. The new genus is defined by the presence of specialized respiratory areas in the pleopod exopods and its validity is highly corroborated by molecular analyses and by biogeographic information. This study highlights the importance of multiple and complementary perspectives as a way to improve the quality of species hypothesis and associated descriptions.

scholarly journals A new genus of Phengodidae (Coleoptera) from the Neotropical Region

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viridiana Vega-Badillo ◽  
Santiago Zaragoza-Caballero ◽  
Michael A. Ivie
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Abdominal Segment ◽  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Two New Species

Cleicosta, a new genus of Phengodidae containing two new species, C. equatoreana sp. nov., and C. monaguense sp. nov., are described. Additionally, a new combination for Cenophengus breviplumatus Wittmer, 1976 is included. Cleicosta gen. nov., is the thirty-eighth genus assigned to the beetle family Phengodidae in the new world and is also the most morphologically similar to Cenophengus LeConte, 1881. Both genera exhibit clearly separated tentorial pits, vertical frons and simple tarsomeres. In Cleicosta gen. nov., however, the antennal rami are 1.5 times longer than the corresponding antennomere, the pronotum is subquadrate and the elytra are short, reaching the first or second abdominal segment. In addition, it presents an aedeagus with lateral lobes slender, parallel exteriorly, narrowed medially to toothless apex.

scholarly journals Apu, a new genus of Euchromiina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini), and a new species from the montane forests of southeastern Peru

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 639-648
Author(s):  
Juan Grados
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The Andes ◽  
A New Species

Based on external morphological characters and the structure of the male genitalia, a new genus of Euchromiina from the Neotropical region, Apu gen. nov. is described. A new species is described, Apu mooreorum sp. nov. and the species Apu flavicornis (Druce) comb. nov. is redescribed. The genus occurs in the montane forests of the Andes. Diagnostic characters are provided for the genus and the two species which comprise it. Photographs of the adults of both species are provided, as well as the morphological characters of the male genitalia.

A new genus and two new species of Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia

2003 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico C. Ocampo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Two New Species

AbstractThe new genus Totoia Ocampo and two new species, Totoiasplendida Ocampo from Costa Rica and Panama and Totoiabrachycarina Ocampo from Panama and Colombia, are described. Diagnostic characters of the genus and male genitalia of both species are illustrated.

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