Three new species of Metrocoris Mayr, 1865 (Heteroptera: Gerridae) from India and establishment of species groups

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5082 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-356
Author(s):  
E. EYARIN JEHAMALAR ◽  
SWETAPADMA DASH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species

Three new species of Metrocoris, namely Metrocoris issaci sp. nov., Metrocoris josephi sp. nov. and Metrocoris latus sp. nov., are described from Meghalaya, India. Four new species groups are recognised in Metrocoris, namely the Metrocoris coxalis group, Metrocoris latus group, Metrocoris monticola group and Metrocoris nepalensis group. All except the M. latus group are erected from the M. compar group. Metrocoris issaci sp. nov. and M. josephi sp. nov. belong to the M. coxalis group and M. latus sp. nov. forms a monotypic group. Metrocoris issaci sp. nov. can be distinguished by the hind coxal process of female reaching half the length of hind trochanter; M. josephi sp. nov. can be distinguished by the medium-sized hind coxal process reaching only to the subbasal region of the hind trochanter and M. latus sp. nov. can be distinguished by the presence of broad parameres and conical pygophore of the male. Metrocoris dinendrai Basu, Polhemus & Subramanian, 2016, is synonymized with M. compar (White, 1883) and a redescription of M. compar is provided. Detailed illustrations of all the new species and M. compar are given.  

Rubiacearum Americanarum Magna Hama Pars XLV: More New Species and Taxonomic Changes in Palicourea (Rubiaceae, Palicoureeae) and Psychotria subg. Heteropsychotria

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-195
Author(s):  
Charlotte M. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Taxonomic Changes ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Studies

Psychotria subg. Heteropsychotria Steyerm. has been shown by morphological and molecular analyses to be polyphyletic. Most of its species, including its type, belong to Palicourea Aubl. (“Pal.”). Thirty-two species of this group are reviewed here, and 17 species in Psychotria L. are transferred to Palicourea and one to Rudgea Salisb. Two replacement names, Pal. agudeloana C. M. Taylor and Pal. tabayensis C. M. Taylor, are published. Taxonomic studies here clarify circumscriptions of similar, often-confused species for several distinctive species groups found variously in Mesoamerica and the Andes: the Palicourea aschersonianoides group, the Palicourea galeottiana group, the Palicourea sulphurea group, and the Palicourea tristis group. Three new species of Palicourea are described: Pal. aschersonianula C. M. Taylor, Pal. gonzaleziana C. M. Taylor, and Pal. wachterae C. M. Taylor. Nineteen names are newly typified, and infrageneric classifications are noted for the species of Palicourea studied.

Three new Anaulacomera species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from the Iguaçu National Park and nearby areas, southern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5061 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-352
Author(s):  
MARCOS FIANCO ◽  
OSCAR J. CADENA-CASTAÑEDA ◽  
NEUCIR SZINWELSKI ◽  
LUIZ R. R. FARIA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
National Park ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Present Distribution ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species

Three new species of Anaulacomera are described, Anaulacomera (Anaulacomera) mariellae sp. n. and Anaulacomera (Anallomes) arlindoi sp. n., belonging respectively to the Inermis and Lanceolata species group, and Anaulacomera angelinae sp. n., placed as incertae sedis. The individuals were collected at the Iguaçu National Park and adjacent small fragments of Atlantic Forest, in southwestern Paraná state, Brazil. The description was based on external morphology of males. We also present distribution maps for the species of the Inermis and the Lanceolata species groups.  

A review of the genus Asca (Acarina : Ascidae) in Australia, with descriptions of three new leaf-inhabiting species

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 1327 ◽  
Author(s):  
DE Walter ◽  
RB Halliday ◽  
EE Lindquist
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Woody Plants ◽  
Tropical Rainforest ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species

Australian mites in the genus Asca were last reviewed in 1956 when the first three Australian species were described. We here provide diagnoses for those species, describe three new species (Asca macromela, A. grostali and A. mindi) from the leaves of rainforest trees, and report on the occurrence in Australia of a species described from New Zealand (A. porosa Wood) and of a cosmopolitan thelytokous species (A. garmani Hurlbutt). Keys to the eight species and the three species-groups they represent are provided. Examination of 13 266 leaves from 193 species of woody plants in eastern Australian forests indicated that Asca mites are abundant and diverse inhabitants of tropical rainforest canopies, but decline in both diversity and abundance with increasing latitude.

Taxonomic revision of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Atractus (Reptilia: Serpentes: Dipsadidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2364 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAULO PASSOS ◽  
RONALDO FERNANDES ◽  
RENATO S. BÉRNILS ◽  
JULIO C. DE MOURA-LEITE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Mountainous Regions ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Maxillary Dentition

Dipsadine snakes of the genus Atractus are endemic to the Neotropical region, occurring from Panama to Argentina. Currently, the taxonomic status of most species of the genus is unclear and previous attempts of taxonomic revisions have been local in scale. In this paper we evaluate the taxonomic status of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest species of Atractus based on meristic, morphometric, maxillary dentition, and hemipenis characters. Quantitative and qualitative analyses suggest the recognition of one new species (A. caete sp. nov.) from the state of Alagoas, another (A. francoi sp. nov.) from the mountainous regions of the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, and the synonymy of A. kangueryensis with A. thalesdelemai. Specimens previously assigned to A. taeniatus in Argentina and Brazil are here considered A. paraguayensis. A key to the Atlantic Forest Atractus is provided and three new species groups are proposed for some cisAndean Atractus, mainly on the basis of hemipenial morphology: the A. emmeli, A. maculatus, and A. pantostictus species groups.

Redescriptions of two species and descriptions of three new species of the louse genus Bizarrifrons Eichler, 1938 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3273 (1) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHEL P. VALIM ◽  
RICARDO L. PALMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Cytochrome Oxidase ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Elongation Factor ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
Elongation Factor 1Α ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase

Redescriptions of Bizarrifrons magus (Nitzsch [in Giebel], 1866), the type species of Bizarrifrons, and B. picturatus Car-riker & Díaz-Ungría, 1961 are given based on material from their type hosts. The nymphal instars of these two species aredescribed and illustrated for the first time. Also, three new species are named and described: B. latifrons, from the russet-backed oropendola, Psarocolius angustifrons alfredi (Des Murs, 1856); B. wecksteini, from the Amazonian oropendola,Psarocolius b. bifasciatus (Spix, 1824); and B. quasisymmetricus, from the solitary cacique, Cacicus solitarius (Vieillot,1816) (Passeriformes: Icteridae). Two species-groups are proposed, and a checklist and a key for the species of Bizarri-frons are also included. Sequences of a portion of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and the nuclear elongation factor 1α (EF-1α) genes for two species are given for the first time in this genus.

Three new species of the genus Caccothryptus Sharp, 1902 from Asia (Coleoptera: Limnichidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4243 (2) ◽  
pp. 366
Author(s):  
CARLES HERNANDO ◽  
IGNACIO RIBERA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species

Caccothryptus Sharp, 1902 is a genus of Limnichidae with a mainly Oriental distribution, with only some species at the fringes of the Palaearctic (Hernando & Ribera 2014, 2016). The genus was recently revised by Hernando & Ribera (2014), which described 14 new species and divided the by then 20 species in five species groups, the compactus, rouyeri, testudo, jaechi and zetteli groups. Subsequently, Yoshitomi (2015) described four additional species in the C. testudo group, rising the total number of species to 24. In this paper we describe three additional species in the testudo and compactus groups, among them the so far westernmost species of the genus, from Uttarakhand (India). 

Three new species of Macrelmis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) from Southeastern Brazil with new definition of species groups to the genus 

Zootaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4058 (2) ◽  
pp. 195 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIA INÊS SILVA DOS PASSOS ◽  
GUSTAVO SILVA DE MIRANDA ◽  
JORGE LUIZ NESSIMIAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Definition Of

A review of the genus Botanophila Lioy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1633 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
WAN-QI XUE ◽  
WEN-HUI SONG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Group Key ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Normal University ◽  
Three New Species

This paper includes a key to the Palaearctic species groups of Botanophila, characteristics of each species group (key and characteristics compiled by Michael Ackland), and keys to the species of Botanophila from China. This paper also provides the characters of the genus Botanophila and describes three new species, namely B. densispinula sp. nov., B. platysurstyla sp. nov. and B. subspinulibasis sp. nov.; Botanophila nigrifrontata (Fan & Zheng) is synonymized with B. melametopa (Fan); and B. zhuoniensis (Jin) and B. nigribella (Deng) are redescribed. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Shenyang Normal University.

Revision of the genus Fonnicosepsis de Meijere (Diptera; Gypselosomatidae)1

1976 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-185
Author(s):  
Hugo Andersson
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Three New Species

AbstractThe types of Formicosepsis tinctipennis de Meij., 1916, and Lycosepsis metatarsata de Meij., 1924, have been studied, lectotypes are designated and redescriptions are given. The genus Lycosepsis Enderlein, 1920 is recognized as a subgenus of Formicosepsis de Meij., 1916. Within Formicosepsis s.str. two species groups are characterized, viz. the defecta-group and the tinctipennis-group. Three new species, F.(F.) defecta n.sp., F.(F) barbipes n.sp. and F.(L.) brincki n.sp., are described. Keys to recent genera of Cypselosomatidae s. str. and to subgenera and species of Formicosepsis are given. The genus Formicosepsis, with subgenera, species groups, and species, is described. The inclusion of Pseudopomyzidae in the Cypselosomatidae is discussed and questioned.

New and little–known stoneflies (Plecoptera) from Albania and the neighbouring countries

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1533 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
DÁVID MURÁNYI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
Three New Species

Five new taxa (Leuctra malcor sp. n., Nemoura asceta sp. n. and N. vinconi sp. n. from Albania, Leuctra mortoni feheri ssp. n. from Albania, Montenegro and Bulgaria, Nemoura anas sp. n. from Albania, Montenegro and Macedonia) are described, three new species groups within the genus Nemoura are erected (N. brevipennis, N. fusca, N. peristeri groups). Redescriptions of Nemoura peristeri Aubert, larval descriptions of Brachyptera phthiotica Berthélemy and Protonemura albanica Raušer are given; B. phthiotica is new for the Albanian fauna. Leuctra metsovonica Aubert and Chloroperla zhiltzovae Zwick are reported from Albania with doubts, their morphological differences from the typical forms are discussed. Siphonoperla graeca (Aubert) stat.n. is new for the Albanian fauna and S. neglecta (Rostock) is new for the Greek fauna. With 109 figures.

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