New species in Rejectaria Guenée (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Herminiinae) with a focus on the Cyclanthaceae-feeders

Zootaxa ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 5087 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-483
Author(s):  
PAUL Z. GOLDSTEIN ◽  
DANIEL H. JANZEN ◽  
WINNIE HALLWACHS ◽  
BENJAMIN PROSHEK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Related Species ◽  
French Guiana

Five species of Rejectaria Guenée, including two newly described, were reared from Asplundia utilis (Oerst.) Harling, Asplundia microphylla (Oerst.) Harling, Carludovica costaricensis (Harling) L.O. Williams, and Cyclanthus bipartitus Poit. ex A. Rich., all Cyclanthaceae, in Area Conservacion de Guanacaste (ACG), Costa Rica: R. villavicencia Dognin, 1924, R. villosa Druce, 1891, R. magas Druce, 1891, R. richardashleyi sp. n. and R. ritaashleyae sp. n.. These represent the only Noctuoidea known to feed on Cyclanthaceae. Related species with unknown foodplant associations include R. atrax Dognin, 1891, R. splendida Schaus, 1912, and R. paratrax sp. n., the last of which is described from French Guiana, Venezuela, and Panama. The nomenclatural and phylogenetic challenges within the Herminiinae and the origins of cyclanth-feeding relative to fern- and palm-feeding are discussed.  

Partial revision of the genus Robinsonia Grote 1866: description of five new species for the Neotropical fauna (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Phaegopterina)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4990 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-80
Author(s):  
MICHEL LAGUERRE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Neotropical Fauna ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Partial Revision

The genus Robinsonia Grote, 1866 is partially reviewed following a large DNA barcode campaign. In the Robinsonia praphoea Dognin, 1906 group three new species are described: R. simulans sp. n. from French Guiana, up to now confused with R. praphoea itself and then R. decaensi sp. n. and R. maranhensis sp. n. both from the lower Amazon. R. drechseli sp. n. is described from Paraguay and R. inexpectata sp. n., a species close to R. mera (Schaus, 1910) from Costa Rica, is described as new from Peru and Bolivia. Finally the full species status is confirmed for R. flavicorpus Dognin, 1910 which is found to be differentiable from R. marginata Rothschild, 1909. All types are figured along with the male genitalia for most and some female genitalia for all studied species.

Revision of the Neotropical genus Domodon Reemer (Diptera: Syrphidae), with description of three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4648 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-536
Author(s):  
FERNANDO DA SILVA CARVALHO-FILHO ◽  
MARLÚCIA BONIFÁCIO MARTINS ◽  
MATHEUS TAVARES DE SOUZA ◽  
MENNO REEMER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
South America ◽  
Central America ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Northern South America ◽  
Three New Species

The Syrphidae genus Domodon Reemer, 2013 so far included two species, D. zodiacus Reemer, 2013 and D. peperpotensis Reemer, 2014, both recorded only from Suriname. Additional specimens belonging to this genus have been collected in many other localities in South and Central America. In this paper, the genus is revised and three new species are described: D. caxiuana sp. nov. (northern South America), D. inaculeatus sp. nov. (northern South America), and D. sensibilis sp. nov. (Costa Rica). The distribution of D. peperpotensis is extended to include French Guiana. Photographs of the type material of the new species and illustrations of male genitalia of all species are provided, as well as a key to species. 

Review of some species groups of the genus Oospila Warren, with descriptions of nine new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4497 (2) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
AARE LINDT ◽  
AXEL HAUSMANN ◽  
JAAN VIIDALEPP
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Species Group ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Wing Patterns ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Males And Females

The Neotropical geometrine genus Oospila Warren, 1897 includes seventy-nine species and was revised by Cook & Scoble (1995). The genus is distinctive in having a row of raised abdominal crests, which are composed of specialized, erect, metallic shining scales. This paper focuses on the integrative morphological and molecular delimitation of the smallest Oospila species. The wing patterns and genitalia structures of males and females are illustrated. Cook & Scoble (1995) distinguished 13 species groups within Oospila. We discuss the species of the Oospila flavilimes species group, the O. stigma species group and O. miccularia species group below, and separate the O. arpata species complex into a group of its own. Nine new species and two new subspecies are described in this paper: O. cristae sp. n. from Ecuador, O. falcata sp. n. from French Guiana, O. pallidaria boliviensis subsp. n. from Bolivia, and O. loreenae sp. n. from Bolivia (flavilimes species group), O. ehakernae sp. n. from Costa Rica, O. similiplaga bolarpata subsp. n. from Bolivia (arpata species group), O. brehmi sp. n. and O. bifida sp. n. both from Bolivia, O. moseri sp. n. from Brazil, O. absaloni sp. n. and O. pipa sp. n. both from Ecuador (miccularia species group). Oospila similiplaga (Warren) (stat. nov.) is raised here from synonymy with O. arpata (Schaus) and O. imula (Dognin) from synonymy with O. miccularia (Guenée), respectively. Oospila agnetaforslundae nom. nov. is proposed as a replacement name for Oospila marginata Schaus, 1912 (nec Oospila marginata Warren, 1897), raising it to species rank from synonymy of Oospila permagna (Warren, 1909). With this paper, the number of Neotropical Oospila species is raised to 88. 

scholarly journals A Review of Philenis Champion, 1906 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae), with Descriptions of New Species from Central and South America

Diversity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Hespenheide
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
South America ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Social Hymenoptera ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment ◽  
The Family ◽  
Trapping Methods ◽  
History Of ◽  
Unusual Type

A brief review of the history of the taxonomic treatment of the genus Philenis Champion is presented and characters are discussed. Philenisflavipes Champion and P.fuscofemorata Champion, and 11 new species are described, including the first records from South America: P.anzaldoinewspecies (Costa Rica, Panamá), P.costaricensisnew species (Costa Rica), P.laselvaensisnew species (Costa Rica), P.auritibiaenew species (Costa Rica), P.brunneanew species (Costa Rica, Panamá), P.muscamimeticanewspecies (Panamá), P.chiriquiensisnew species (Panamá), P.guyanensisnew species (French Guiana), P.ferrugineanew species (Ecuador), P.howdeninew species (Ecuador), and P.kuschelinewspecies (Colombia, Ecuador). A key is provided to separate the species, and an unusual type of “multifurcate” scale is reported for some species. Two species have been associated with plants of the family Araceae. Most collections of this genus by the Arthropods of La Selva (ALAS) biodiversity project in Costa Rica were made by passive trapping methods during the dry season and at lower to middle elevations along an altitudinal transect on the slopes of Volcan Barva. The coloration of some species in the genus is hypothesized to mimic social Hymenoptera or flies.

Revision of the genus Stenolis Bates (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2831 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Species Identification ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
New Synonyms

The genus Stenolis Bates, 1864 is revised. New species described and illustrated include: Stenolis gilvolineata sp. nov., S. xanthostigma sp. nov., and S. giesberti sp. nov. from Panama; S. flavoguttata sp. nov. from Mexico (Veracruz and Chiapas); S. tavakiliani sp. nov. from Trinidad & Tobago, French Guiana, and Brazil (Amazonas and Rondônia); S. multimacula sp. nov. from Costa Rica S. marcelae sp. nov. from Brazil (Rondônia), Peru, and Bolivia; and S. nearnsi sp. nov. from Brazil (Amazonas and Pará). New transfers proposed: Lepturges circumscripta (Bates, 1881) comb. nov. from Stenolis, and S. vigintiguttata (Bates, 1885) comb. nov. from Nyssodrysternum. New synonyms proposed include: Nyssodrys decemguttata Bates, 1885 and Nyssodrys calligramma var. consobrina Melzer, 1934 = Stenolis calligramma (Bates, 1872). New country records: S. angulata (Fabricius, 1801) from Ecuador and Bolivia, S. calligramma (Bates, 1872) from Venezuela and Ecuador, and S. theobromae (Lara & Shenefelt, 1964) from Panama. A key for species identification is provided.

A new species of Passiflora subgenus Passiflora series Quadrangulares (Passifloraceae) from the Brazilian Amazon

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANA KELLY KOCH ◽  
ANDRÉ LUIZ DE REZENDE CARDOSO ◽  
ANNA LUIZA ILKIU-BORGES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
National Forest ◽  
Brazilian State ◽  
Small Complex ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Passiflora is described from reforested post bauxite-mined area in the National Forest of Saracá- Taquera in the Brazilian state of Pará. The species is illustrated and its affinities with related species are discussed, and a key to the species of supersection Laurifoliae, series Quadrangulares is presented. The series Quadrangulares is composed of four species that constitute a small complex of large-flowered and large-fruited passionflowers with 3–4- angulate-winged stems that occurs naturally in the moist lowlands from Nicaragua to Brazil and French Guiana. However, among the four species of the series, Passiflora trialata is closely related to the new species by the 3-angular stems, the color and shape of sepals and petals, the 3-angular petioles and peduncles, and the single operculum.

Beilschmiedia osacola (Lauraceae) a new species from the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 498 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-204
Author(s):  
DANIEL SANTAMARÍA-AGUILAR ◽  
REINALDO AGUILAR FERNÁNDEZ ◽  
HENK VAN DER WERFF
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Leaf Surface ◽  
Lower Leaf Surface ◽  
Osa Peninsula ◽  
Large Tree ◽  
Surface Glabrous ◽  
A New Species

We describe and illustrate a new species of Beilschmiedia, from the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. It is distinguished by its small flowers, which are turbinate to campanulate, with six fertile stamens and pubescent ovary, in addition it has alternate leaves along the twigs, with the lower leaf surface glabrous and not glaucous. In the field, it can be recognized by its stature, a very large tree, with the bark reddish, and peeling in large plates. Among described congeners it is superficially similar to B. hexanthera, from French Guiana, which also has six fertile stamens, and staminodes of whorl III columnar, but differs in having a pubescent ovary and larger, more branched inflorescences.

Revision of the Neotropical genus Acanthoscelio (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)

2001 ◽  
Vol 133 (4) ◽  
pp. 487-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric J. Dotseth ◽  
Norman F. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Key To Species

AbstractThe Neotropical genus Acanthoscelio Ashmead is revised. We recognize eight species, found from Costa Rica south to Paraguay and southeastern Brazil. Acanthoscelio americanus Ashmead (Brazil) and A. flavipes Ashmead (Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, and Trinidad) are redescribed, and six new species are described: A. acutussp.nov. (Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil), A. latenssp.nov. (Ecuador), A. nimbosussp.nov. (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia), A. prolatussp.nov. (Colombia and Ecuador), A. punctatussp.nov. (Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador), and A. radiatussp.nov. (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and French Guiana). A key to species is provided.

scholarly journals Review of the Neotropical genus Rhyncholepta with descriptions of three new species-group taxa (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 796 ◽  
pp. 347-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Kment ◽  
Joe E. Eger, Jr. ◽  
David A. Rider
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
Simultaneous Application ◽  
Heteroptera Pentatomidae ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Male Genital

The genusRhyncholeptaBergroth, 1911 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Chlorocorini) is redescribed and five species-group taxa are recognized, keyed, their diagnostic characters illustrated, and the distribution reviewed. Among the five taxa, two species and one subspecies are recognized as new:RhyncholeptagrandicallosagrandicallosaBergroth, 1911 (Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname),Rhyncholeptagrandicallosacentroamericanasubsp. n.(Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama),Rhyncholeptahenryisp. n.(French Guiana),RhyncholeptameinanderiBecker & Grazia-Vieira, 1971 (Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru), andRhyncholeptawheelerisp. n.(Guyana). The structure of the male genital capsule was found to be the only reliable character for identifying species-group taxa. For this reason, a simultaneous application has been submitted to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to set aside the non-informative female lectotype ofRhyncholeptagrandicallosagrandicallosaand replace it with the male neotype suggested herein. Based on the available label data and our field experience, most of the specimens were collected by various types of light traps in or near dense forests. Adults can be collected throughout the year.

scholarly journals Descripción de tres nuevas especies de tetigónidos de Costa Rica (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-223
Author(s):  
P. Barranco Vega ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Abdominal Tergite ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
Internal Branch ◽  
Subgenital Plate ◽  
Three New Species

Description of three new species of katydids from Costa Rica (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) Three new species of katydids from the Reserva Biológica Alberto Manuel Brenes (Alajuela) in Costa Rica (Central America) are described. The specimens were collected in the course of the Project INVARTRAB developed by the Central University of Costa Rica and the INIA de Madrid (España). The specimens were sampled by direct prospection on plants and light traps. The new species belong to the genera Phlugis, Scopiorinus and Viadana, respectively. Phlugis ramirezi n. sp. has little developed tegmens and wings, male tenth abdominal tergite ending in two spiniform processes, cerci curved with a basal spur, and four teeth in the apex. Scopiorinus estebani n. sp. shows male tenth abdominal tergite with a longer than broad expansion, subgenital plate depressed in the middle, and lateral spiniform processes at the end. Viadana rowelli n. sp. has rhomboidal tegmens and male cerci with an internal branch with serrulated apex inserted in the last third. Main characters are illustrated and compared in related species in each genus.

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