Lectotype designations in the New World Gymnetini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 729 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRETT C. RATCLIFFE
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Label Data ◽  
Type Series ◽  
The Status

Lectotypes are designated for the following species-group names of New world Gymnetini. Genus Allorrhina Burmeister, 1842: A. baeri Bourgoin, 1911; A. gounellei Bourgoin, 1911; A. nickerli Moser, 1911; A. soror Moser, 1911; and A. tridentata Moser, 1908. Genus Amithao Thomson, 1878: Cotinis cavifrons Burmeister, 1842; Desicasta metallica Janson, 1885; and Cotinis erythropus moreletii Blanchard, 1850. Genus Astroscara Sch rhoff, 1937: G. flavoradiata Moser, 1918. Genus Blaesia Burmeister, 1842: B. subrugosa Moser, 1905. Genus Gymnetis MacLeay, 1819: G. aureotorquata Bourgoin, 1912; G. balzarica Janson, 1880; G. bouvieri Bourgoin, 1912; G. callispila Bates, 1889; G. chanchamayensis Pouillaude, 1913; G. chontalensis Janson, 1875; G. colombiana Pouillaude, 1913; G. coturnix Burmeister, 1842; G. difficilis Burmeister, 1842; G. dysoni Schaum, 1848; G. ecuadoriensis Pouillaude, 1913; Cetonia flava Weber, 1801; G. limbolaniata Pouillaude, 1913; G. mathani Pouillaude, 1913; G. meleagris Burmeister, 1842; G. nigrina Bates, 1886; G. olivina Pouillaude, 1913; Paragymnetis rubrocincta Sch rhoff, 1937; G. poecila Schaum, 1848; G. punctipennis Burmeister, 1842; G. radiicollis Burmeister, 1847; G. ramulosa Bates, 1872; G. salicis Bates, 1889; G. scheini Sch rhoff, 1937; P. burmeisteri Sch rhoff, 1937; G. vandepolli Bates, 1889; G. variabilis Moser, 1921; and G. zikani Moser, 1921. Genus Heterocotinis Mart nez, 1948: G. terminata Gory and Percheron, 1833. Genus Hoplopyga Thomson, 1880: G. aequatorialis Moser, 1918; G. boliviensis Moser, 1918; G. foeda Schaum, 1848; and G. peruana Moser, 1912. Genus Marmarina Kirby, 1827: Cetonia insculpta Kirby, 1819; G. tigrina Gory and Percheron, 1833; and Maculinetis litorea Sch rhoff, 1937. Lectotype designation, label data, and type depository are given for each species. A photograph of the lectotype is provided for most species. Commentary clarifying the status of the type series is given for some species.

A new Mexican species of Onthophagus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with a revised key to the species of the O. dicranius species complex

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4695 (6) ◽  
pp. 586-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
LEONARDO DELGADO ◽  
EDER F. MORA-AGUILAR
Keyword(s):  
Species Complex ◽  
New World ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Species List ◽  
New Mexican ◽  
The Status ◽  
Phylogenetic Framework ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Mexican Species ◽  
A New Species

New World species of the genus Onthophagus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) have been classified in different ways, all of them without a phylogenetic framework. For instance, Boucomont (1932) separated them in 13 groups of species, but Zunino & Halffter (1988; 1997) only recognize five species groups. Howden & Gill (1993) add the O. dicranius Bates and O. mirabilis Bates species groups, and Kohlmann & Solís (2001) added the O. gazellinus Bates species group. Also, over the years, groups, complexes, and sets of species have been defined using different criteria not even comparable each other. Two of these groupings are the O. dicranius and O. mirabilis species groups, which were firstly separated from the O. clypeatus Blanchard species group (sensu Zunino & Halffter 1981, 1997) by Howden & Gill (1993). After, Kohlmann & Solís (2001) later merged both groups under the O. dicranius species group. Finally, Génier (2017) gives a conceptual framework for species groups and complexes, thus assigning the status of species complex to the two previous species groups, and integrating them in the O. dicranius species group. Herein, we describe a new species of the O. dicranius species complex, update the species list of this complex, and present a revised key to separate these species. 

scholarly journals Revalidation, synonymies, and notes in American Callichromatini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5071 (4) ◽  
pp. 579-586
Author(s):  
ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA ◽  
HERBERT SCHMID
Keyword(s):  
West Indies ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Type Series ◽  
The Status ◽  
First Time

The unpublished formal synonymy of Callichroma chiriquina Bates, 1879, C. opiparum Bates, 1874, C. compressipes Casey, 1912, and C. regalis Casey, 1912 is commented. Schwarzerion carinatum Schmidt, 1924 is removed from the synonym of Callichroma holochlorum holochlorum Bates, 1872, and transferred to the synonymy of Callichroma euthalia Bates, 1879. The species group name “euthalium” is corrected. The type-localities of Schwarzerion carinatum are reported as Colombia and West Indies, and the institution where one of the syntypes is deposited is corrected. Callichroma collarti Fuchs, 1959 is revalidated, and Callichroma magnificum Napp & Martins, 2009 is considered its junior synonym. The status of the specimens of the type series of Callichroma collarti is commented. Additionally, the holotype of Callichroma opiparum Bates, 1874, and the lectotype of Callichroma chiriquina Bates, 1879 are illustrated for the first time.  

Type specimens and names assigned to Coprophanaeus (Megaphanaeus) d’Olsoufieff, 1924, the largest New World dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Phanaeini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4272 (1) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIA E. MALDANER ◽  
MARIO CUPELLO ◽  
DANIELA C. FERREIRA ◽  
FERNANDO Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Dung Beetles ◽  
The Other ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Type Series ◽  
History Of

Currently 13 species-group names assigned to the subgenus Megaphanaeus of Coprophanaeus are deemed available (or 'potentially available'), four of which denote valid species. In the present work we review the nomenclatural history of those names and conclude that two of them, Scarabaeus satelles Lichtenstein, 1796 and Copris ajax Sturm, 1826, are unavailable. For the other 11 names, we found type specimens of five, Scarabaeus bellicosus Olivier, 1789, Copris ensifer Germar, 1821, Phanaeus septentrionalis Pêssoa, 1934, P. vicinus Martínez, 1944, and P. vicinus var. argentinus Martínez, 1944. Two lectotypes are designated, one for Copris ensifer and other for Phanaeus septentrionalis. We were unable to locate the type series of the four names described by Castelnau (1840), i.e. Phanaeus ducalis, P. sylvanus, P. heros and P. miles, and of P. bonariensis Gory, 1844 and Scarabaeus lancifer Linné, 1767. For the latter, based on some iconotypes, we found that its type series was composite, including specimens of two different Megaphanaeus species, and, in addition, it was mixed with Copris ensifer type series. In order to fix the name to a sole species, a neotype is designated for Scarabaeus lancifer. The history of the names are presented in detail, and the application of these names to species is briefly re-discussed.

scholarly journals The tadpole of Hypsiboas atlanticus (Anura, Hylidae) from northeastern Brazil

2009 ◽  
Vol 99 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filipe A. C. do Nascimento ◽  
Marcelo G. de Lima ◽  
Gabriel O Skuk ◽  
Rafael O. de Sá
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Oral Disc ◽  
Single Row ◽  
The Status

The tadpole of Hypsiboas atlanticus (Caramaschi & Velosa, 1996) is described from the municipality of Maceió, State of Alagoas, Brazil. At stage 36 the larvae have an overall elliptical body in lateral and dorsal views, oral disc anteroventral, spiracular tube sinistral, and labial tooth row formula 2(1,2)/3(1). The oral disc is surrounded, almost completely (anterior medial gap present) by a single row of marginal papillae. Described tadpoles of the H. punctatus species group can be differentiated by a combined disc oral features. Additional descriptions of H. punctatus (Schneider, 1799) tadpoles from populations throughout South America may be helpful in determining the status of these populations.

Revision of the taxonomy and distribution of the Neotropical Copris incertus species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 150 (5) ◽  
pp. 539-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D.G. Darling ◽  
François Génier
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
New World ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Multiple Species ◽  
A New Species

AbstractCopris incertus Say, 1835 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Coprini) has been described as a New World coprophagous scarab distributed from Mexico to Ecuador with large discontinuities in its range between the Yucatán province and Costa Rica. The C. incertus species complex of the Copris minutus (Drury, 1773) species group consists of C. incertus, Copris laeviceps Harold, 1869, and Copris lugubris Boheman, 1858. Based on external morphology and male genitalia, we discovered that multiple species have been classified as C. incertus. Of these species, five are new: Copris amazonicusnew species, Copris brevicornisnew species, Copris davidinew species, Copris moroninew species, and Copris susanaenew species. Herein, we revise the organisation of the C. incertus species complex and propose a new species complex, the C. laeviceps species complex, which includes: C. davidi, Copris igualensis Warner, 1990, and C. laeviceps, formerly included in the C. incertus species complex. We provide an identification key along with species distribution maps, images of habitus, and diagnostic characters.

The Neotropical species of Clistopyga (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae). Part II: the C. isayae species group, with the description of seven new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4442 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-121
Author(s):  
EDGARD PALACIO ◽  
SANTIAGO BORDERA ◽  
ILARI E. SÄÄKSJÄRVI ◽  
FRANCISCO DÍAZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
New World ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Tropical South America

The New World Clistopyga isayae species group is revised. Seven species are described as new: C. crassicaudata sp. nov., C. isayae sp. nov., C. kalima sp. nov., C. nigriventris sp. nov., C. panchei sp. nov., C. splendida sp. nov. and C. taironae sp. nov. An illustrated identification key to all species of the group is provided. The Clistopyga isayae species group is composed entirely of previously undescribed species mainly from Andean forests of tropical South America. 

Three new species and a new record of the genus Pangrapta Hübner, 1818 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Pangraptinae) from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4590 (3) ◽  
pp. 393
Author(s):  
YAN-QING HU ◽  
MIN WANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New World ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Type Series ◽  
Asian Species ◽  
The North ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

Pangrapta Hübner, 1818 was erected for the North American species P. decoralis Hübner, 1818 as its type species. The genus Pangrapta presently consists of about 100 species, and is widely distributed in China and surrounding regions, as well as in the New World (Hu & Wang, 2013). In this article, three new species, P. nanlingensis sp. n., P. jianfenglingensis sp. n. and P. hainanensis sp. n., are described from China. Each of them is superficially similar to the species, P. neorecusata (Hu & Wang, 2013), P. perturbans (Walker, 1858) and P. pannosoides (Holloway, 2005), correspondently. The known Southeast Asian species, P. shivula (Guenée, 1852), is reported for the first time from China. Adults and genitalia are illustrated. The type series of all described species (including holotypes) are deposited in Southwest University of Science and Technology (SWUST), Mianyang, China.

Catalog of the types of Staphylinidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) deposited at Museo de La Plata (Argentina)

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1611 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
LILIANA A. FERNANDEZ ◽  
NORA CABRERA ◽  
MARIANA CHANI POSSE ◽  
CECILIA GABELLONE
Keyword(s):  
Complete Information ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Label Data ◽  
La Plata ◽  
Type Series ◽  
Preservation Condition

The types of species of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) housed in the collection of the Entomology Department of Museo de La Plata were examined and listed. These types belong to 46 species assigned to the following subfamilies: Aleocharinae (6 species, 17 types), Megalopsidiinae (1, 4), Osoriinae (4, 19), Oxytelinae (5, 19), Paederinae (12, 32), Proteininae (1, 1), Pselaphinae (9, 17), Staphylininae (5, 15), Steninae (2, 4) and Tachyporinae (1, 20). Types herein treated belong to 34 species described by Bernhauer, eight by Raffray and four by Bruch. Complete information is given for each type, including reference to original description, label data, and preservation condition. Two lists were added in order to support future research: one for specimens labelled with manuscript names, and another for specimens labelled as types but not included in the type series in the original publications.

scholarly journals The Status of Latin in Portugal: Resilience and Resistance

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (37) ◽  
pp. 30-34
Author(s):  
Susana Marta Pereira
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Practical Usefulness ◽  
The Status ◽  
Teachers And Parents ◽  
As If ◽  
The Way

In our present times Languages and Humanities seem to be neglected in lieu of Science and Technology courses, and both teachers and parents redirect students towards courses that are said to make them more employable. This utilitarian view of education does not always provide the expected results and, in the short to medium term, ends up having nefarious consequences in the way humanity sees itself and how it supports humanist values. Whenever we ignore our past and look at it as if it were something useless and without relevance, we end up being, in a sense, overwhelmed with an admirable but ephemeral new world, where everything is illusory and without support. It is in this respect that the teaching of Latin in Portugal, as has been the case in other European countries, has been relegated to the old and the outdated, supposedly without any practical usefulness.

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