A new species of Elachiptera Macquart from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, and the taxonomic status of Ceratobarys Coquillett (Diptera: Chloropidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
TERRY A. WHEELER ◽  
JESSICA FORREST
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Morphological Character ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Great Similarity ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
A New Species

Elachiptera cultrata sp. nov. is described from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. This species is most similar to the northern Neotropical species E. attenuata (Adams), except for the shape of the arista and the male genitalia. The monotypic genus Ceratobarys is synonymized with Elachiptera, and its type species C. eulophus (Loew) transferred to Elachiptera as E. eulophus comb. nov. The only morphological character that distinguishes the two genera is the presence of a long, apical, hind-tibial spur in Ceratobarys. Although this character defines some apparently monophyletic genera of Chloropidae, its presence and size are subject to homoplasy in other genera. The presence of a small hind-tibial spur in some species of Elachiptera, and the great similarity in other external and genitalic characters between Ceratobarys and some species of Elachiptera makes recognition of Ceratobarys untenable.

Review of Insulestremia Jaschhof, 2004 (Diptera; Cecidomyiidae; Lestremiinae) with description of two new species from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4966 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-375
Author(s):  
ANTONIO MARCELINO DO CARMO-NETO ◽  
CARLOS JOSÉ EINICKER LAMAS ◽  
MARIA VIRGINIA URSO-GUIMARÃES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Generic Concept ◽  
Two New Species

This study presents the first records of the subfamily Lestremiinae and the genus Insulestremia Jaschhof in Brazil. Insulestremia, a previously monotypic genus described from the Galapagos Islands, has three species in Brazil: I. sinclairi Jaschhof, I. amorimi sp. nov. and I. amenti sp. nov. The new species are described, the generic concept is reviewed, and a key to the species of Insulestremia is provided. 

Description of the first flightless platynine ground beetle preserved in Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4318 (1) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
JOACHIM SCHMIDT ◽  
TORBEN GÖPEL ◽  
KIPLING WILL
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Baltic Amber ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Computed ◽  
A New Species

Species of the megadiverse ground beetle tribe Platynini occur on all continents except Antarctica. It has been long recognized that platynine beetles were preserved in the Eocene Baltic amber. However, thus far only a single Eocene fossil has been described to the species level. In the present paper, a new species of Platynini known only as an amber inclusion fossil is described and imaged using light microscopy and micro X-ray computed tomography. Since this species cannot be assigned to any of the recently described genera, the monotypic genus Praeanchodemus gen. n., with the type species P. punctaticeps sp. n., is erected. There is some evidence from external morphology that Praeanchodemus gen. n. is part of a lineage comprising the recent genera Paranchodemus, Rhadine, and Tanystoma. However, since some synapomorphies were not found, the true relationships of the fossil taxon remain moot. 

Review of the genus Papagona Ball, 1935 (Hemiptera: Caliscelidae) including a new Neotropical species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5023 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-120
Author(s):  
ABNER S. DE FREITAS ◽  
JAMES N. ZAHNISER ◽  
DANIELA M. TAKIYA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Taxonomic Key ◽  
The Usa ◽  
A New Species

Papagona Ball, 1935 was originally described based on two species from the USA (Arizona). Both species of Papagona (P. papoosa Ball, 1935, type species of genus, and P. succinea Ball, 1935) are redescribed herein based on type specimens, including their previously unknown internal male genitalia. A new species from Brazil (Roraima) is described herein including the male and female terminalia. A taxonomic key to all included species is provided and additional diagnostic characters for this genus are proposed.  

Callivelia, a new genus for certain Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Veliidae), including description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4950 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-360
Author(s):  
DAN A. POLHEMUS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
A New Species

The new genus Callivelia is proposed to hold three Neotropical species previously held within Paravelia: type-species Callivelia conata (Hungerford), Callivelia taipiensis (Cheesman) and Callivelia bipunctata (Rodrigues, Moreira, Nieser, Chen & Melo). Paravelia virtutis (Drake & Harris) 1935 is synonymized under Callivelia taipiensis (Cheesman) 1926. In addition, a new species, C. anomala, is described from the Amazon Basin of Brazil. Additional distributional records are provided for the three previously described species treated, including the first country record for C. bipunctata in Paraguay. A key to the species of Callivelia is provided, accompanied by color habitus photographs for all three species, and additional photographs of key generic characters. 

A new species of Cornucistela Campbell, 1980 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae: Gonoderina) from Iran

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4612 (2) ◽  
pp. 267
Author(s):  
VLADIMÍR NOVÁK ◽  
MAXIM YU. NABOZHENKO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
South Khorasan ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

A second species of the previously monotypic genus Cornucistela (C. anichtchenkoi sp. nov.) is described, illustrated and compared with C. serrata Campbell, 1980 (type species). It is a first record of the genus in Iran (South Khorasan Province). 

Description of a new species of deepwater catshark, Bythaelurus giddingsi sp. nov., from the Galápagos Islands (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3221 (1) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN E. McCOSKER ◽  
DOUGLAS J. LONG ◽  
CAROLE C. BALDWIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Disjunct Distribution ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
A New Species

We describe Bythaelurus giddingsi sp. nov. based on 7 specimens collected using the submersible Johnson Sea-Link fromdeepwater (428–562 m depth) areas of the Galápagos Islands. It is presumed to be endemic to the archipelago. The newspecies differs from its congeners in its coloration, the length of its anal-fin base, and in other morphological characters. The disjunct distribution of species of the widely-distributed Indo-Pacific genus Bythaelurus is discussed.

A review of the genus Chrysomphalus Ashmead (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae) with descriptions of a new species and a new, related genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3570 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALLAN H. SMITH-PARDO ◽  
GREGORY A. EVANS ◽  
JOHN W. DOOLEY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Related Genus ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Pitcher Plants ◽  
Armored Scale ◽  
A New Species

The taxonomy of the genus Chrysomphalus Ashmead (Diaspididae: Aspidiotinae) is reviewed. A new monotypic genus of armored scale, Pentalaminaspis Smith-Pardo, Evans and Dooley, is described and illustrated with Chrysomphalus minutus Kotinsky, 1908 as the type species. A new species, Chrysomphalus nepenthivorus Smith-Pardo, Evans & Dooley, is described and illustrated. This species was intercepted at a U.S. port of entry on hybrids of pitcher plants (Nepenthes) originating from Thailand. Chrysomphalus greeni Leonardi, 1914 is transferred to the genus Melanaspis and Chrysomphalus degeneratus Leonardi, 1896 is transferred to the genus Diaspidiotus. A discussion and key to species of the genus Chrysomphalus are provided as well as a key to aspidiotine genera similar to Chrysomphalus.

Redescription of Armillipora Quate (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) with a new species from Bolivia

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4890 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-427
Author(s):  
JAN JEŽEK ◽  
JOZEF OBOŇA ◽  
FRANↅOIS LE PONT ◽  
JEAN-MICHEL MAES ◽  
EDDY MARTINEZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
La Paz ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
A New Species

The former monotypic genus Armillipora Quate, known only from Costa Rica and Panama, is redescribed, including the type species A. selvica Quate, this time collected on the Caribbean side of Nicaragua, RAAN department, and illustrated based on male morphological characters. The male of a new species, A. suapiensis sp. nov., from Bolivia, La Paz department, is described here and also figured.

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