scholarly journals A new species of Long-eared Brown Bat of the genus Histiotus (Chiroptera) and the revalidation of Histiotus colombiae

Caldasia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel E. Rodríguez-Posada ◽  
Darwin M. Morales-Martínez ◽  
Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves ◽  
Daniela Martínez-Medina ◽  
Camilo A. Calderón-Acevedo
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Evolutionary Relationships ◽  
South American ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Cordillera Central ◽  
Bolivian Andes ◽  
Mammal Fauna ◽  
A New Species

The South American bats of the genus Histiotus comprise between four and eight species, but their taxonomy has been controversial and the limits between species and their distribution are not well understood. In Colombia, Histiotus humboldti and H. montanus colombiae have been recorded, but undescribed species has been suggested. We evaluated the species richness and distribution of Colombian Histiotus using morphological, molecular, and acoustic traits. Our results evidence three species in Colombia, the two previously recorded taxa and a new species from the Cordillera Central of Colombia and northern Ecuador that we describe here. We also revalidated H. colombiae as a full species. H. humboldti is widely distributed in the Colombian and Ecuadorean Andes and can be sympatric with the other two species. H. colombiae is restricted to the Colombian Cordillera Oriental. Finally, we highlight the potential hidden diversity within Histiotus in the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes, the need to resolve the evolutionary relationships of the genus, and its implications to the understanding of the processes that have structured the Andean mammal fauna.

scholarly journals A new species of Dryocoetoides Hopkins from southern Florida (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2311 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. H. ATKINSON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South American ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
South American Species ◽  
Bark And Ambrosia Beetles ◽  
Southern Florida ◽  
Recent Monograph ◽  
A New Species ◽  
The U.S

During the course of an extensive survey of Coleoptera from tropical southern Florida, a specimen of the exclusively Neotropical genus Dryocoetoides was found in flight intercept traps (Atkinson and Peck, 1994; Peck, 1989).  Over the intervening years I have had the opportunity to compare the specimen with material in the U.S. National Museum  and in the S. L. Wood collection (recently transferred to the USNM).   Wood's ( 2007) recent monograph of the South American species of Scolytinae included a key to all the known species of the genus, not only those known from South America.  Based on that key and included descriptions I was able narrow down the possibilities and to borrow selected Schedl types from the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien.  As a result, I have reached the conclusion that this specimen represents an undescribed species.  It is described here to make the name available for a regional monograph of the bark and ambrosia beetles of the southeastern U.S. (Atkinson, in prep.).

First South American record of the rare ichneumonoid subfamily Masoninae van Achterberg (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Ichneumonidae) with description of a new species from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4664 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
DONALD L.J. QUICKE ◽  
JÚLIO CEZAR MÁRIO CHAUL ◽  
BUNTIKA A. BUTCHER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
South American ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Cosmopolitan Distribution ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
A New Species

Masona popeye Quicke & Chaul sp. n. is described from Brazil, and differentiated from other species of the genus. Described extant species of Masona are known from Australia and south eastern U.S.A. (Georgia and Florida including the Key Islands). Two undescribed species are known from Tanzania and Cambodia. The new species is therefore the first representative of the subfamily Masoninae van Achterberg from South America, demonstrating the completely cosmopolitan distribution of this very poorly known group. The new species most closely resembles a fossil species, M. pyriceps van Achterberg, 2001, from Dominican amber with which it shares the plesiomorphic presence of a scutellum. 

scholarly journals A new species of Steleops Enderlein, and a Colombian record of S. pulcher New (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Psocidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2735 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
RANULFO GONZÁLEZ OBANDO ◽  
ALFONSO NERI GARCÍA ALDRETE ◽  
NANCY SORAYA CARREJO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
South American ◽  
South American Species ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Genital Structure ◽  
A New Species

Steleops buitrerensis n. sp. is here described and illustrated; it constitutes the 14 th species known in the genus, the 12 th known in the neotropics, and the first in the genus to be recorded in Colombia. The forewings and antennae are sexually dimorphic, and the head pattern of coloration, as well as the genital structure, separates it from the other described species. The location of the types is indicated in the description, and a key is included to separate it from the other South American species. S. pulcher New, previously known only in Mato Grosso, Brazil, is here recorded in Colombia.

Notes on Gall Midges (Cecidomyiidae) on Nigerian Crops with a Description of a New Species of Thomasiella Rübsaamen

1960 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 661-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Harris
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Gall Midges ◽  
A New Species

Investigation of the gall midges of crops in Nigeria has revealed an undescribed: species which causes sorghum stems to lodge and two species, one on rice, the other on benniseed (Sesamum orientale), which are known as pests of these crops in India.

scholarly journals ON A NEW SPECIES OF COSSUS

1877 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 129-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Lintner
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Populus Tremuloides ◽  
The Other ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Poplar Trees ◽  
A New Species

Five years ago, I discovered at Center, in the trunks of poplar trees (Populus tremuloides) several pupal cases of a Cossus, which, by their differing from the other cases known to me, of C. Robiniæ and C. querciperda, I had reason to believe was an undescribed species. This year, on the 14th of June, on examining some infested trees, several pupal cases were discovered projecting half-way from the trunks, and an imago, which had apparently just emerged, and was resting on the stump of a broken limb. The colors of the moth so exactly simulated the surface on which it rested that it was with difficulty observed, even when looking directly at it.

A new species of tick (Acari: Ixodidae) from seabirds in New Zealand and Australia, previously misidentified as Ixodes eudyptidis

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4324 (2) ◽  
pp. 285 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALLEN C.G. HEATH ◽  
RICARDO L. PALMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
The Other ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Taxonomic History ◽  
Superficial Similarity ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Host Associations

The tick Ixodes eudyptidis Maskell, 1885 has long been recognised as a parasite of penguins and a number of other seabird hosts and, despite a convoluted taxonomic history, there has been no disagreement as to its validity. The opportunity to examine a larger series of ticks from a wider range of hosts than previously available has led to the finding of a morphologically close and hitherto undescribed species, which is herewith described and named as Ixodes laridis sp.nov. The new species has a superficial similarity to its sibling, I. eudyptidis, but on close examination it displays a number of morphological differences that justify its taxonomic separation. Also, the hosts of the new species are principally gulls, gannets and cormorants, while I. eudyptidis is restricted to penguins. The recognition of this new species has implications for faunal lists in both New Zealand and Australia, as well for seabird health, as it appears that I. eudyptidis does not cause paresis as originally thought, but it is I. laridis that causes potentially fatal paralysis in its hosts.        A taxonomic history and review of I. eudyptidis and keys to all stages of the species of Ixodes recorded from New Zealand, and from Australian seabirds are given. Reference to Ixodes kohlsi Arthur, 1955, a species currently restricted to Australia, is made for comparative purposes because of the similarity of both its morphology and host associations with the other species under consideration. Aspects of the distribution, zoogeography, hosts and ecology of all three species of ticks are discussed. 

Description of a new Corythucha Stål from Argentina (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae), with a description of its life cycle

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2170 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
SARA I. MONTEMAYOR
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
New Species ◽  
Quercus Robur ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
The Other ◽  
South American ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
South American Species ◽  
History Of ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Corythucha, C. bonaerensis n. sp., is described along with its egg and all immature stages. It was found in the province of Buenos Aires (Argentina) feeding on Quercus robur, its host plant. Comments on the life history of C. bonaerensis are provided together with photographs, and illustrations. The main differences with the other South American species, and other Corythucha species that feed on Quercus worldwide, are also discussed.

A new non-Andean South American Chysis (Bletiinae-Orchidaceae) with pale flowers

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 420 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-88
Author(s):  
ADARILDA PETINI-BENELLI ◽  
EDLLEY PESSOA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
South American ◽  
The South ◽  
Abaxial Surface ◽  
South American Species ◽  
West Region ◽  
Pale Pink ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Chysis sect. Chysis is described from the Central-West region of Brazil. It is similar to C. aurea and C. bruennowiana, the other two South American species of the genus, but differs in the pale pink perianth with magenta stripes or dots on the labellum and on the abaxial surface of the column, and by a labellum that is wider than long with the mid-lobe not surpassing the length of the lateral lobes. The species, which confirms the presence of the genus in the Brazilian plateau, had been previously misidentified as C. laevis. Photographs, an illustration, and a key to the South American species are provided.

A new species of Cardioscarta (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil and key to species of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4527 (1) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
NATHALIA H. PECLY ◽  
VICTOR QUINTAS ◽  
RODNEY R. CAVICHIOLI ◽  
GABRIEL MEJDALANI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
The Other ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
South American ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Basal Portion ◽  
A New Species

The South American genus Cardioscarta Melichar, 1932 includes seven species of colorful sharpshooters. Here we describe and illustrate an additional species, C. aurantia sp. nov., from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil (state of Rio de Janeiro). The new taxon can be distinguished by the dark brown to black forewing with two large orange areas, one from basal portion of corium to distal portions of discal cells and another covering most of clavus, or with single large orange area on basal two-thirds. A key to species of Cardioscarta is provided and the new species is compared with the other ones of the genus. 

scholarly journals Miconia paralimoides (Miconieae: Melastomataceae), a new species from the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 131 (1) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Charles Majure
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Leaf Surface ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Cordillera Central ◽  
Adaxial Leaf Surface ◽  
A New Species

In the course of a taxonomic revision of Miconia sect. Lima, we discovered a previously undescribed species, Miconia paralimoides, from the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. This species is part of the Miconia lima species complex, and is most similar morphologically to Miconia limoides. We illustrate and provide a distribution map of the species, as well as a key to distinguish M. paralimoides from other members of the Miconia lima complex, i.e., species with very well-developed, bulla-based hairs on the adaxial leaf surface, which mostly or completely cover the areoles. 

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