scholarly journals Megaselia dilatimana Disney, 2006 and Megaselia falloconsueta Disney, 2006, two Afrotropical species of scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) newly recorded from Peninsular Malaysia

Check List ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 985-992
Author(s):  
Raja M. Zuha ◽  
Nhavin Gnanaprakasam ◽  
Naim Naqib ◽  
Jia-Le Yap ◽  
R. Henry L. Disney
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
First Time

Megaselia dilatimana Disney, 2006 and M. falloconsueta Disney, 2006 (Diptera, Phoridae), two species of scuttle flies previously only known from Afrotropical region, are reported for the first time from Peninsular Malaysia. These species were collected from July to September 2020 during surveys of saprophagous scuttle flies at selected locations in the states of Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, and Johor. The geographical distribution of these species is extended to the Oriental region and increases the number of species of Megaselia known from Peninsular Malaysia to 36.

First record of the parasitic louse fly Ornithomya comosa (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) in Europe and western Russia

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 356-359
Author(s):  
E.P. Nartshuk ◽  
A.V. Matyukhin ◽  
A.P. Shapoval
Keyword(s):  
West Siberia ◽  
First Record ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Hirundo Rustica ◽  
Palaearctic Region ◽  
Curonian Spit ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Delichon Urbica ◽  
First Time

The parasitic louse fly Ornithomya comosa (Austen, 1930) (Diptera, Hippoboscidae), known from the Oriental Region (India, Thailand, Nepal and Peninsular Malaysia) and Asian part of the Palaearctic Region (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, West Siberia of Russia and Japan), is found for the first time in Europe and in the western part of Russia (Curonian Spit). Flies were collected from the swallow species Hirundo rustica (Linnaeus, 1758) and Delichon urbica (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hirundinidae). Two possible narratives for the occurrence of this fly in Europe are discussed.

Revision of the Neotropical genus Lactistomyia Melander (Diptera, Hybotidae, Hybotinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1692 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROSALY ALE-ROCHA
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
New Name ◽  
First Time ◽  
Eleven Species

The genus Lactistomyia Melander is revised and include the following eleven species: L. dimidiata (Bellardi); L. hyalia Bezzi; L. insolita Melander; L. lepida sp. n.; L. mammifera Curran; L. minuta sp. n.; L. nigripes Curran; L. paranaensis sp. n.; L. pulchra sp. n.; L. serrata Bezzi and L. tuberculata sp. n.. Except L. dimidiata, all species are described, keyed, male and female terminalia illustrated. Lactistomyia polita Melander, a species from Oriental Region, is not congeneric, is being transferred to Syndyas Loew and receiving a new name: Syndyas melanderi n. nov. The geographical distribution of Lactistomyia is just confirmed for the Neotropical region. Drawings of the female terminalia of L. serrata are supplied for the first time. The phylogenetic relationships of the included species of Lactistomyia, except L. dimidiata, are analysed.

Two new species of Xanthophius Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae, Xantholinini) from China with notes on X. filum (Kraatz)

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3626 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-380
Author(s):  
YU-LINGZI ZHOU ◽  
HONG-ZHANG ZHOU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Color Plate ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Chinese Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time

This paper studies the taxonomy of the genus Xanthophius Motschulsky, 1860 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae, Xantholinini). Two new species are described from China: Xanthophius unicidentatus sp. n. from Yunnan, Zhejiang, Guangxi and Hainan, and X. gutianshanensis sp. n. from Zhejiang. The number of species of Xanthophius therefore increased to eight. The elaborate structures of the everted endophallus of X. filum (Kraatz, 1859) is described for the first time and illustrated with a color plate. A key to eight species and their geographical distribution map are provided. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZ-CAS).

Pygommatius Scarbrough & Marascia, a valid ommatiine genus (Diptera: Asilidae) with new combinations and new species from the Philippines

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1055 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. SCARBROUGH ◽  
H. HILL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
The Face

The subgenus Pygommatius Scarbrough & Marascia of Ommatius Wiedemann is elevated to genus based upon the following combination of characters: thick pencil-like bristles of the face, unusually stout erect bristles on two or three sternites, absence of a stout anepimeral bristle, deeply trilobed epandrium, the first branch being very short, a minute gonostylus, unusually long ejaculatory apodeme, and two pairs of ligament-like apodemes along the posterior margin of the aedeagal sheath. Thirty-five species are transferred from Ommatius to Pygommatius as new combinations and four new species from the Philippines (apoticius, iriga, misamis, and montanus) are described, increasing the number of species within the genus to 39. Formally known only from the Afrotropical Region, this is the first record of Pygommatius in the Oriental Region. Previously described species from the Philippines are reviewed and terminalia of the four new species are illustrated. A key to the nine Philippine species is also provided.

Taxonomy of calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) sampled on artificial substrates of a recreational marina in the Tropical Northeastern Brazilian coast

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4363 (2) ◽  
pp. 203 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLÉSLEI CHAGAS ◽  
FERNANDA F. CAVALCANTI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Artificial Substrates ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Calcareous Sponges ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Hard Substrates ◽  
Northeastern Coast

Several specimens of calcareous sponges were sampled on artificial substrates of a recreational marina in Salvador, Bahia state, on the northeastern coast of Brazil. They belong to four species, two of which are new: Leucandra serrata, Paraleucilla incomposita, Sycon bellum sp. nov., and S. avus sp. nov. Leucandra serrata is recorded for the first time at the coast of Bahia, filling a large gap in the geographical distribution of this species, while the description of the specimens of P. incomposita revealed new characters that had previously been overlooked. Finally, the new species of Sycon described here differ from all the previously known species of the genus due to their skeletal organisation and spicule size. Our results increase the number of species known in Bahia from 13 to 17 and emphasise that areas with a large amount of artificial hard substrates can potentially harbour an interesting and unknown diversity of calcareous sponges. 

scholarly journals Review of Odontochrydium Brauns (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) with description of two species from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4450 (4) ◽  
pp. 445 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAOLO ROSA
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Palaearctic Region ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
First Time

The genus Odontochrydium Brauns, 1928, previously known only from the Afrotropical Region, is recorded from the Palaearctic Region (Saudi Arabia) and the Oriental Region (Southern India) for the first time. Odontochrydium bicristatum sp. nov. from Kenya and Saudi Arabia and O. xui sp. nov. from India are described. Pictures and a key to the species of this genus are given.

scholarly journals PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS ANAlYSIS AND CURRENT GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF SOUTH AMERICAN CHARACIDAE (TELEOSTEI: CHARACIFORMES)

2011 ◽  
Vol 08 (16) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Travis STUFF ◽  
Lucas Gonçalves SILVA
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
South American ◽  
Gene Sequences ◽  
Fish Family ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Rag2 Gene ◽  
First Time

The fish family Characidae is one of the most diverse in number of species and poorly described from a phylogenetic standpoint. By analyzing RAG2 gene sequences of all representatives genera occurring in South America and query the databases of brazilian ichthyological collections, it was obtained a phylogeny of the genus and the patterns analysis of the geogrphical distribution of species in the major South America basins. The new phylogeny resolves groups which showed some uncertain phylogenetic relationships and, additionally, for the first time an analysis of geographical distribution of South American genera of Characidae is illustrated.

scholarly journals Protura from Hainan Island, China: new species, checklist and distribution

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 879 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Bu ◽  
Yan Xiong ◽  
Yun-Xia Luan ◽  
Wen-Ying Yin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Hainan Island ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Annotated List ◽  
Species Checklist ◽  
First Time

More than 1500 proturan specimens from Hainan Island are systematically studied. An annotated list of all species of Protura from Hainan Island is provided and their geographical distribution is discussed. The genus Paracondeellum is reported from Hainan Island for the first time, and Paracondeellum paradisumsp. nov. is described. The type species Paracondeellum dukouense (Tang & Yin, 1988) is redescribed based on syntype, and the lectotype and paralectotype are designated. The characters of the genus Paracondeellum are redefined, and the two known species are compared in detail. The Protura fauna of Hainan Island is mainly composed of species from the Oriental region, with 91% of the species belonging to the families Berberentulidae and Eosentomidae.

To the flora of сonjugates (Streptophyta, Conjugatophyceae) of the Valdai District area of the National Park «Valdaiskiy» (Novgorod Region, Russia)

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 81-88
Author(s):  
A. F. Luknitskaya
Keyword(s):  
Species Distribution ◽  
National Park ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
First Time

76 species, 3 varieties and 1 form from 21 genera of Streptophyta, Conjugatophyceae (Actinotaenium, Bambusina, Closterium, Cosmarium, Cylindrocystis, Euastrum, Gonatozygon, Haplotaenium, Micrasterias, Mougeotia, Netrium, Penium, Planotaenium, Pleurotaenium, Raphidiastrum, Spirogyra, Spirotaenia, Staurastrum, Staurodesmus, Tetmemorus, Xanthidium) were found in the basins of the Valdai District area of the National Park «Valdaiskiy» (Novgorod Region, Russia). The list of species is annotated with data on the species distribution in 55 collecting sites of 29 water bodies of the national park, and species abundance in collected samples according to Luknitskaya (2009). Among above mentioned genera, the genus Cosmarium is represented by the greatest number of species (20). Staurastrum chaetoceros has been found for the first time for the Novgorod Region.

New records of Afrotropical Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-276
Author(s):  
A.I. Khalaim
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Cote D'ivoire ◽  
Côte D’Ivoire ◽  
New Records ◽  
Cote D’Ivoire ◽  
Côte D'ivoire ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
First Time

A new data on distribution of 19 species of Tersilochinae (Ichneumonidae) belonging to the genera Allophrys Förster (four species), Aneuclis Förster (five spp.), Diaparsis Förster (eight spp.) and Tersilochus Holmgren (two spp.) in the Afrotropical Region are provided. Tersilochus abyssinicus Khalaim, 2006, syn. nov. is synonymised with T. moestus Holmgren, 1868. The subfamily Tersilochinae is recorded from Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zambia and Yemen for the first time.

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