Notes on Dineutus helleri Ochs, 1925, with new records for the Cyclops Mountains Whirligig Beetle, Dineutus h. stueberi Ochs, 1955 (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae)

We review Dineutus helleri Ochs, 1925, a whirligig beetle species endemic to New Guinea’s north coast mountains. Its diagnostic characters are illustrated for easy species identification. We provide a summary and geographic interpretation of historical records, provide new records and, for the first time, habitat photographs for the subspecies D. h. stueberi Ochs, 1955, which is endemic to the Cyclops Mountains area. We also discuss the subspecies classification of this species.

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Synopsis of Cyatheaceae from Myanmar

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.449.3.1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 449 (3) ◽

pp. 207-216

Author(s):

SHI-YONG DONG

Keyword(s):

Species Identification ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Herbarium Collections ◽

First Time

A synopsis of Cyatheaceae from Myanmar is presented for the first time. The classification of four genera in Cyatheaceae is applied and 10 species in three genera are tentatively recognized in Myanmar based on herbarium collections and previous reports. Of the 10 recognized species, Gymnosphaera henryi and G. podophylla are confirmed for the first time with distribution in Myanmar. Some misidentifications of collections in previous reports are clarified. A key to genera and species, diagnostic characters for each species, and notes involving nomenclature and species identification are provided.

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The lefteye flounder family Bothidae (Order Pleuronectiformes) of Taiwan

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4702.1.18 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4702 (1) ◽

pp. 155-215

Author(s):

KUNIO AMAOKA ◽

HSUAN-CHING HO

Keyword(s):

Junior Synonym ◽

Historical Records ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

The Family ◽

First Time

The family Bothidae in Taiwan is reviewed. A total of 15 genera and 42 species are recognized. Historical records are re-evaluated and five species are recorded in Taiwan for the first time: Arnoglossus yamanakai Fukui & Ozawa, 1988, Crossorhombus valderostratus (Alcock, 1890), Parabothus polylepis (Alcock, 1889), Parabothus coarctatus (Gilbert, 1905), and Psettina variegata (Fowler, 1933). Laeops tongkongensis Chen & Weng, 1965 is recognized as a junior synonym of Laeops kitaharae Smith & Pope, 1906. Keys to genera and species, diagnostic characters, distribution and photographs are provided.

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Relevance of wing morphology in distinguishing and classifying genera and species of Stenogastrinae wasps

Contributions to Zoology ◽

10.1163/18759866-08003003 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 80 (3) ◽

pp. 191-199 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

David Baracchi ◽

Leonardo Dapporto ◽

Stefano Turillazzi

Keyword(s):

Geometric Morphometrics ◽

Species Identification ◽

Reliable Method ◽

Wing Morphology ◽

Wing Vein ◽

Statistical Assessment ◽

Genus Level ◽

Nesting Material ◽

First Time

The phylogeny of the Stenogastrinae wasps is still under discussion and their systematic incomplete. In the present work we used geometric morphometrics, a technique based on a rigorous statistical assessment of shape, to compare the forewings of fifteen species of Stenogastrinae wasps belonging to four different genera to ascertain whether this approach may be used as a reliable method in the study of the taxonomy of the group. The results show that the wing vein junctions can be diagnostic for both genus and species identification. For the first time in this subfamily, we propose a phylogenetic classification of the species based on wing morphology that largely agrees with the cladistic data available at genus level and reflects the differences among species in terms of nesting material and architecture of their nest.

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The Hydroporini (Coleoptera : Dytiscidae : Hydroporinae) of New Guinea: Systematics, distribution and origin of the fauna

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/it9951009 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 1009 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

M Balke

Keyword(s):

Papua New Guinea ◽

New Guinea ◽

Monophyletic Group ◽

Sister Species ◽

Additional Material ◽

Seasonal Climate ◽

Open Forests ◽

First Time

Only one species of Hydroporini, Megaporus piceatus (RCgimbart, 1892), has been known from New Guinea. M. piceatus is very similar to the Australian M. ruficeps (Sharp, 1882) and study of additional material is neccessary to determine its status. Chostonectes maai, sp. nov., is described from Papua New Guinea. Its sister-species is the Australian C. gigas (Boheman, 1858). The classification of the genera Megaporus Brinck, 1943, and Chostonectes Sharp, 1882, is discussed, and autapomorphies for both groups are suggested. The following species of Hydroporini are reported from New Guinea for the first time: Megaporus sp., Antiporus sp., and Sternoprisccts hansardi (Clark, 1862). A total of five Hydroporini species is now known from New Guinea. All are Australian, or of Australian origin. The New Guinean Hydroporini are not a monophyletic group. The factors delimiting the distribution of Hydroporini in New Guinea are climate and perhaps also vegetation. Australian Hydroporini are adapted to a seasonal climate and most of them also to open forests/woodland.

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Two new species and new records of Psychoda Latreille (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from Brazil, with comments on supraspecific classification of the genus

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1298.1.1 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1298 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

FREDDY BRAVO ◽

DANILO CORDEIRO ◽

CINTHIA CHAGAS

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

New Classification ◽

Two New Species ◽

The Caribbean ◽

First Time

Two new species of Brazilian Psychoda Latreille are described, and Psychoda alternata Say and P. zetoscota Quate are recorded for the first time from Brazil. Psychoda divaricata Duckhouse, already described from southern Brazil, was recorded in the northeastern part of that country, as well as in the eastern Amazon region. The supraspecific classification proposed for the species of Psychoda according to Quate (= Psychodini of Jeñek) are discussed. A new classification is suggested that considers only one genus, Psychoda, divided into 12 subgenera: subgenus Psychoda Latreille, subgenus Copropsychoda Vaillant, subgenus Falsologima Jeñek & Harten, subgenus Psychodula Jeñek, subgenus Psychomora Jeñek, subgenus Psychana Jeñek & Harten, subgenus Logima Eaton, subgenus Tinearia Schellenberg, subgenus Chodopsycha Jeñek, subgenus Ypsydocha Jeñek, subgenus Psychodocha Jeñek, and subgenus Psycha Jeñek. A list of the Psychoda species from Latin America and the Caribbean region is presented.

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The biting midge genus Forcipomyia (Diptera : Ceratopogonidae) in the Australasian region (exclusive of New Zealand). II. Warmkea and the Caloforcipomyia group of subgenera

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/it9870167 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 167 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ML Debenham

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Zealand ◽

New Records ◽

New Guinea ◽

Single Species ◽

Biting Midge ◽

Australian Species ◽

New Subgenus ◽

First Time ◽

Australasian Region

In this second part of the study of Australasian Forcipomyia, the subgenus Warmkea and the group of subgenera related to Caloforcipomyia are examined. Warmkea is recorded from the Australasian region for the first time, with a single species, albiacies, sp. nov. Four new species of the subgenus Caloforcipomyia are recorded, two – quokkae, sp. nov., and gibbus, sp. nov. – from Australia (the latter also from New Guinea), and pennaticauda from New Guinea, and new records are provided for squamianulipes Tokunaga & Murachi. The subgenus Metaforcipomyia is also recorded for the first time from the region, with five Australian species – tomaculorum, sp. nov.; colonus, sp. nov.; campana, sp. nov.; rupicola, sp. nov.; crepidinis, sp. nov. – and one new New Guinea species, furculae, sp. nov. In addition, the species novaguineae Tokunaga and stigmatipennis Tokunaga are transferred to Metaforcipomyia from the subgenus Forcipomyia. A new subgenus, Bassoforcipomyia, apparently related to the Caloforcipomyia group, is erected for two new southern Australian species, centurio, sp. nov., and incus, sp, nov. The relationships of these subgenera, and the relationships of species within the subgenera, are discussed.

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New data on psammorheophilous Limoniidae (Diptera)of NE European Russia

Zoosystematica Rossica ◽

10.31610/zsr/2017.26.2.381 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 381-391

Author(s):

A.A. Przhiboro

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

European Russia ◽

Adult Males ◽

Larval Habitats ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Strong Current ◽

Water Margin ◽

Sandy Sediments ◽

First Time

The new records of five species of Limoniidae (Diptera) are given: Rhabdomastix beckeri (Lackschewitz, 1935) and Scleroprocta pentagonalis (Loew, 1873) are recorded for the first time from Russia; the first reliable record of Eloeophila mundata (Loew, 1871) from Russia is given; Hexatoma fuscipennis (Curtis, 1836) and H. nubeculosa nubeculosa (Burmeister, 1829) are recorded for the first time from NE European Russia. It is found that the larvae of four species, R. beckeri, S. pentagonalis, E. mundata and H. fuscipennis, in NE European Russia (Perm Territory and Udmurtia) are aquatic psammorheophilous forms inhabiting sandy sediments at the bottom of rivers in sites with strong current. Previously the larvae in these genera and in three of these species have been considered mostly as semiaquatic forms that develop in substrata near the water margin. Larval habitats of the four species in the study area are characterized. The photographs of diagnostic characters of adult males of these species are given.

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Notes on the Papua New Guinea genus Cheronella Miller (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae), with a redescription of its little known type species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2117.1.2 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2117 (1) ◽

pp. 31-36

Author(s):

PING ZHAO ◽

JEROME CONSTANT ◽

WANZHI CAI

Keyword(s):

Papua New Guinea ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

Type Species ◽

New Guinea ◽

Morphological Features ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

First Time

The monotypic Papua New Guinea genus Cheronella Miller is reexamined. The diagnostic characters of the genus are modified and its little known type species, Cheronella stuberi Miller, 1955, is redescribed. The characters of male genitalia are reported for the first time. The dorsal habitus, head, male genitalia, and other diagnostic morphological features are illustrated.

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New records of the subfamily Oscinellinae (Diptera; Chloropidae) from Iran

Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research ◽

10.4081/jear.2015.5135 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 47 (2) ◽

pp. 65

Author(s):

R. Namaki Khamneh ◽

S. Khaghaninia ◽

E. Gilasian

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

First Time

A faunistic study of the subfamily Oscinellinae was investigated in Shabestar region (East Azarbaijan province, Iran) during 2013-2014. Four species Aphanotrigonum bicolor Nartshuk, 1964, Dicraeus sabroskyi Beschovski, 1977, Lasiambia albidipennis (Strobl, 1893) and Lasiambia coxalis (von Roser, 1840) are newly recorded from Iran. In addition, one genus Lasiambia Sabrosky, 1941 is recorded for the first time from Iran. The diagnostic characters and photos of the recorded species are provided.

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New records of two sponge-associated species of Upogebia Leach, 1814 from southern India (Decapoda: Gebiidea: Upogebiidae): U. hexaceras (Ortmann, 1894) and U. nithyanandan (Sakai, Türkay & Al Aidaroos, 2015) resurrected from the synonymy of U. balmaorum Ngoc-Ho, 1990

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4747.3.3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4747 (3) ◽

pp. 477-494

Author(s):

TOMOYUKI KOMAI ◽

RAVEENDHIRAN RAVINESH ◽

ABDUL RIYAS ◽

APPUKUTTANNAIR BIJU KUMAR

Keyword(s):

Tamil Nadu ◽

New Records ◽

Species Recognition ◽

Southern India ◽

Valid Species ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Mud Shrimp ◽

Associated Species ◽

First Time

Two species of the mud shrimp genus Upogebia Leach, 1814 (Gebiidea: Upogebiidae) are recorded from India for the first time based on material from Tamil Nadu: U. hexaceras (Ortmann, 1894) and U. nithyanandan (Sakai, Türkay & Al Aidaroos, 2015). Both were found in burrows in an unidentified sponge. Upogebia nithyanandan is resurrected as a valid species from the synonymy of U. balmaorum Ngoc-Ho, 1990, recently proposed by Dworschak & Poore (2018). The two species are fully described and illustrated on the basis of the newly collected specimens, and diagnostic characters for species recognition are discussed.

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