New species and new records for the climber genus Friesodielsia (Annonaceae) in the flora of Thailand

Six new species of Friesodielsia (Annonaceae) are described and illustrated, seven species are documented for Thailand for the first time, and Oxymitra fornicata (Roxb.) D. Das var. glabra is raised to species rank as Friesodielsia andamanica. These additions bring the species diversity of Friesodielsia in Thailand to 16 species. A key to the Thai species is provided.

A review of the macrochelid mites of Turkey (Acari: Macrochelidae), with new records and descriptions of three new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4317.3.7 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4317 (3) ◽

pp. 559 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

HASAN HÜSEYİN ÖZBEK

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Diversity ◽

New Records ◽

Dorsal Seta ◽

Dorsal Shield ◽

New Information ◽

The Family ◽

Three New Species ◽

This study reviews the family Macrochelidae in Turkey, with new information about species diversity. Nothrholaspis scutivagus sp. nov., Macrocheles niksarensis sp. nov. and Holostaspella bidentata sp. nov. are described as new species from Turkey. Nothrholaspis scutivagus has a characteristic dorsal shield chaetotaxy, and post-genital platelets that are sometimes fused to the ventri-anal shield. Macrocheles niksarensis has 29 pairs of pilose dorsal shield setae and a machete-like cheliceral dorsal seta. The genus Holostaspella is recorded from Turkey for the first time, on the basis of H. bidentata. Macrocheles peniculatus and M. insignitus are reported from Turkey for the first time. Also, Macrholaspis recki and M. evansi are presented here with some notes on the Turkish specimens.

Remarkable Species Diversity of the Leafhopper Genus Xestocephalus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Aphrodinae) in Thailand

Insects ◽

10.3390/insects12060514 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. 514

Author(s):

Zonglei Liang ◽

Christopher H. Dietrich ◽

Wu Dai

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Diversity ◽

Single Species ◽

Comparative Morphology ◽

Malaise Trap ◽

Field Sampling ◽

Tropical Regions ◽

Trap Field ◽

The World ◽

Xestocephalus Van Duzee is among the most common and widespread genera of Cicadellidae in the temperate and tropical regions of the world. In the present study, 205 specimens of the genus Xestocephalus were collected in Thailand, whereas only a single species of the genus was recorded previously using Malaise trap field sampling, studied by comparative morphology. Seventeen species were recognized, including twelve new species: X. binarius sp. nov., X. chrysanthemum sp. nov., X. cowboyocreus sp. nov., X. densprint sp. nov., X. dimiprocessus sp. nov., X. exproiecturus sp. nov., X. gracilus sp. nov., X. limpidissimus sp. nov., X. malleus sp. nov., X. nonattribus sp. nov., X. recipinams sp. nov., and X. tenusis Liang sp. nov. Four species were recorded in Thailand for the first time: Xestocephalus abyssinicus Heller and Linnavuori, Xestocephalus asper Linnavuori, Xestocephalus ishidae Matsumura, and Xestocephalus toroensis Matsumura. Detailed morphological descriptions of all 17 species are given; photographs of external habitus and male genitalia of the species from Thailand are provided. A checklist of species of the genus is also given, and a key to all Thailand Xestocephalus species is also provided.

Further observations on North African and South Iberian Bathyporeia (Crustacea, Amphipoda), with the description of a new species

Contributions to Zoology ◽

10.1163/18759866-0740304006 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 74 (3-4) ◽

pp. 279-300

Author(s):

Cédric d’Udekem d’Acoz ◽

Hind Myrieme Chams Echchaoui ◽

Mohamed Menioui

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

North Africa ◽

New Records ◽

Southern Spain ◽

North African ◽

Characteristic Species ◽

South Portugal ◽

First Time ◽

A new species of amphipod, Bathyporeia watkini sp. nov. from the Atlantic coasts of North Africa is described. This very characteristic species is abundant in some lagoons and estuaries near 28°N. New morphological information on B. elkaimi d’Udekem d’Acoz and Menioui, 2004 is given after specimens that were recently collected on the Atlantic coasts of southern Spain and South Portugal. The male of B. ledoyeri d’Udekem d’Acoz and Menioui, 2004 is described for the first time and new records of North African B. guilliamsoniana (Bate, 1857) and B. chevreuxi d'Udekem d'Acoz and Vader, 2005a are discussed.

The genus Laccobius in China: new species and new records (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3635.4.4 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3635 (4) ◽

pp. 402-418 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

FENGLONG JIA ◽

ELIO GENTILI ◽

MARTIN FIKÁČEK

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

Two New Species ◽

The species of the water scavenger beetle genus Laccobius Erichson, 1837 occuring in China are reviewed. Two new species are described: Laccobius (Glyptolaccobius) qinlingensis sp. nov. (Shaanxi) and L. (Cyclolaccobius) hainanensis sp. nov. (Hainan). Five species are recorded for the first time: Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) bipunctatus (Fabricius, 1775), L. (D.) striatulus (Fabricius, 1801) and L. (Compsolaccobius) pallidissimus Reitter, 1899 (all from Xinjiang), L. (Microlaccobius) tonkinensis Gentili, 1979 (Shaanxi), and L. (Compsolaccobius) decorus (Gyllenhal, 1827) (Qinghai). Additional faunistic data from China are provided for the following species: L. (Cyclolaccobius) hingstoni Orchymont, 1926, L. (C.) nitidus Gentili, 1984, L. (C.) politus Gentili, 1979, L. (C.) yunnanensis Gentili, 2003, L. (Dimorpholaccobius) simulans Orchymont, 1923, L. (s.str.) binotatus Orchymont, 1934, L. (s.str.) cinereus Motschulsky, 1860, L. (s.str.) colon (Stephens, 1829), L. (s.str.) inopinus Gentili, 1980, L. (s.str.) minutus (Linnaeus, 1758), L. (s.str.) nobilis Gentili, 1979, L. (Microlaccobius) elegans Gentili, 1979, L. (M.) florens Gentili, 1979, L. (M.) formosus Gentili, 1979, L. (M.) hammondi Gentili, 1984, L. (M.) himalayanus Gentili, 1988, and L. (M.) nepalensis Gentili, 1982. An updated checklist of Laccobius species occurring inChina is provided.

New taxa and new records of butterflies from Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5048.4.2 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5048 (4) ◽

pp. 486-510

Author(s):

ALEXANDER L. MONASTYRSKII ◽

VU VAN LIEN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Taxa ◽

New Records ◽

Species Level ◽

New Subspecies ◽

The Status ◽

First Time ◽

A new species and eight new subspecies of Papilionoidea discovered in Vietnam between 2002 and 2020 are described and illustrated. The status of two taxa are revised. New taxa include Pieridae: Delias sanaca bidoupa Monastyrskii & Vu subspec. nov. and Talbotia naganum aurelia Monastyrskii & Vu subspec. nov.; Nymphalidae: Abrota ganga pulcheria Monastyrskii & Vu, subspec. nov.; Bassarona recta consonensis Monastyrskii & Vu, subspec. nov.; Pantoporia bieti aurantina Monastyrskii & To subspec. nov.; Ragadia latifasciata cristata Monastyrskii & Vu, subspec. nov.; Ragadia latifasciata crystallina Monastyrskii & Vu, subspec. nov.; Faunis indistincta luctus Monastyrskii & Vu subspec. nov. & Aemona gialaica Monastyrskii, K. Saito & Vu, spec. nov. The taxon infuscata Devyatkin & Monastyrskii, previously described as the subspecies Aemona tonkinensis infuscata, was elevated to the species level, while the taxon critias (Ragadia critias Riley & Godfrey) was reduced to a subspecies. Three Satyrinae species were recorded from Vietnam for the first time: Palaeonympha opalina Butler, 1871; Ypthima motschulskyi Bremer & Grey, 1853; and Ragadia latifasciata Leech, 1891.

A new species of Tipula (Lunatipula) and two new records of crane flies from Kyrgyzstan (Diptera: Tipulidae)

Zoosystematica Rossica ◽

10.31610/zsr/2005.14.1.161 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 161-163

Author(s):

V.E. Pilipenko

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

Crane Flies ◽

First Time ◽

Tipula (Lunatipula) milkoi sp. n. is described from Kyrgyzstan. The new species belongs to the Tipula zarnigor group and is closely related to T. (L.) zarnigor Savchenko and T. (L.) lehriana Savchenko. Two tipulid species, Nephrotoma lundbecki lundbecki (Nielsen) and Tipula (Yamatotipula) pierrei Tonnoir, are recorded from Kyrgyzstan for the first time.

A new species group to Edessa, the E. ovina group, with description of a new species (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Edessinae) from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.37 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4958 (1) ◽

pp. 628-642

Author(s):

JOSE ANTONIO MARIN FERNANDES ◽

VALERIA JULIETE DA SILVA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Record ◽

New Records ◽

Ventral Surface ◽

Species Group ◽

Male And Female ◽

Internal Genitalia ◽

Heteroptera Pentatomidae ◽

First Time ◽

The E. ovina group of species is proposed here to include Edessa ovina Dallas, 1851 from Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina (new records) and Guyana; E. impura Bergroth, 1891 from Brazil and Argentina (new record); E. sahlbergii Stål, 1872 restricted to Brazil; and E. graziae sp. nov. from Brazil and Argentina. The E. ovina group can be identified by the apex of the second pair of wings narrowing distally and by a tumid area on the ventral surface of the pygophore (male genitalia) projected posteriorly. Descriptions, measurements, and illustrations of the metasternal process, external and internal genitalia of male and female are provided. A map with the distribution of the species is presented. The holotype of Edessa ovina is designated here. Edessa argali Breddin, 1903 is considered a junior synonym of E. impura. Females of E. ovina and E. impura, and male of E. sahlbergii are described for the first time.

On the Baeocera Erichson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) of Sabah, Malaysia, and a tale on mystified biodiversity

Journal of Insect Biodiversity ◽

10.12976/jib/2021.23.2.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 23-42

Author(s):

IVAN LÖBL ◽

ALEŠ SMETANA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Diversity ◽

Key Words ◽

Sampling Methods ◽

Biodiversity Study ◽

Quantitative attemps to assess species diversity in the absence of a robust taxonomy are questioned. In addition, the sampling methods may be a major source of uncertainty, as illustrated in a commented biodiversity study of the Coleoptera of Sabah. The Sabah members of the staphylinid genus Baeocera Erichson are reviewed and keyed, the following new species are described: B. omnigena Löbl sp. nov., B. rudis Löbl sp. nov., B. secreta Löbl sp. nov., B. sedata Löbl sp. nov., B. segregata Löbl sp. nov., B. seiugata Löbl sp. nov., B. semirufa Löbl sp. nov. Baeocera barbara Löbl, B. obliqua (Löbl), B. rufula (Löbl) and B. serendibensis (Löbl) are reported for the first time from Malaysia, B. doriae (Pic) and B. sarawakensis Löbl are new to Sabah and B. kinabalua Löbl is new to Sarawak. Key words: biodiversity, trends, taxonomy, insects, shining fungus beetles, Borneo

The caridean shrimps of the genus Lysmata Risso, 1816 (Decapoda: Lysmatidae) from Madagascar collected during the Atimo-Vatae expedition: a new species and two new records

European Journal of Taxonomy ◽

10.5852/ejt.2021.774.1535 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 774 ◽

pp. 155-177

Author(s):

Hossein Ashrafi ◽

J. Antonio Baeza ◽

Zdeněk Ďuriš

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

Original Description ◽

Western Atlantic ◽

West Pacific ◽

Phylogenetic Studies ◽

The Caribbean ◽

De Man ◽

First Time ◽

The present study focuses on shrimps belonging to the genus Lysmata Risso, 1816, collected from Madagascar during the Atimo Vatae expedition carried out in 2010. Lysmata malagasy sp. nov. is a new species belonging to the clade named “long accessory ramous” or “cosmopolitan” in previous phylogenetic studies. The new species can be distinguished from the only two other representatives of this group in the Indo-west Pacific, L. ternatensis De Man, 1902, and L. trisetacea (Heller, 1861), by the accessory ramus of the lateral antennular flagellum consisting of four elongated articles. Lysmata lipkei Okuno & Fiedler, 2010 is reported here from Madagascar with a remarkable extension of its known range after its original description from Japan. This species has also been reported from Singapore and, as alien species, from Brazil. Lastly, L. kuekenthali De Man, 1902 known from numerous localities in the Indo-West Pacific biogeographic area, is reported for the first time from Madagascar. Results of the present morphological and molecular analyses suggest that L. hochi Baeza & Anker, 2008 from the Caribbean Sea is a synonym of the Indo-West Pacific L. kuekenthali, and thus the latter species is alien in the western Atlantic.

First Anthomyzidae (Diptera) from China: a new genus, six new species and new records

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae ◽

10.2478/aemnp-2018-0007 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 58 (1) ◽

pp. 35-76 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jindřich Roháček

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

East Asia ◽

Dna Sequences ◽

New Genus ◽

New Records ◽

Molecular Barcoding ◽

The Family ◽

The family Anthomyzidae (Diptera: Acalyptrata) is recorded from China for the first time based on 11 species, 6 of them new to science. A distinctive new genus Marshallya gen. nov. is described, based on single peculiar species, M. platythorax sp. nov. (both sexes) from Sichuan. Other new species, viz. Amygdalops sevciki sp. nov. (Hainan I.) (both sexes), Epischnomyia tkoci sp. nov. (Sichuan) (male only), Anthomyza ornata sp. nov. (Sichuan) (female only), Anthomyza sulphurea sp. nov. (Yunnan) (both sexes) and Arganthomyza hyperseta sp. nov. (Shaanxi) (male only) are described and illustrated in detail. Male-female association of two Amygdalops species is clarified by means of molecular barcoding and the female of A. bisinus Roháček, 2008 is correctly identifi ed and described. Relationships of all these taxa are discussed. Five species, viz. Amygdalops bisinus (Hainan I.), Epischnomyia merzi Roháček, 2009, Anthomyza cuneata Roháček, 1987, Anthomyza trifurca Sueyoshi & Roháček, 2003 (all from Sichuan) and Arganthomyza versitheca Roháček, 2009 (Shaanxi, Sichuan) are new additions to the Chinese fauna of Anthomyzidae. DNA sequences of the barcoding region of COI have been obtained for 3 species, Amygdalops bisinus, Amygdalops sevciki and Marshallya platythorax. Biology and distribution of all 11 species are discussed. First photographs of living Anthomyzidae from East Asia are presented. Based on knowledge of Anthomyzidae from neighbouring areas the diversity of the Chinese fauna of the family is estimated to include 50-60 species.