scholarly journals Monograph of the Staphylinidae of Crete (Greece). Part II. Descriptions of new species (Insecta: Coleoptera)

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-289
Author(s):  
Volker Assing ◽  
Volker Brachat ◽  
Heinrich Meybohm
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Island Endemics ◽  
Greek Island

One genus, Cretotyphlus Assing gen. nov., and 48 species of Staphylinidae from the Greek island Crete, 47 of them island endemics or even locally endemic, are described and illustrated: Amischa cretica Assing spec. nov., Atheta (Anopleta) digitalis Assing spec. nov., Hydrosmecta insularum Assing spec. nov. (Crete, Ikaria, Lesbos, Samothraki), Geostiba (Sipalotricha) inexsecta Assing spec. nov. (region to the east-southeast of Rethimno), Cousya candica Assing spec. nov. (East Crete: Dikti), Oxypoda (Bessopora) bimontium Assing spec. nov. (Dikti, Psiloritis), O. (Mycetodrepa) retunsa Assing spec. nov., and Typhlocyptus creticus Assing spec. nov. of the Aleocharinae; Geomitopsis cretica Assing spec. nov. (East Crete) of the Osoriinae; Allotyphlus (Moreotyphlus) foedatus Assing spec. nov. (West Crete), Kenotyphlus virgatus Assing spec. nov. (West Crete), Cretotyphlus hamatus Assing spec. nov. (East Crete: Dikti), C. chanianus Assing spec. nov. (region to the southwest of Chania), and C. idanus Assing spec. nov. (Central Crete: Psiloritis) of the Leptotyphlinae; Pseudobium creticum Assing spec. nov. of the Paederinae; Gabrius candicus Assing spec. nov. Of the Staphylininae; Cephennium arcuatum Assing spec. nov. (East Crete), C. thripticum Assing spec. nov. (East Crete: Thripti), C. selinonum Assing spec. nov. (Southwest Crete), C. meybohmi Assing spec. nov. (West Crete), C. idanum Assing spec. nov. (Central Crete: Psiloritis), C. sinuosum Assing spec. nov. (East Crete), C. fortespinosum Assing spec. nov. (East Crete), C. hamulatum Assing spec. nov. (East Crete: Dikti), C. curvatum Assing spec. nov. (East Crete), C. selenanum Assing spec. nov. (East Crete: Selena Oros), C. latius Assing spec. nov. (Central Crete: Psiloritis), C. chanianum Assing spec. nov. (West Crete), Euconnus (Tetramelus) zakrius Meybohm spec. nov. (East Crete), Stenichnus (Stenichnus) brachati Meybohm spec. nov., S. (S.) orientalis Meybohm spec. nov. (East Crete), S. (S.) aegialioides Meybohm spec. nov., Leptomastax cretica Meybohm spec. nov., and L. thriptica Meybohm spec. nov. (East Crete: Thripti) of the Scydmaeninae; Afropselaphus doernfeldae Brachat spec. nov. (West Crete: Lefka Ori), A. assingi Brachat spec. nov. (West Crete: Lefka Ori), A. diktianus Brachat spec. nov. (East Crete: Dikti), A. thripticus Brachat spec. nov. (East Crete: Thripti), Amauronyx chanianus Brachat spec. nov. (West Crete), A. occidens Brachat spec. nov. (West Crete), A. askifouicus Brachat spec. nov. (West Crete), Bryaxis meybohmianus Brachat spec. nov. (West Crete), Bythinus creticus Brachat spec. nov. (Central Crete: Psiloritis), Euplectus assingi Brachat spec. nov. (Crete), Faronus meybohmi Brachat spec. nov. (West Crete: Lefka Ori), F. lefkamontium Brachat spec. nov. (West Crete: Lefka Ori), F. albimontium Brachat spec. nov. (West Crete: Lefka Ori), and Tychus chanianus Brachat spec. nov. (West Crete) of the Pselaphinae; Sepedophilus creticus Schülke spec. nov. of the Tachyporinae. Keys to the species of Cephennium Müller & Kunze, 1822 and Stenichnus Thomson, 1859 of Crete are provided. A lectotype is designated for Amauronyx paganettii Blattný & Blattný, 1916.   Taxonomic acts Cretotyphlus Assing gen. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:FD86523B-3B04-43D4-BD1B-40BC18EAD15FAmischa cretica Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1DBCBA49-3E09-4665-97CC-4641BB816F4EAtheta digitalis Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E1F1F8FC-708F-4C1B-AF02-5A83EC6E5A0DHydrosmecta insularum Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A5DC3A8F-AC05-46F0-B3D0-A97CF126AB8FGeostiba inexsecta Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:35864FAC-C639-4F3A-B0CA-AAB83AEBFD36Cousya candica Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:44B00621-3DA4-462B-9491-AD4B45476F2EOxypoda bimontium Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C38F6606-DE88-4E86-B1E8-AB0921804654Oxypoda retunsa Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D801AADC-CC6A-4E15-8988-BE8CCEA48013Typhlocyptus creticus Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2F3A6D48-5EA3-417D-9DB3-F8E0139432F6Geomitopsis cretica Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1D3E575E-A726-422D-BA91-AF9B98BCA2BDAllotyphlus foedatus Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:42A89E7C-F33A-43C8-A301-296D27AD2BBFKenotyphlus virgatus Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1967E04F-CD26-4976-928F-B9A195790332Cretotyphlus hamatus Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EBE1B406-3145-411C-883D-A9499AEF52BACretotyphlus chanianus Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1D048CF4-D0DE-4839-869F-4D96B269F25CCretotyphlus idanus Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:993DEFB4-903E-4367-96DD-6F4D8F0DE42FPseudobium creticum Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:98EA1ABE-EA17-4F90-A7BF-6069D9FDF481Gabrius candicus Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4FAC0FC1-20F7-4DC4-BAA9-FBC4DDF3175DCephennium arcuatum Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:7A3212BC-0311-49F7-A2AB-C529B6CD42A9Cephennium thripticum Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:6681B4E6-3602-47F6-82BF-C1C9FD0E6A45Cephennium selinonum Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:5C1D00CC-C8A3-4043-92A9-773137CD17CBCephennium meybohmi Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BDCAA375-E045-47F7-AC38-6812249B9A7CCephennium idanum Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C7F685DD-32CC-4AF7-AA4E-4B3096D86B13Cephennium sinuosum Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C89E57D1-33EB-4693-BF85-27EAC289A064Cephennium fortespinosum Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C84F5038-F12C-48CC-9ED7-8DBE6BAE1D5CCephennium hamulatum Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:FA4D9AB5-DAA3-4DE7-8064-5B98210F93D0Cephennium curvatum Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:73B78F2A-4907-4334-B475-A59C7CD81063Cephennium selenanum Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E5B87D2D-9402-43F9-82E3-1DEF6D709DF1Cephennium latius Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8B3A0458-1D50-4551-BED6-D307750DD522Cephennium chanianum Assing spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0C990A58-8107-4B07-87D5-FE0541CD444Euconnus zakrius Meybohm spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:506C3D6D-FD24-4484-813D-F00E761EFECBStenichnus brachati Meybohm spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0D694A13-AB82-4398-AC2A-2E4D39B515FBStenichnus orientalis Meybohm spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:06558FCA-3A62-4019-BFB7-EF06448C1956Stenichnus aegialioides Meybohm spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:712D1FB1-7AB4-4C27-8CB2-05E07E8435FELeptomastax cretica Meybohm spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:444B05D8-E8CB-4F7F-A9A5-1695EB36C08ALeptomastax thriptica Meybohm spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:5EA83082-7F64-4122-852C-AECB11BF6D01Afropselaphus doernfeldae Brachat spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:96DFC249-A208-44CE-BC83-4BB829F6966BAfropselaphus assingi Brachat spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A29A770B-1104-4BB0-BA7E-ADA1CB04D204Afropselaphus diktianus Brachat spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:AF308CB8-7539-4626-8E2CDD2A7E9B5052Afropselaphus thripticus Brachat spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E38E8556-0E8F-4C12-BD99-3759694D8E82 Amauronyx chanianus Brachat spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:833A774F-4626-4CC8-8BE0-7B857E33EC43Amauronyx occidens Brachat spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0545A123-B114-4014-A05D-2C5EF565D5D9Amauronyx askifouicus Brachat spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:7CE4D2AD-8F1E-408A-9112-5301AC6CC6AEBryaxis meybohmianus Brachat spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:FE6B56D3-E7A1-4F55-9587-ABC42768A1ACBythinus creticus Brachat spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:5A5439A5-BB04-41D0-897E-3769BA046964Euplectus assingi Brachat spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B653CFCD-0DF4-4AC8-8BDC-64FCD2FB9599Faronus meybohmi Brachat spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B80022A7-78AC-45E9-94A6-B3A31657DCF7Faronus lefkamontium Brachat spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B5C36287-54F6-4CF0-B2BF-E3D8E4AF1029Faronus albimontium Brachat spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9E7893E5-D3A1-4387-B179-AA51AB793FEDTychus chanianus Brachat spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:85D07E45-AEE2-4D13-9C26-18B353D1AD15Sepedophilus creticus Schülke spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F2B971D6-B222-4823-A1BB-DF4B816F0775

scholarly journals On the Staphylinidae of the Greek island Corfu (Insecta: Coleoptera)

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-67
Author(s):  
Volker Assing ◽  
Michael Schülke ◽  
Volker Brachat ◽  
Heinrich Meybohm
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Previous Literature ◽  
Late Spring ◽  
East Mediterranean ◽  
Mediterranean Islands ◽  
Island Endemics ◽  
Ionian Island ◽  
First Time ◽  
Greek Island

A study of nearly 10,000 specimens of Staphylinidae collected in the Ionian island Corfu, Greece, in late spring 2017 yielded more than 233 species. Additional, previously unpublished records of 66 named species are reported from the island. Two species are described and illustrated: Borboropora corcyrana Assing spec. nov. of the Aleocharinae and Ocypus corcyranus Assing spec. nov. of the Staphylininae. As many as 118 named species are reported from Corfu for the first time, 21 of these species represent first records from Greece. One name is revalidated and six names are synonymized: Euplectus jonicus Meggiolaro, 1966 (revalidated) = E. jonicus corcyreus Meggiolaro, 1966, syn. nov.; Mycetoporus punctipennis Scriba, 1868 = M. insulanus Luze, 1901, syn. nov.; Anotylus tetracarinatus (Block, 1799) = A. corcyranus (Coiffait, 1968), syn. nov.; Bledius corniger Rosenhauer, 1856 = B. bubalus Gistel, 1857, syn. nov.; Paederus littoralis Gravenhorst, 1802 = P. pelikani Reitter, 1884, syn. nov.; Leptacinus batychrus (Gyllenhal, 1827) = Phacophallus corcyranus Bordoni, 2017, syn. nov. Including reliable previous literature records and the new records reported in the present paper, 446 named species (plus additional unnamed species) are currently known from Corfu. Thus, the known fauna of this island is significantly more diverse than those of other East Mediterranean islands, including the much larger Cyprus. A checklist of the Staphylinidae fauna of Corfu is provided. Although at present 18 species and subspecies have been recorded exclusively from Corfu, most of them are unlikely to represent island endemics; three of these species are of doubtful taxonomic status. Nomenclatural Acts Borboropora corcyrana spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8D35093D-8EBF-4E9C-9876-AB758F4FC973 Ocypus corcyranus spec. nov. – urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:812099FA-F72A-41E5-B96B-258F8F48639A

Syrphidae (Diptera) from the Greek island of Lesvos, with description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3175 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTONIO RICARTE ◽  
ZORICA NEDELJKOVIĆ ◽  
GRAHAM E. ROTHERAY ◽  
RICHARD M. LYSZKOWSKI ◽  
E. GEOFFREY HANCOCK ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Greek Island

The results of the hoverfly (Syrphidae) collection by the ‘Malloch Society’ on the Greek island of Lesvos are presented.Fieldwork took place from February to March 2006 and from May to June 2010. An account of 66 species from 28 generais provided including two species new to science, five species new to Greece and data for several rarely recorded species.We describe Eumerus armatus Ricarte and Rotheray sp. nov., a medium size species with red abdomen. We also describeSphiximorpha hiemalis Ricarte, Nedeljković and Hancock sp. nov., a hairy species with distinctive colour and pollinositypatterns and abdomen shape. The female of Eumerus claripennis Coe, 1957 is described and the male genitalia are figured.The majority of species encountered belonged to the typically Mediterranean genera Eumerus (8 spp.), Merodon (16 spp.)and Paragus (6 spp.). Approximately 71% of the recorded species also occur in Turkey. This supports the idea that West Mediterranean and Anatolian faunas overlap in Lesvos.

A new species of Ubychia Rost, 1893 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Brachycerinae) from the island Samos, Greece, with a discussion on the distribution of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4394 (4) ◽  
pp. 567
Author(s):  
PETER HLAVÁČ ◽  
OTO NAKLÁDAL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Greek Island

The new species, Ubychia assingi sp. nov., an endogean and anophthalmous weevil is described from the Greek island Samos. A list of species of the genus is given and the distribution and a posible biogeographic scenario for the genus is discussed. 

scholarly journals Inflatopyga, a new cicada genus (Homoptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae) endemic to the Solomon Islands

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 549 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Duffels
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Monophyletic Origin ◽  
Island Endemics

The new cicada genus Inflatopyga and six new species of this genus are described from the Solomon Islands. The genus belongs to the subtribe Cosmopsaltriaria of the tribe Dundubiini (family Cicadidae). The species are mainly island endemics. Inflatopyga boulardi, sp. nov.,I. ewarti, sp. nov., andI. verlaani, sp. nov., are endemic to Bougainville,I. langeraki, sp. nov. (type species), is endemic to Guadalcanal and New Georgia, I. webbi, sp. nov., to Santa Isabel and I. mouldsi, sp. nov., to Malaita. A key to the males is provided. Inflatopyga is the sister-genus of Rhadinopyga, while both genera together are considered to be the sister-group of Diceropyga. A cladogram showing the apomorphies suggests the monophyletic origin of the genera and the genus relationships. The biogeography of the cicadas of the Solomon Islands is discussed. The distribution and monophyly of Inflatopygasuggest that the Solomon Islands form an area of endemism.

scholarly journals Resolving the taxonomy of the Merodon dobrogensis species subgroup (Diptera: Syrphidae), with the description of a new species

2019 ◽  
Vol 152 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-59
Author(s):  
Ljiljana Šašić Zorić ◽  
Jelena Ačanski ◽  
Ante Vujić ◽  
Gunilla Ståhls ◽  
Mihajla Djan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Multiple Data ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Greek Island

AbstractThe taxonomy of Merodon dobrogensis Bradescu, 1982 (Diptera: Syrphidae) species subgroup was reviewed. Multiple data sources (morphology, geometric morphometry of wings and surstylus, molecular data, and distributional data) were used to investigate the species subgroup in the manner of integrative taxonomy. Merodon dobrogensis Bradescu, 1982 and M. puniceus Vujić, Radenković, and Pérez-Bañón, 2011 are supported as distinct species belonging to the M. dobrogensis species complex within the M. dobrogensis species subgroup. Additionally, evidence is presented for the description of a new species, M. rojoi Radenković and Vujić new species, with a distribution in mainland Greece, the Greek island Euboea, and the Peloponnese. A short diagnosis is provided for the M. aureus species group, the M. dobrogensis species subgroup, and the newly defined M. dobrogensis species complex, in addition to a description of the new species, with drawings and photographs of adult morphology.

Two new species and a new genus of Cicadettini (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) from the Greek island of Evia

2011 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matija Gogala ◽  
Tomi Trilar ◽  
Sakis Drosopoulos
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Greek Island

A new species ofRanunculus from Greece

1983 ◽  
Vol 94 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 591-593
Author(s):  
Kostas Papanicolaou ◽  
Stella Kokkini
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
A New Species
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