scholarly journals Phylogenetic Analysis of the South African Genus Sparaxis (Including Synnotia) (Iridaceae-Ixioideae), with Two New Species and a Review of the Genus

1992 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Goldblatt
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
The South ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
African Genus

scholarly journals A new genus of Pelecotominae from Mexico, with notes on the genera Clinops and Scotoscopus and the description of new species (Coleoptera, Ripiphoridae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 857 ◽  
pp. 59-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Engel ◽  
Zachary H. Falin ◽  
Jan Batelka
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
The South ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
African Genus

Taxonomic notes are provided on species of the uncommonly encountered ripiphorid subfamily Pelecotominae. Zapotecotomasumichrastigen. et sp. nov., is described from southern Mexico based on a unique male likely collected in the later part of the mid-19th Century. The discovery of additional species of the South African genus Clinops Gerstaecker permit a revised diagnosis and distinction of the group from the eastern Mediterranean genus Scotoscopus Brenske and Reitter, resurrected status. Two new species of Clinops are established: Clinopsinexpectatussp. nov. (northeast of Durban near Swaziland) and C.perpessussp. nov. (region of Durban), and Scotoscopusspectabilis (Schaufuss) is newly recorded for the Peloponnese in Greece.

New species and a new record of sea cucumbers from deep waters of the South African temperate region (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2013 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
AHMED S. THANDAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
New Record ◽  
New South ◽  
The South ◽  
Temperate Region ◽  
Sea Cucumbers ◽  
Deep Waters ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species, Pseudostichopus langeae and Psolus griffithsi, and a new South African record, Molpadia musculus Risso, are described from some deep-sea material collected off the South African west and south coasts. This material also contains the well known Pseudocnella insolens (Théel), Ocnus capensis (Théel), Rhopalodinopsis capensis Heding and an indeterminate Thyone sp.

Descriptions of two new species of the genus Paragus Latreille (Diptera: Syrphidae), with a key to males of all South African species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4780 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-355
Author(s):  
TAMARA TOT ◽  
SNEŽANA RADENKOVIĆ ◽  
ZORICA NEDELJKOVIĆ ◽  
LAURA LIKOV ◽  
ANTE VUJIĆ
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
The South ◽  
African Species ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Republic

Two new species of the genus Paragus Latreille, 1804 are described from the Republic of South Africa: Paragus longipilus Tot, Vujić et Radenković sp. nov. and Paragus megacercus Tot, Vujić et Radenković sp. nov. These new species belong to the subgenus Pandasyopthalmus Stuckenberg, 1954a. Paragus longipilus sp. nov. is a member of the P. jozanus group, whereas Paragus megacercus sp. nov. belongs to the P. tibialis group. The taxonomic status of Paragus chalybeatus Hull, 1964 is revised and proposed as synonym of Paragus punctatus Hull, 1949. Additionally, an identification key to males of the South African species of Paragus is provided. Results of the present study confirm a significant level of endemism of Paragus in the Afrotropical Region (12 out of 29). 

scholarly journals The South African genus Lepthercus Purcell, 1902 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae): phylogeny and taxonomy 

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4766 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-305
Author(s):  
DUNIESKY RÍOS-TAMAYO ◽  
ROBIN LYLE
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Optimality Criteria ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
New Diagnosis ◽  
First Time ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
African Genus

After more than a century, the genus Lepthercus Purcell, 1902 is revised. Lepthercus dregei Purcell, 1902 and L. rattrayi Hewitt, 1917 are redescribed; with the female of L. dregei described for the first time. Nine new species of Lepthercus are described. A phylogenetic analysis with morphological characters using implied weights and parsimony as optimality criteria, suggests the separation of the genus in two clades. The first clade is formed by L. dippenaarae sp. nov., L. engelbrechti sp. nov., L. haddadi sp. nov., L. rattrayi Hewitt, 1917 and L. sofiae sp. nov., here denominated “Group haddadi”. The species L. confusus sp. nov., Lepthercus dregei Purcell, 1902, Lepthercus filmeri sp. nov., Lepthercus kwazuluensis sp. nov., Lepthercus lawrencei sp. nov. and Lepthercus mandelai sp. nov., form the second clade, here denominated “Group dregei”. The “Group haddadi” is characterized by males with a curved metatarsus I, and a swollen tibia I. The “Group dregei” is supported by the presence of small maxillary cuspules in males. A new diagnosis is provided for Lepthercus as well as an identification key for all species of the genus. New distribution maps for the genus in the country are also presented. 

A revision of the South African endemic humicolous beetle genus Nucleotops Perkins and Balfour-Browne (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 559 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
PHILIP D. PERKINS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
South African ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Digital Images ◽  
Online Version ◽  
The South ◽  
Two New Species

The South African endemic humicolous genus Nucleotops Perkins and Balfour-Browne is revised. Nucleotops comprises three species from the Cape Province. Two new species are described: N. endroedyi (Cape Province, 5 km NE Pearly Beach) and N. interceps (Cape Province, Stellenbosch, Krom River). The vast majority of the 1,462 specimens studied were collected by sifting humus, marsh shore debris or moist litter. High resolution digital images of the holotypes are presented (online version in color), the male genitalia are illustrated, and the geographical distributions are mapped.

Revision of the Australian species of Anatomidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda)

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 415 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL L. GEIGER ◽  
PATTY JANSEN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
South African ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
The South ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species

The Australian members of the vetigastropod family Anatomidae are revised and two new species are described. The family has thus far been treated as a subfamily of Scissurellidae, but recent molecular evidence (Geiger & Thacker, unpubl. data) indicates that Scissurellinae plus Anatominaeis not monophyletic, and full family rank is warranted for a group containing the genera Anatoma and Thieleella. Seven species from Australia belonging in Anatomidae are discussed and illustrated by SEM: Anatoma aupouria (Powell, 1937) mainly from New Zealand, though with some Australian records; A. australis (Hedley, 1903), A. funiculata n. sp., An turbinata (A. Adams, 1862), which has been misidentified in the past as the South African A. agulhasensis (Thiele, 1925), A. tobeyoides n. sp., Thieleella equatoria (Hedley, 1899) with a second known specimen, and T. gunteri (Cotton & Godfrey, 1933). Other species that have been (erroneously) indicated from Australia are discussed. A neotype is designated for A. agulhasensis from South Africa for taxon stabilization.

Stenomastigus Leleup (Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae): status of subgenus Acanthostigus Leleup and revision of species with elongated male protrochanters

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3153 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
African Genus

Based on examination of type species, the subgenera of South African genus Stenomastigus Leleup are merged and the name Acanthostigus Leleup is placed as a junior synonym of Stenomastigus. A group of species characterized by a prominent distal projection of the male protrochanters is revised and two new species are described: S. berlinafricanus sp. n. and S. kosianus sp. n. New diagnoses of S. allaeri Leleup, S. basilewskyi Leleup and S. kochi Leleup are given. Habitus, aedeagi, modified fore legs and other diagnostic characters of all treated species are illustrated.

A further study on the wolf spider subfamily Artoriinae from China (Araneae: Lycosidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4964 (3) ◽  
pp. 571-584
Author(s):  
LU-YU WANG ◽  
VOLKER W. FRAMENAU ◽  
ZHI-SHENG ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
South China ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Wolf Spider ◽  
South American ◽  
The South ◽  
Wolf Spiders ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
New Distribution

The further collection and study of Chinese wolf spiders, family Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833, expand the known distribution of the subfamily Artoriinae Framenau, 2007 from Yunnan to Guangxi, Guizhou, and Sichuan Provinces of South China. Sinartoria gen. nov. is described to include two new species, S. damingshanensis sp. nov. (type species) and S. zhuangius sp. nov. In addition, a new Artoria species, A. hamata sp. nov. is described and new distribution records for A. ligulacea (Qu, Peng & Yin, 2009) and A. parvula Thorell, 1877 are provided. Within the Artoriinae, Sinartoria gen. nov. appears to be most similar to the South American Lobizon Piacentini & Grismado, 2009, but their relationship will remain contentious without a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of artoriine genera. 

Two new species of the South African endemic bee genus Rediviva Friese (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3517 (1) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL KUHLMANN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
The South ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of the genus Rediviva from South Africa are described to facilitate further research on this iconic group of oil-collecting bees: R. steineri sp. nov. ♀ and Rediviva whiteheadi sp. nov. ♀♂. Notomelitta tropicalis Cockerell 1934 syn. nov., that was erroneously transferred to the genus Rediviva, is recognized as a new junior synonym of Andrena africana Friese 1909.

The mainly South African genus Lanurgus revised (Coleoptera, Scolytinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5027 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-106
Author(s):  
BJARTE H. JORDAL
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
African Genus

The Afrotropical and mainly southern African genus Lanurgus Eggers, 1920 is revised. Five new species are described from the Cape provinces in South Africa: Lanurgus beaveri, sp. nov., Lanurgus carinatus, sp. nov., Lanurgus jubatus, sp. nov., Lanurgus mattheei, sp. nov., and Lanurgus tsitsikammae, sp. nov. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of nine species revealed deep divergence between fairly morphologically similar species, with few clues on nested relationships within the genus. Photos and a key to all known species is presented.  

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