Twenty-one new species of craneflies (Diptera: Tipulidae and Limoniidae), and a new fold-wing cranefly (Diptera: Ptychopteridae) from Mount Kupe, Cameroon, with notes on eighteen other species new to the country from the same location

2020 ◽  
Vol 156 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-206
Author(s):  
Pete Boardman
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Malaise Trap ◽  
Winston Churchill ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

Following the award of a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (WCMT) Fellowship the author was able to visit the Charles P. Alexander (1889–1981) collection at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C. to study craneflies gifted to him from fieldwork in Cameroon. They were collected by Malaise trap in forest clearings near streams on Mount Kupe, near Nyasoso, Cameroon. 21 new species of cranefly (Diptera: Tipulidae and Limoniidae): Dolichopeza (Dolichopeza) vicki sp. n., Nephrotoma mawdsleyi sp. n., Baeoura nyasosoensis sp. n.,Ellipteroides (Ellipteroides) nigromaculatus sp. n., Hovamyia gelhausi sp. n.,Limnophilomyia (Limnophilomyia) alexanderi sp. n., Ormosia (Neserioptera) cameroonensis sp. n., Afrolimnophila mederosi sp. n., A. oosterbroeki sp. n., Neolimnomyia kupensis sp. n., Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) staryi sp. n., Achyrolimonia prycei sp. n., Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) tuberculata sp. n., D. (Idioglochina) stubbsi sp. n., Elephantomyia (Elephantomyia) gilsonae sp. n., Libnotes (Afrolimonia) trimaculata sp. n., Metalimnobia (Tricholimnobia) krameri sp. n., Thaumastoptera (Thaumastoptera) churchilli sp. n., Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) holvia sp. n., Trentepohlia (Trentepohlia) zorro sp. n., and Trichoneura (Xipholimnobia) jacksoni, and a new species of fold-wing cranefly (Diptera: Ptychopteridae): Ptychoptera (Ptychoptera) fasbenderi sp. n., are described. 18 species of cranefly known from elsewhere in the Afrotropical region are recorded here from Cameroon for the first time: Gonomyia (Leiponeura) hyperion Alexander, 1956, Limnophilomyia (Limnophilomyia) medleriana Alexander, 1976, Styringomyia vittata Edwards, 1914, Afrolimnophila hartwigi (Alexander, 1974), A. urundiana (Alexander, 1955), Austrolimnophila (Phragmocrypta) fulani Alexander, 1974, Hexatoma (Eriocera) brevifurca Alexander, 1956, H. (E.) trichoneura Alexander, 1956, H. (E.) tumidiscapa (Alexander, 1920), Medleromyia nigeriana Alexander, 1974, Achyrolimonia recurvans (Alexander, 1919), Atypopthalmus (Atypopthalmus) submendicus tuberculifer (Alexander, 1956), Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) redundans (Alexander, 1956), Libnotes (Afrolimonia) rhanteria (Alexander, 1920), L. (A.) illiterata (Alexander, 1937), Limonia woosnami (Alexander, 1920), Orimarga (Protorimarga) bequaertiana (Alexander, 1930) and Toxorhina (Ceratocheilus) nigripleura (Alexander, 1920). In total 40 species are presented as new for Cameroon. A further 23 species already known from Cameroon were identified, and are listed here as some of them have not been recorded since their original description close to, or in some cases over, a hundred years ago.

scholarly journals Taxonomy of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in the Afrotropical region, with a review of current species groups and description of a new species of the N. angulatus group from Mozambique

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Hita Garcia ◽  
Nokuthula Mbanyana ◽  
Tracy Lynn Audisio ◽  
Gary D. Alpert
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
The Other ◽  
Rain Forests ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
Current Species ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

This study reviews the taxonomy of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 in the Afrotropical region. Previous revisionary studies are discussed and four species groups are proposed on the basis of external morphology. The N. angulatus group contains seven species that are widely distributed throughout the whole Afrotropical region, with one species also occurring in the Palaearctic and Malagasy regions. The N. cataulacoides group is monotypic, with one morphologically bizarre species found in Equatorial rain forests. The N. humerosus group is also monotypic and occurs in East Africa. The last and by far most species-rich group is the N. simoni group that contains 17 species, all of which are endemic to South Africa. The four groups are defined for the first time for the region, and an illustrated identification key is provided. Furthermore, the N. angulatus group is more thoroughly reviewed. One new species from Mozambique is described, N. inhaca sp. nov., and species accounts for the other six are provided. Also, an illustrated identification key to the species of the N. angulatus group is presented.

Discovery of Systenus in the Afrotropical Region with a description of a new species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-290
Author(s):  
I.Ya. Grichanov ◽  
M.B. Mostovski
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The genus Systenus Loew, 1857 is recorded from Afrotropical Region for the first time. A description of a new species, Systenus africanus Grichanov sp. nov., and notes on females of another probably new Afrotropical species are provided. The genus is considered now as cosmopolitan. A key to species and species groups of the Systenus worldwide is compiled.

Review of the Priocnemis hyalinata species-group (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with description of a new species from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4254 (5) ◽  
pp. 551
Author(s):  
VALERY M. LOKTIONOV ◽  
ARKADY S. LELEJ ◽  
ZAI-FU XU
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

Eight species in the Priocnemis hyalinata species-group are reviewed. The species-group is recorded from Oriental Region for the first time, and one new species, Priocnemis (Priocnemis) yunnanensis Loktionov, Lelej & Xu, sp. nov. (China: Yunnan) is described and illustrated. The lectotype of Salius (Priocnemis) unicolor Gussakovskij is designated. The distribution of P. (P.) hyalinata (Fabricius), P. (P.) fennica Haupt and P. (P.) unicolor (Gussakovskij) is clarified and enlarged within Russia. Keys to species for males and females are given.  

scholarly journals 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

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 ◽  
A New Species

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.

scholarly journals Two New Families and a New Species of Myxosporeans (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Fishes

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. e-48-e-52
Author(s):  
V. Yurakhno
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

Two New Families and a New Species of Myxosporeans (Myxozoa, Myxosporea) of the Mediterranean and Black Sea FishesDescriptions of two new families — Polysporoplasmidae fam. n. (Syn. Sphaerosporidae Davis, 1917 in Sitja-Bobadilla, Alvarez-Pellitero, 1995) and Gadimyxidae fam. n. (syn. Parvicapsulidae Schulman, 1953 in Kie et al., 2007), and one new species of myxosporeans —Gadimyxa ovalesp. n. — parasites of fishes of the Mediterranean and the Black Seas are presented. Species of the genus Gadimyxa is found for the first time in the Black Sea.

First record of the leafhopper genus Scaphomonus Viraktamath from Korea, with description of one new species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4747 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-195
Author(s):  
NIRMAL KUMAR DUTTA ◽  
JIN HYUNG KWON ◽  
SANG JAE SUH ◽  
YONG JUNG KWON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

The leafhopper genus Scaphomonus Viraktamath, 2009 is reported from the Korean peninsula for the first time, based on the discovery of a new species: Scaphomonus naejangsanus sp. nov. A checklist and keys to world Scaphomonus species are given. 

New tribal placement for the leafhopper genus Evinus Dlabola (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), with description of a new species from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2794 (1) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
LIN LU ◽  
YALIN ZHANG ◽  
M. D. WEBB
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

The leafhopper genus Evinus Dlabola is formally transferred from Hecalini to Macrostelini (Deltocephalinae) and is reported from China for the first time. One new species from China, E. macrospinus sp. n. is described and a key to species is provided.

Taxonomy and distribution of Terebellides (Polychaeta, Trichobranchidae) in Icelandic waters, with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2983 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JULIO PARAPAR ◽  
JUAN MOREIRA ◽  
GUDMUNDUR V. HELGASON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
East Atlantic ◽  
Bathymetric Distribution ◽  
North East ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Icelandic Waters

Based on material collected during the BIOICE project, the taxonomy and distribution of Terebellides (Polychaeta; Trichobranchidae) in Icelandic waters is presented. Terebellides stroemii Sars, 1853 and Terebellides gracilis Malm, 1874 (as Terebellides williamsae Jirkov, 1989) were previously reported from the area. Terebellides atlantis Williams, 1984 is reported for the first time after the original description and redescribed. Terebellides bigeniculatus sp. nov. is diagnosed by the presence of two thoracic chaetigers with geniculate chaetae. Terebellides williamsae Jirkov, 1989 is proposed as a junior synonym of T. gracilis, whose holotype is redescribed herein. Several body characters with high taxonomic value in Terebellides are reviewed under the SEM; additions to the diagnosis and new potential characters for a future taxonomic revision and phylogenetic study of the genus are also suggested. The geographical and bathymetric distribution of each species in relation to the GIF Ridge is discussed, and a key to Terebellides species from North East Atlantic waters is provided.

A new species of Corinnella Thomas & Dominique, 2006 (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3608 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. BOLDRINI ◽  
F. F. SALLES ◽  
A. M.O. PES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
Tarsal Claw ◽  
French Guyana ◽  
Northern Brazil ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The monotypic genus Corinnella Thomas & Dominique, 2006, was described based on nymphs from French Guyana, and since the original description nothing has been added to knowledge of its systematics. The aim of the present paper is to describe a new species of the genus from Northern Brazil, to improve its diagnoses, and to report the genus for the first time from Brazil. The new species can be recognized by: labrum with discernible anteromedial emargination and process; posterior margin of terga IV with rounded spines; and tarsal claw with seven to nine denticles, with the outer and inner denticles distinctly longer than the others.

Description of a new species of Micrencaustes (subgenus Mimencaustes Heller) (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Encaustini) from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1176 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
JING LI ◽  
GUO-DONG REN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Chinese Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time ◽  
Beijing China ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

The subgenus Mimencaustes Heller is recorded from mainland China for the first time. One new species, Micrencaustes (Mimencaustes) acridentata sp. nov., is described in this paper. Type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and the Museum of Hebei University, Baoding, China.

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