The GenusTentyria(Latreille, 1802) in Doñana National Park (Southern Iberian Peninsula) with Descriptions of Two New Species (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Nineteen taxa of Dalytyphloplanida Willems et al., 2006 collected from southwestern Andalusia are discussed. Although most taxa were found in freshwater, three are marine, one occurred in brackish water and Protoplanella simplex Reisinger, 1924 was even collected in a dry, limnoterrestrial habitat. Four taxa are new to science. Castrada purgatorialis n. sp., Castrada paradisea n. sp. and Strongylostoma devleeschouweri n. sp., all belong to the Typhloplanidae Graff, 1905. The first two species differ from other species of Castrada Schmidt, 1861 by the presence of a large accessory bursa and the morphology of the copulatory atrium. C. purgatorialis n. sp. has zoochlorellae while these are lacking in C. paradisea n. sp. Strongylostoma devleeschouweri n. sp. is unique because of its coalescing testes and because of the presence of a sphincter around the stalk of the seminal receptacle. Gieysztoria iberica n. sp. belongs to the Dalyelliidae Graff, 1905 and is characterized by the extreme length of the girdle of the stylet. Except for five taxa, all specimens were collected within the boundaries of the Doñana National Park. Most of the taxa could easily be identified to species level except for one taxon of Kytorhynchidae Rieger, 1974 and one species of Phaenocora Ehrenberg, 1836. Four species are new for the Iberian Peninsula. Three of these, Trigonostomum penicillatum (Schmidt, 1857) Micoletzky, 1910, Promesostoma maculosum Ax, 1956 and Gieysztoria macrovariata (Weise, 1942) Ruebush & Hayes, 1939, were already known from other European localities, whereas Parapharyngiella involucrum Willems et al., 2005, a marine species, has previously only been found in Zanzibar, Tanzania.

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Two New Species of Aira (Poaceae) from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands

Systematic Botany ◽

10.1600/036364420x15801369352324 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 75-84

Author(s):

Llorenç Sáez ◽

Javier López-Alvarado ◽

Pere Fraga ◽

Regina Berjano ◽

M. Ángeles Ortiz ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

New Species ◽

Iberian Peninsula ◽

Diploid Species ◽

Balearic Islands ◽

Similar Species ◽

Chromosome Counts ◽

Two New Species

Abstract—Two new diploid species, Aira minoricensis and Aira hercynica, are described and illustrated, along with chromosome counts, risk assessment, distribution and habitat, phenology, and comparisons with morphologically similar species. A comparative table and a key for the species of Aira for the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands are provided to assist in the identification of these overlooked species, and their relationships to other taxa are discussed.

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The Psychodidae (Diptera) of Jaú National Park (Amazonas, Brazil) with description of two new species of Psychodinae

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5032.2.8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5032 (2) ◽

pp. 275-282

Author(s):

DANILO PACHECO CORDEIRO ◽

KARINA KETHELEN SILVA DE AQUINO ◽

VERACILDA RIBEIRO ALVES

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

National Park ◽

Sand Fly ◽

Conservation Unit ◽

Insect Fauna ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time

The Jaú National Park, located in the Amazon, is the largest National Park of Brazil and still its insect fauna is barely known. Herein we describe two new species of Psychodinae, Alepia iy sp. nov. and Parasetomima timmirima sp. nov., and report 19 other species of Psychodidae, subfamilies Phlebotominae, Psychodinae and Trichomyiinae collected from this Conservation Unit. Micrommatos Quate & Brown, represented by M. stephaniae Quate & Brown, and Platyplastinx culmosus Quate & Brown are recorded for the first time for Brazil. Among the collected phlebotomine sand fly species, three species have previously been implicated in transmission of Leishmania: Nyssomyia anduzei (Rozeboom), Psychodopygus ayrozai (Barretto & Coutinho) and Trichophoromyia ubiquitalis (Mangabeira).

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Two new species of the genus Laena Dejean (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae) from Hong Kong

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4344.1.10 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4344 (1) ◽

pp. 169 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

WOLFGANG SCHAWALLER ◽

PAUL ASTON

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

New Species ◽

Body Length ◽

First Record ◽

Zhejiang Province ◽

Two New Species ◽

Coleoptera Tenebrionidae

Two new species of the genus Laena Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae) are described from Hong Kong: Laena hongkongica sp. n. and Laena walkeri sp. n. These constitute the first record of the genus from Hong Kong, as a species previously described from nearby area Laena ovipennis Schuster, 1926, in fact originated from Zhejiang province nearby Shanghai. Both species from Hong Kong possess a wide variation in body length, which is quite unusual for this genus.

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Contribution to the knowledge of the oribatid mite genus Pilobatella (Acari, Oribatida, Haplozetidae)

Acarologia ◽

10.24349/acarologia/20204384 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 60 (3) ◽

pp. 545-556

Author(s):

Sergey G. Ermilov ◽

Josef Starý

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

National Park ◽

Oribatid Mite ◽

Generic Diagnosis ◽

Region Versus ◽

Medium Length ◽

Anogenital Region ◽

Two New Species ◽

Forest Leaf Litter ◽

Mite Genus

The genus Pilobatella (Oribatida, Haplozetidae) comprises 10 species, which are distributed in the Palaeotropical region; this includes two new species described herein on the basis of adult specimens sampled from forest leaf litter in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park of eastern Madagascar. Pilobatella mikoi n. sp. is similar to Pilobatella baloghi Mahunka, 2003 in having long interlamellar setae and adanal setae ad1 and ad2, but differs by having monodactylous legs (versus tridactylous) and a bothridial seta that is gradually expanded to a narrow head (versus setiform, without head). Pilobatella kovaci n. sp. is similar to P. mikoi n. sp. in having monodactylous legs, long interlamellar setae and adanal setae ad1 and ad2, but differs by the presence of lineolate notogaster and anogenital region (versus lineolate markings absent), long tutoria (versus tutoria of medium length), rounded trochanters distodorsally (versus pointed) and clearly distanced medial ends of apodemes 2 (versus nearly touching at midline). A revised generic diagnosis and an identification key to known species of Pilobatella are presented.

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New and interesting species of the genera Galumna and Pergalumna (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae) from the Montagne d'Ambre National Park, Madagascar

Acarologia ◽

10.24349/acarologia/20204357 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 60 (1) ◽

pp. 64-74

Author(s):

Sergey G. Ermilov ◽

Josef Starý

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Body Size ◽

National Park ◽

Similar Species ◽

Two New Species ◽

Ethiopian Region ◽

First Time ◽

Interesting Species ◽

Median Pore

This work includes taxonomic and faunistic data on galumnid mites (Oribatida, Galumnidae) belonging to the genera Galumna and Pergalumna collected from the Montagne d'Ambre National Park, North Madagascar. Two new species are described: Galumna sandormahunkai n. sp. differs from its closest species, Galumna sphagni by the larger body size, the presence of strongly protruding rostrum, lanceolate, pointed apically bothridial setae, the direction of lamellar lines, and the absence of median pore; Pergalumna janosbaloghi n. sp. differs from the most similar species, Pergalumna aegra, by the smaller body size and the presence of long lamellar setae and elongate, distinctly or slightly triangular porose areas Aa. Galumna granalata and Pergalumna amamiensis are recorded in the Ethiopian region for the first time; Pergalumna conspicua and P. frater are recorded in Madagascar for the first time.

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Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Tam Dao National Park (Northern Vietnam), with description of two new species

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.23.2.8 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 314 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sergey G. Ermilov ◽

Josef Stary

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Body Size ◽

National Park ◽

Oribatid Mite ◽

Oribatid Mites ◽

Oriental Region ◽

Northern Vietnam ◽

Two New Species ◽

Tam Dao National Park ◽

First Time

The present study is based on oribatid mite material (Acari, Oribatida) collected from Tam Dao National Park (Northern Vietnam) in 1988. A list of identified taxa, including 119 species from 80 genera and 47 families, is presented; of these, 13 species (Epilohmannoides rabori, Camisia spinifer, Sadocepheus undulatus, Eremobelba flexuosa, Hammerella excisa, Suctobelbella inenodabilis, Dolicheremaeus auritus, Eupelops acromios, Protoribates genitalis, Allogalumna machadoi, Carinogalumna philippinensis, Pergalumna magnipora capillaris, Galumnella nipponica) and five genera (Epilohmannoides, Camisia, Sadocepheus, Brassiella, Carinogalumna) are recorded in the Vietnamese fauna for the first time, and two species (Tokunocepheus mizusawai, Flagellozetes (Cosmogalumna) ornatus), one genus (Tokunocepheus) and one family (Tokunocepheidae) are recorded in the Oriental region for the first time. Two new species are described: Ramusella paraarcuata sp. nov. differs from Ramusella arcuata Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp, 2012 by the larger body size, lamellar setae similar in length and thickness to interlamellar setae, the presence of two or three branches on bothridial setae, and the absence of notogastral setae c. Neoribates paragracilis sp. nov. differs from Neoribates gracilis Travé, 1972 by the larger body size, and the presence of long apex (not shorter than head) on bothridial setae.

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New taxa of oribatid mites from Korup National Park (Cameroon). The genus Pilizetes (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae)

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.23.2.12 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 367

Author(s):

Sergey G. Ermilov ◽

Josef Stary ◽

Jeno Kontschan

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Taxa ◽

National Park ◽

Oribatid Mites ◽

Korup National Park ◽

Two New Species

Two new species of oribatid mites of the genus Pilizetes (Oribatida, Galumnidae) are described from litter and soil in the Korup National Park (Cameroon). Pilizetes paradudichi sp. nov. differs from Pilizetes dudichi Balogh, 1966 by the presence of long interlamellar setae and clearly longer notogastral setae. Pilizetes parasellnicki sp. nov. differs from Pilizetes sellnicki Balogh, 1958 by the presence of thickened, heavily ciliated and long epimeral setae 3b, 4a, 4b and 4c.

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New Stigmaeopsis species on Miscanthus grasses in Taiwan and Thailand (Acari, Tetranychidae)

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.24.4.12 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 675

Author(s):

Yutaka Saito ◽

Yukie Sato ◽

Manita Kongchuensin ◽

Jung-Tai Chao ◽

Ken Sahara

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

National Park ◽

Species Group ◽

The Other ◽

Two New Species

We described two new species collected from Miscanthus spp. in Thailand and Taiwan. One of the new species, Stigmaeopsis inthanonsis Saito, Kongchuensin & Sahara n. sp., was found in Thailand (Inthanon National Park). The other species from Taiwan, named Stigmaeopsis formosa Saito, Chao & Sato n. sp. was previously referred to as T-form or ML form of Stigmaeopsis miscanthi (Saito). Thus 15 species are now involved in the genus Stigmaeopsis. Because five species inhabiting Miscanthus grasses are resemble together, we call them as Stigmaeopsis miscanthi species group. An updated key to all known species of Stigmaeopsis is proposed.

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New species and records of Oppiidae (Acari, Oribatida) from the Montagne d'Ambre National Park (Madagascar)

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.25.4.9 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 697-706 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sergey G. Ermilov ◽

Josef Stary

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Body Size ◽

Leaf Litter ◽

National Park ◽

Posterior Part ◽

Oribatid Mites ◽

The Family ◽

Two New Species ◽

Ethiopian Region ◽

First Time

Two new species of oribatid mites of the family Oppiidae collected from leaf litter in Madagascar are described. Ramuselloppia indistincta sp. nov. differs from Ramuselloppia anomala by larger body size, the presence of epimeral tubercles and comparatively long lamellar, interlamellar and notogastral setae and the absence of costulae and heads of bothridial setae. An identification key to known species of Ramuselloppia is provided. Lanceoppia (Baioppia) rugosa sp. nov. differs from all species of the subgenus by heavily rugose posterior part of the notogaster. The genus Ramuselloppia and subgenus Lanceoppia (Baioppia) are recorded in the Ethiopian region for the first time; the species Multioppia (Hammeroppia) wilsoni is recorded in Madagascar for the first time.

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