First report of Oxyophthalma engaea (Wood-Mason, 1889) (Insecta: Mantodea: Eremiaphilidae) from Kerala, India

The Lepidoptera fauna of the island of Flores (Lesser Sunda Archipelago, Indonesia) shares a large proportion of endemic species, which may reach 80–100% in several groups (Zolotuhin & Witt 2005; Nässig et al. 2009; Zolotuhin 2009; Nässig & Bouyer 2010; Yakovlev 2015; Spitsyn & Potapov 2020; Spitsyn & Bolotov 2020). A plethora of new species was described from this island during the last 15 years, e.g. the tiger moth Spilarctia mikeli Bolotov, Kondakov & Spitsyn, 2018 (Zolotuhin & Witt 2005; Yakovlev 2006; Spitsyn & Bolotov 2020a, b, c). This species was described based on a single female specimen collected in West Flores (Bolotov et al. 2018). In the present paper, we describe the male of Spilarctia mikeli for the first time, and illustrate variability of marking patterns of both the male and the female of this species.

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Contributions to the knowledge of Neotropical Castianeirinae (Araneae: Corinnidae): redescription of Castianeira spinipalpis Mello-Leitão, 1945, with first description of the male, and description of a new Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 from the Bolivian Moxos plains

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5082.2.4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5082 (2) ◽

pp. 145-158

Author(s):

BROGAN L. PETT ◽

ROBERT PERGER

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Tropical Savanna ◽

Female Specimen ◽

Single Female ◽

Neotropical Species ◽

First Time

Two Neotropical species of the subfamily Castianeirinae are treated herein. Castianeira spinipalpis Mello-Leitão, 1945 was described from a single female specimen; we provide a redescription of the female and the male is described for the first time. The species is newly recorded from Paraguay and Bolivia. Also, Myrmecotypus rubioi sp. nov. is described from the Bolivian Moxos plains, a tropical savanna ecoregion of the Beni department of northern Bolivia. The new species can be distinguished from others in the genus by having tibia I spination 3-2, coxa II whitish (the remainder dark), and a unique male palpal embolus with two broad embolic discs basal to the embolus tip.

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First report of Artibeus bogotensis Andersen, 1906 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) for Peru

Check List ◽

10.15560/8.6.1333 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. 1333 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Wendy Calderón ◽

Victor Pacheco

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Research Center ◽

Female Specimen ◽

First Report ◽

Morphometric Analyses ◽

The Comparative Study ◽

First Time ◽

Subadult Female

Artibeus bogotensis (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae) is reported for the first time for Peru. This record is based on the re-identification of a subadult female specimen collected at the Jenaro Herrera Research Center, District of Jenaro Herrera, Province of Requena, Department of Loreto, Peru. The comparative study between Artibeus bogotensis and other Artibeus species (Artibeus glaucus and Artibeus anderseni) was based on morphological and morphometric analyses. This noteworthy record means an expansion of its known distribution and, also, adds another bat species for Peru.

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A new Endoclita (C. &. R. Felder, 1874) from the High Mountains of Taiwan with notes about its evolutionary origins (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4521.3.9 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4521 (3) ◽

pp. 441

Author(s):

ULF BUCHSBAUM ◽

LI-PENG HSU ◽

DING-JIA CHEN ◽

JOHN R. GREHAN

Keyword(s):

Sister Group ◽

Sister Group Relationship ◽

Female Specimen ◽

High Mountains ◽

Single Female ◽

Southeastern China ◽

Evolutionary Origins ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species ◽

Northern Taiwan

A new species Endoclita atayala Buchsbaum & Hsu sp. n. is based on a single female specimen collected at light in the high mountains of northern Taiwan. Comparisons with all other Endoclita (C. & R. Felder, 1874) species confirms that E. atayala sp. n. exhibits distinctive and unique wing pattern characteristics and probably has a sister group relationship with E. crenilimbata (Le Cerf, 1919) of southeastern China and illustrated here for the first time, and E. nodus (Chu & Wang, 1985) of northeastern China. The species diversity of Taiwanese Hepialidae is described and the biogeographic implications of the E. atayala sp. n. relationship for the origin of endemic species in Taiwan are reviewed.

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Lamprochernes savignyi (Simon, 1881) (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones) recorded in Central Europe for the first time

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10.15560/17.2.497 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 497-501

Author(s):

Jana Christophoryová ◽

José D. Gilgado ◽

Ian Bobbitt ◽

Katarína Krajčovičová

Keyword(s):

Central Europe ◽

Species Distribution ◽

New Record ◽

Arabian Peninsula ◽

Botanical Garden ◽

Northern Europe ◽

Female Specimen ◽

Single Female ◽

Anatolian Peninsula ◽

First Time

The pseudoscorpion Lamprochernes savignyi (Simon, 1881) is reported in Central Europe for the first time. The new record from Switzerland is based on a single female specimen found in a compost heap in the Conservatory and Botanical Garden in Geneva. Until now, the species is distributed mainly in Africa, Americas, and Asia, less in Australia and Oceania, Europe, and the Arabian Peninsula. The new record fills in the gap in species distribution between Northern Europe and the Anatolian Peninsula. A description of the collected female is provided.

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Hippolytidae and Barbouriidae (Decapoda: Caridea) collected during the Ryukyu “KUMEJIMA 2009” expedition

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3367.1.9 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3367 (1) ◽

pp. 95 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

SAMMY DE GRAVE ◽

TIN-YAM CHAN ◽

Y. FUJITA ◽

JUNJI OKUNO

Keyword(s):

New Caledonia ◽

Present Report ◽

The Other ◽

Ryukyu Islands ◽

Female Specimen ◽

Single Female ◽

Male Specimen ◽

The Ryukyu Islands ◽

De Man ◽

First Time

The present report deals with caridean shrimps from the families Hippolytidae (7 species) and Barbouriidae (1 species)collected during the KUMEJIMA 2009 expedition in the Ryukyu Islands. The deep-water hippolytid Gelastreutescrosnieri Bruce, 1990 is recorded from Kumejima based on a single female specimen, representing a considerable rangeextension of this species from New Caledonia to Japan. The opportunity is also taken to record and illustrate the firstknown male specimen of G. crosnieri, collected during the SANTO 2006 expedition off West Mavéa Island, Vanuatu. Thecolour pattern of G. crosnieri is shown for the first time. The Kumejima and Vanuatu specimens present noticeabledifferences in both morphology and colouration, but appear to be conspecific based on comparison of the barcoding geneCOI sequences. The recently described Lysmata lipkei Okuno & Fielder, 2010 is recorded for the second time, however,not representing a significant range extension of this species. The other species reported are Saron marmoratus (Olivier,1811), Saron neglectus De Man, 1902, Thinora maldivensis (Borradaile, 1915), Thor amboinensis (De Man, 1888), Tozeuma armatum Paul’son, 1875 (Hippolytidae), and Parhippolyte misticia (Clark, 1989) (Barbouriidae).

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First description of the male of the millipede Eurygyrus euboeus (Verhoeff, 1901) (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Schizopetalidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1447.1.5 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1447 (1) ◽

pp. 63-68

Author(s):

PAVEL STOEV

Keyword(s):

Species Range ◽

External Morphology ◽

Female Specimen ◽

Single Female ◽

First Time ◽

Greek Island

The external morphology and the shape of gonopods of the male of Eurygyrus euboeus (Verhoeff, 1901), a species hitherto known only from a single female specimen collected more than 100 years ago on the Greek island of Euboea, is documented for the first time. The structure of gonopods indicates that the species belongs to the E. xanthinus group, and is closely related to the Anatolian species E. ochraceus C.L. Koch, 1847. The new find extends the species’ range ca. 60 km in a northwestern direction.

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First record of Bouvieraxius keiensis Sakai, 1992 and Manaxius aurantiaca n. sp. (Decapoda: Axiidea) from the waters around the Ogasawara Islands, Japan

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4869.3.4 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4869 (3) ◽

pp. 369-386

Author(s):

TOMOYUKI KOMAI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Indian Ocean ◽

Western Indian Ocean ◽

First Record ◽

Female Specimen ◽

Single Female ◽

Ogasawara Islands ◽

Japanese Waters ◽

First Time

Two species of axiid shrimp are reported from sublittoral to upper bathyal waters around the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. The first, Bouvieraxius keiensis Sakai, 1992, is recorded from Japanese waters for the first time, although it is known widely from the southwestern Pacific to western Indian Ocean. Taxonomic problems of this taxon are pointed out. The second, Manaxius aurantiaca n. sp., is described based on a single female specimen from the Kaikata Seamount (at a depth of 299–335 m). It has rounded pleura of the pleomeres 2–5, and is notable in the lack of spines on the upper margin of the cheliped palms. In this regard, the new species closely resembles M. iro Poore, 2020. Differentiating characters between M. aurantiaca n. sp. and M. iro are discussed.

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Hybotidae of the Galápagos Islands (Diptera: Empidoidea: Tachydromiinae)

Tijdschrift voor Entomologie ◽

10.1163/22119434-00002026 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 156 (2-3) ◽

pp. 127-139

Author(s):

Bradley J. Sinclair ◽

Jeffrey M. Cumming

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Galapagos Islands ◽

Female Specimen ◽

Galápagos Islands ◽

Single Female ◽

Fourth Species ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species ◽

World Fauna

Three genera (Isodrapetis Collin, Chersodromia Walker, Elaphropeza Macquart) and six species of Tachydromiinae (Hybotidae) are recorded from the Galápagos Islands. One new species of Isodrapetis (I. meridionalis sp. n.) and three new species of Chersodromia (C. floreana sp. n., C. galapagensis sp. n., C. isabela sp. n.) are described. Elaphropeza zonalis (Curran) is redescribed and a fourth species of Chersodromia is identified based on a single female specimen. A key to all Galápagos species is provided. Isodrapetis is recorded for the first time outside of New Zealand. The affinities of the Galápagos Tachydromiinae to the New World fauna are discussed.

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First report of Rinamba opacicollis Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) in India as parasitoid of coffee stem borer, Xylotrechus quadripes (Chevrolat) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

ENTOMON ◽

10.33307/entomon.v44i4.486 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 44 (4) ◽

pp. 311-314

Author(s):

A. Roobakkumar ◽

H.G. Seetharama ◽

P. Krishna Reddy ◽

M.S. Uma ◽

A. P. Ranjith

Keyword(s):

Integrated Control ◽

Host Record ◽

Stem Borer ◽

Arabica Coffee ◽

First Report ◽

The World ◽

First Time

Rinamba opacicollis Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) was collected from Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, India for the first time from the larvae of white stem borer, Xylotrechus quadripes Chevrolat infesting arabica coffee. Its role in the biological or integrated control of X. quadripes remains to be evaluated. White stem borer could be the first host record of this parasitoid all over the world.

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