scholarly journals A review of the Larainae of Australia with description of seven new species and the new genus Australara (Coleoptera, Byrrhoidea, Elmidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1073 ◽  
pp. 55-117
Author(s):  
Cheryl B. Barr ◽  
William D. Shepard
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Photographic Images ◽  
Behavioral Information

The three genera and four species of Larainae (Elmidae) previously described from Australia are reviewed, and one new genus and seven new species are described: Australara glaisterigen. et sp. nov., Ovolara lawrenceisp. nov., Ovolara monteithisp. nov., Stetholus carinatussp. nov., Stetholus longipennissp. nov., Stetholus metatibialissp. nov., and Stetholus woronorasp. nov. A lectotype is designated for Hydora laticeps (Carter & Zeck), and the first new collection records of the species are reported since its description in 1932. The occurrence in Australia of Potamophilinus papuanus Satô, described from Papua New Guinea, is reported. A key to the species, photographic images of the external morphology and male genitalia, distribution maps, and habitat and behavioral information, when known, are provided for all twelve species of Australian Larainae.

Taxonomy of the plant bug tribe Saturniomirini (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea: a phylogenetic analysis, and the description of one new genus and ten new species

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-111
Author(s):  
Cynthia Chan ◽  
Gerasimos Cassis
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Dichotomous Key ◽  
First Time

The mirid tribe Saturniomirini is redescribed, based on material from Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. One new genus and ten new species of Saturniomirini are described: Kallosmiris gen. n., Kallosmiris avena sp. n. , Kallosmiris geminus sp. n., Kallosmiris solis sp. n., Cheesmaniella australiensis sp. n., Garainamiris ganymedis sp. n., Trilaccus forrestae sp. n., Trilaccus luteoscutellatus sp. n., Trilaccus mica sp. n., Trilaccus mimeticus sp. n. and Trilaccus stewartensis sp. n., Cheesmaniella (Cheesmaniella australiensis sp. n.) and Garainamiris (Garainamiris ganymedis sp. n.) are recorded from Australia for the first time. All existing Saturniomirini genera, including their type species and previously described species are redescribed as follows: Cheesmaniella Carvalho, 1984, Garainamiris Carvalho, 1981, Imogen Kirkaldy, 1905, Saturniomiris Kirkaldy, 1902, Synthlipsis Kirkaldy, 1908 and Trilaccus Horváth, 1902. Four previously described species (Garainamiris antennatus Carvalho, 1981, Synthlipsis ternatensis (Distant, 1904), Trilaccus marginatus (Distant, 1904) and Trilaccus perversus (Reuter, 1905)) were not examined directly but photographs of types were available for observation. A dichotomous key to Saturniomirini taxa, colour habitus photographs, scanning electron micrographs, illustrations of male genitalia and distribution maps are provided. A phylogenetic analysis of morphological data was conducted, resulting in the Saturniomirini and all included genera recovered as monophyletic taxa.

First records of Net-winged Midges (Diptera: Blephariceridae) from Papua New Guinea, with description of a new species

1989 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 361 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Zwick ◽  
KG Hortle
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
First Report ◽  
The Family ◽  
Fly River ◽  
A New Species

Curupirina papuana sp. n. and an unnamed species of a probably new genus of Apistomyiini (Diptera : Blephariceridae) are described from the Ok Tedi, a tributary of the Fly River, Papua New Guinea. This is the first report of the family from the island; its zoogeographical significance is discussed with reference to the long-presumed role of the island in the evolution and dispersal of the tribe Apistomyiini.

Nine new species of Enithares (Heteroptera: Notonectidae) from New Guinea, with distributional notes on other species and an updated world checklist

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4772 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-182
Author(s):  
DAN A. POLHEMUS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Species Concept ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
First Record ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Key Characters

Nine new species of Enithares are described from New Guinea and immediately adjacent islands: E. peninsularis from the Owen Stanley Mountains of the Papuan Peninsula, E. bosavi and E. papua from southern Papua New Guinea, E. orsaki from northern Papua New Guinea, E. insularis from the D’Entrecasteaux Islands, E. tagula from the Louisiade Archipelago, E. ziwa from the central mountains of western New Guinea, E. arfak from the Arfak Mountains of the eastern Vogelkop Peninsula, and E. kasim from the western Vogelkop Peninsula. Enithares bakeri is newly recorded from New Guinea, and in combination with the new species described above brings the total number of species of Enithares in New Guinea to 16, and the regional total to 19 when including nearby islands of Waigeo, Biak, the D’Entrecasteaux group, and the Louisiade Archipelago. The species concept of E. atra is clarified and geographically restricted to southeastern New Guinea; specimens previously recorded under this name from northern New Guinea are shown to represent the new species E. orsaki. Additional distribution records for 15 previously described Enithares species are provided for many localities in the Malay Archipelago and mainland Southeast Asia, including the first records of E. bakeri from Lombok, Flores, Timor, Halmahera, and Obi; the first record of E. paramegalops from Ambon; the first records of E. gibbera from Kolombangara and Malaita in the Solomon Islands; the first record of E. intricata from Bali; the first records of E. lombokensis from Flores and Sumba; the first records of E. ripleyana from Halmahera, Ternate and Tidore; and the first record of E. ciliata from Borneo. Photomicrographs of key characters and distribution maps are provided for all new species described, accompanied by an updated world checklist for the genus with distributional notes and associated references. 

On the genus Gastrodynerus Bohart, 1984 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4671 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-250
Author(s):  
YURI CAMPANHOLO GRANDINETE ◽  
GUSTAVO BELLINI CORTES ◽  
JAMES MICHAEL CARPENTER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Central America ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New World ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
External Morphology

The genus Gastrodynerus is here revised based on external morphology and male genitalia. Bohart (1984) proposed Gastrodynerus as a new genus with three species: G. vanduzeei (Bohart 1948), G. searsi Bohart, 1984, and G. stangei Bohart, 1984. Later, Rodriguez-Palafox (1996) added G. tacubayae (de Saussure, 1857). Herein, we describe four new species from Central America and South America: G. guatemalensis sp. nov.; G. barretti sp. nov.; G. aimara sp. nov. and G. yungaensis sp. nov. After this taxonomic revision, the Gastrodynerus includes eight species widely distributed in the New World. An identification key is provided for all of the species. 

Description of a new genus and six new species of Tachinidae (Diptera) from Asia and New Guinea

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2516 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIROSHI SHIMA ◽  
HO-YON HAN ◽  
TAKUJI TACHI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Ladybird Beetle ◽  
Larval Parasitoid

Pseudebenia Shima, Han & Tachi, gen. nov., is described for six new species, P. argyrosoma Shima & Tachi, sp. nov. and P. fulvipalpis Shima & Tachi, sp. nov. from Papua New Guinea, P. epilachnae Shima & Han, sp. nov. from South Korea, P. fuscata Shima & Tachi, sp. nov. from Malaysia, P. nepalensis Shima & Tachi, sp. nov. from Nepal and P. trisetosa Shima & Tachi, sp. nov. from China. Pseudebenia epilachnae is a larval parasitoid of the phytophagous ladybird beetle Epilachna quadricollis (Dieke). A key to the species of Pseudebenia is given and features of the new species are illustrated. The genus belongs to the subfamily Tachininae and is tentatively placed in the tribe Macquartiini.

scholarly journals Dorotea gen. nov., a new bathyal genus (Amphipoda, Eusiridae) from the Solomon Sea (Papua New Guinea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4568 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
LAURE CORBARI ◽  
INMACULADA FRUTOS ◽  
JEAN CLAUDE SORBE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Antarctic Species ◽  
Medium Length ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

A new species ascribed to a new genus of Eusiridae, Dorotea papuana gen. nov., sp. nov. is described from bathyal bottoms of the Solomon Sea (Papua New Guinea). Closely related to the genus Cleonardo, this new genus can be distinguished from most other known eusirid genera by the presence of a telson distally cleft and distinctly bilobate, of a distal spiniform process on uropod 1 peduncle and of a simple, stout and medium length dactylus on pereopods 5–7. The combination of all these characters can be considered relevant for the affiliation of this species to a new genus within Eusiridae. Due to its very close morphological affinity to Dorotea gen. nov., the bathyal sub-Antarctic species Eusiroides aberrantis Bellan-Santini & Ledoyer, 1987 cannot be maintained in the family Pontogeneiidae and it should be transferred to the   family Eusiridae. 

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