scholarly journals A taxonomic study of Costa Rican Leptodrepana with the description of twenty-four new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 750 ◽  
pp. 59-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samin D. Dadelahi ◽  
Scott R. Shaw ◽  
Helmuth Aguirre ◽  
Luis Felipe V. de Almeida
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
North American ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Character State ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Female Antenna

The genus Leptodrepana Shaw was described in 1983, but prior to the current study only one Neotropical species had been described from Mexico and none were named from Costa Rica. In this paper twenty-four new species are described and named from Costa Rica: L.alexisae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.atalanta Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.conda Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.conleyae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.demeter Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.eckerti Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.gauldilox Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.hansoni Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.kimbrellae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.lorenae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.munjuanae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.ninae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.pamelabbas Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.ronnae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L. rosanadana Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.schuttei Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.scottshawi Dadelahi, sp. n., L.shriekae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.sohailae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.sorayae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.soussanae Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.stasia Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., L.strategeri Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n., and L.thema Dadelahi & Shaw, sp. n. A key to Costa Rican species of Leptodrepana is provided. The flagellum of all female Leptodrepana described in this work is reduced to only 17 flagellomeres. This character state is also found in two North American species described by Shaw (1983), L.opuntiae Shaw and L.oriens Shaw. It is hypothesized that a female antenna with 17 flagellomeres is a synapomorphy for a species-group comprising all the Costa Rican Leptodrepana species as well as two of the Mexican and North American species, L.opuntiae and L.oriens.

NYMPHS AND IMAGOES OF FOUR NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF PROCLOEON BENGTSSON WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES (EPHEMEROPTERA, BAETIDAE)

1992 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Lowen ◽  
John F. Flannagan
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North American ◽  
Preliminary Data ◽  
Species Group ◽  
North American Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

AbstractDescriptions of Procloeon rubropictum (McD.), P. quaesitum (McD.), and P. rufostrigatum (McD.) are expanded to include features not previously published. A description of the nymph of P. quaesitum is given for the first time. Procloeon irrubrum sp.nov. is described from nymphs and female imagoes. From our interpretation of preliminary data, it is possible that P. rufostrigatum and P. rubropictum form one species group; P. quaesitum is included with P. pennulatum (Eaton) in another. Procloeon irrubrum does not fit either species group but shows some affinities to the P. rufostrigatum group. Some characters for separating the nymphs of Procloeon and Centroptilum are given.

Morphological and molecular delineation of a new species in the Ceratina dupla species-group (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae) of eastern North America

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2873 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
SANDRA M. REHAN ◽  
CORY S. SHEFFIELD
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Species Group ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
Carpenter Bees ◽  
A New Species

DNA barcoding is used to verify characters to morphologically differentiate genetically distinct species of eastern North American small carpenter bees, Ceratina. Here we reveal that the common eastern North American species, Ceratina dupla s. l., is actually three separate species based on fixed differences in DNA barcode sequences and morphological characters. This study adds a new species, C. mikmaqi Rehan & Sheffield, to the Ceratina dupla species-group of eastern North America, and raises another form, C. floridana formerly C. dupla floridana, to full species. Temporal niche partitioning between C. dupla and C. mikmaqi and geographic isolation of C. floridana further support the division of the C. dupla s. l. group into three species. A diagnosis and description of the new species are provided, as is a key for eastern North American species of Ceratina.

Revision of Limnocoris (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae) of North America

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4629 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-497
Author(s):  
HIGOR D. D. RODRIGUES ◽  
ROBERT W. SITES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
Key Distribution ◽  
Original Description ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
The North

The North American species of Limnocoris are revised and total 13 species after the present study. Four new species are described and illustrated: L. chaetocarinatus n. sp. from Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia; L. major n. sp. and L. nanus n. sp. from Costa Rica and Panama; and L. zacki n. sp. from Mexico and Guatemala. Further, supplemental descriptions are provided for the previously described species. The following synonymies are proposed, with junior synonyms in brackets: L. insularis Champion [L. alcorni La Rivers n. syn.], L. pygmaeus La Rivers [L. solenoides La Rivers n. syn.], and L. signoreti Montandon [L. brailovskyi La Rivers n. syn., L. laucki La Rivers n. syn., L. stangei La Rivers n. syn.]. A lectotype is designated for L. signoreti. Limnocoris profundus (Say) is considered a nomen dubium because no type specimens have been found and the original description is insufficient to establish its identity. An illustrated taxonomic key, distribution maps, and a discussion of the characters (putative synapomorphies) not previously mentioned in the literature also are presented. 

DYSCHIRIUSOF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO: DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES WITH KEYS TO SPECIES GROUPS AND SPECIES (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE)

1988 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Bousquet
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North American ◽  
Species Group ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Island State ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Lake Placid ◽  
First Time

AbstractThe genusDyschiriusincludes 56 North American species which are arranged in 13 species groups. Keys are provided for the species groups and the species. Four new species are described:D.sculptusBousquet (type locality: Pass-a-Grille Beach, Florida);D.ferrugineusBousquet (type locality: Goose Island State Park, Texas);D.larochelleiBousquet (type locality: 6 mi. S Lake Placid, Florida); andD.comatusBousquet (type locality: Highlands Hammock, Florida). Six species names are placed in synonymy for the first time. They are (with the junior synonym listed first):D.arizonicusVan Dyke 1943 =D.interiorFall 1922;D.duplicatesFall 1901 =D.affinisFall 1901;D.desertusFall 1925 =D.perversusFall 1922;D.subpunctatusHatch 1949 =D.sphaericollis(Say 1825);D.basalisLeConte 1857 andD.transmarinusMannerheim 1853 =D.integerLeConte 1851. The adult and larval character states of the genus are listed and comments are provided for each species group.

scholarly journals Ascid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata: Ascidae) from Costa Rican hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae), with description of three new species and a key to the Proctolaelaps belemensis species group

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1484 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANTISEK DUSBABEK ◽  
IVAN LITERAK ◽  
MIROSLAV CAPEK ◽  
MARTIN HAVLICEK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Flower Mites ◽  
First Time ◽  
Eleven Species

Eleven species of hummingbird flower mites of the genera Proctolaelaps Berlese, 1923, Tropicoseius Baker & Yunker, 1964 and Rhinoseius Baker & Yunker, 1964 were recorded from hummingbirds in Costa Rica. Three new species of the genus Proctolaelaps are described and figured, i.e. P. threnetes Dusbabek & Literak, sp. nov., P. naskreckii Dusbabek & Havlicek, sp. nov. and P. chalybura Dusbabek & Capek, sp. nov. A key for identification of females and males of the P. belemensis species group is included. Five species of the genus Tropicoseius and three species of the genus Rhinoseius are recorded, three of these species are recorded from Costa Rica for the first time.

Revision of Nearctic Aleiodes Wesmael (Part 8): the coxalis (Spinola) Species-Group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Rogadinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1314 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
SCOTT R. SHAW ◽  
PAUL M. MARSH ◽  
JOSEPH C. FORTIER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North American ◽  
Species Group ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Biological Information

The Aleiodes coxalis (Spinola) species-group is defined as including the following previously described species: A. coxalis (Spinola) 1808, A. bicolor (Spinola) 1808, signatus (Nees) 1812, A. alternator (Nees) 1834, A. tristis Wesmael 1838, A. aciculatus Cresson 1869, A. sanctihyacinthi (Provancher) 1880, A. arcticus (Thomson) 1891, A. incertus (Kokoujev) 1898, A. jakolewi (Kokoujev) 1898, A. coxator (Telenga) 1941, A. incertoides (Telenga) 1941, A. satanus (Telenga) 1941, A. nunbergi (Noskiewicz) 1956, A. negativus (Tobias) 1961, A. hellenicus (Papp) 1985, A. moldavicus (Tobias) 1986, A. itamevorus Shaw and Marsh 2004, and A. maritimus Shaw and Marsh 2004. Nine new North American species are described in this paper: A. aquilonius NEW SPECIES, A. brevis NEW SPECIES, A. cultrarius NEW SPECIES, A. dichromatus NEW SPECIES, A. floridensis NEW SPECIES, A. quadratus NEW SPECIES, A. shenefelti NEW SPECIES, A. whartoni NEW SPECIES, and A. wyomingensis NEW SPECIES. The A. coxalis species group is regarded as monophyletic as distinguished by the rugose vertex and sculptured fourth metasomal tergum. An identification key, descriptions, illustrations, distribution and biological information are provided for thirteen North American species.

Review of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Neotropical region, with description of eleven new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2456 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN ◽  
JOHN T. HUBER ◽  
GUILLERMO A. LOGARZO ◽  
VLADIMIR V. BEREZOVSKIY ◽  
DANIEL A. AQUINO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Distribution Ranges ◽  
Species Groups

The described Neotropical species of the common and speciose fairyfly genus Gonatocerus Nees ab Esenbeck (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) are reviewed and re-diagnosed. Eighty-four valid species are recognized including 11 newly described ones. Illustrated identification keys are provided to identify the 5 subgenera recognized in Gonatocerus and to females of each subgenus. The keys include 79 of the treated species, the other five species are known from males only. The known distribution ranges of the species, including new records of extralimital specimens examined, are given. Host associations of the treated species are also given, with emphasis on those species that parasitize eggs of proconiine sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini), all of which belong to the ater and morrilli subgroups of the ater species group of G. (Cosmocomoidea Howard), stat. rev. The other four recognized subgenera within Gonatocerus are the nominate subgenus, G. (Gonatocerus) (= sulphuripes species group of authors), G. (Lymaenon Walker), stat. rev. (= litoralis and straeleni species groups of authors), G. (Gastrogonatocerus Ogloblin), stat. rev. (= membraciphagus species group of authors), and G. (Gahanopsis Ogloblin), syn. n. & stat. n. (= deficiens species group of authors). Newly treated as synonyms of G. (Lymaenon) are Rachistus Foerster, Oophilus Enock, Agonatocerus Girault, Gonatoceroides Girault, and Decarthrius Debauche, all syn. n. Two species groups are recognized within G. (Cosmocomoidea) in the New World: the ater group, to which most Neotropical species belong (with the ater, bucculentus, morrilli, and the newly defined chusqueicolus subgroups) and the masneri group, with two described species from the Dominican Republic. The 11 new species described are G. (Gahanopsis) arkadak Triapitsyn sp. n. (Colombia), G. (Cosmocomoidea) barbos Triapitsyn sp. n. (Costa Rica and Mexico), G. (Cosmocomoidea) blefuscu Triapitsyn sp. n. (Costa Rica), G. (Cosmocomoidea) cuscus Triapitsyn sp. n. (Peru), G. (Cosmocomoidea) garchamp Triapitsyn sp. n. (Argentina), G. (Cos- mocomoidea) gerasim Triapitsyn sp. n. (Mexico), G. (Cosmocomoidea) hispaniolus Triapitsyn & Huber sp. n. (Dominican Republic), G. (Cosmocomoidea) kiskis Triapitsyn sp. n. (Argentina), G. (Cosmocomoidea) logarzoi Triapitsyn sp. n. (Argentina), G. (Cosmocomoidea) mumu Triapitsyn sp. n. (Argentina), and G. (Cosmocomoidea) rakitovi Triapitsyn sp. n. (Costa Rica). Seven new synonymies are proposed: Gonatocerus h-luteum (Ogloblin) syn. n. under G. (Cosmoco- moidea) nigriflagellum (Girault); G. enicmophilus Huber syn. n. and G. necator (Ogloblin) syn. n. under G. (Cosmoco- moidea) bonariensis (Brèthes); G. dimorphus (Ogloblin) syn. n. and G. monrosi (Ogloblin) syn. n. under G. (Gastrogonatocerus) margiscutum Girault; and G. setulosus (Ogloblin) syn. n. and G. dorsiniger (Ogloblin) syn. n. under G. (Gastrogonatocerus) membraciphagus Ogloblin. Litus maculipennis Ashmead, Gahanopsis deficiens (Ogloblin), and Gahanopsis straeleni (Debauche) are transferred to Gonatocerus as, respectively, G. (Cosmocomoidea) maculipennis (Ashmead) comb. n., G. (Gahanopsis) deficiens (Ogloblin) comb. n., and G. (Lymaenon) straeleni (Debauche) comb. n. Lectotypes are designated for the following 23 species: G. (Gahanopsis) acanophorae (Ogloblin), G. (Gahanopsis) aethalionis (Ogloblin), G. (Cosmocomoidea) annulicornis (Ogloblin), G. (Gastrogonatocerus) anomocerus Crawford, G. (Gonatocerus) appendiculatus (Ogloblin), G. (Gonatocerus) bonaerensis (Ogloblin), G. (Cosmocomoidea) caudatus (Ogloblin), G. (Cosmocomoidea) concinnus (Ogloblin), Lymaenon (Gastrogonatocerus) dimorphus Ogloblin, G. (Gona- tocerus) excisus (Ogloblin), G. (Cosmocomoidea) gracilicornis (Ogloblin), G. (Cosmocomoidea) grandis (Ogloblin), Lymaenon h-luteum Ogloblin, G. (Cosmocomoidea) inauditus (Ogloblin), G. (Gastrogonatocerus) juvator Perkins, G. (Gastrogonatocerus) margiscutum Girault, G. (Cosmocomoidea) metanotalis (Ogloblin), G. (Cosmocomoidea) nasutus (Ogloblin), Lymaenon necator Ogloblin, G. (Cosmocomoidea) nigrithorax (Ogloblin), G. (Lymaenon) pratensis (Ogloblin), G. (Gonatocerus) stenopterus (Ogloblin), and G. (Gonatocerus) urocerus (Ogloblin).

A taxonomic study of Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta) from Rocky Mountain forest soils of the Kananaskis region of Alberta, Canada

1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 1429-1435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhab C. Dash
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Forest Soils ◽  
North American ◽  
New Records ◽  
Rocky Mountain ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Mountain Forest ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
New Varieties ◽  
Three New Species

The following species of Enchytraeidae are described from Rocky Mountain forest soils of the Kananaskis Valley, Alberta: Henlea perpusilla, Henlea nasuta, Enchytraeus buchholzi, Fridericia bulboides, Marionina argentea, Marionina canadensis, Marionina craggi, Cernosvitoviella christenseni, Mesenchytraeus armatus kananaskis, and Bryodrilus parvus kananaskis. Except Henlea nasuta, all are new records for Canada and they include three new species and two new varieties. These descriptions bring the number of North American species to about 122.

Two new Eastern North American species of the Aleiodes coxalis (Spinola) species-group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Rogadinae) reared from Geometridae

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 656 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
SCOTT R. SHAW ◽  
PAUL M. MARSH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
Species Group ◽  
North American Species ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species in the Aleiodes coxalis species-group are described from eastern North America: Aleiodes itamevorus and Aleiodes maritimus. Both are primary koinobiont parasitoids of Geometridae caterpillars, utilizing hosts from the genera Itame and Semiothisa.

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