scholarly journals A revision of Dolichogenidea (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) with the second mediotergite broadly rectangular from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 835 ◽  
pp. 87-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Fernandez-Triana ◽  
Caroline Boudreault ◽  
Tanya Dapkey ◽  
M. Alex Smith ◽  
Winnie Hallwachs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Convergent Evolution ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Unique Shape ◽  
A New Species

The first species ofDolichogenidea(Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Microgastrinae) with the second mediotergite broadly quadrate to rectangular are revised, and eight new species from Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), Costa Rica are described, all authored by Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault:alejandromasisi,angelagonzalezae,carlosmanuelrodriguezi,genuarnunezi,josealfredohernandezi,melaniamunozae,rogerblancoi, andyeimycedenoae. A new species group (carlosmanuelrodriguezi) within the genus is proposed to accommodate those species, as well as additional undescribed species from the Neotropical region found in collections. All new species are found in rainforests (120–900 m) and all are parasitoids of Depressariidae (except for one species parasitizing Choreutidae). The unique shape of the second mediotergite and long ovipositor are features shared with thealejandromoraispecies group in the genusApanteles, an example of convergent evolution; both wasp groups also parasitize similar hosts in ACG.

scholarly journals A new species-group with new species of the genus Lasioseius (Acari: Mesostigmata: Blattisociidae) associated with neotropical hispine beetles in furled leaves of Heliconia

Acarologia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-98
Author(s):  
Maria L. Moraza ◽  
Evert E. Lindquist
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Specificity ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Limited Data ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

A new species-group of Lasioseius is described from adults and immatures of four newly described and one undescribed species associated with hispine beetles of the genera Cephaloleia and Chelobasis and other gamasine mites in the furled leaf habitat of Heliconia and related Zingiberales plants. The species-group presents a suite of apomorphic attributes placing it in the subgenus L. (Lasioseius). Adults and immatures were found moving freely on and off the beetles when the latter were exposed from their habitat. Larviparity is indicated by adult females gravid with fully developed larvae. Limited data suggest considerable host specificity between mites and their beetle hosts, indicating that there may be a vast diversity of these mites associated with hundreds of species of hispine beetles in the Neotropical Region. Keys are provided to currently accepted species-groups of Lasioseius and to the species within the new species-group.

Revision of the taxonomy and distribution of the Neotropical Copris incertus species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 150 (5) ◽  
pp. 539-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D.G. Darling ◽  
François Génier
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
New World ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Multiple Species ◽  
A New Species

AbstractCopris incertus Say, 1835 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Coprini) has been described as a New World coprophagous scarab distributed from Mexico to Ecuador with large discontinuities in its range between the Yucatán province and Costa Rica. The C. incertus species complex of the Copris minutus (Drury, 1773) species group consists of C. incertus, Copris laeviceps Harold, 1869, and Copris lugubris Boheman, 1858. Based on external morphology and male genitalia, we discovered that multiple species have been classified as C. incertus. Of these species, five are new: Copris amazonicusnew species, Copris brevicornisnew species, Copris davidinew species, Copris moroninew species, and Copris susanaenew species. Herein, we revise the organisation of the C. incertus species complex and propose a new species complex, the C. laeviceps species complex, which includes: C. davidi, Copris igualensis Warner, 1990, and C. laeviceps, formerly included in the C. incertus species complex. We provide an identification key along with species distribution maps, images of habitus, and diagnostic characters.

A new species of the genus Potamophylax Wallengren, 1891 (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) from Qafështamë National Park in Albania

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 85-95
Author(s):  
Halil Ibrahimi ◽  
Astrit Bilalli
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Species Cluster ◽  
Unique Shape ◽  
A New Species

In this paper we describe Potamophylax qafshtamaensis sp. n., a new species of the Potamophylax winneguthi species group, from Qafështamë National Park in Albania. The new species belongs to the Potamophylax tagas species cluster and is most close to Potamophylax hajlos Oláh, 2012 and Potamophylax alsos Oláh, 2014. Potamophylax qafshtamaensis sp. n.  differs from all known species of the P. tagas species cluster by its unique shape of aedeagus. It also differs from its most similar congeners mainly in exhibiting differently shaped inferior appendages and parameres in males, as well as setose sternite IX and the dorsal unsetose plate of the anal tube in female.The new species is microendemic of Qafështamë National Park and is the fifth known species of the Potamophylax tagas species cluster, which is distributed in Albania and Macedonia.

Monstera limitaris (Araceae), a new species from the border between Costa Rica and Panama

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 376 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
MARCO CEDEÑO-FONSECA ◽  
ADAM P. KARREMANS ◽  
ORLANDO O. ORTIZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Color Plate ◽  
Reproductive Structures ◽  
A New Species

Species of genus Monstera are among the most representative hemi-epiphytic Araceae in the Neotropics. They are widely distributed and abundant in the tropical forests of Costa Rica and Panama. During recent exploration in the border region between the two countries, an undescribed species belonging to the genus has been identified. The new species, Mostera limitaris, is described and illustrated here, using a color plate based on photographs of the vegetative and reproductive structures of live material.

scholarly journals A new species of Colosmittia Andersen et Sæther from Costa Rica (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-213
Author(s):  
Trond Andersen ◽  
Humberto Fonseca Mendes ◽  
Linn Katrine Hagenlund
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
The West ◽  
A New Species

Colosmittia anamariae sp. n. from Costa Rica is described and figured as male imago. The genus Colosmittia Andersen et Sæther, 1994 was described based on a single species, C. clavata Andersen et Sæther, 1994 from the West Usambara Mountains in Tanzania, East Africa. A second species, C. brasileira Mendes et Andersen, 2009 was recently described from Brazil. The discovery of a third species in Costa Rica indicates that the genus might be widespread in the Neotropical region.

Description of two new species of Prosapia (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) from the Nearctic and Neotropics, with a key to species of the P. inferens species group

2020 ◽  
Vol 152 (3) ◽  
pp. 288-297
Author(s):  
Ulises Castro-Valderrama ◽  
Daniel C. Peck ◽  
Gervasio S. Carvalho ◽  
Jorge Manuel Valdez-Carrasco ◽  
Jesús Romero Nápoles
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Pest Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Two New Species

AbstractInsects in the subfamily Ischnorhininae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cercopidae), known as spittlebugs or froghoppers, are mainly distributed in the Neotropical region. A few genera include pest species of economic relevance, including Prosapia Fennah, 1949. Two new species from Mexico and Costa Rica are now described for this genus, and a key to species is proposed for the P. inferens (Walker, 1858) species group.

New records of Erythmelus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from the Neotropical region, with description of a new species from Argentina

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1842 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Species Group ◽  
A New Species

Several new records of the fairyfly genus Erythmelus Enock (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) are reported from Argentina, Chile, and Guatemala, since the review by Triapitsyn et al. (2007). Erythmelus (Erythmelus) yuzhanin Triapitsyn sp. n., is described from Córdoba Province, Argentina. A key to the clavatus species group of the nominate subgenus is provided.

scholarly journals A new species of Amblyseius Berlese (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1445 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETERSON R. DEMITE ◽  
ANTONIO C. LOFEGO ◽  
REINALDO J.F. FERES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Width Ratio ◽  
Phytoseiid Mites ◽  
Protected Natural Area ◽  
Length Width ◽  
A New Species

Phytoseiid mites have received considerable world wide attention because of their potential as natural enemies of phytophagous mites (McMurtry, 1984). The Amblyseius obtusus group Chant  is the largest species group in the genus Amblyseius. Chant & McMurtry (2004) divided the group into seven subgroups based on spermathecal morphology. The andersoni subgroup of Chant & McMurtry, 2004 is characterized by a spermatheca with the calyx dish-, cup-, bell-, or V-shaped, with the length/width ratio at the mid-point of the calyx < 3:1. A total of 24 species of the andersoni subgroup are known from the Neotropical region, 13 of these from Brazil (Moraes et al., 2004). A new species of this subgroup, Amblyseius paulofariensis sp. nov., is described and illustrated in this paper, from specimens collected in the semi-deciduous forest area of “Estação Ecológica de Paulo de Faria”, a protected natural area in the State of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, on three species of Euphorbiaceae: Acalypha diversifolia Jacq., Actinostemon communis (Müll. Arg.) and Alchornea glandulosa Poepp. & Endl.. In the region where this mites was found, the climate is of the type Cwa-Aw of Köppen, with two distinct seasons: one wet, from October to March, and the other dry, from April to September. The annual mean temperature is 25°C, with a maximum mean of 30°C and a minimum mean of 20°C (Barcha & Arid, 1971; Arid & Barcha, 1973).

scholarly journals A new species of Craugastor (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the montane rainforest of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erick Arias ◽  
Gerardo Chaves ◽  
Gabriela Parra-Olea
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Species Group ◽  
White Pigment ◽  
Morphometric Analyses ◽  
Distinct Lineage ◽  
Cordillera De Talamanca ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Montane Rainforest

A new species of Craugastor (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the montane rainforest of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. A new dirt frog of the Craugastor podiciferus Species Group is described from Costa Rica; it is restricted to elevations between 2330 and 2700 m a.s.l. in the montane rainforest of the Cordillera de Talamanca. Analysis of DNA sequences of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA (16S) and cytochrome oxidase I (COI) genes reveals a distinct lineage within the C. podiciferus Species Group. Additional morphological and morphometric analyses support the distinctiveness of this lineage that is described as a new species herein. The species is distinguished from other members of the C. podiciferus Species Group by its unique coloration: a violet-brown to blackish brown venter with white pigment forming blotches, and dark brown palmar surfaces with prominent white folds between subarticular tubercles in the adults. The genetic divergence of the species from other members of the C. podiciferus Species Group is signifcant (higher than 9.2% in 16S and 13.3% in COI). Although not closely related, it resembles C. podiciferus morphologically, a species that also inhabits montane rainforest. The discovery of this new species highlights the importance of montane rainforest as a center of species richness and endemism.

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