scholarly journals The West Palaearctic genera of Nematinae (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 875 ◽  
pp. 63-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko Prous ◽  
Andrew Liston ◽  
Katja Kramp ◽  
Henri Savina ◽  
Hege Vårdal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
New Combination ◽  
The West ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
North Western ◽  
Subjective Synonym

Keys to adults and larvae of the genera of West Palaearctic nematine sawflies are presented. Species of some of the smaller genera are keyed, and their taxonomy, distribution, and host plants reviewed, with a geographic focus on north-western Europe, particularly Sweden. Dinematus Lacourt, 2006 is a new junior subjective synonym of Pristiphora Latreille, 1810, resulting in the new combination Pristiphora krausi (Lacourt, 2006) for the type species of Dinematus. Hemichroa monticola Ermolenko, 1960 is a new junior subjective synonym of Hemichroa australis (Serville, 1823). Lectotypes are designated for Tenthredo opaca Fabricius, 1775, Mesoneura opaca var. nigerrima Enslin, 1914, Mesoneura opaca var. obscuriventris Enslin, 1914, Nematus hypogastricus Hartig, 1837, Nematus alnivorus Hartig, 1840, Leptopus rufipes Förster, 1854, Nematus protensus Förster, 1854, and Platycampus luridiventris var. pleuritica Enslin, 1915. A phylogenetic analysis based on four genes (mitochondrial COI and nuclear NaK, POL2, and TPI) supports the current generic classification.

On the taxonomy and biology of the clearwing moth Aegeria montis (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4369 (3) ◽  
pp. 443
Author(s):  
NAOKI YATA ◽  
OLEG G. GORBUNOV ◽  
YUTAKA ARITA ◽  
YOSHICHIKA AOKI
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Clearwing Moth ◽  
First Time ◽  
Subjective Synonym

The systematic position of Aegeria montis Leech, 1889 and Zhuosesia zhuoxiana Yang, 1977 is discussed. Having studied newly collected material, we transfer A. montis to the genus Chamaesphecia Spuler, 1910, subgenus Chamaesphecia s. str. The male of this species and its genitalia are illustrated for the first time. The host-plant of its larvae is assumed to be a species of Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae).        Zhuosesia Yang, 1977, syn. nov., is shown to be a junior subjective synonym of Chamaesphecia Spuler, 1910 with the new combination of its type species, Chamaesphecia zhuoxiana (Yang, 1977), comb. nov. 

Revised taxonomic status of Scythia Kiritchenko, 1938 and Mohelnia Šulc, 1941 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae: Eriopeltinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4985 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
LIJIE CHEN ◽  
JICHUN XING
Keyword(s):  
Type Species ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Scale Insect ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Soft Scale ◽  
Subjective Synonym

The soft scale insect genus Scythia (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) was established by Kiritchenko (1938) with the type species Scythia craniumequinum Kiritchenko, 1938 from Ukraine. Later, Borchsenius (1957) placed Mohelnia Šulc, 1941 (type species: Mohelnia festuceti Šulc, 1941) as a junior subjective synonym of Scythia Kiritchenko, 1938, and proposed new combination: Scythia festuceti (Šulc, 1941). Ben-Dov (1993) followed Borchsenius (1957) in treating Mohelnia as a junior synonym of Scythia.

Reappraisal of the burrowing lobster Axius (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Axiidea) in the fossil record with notes on palaeobiogeography and description of a new species

2017 ◽  
Vol 188 (3) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matúš Hyžný ◽  
Sten Lennart Jakobsen ◽  
René H. B. Fraaije
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Record ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
The West ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Western Tethys ◽  
Preservation Potential ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Subjective Synonym

The fossil record of the burrowing lobster Axius is reviewed. A diagnosis based on the characters with preservation potential is supplied. Plioaxius lineadactylus Fraaije et al., 2011, from the Pliocene of Belgium and the Netherlands is considered congeneric with the type species of Axius. As a consequence, Plioaxius is considered a junior subjective synonym of Axius. A newly described species, Axius hofstedtae from the late Oligocene of Denmark is considered the oldest unequivocal representative of Axius. Both fossil species, A. hofstedtae n. sp. and A. lineadactylus n. comb., share numerous morphological characters with extant Axius stirhynchus. Scarcity of the Cenozoic Axiidae is ascribed to lack of study of the fossil record of this group rather than to low fossilization potential of its representatives. A preliminary scenario of the migration of Axius based on the scarce fossil record suggests the origin in the Western Tethys and subsequent dispersal westward into the West Atlantic and eastward into the West Pacific.

Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Rhinorhynchinae (Coleoptera:Nemonychidae)

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Kuschel ◽  
Richard A. B. Leschen
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Host Use ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Plant Associations ◽  
The Family ◽  
Fossil Genus ◽  
Subjective Synonym

An overview of the taxa of Rhinorhynchinae (Nemonychidae) is presented. A phylogenetic analysis of the 19 extant genera of the Rhinorhynchinae and one fossil genus from the Lower Cretaceous (Cratomacer Zherikhin & Gratshev), based on 29 characters of adults, larvae and host plant associations, shows three monophyletic groups, treated as tribes (Rhinorhynchini, Mecomacerini and Rhynchitomacerini). Primitive associations are unknown for Rhinorhynchinae and early host use diversification included associations with Ranunculaceae (Nemonyx Redtenbacher), Pinaceae (Cimberis Gozis), Nothofagaceae (Rhynchitomacerini) and Podocarpaceae (Rhinorhynchini). While Mecomacerini diversified on Araucariaceae, within Rhinorhynchini there was a single reversal to Araucariaceae and a shift in Atopomacer Kuschel to Pinaceae. Placement of Cratomacer into Mecomacerini is consistent with geological and molecular data that suggest gymnosperms may have been the primitive hosts for the family. Three new genera are described in Rhinorhynchinae: Araucomacer, gen. nov. (type species A. hirticeps Kuschel) from Chile, Idiomacer, gen. nov. (type species I. basicornis, sp. nov.) from New Caledonia, and Zimmiellus, gen. nov. (type species Z. fronto, sp. nov.) from Queensland, Australia, while Stenomacer Kuschel, stat. nov. from Chile is reinstated from synonymy. Seven species are described as new: Atopomacer grandifurca, sp. nov. from Costa Rica and Panama, A. obrieni, sp. nov. from Mexico, A. panamensis, sp. nov. from Panama, A. pini, sp. nov. from Mexico, A. podocarpi, sp. nov. from Venezuela, Basiliogeus dracrycarpi, sp. nov. from western New Guinea and B. inops, sp. nov. from Queensland. Rhynchitomacer rufus Kuschel is a new junior subjective synonym of R. nigritus Kuschel, syn. nov., R. viridulus Kuschel is a new junior subjective synonym of R. flavus Voss, syn. nov. and Stenomacer fuscus Kuschel is a new junior subjective synonym of S. vernus Kuschel, syn. nov. Keys to genera of Rhinorhynchinae and to species of Atopomacer, Rhynchitomacer and Stenomacer are included. Diagnoses of the three extant subfamilies of Nemonychidae are included.

scholarly journals The spiny theridiid genus Meotipa Simon, 1895 in India, with description of a strange new species with translucent abdomen and a phylogenetic analysis about the genus placement (Araneae, Theridiidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4291 (3) ◽  
pp. 504 ◽  
Author(s):  
SIDDHARTH KULKARNI ◽  
ATUL VARTAK ◽  
VISHWAS DESHPANDE ◽  
DHEERAJ HALALI
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Bayesian Inference ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Parsimony Analysis ◽  
East Kalimantan ◽  
The Western Ghats

A characteristic new species Meotipa sahyadri n. sp. with tall and white translucent abdomen in females is described in detail based on morphology of both sexes, based on specimens collected from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa. The new species has epigynal projection which is known only in Meotipa picturata Simon, 1895, but differs in shape (trifid vs. quadrangular respectively). Males have longest straight embolus exceeding conductor length. Observations of its natural history are provided. Meotipa picturata is newly recorded from Goa, which extends its north-westward distribution from the previously known records from ‘Kodei Kanal’, India (type locality), Ratchasima Province, Thailand and East Kalimantan, Indonesia. A new combination Meotipa andamanensis (Tikader, 1977) n. comb. (=Argyrodes andamanensis) is proposed based on the comparison of description and illustrations provided in the original paper to that of the characters of the type species M.picturata. 242 morphological characters studied in the previous literature and one additional character ‘epigynal projection’ were scored for Meotipa sahyadri n. sp. and Meotipa picturata. These species were obtained monophyletic, placed within Theridiinae as sister to Chrysso cf. nigriceps using parsimony analysis and Bayesian inference.  

scholarly journals The Genus Strandesia and Other Cypricercini (Crustacea, Ostracoda) in the West Indies

1983 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nico W. Broodbakker
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
The Other ◽  
The West ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
New Tribe ◽  
Subjective Synonym

Seven new species and one new subspecies of the genus Strandesia s.l. Stuhlmann, 1888, are described. Four species reared by Sars (1901) from dried mud from Brazil are redescribed. The genera Acanthocypris Claus, 1892, and Neocypris Sars, 1901, are considered as subgenera of Strandesia s.l. Two species from Europe, formerly attributed to Cypricercus Sars, 1895, are redescribed. One of these, C. obliquus (Brady, 1868) was used as type-species for the erection of a new tribe and of the genus Bradleycypris by McKenzie (1982), but proves to be a member of the subgenus Neocypris of Strandesia s.l. Therefore Bradleycypris becomes a subjective synonym of Neocypris. On the other hand, Cypricercus fuscatus (Jurine, 1820) effectively shows the characters used by McKenzie for the characterization of Bradleycypris, and is selected here as type-species of the new genus Bradleystrandesia.

scholarly journals Genera of the parasitoid wasp family Monomachidae (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3188 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
NORMAN F. JOHNSON ◽  
LUCIANA MUSETTI
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Parasitoid Wasp ◽  
New Combination ◽  
The Family ◽  
Tropical America ◽  
Species Type ◽  
New Synonymy

The genera of the family Monomachidae are revised. Chasca Johnson & Musetti, new genus, is described, with two species:Chasca andina Musetti & Johnson, new species (type species, Chile) and C. gravis Musetti & Johnson, new species (Peru).The genus Tetraconus Szépligeti is treated as a junior synonym of Monomachus Klug (new synonymy), and its type species istransferred to Monomachus as M. mocsaryi (Szépligeti), new combination A phylogenetic analysis places Chasca and Mono-machus as sister-groups; within Monomachus, the three species of Australia and two species of New Guinea are basal, and the radiation of 21 species in tropical America and Valdivia is recovered as a monophyletic group.

Where does Lecanora Demissa (Ascomycota, Lecanorales) Belong?

1999 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 419-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulf Arup ◽  
Martin Grube
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Its Sequences ◽  
Chemical Data ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Sister Taxon ◽  
Nuclear Rdna ◽  
Its Regions

AbstractLecanora demissa (Körb.) Zahlbr. is a crustose, lobate lichen that produces soredia and conidiomata but no apothecia. Its placement in Lecanora has long been questioned but nothing better has been proposed. We have studied the nuclear rDNA of the ITS regions and the SSU of L. demissa. In an alignment of the ITS regions of several representatives of Lecanora s. lat. it could clearly be shown by a PAUP analysis, using Aspicilia caesiocinerea as outgroup, that L. demissa does not belong to Lecanora. In a PAUP analysis of sequences of the SSU from representatives of the order Lecanorales, using members of Saccharomycetales as outgroup, L. demissa clustered on a well-supported branch with Caloplaca chlorina. In a further analysis of the ITS sequences of L. demissa together with representatives of Caloplaca and Xanthoria using Protoparmelia as outgroup two most parsimonious trees were found. In these trees the L. demissa branch was well within a strongly supported clade with C. cerina, the type species of the genus Caloplaca. The sister taxon to L. demissa in this analysis was C. variabilis. Chemical data and characters of the conidiomata support the affinity with Caloplaca and the new combination C. demissa (Körb.) Arup & Grube is therefore proposed. A lectotype for Imbricaria demissa has been designated. The phylogenetic analysis of several representatives of the genera Caloplaca and Xanthoria suggests that these genera are not monophyletic as presently circumscribed. Two large, monophyletic groups of species could be recognized, one with Xanthoria species mixed with lobate and crustose members of Caloplaca, and one with mainly crustose Caloplaca, including both species with orange or black apothecia.

scholarly journals Three new species and a new combination of Triblidium

MycoKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Tu Lv ◽  
Cheng-Lin Hou ◽  
Peter R. Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Morphological Study ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Thin Walled ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Small Clusters

Triblidiaceae (Rhytismatales) currently consists of two genera: Triblidium and Huangshania. Triblidium is the type genus and is characterised by melanized apothecia that occur scattered or in small clusters on the substratum, cleistohymenial (opening in the mesohymenial phase), inamyloid thin-walled asci and hyaline muriform ascospores. Before this study, only the type species, Triblidium caliciiforme, had DNA sequences in the NCBI GenBank. In this study, six specimens of Triblidium were collected from China and France and new ITS, mtSSU, LSU and RPB2 sequences were generated. Our molecular phylogenetic analysis and morphological study demonstrated three new species of Triblidium, which are formally described here: T. hubeiense, T. rostriforme and T. yunnanense. Additionally, our results indicated that Huangshania that was considered to be distinct from Triblidium because of its elongated, transversely-septate ascospores, is congeneric with Triblidium. Therefore, we have placed Huangshania in synonymy under Triblidium, rendering Triblidiaceae a monotypic family.

Patagonicola: a new genus of xeromelissine bee from Argentina (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 146 (3) ◽  
pp. 248-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Packer
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Sister Clade

AbstractPatagonicolaPackernew genusis described for two species of xeromelissine bee (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from Patagonian Argentina. One species,P. graveliPackernew speciesis described; the second species,P. aenigma(Packer)new combination, originally placed inChilicolaSpinola, 1851 subgenusChilioediscelisToro and Moldenke, 1979, is designated as the type species. The new genus is superficially most similar toXenochilicolaToro and Moldenke, 1979 but possesses none of the derived characteristics that were originally used to define that genus. Results of a phylogenetic analysis, based upon 114 morphological characters, are presented and suggest that the new genus is the sister clade to (GeodiscelisMichener and Rozen, 1999 +XeromelissaCockerell, 1926). An illustrated key is provided for the genera of Xeromelissinae and for the two species ofPatagonicola.

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